Drufle (GM)
And so the tale begins.

Drumun
mumble mumble

Drumun lands ashore Canon. Time to get started

Drufle (GM)
We start our story in the small town of Bastion, far into the Northern Wastes.

Drumun
"Everyone out, git in yer places while ya still can!"

Drumun trots off to his house

Drufle (GM)
Four fates will come together today.

Roy
somehow

Drufle (GM)
Roy, the young farmer girl that lives just outside of town.
Drumun, the exiled dwarf, sailing into Bastion on a supply trip.

I-LV-CII
An unnamed mechanical warrior

Drufle (GM)
Rusenfeld, the greenhorn Inquisitor, sent to the village to deal with some complaints of the undead.

H. Knight
better

Drufle (GM)
And Iron Charger I-LV-CII, an ancient clockwork that was recently dredged out of the nearby river.

H. Knight
oh well it was worth a shot

Drufle (GM)
It is Second-Fifth day in the middle of the second month of the year.
The sun is clouded, as it almost always is.
The Northern Reaches are grim and dark these days.

Drumun
darn weather

Drufle (GM)
We view the town square, just after noon.

Drumun
these pogs really are wierd

Drufle (GM)
The local mayor, Brayden Frelon, is giving a speech to some of the townsfolk.

Roy
im a townfolk

Drufle (GM)
You are!
To the side, a young dwarf is gathering up some food for his next trip.
An old clockwork is at the blacksmith, getting some repairs done.

Drumun
I cannot get over how big he is

R�senfeld
size 2, mofo

Roy
"I wonder how long it'll be this time"

H. Knight
it'll be better with a full-body pic

Drufle (GM)
And a man in a strange coat enters the town, hurrying to get to the center.

R�senfeld
"Hmm... The scent of evil is strong here. I had better take stock of the situation..

Brayden Frelon
"Good people of Bastion!"
Brayden Frelon makes a sweeping motion with his arms.

R�senfeld realises there's a speech going on and turns to listen.

Drumun
"Ye got any canned goods? Ah need somethin to last"

Drumun notices the speech

H. Knight hopes spending his last whole coins on this repair job are worth it

Drumun
"Eh?"

Brayden Frelon
"The Capital has forgotten us in our time of need! Those dogs of the cult have forsaken our request, so we shall deal with it ourself!"

R�senfeld
oh dear I guess they didn't hear my knocking.

Drumun
"Ey, merchant, what's he talkin"
about?

Pic Okrork
"What, ol' Brayden?"

H. Knight
what a name

Drumun
"Ye, that fella"

Pic Okrork
"He's talking about those damned monsters in our catacombs!"

R�senfeld
hey drufle can I maybe talk him down a bit? clearly the cult didn't ignore the request.

Pic Okrork
"They've been stealing away people for weeks now!"

Drufle (GM)
Of course!

H. Knight
how you would ever build catacombs in this mudpile I'll never know

R�senfeld walks out of the line of people, in front of the mayor.

Drufle (GM)
They didn't actually ignore the request, it's just such a backwater town they didn't think it urgent.

Drumun
"What's a place like this doin' with catacombs?"
Pic Okrork shrugs.

Pic Okrork
"People die, ya gotta put them somewhere."

Drumun
"Eh...thas true..."

Pic Okrork
"They was what left over from some old ruins, back in the day."

R�senfeld
"The New God did not ignore your request, and neither did my Order!"
Brayden Frelon turns to Rusenfeld.

R�senfeld
wait is it an order... what do they call them selves
Brayden Frelon frowns and glares at the man.

Drufle (GM)
A cult.

R�senfeld
they call themselves a cult?

Drufle (GM)
That's actually what they call themselves, negative connotations be damned.

R�senfeld
welp, imagine I said cult then

Brayden Frelon
"You're from the New Cult? A little late, aren't you?"

Drumun
"An now we got another fella..."

Roy is bouncing up an down at the sight of this dialogue

R�senfeld
"It is never too late to destroy evil. Perhaps you would like to tell me more, and I will proceed to save your souls.

Drumun
"This is more drama than ah'm used to..."
Brayden Frelon scoffs.

R�senfeld
he's a fanatic, in case it wasn't clear
that's why he works for the inquisition

Brayden Frelon
"Well we didn't ask for your damn proselytizing, that's for sure. We asked for help with clearing out the beasts in the catacombs!"

