Session Start: Fri Jul 06 19:19:53 2001

*** Now talking in #nightbelow

*** Topic is 'Saif is worried about some storm. He might be back. He might see you.'

*** Set by Kat on Fri Jul 06 18:49:00

<Saif> Well, wasn't that fun

<Saif> We normally only have one garden-trashing storm per year. That was our second.

<Saif> So, who's here?

* Galen waves

<Kat> Well, just get them gone before I get there

*** Galen is now known as Castinar

<nNikki> not here

* Ari kicks the DM

<Armatage> me

<Amber> yo

<Kat> (in the shins)

<Saif> Is nNikki Paul?

<nNikki> yes

<Saif> Paul - actually this was a rather late one. Usually my plants get trashed real bad by them. This time they were big enough that they just got blown over (and had holes punched through their leaves by hail)

<Saif> Matar - you've got Diana, correct?

<Diana> yuppers

<Saif> And Galen, do you have Thengal, or can I give him to Ari (or does Ari even want him?)

*** _Galen_ has joined #nightbelow

<Ari> Do I look like a Thengal?

*** _Galen_ is now known as Shadow

<Armatage> a little... in the shoulders maybe

* Castinar can do if Kim doesnt want to

* Ari kicks Armatage in the shins

<Saif> I figured I'd offer him to Kim first since you've already got three to play

<Saif> (well, two and a half)

<Ari> oh fine give him over

<Castinar> hehe

<Ari> but you can't kill him off

<Saif> OK, give me another moment to get everything started up, then we'll press with round whatever-it-is

<nNikki> Hey, shouldn't invisibility be a mental thing, as in, someone would be mental to bring it up now.

<Amber> Are we gonna trust the DM to roll dice for us, I don't see the dice bot.

<nNikki> yes

<Armatage> oh damn

<Amber> ugh! Dm dice are tainted!

<Saif> oh, dice

<Saif> no db

<Ari> just the yellow die

<nNikki> no yellow die for me

<Ari> we need to melt that one

<Saif> yup, yellow die sitting right at the front of the box

<Kat> you should feed that one to the dog

<Saif> cool. I love it when I slide out my dice box and find a 64MB ram chip sitting on top of it

<Castinar> lol

<Kat> I think the dice have more value

<Castinar> magic box!

<Castinar> Just put another 256MB PC133 in mine

<Castinar> got 640MB now

<Saif> 640, geez!

<Kat> 64Mb, what's that, $10

<Saif> BTW, we'er still getting brown outs here once and a while. Hopefully nothing will happen.

<Kat> Do you have a ram disk?

<nNikki> invest in a UPS

<Castinar> got a bunch of management sims which eat up a lot of memory ;)

<Castinar> That, and WWII online uses all it can get

<Saif> run SQL on the beast - that will eat it up

<Saif> .

<Saif> OK, I think I'm ready to go

<Saif> .

<Saif> So, first, any questions about the current situation?

<Saif> .

* #nightbelow is being logged

<Ari> hold on, I need to find out where Thengal is

<Armatage> did you get the turn out or are we doing that now?

<Saif> No, I didn't get an e-mail turn out. By the time I realized I hadn't put the intention summary out it was yesterday, so I figured I wouldn't bother. My 'honey-do" list for this long weekend is still only half done. <g>

* Ari snickers

<Saif> So we'll be starting from the end of the last chat session.

* Saif makes a note to have the blue zombie really beat up on Kesria

<Kat> *like they aren't doing that now

<Castinar> In crete, Kim :)

<Saif> and again, remember that I'm playing about 30 NPCs here, so I'll be slow again tonight - especially when it comes to the turns for the savants.

<Ari> Hey, he's a nice color.. Kesira is about to wonder WHY he's blue though

<Saif> Anybody have any idea what round this is??

<Castinar> 6? 7?

<Ari> and be nice to her...don't think i'm missing all those samrt-ass remarks you make <G>

<Kat> 1

<Castinar> this is 6

<Saif> this will be ... yeah, 6

<Kat> 6 sounds right to me

<Saif> OK

<Saif> .

<Saif> Round 6

<Saif> .

<Saif> @Castinar?

<Saif> .

* Castinar hearing the yell for help, and feeling the connection lost to several party members, runs back...

<Castinar> to t!3c to assess the situation (that's 3x run)

<Saif> Figure about 110' to get to Diana's spot

<Castinar> 2X that is

<Castinar> can do that at a 4x run, unless I have to slow to pass the barricade

<Castinar> Will try to get to her ASAP

<Saif> no, you can get around it, so full round action to run forward, correct? is that T13c?

<Saif> or to Diana's position with the 4x?

<Castinar> will be P14A to get to Diana

<Castinar> 4x

<Saif> OK, Castinar runs up next to Diana

<Saif> just in front of her

<Saif> .

