Blood, Sweat, and Steel (BSS) Playtest No. 2

[jlcsusara]

**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Fri Sep 25 13:11:24 2009
Sep 25 13:39:11 *   BloodSweatSteel (Mibbit@32F4F9.FDFD0F.44105D.726DD8) has joined #BSS
Sep 25 13:48:53 *   Papaganoush (~Papaganoush@DCDEB4.19685B.C85E80.546240) has joined #BSS
Sep 25 13:59:37 *   BloodSweatSteel is now known as GM
Sep 25 14:00:03 <GM>   here's the thief type: http://up.mibbit.com/up/067PqCRT.pdf
Sep 25 14:00:10 *   Papaganoush is now known as zombie-virgin-ninja
Sep 25 14:00:29 <fudgebob>   heheheh
Sep 25 14:00:44 <GM>   priest/cleric kinda guy: http://up.mibbit.com/up/tggioxvE.pdf
Sep 25 14:00:50 *   You are now known as Thermaculous
Sep 25 14:01:05 <GM>   barbarian type: http://up.mibbit.com/up/8UN8FS1Q.pdf
Sep 25 14:01:29 <GM>   Warrior/Soldier guy: http://up.mibbit.com/up/glay41qn.pdf
Sep 25 14:01:51 <GM>   Hunter/Trapper dude: http://up.mibbit.com/up/nf6m2iTI.pdf
Sep 25 14:02:21 <GM>   Tribal shaman type: http://up.mibbit.com/up/7hmDnDxJ.pdf
Sep 25 14:02:55 <Thermaculous>   give zombie-virgin-ninja the cheat sheet too, GM
Sep 25 14:03:01 <GM>   fudgebob, are you going to run Therm again?
Sep 25 14:03:18 <Thermaculous>   yes, or should i rename him?
Sep 25 14:03:27 <GM>    cheat sheet: http://up.mibbit.com/up/mqxtIuBU.pdf
Sep 25 14:03:30 <GM>   nope
Sep 25 14:04:25 <Thermaculous>   
Sep 25 14:04:41 *   You are now known as ThermTheThief
Sep 25 14:05:05 <GM>   groovy!
Sep 25 14:05:35 <ThermTheThief>   do you have the adventure in mind, GM?
Sep 25 14:05:41 <zombie-virgin-ninja>   advice on names?
Sep 25 14:05:50 <ThermTheThief>   or want zombie-virgin-ninja to pick?
Sep 25 14:06:02 <ThermTheThief>   any name will do, zombie-virgin-ninja
Sep 25 14:06:20 <GM>   yeah, any name is fine.
Sep 25 14:06:55 <GM>   just so I know, which character are ya runnin?
Sep 25 14:07:13 <zombie-virgin-ninja>   Lylcthe the hunter
Sep 25 14:07:18 *   zombie-virgin-ninja is now known as Lylcthe
Sep 25 14:07:24 <ThermTheThief>   cool
Sep 25 14:07:30 <ThermTheThief>   ... and a mouthful
Sep 25 14:07:34 <GM>   great!
Sep 25 14:07:46 <Lylcthe>   seventh sanctum
Sep 25 14:08:18 <GM>   I'll probably use L and T for expediency's sake. 
Sep 25 14:08:25 <ThermTheThief>   k
Sep 25 14:08:50 <ThermTheThief>   "One dark and stormy night..."
Sep 25 14:08:59 <GM>   Oh, and Papaganoush, I have one little request, since I'm still very new to this.....
Sep 25 14:09:27 <GM>   If you want to reply something and need me to wait to continue, just drop a ">" to let me know
Sep 25 14:09:31 <GM>   like this;
Sep 25 14:09:33 <GM>   >
Sep 25 14:09:52 <GM>   then I'll know to wait until you complete your post before I continue.
Sep 25 14:09:58 <GM>   I do the same thing.
Sep 25 14:10:12 <GM>   makes it easier for me to stay organized.
Sep 25 14:10:28 <GM>   It's basically akin to clearing your throat at the gaming table.
Sep 25 14:10:32 <Lylcthe>   kk - my aspects have no level associated do I need to set them to something?
Sep 25 14:10:53 <GM>   They should all be set to Good, which means you can use them once per "scene".
Sep 25 14:11:02 <ThermTheThief>   mine are all set at Good
Sep 25 14:11:22 <Lylcthe>   all the sheets except hunter have them set to good
Sep 25 14:11:47 <GM>   probably just spaced it while whipping these up.
Sep 25 14:12:09 <GM>   I made these guys in about 5 minutes each, so I'm sure I missed it.
Sep 25 14:12:44 <GM>   So what we've been doing is running quickie adventures, where we kinda skip right to the good stuff.
Sep 25 14:12:57 <Lylcthe>   okay I am good to go... will be filling in Background as we go.
Sep 25 14:13:17 <ThermTheThief>   me too
Sep 25 14:13:42 <GM>   OK, we'll start out with the 2 of you living in or near a small village.  How do you know each other?
Sep 25 14:13:55 <ThermTheThief>   brothers
Sep 25 14:14:12 <ThermTheThief>   ?
Sep 25 14:14:16 <GM>   ooh, interesting, cool!