Drumun
I can tell

Brayden Frelon
"Look, you're here now. That's enough for me."
Brayden Frelon motions for Rusenfeld to come up to the podium.

R�senfeld
"The cataacombs? Your dead have risen?"

H. Knight 's repairs being complete, he turns to the drama going on outside

R�senfeld walks up to the podium.

Brayden Frelon
"The dead, and other, apparently."
"So, people of Bastion! This..."
Brayden Frelon turns and sneers at Rusenfeld.

Brayden Frelon
"This man here, he'll be doing the work for us."
"Would anyone like to volunteer to help him?"

Drumun
good luck mate, GG
Brayden Frelon chuckles at the thought.

Drufle (GM)
The crowd is obviously silent.

Drumun
"Ah shucks, he'll git murdered down there..."

R�senfeld
"I will be doing holy work for the New God! Perhaps you can guarantee a spot in heaven if you join me!"

Drufle (GM)
A few people are chuckling, as if what Brayden said was a joke.

H. Knight ambles to the stand

H. Knight
"I... Shall volunteer."
Brayden Frelon is suddenly very scared.

R�senfeld looks kind of surprisedly at the clockwork.

R�senfeld
"You will do what needs to be done?"

Drumun
I imagine CII having a deep, slow, deliberate voice

H. Knight
"You say... evil must be destroyed."
"this is all... I can remember to do."

R�senfeld ponders.

H. Knight
"my memory..."
Brayden Frelon kinda steps back from the two, very leery of the giant robotaur.

R�senfeld
"I suppose clockworks have a soul, too. I will accept your offer."

H. Knight
"It shall be done."

Drumun
yo roy, will ya be joinin this party?
Brayden Frelon coughs.

R�senfeld turns to the crowd again.

Roy
I'll follow them silently

R�senfeld
"Who else will help save this land?"

Drumun sighs

Drufle (GM)
The crowd is too busy staring in fear at H. Knight to answer.
They've never seen such a sight before.

Drumun
"Ye can't keep yerself to ye own business still, ya fool..."

R�senfeld
oh shoot was i supposed to never have seen one either?

Drumun
"I'll volunteer"

H. Knight turns to face the crowd

R�senfeld
I assumed some knowledge from my church eu

Drufle (GM)
No, you probably have.

R�senfeld
edu

H. Knight
yeah you're wordly

Drufle (GM)
You work in the capital, you've certainly seen a clockwork ortwo.

Drumun steps up

R�senfeld turns to look at the dwarf.

H. Knight
you probably haven't seen one so rusted and barnacle-crusted, though

Drumun
"I ain't concerned much with no new god...but ah figure ye'll need all the help ye can git"

Drufle (GM)
The crowd is, like, stunned.

Drumun
I have MUSCLES
look at them, they are glorious

R�senfeld
"...The New God will look at you kindly nevertheless, Dwarf."

Drufle (GM)
They legitimately weren't expecting anyone to help a man of the New God.

R�senfeld glances at the crowd, seeing nothing but shocked faces.

Drumun
"If'n he wants to, Ah won't say no"

Brayden Frelon
"Well, uh... I suppose that would do it."
Brayden Frelon coughs.

R�senfeld
"Well. I think it is time you showed us where we need to work, mayor.

H. Knight isn't really staring at the crowd but his gaze penetrates them anyway

Brayden Frelon
"Right, right, it's... it's just this way."

Drumun
"Thank ye kindly"
Brayden Frelon motions to the three of you, and starts walking down an alleyway nearby.

R�senfeld follows him.

R�senfeld
obviously.

Drumun waddles onward

Drufle (GM)
Eventually they leave town, and they reach the graveyard nearby.
A massive mausoleum stands over the rest of the site on a hillock in the center.

H. Knight
gotta remember to not be snarky as this character

Drufle (GM)
Bloodstains mark the entrance, as if something was dragged in recently.
Brayden Frelon gulps.

Drumun takes a deep breath

Brayden Frelon
"Well, gentlemen, that'd be it there."
"Good luck, gods be with you, try not to die!"

H. Knight looks on impassively

R�senfeld glares at the blood
Brayden Frelon quickly retreats.

Drumun
"He may be smarter than all o us..."

Roy is still behind everyone.

R�senfeld
"He is a coward. This is abominable and we shall have it cease.
do none of us try to notice roy?