<Saif> 70...

<Saif> oh, that's the derro leader. considering...

<Saif> he does a double move away from Matar

<Saif> puts him at E20c

<Saif> .

<nNikki> *Wasn't he threaten by Matar?

<Castinar> AoO?

<Armatage> not just moving away he doesnt

<Castinar> true

<Saif> double move - only way to get away without AoO

<Saif> .

<Saif> 80 is the illithid

<Saif> who has no idea Matar is protected aginst Fwops, so he fwops Matar

<Saif> and it has no effect what so ever

<Saif> hum...

<Saif> db

<Saif> grr

<Saif> no, 63 is up in the air

<nNikki> *Does it get 67?

<Castinar> cone not wide enough for that :(

<Saif> it them moves out of Matar's line of sight, behind the huge pillar separating the room

<Saif> .

<Saif> 25, 26, and 27

<Saif> .

<Saif> 25 stays where he is, 26 runs over and into the cave on the right (where the stream is), and 27 is already dead

<Saif> Kat sees 26 running

<Saif> he is just out of her sight

<Saif> .

<Saif> @Thengal?

<Saif> .

<Ari> As far as I can tell there isn't anything he can do rightnow yes? Has he any spells to get through stone?

<Saif> No, he doesn't have any spells yet

<Ari> and there isn;t anything to hit this side of the wall

<Saif> Refocus?

<Armatage> he already did

<Saif> no, your side of the wall is clear

<Saif> ah

<Castinar> think that's what he planned for this round in email

<Saif> and he isn't wounded, so no need to bandage self

<Ari> ok, he's flying.. fly up and see how far wall of force goes how's that?

<Ari> maybe we can get lucky

<Saif> OK, Thengal flies to the top of the tunnel and discovers that the wall does, in fact, go all the way to the top

<Ari> drat

<Saif> the tunnel is effectively sealed

<Ari> no other openings he can find.. he'll search a bit to kill time

<Saif> k

<Saif> .

<Saif> 60

<Ari> brb.. bedtime for the boy

<Saif> Amber and Ari (and whoever else is back there) hear another bolt of lightning hit the wall that Ari has put up

<Amber> gulp!

<Saif> .

<Saif> 28 - 30

<Saif> .

<Saif> all hold their positions

<Saif> .

<Saif> @Matar?

<Saif> .

* Saif pokes Matar

<Armatage> hmm i got nothing in range do i?

<Saif> not without a step

<Armatage> 67 is still there?

<Saif> yes, 67 is still there, and 63 on the flaming spider is over you

<Armatage> hmm no lines there - is 67 a 5 foot step?

<Saif> yes, a 5' step would put you in range of 67

<Armatage> ill go swat at him twice

<Saif> K, roll (make all your necessary adjustments, blah blah blah)

<Saif> oh, wait

<Saif> geez

<Armatage> hmm heh

<Armatage> do pa 5

<Saif> OK, so what's your attack bonus on the first strike?

<Armatage> oh crap this is going to take a sec - nneed to pull up char sheet

<Armatage> lost some of these spells

<Saif> the dex and the strength

<Saif> are the big ones

<Ari> *back

<Armatage> so im at db20+15

<Armatage> er dm d20+15

<Saif> looks like 20/15 before the power attack

<Armatage> right

<Saif> so 15 and 10 with attack

<Saif> first roll...

<Saif> fell off the table

<Saif> first roll again...

<Saif> 8, for 23, which hits

<Saif> dmg?

<Armatage> d10 + 22

<Saif> 5 + 22 for 27

<Armatage> +d4+1

<Saif> badly wounded

<Saif> 4 for 5, even worse

<Saif> second roll

<Kat> *SR on the electrical damage?

<Saif> a 1 for 11, a miss, reroll on the fumble threat

<Saif> 17 for 27, no fumble

<Saif> does SR work against weapon effects like that?

<Armatage> dont think so

<Kat> *So, it's not like the magical resistance in 2e.

<Saif> I don't think so either.

<Saif> Now against a staff casting a spell it would, but not vs a standard weapon. (if somebody researches this and discovers otherwise I'll give them extra credit)

<Saif> OK, anything else, Matar?

<Armatage> nope no haste

<Saif> opk

<Saif> .

<Saif> @Nikki?

<Saif> .

* nNikki will 5' toward h16d and be prepared to counter any spells cast in her sight.

<Saif> K, remind me of that when spells go off

<Saif> .

<nNikki> ok

<Saif> 62...

<Amber> *just checked DMG for 'shock' weapon..swords, no mention of SR, just the damage it does.

<Amber> p187

<Saif> ok

<Saif> .

<Saif> @Shadow?

<Saif> .

