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>>35082Spot Check
Detect Evil
"I've got a bad feeling about the point where the trail meets the mountain. Seems like an ambush or drop off point. Same with where the trail meets the forest."
[1d20 = 2]>>35084forgot to roll for the spot
[1d20+20 = 34]>>35085And Search, to inspect the path ahead for anything peculiar
>>35084Detect Good, because why not.
>>35085>>35083Why even fucking roll with those bonuses?
and how do I calculate character bonuses >>35084"Yeah.. If I were setting up an ambush, this would be where I'd do it..."
>on guard, but still moving quickly down the path, keeping a close eye* (tfw eyes on both sides of the head to detect predators) on the forest on either side of the path >>35083The area outside the path is full of thick undergrowth, making movement more difficult (1/4 speed, without incurring penalties). There are some gradually increasing slopes further on, and the area has sparse trees.
>>35085>>35087So Tracy is basically in "gimme something to kill" mode?
[1d20 = 13]>>35087Same here
Trumpaladin does a search check, looking for broken limbs, and any big gashes and disruptions in the ground, grass or mud
>>35088For the most part, I think good aligned creatures will not be inclined to ambush us. Although Tracy might look like a good target. They may be confused as fuck by the Paladin riding the fiend though
[1d20 = 6]>>35090Blitzkrieg!
Panzerkampfwagen? Panther? Tiger? Stug III?
Rolling for a sidequest cause bored
>>35092So is the path clear, and is the flora basically brush?
I think that's mostly to prevent ambush
[1d20+3 = 12]>>35094*uses glasses of Disguise*
Disguise Check to appear less monstrous
>>35094Just proceed down the path and spam spot and what have you checks
Ddo you want to follow the path to wherever it leads (back into the woods) or do you want to go into the mountains?
[1d20+19 = 21]>>35097Roll a Bluff too, because it's higher rank
>>35100He's the one steering. Either is fine.
[1d4+4 = 8]>>35089What manner of bonuses? Skills?
>all these spam-checksDude
>>35092"so where are you're friends?"
>>35102Well here's the thing. If you look at the map, there is a city on the other side of the mountains. There's also one a bit to the Northeast past the forest. Mountains also are home to dragons, although not all dragons are small enough to not run like hell from. The path, however, likely leads back to something sentient somewhere, my bet is a village. I have no idea if diplomacy will do well or not
>>35103Proceed further down path approaching the base of the mountain
>>35099Ah, Tiger II
Have fun with that engine transmission
>>35103Like the stat based bonuses
>>35108nah i changed production to the Maus
>>35106Tracy doesn't actually care what she's doing, as long as she can do things with her husband.
The village seems like the more reasonable venture desu,.just because the characters wouldn't think of venturing at a length attack dragons in their own territory when they don't even know they're there.
>Forgetting that dragons live in other places too
>>35104"Friends? You don't know how drow work do you? Our partnership was based on mutual self-interest, not some particular alliegence to one another." True
>>35108I'm still not sure what you mean. Stat (str, dex, etc.) bonuses are +1 for every 2 points above 10 (+1 at 12, +2 at 14, etc.). For skills, each skill pertains to a stat (dex for tumbling, for example) and applies any modifier from it to the check, above the skill level the character has.
>>35110Oh make up your mind,.... Do you want to kill things or not? Random encounters are the worst, but I've already done up a thing.
>>35112I want to kill shit. I'll take the risk.
>>35112Darkie could use a Friendship lesson from Twilight.
>>35112"ok Do you know you're they are?"
>>35109>mausHave fun crossing bridges
>>35112The stats, thats exactly what I was looking for. Thx m8
>>35110I'm just thinking about what
I would want to see if I were there. There are so many trees - it's like every square inch of the American South from San Antonio to Savannah that isn't walmarts or swamps is pine trees, so I've seen enough, whereas the mountains of Greece and Costa Rica and West Virginia - seen in passing - are beautiful.