H. Knight
"evil must be eradicated."

Drumun
"I'm Drumun, by the way...figured ye ought to know"

R�senfeld
Rusenfeld is just too stuck up to try

Drufle (GM)
Roy, make an Agility roll.

Drumun
"Ye might be the last ones ta hear mah name"

Drufle (GM)
You'll be trying to beat their Perceptions.

Roy
rolling 1d20 + 0 + 0d6k1( 7 )+0+() = 7

Drumun
hmm

Drufle (GM)
Wow, no.
I think everyone sees you.

Drumun
rolling 1d20 + 0 + 0d6k1( 2 )+0+() = 2
nope

R�senfeld
"...R�senfeld."

Drufle (GM)
No, you guys don't roll perception.

Drumun
I sure as hell don't
oh

H. Knight turns around

Drumun
nvm mind

Drufle (GM)
She was rolling against your stat.

Drumun
ohhh

H. Knight
"a girl has followed us."

Drumun
"Eh?"

Drufle (GM)
So unless any of you have 6 perception, you all see her.

Drumun spins around

Roy
"Hi there!"

Roy is positively shaking with glee

R�senfeld turns to face roy, in a kind of intimidating manner. At leasth e tries.

Roy
"I heard what you were up to!"

Drumun
"What are ye doin' sneaking about?"

R�senfeld
"So you understand better than your neighbours the gravity of this situation. Will you assist us in this holy endeavor?"

H. Knight
"A battlefield... is no place for children."

Drufle (GM)
I like how Rusenfeld just ignores the fact that Roy is, like, 12.

H. Knight
he crazy

R�senfeld
he is

Roy
"I was gonna chime in earlier but I thought it would look bad on the mayor if he let a little girl join."

(From R�senfeld)
they don't even know

Drumun
"Ah'm with the clockwork, this ain't a simple game"

(To Sol)
Yeah, I bet.

Roy
"teehee! bops her head sheepishly"

R�senfeld hmms

R�senfeld
he's smarter than average, maybe he can pcik up that roy isn't as small as she seems?

H. Knight
a shining spark of anime has penetrated this dreary realm

Drumun
"By the way, clockwork, ah didn't catch yer name"

Drufle (GM)
If you want to make some sort of Sense Motive check, that'd be your Int against her Will.

R�senfeld
would be interesting to try

Drumun
rolling 1d20 + -2 + 0d6k1( 20 )+-2+() = 18
well then

R�senfeld
wow

Drufle (GM)
Yikes.

Drumun
I'm suppose to be the stupid one, but okay

Drufle (GM)
Drumun sees right through Roy, apparently.

R�senfeld
intuitive though, apparently
that's a businessman for ye

H. Knight
you're not booksmary
t

Drufle (GM)
So, Robot, what is your name?
Drumun did ask you.

R�senfeld
H. Knight was asked his name, if you didn't cath that
catch*

H. Knight
I did but then you sensed roy's motive
anyway
"I cannot... remember my name. My designation is Iron Charger I-LV-CII."

Roy
"That horse of yours looks very interesting."

H. Knight
"I imagine it does not roll off the tongue."

Drumun
"Ah...A bit of a mouth full"

Roy
"You can TALK?"

Drumun
"Ye never seen a clockwork, lass?"
what IS roy's motive?
since I rolled an 18

H. Knight
"Yes. I was once... a man."
"I think..."

Roy
I'm just playing dumb right now

H. Knight
"it has been a very... long... time."

Drufle (GM)
Heck if I know! That'd be up to her.

R�senfeld ignores this tidbit because he is overcome with a sense of holy duty

Drumun
Roy, care to enlighten me?

(From R�senfeld)
and uncontrollable fear

Drumun
the playing dumb is it?
"Wait a minute...ye ain't fully honest wit us, are ye, lass?"
"Ye ain't that dumb"

R�senfeld doesn't ignore THIS, though.

Roy
":3c"
i make that face

R�senfeld
"Perhaps there is something she seeks. What is your name, child?"

H. Knight
don't you dab at us, young missy!

Roy
"My name is Roy!"
"I'm here.. to make a name for myself."
"That's all."

R�senfeld is silent for a moment

Drumun
do I have to motive check again?

H. Knight
"You already have a name."

R�senfeld
"Good! Perhaps you will serve your God in the process."

Drumun
thank you LV

Drufle (GM)
No, you'll believe her.