Sep 25 14:14:34 <Lylcthe>   I can work with that. Can I be the elder sibling?
Sep 25 14:14:49 <ThermTheThief>   sure
Sep 25 14:15:00 <ThermTheThief>   i'll be the young rascal
Sep 25 14:15:26 <GM>   The village is called Fraabii, and it began as a barbarian summer encampment, and is now a settlement, on a main trading road between 2 cities.
Sep 25 14:16:30 <GM>   The villagers have been very uptight lately, as 3 women have turned up missing in the past 2 weeks.
Sep 25 14:17:25 <GM>   The locals have been creating search parties to find them, and there has been a 24 hour watch instilled.
Sep 25 14:17:43 <GM>   The women appear to have vanished without a trace.
Sep 25 14:18:08 <GM>   One of the women was your baby sister, the youngest in the family.
Sep 25 14:18:38 <GM>   And..........action!
Sep 25 14:19:39 *   ThermTheThief is at home with his brother and the rest of the family... all worried sick
Sep 25 14:20:28 *   Lylcthe is concerned and a bit uncomfortable.
Sep 25 14:20:44 <ThermTheThief>   "I've just been to the Chieftain's Hall... still no word about Stella"
Sep 25 14:21:12 <ThermTheThief>   "We should do something, big brother!"
Sep 25 14:21:17 <Lylcthe>   "I can't believe I haven't been able to find any sign of Stella, nothing disappears without leaving something..."
Sep 25 14:21:23 <GM>   T, While you are home consoling each other, you hear someone shouting your name, "Therm!  Are you there?  Come out here quickly!"
Sep 25 14:21:36 <GM>   It's coming from outside
Sep 25 14:21:46 *   ThermTheThief rushes out of the house "Who???"
Sep 25 14:21:54 *   You are now known as Therm
Sep 25 14:22:08 *   Lylcthe watches from the doorway
Sep 25 14:22:22 <GM>   It's Jorstein, the village smithy.  He stands out on the road, holding something in his hand.....
Sep 25 14:22:29 <GM>   >
Sep 25 14:23:03 <GM>   It's hard to tell exactly what it is at first, but as you step out of the house, you can both tell what it is......Stella's sash.
Sep 25 14:23:40 <Therm>   "By the Unshaven Gods! It's Stella's sash!?!"
Sep 25 14:23:47 *   Lylcthe stomps out of the house
Sep 25 14:23:55 <Lylcthe>   "Jorstein can you show me exactly where you found this"
Sep 25 14:24:17 *   Therm listens anxiously
Sep 25 14:24:38 <GM>   Jorstein: "I found it in the foothills, by the Bear Claw Ridge, it was dangling from a tree branch".
Sep 25 14:25:25 *   Therm swings his eyes at the sash, Jorstein, and his brother
Sep 25 14:25:38 <Therm>   ... confused
Sep 25 14:26:17 <GM>   Jorstein: "We were out on our morning search, and I wouldn't even have noticed it at first, but the wind got ahold of it and it caught my eye."
Sep 25 14:26:49 <Lylcthe>   "I guess that is where I will start tracking her then. Therm I am leaving in 5 minutes, be ready or be left behind"
Sep 25 14:26:50 <Therm>   "Did you see anything else, Jorn?"
Sep 25 14:27:21 <Therm>   "Wait, brother, Jorn might have seen something else"
Sep 25 14:27:41 *   Lylcthe waits impatiently
Sep 25 14:27:46 *   Therm shakes Jorn "Well? well?"
Sep 25 14:27:54 <GM>   (Bear Claw Ridge is about a mile from the village, in pretty rough terrain.  There is an active volcano past the foothills, but it is currently only active beneath the surface.)
Sep 25 14:28:19 <GM>   Jorstein: "I'll take you right to where I found it".
Sep 25 14:28:38 <Therm>   "Good. Let's go!"
Sep 25 14:29:23 <GM>   Jorstein; "we can take horses to the Ridge, but we'll have to foot it past there."
Sep 25 14:29:55 *   Therm picks his rucksack full of rations and other things needed for the journey
Sep 25 14:29:58 <GM>   (Any special preparation before heading to the ridge?)
Sep 25 14:30:38 <Lylcthe>   (do I have a horse? or do I have to borrow one from the family - I would think he is a walk - or stalk - kind of fellow)
Sep 25 14:30:56 <GM>   (feel free to add any weapons, armor equipment, etc you want to have)
Sep 25 14:31:14 <GM>   (The smithy has extra horses)
Sep 25 14:31:22 *   Therm also brings the Stella's religious trinkets, for luck!
Sep 25 14:32:10 *   Therm borrows his father's old leather armor
Sep 25 14:32:26 <Lylcthe>   (short sword, leather jerkin + backpack and wilderness gear. including a good lantern)
Sep 25 14:32:41 <GM>   (T, that will be treated as light armor with protection=1)
Sep 25 14:32:47 <Therm>   (k)
Sep 25 14:33:22 *   Therm dons his jaunty hat, also for luck!
Sep 25 14:33:29 <GM>   (L, your short sword is 0/0/3)
Sep 25 14:33:39 *   Lylcthe shakes his head
Sep 25 14:33:52 <GM>   The 3 men grab their things, pack the horses, and head into the hills.....
