Episode 8

[Bynw]

[19:58:45] * Playing 'recap.txt' to #teara-adan with 1300ms delay
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[19:58:48] <~Bynw> |      Horizon's Dawn - Episode 8
[19:58:49] <~Bynw> |      Beginning Adventure Recap
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[19:58:52] <~Bynw> | The apprentices have left the Tri-Sun
[19:58:53] <~Bynw> | Fortress and have journeyed across the
[19:58:54] <~Bynw> | Glass Desert. Travelling at night to
[19:58:55] <~Bynw> | avoid the heat produced during the day.
[19:58:57] <~Bynw> |
[19:58:58] <~Bynw> | Night travel is not truely any safer.
[19:58:59] <~Bynw> | The Glass Desert, like any at night,
[19:59:01] <~Bynw> | dips into very cold temperatures.
[19:59:02] <~Bynw> | Preadators that cannot survive the heat
[19:59:03] <~Bynw> | of the day come out during the cold
[19:59:05] <~Bynw> | night taking anything they may find.
[19:59:06] <~Bynw> |
[19:59:07] <~Bynw> | Volcanic eruptions, sink holes and sand
[19:59:09] <~Bynw> | storms mixed with glass fragments also
[19:59:10] <~Bynw> | pose additional dangers to anyone
[19:59:11] <~Bynw> | crossing this remote desert.
[19:59:13] <~Bynw> |
[19:59:14] <~Bynw> | The travellers themselves, have been
[19:59:15] <~Bynw> | caught in a 30' deep sink hole and have
[19:59:16] <~Bynw> | used it to shelter themselves from a
[19:59:18] <~Bynw> | sand storm. And now face the growing
[19:59:19] <~Bynw> | dawn and heat of the desert with nearly
[19:59:20] <~Bynw> | half a days travel still ahead of them.
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[19:59:23] <~Bynw> | Today's Game Date: 14 Avril 464 NE
[19:59:24] <~Bynw> |             Game Time: dawn
[19:59:26] <~Bynw> |        End of Adventure Recap
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[20:00:52] <+Mark> "Are we going to rest here until night?"
[20:00:53] <+Llanth> "I wonder how long they can keep this magic trick going?"
[20:01:26] <+Llanth> "So it seems Mark."
[20:01:39] <+Mark> "It should be pretty stable for a while. And I can make another shield if we need."
[20:01:48] <~Bynw> *Diane is first to awaken slightly at dawn and checks the wards* "No since in travelling during the heat of the day. It would be midday by the time we reached the mountains."
[20:04:10] * +Llanth looks around as if searching for something.
[20:04:46] <~Bynw> *Caime* "Having made this journey once before with Mark and Daine. We should wait until dusk"
[20:05:26] <+Taenor> "I would not want to travel during the day, especially in here in the Glass Desert. In addition to the sandstorms, I would have to heal terminal sundburns from Ears over there. He has such sensitive skin," *in a mockingly concerned voice.*
[20:05:36] <+Mark> "Tis, what I thought."
[20:05:56] * +Regan I don't know about you guys, but I thik the heat might be unbearable.
[20:06:11] <+Regan> And deadly.
[20:07:01] <~Bynw> *Daine* "Get some rest, we havent had much as it is ..."
[20:07:03] <+Regan> But on the other hand, we could make a "traveling" shield.
[20:07:04] <+Llanth> "Does anyone see anything living in here?"
[20:08:22] <+Taenor> "I dont think we sensed anything when we came down, but I think we were too tired, and too insistent to do too thorough a check. Take that stick of yours and check."
[20:09:12] <+Llanth> "Fine, just as you sleep, remember that scorpions like warm places... And I would hate to disturb one if it got on you."
[20:09:16] <+Mark> "SOund ida
[20:09:51] <+Taenor> "I didnt say I wouldnt help you, elf boy."
[20:11:30] <+Llanth> roll 5df+
[20:11:31] <+BoxCars> Llanth rolls 5df+ and gets (+)( )( )(+)(-) Great
[20:11:40] * +Taenor gets up and pulls out one longsword, summoning a sphere of handfire along the way, and begins a slow, but thorough checking of the walls up to just above his head, to the floor, and all along the apprentices' sleeping area
[20:12:58] * +Mark begins to search around as well
[20:13:20] <+Taenor> roll 5df+
[20:13:21] <+BoxCars> Taenor rolls 5df+ and gets (+)(-)(+)(-)(-) Fair
[20:13:27] <+Mark> roll 5df+
[20:13:28] <+BoxCars> Mark rolls 5df+ and gets (-)(+)(+)(+)(-) Great
[20:13:49] <+Regan> roll 5df+
[20:13:50] <+BoxCars> Regan rolls 5df+ and gets (+)(-)( )(-)( ) Fair
[20:14:55] <~Bynw> *the sink hole is basically empty and devoid of life ... there are a few insects but nothing more and currently nothing dangerous
[20:15:26] <+Llanth> "Ooo look at this, dinner!"