Drumun
"Alright lass...ye should've opened wit that"

R�senfeld
so can I like

Drufle (GM)
So hey, how about that sweet blood-covered stone door?

R�senfeld
test the waters with this catacombs thing

Drufle (GM)
Sure!

H. Knight
how about we decide what I'm called first

Drufle (GM)
Would anyone care to give the roboman a name?

R�senfeld
who wants to do it? :D

Drumun
"Right then...Iron Charger...LV...something..."

R�senfeld
I think Knight is pretty cool

Drufle (GM)
Leave it up to the 12-year old girl, I dare you.

Drumun
"Uhh...we need ta call ya something else"

H. Knight
I am waiting on this
exact thing

R�senfeld
roy can totally name him
dare accepted

H. Knight
if its too much trouble I'll go with what sol suggested

Roy
"Is... Mister.. Horse gonna climb into the catacombs?"

R�senfeld
hahahaha

Drufle (GM)
Yes, Mr. Horse.

Roy
(guys its 12 49)
lol

Drumun
"Ironhorse?"

Drufle (GM)
Yeah, maybe Golurk isn't the best mentally equipped to be making up fancy names at the moment.

R�senfeld
mr horse is the best
holy knight?

H. Knight
I shall be Knight to you, and mr. Horse to the tiny girl

Drufle (GM)
Horse Knight.

R�senfeld
aw
fanatic is sad

H. Knight
best of both worlds

Drumun
ye gotta say that

H. Knight
with the initial

Drufle (GM)
A valid choice.

Drumun
or we won't know

R�senfeld
lol
let's do dis

H. Knight
accept it as given

Drumun
like, actually tell the characters

Drufle (GM)
We'll just say he did as such.

R�senfeld
he did

Drumun
alright then

H. Knight
"stairs... will there be stairs?"

R�senfeld
hahahahahhaa

Drufle (GM)
There sure will be!

R�senfeld
clippityclop BONK!

Drumun
"'ere we are...an Ah ain't sure..."

H. Knight
"I have misgivings."

Drufle (GM)
As you open the catacombs, the musty smell of old stone and rot sweeps out.

Drumun gets incredbily nervous

Roy
"Can you climb both down and up?"

R�senfeld frowns

R�senfeld
lolol

Roy
"Or just down..."

Drumun
"Ohhhh this brings back memories..."

H. Knight
"Up is doable. down is difficult."

R�senfeld suddenly glares at the group

R�senfeld
"You mustn't falter in this work or you will die!"

Drumun
"Ah know, lad!"

R�senfeld
that's the opposite of good advice, but..

H. Knight
"I do not falter."

R�senfeld
he's fanatic

Roy
"Does anyone have a spare torch, or three?"

R�senfeld
I think I have one
yup

Drumun
"Ah have a few, perhaps"

R�senfeld
i get out my torch and light it ith the tinders

Drufle (GM)
There are a few sconces nearby, but all of them were blown out long ago.

Drumun
I have shadowsight

Drufle (GM)
The room ahead of you lights up as you hold out your torch.
And yeah, Drumun should be fine.

Drumun
"It ain't so dark, lad."

R�senfeld
"That is because your eyes are better than most, Drumun.
I light the sconces nearby?
and then look around I guess

Drufle (GM)
Sure!

R�senfeld
don't wanna get ambushed

Roy
is it time for
perception checks

Drufle (GM)
The room ahead of you is fairly large.

R�senfeld
perception checs!

Drufle (GM)
Sure!
You can move ahead as well.

Drumun
rolling 1d20 + 0 + 0d6k1( 1 )+0+() = 1

Drufle (GM)
Wow.

Drumun
I trip

Roy
rolling 1d20 + 2 + 0d6k1( 2 )+2+() = 4

Drumun falls over

H. Knight
rolling 1d20 + -1 + 0d6k1( 10 )+-1+() = 9

Roy
waow

R�senfeld
rolling 1d20 + 1 + 0d6k1( 2 )+1+() = 3

Drufle (GM)
Drumun, eager to see things, runs forward, hits a rock, and falls flat on his face.

R�senfeld
what the hell

Drufle (GM)
You guys see absolutely fucking nothing.

R�senfeld
thanks rng

Drumun
"MRRMPH!!"

Roy
"It's too dark!"

R�senfeld
rely on the clockbot

H. Knight slowly clops down into the room

Drufle (GM)
Of course, you can see the obvious features.