Sep 25 14:33:57 <GM>   end scene.
Sep 25 14:34:01 <Therm>   (my short sword is 1/2/2?)
Sep 25 14:34:36 <GM>   (that's correct T)
Sep 25 14:34:57 <Lylcthe>   (carp I am playing this guy all wrong - careful planner [ ] but I am going impatient and impulsive. oops)
Sep 25 14:35:30 <GM>   (you can RP the careful planning out as we go, as details come to your character)
Sep 25 14:35:54 <Therm>   "Hya! hya! move, beasts!"
Sep 25 14:36:08 <Lylcthe>   (do you invoke aspects? or do we just tag them?)
Sep 25 14:36:18 <GM>   The ride to Bear Claw Ridge is narrow and winding and slow going, but eventually, you reach the bottom of the foothills.
Sep 25 14:36:21 <GM>   >
Sep 25 14:36:44 <GM>   (You invoke, I compel, and you can also tag other people's aspects or scene aspects)
Sep 25 14:37:50 <GM>   Jorstein dismounts, and takes the reins of all 3 horses.  "I'll wait here with the horses.  If you don't return by dark, I'll return to the village and assume you are staying out here.  I'll return in the morning with the horses."
Sep 25 14:38:29 *   Therm goes to the tree Jorn described
Sep 25 14:38:39 *   Lylcthe looks for signs and spoor, carefully moving forward
Sep 25 14:38:44 <Therm>   ... carefully looking
Sep 25 14:38:57 <GM>   The tree is up into the foothills, along an animal path.
Sep 25 14:39:33 <Therm>   ... trying to Find Hidden clues
Sep 25 14:39:45 <GM>   (feel free to put your Tracking skills to use to see what you come up with Lylcthe)
Sep 25 14:40:02 <GM>   >
Sep 25 14:40:09 <Therm>   (can  i roll my Find Hidden skill?)
Sep 25 14:40:14 <Lylcthe>   (roll command is?)
Sep 25 14:40:23 <Therm>   (roll 4df)
Sep 25 14:40:33 <GM>   (we just start the line with the "roll 4df" followed by a short description, like Tracking.
Sep 25 14:41:10 <GM>   (Therm, are you looking for something specific?)
Sep 25 14:41:18 <Lylcthe>   roll 4df find traces along the trail (Tracking)
Sep 25 14:41:19 <BoxCars>   Lylcthe rolls 4df find traces along the trail (Tracking) and gets (+)(-)( )(-) Mediocre
Sep 25 14:41:39 <Lylcthe>   (good total)
Sep 25 14:42:08 <GM>   Lylcthe finds a boot print, and then another.....
Sep 25 14:42:19 <GM>   They seem to go along the animal path.
Sep 25 14:42:46 <GM>   They are a bit tough to follow, dropping out in parts, but Lylcthe is able to keep on track.
Sep 25 14:42:52 <Therm>   (hmm, Stella's things)
Sep 25 14:43:13 <GM>   (go ahead an make a find hidden check)
Sep 25 14:43:30 <Therm>   roll 4df Fair Find Hidden
Sep 25 14:43:30 <BoxCars>   Therm rolls 4df Fair Find Hidden and gets ( )( )( )(-) Mediocre
Sep 25 14:43:40 <Lylcthe>   roll 4df Tracking (large? small? fresh? stale?)
Sep 25 14:43:40 <BoxCars>   Lylcthe rolls 4df Tracking (large? small? fresh? stale?) and gets (+)( )(+)(-) Good
Sep 25 14:43:50 <Lylcthe>   (Superb)
Sep 25 14:43:56 <GM>   (Therm doesn't find anything specific in this area)
Sep 25 14:44:28 *   Therm is dejected but follows Lylcthe
Sep 25 14:45:03 <GM>   Lylcthe stops a moment to examine the prints a little more closely, and surmises that either he is tracking a very fat man with tiny feet, or a normal sized man carrying something very heavy...
Sep 25 14:45:04 <Therm>   ... scanning the area ahead and around while Lylcthe tracks
Sep 25 14:45:27 <GM>   The tracks are fairly fresh....within the last 24 hours.
Sep 25 14:45:40 <Therm>   "Is it Stella's, Lylcthe ?"
Sep 25 14:45:49 <GM>   (Give me 2 rolls Therm, that will cover the whole path)
Sep 25 14:46:02 <Therm>   roll 4df Fair Find Hidden1
Sep 25 14:46:02 <BoxCars>   Therm rolls 4df Fair Find Hidden1 and gets ( )(-)(-)( ) Poor
Sep 25 14:46:05 <Therm>   roll 4df Fair Find Hidden2
Sep 25 14:46:06 <BoxCars>   Therm rolls 4df Fair Find Hidden2 and gets (+)( )(-)(+) Good
Sep 25 14:46:16 <Lylcthe>   "prints are too big for Stella, but they are fresh"
Sep 25 14:46:44 <GM>   As Therm walks behind his big brother, he remains vigiliant, and it pays off.