>>35116>Tracy>Friends >>35112GM, what is my constitution score?
>>35119She'll go wherever she's steered.
>>35117you are both rouges so there is some common ground.
>>35121Uh... further down the path? Let's just see if anything finds us at the mountain
>>35115You wanna try that again? o_o
>>35113Alright. Tracy can hear the sound of movement somewhat far off, along the patches of woods that separate the path from the mountain, but can't see anything yet. There's a good number of them.
(sorry, lagging, gonna reboot)
>>35124kek brain fart. infernuis said that in character though.
>>35124Detect evil and spot check, which Trumpaladin would be doing regardless
[1d20+19 = 29]>>35124*slows down and veers off to the brush on the opposing side, observing the situation*
"... Something's there."
She draws her cane, looses her chain and approaches more slowly.
Sense Motive to figure out if they've been spotted spotted yet.
>>35127Or more importantly, if they're approaching.
>>35124"Do you know where they are?"
[1d20 = 7]>>35127Dismounted or no?
Trumpaladin draws the Bees and draws Vanderiem
Spot check
Detect evil
>>35128My guess is no
>>35130She's been mounted the whole time.
>>35126A good number of faint evil signatures. And squawking.
>>35127Clinkety clink
"Squawk?"
>>35129"No. The spellcaster had a pocket dimension we would disembark from and return to, connecting wherever we were (which was always a different locale) to wherever we were operating in." True
>>35132"what is your name and what are there names?"
>>35132>spottedTracy turns towards the squawking, confused but curious.
>>35135"What's a robot? They could be summons. Be on guard. They've spotted us."
>>35134Not spotted, but chains aren't exactly quiet
The sounds of footsteps, lots of them, start approaching.
>>35133"I, as you know, am Darkemter Vrees. Their names are unknown to me, we used false names for business reasons." True
>>35137Detect evil, looking to see if larger signatures are approaching. Ready Full round attack with Vanderiem when an evil-scented entity gets in range of the sword
>>35136>"We killed robots that came to attack Thez, remember? What do you think summoned them?" >>35137"who do you work for? call i call you vrees?"
[1d20+21 = 34]>>35137May as well make a Spot check to see what's coming.
Tracy puts her chain away and retreats to the side of the road for cover, still observing.
>>35138>we killedThey mostly just watched, desu.
[1d20 = 10]>>35136>"If these things have a master, do you want to remain at range and draw off the summoned creatures, killing or do you want to attack the master directly?"Trumpaladin tries to be stealthyish
Rolling I guess
>>35139"You can call me Susan if you like. My contemporaries called me Darkie, for the double-entendre. We didn't have a client, we simply stole from whoever was slipping on their game. Incidentally, you can have the most magical lock in the world, and it doesn't do a bit of good if the walls are unsecured." True True True.
>>35138Nothing larger, but there's about 8 of them and they're approaching.
>>35141Good move
>Torc has nothing to do
"Susan, if you could talk to a spellcaster, do you think you could provide enough information to get us to this pocket dimension?"
>>35144"are you all darkelfs? im guessing no. how do you secure the walls?"
>>35144These things have a "feint" evil aura as you say? What's the aura on these?
>>35143>"looks like just these eight. If possible, let them pass through then we kill them. If they are small enough, we may be able to dismount and kill them faster, but I do not know" >>35145>dismount and kill them fastWat?
>>35147"Faint" should be 10 or less hit dice, for monsters.
>>35145"He wouldn't respond, they are certain to know I've been captured by this point." T
>>35146"Yes, all dark-elves." T
>>35147>Faint>What's the auraUhm,... aside from the obviously already answered question, I don't know where you're going with it. There's 8 faint auras approaching.
>>35147"I need to see them first".
>>35149"No, not him. I meant another magic user. Could you provide the information?"
>>35149"how do you secure the walls?"