R�senfeld
"There is something wrong with this place... I cannot seem to see much into it."
but we don't see the scary monsters

Drufle (GM)
A small alcove in the south has an old stone table, and four sarcophagi sit to the left and right of the entrance.

R�senfeld
sarcophagi make me super nervous actually
i mean me the player

Drumun
"Ah don't like this...it ain't right to disturb the dead..."

R�senfeld
four of them

H. Knight
"they hide in darkness. cowards."

Drufle (GM)
Rubble and bones litter the floor.

R�senfeld
"The dead are already disturbed, dwarf, and we must correct this problem quickly."

Drumun I stand back up

Drufle (GM)
Wait, were you talking to Rusenfeld from the floor?

R�senfeld
can I search for clues, I know I don't see anything.. maybe I can examine a sarcophagus or two?

H. Knight
muffled grumbling

Drumun
ah can do that

Drufle (GM)
"muffled complaining from the ground"
Sure!

Drumun
my face ain't planted

Drufle (GM)
Take a look at one of the sarcophagi.

R�senfeld
rolling 1d20 + 1 + 0d6k1( 16 )+1+() = 17

Drufle (GM)
Move around to tell me what you guys are doing.

H. Knight
"I shall lead."

Drufle (GM)
You're not just on the stairs the whole time, are you.

Drumun
"Ah'll be right with ya then..."

R�senfeld
well i did just say I wanted to look at the sarcophagus

Drufle (GM)
Yes, so move in front of one!

R�senfeld
sorry

Drufle (GM)
There's four, I don't know which one you're talking about.

H. Knight lubers forward, bones crunching beneath his foot pads

Drufle (GM)
Lubers? Ew.

R�senfeld moves to the nearest sarcophaagus

R�senfeld
hahahaha

H. Knight
lumbers

Drufle (GM)
No, I mean, move your pog.

H. Knight
' 3'

R�senfeld
i don't see a pog....

Drufle (GM)
?

Drumun
oh dear

Roy
"I've only been to thesse catacombs exactly once."

H. Knight
is the screen black to you?

Drumun
scroll around

H. Knight
oh there we go

R�senfeld
no it's all blac

Roy
"It looked nicer.. before"

H. Knight
ok move down

R�senfeld
ohhh!

Drumun
"Ye've been here before?"

R�senfeld
woops!
this one

H. Knight
I had that problem before :P

Drufle (GM)
There we go.

R�senfeld
can i keep the roll? :P

H. Knight
oh I thought those were brackets

Drufle (GM)
Do you open it or just look at the front?

R�senfeld
i look at it
that's hat I rolled for

Roy
"I visited someone..."

R�senfeld
if i open it i'm gonna get bit

Drumun
"Ah...I understand, lass"

Drufle (GM)
The sarcophagus is very old, made of a thick teak plank.

Drumun I stand guard, on edge

Drufle (GM)
Inscriptions and runes cover the front, and the hinges are surprisingly well in shape.

H. Knight
"stand aside. I shall open it."

R�senfeld
wait are the runes in what language?

H. Knight moves to rusenfeld

Drufle (GM)
High Archaic.

R�senfeld
i can speak high archaic, maybe I can read it?

Drumun
caaan you read it?
its not the same thing

R�senfeld
not sure if separate

Drufle (GM)
Did you specifically say that you can?

Drumun
I can speak common, but I can't read common

Drufle (GM)
You have to spend an extra language slot for literacy.
So if you didn't spend that, then no, you cannot read it.

R�senfeld
oh i just.. put high archaic in the languages I don't reember about it being separate
guess I can't read it

Drufle (GM)
I mean, you certainly recognize it as such.

Drumun
"Ye can't just open a coffin like that!"

Drufle (GM)
You would've seen such writing before.

Drumun
"the dead rest in such places"

Drufle (GM)
You just won't be able to read it.

H. Knight
it's a shame I don't have language options

R�senfeld
"I don't see anything inherently wrong with this coffin... It's covered in High Archaic glyphs. I can't read them, unforunately."
hm
where should we look

Drumun I have my back turned to them, I am keeping guard

Roy
I try looking at the floor for tracks?

Drufle (GM)
Sure!

H. Knight
"if the dead have risen... then there should be evidence/"

Drufle (GM)
Make a better perception check.