* Shadow uses ready action, normal arrow nocked, ready to fire at anything which gets through wall of stone

<Saif> k

<Saif> .

<Saif> 63, onboard 91

<Saif> .

<Saif> gotta read something real quick

<Saif> Nikki watches closely at 63 begins to cast a spell, looking down at Matar

<nNikki> Can she counter the spell?

<Saif> she makes her spellcraft check and sees that the derro is about to cast Lightning bolt. Want to counter it?

<nNikki> *my first thought is, Matar can take that

<Armatage> i can

<Armatage> save it for something useful

<Saif> Yes, that would be what Nikki would think. "It's just damage..."

<Saif> OK, the spell is cast

<Ari> must be nice to be able to shrug off a lightning bolt. I think I dislike you <G>

<Saif> Matar feels the air around him begin to crackle and he tries to dodge away...

<Armatage> all thanks to amber's protection

<Saif> ST is 10 due to self + spell shield...

<Saif> vs DC of 13...

<Saif> wait a sec...

<Saif> 16 with ability bonus

<Armatage> eh?

<Saif> rolls a 6 which makes the ST

<Armatage> oh the dc

<Saif> * DC 16 for the spell

<Saif> so 1/2 damage, but then Amber's spell comes into play...

<Saif> absorbing all the damage which is...

<Armatage> i was gonna say i dont even have that ability bonus when buffed

<Saif> 14 points

<Saif> Matar learns a new derro curse word

<Armatage> hmm i dunno how the spell reads - would spell shield take 9 off that first?

<Saif> oh yes, it would

<Saif> so a whopping 5 points

<Saif> .

<Saif> 67

<Saif> isn't happy right now

<Saif> reading quickly again

<Saif> he takes a 5' step away from Matar and begins casting a spell .... which Nikki studies closely

<Saif> and easily recognizes as a Stoneskin spell

<Saif> want to counter it?

<nNikki> yes

<nNikki> *Wait a sec. Doesn't Stone Skin work completely different?

<Saif> reading...

<nNikki> *Yet, I kinda what to do it just to see how it's done.

<Saif> so you want to use a Dispel Magic to counter it? You don't have a stoneskin available.

<Saif> that does work a little differently

<Armatage> ya stoneskin isnt going to save him likely vs me

<Castinar> Yeah -- it's good for us mortals though ;)

<Castinar> 10/+5 DR

<Armatage> saving for vs another dispel is prolly better

<Saif> So, nnnnNikki, what do you do?

<nNikki> *Ya, the savant is going to find out that Stone Skin isn't enough against Armatage.

<nNikki> *Nikki will save it for someone casting See Invis or another fog

<Saif> OK, so still holding your counter spell, right?

<nNikki> *yes

<Saif> Ooh, you are supposed to select "an opponent" to watch if you want to try and counter spell

<Armatage> really?!?

<nNikki> *Nikki is powerful. She can watch all opponents in her field of vision

<Saif> so, let's see, I'll give you the first two for free, but now you've got to choose who you watch for the rest of the round. The choices are... (looking)

<nNikki> *66?

<Armatage> ick

<nNikki> 70 for next action?

<Saif> yes, only 66

<Saif> for the rest of this round

<nNikki> *How can Nikki counter 70's spells?

<Saif> or you do just barely have line of sight on 70 for next round

<Saif> so you want to do that? declare a ready action to counter 70's next spell?

<nNikki> yes

<Saif> OK

<Saif> so 67 steps back and casts Stoneskin on himself

<Saif> .

<Saif> 31,32,and 33

<Saif> .

<Saif> 32 moves forward to join the other two

<Saif> Kat can see that the derro in the other room are massing near the entrance, apparently ready to charge out when the party shows up

<Saif> speaking of...

<Saif> .

<Saif> @Katrina?

<Saif> .

* Kat will fire three arounds +1, Dessy special, +1, into 63.

<Kat> *bless still on?

<Saif> yes - also I just drew a line, and you can fire at 80 (the illithid) but he would have 1/2 cover

<Kat> *oh

<Saif> do you have sharpshooting (or whatever it is called that negates cover?)

<Kat> *How does a called shot work against cover

<Saif> I don't think there are called shots in 3e

<Kat> *Kat can fire into a melee and not worry about friends.

<Kat> How's that work against cover?

<Saif> right - there's another one, trying to find it

<Kat> *Precise Shot

<Shadow> no help

<Shadow> cover gives a miss chance

<Kat> *ok, no problem

<Saif> ah, it is sharp shooter, and it is in Sword and Fist

* Kat will fire three Dessy Specials at 80

* Kat is pre-Sword and Fist

<Saif> anyway, as is the flayer would get a +4 AC bonus

<Saif> OK, three arrows, what are your bonuses to hit? bless is still running for you

<Kat> +14, +14, +9

<Saif> are you doing rapid shots?