Sep 25 14:47:07 <Therm>   "Poor Stella... I hope she is still alive"
Sep 25 14:47:15 <Lylcthe>   "look how deep the heels press into the ground - whoever it is carries some weight"
Sep 25 14:47:17 <GM>   On the ground, just off the animal path, Therm spots something shiny on the ground
Sep 25 14:47:19 *   Therm stops suddenly
Sep 25 14:47:41 <Therm>   "Look, Lylcthe !" *points at the object
Sep 25 14:47:57 <Lylcthe>   (sorry can't resist... Oh shiny!)
Sep 25 14:48:10 <Therm>   (*.*)
Sep 25 14:48:31 *   Therm picks it up
Sep 25 14:48:40 <GM>   It quickly becomes apparent what Therm has found.  It is a ring.  It is Stella's ring.  The ring your mother gave to her just a year ago.
Sep 25 14:48:44 <Therm>   ... holds it up to Lylcthe
Sep 25 14:49:07 <Therm>   "It is a ring.  It is Stella's ring.  The ring your mother gave to her just a year ago!"
Sep 25 14:49:13 <Therm>   *our
Sep 25 14:49:51 <Lylcthe>   "Either she was here or someone stole her ring and dropped it here. Either way we will have answers at the end of these tracks"
Sep 25 14:50:08 <Therm>   "Agreed, brother"
Sep 25 14:50:31 *   Therm pockets the ring for safety
Sep 25 14:50:42 <GM>   About 50' past the spot where the ring was found, the tracks leave the animal path and go straight up into the foothills.
Sep 25 14:51:02 <Therm>   (what time is it now?)
Sep 25 14:51:13 <GM>   (midday)
Sep 25 14:51:25 <Lylcthe>   "let's move along slowly. try to step where I step, minimize the sign we leave for anyone following behind"
Sep 25 14:52:08 <Therm>   "Aye. I will guard our backs"
Sep 25 14:52:09 <Lylcthe>   roll 4df Tracking - any tracks leading down from the foothills?
Sep 25 14:52:10 <BoxCars>   Lylcthe rolls 4df Tracking - any tracks leading down from the foothills? and gets (-)(-)(-)( ) Terrible
Sep 25 14:52:28 <Lylcthe>   (mediocre)
Sep 25 14:52:38 <GM>   The tracks continue on, a bit harder to follow, several hundred feet, up to the rocky base of the volcano, where they stop at a large section of rock.
Sep 25 14:52:56 <GM>   (you only see this one set of foot prints in this area you are in.)
Sep 25 14:53:19 <Therm>   (do i see anyone else around? following us?)
Sep 25 14:53:31 <Lylcthe>   (with that roll I am probably examining my footprints )
Sep 25 14:53:39 <Therm>   (lol)
Sep 25 14:53:48 <GM>   Lylcthe and Therm find themselves on a small plateau, which has a ridge that seems to follow the base of the mountain.
Sep 25 14:54:11 <GM>   (It's unusually quiet for a nice summer afternoon.)
Sep 25 14:54:31 <GM>   (you don't see any other people, or any creatures for that matter)
Sep 25 14:54:37 <Therm>   (*unusually*?)
Sep 25 14:54:49 <Lylcthe>   (so we are pretty exposed here)
Sep 25 14:54:59 <GM>   (at the moment, yes)
Sep 25 14:55:17 <GM>   (T, yeah, normally you'd hear birds chirping, but it's very quiet.
Sep 25 14:55:27 *   Therm whispers "This place is too quite... no birds or beast"
Sep 25 14:55:46 <Therm>   "... not a chirp at all"
Sep 25 14:55:53 <GM>   (can you both give me a Perception check?)
Sep 25 14:56:00 <Lylcthe>   Therm - lets get back into the trees and take a short break. This doesn't feel right
Sep 25 14:56:16 <Lylcthe>   roll 4df perception
Sep 25 14:56:17 <BoxCars>   Lylcthe rolls 4df perception and gets (+)(+)( )( ) Great
Sep 25 14:56:25 <Therm>   roll 4df Good Perception
Sep 25 14:56:26 <BoxCars>   Therm rolls 4df Good Perception and gets (+)( )(-)(-) Mediocre
Sep 25 14:56:33 <Therm>   (ack)
Sep 25 14:57:07 <Lylcthe>   (superb total - will start adding to rolls)
Sep 25 14:57:29 <Therm>   (Fair for me)
Sep 25 14:57:41 <GM>   Just as Lylcthe suggests turning back, he makes out what appears to be a moving shape, about 100' up the mountainside.  It looked like a man's head, which quickly ducked behind a rock after Lylcthe looked upward.
Sep 25 14:58:22 *   Therm sees no one
Sep 25 14:58:54 <Lylcthe>   Therm did you see that? watch the reddish rock to the right of the ridge. someone just ducked behind it.
Sep 25 14:59:51 <GM>   As you both look up, you catch a glimpse of the man, as he stands up, and appears to take of running out of view.  He wore a dark, hooded cloak.
Sep 25 15:00:21 <Lylcthe>   Hurry lets try catch him!