[20:15:36] * +Llanth picks up a bug.
[20:15:59] <+Llanth> "Want one Taenor?"
[20:16:18] <+Taenor> "No, thank you. I eat meat."
[20:16:28] * +Regan raises an eyebrow
[20:16:39] <+Llanth> "A more solid piece you won't find."
[20:16:43] <+Mark> "I do not know about you guys, but I am going to rest."
[20:17:09] * +Mark finds a suitable stretch of ground and lays, not sleeping, but on the verge
[20:17:14] <+Llanth> "It certainly isn't a leafy green."
[20:17:46] <+Regan> roll 5df+
[20:17:47] <+BoxCars> Regan rolls 5df+ and gets (-)(-)(+)(-)(-) Poor
[20:18:00] <+Taenor> "I still wonder if our extremely pretty friend wasnt right...is something besides us and our meaty bug friends in here?"
[20:18:06] <+Taenor> roll 5df+
[20:18:07] <+BoxCars> Taenor rolls 5df+ and gets (-)( )( )(-)( ) Mediocre
[20:18:16] <+Llanth> "Suspect we missed something Regan?"
[20:18:21] <+Llanth> roll 5df+
[20:18:22] <+BoxCars> Llanth rolls 5df+ and gets ( )(-)(-)(-)(-) Terrible
[20:19:08] <~Bynw> *the 2nd half hour search reveals nothing new
[20:19:10] * +Llanth shrugs.
[20:19:28] <+Llanth> "I don't see crap, wait no.. Taenor is still here."
[20:19:53] <+Taenor> "I love you too, elf boy."
[20:20:21] * +Llanth chomps on a bug and talks with his mouth full.
[20:20:34] <+Llanth> "Are you sure you won't try one??"
[20:21:11] <+Regan> I like sinkholes, they're so comfortable.....Not!
[20:21:40] <+Taenor> roll 9df+
[20:21:41] <+BoxCars> Taenor rolls 9df+ and gets (-)(-)(+)(-)(+)(-)(-)( )(-) Good
[20:23:39] <~Bynw> * Taenor has spent an hour and a half searching the sink hole
[20:23:57] <~Bynw> *Daine in Valmari* "Go lie down and rest yourself heathen"
[20:24:03] <+Llanth> "Ok I may be paranoid, but you seriously are taking this too far Taenor."
[20:24:35] <+Taenor> "You were the one who thought something was in here in the first place, ears."
[20:25:39] * +Llanth shrugs.
[20:25:49] <+Llanth> "I was looking for something to eat."
[20:26:09] <+Llanth> "Why waste rations when you don't have to?"
[20:26:23] <+Taenor> "If it was a deer, you'd be the first I'd call to shoot it for us, Mr. Woodsman."
[20:27:13] <+Regan> "I think there is a reason the ground collapsed here. There must be something.
[20:27:56] <+Taenor> "Honest and intelligent thinking. I think we should keep him. Name him George. Or something."
[20:28:59] * +Mark opens his eyes. "How bout you rest? It is nice."
[20:29:09] * +Mark closes his eyes again
[20:29:14] * +Llanth shrugs.
[20:29:24] * +Llanth leans against a wall and starts snoring.
[20:29:57] * +Taenor keeps his blade out, but reluctantly settles against a wall and nods off.
[20:30:20] <+Regan> roll 5df+ for perception
[20:30:21] <+BoxCars> Regan rolls 5df+ for perception and gets ( )( )(+)( )(-) Good
[20:32:37] <~Bynw> *another half hour passes for Regan alone while the others sleep
[20:36:48] * +Regan nods off
[20:38:52] <~Bynw> *Caime and Daine awake about a half hour before dusk preparing themselves for the journey ahead and start to wake the others*
[20:41:57] * +Mark gets up to Caime and Daine's calling
[20:42:33] * +Regan opens an eye.