<Kat> yes

<Saif> OK, 14/14/9 vs him with a plus 4 ac....

<Saif> first roll

<Saif> 15

<Saif> hits

<Saif> the arrow bursts into flame

<Saif> 4 points fire damage

<Kat> *Also, 63 and his ride burn another d6 this turn

<Saif> and he is now burning

<Saif> second roll

<Saif> 12 for 26, which just misses

<Saif> third roll

<Kat> Is it close?

<Saif> 9 for 18, which misses

<Kat> Does it hit the area?

<Saif> 26 is very close, ah grenade, hold on...

<Kat> 10ft area and he is in the flames

<Kat> little fires somewhere

<Saif> OK, so both the misses still explode

<Saif> first is...

<Saif> 6' at 10:00 from the illithid

<Saif> that splashes both the illithid and the derro leader for 1 point

<Saif> the seoncd is

<Saif> 1' away at 2:00, which only splashes the illithid

<Saif> see little red circles on next map up

<Kat> *burnin' down the cave

<Kat> *and the spiders flee

<Saif> and the illithid is burning, and so is 63's mount, which takes...

<Saif> 4 more points of damage

<Saif> k, anything else from Kat?

<Kat> *nope

<Saif> .

<Saif> 27...

<Saif> is dead

<Saif> .

<Saif> 65...

<Saif> .

<Saif> 94...

<Saif> is whistled back by 70

<Saif> he flies back over the derro leader and descends, trying to stay away from the flames

<Saif> .

<Saif> @Amber?

<Saif> .

<Amber> "Ari, better get under cover, I think that stone wall is gonna blow." Amber flys to U11c 20' up hopefully out of range

<Saif> K, anything else?

<Amber> no

<Saif> k

<Saif> .

<Saif> 61...

<Saif> reading again for a sec...

<Armatage> anyone remember what action diana mailed in?

<Saif> * can somebody tell me why I didn't just use the "glitterdust" spell last week? <g>

<Ari> refocus and call to Cast to see what he can do for wall

<Castinar> Diana's Intentions:

<Castinar> Will refocus this round, crying out to Castinar to come over and tunnel

<Castinar> a

<Castinar> way around this wall of force.

<Saif> Diana was going to refocus as she waited on Cast

<Armatage> right

<Armatage> cause we didnt play last week?

<Saif> OK...

<Saif> Those on the far side of the wall see a bank of greenish fog rise up on the other side of the invisible wall.

<Saif> It is now quite easy to see where the wall is, as the fog presses up right against it

<Saif> Kat finds herself on the wrong side of the wall... at least as far as the fog cloud is concerned

<Saif> the vapors reek, and she finds herself growing naseous

<Saif> She tries to fight off the effects of the stench (any special modifiers to a Fort ST vs a stinking cloud I should take into consideration?)

<Kat> *she can go up

<Saif> hum, this fog is pretty thick too, 5' sight

<Saif> K, Kat tries to resist the effects of the fog and...

<Ari> *hacks up a hairball

<Saif> rolls poorly (5), but has a great Fort ST, and just manages to resist the effects (you can freely move out of it next round)

<Saif> up or a little over will easily do it

<Saif> just a sec, one other thing going on there...

<Kat> *Doesn't the cloud sink to the ground?

<Saif> It's not a loud thing, but Kat does pick up somebody coughing in a spot she didn't think anybody was standing (the invisible derro that will show up in blue on the next map at K14)

<Saif> She knows somebody is over "that a way", but not nearly well enough to target them (even without the fog)

<Saif> Kat - no, apparently this one stays up (30x20)

<Saif> .

<Saif> 54...

<Kat> *So, Kat is out of the effect

<Kat> *She is 20' up

<Saif> one of the derro in the side room calls out more orders (can't be seen now, but Kat easily hears him)

<Saif> Kat - right on the edge

<Saif> .

<Saif> @Diana refocuses then?

<Saif> .

<Armatage> aye

<Saif> puts her at 23

<Saif> 90...

<Saif> flies over to the edge of the column in the main room, and up to about 50', then hovers there

<Saif> .

<Saif> @Hunter?

<Saif> .

<nNikki> *Hunter is out for the count, just like his controller

* Castinar flies to

<Saif> meanwhile, 95 flies over behind 67, ready to pick him up next round

<Castinar> r10 and hides

<Castinar> thats r10d

<Saif> k, hunter hides in the little niche showing of R10

<Saif> 62...

<Saif> has already gone this round (taking him out of that location)

<Saif> 93...

<Saif> flies across the cavern, gaining altitude

<Saif> .

<Saif> @Ariessu?

<Saif> .

<Saif> * why do I get the impression I'm loosing you guys here <g>

* Ari finishes scrawling her graffiti on the wall about DM's then moves to put her back to the wall (r11) and readies her Sound Burst spell

<Ari> hey I had alot to write!!