Sep 25 15:00:35 *   Lylcthe sprints after him
Sep 25 15:00:45 *   Therm runs
Sep 25 15:00:56 <Lylcthe>   roll 4df Good Running
Sep 25 15:00:56 <BoxCars>   Lylcthe rolls 4df Good Running and gets ( )(+)(-)(-) Mediocre
Sep 25 15:01:01 <GM>   (There's a ridge that would be pretty easy to climb), but trying to run up it will require a Climb check)
Sep 25 15:01:29 <Therm>   (what attrib to use?)
Sep 25 15:01:33 <GM>   (don't worry, the difficulty is Terrible)
Sep 25 15:01:36 <GM>   Climbing
Sep 25 15:01:43 <Therm>   roll 4df
Sep 25 15:01:43 <BoxCars>   Therm rolls 4df and gets ( )(+)( )(-) Fair
Sep 25 15:01:48 <Lylcthe>   roll 4df good climbing
Sep 25 15:01:49 <BoxCars>   Lylcthe rolls 4df good climbing and gets ( )( )( )( ) Fair
Sep 25 15:01:51 <GM>   Actually, since it's more running along bad surface
Sep 25 15:02:05 <GM>   you could use Running or even Agility Attribute
Sep 25 15:02:37 <Therm>   (Great Agi it is then)
Sep 25 15:03:05 <GM>   You both make your way pretty easily up the ridge, but when you get to where the man was, he's nowhere to be seen.
Sep 25 15:03:25 <GM>   There does however only appear to be one way out of this spot.....up
Sep 25 15:03:27 <Therm>   "Bah! he's gone!" *pants
Sep 25 15:04:02 <GM>   There is what appears to be a bit of a path that leads further up the mountain.
Sep 25 15:04:08 <Lylcthe>   scanning the ridgeline - and any cut lines I can see
Sep 25 15:04:11 <Therm>   "Climb up, brother?"
Sep 25 15:04:33 <Lylcthe>   water first.. then up.
Sep 25 15:04:45 <GM>   As you survey the area, you suddenly realize that you are on the backside of this mountain, which neither of you has ever been before.
Sep 25 15:04:48 <Therm>   "Drink water?"
Sep 25 15:04:52 *   Lylcthe drinks about half a skin of water handing the rest to Therm
Sep 25 15:05:01 <Therm>   "Thanks!"
Sep 25 15:05:53 <Therm>   (description please)
Sep 25 15:05:59 <Lylcthe>   (how high up the mountain are we?)
Sep 25 15:06:09 <GM>   Lylcthe finds a solid ridge line that goes further up the mountain.
Sep 25 15:06:31 <GM>   (right now, you are about 400' above the base of the mountain)
Sep 25 15:07:24 <GM>   There are scattered trees, and the terrain is very rough, more rock than dirt.
Sep 25 15:07:56 <Therm>   "Hmm. no where to go but up"
Sep 25 15:08:07 *   Lylcthe reverses backpack to front
Sep 25 15:08:20 <Lylcthe>   "ready for the next climb?"
Sep 25 15:08:33 *   Therm is puzzled but copies Lylcthe action
Sep 25 15:08:44 <GM>   (this is where the Careful Planner comes in.  You can assume you brought some climbing gear)
Sep 25 15:08:52 <Therm>   "Lets climb!" *smiles
Sep 25 15:09:17 <GM>   only cost ya 1 GP!
Sep 25 15:09:20 <Lylcthe>   (climbing gar like spike boots or climbing gear like rope and pitons?)
Sep 25 15:09:41 <GM>   For a GP, you can have whatever climbing gear handy you want to have.
Sep 25 15:09:59 <Therm>   (bazooka-powered grapple)
Sep 25 15:10:15 <GM>   IN BSS, you can Invoke Aspects for more than mechanical benefits)
Sep 25 15:10:34 <Lylcthe>   (spends the GP - don't know how many I have)
Sep 25 15:10:44 <GM>   You start with 6.
Sep 25 15:10:51 <Therm>   (ah. got confused with GP.. thought it was a Gold Piece)
Sep 25 15:10:52 <GM>   (it should be on your sheet)
Sep 25 15:11:51 *   Lylcthe reaches into pack and pulls out 2 small picks, 2 hammers, and 4 tie on spikes.
Sep 25 15:11:52 <Therm>   (1 GP for me, 1 for Lylcthe ?)
Sep 25 15:11:53 <GM>   LOL, there are no GP in S&S!  Only silver pieces! LMAO
Sep 25 15:12:18 <Therm>   (DnD-residue, sorry)
Sep 25 15:12:58 <Lylcthe>   "tie these onto your boots. spikes to the inside." hands Therm 2 tie on spikes a hammer and a pick
Sep 25 15:13:21 <GM>   (L, Since you already have the gear and climbing skill, you won't need to roll., But T will need to make a single check.  Just don't roll Abysmal & you'll be fine.)
Sep 25 15:14:09 *   Therm straps on the climbing gear
Sep 25 15:14:38 <Therm>   (later, we could use skype for ooc)
Sep 25 15:14:58 <GM>   (that's not a bad idea)
Sep 25 15:15:01 <Therm>   roll 4df
Sep 25 15:15:03 <BoxCars>   Therm rolls 4df and gets (-)(+)(+)( ) Good
Sep 25 15:15:31 <GM>   Lylcthe does a great job setting up the climb, and Therm keeps up just fine.