>>35148We're looking at about 55 HP or lower then, so a good chance each one can be killed in a single round of attacks, but a reasonable chance they would need both characters to finish them in a single round, and also a chance to cleave. What spells do you want?
>>35147*lurks in shadows, waiting for entities to come by*
>>35153It legitimately matters what comes by and what they do.
She's got Dark Blessing, so eagles Splendor helps with the defensive.
>>35151"You're asking me? I'm the sneaky ninja, what do I know about the technicalities of magic?" True
>>35152See above
"I don't know what does it, but I do know that unmagical brick walls aren't it." True
>>35150Before long a large creature standing on four stilt-like legs emerges from behind some trees about 40' off, from behind a dip in the landscape. It has a birdlike body, round and plump, and its body is about the size of a small pony, balanced atop its legs. Feathers that range in color from brown to red cover its body, its legs end in terrible claws while a glistening beak shines like burnished metal.
I always forget the pic,....
>>35155Trumpaladin does a spot or search or whatever. Is the creature organic or a construct?
>>35155I think I know what that is.
Tracy doesn't move, but takes a deep breath and braces for a charge once she sees the other.
>>35158Knew it.
>>35159It's an achaierai. Lawful Ebil. They're intelligent.
>>35160>>35161I know right. It's like it could be from the Australian Outback
>>35157"What do you want, a biography? I'm from another world, same as you lot I'd wager. In fact, this Tower is just as much
mine as it is
yours."
>>35160>>35161Shush, that's a Trump/Tracy thing
>>35159Organic
>>35162No, she
doesn't she's never seen anything
like it o\\_/o
>>35162Jesus Tracy's Faggot, if you know what things are ahead of time, then fucking say it. that, or stop claiming you know.
>>35162Intelligent the same way a 'normal' nightmare is, rather.
"Are we hunting today, Flashy?"
>>35166I know she doesn't. She thinks she sees a big bird-thing. She only knows she's seen a tasty-looking fiend.
>>35166Its still weird as fuck
"What do you mean 'just as much mine?'"
>>35166"not anymore. you lost all Your rights once you stole from us. maybe you some get some back if you help us find your companions."
>>35169"I mean, you folks aren't the
only players who found yourselves here in this facility after dying gruesome deaths."
>>35162This is exactly the type of meta that really kills it. If you "know", keep it to yourself. It doesn't help, since
none of that is known to your character.
I like this picture of an Achaierai for some reason
>>35172Torc stares for a minute before shaking his head
"We're getting off topic. Is there anyway to accsess this dimension without the Spellcaster. A door of sorts?"
>>35170[frisky nightmare noises]
*kicks the earth softly*
"... Do they even talk?"
Also, do Eagle's splendor instead.
>>35172Noted. I won't spoil shit in the future. I actually regretted that as soon as I posted.
[2d20 = 6]>>35173"No, he had a device that allows access, but its still in his possession. Without it, I don't know how to get 'there'." True
>>35174No, they're squawking, not talking.
Trump and Tracy both see the lead one
... but its totally oblivious to their location for the moment
>>35172Are they magical? Because if not, what do we both need savings throw bonuses for? Bull's strength will add plus two to each one of my attacks and +3 to each one of my damage rolls. Probably the same with you. That's a hell of a lot of damage we'd be forgoing
>>35170"I'm ready for whatever you are, Flashy."
Also, make the decision yourself. She's the cohort. The only reason she hasn't charged recklessly is because she's waiting for a signal/strategy/order from her husbando. She's in hunting mode, but she's behaving. >>35179It doesn't matter, just take the initiative and tell her what to do via your character's knowledge.
>>35175Like some fat songbird with 4 legs
>>35177"Describe this device, if you can"
>>35179GM facepalms. This went from an unknown random encounter to a meta-haxx kill it the best way. Trump see's a weird-ass bird, out of range for a surprise attack.
>>35178>>35180Casts bulls strength on self and tracy
Wait a beat
Ready an full round attack on bird further away than the first, and order Tracy to charge