[20:42:50] * +Taenor wakes, looking around for Uthani invaders, but only sees the one heathen, and calms himself.
[20:43:47] * +Regan looks around and decides its time to wake.
[20:43:54] * +Llanth opens on eye.
[20:44:32] <+Regan> ::"Morning...err...good night...
[20:45:00] <+Regan> "evening"
[20:45:03] * +Llanth looks at Taenor's back.
[20:45:11] <+Llanth> "You have a little friend there."
[20:45:19] * +Llanth picks the bug off and eats it.
[20:45:48] <+Mark> "So this is going to be fun to get out of."
[20:45:50] <+Regan> "Aw, I wanted some"
[20:46:50] <+Llanth> "I am sure that there are more."
[20:47:17] <+Regan> We could stand on Lunkhead here to get ou.
[20:47:26] <+Regan> *out*
[20:48:16] <+Mark> "Well, we can do what we did to get in, but it might take a few tries and a lot of mental energy."
[20:48:30] <+Taenor> "He's got enough hot air in him to just blow us out."
[20:48:45] <+Regan> Well, I'll try.
[20:49:07] <+Regan> "Who's first?"
[20:49:16] <~Bynw> *Daine* "We need to take the Ward down first. We should all get to the very edge of the hole. I can try to take it down slowly starting in the center. We dont want to get buried under sand and glass shards"
[20:50:08] * +Llanth gets to an edge.
[20:50:18] <+Mark> "Sounds like a plan." ::Mark follows Llanth::
[20:50:58] <+Regan> "Good point Daine, I would have just bumped my head on that shield."
[20:53:10] <~Bynw> roll 4df for Daine taking down the wards with control
[20:53:11] <+BoxCars> Bynw rolls 4df for Daine taking down the wards with control and gets (-)( )( )(+) Fair
[20:54:27] <~Bynw> *the wards dissolve rather quickly and without ceremony. faster than what Daine wished. about 6 inches of sand and glass drop into the sink hole
[20:55:40] <+Llanth> "Well we can just wait another say fourtyfive days and just walk out."
[20:56:12] <+Taenor> "Michon would have found us by then."
[20:56:26] <+Llanth> "Me at least."
[20:56:30] <+Taenor> "Well, all of us except you. I would have killed you by then."
[20:56:49] <+Llanth> "You assume too much."
[20:57:03] <+Mark> "All right, so who wants to be first?"
[20:57:18] <+Taenor> "And you're too good looking to last long in a pack of hungry wolves."
[20:58:25] <+Regan> "Ok, who's first? I'll try and move you up.
[20:58:32] <+Taenor> "Send ears here. He's skinny and will fit easily. Less mental anguish."
[21:01:16] <+Mark> "Ready, Llanth?"
[21:01:38] <+Llanth> "Why not."
[21:02:08] * +Mark begins to concentrate on Llanth, willing him to lift off the ground. "Be ready to fall."
[21:02:14] <+Mark> roll 4df
[21:02:14] <+BoxCars> Mark rolls 4df and gets ( )(+)( )(+) Great
[21:03:40] <+Mark> ::As Llanth glides up, Mark sits down on the ground.:: "Someone else will have to do the next one."
[21:04:03] <+Mark> "Tis very tiring."
[21:04:04] * +Llanth alights on the ground and starts looking around.
[21:04:24] <+Llanth> "Hey Taenor stand in the middle here so I can drop this bloody huge rock on you."
[21:04:30] * +Regan closes his eyes and extends hs hand towards Taenor
[21:04:43] * +Taenor walks to the middle to make it easier
[21:04:45] <+Llanth> roll 5df+
[21:04:46] <+BoxCars> Llanth rolls 5df+ and gets (+)(+)(+)(-)( ) Superb
[21:05:14] <+Regan> roll 4df+
[21:05:15] <+BoxCars> Regan rolls 4df+ and gets (+)( )(-)(+) Good
[21:05:28] <~Bynw> *Daine* "I am skilled in this art. I can move others as well"
[21:06:38] <+Llanth> roll 4df
[21:06:38] <+BoxCars> Llanth rolls 4df and gets (+)(-)( )(-) Mediocre
[21:07:08] <+Llanth> roll 5df+
[21:07:08] <+BoxCars> Llanth rolls 5df+ and gets (+)(+)(-)( )( ) Great
[21:07:13] * +Taenor grips the edge of the hole and pulls himselfup and stands next to Llanth
[21:07:22] <+Taenor> "Thanks for the help. Elf boy."