Sep 25 15:15:50 *   Therm scans the area
Sep 25 15:16:20 *   Lylcthe ditto. any trees or cut lines?
Sep 25 15:16:22 <GM>   As Lylcthe pulls himself up to a plateau, he blinks a couple of times to make sure he isn't hallucinating,
Sep 25 15:16:29 <GM>   >
Sep 25 15:16:32 <Therm>   (uh oh)
Sep 25 15:16:36 *   Lylcthe blinks
Sep 25 15:16:45 *   Lylcthe blinks
Sep 25 15:17:02 <GM>   There is a massive cave entrance, almost 20' wide and nearly as tall.  But that's not the weird part.
Sep 25 15:17:34 <GM>   There is a massive statue of some kind of winged beast, and there is dried blood all over it, as well as the ground.
Sep 25 15:17:52 <GM>   The statue is twice the size of a Clydesdale.
Sep 25 15:18:17 <GM>   The statue is about 20' in front of the cave entrance.
Sep 25 15:18:23 <Therm>   (a Scale 3 statue?)
Sep 25 15:18:35 <Therm>   (dunno Clydesdale)
Sep 25 15:18:46 <GM>   (Good guess!)
Sep 25 15:19:36 <Lylcthe>   (clydesdale horse is about 6' at the shoulder so about 12' maybe 2 ton)
Sep 25 15:20:05 <Therm>   "The smell is awful! the blood, oh, the blood is everywhere, brother! "
Sep 25 15:20:47 <GM>   The plateau is a very large area, at least 100' across, and nearly 75' from the mouth of the cave to the ledge you are peering over.
Sep 25 15:21:12 *   Lylcthe removes spikes and puts pack back on back. slowly approach statue looking for sign and spoor
Sep 25 15:21:12 *   Therm comes closer to the statue... trying to see what it is
Sep 25 15:21:33 *   Lylcthe has a bad feeling about this
Sep 25 15:21:41 <Therm>   ... covering his mouth with a kerchief
Sep 25 15:21:59 <GM>   http://www.abaxion.com/tm842.jpg
Sep 25 15:22:53 <Lylcthe>   (ho brother it's a tm842! they are friendly to forest folk like me )
Sep 25 15:23:17 *   Therm looks up... to see a stone demon face leering down at him
Sep 25 15:23:18 <GM>   Just as you are ready to step onto the plateau, you catch the sight of a hooded figure, carrying a basket......
Sep 25 15:23:45 <Therm>   (how far?)
Sep 25 15:23:47 <GM>   He is coming around the side of the plateau, about 70' to your left.
Sep 25 15:23:56 <Lylcthe>   (how big?)
Sep 25 15:23:58 <GM>   (he hasn't noticed you guys)
Sep 25 15:24:05 <Therm>   (is there cover for us?)
Sep 25 15:24:19 <GM>   Man sized, cloak like the one you saw earlier.
Sep 25 15:24:47 <GM>   (I was picturing you guys about halfway pulled up onto the ledge, so you could easily just duck down)
Sep 25 15:25:00 <Therm>   (k.thanks)
Sep 25 15:25:26 <Lylcthe>   (not stella sized?)
Sep 25 15:25:28 *   Therm peeks at the walking figure
Sep 25 15:25:46 <GM>   The man stops at the statue, and appears to be making some kind of gesture, like a prayer or something, and then enters the cave.
Sep 25 15:25:51 <Therm>   ... discreetly
Sep 25 15:25:52 *   Lylcthe sinks down as far down as I can without losing sight of figure
Sep 25 15:25:56 <GM>   (the figure moved like a man)
Sep 25 15:26:20 <Lylcthe>   (you obviously never met Stella)
Sep 25 15:26:28 <GM>   (LOL)
Sep 25 15:26:36 <Therm>   (hahahah)
Sep 25 15:27:20 <Lylcthe>   (okay I thought we were already on the plateau so...)
Sep 25 15:27:53 <GM>   (sorry, still working on my IRC pacing....lol)
Sep 25 15:28:02 *   Lylcthe pulls himself up onto the plateau and removes climbing gear.
Sep 25 15:28:19 <Lylcthe>   ... puts gear in backpack and draws bow
Sep 25 15:28:26 *   Therm does the same... trying to avoid any blood stains
Sep 25 15:29:06 *   Therm whispers "What next, brother?'
Sep 25 15:29:30 <Lylcthe>   "I need to get a better look at that thing"
Sep 25 15:29:33 <GM>   (are you observing, or taking a shot before he enters the cave?)
Sep 25 15:30:00 <Lylcthe>   (observing, once he enters cave up onto plateau)
Sep 25 15:30:24 <GM>   (gotcha. didn't want to move too far ahead in case your goal was to shoot him)
Sep 25 15:30:48 <GM>   The hooded man enters the cave.
Sep 25 15:31:25 <Lylcthe>   (is the statue between us and the cave entrance?)