<Saif> uh-huh

<Ari> give me a damn second

<Saif> How about K'harn?

<Saif> what does she do?

<Ari> I am LAST so you can just.. umm.. K'harn yeah

<Ari> K'harn moves to the wall of force

<Bohica> nuh huh - i'm last!

<Saif> Ari - right up to the wall?

<Ari> wants to cast soften stone on one of the walls to see if she can break through

<Ari> yes

<Saif> OK

* Ari kicks the DM in the shins repeatedly

<Saif> that would require at least a hustle, so K'harn is done

<Saif> .

<Saif> @Bohica?

<Saif> .

<Bohica> casts shield on himself.

<Saif> shield on self, check...

<Bohica> lasts 7 mins

<Bohica> +7 ac +3 on reflex saves

<Saif> thanks

<Saif> anything else?

<Saif> .

<Saif> 62...

<Bohica> move back to q13a

<Bohica> dont like the looks of the green ick

<Saif> hey, you can't levitage unwilling targets any more. That was half the fun!?

<Castinar> hehe

* Ari REALLY kicks the DM

<nNikki> *boot to the head?

* Ari curses at the DM in drow

<Saif> 66 decides to cast a Ray spell on Matar

<Saif> Matars fort ST is 11 (8 + 3 from the spell shield)

<Saif> DC on this spell is...

<Saif> 14 (yuch)

<Armatage> gotta hit me first

<Saif> oh yeah, ray spells are touch attacks, so...

<Armatage> ranged touch? ac 13

<Saif> k, 13

<Saif> derro...

<Saif> misses anyway

<Saif> then decides that was a stupid thing to do and goes on with life

<Armatage> such is the life of a sorceror

<Saif> and finally we have 22, 23, and 24

<Armatage> tomb & blood has neat things like split rays and stuff

<Castinar> yup

<Saif> who all move forward

<Saif> and that's the end of the round, unless anybody has anything else to add?

<Saif> A couple notes on the next grid/map

<nNikki> *yippee

<Saif> On the grid, I'm not going to pay attention to the minutes-long spells any more.

<Saif> if we get somewhere up around round 60 or so, then I'll start worrying

<Saif> also on the map all invisible people are now shown in blue, even the derro. Unless you know for a fact that there is a derro there (you don't on any of them) please don't plan your actions as if you did know they were there.

<Armatage> kat would be able to make a spot check on the one

<Saif> Putting them visible makes things much easier on me. (I lost a savant last week because I turned him invisible and then forgot about him because I couldn't see him on the map)

<Castinar> rofl

<Ari> *he's in limbo and will come back to haunt us later

<Saif> Matar - good point, but she already knows now because he coughed anyway, but that's another good reason for you guys to see stuff like that - keep me honest! (too many things to remember)

<Saif> of course, he would have had a chance to spot her too. Then again, he doesn't have an ungodly spot score.

<Saif> K, anything else?

<Saif> working on map/grid

<Kat> *just because Kat has a +13 on her Spot, doesn't mean that you can call it ungodly.

<Amber> *brb gotta fix salad for da man who brings home da bacon...

<Castinar> I thought my +11 was good ;)

<Castinar> Of course, I do like my +19 hide +16 move silently combo

<Armatage> get a robe of blending - then you will be decent

<Castinar> And even there, Shadow blows me away with a +29 hide (robe of blending) ;)

<Kat> *Can I have your cloak, Castinar?

<Castinar> Um --- maybe. Later. When I die. Maybe. :D

<Saif> K, map and grid are up

<Saif> * I just got into a game where I developed a 16th level monk (actually 12th monk, 4th fighter). He's got some great hide/move/jump scores.

<Saif> check out map and grid, I'll brb

<Castinar> is it my imagination, or is that wall of stone loking weaker :-}

<Ari> don't worry, a piece will break off and knock Ari cold

<Ari> then I can go get some sleep <G>

<Amber> *back

<Saif> back

<Saif> * with a black forest shake, yum!

<Castinar> Hmmm... you didnt' say we had time for that

<Saif> OK

<Saif> any questions from the grid or map?

<Armatage> you didnt move boh

<Bohica> move back to q13a

<Bohica> dont like the looks of the green ick

<Saif> sorry, missed the move completly, q13a it is

<Saif> OK, I've got a question.

<Saif> What happens with the stinking cloud when the wall of force comes down?

<Saif> does it stay put, or flow into the new area?

<Saif> newly opened, I should say

<Castinar> honestly? it's a 30'radius spell --- I think it would expand to fill whatever 30' it could at this point

<nNikki> *I think the cloud would stay put

<Amber> I'd say it stays where it is unless it's supposed to be 30x30 for example.