[21:07:45] * +Regan exhales, having used alot of strength
[21:07:58] <+Llanth> "Welcome."
[21:08:24] <+Mark> "Daine, go ahead an move yourself up."
[21:08:32] <~Bynw> *Daine* "Caime I shall attempt to move you out."
[21:08:50] <+Mark> ((Scrath that, I thought there were 5 of us))
[21:09:12] <~Bynw> roll 4df for Daine lifting Caime out of the sink whole
[21:09:13] <+BoxCars> Bynw rolls 4df for Daine lifting Caime out of the sink whole and gets (-)(+)( )(+) Good
[21:09:39] <~Bynw> *Caime rises out of the pit and is set down on the sands edge next to the others*
[21:09:48] <~Bynw> *Daine lowers his hands and exhales*
[21:09:57] <+Mark> "My turn, I assume."
[21:10:14] * +Mark steps under the whole, and closes his ises and concentrates.
[21:10:17] <+Mark> roll 4df
[21:10:18] <+BoxCars> Mark rolls 4df and gets (+)(-)(+)( ) Good
[21:10:23] <+Regan> "Well, you or me."
[21:10:56] * +Llanth looks around.
[21:11:09] <~Bynw> "After you" *Daine says with a bow and the salute of his*
[21:11:11] * +Mark floats up to the top of the whole, and lands on safe land. "There goes my nap," he says, as he sits down, waiting for the rest.
[21:11:38] <+Regan> "Something tells me Im gonna be stuck here by myself."
[21:13:03] <+Regan> "Okay Daine, your turn. I'll try."
[21:13:58] <+Llanth> roll 5df+
[21:13:59] <+BoxCars> Llanth rolls 5df+ and gets ( )( )( )( )(+) Good
[21:14:36] * +Regan extends his hand once again, this time towards his ever cheerful companion, Daine.
[21:14:51] <+Regan> 4df+
[21:15:05] <+Regan> roll 4df+
[21:15:06] <+BoxCars> Regan rolls 4df+ and gets (-)(-)(-)(-) Abysmal
[21:15:31] <+Regan> "I'm sorry Daine, I'm too tired.
[21:16:00] <+Llanth> "It's a bloody litter box."
[21:16:11] <+Regan> "I didn't get much sleep."
[21:16:36] * +Mark looks down, hearing the conversation, "I may be able to lift another."
[21:17:02] <~Bynw> *Daine* "See if you can lift Regan out."
[21:17:15] <+Mark> "Tis what I was thinking."
[21:17:25] <+Regan> "No, you should go first."
[21:17:42] <+Regan> roll 4df+
[21:17:43] <+BoxCars> Regan rolls 4df+ and gets (+)( )( )(-) Fair
[21:18:13] <~Bynw> *Daine* "Be quiet and let Mark take you out"
[21:18:20] * +Mark again concentrates intently, but this time on Regan. After half of a minute of relaxing, he attempts to lift Regan. "Incoming."
[21:18:26] <+Mark> roll 4df
[21:18:27] <+BoxCars> Mark rolls 4df and gets (-)( )(+)(+) Good
[21:19:17] <~Bynw> *once Regan is lifted out of the pit Daine concentrates and centers himself to lift himself out of the pit at last*
[21:19:31] <~Bynw> roll 4df for Daine lifting himself out of the pit
[21:19:32] <+BoxCars> Bynw rolls 4df for Daine lifting himself out of the pit and gets (-)(-)(+)( ) Mediocre
[21:19:50] <+Mark> "Need a hand?"
[21:20:25] <+Regan> "Thanks, Mark. I was worried there for a bit."
[21:20:31] <~Bynw> *Daine gets a few feet off the ground but falls in moment of loss concentration. he cures in Valmari* "Yes ..."
[21:20:31] <+Mark> "I may not be able to lift you completely, but I might be able to lighten the load, as it were."
[21:21:07] * +Mark concentrates once more. This time, a minute passes before he begins his attempt. "Here goes everything."
[21:21:09] <+Mark> roll 4df
[21:21:10] <+BoxCars> Mark rolls 4df and gets (+)(+)(-)( ) Good
[21:21:53] <~Bynw> *Daine rises from the pit with Mark's pull and is now with the others at last*
[21:26:25] * +Mark takes an exasperated sigh. "That was a workout. Sahll we leave? I want to rest as soon as possible."