Sep 25 15:31:29 *   Therm unsheathes his short sword
Sep 25 15:31:44 <GM>   (yes, it's about 20' in front of the cave entrance)
Sep 25 15:32:05 <Therm>   "Brother, let me move in closer"
Sep 25 15:32:23 <Lylcthe>   "Okay Therm I'll cover you"
Sep 25 15:32:50 <Therm>   roll 4df Great Move Quitely
Sep 25 15:32:51 <BoxCars>   Therm rolls 4df Great Move Quitely and gets (-)(-)(+)( ) Mediocre
Sep 25 15:33:16 <GM>   Therm creeps up to the statue, very slowly......
Sep 25 15:33:16 <Therm>   (ooh, the crunchy sound of breaking bones!)
Sep 25 15:33:33 *   Lylcthe crouches and follows about 40-50 feet behind Therm
Sep 25 15:34:04 <GM>   When Therm gets about 20' from the statue, he gets an uneasy feeling.
Sep 25 15:34:17 *   Therm readies his dagger with his left hand
Sep 25 15:34:28 <Therm>   ... pauses
Sep 25 15:34:38 <Therm>   ... signals Lylcthe to stop
Sep 25 15:34:46 *   Lylcthe stops
Sep 25 15:35:13 *   Therm eyes grow iin surprise and fear
Sep 25 15:35:29 <GM>   Lylcthe notices no birds chirping here either.
Sep 25 15:35:43 *   Therm is now trying to back away slowly
Sep 25 15:36:23 <Therm>   roll 4df Great Move Quitely
Sep 25 15:36:25 <BoxCars>   Therm rolls 4df Great Move Quitely and gets (-)(+)( )( ) Fair
Sep 25 15:36:41 <Therm>   (still Great)
Sep 25 15:36:51 <GM>   Therm slowly moves back, to where his brother is waiting.
Sep 25 15:37:08 *   Lylcthe whispers
Sep 25 15:37:14 <Lylcthe>   "what did you see?"
Sep 25 15:37:15 <GM>   (I'd put you guys about 40' from the statue, and about 60' from the cave entrance
Sep 25 15:37:20 <Therm>   " Lylcthe , that ... thing ... is alive!"
Sep 25 15:37:36 <Lylcthe>   "Shit"
Sep 25 15:37:38 <Therm>   " its seems to be breathing!" *whispering
Sep 25 15:37:41 <GM>   No more does Therm say alive, when.....
Sep 25 15:37:47 <GM>   >
Sep 25 15:37:56 <Lylcthe>   "Shit"
Sep 25 15:38:48 <GM>   they both see it move.....just a little like it flexed its wings a bit
Sep 25 15:39:19 <Therm>   "Nyaaa!" *stiffled
Sep 25 15:39:43 <Therm>   "Oh! oh! i remember!"
Sep 25 15:39:55 <Lylcthe>   "You think we can get around it?"
Sep 25 15:40:02 <Therm>   "the man... the man... signalled something to it!"
Sep 25 15:40:09 <Therm>   "Remember?!?!"
Sep 25 15:40:21 <Lylcthe>   "did you see what that other guy did?"
Sep 25 15:40:33 <Therm>   "I will try"
Sep 25 15:40:42 <Therm>   (grrrr at the GM!)
Sep 25 15:41:01 <GM>   (Therm was a brave and generous heart......)
Sep 25 15:41:04 <GM>   (LOL)
Sep 25 15:41:24 <Lylcthe>   (how soft is the ground I am crouching on?)
Sep 25 15:41:31 <Therm>   roll 4df Good Perception
Sep 25 15:41:31 <BoxCars>   Therm rolls 4df Good Perception and gets ( )( )(+)(+) Great
Sep 25 15:41:42 <GM>   It's mostly rock with patches of dirt/grass
Sep 25 15:41:48 <Therm>   "It goes soemthing like this" *makes gestures
Sep 25 15:42:14 <Therm>   "... but i dont want to go near that thing!"
Sep 25 15:42:15 <GM>   Are you doing it where you are, or in front of the creature?
Sep 25 15:42:31 <Lylcthe>   !roll Good Perception like this?
Sep 25 15:42:31 <ChanServ>   1 == 1
Sep 25 15:42:35 <Therm>   (with Lylcthe , far from the creature)
Sep 25 15:42:47 <Therm>   (no !)
Sep 25 15:42:47 <Lylcthe>   roll 4df Good Perception like this?
Sep 25 15:42:48 <BoxCars>   Lylcthe rolls 4df Good Perception like this? and gets (-)(+)(-)(-) Poor
Sep 25 15:43:23 <Therm>   ( i think i got the gesture... but does Lylcthe too?)
Sep 25 15:43:48 <Lylcthe>   (hmm stabs self in eye with arrow trying to make gesture)
Sep 25 15:43:51 <GM>   (only one way to find out.....)
Sep 25 15:43:58 <GM>   (LMAO)
Sep 25 15:44:07 <Therm>   (yiiikkkkkeeees!)
Sep 25 15:44:20 <GM>   Time for an action roll from the GM:
Sep 25 15:44:26 <GM>   roll 4df
Sep 25 15:44:27 <BoxCars>   GM rolls 4df and gets ( )( )( )( ) Fair
Sep 25 15:44:35 <GM>   (OK, continue)
Sep 25 15:45:00 *   Therm shrugs his shoulders "This is for Stella"
Sep 25 15:45:10 <GM>   while the two of you ponder what to do next.....