<Castinar> For ease, it could expand as you've drawn it I guess tho

<nNikki> *If it was a fireball, the aoe won't change until the wall is down and the fireball is cast again.

<Saif> Here's what I'm thinking - when cast, it fills it's area (normally 30x20). If something prevents it from filling an area (from a Wall of Force to a simple wall) that volume is simply lost. If that area is then later opened up, it wouldn't flow in to fill it since it doesn't have any "excess" gas anywhere.

<nNikki> *Does the Stinking Cloud try to expand itself every round.

* Castinar nods

<Castinar> No nikki

<Saif> that's the key (nN's comment) - the area is determined when cast, not each rouch.

<Castinar> Actually, after reading last weeks stuff, that's exactly correct

<Saif> OK, just wanted to bounce that one out there and see if I could get anybody nervous <g>

<Castinar> When cast, it fills the area --- anything which prevents is lost

<Castinar> Forgot about that bit

<nNikki> *So, Nikki would know. The rest of the group missed their Spell Craft

<Castinar> they simplified that a bit

<Saif> Diana should be mortified

<Saif> OK

<Saif> .

<Saif> Round 7

<Saif> .

<Saif> @Castinar?

<Saif> .

<nNikki> *Bohica stepped out of range. He fumbled.

* Castinar moves to n13a and casts

<Castinar> soften earth/stone --- softening it enough to be dug through easily, I hope :)

<Saif> reading to double check...

<Armatage> why not just use stone shape?

<Castinar> Rg close, 50'square, 1 action

<Castinar> changes stone to soft clay that is easily molded or shaped

<Castinar> *doing both, matar

<nNikki> *Why not soften the side of the tunnel so it will fall down on it's own weight?

<Saif> K, it is clay, but you now need to dig it out

<Castinar> If I do this this round, someone can be digging while I stoneshape the other side --- allowing two simultaneous entrances

<nNikki> *Good idea. Dig hunter dig.

<Saif> * also remember the party did something like this in the past - somebody cast a first casting to turn it to clay, then K'harn cast it a second time on the same spot, turning it to loose mud (which would naturally fall away)

<Castinar> that works too

<Castinar> basic idea is I want two entrances past this thing

<Saif> anyway, the area around the wall (both sides, I would imagine) are now wet clay

<Castinar> nearly simultaneous

<Saif> anything else from Cast?

<Castinar> nothing

<Saif> k

<Saif> 70's turn

<Saif> he mounts up on 94

<Saif> as 94 rises into the air, 70 pulls out a potion and chugs it down

* nNikki wiggles her bottom at 70

<Amber> *he got splashed by flame would he still be burning? 70 that is...

<Saif> and gets real crappy rolls on his healing

<Saif> no, only those directly hit still burn

* Armatage yells at him, "Dammit that's my treasure yer chuging there!"

* Diana readies a magic missile for anything charging thru the other side of the hole.

<Saif> * BTW, whenver a spider and derro pair up I'm going to use the derro's initiative count for them. Much easier for me to track that way.

<Saif> K, Diana has MM ready

<Saif> which brings us to 80

<Saif> reading something...

<Saif> the illithid glares in Kat's general direction, then moves out of her sight (behind the large column), batting at his burning clothing.

<Saif> 25-27...

<Saif> move around

<Saif> .

<Saif> @Thengal?

<Saif> .

<Ari> forgot where what he's doing

<Ari> still nothing to hit.. stay where he is

<Saif> Thengal has a momentary lapse of consciousness. It happens, at his age.

<Ari> Thengal kicks the DM

<Saif> oh yeah, hes up at the top of the wall, poking aorund

<Armatage> dig?

<Ari> there you go! dig

<Ari> thank you George

<Saif> * anybody know of any 3e rules on digging rates?

<nNikki> *Humans take hours to dig a 6ft hole, but just one round to fill it.

<Ari> *I keep forgetting I have to play someone else

<Saif> in general, I'm thinking "not very fast"

<Castinar> might --- on sec

<Castinar> except for dwarves :)

<Armatage> isnt that like swimming movement rates?

<Saif> especially with the clay - have to cut it into blocks, then pull the blocks out. It's workable, but difficult.

<nNikki> *Dwarves can dig very fast. Thengal might be able to keep up with Armatage's kills. <G>

<Ari> Saif, what's Stonecunning?

<Saif> Remember, these are only 6 second rounds. How much clay could anybody dig out in 6 seconds?

<Saif> Ari - the old dwarf abilities about detecting stonework traps, shifting walls, etc.

<Ari> ah ok

<Saif> Also, to dig is Thengal going to put up his axe and pull out a shovel? That will make the going faster, but will take time up front to switch what's in his hands.