H. Knight
"inspect the others."

Roy
rolling 1d20 + 2 + 0d6k1( 7 )+2+() = 9

Drumun
Ah don't like these doorways

Drufle (GM)
Eck.

R�senfeld
damn jsut short

Drumun
all of us percieve again?

Drufle (GM)
Well, something has been going in and out of the catacombs, but you have no idea what.
No, don't bother.

R�senfeld
maye we should go deeper

Drufle (GM)
There is a wooden door to the west of you.

Drumun
I have dark sight, it might be easier for me to see

Drufle (GM)
That thing to the east is a stone wall.
I covered over an entrance that was on the map.

Drumun
oh

R�senfeld
well let's try the door

Drufle (GM)
This isn't my map by the way, I took it.
Sure!

R�senfeld
we need to make something happen
or nothing will
lol

Drufle (GM)
That is indeed the case.

Drumun
slow and steady
I'm a dwarf afterall

H. Knight
is this a door I can fit through? dung-age people are short

R�senfeld
was just thinking that

Roy
"Are we going deeper now?"

Drufle (GM)
You can fit through these, yes.

H. Knight
ok

Drufle (GM)
It'll be a bit of a squeeze.

Drumun
"Ah think so..."

R�senfeld
"I think that is prudent."

Drumun
perceeeeeve

Roy
"Who goes first?"

Drufle (GM)
A small room lies ahead, with another door to your right.

Drumun I peak through the door

Drumun
rolling 1d20 + 0 + 0d6k1( 1 )+0+() = 1

R�senfeld
i have 11 int, if you want me to roll perceptions

Drumun
good god

Drumun trips over again

R�senfeld
ofc it won't matter if rng stays like this

Drufle (GM)
Back to the floor with you!

Drumun
"Who keeps leavin' these rocks everywhere"

R�senfeld helps the dwarf up

Drufle (GM)
Drumun actually notices something by tripping!

H. Knight carefully steps over Drumun's prone form

R�senfeld
"Are you drunk?"

Drumun
"Thank ye...and nay, I ain't drunk"

Drufle (GM)
The floor in this room is covered in a fine powder.

R�senfeld
:o

H. Knight
"what is this dust?"

Drumun
"Eh? the ground...its all dusty"

Drumun brushes himself off

R�senfeld
Rusenfeld isn't experienced enough to be able to identify it immediately.. but if it's an int roll I can do that too

H. Knight
is there anything I can do right now
other than go forward

Drufle (GM)
In the corner of this room is a large pile of bones.
The dust seems to be accumulated there.

Drumun
do we int to try and identify the dust?

Drufle (GM)
Sure.

Drumun
rolling 1d20 + -2 + 0d6k1( 11 )+-2+() = 9

R�senfeld
"Let me see this dust."

Drufle (GM)
H. Knight is blocking the way a bit.
He is HUGE

Drumun
yeah he's kinda big

R�senfeld
not passing the threshold of this door
noo

Drufle (GM)
He's fine.

R�senfeld
lol

Drumun
I saw a thing move!
a pog!

R�senfeld
yeah..

Drufle (GM)
Hm? No you didn't.

Drumun
yes I did

H. Knight
the pogs

R�senfeld
we didn't
don't worry
lol

H. Knight
they grow restless

R�senfeld
lemme int for this dust then

Drufle (GM)
You're definitely just seeing things.

H. Knight
let sleeping pogs lie

R�senfeld
rolling 1d20 + 1 + 0d6k1( 6 )+1+() = 7

Drumun inches forward slowly

R�senfeld
i dumb

Drufle (GM)
The dust is gray!

H. Knight
me I guess

Drufle (GM)
Kinda whitish.

Drumun
ah coulda told ya that

R�senfeld
"This dust is... gray."

H. Knight
rolling 1d20 + -1 + 0d6k1( 2 )+-1+() = 1

R�senfeld
:P

Drufle (GM)
Nice.

R�senfeld
ahahahaha

Drufle (GM)
This dust is... DUSTY

H. Knight doesn't even look down

Drumun
"Ah can tell that, lad"

Drufle (GM)
Would Roy like to try?
Maybe she's not being inexplicably moronic at the moment.

R�senfeld
"Yes. Well. I thought maybe being a dwarf you might be colorblind or something".

R�senfeld continues to be stupid.

H. Knight
"I cannot see colors."

Drumun
"Ah ain't colorblind...wait...tha wouldn't matter anyways!"