Sep 25 15:45:27 <Therm>   ( i hate that!)
Sep 25 15:45:40 <GM>   You spot a hooded man coming out of the cave.
Sep 25 15:45:45 <Lylcthe>   "do you want me to come with you or wait until you... oh carp!"
Sep 25 15:46:09 *   Therm tries to duck down... with Lylcthe
Sep 25 15:46:11 <GM>   The man stops as soon as he sees the two of you, and pauses.
Sep 25 15:46:19 <Therm>   (aww)
Sep 25 15:46:20 <GM>   >
Sep 25 15:46:38 <GM>   Behind him you see the statue slowly spread its wings.
Sep 25 15:46:55 <GM>   The man seems very confused to see people outside of the cave.
Sep 25 15:47:14 <GM>   And by the time he realizes the cost of his confusion, it's too late.
Sep 25 15:47:25 *   Lylcthe re-nock arrow but don't draw
Sep 25 15:47:30 <GM>   As the man spins around frantically and gesturing....
Sep 25 15:47:47 *   Therm looks on in horror!
Sep 25 15:47:50 <GM>   The creature leaps off it's base, and pounces on the man.
Sep 25 15:48:03 <GM>   It is no longer quiet on this plateau.
Sep 25 15:48:14 <Therm>   (duh)
Sep 25 15:48:15 <GM>   The man's screams can be heard for miles.
Sep 25 15:48:16 <Lylcthe>   "Therm should we run for the cave while its busy?"
Sep 25 15:48:30 <Lylcthe>   *we should*
Sep 25 15:48:34 <GM>   The creature tears at the man, blood flying everywhere.
Sep 25 15:48:39 <Therm>   "Run like a demon is after us!!!"
Sep 25 15:48:44 <GM>   It is eating the man alive.
Sep 25 15:48:51 <Lylcthe>   "isn't there?"
Sep 25 15:49:19 *   Therm starts running, cirlcing the statue
Sep 25 15:49:22 <GM>   You both run by the creature like the wind, and the creature seems far too concerned with its lunch to even notice you.
Sep 25 15:49:38 <Therm>   *puff puff
Sep 25 15:49:44 *   Lylcthe runs fast fast fast
Sep 25 15:49:47 <GM>   (That's so awesome that you guys ran in!)
Sep 25 15:49:57 <Therm>   (oh no!)
Sep 25 15:50:03 <GM>   1 GP each for bravery!
Sep 25 15:50:16 <Therm>   (when GM says awesome, means death!)
Sep 25 15:50:21 <Lylcthe>   (never make the Gm happy, or angry )
Sep 25 15:50:25 <Therm>   (oops)
Sep 25 15:50:31 <GM>   (you guys are funny!)
Sep 25 15:50:55 <GM>   (I feel....both happy......and yet....angry.....at the same time.......uh oh........HAHAHAHAHAHA)
Sep 25 15:50:56 <Therm>   (we are *not* trying to be funny, GM! grrr)
Sep 25 15:51:13 <Lylcthe>   (I am!)
Sep 25 15:51:16 <Lylcthe>   (I might need to call it a night. I have a doctors appointment early tomorrow.)
Sep 25 15:51:21 <Therm>   (we want to live!)
Sep 25 15:51:29 <Therm>   kk
Sep 25 15:51:30 <GM>   This is a good spot for a scene end
Sep 25 15:51:38 <Therm>   wow
Sep 25 15:51:44 <Therm>   good game
Sep 25 15:52:07 <GM>   I think I still need to work on my pacing though
Sep 25 15:52:08 <Lylcthe>   great game so far. good to get the playing muscles stretched out.
Sep 25 15:52:21 <Therm>   we make a good team papa
Sep 25 15:52:33 <Therm>   
Sep 25 15:52:40 <Therm>   the gm is evil
Sep 25 15:52:41 <GM>   How to you guys feel about the pacing, too fast too slow, somewhere in between?
Sep 25 15:52:52 <GM>   hey, you're still alive, arent you?
Sep 25 15:52:57 <Therm>   hehehe
Sep 25 15:53:19 <Therm>   pacing is ok... need more descriptions though
Sep 25 15:53:37 <Therm>   ... so that we wont out-pace the GM
Sep 25 15:53:46 <Lylcthe>   Now Playing and SotC both have advice on pacing. I found the pacing ok - I just got confused with where I was once or twice. But that happens in Meatspace games too
Sep 25 15:53:52 <GM>   I'm usually much more descriptive, but I worry about taking too long to type it all out.
Sep 25 15:54:05 <Therm>   like, where we are standing particularly
Sep 25 15:54:16 <GM>   that's where MT comes in so handy.
Sep 25 15:54:19 <Therm>   still a good game
Sep 25 15:54:37 <Therm>   or we need Skype for ooc
Sep 25 15:54:44 <GM>   STILL haven't tried combat in this format though.
Sep 25 15:55:05 <Therm>   we can playtest combat now if u r still up to it
Sep 25 15:55:05 <GM>   We usually do it the other way around; Skype for the game and text for OOC
Sep 25 15:55:17 <Therm>