<Castinar> its in DMG I think

<nNikki> three shovel loads

<Amber> p143 PH Hampered movement movement penalty x1/2 = heavy undergrowth, ???

<Saif> OK, rule off the top of my head.

<Saif> Using a weapon to dig/cut, somebody can only excavate 1 cubic foot of clay per round. With a shovel that increases to 3 cubic feet (which is really way too much).

<Saif> Dwarves add an additional cubic foot to those.

<Ari> might as well go for the shovel then.. he can lean the axe near to hand so he can take it up when he needs it again

<Saif> So Ari, does Thengal want to swap out for a shovel, or hack away with his axe?

<Saif> Something else to consider is digging is dirty work, and Thengal is invisible right now...

<Ari> ok one more word about invisibility and i'm going to hurt someone

<Castinar> where's our picks?

<Saif> probably in the house

<Armatage> well digging clay isnt the dirty

<Castinar> figures :)

<Saif> Which Matar has <G>

<Armatage> kinda sticks together

<Armatage> i carry the house?!?

<Castinar> as party leader

<Ari> your the leader, leader carries it

<Saif> you're party leader, party leader has always carried the house

<nNikki> *Thengal will use a shovel or spare weapon that he can leave. He doesn't let go of his axe. It will become visible.

<Armatage> weak

<Saif> (congratulations)

* Ari hurts nNikki. I warned you

<Saif> He can simply slide his axe into his belt loop and pull out a shovel and go to work. But since the shovel is in his pack, this will take a round.

<nNikki> Armatage, you can always assign the house to someone else, like your lackey boy Bohica.

<Saif> So, Ari, decision?

<Ari> shovel, axe in belt and damn it i'm tired!

<Saif> oh, and did I mention the difficulty factor of trying to dig with an invisible shovel? <WEG>

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<Saif> ah...

<Saif> ok

<nNikki> drop shovel... pick it up

<Saif> I thought it was funny

<Saif> OK, Thengal sheathes his axe (or loops it or whatever you call putting the axe in his belt loop) and digs out a shovel.

<Saif> which brings us to they guy still trying to blast down the wall of stone

<Saif> another lightning bolt

<nNikki> *is that another pun... 'digs out a shovel'

<Saif> * no, no puns allowed

<Saif> * even from my subconscious

<Castinar> rofl

<Saif> the wall shakes again, but still shows no sign of breaking up

<Saif> 28-30 move around

<nNikki> *the double wall holds

<Saif> bringing us to

<Saif> ..

<Saif> @Matar?

<Saif> .

<Saif> * I now know why there are so many very-high level monsters in D&D - it's much easier for the DM to deal with one or two high-level bad guys that 50 low level ones

<Castinar> hehe

<Armatage> oops one sec

<Armatage> yup 5' step and finish 67

<Armatage> pa 5

<Armatage> dm d20+15

<Saif> Roll is a 6, for a 21, which I think hits...

<Castinar> man --- I don't get to make any dm rolls tonight :(

<Saif> * you know, if I looked for the derro's AC on the derro grid instead of the party grid it sure would speed up things <g>

<Saif> yes, that hits

<Saif> what was dmg again?

<Armatage> dm d10+22

<Armatage> db d4+1

<Armatage> oops

<Saif> darn, 10 on the d10, so no chance for him

<Saif> 67 dies

<Saif> you can now step and cleave at the spider

<Armatage> sure

<Saif> same stats, right?

<Armatage> dm d20+10

<Saif> 14 for 24, hits

<Saif> +22 on dmg still?

<nNikki> *threat?

<Armatage> nope just miss threat

<Armatage> ya damage same

<Saif> 4 for 26 dmg

<nNikki> *I thought your threat was at 13. Oh well.

<Saif> ha, you're lucky, this was the weak spider with 26 hps

<Saif> spider dies

<Armatage> nah that was a mistake - char sheet wasnt up to date

<Armatage> darn nothing else in 5'

<Saif> * also stacked the bonuses wrong

<Armatage> hmm that was one attack

<Saif> nope, nothing else in range, but... right, still have a move

<Armatage> i halv move up next to 66

<Saif> OK, Matar is up next to 66

<Saif> * 3D threats, I think my head is going to start hurting

<Saif> ok, anything else from Matar?

<Saif> .

<Saif> @Nikki?

<Saif> .

<nNikki> *need to know locations of things. How far did stuff move?

<nNikki> *What targets are available?

<nNikki> how many creatures can Nikki get into a slow? Creatures must be within 30ft of each other

<Saif> 70 (now on a flying spider at D18d at 30' is the only thing that has moved that you have seen.

<Saif> erm, hold on...

<Saif> is slow targetable on individuals within the range? if so, looks like your best bet is 66 and 70 and their mounts

<Saif> everything else has too much vertical displacement

<Saif> wait, even those two have too much -= exactly 30 vertical, but also 20 horizontal

<Saif> nope, make that 20 and 10. any math majors out there?