[21:27:21] <+Llanth> "So we shall.
[21:28:32] <+Regan> "Lets try to make it to the edge of the woods
[21:28:40] <+Regan> "
[21:29:22] <+Taenor> "Let's set a good pace, not sprinting, but running fairly quickly."
[21:29:54] * +Mark starts to 'run fairly quickly' panting much sooner than would be normal
[21:29:56] <+Regan> "I'll try, but Mark and I are pretty tired."
[21:30:48] <+Mark> "Aye."
[21:31:38] * +Regan goes to Mark and puts his shoulder under Marks armpit. "We'll help each other."
[21:32:20] <+Taenor> "We'll keep it to your pace then. But not so that we won't make it."
[21:32:40] <+Mark> "Thank you."
[21:33:02] <~Bynw> *the mountains are reached with several hours before dawn as the party finally finds trees, shade and water. everyone is tired and some are more so by the time they arrive in the mountains and begin to look for a pass through them or begin to climb them*
[21:34:22] * +Mark sits near a water hole and gets a drink, holding the party up momentarily
[21:34:35] <+Mark> "Anyone remember a quick way through here?"
[21:35:31] * +Regan squats next to Mark. "I know the way. I just need a little rest."
[21:36:03] <+Regan> "Actually, just a few minutes."
[21:36:09] <~Bynw> *Caime and Daine are talking and looking around for the land marks they followed a few days ago since they discovered the site of the attack themselves when they were last on a scouting mission*
[21:37:55] <+Regan> "Caime, Daine? I've come through her before. If you can't find your marks, I'll take us through."
[21:38:25] <+Regan> "Though, I was running at the time."
[21:38:39] <~Bynw> *Caime* "I think between the 3 of us we shall find our way."
[21:39:22] <+Regan> "Okay, just let me have a swig of water, then we'll go."
[21:39:45] * +Llanth double checks his bow.
[21:39:49] * +Regan takes a slow drink of water from his waterskin
[21:40:22] <+Regan> "Ah, much better."
[21:41:19] * +Mark gets up
[21:41:28] <+Mark> "Ready as I will ever be."
[21:41:46] * +Taenor drinks for a moment, checks his weapons and healing satchel, and waits.
[21:41:52] <+Regan> "Okay, I know Southwest from here is correct."
[21:43:39] * +Regan heads towards where he was pointing and waves everyone else on.
[21:44:14] * +Mark follows the group
[21:44:20] * +Llanth follows in behind Regan.
[21:45:04] <+Regan> "Stay sharp guys, I had a hell of a time last time I was here."
[21:46:43] <+Mark> "I think I became dull back at the sinkhole..."
[21:47:10] <+Regan> "Oh? I thought that was normal."
[21:47:36] * +Regan smirks
[21:48:32] <~Bynw> *the group travels up through the mountains at night*
[21:50:02] <+Regan> "Wow, I must have run a lot more than I thought."
[21:54:28] <~Bynw> *the climb up the mountain is slow paced and bit by bit more tiring*
[21:55:07] <+Llanth> roll 4df
[21:55:08] <+BoxCars> Llanth rolls 4df and gets (+)(+)(+)( ) Superb
[21:55:27] <+Taenor> roll 4df
[21:55:28] <+BoxCars> Taenor rolls 4df and gets (+)( )(-)(-) Mediocre
[21:55:34] <+Regan> roll 5df-
[21:55:35] <+BoxCars> Regan rolls 5df- and gets ( )(-)( )( )(+) Mediocre
[21:56:22] <+Mark> roll 4df
[21:56:23] <+BoxCars> Mark rolls 4df and gets (+)(-)(-)(+) Fair
[21:57:26] <+Llanth> roll 5df-
[21:57:27] <+BoxCars> Llanth rolls 5df- and gets (+)(-)(+)(-)(-) Poor
[21:58:39] <~Bynw> roll 6df- perception for Daine
[21:58:39] <+BoxCars> Bynw rolls 6df- perception for Daine and gets ( )(+)(+)( )(-)(+) Fair
[21:59:10] <~Bynw> roll 5df- perception for Caime
[21:59:10] <+BoxCars> Bynw rolls 5df- perception for Caime and gets (-)( )( )( )(+) Mediocre
[22:00:36] <~Bynw> *fortunately for all, or unfortunately as the case may be ... the smell of rotting flesh hits everyones nostrils along the trail ... the stink of something large and several days dead*