<Amber> *slowed spider'fly', which brings the question..can it fly slowmoe? splat!

<nNikki> *Would they be in fireball range of each other?

<Saif> what's that, 20'? or 40' side to side?

<Saif> 20' radius, so within 40', which would hit 70 and 66

<nNikki> Yes, 20' radius

<Saif> or you could take out two spiders closer to you

<Saif> I will require a spellcraft check to not hit Matar (who is within 5' of one of your targets)

* nNikki will blast 70, 66, and mounts with a fireball then move to j17 up(how far can Nikki move after casting?)

<nNikki> *Nikki will take the chance. She figures Matar can take it.

<Saif> Nikki's fly rate is 90'

<Armatage> hey! i lost that protection!

<nNikki> *Nikki doesn't know that

<Castinar> lol

<nNikki> *Nikki will still try into to hit her fearless leader

<Saif> OK, first the spellcheck. I'd say 15 normally, but this also involves vertical displacement, so a DC of 20 vs Nikki's spellcraft of 17

<Saif> rolls a 6 and calculates it correctly

<Saif> surge roll...

<Armatage> the mighty fighter, immune to the weapons of his foes, is laid low by a backstabbing mage!

Note: DM’s computer crashes at this point and he has to reboot.

Session Start: Fri Jul 06 22:04:17 2001

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<Saif> OK, one program back up...

<Castinar> anyone that has Heart of Winter (Icewind dale) theres an online download --- 20 new adventure areas, spells, etc.

<Saif> OK

<nNikki> Sounds interesting. I'm waiting for neverwinter nights.

<Castinar> gotta wait till December it looks like

<Castinar> PoR II is August I think

<Saif> Nikki's surge

<Saif> * BTW, riddle me this, why would my Me machine suddenly rebooting disable the sound on my NT Server?

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* Castinar snickers

<nNikki> bad hardware

<Armatage> im sorry the correct answer to that is classified

<Saif> Surge is 4, giving a -3 on the effective level

<Saif> Nikki has to overcome the SR for the two derro...

<Saif> * What is that, 10 + caster level???

<Saif> ouch, d20 + caster level, CL 5 for this spell...

<Saif> neither derro is harmed

<Saif> spiders...

<nNikki> d20 + caster's level verse SR

<Saif> wow, both saved (rolled 14 and 16)

<Saif> Nikki's damage

<Saif> 18, half for 9 against the two spiders

<Saif> (all that for 9 points dmg)

<Saif> .

<Saif> 62...

<nNikki> *You have Nikki on the grid as 9.

<Saif> cast a spell

<Saif> * yes, but the surge was lower... oh, should be 6, not 5,

<nNikki> *Nikki moved too, j17b +40, ok.

<Saif> let's see, the 14 would be a 19 vs the spell which would be 10+3+... hold on

<Saif> I'm doing that all wrong anyway. Spell DCs don't rely on caster level, just caster mod. Nikki's DC for a 3rd level spell is 21, so the first spider doesn't make the ST, the second does

<Saif> an extra d6 dmg

<Saif> 6

<nNikki> *good damage

<Saif> so 3 more for the second one, and a total of 24 for the first

<Saif> 66s is badly injured, but still up

<nNikki> *Any webs on the wall on fire?

<Saif> no, would have had to burst in middle of room to catch both in the radius with their displacement - also the webs are up pretty high on the wall face

<Saif> that brings us to

<Saif> .

<Saif> @Shadow?

* Shadow continues her ready action --- waiting for something to break through the wall of stone

<Saif> .

<Saif> Crap - Paul, tell me again where you wanted Nikki to move to?

<nNikki> *Nikki moved too, j17b +40, ok.

<Saif> K, Shadow is still ready

<Saif> K

<Saif> 63...

<Saif> casts a spell on himself

<Saif> 31-33 move around

<Saif> .

<Saif> @Katrina?

<Saif> .

* Kat will move up to escape the cloud and listen for the coughing derro. Can she target him? What other targets are about?

<Kat> *Can she target the mount of 70?

<Saif> let me double check something...

<Saif> Kat - you can try a listen check, but it must beat the derro's check by 20 in order for you to be able to fire at it, and even then he would have total concealment (50% chance miss)

* Kat will listen. Yet, there are lots of targets out there.

<Saif> and yes, you could also target 70s mount

<Saif> OK, Kat makes a listen check...

<Saif> ouch, 19 for a 34

<Saif> derro is trying to be quiet...

<Saif> 17

<Saif> which is good enough that Kat can't pinpoint him

<Kat> cough cough

<Saif> * he made his Fort ST vs the cloud last round, so wouldn't be happy but could still be quiet