H. Knight
"I... used to."

Drufle (GM)
I think Roy may be having troubles staying awake.

R�senfeld
let's see if roy can save us

Roy
rolling 1d20 + 2 + 0d6k1( 9 )+2+() = 11

R�senfeld
yeeees

Drufle (GM)
There we go.

R�senfeld
thank you

Roy
rolling 1d3 + 0( 2 )+0 = 2

Drumun
thank ye, lass

Drufle (GM)
It's bone dust!

Roy
oop

Drufle (GM)
Something has been crunching up bones and spewing the dust all over the floor.

R�senfeld
oh holy hell.

Drumun
we are going to die

R�senfeld
you didn't hold any stops eh druf?
i thank you

Drufle (GM)
I do what I can.

Drumun
pls tell our heros, roy

R�senfeld
or don't, be funny to see them discover or not discover it

Drumun
gah!

Roy
"It looks like.. crunched up bones."

R�senfeld
lol sorry I kinda.. kinda have this.. perverse attraction to this game's difficulty

Drufle (GM)
I've noticed.

Drumun
"Oh...oh that's bad..."

H. Knight
"there is a pile in the corner. is it the source?"

R�senfeld
"'Crunched up'? As in something puverised them?"

R�senfeld turns to look at the corner

Roy
"Ground up into dust."

Drufle (GM)
It is the source!
I forget, how do you ping?

R�senfeld
who wants to go poke it?

Drumun
uhh

R�senfeld
double click?

Roy
hold a click

Drufle (GM)
Right.

Drumun
good to know

H. Knight
ponggg

Drufle (GM)
That lower left corner has the bones.
So, who wants to go poke the bones!

Drumun
ah got a staff
I should

H. Knight
also health

R�senfeld
yeah, well, rusenfeld won't object

Roy
i have a ten foot pole

Drufle (GM)
... do you actually?

Roy
which is like. three yards

Drufle (GM)
Wow.

R�senfeld
somebody poke the pile of bone dust with a long stick.

Drufle (GM)
Well, Drumun doesn't know that!

Drumun inches up slowly

Drumun
how close do I need to be to poke this?

Roy
"Hey do you want to use a pole for that?"

Drufle (GM)
Your staff only has a reach of 1 tile.
You'd have to get a bit closer.

Drumun
"If ye got one, then ya"

R�senfeld remains silent.

Roy
It's in my pack!

Roy hands over The Pole

R�senfeld
btw how long to torches burn for?

Drumun inches back slowly and takes the pole

R�senfeld
mine will eventually run out right?

Drufle (GM)
Uh, an indeterminate and vague amount of time.

Drumun
"Right...lessee here"

Drufle (GM)
You can assume that unless something puts it out, it'll last this whole dungeon.

R�senfeld
ok good

Drumun attempts to poke the pile with the longer pole

R�senfeld
can i also light any sconces we see automatically? would be very convenient

Drufle (GM)
As Drumun inserts the pole into the pile of bones, a tiny beast leaps out of the pile and starts gnawing on the pole!

H. Knight
oh!

Drumun
"Oi!"

Roy
"My pole!"

Drufle (GM)
MUNCH MUNCH

Roy
"Stop that creature!"

Drufle (GM)
It suddenly stops as it sees the dwarf on the other end of the pole.

Drumun
the fuck is that?

Roy
rolling 1d20 + 2 + 0d6k1( 10 )+2+() = 12

R�senfeld
the girl?

Drumun
"Uh oh..."

R�senfeld
not the dwarf

Roy
perception

Drumun
I have the pole

Drufle (GM)
It's a tiny creature, oozing out of various orifices and covered in white dust

R�senfeld
oh

Drufle (GM)
Shards of bone jut out of it in various places.
It's... HORRIFYING

Drumun
oh god

R�senfeld
oh fuck.

Roy
oh no

Drumun
whyyy the first monster

Drufle (GM)
>:D

Drumun
rolling 1d20 + 0 + 0d6k1( 2 )+0+() = 2

Roy
whats the roll again?
will?

R�senfeld
because like 80% of them is horrifying

Drumun
fuuuuck

R�senfeld
will yeah

Drufle (GM)
Will, yes.

Roy
rolling 1d20 + -1 + 0d6k1( 9 )+-1+() = 8

Drumun
I have 3 insanity now

Drufle (GM)
3 rounds of frightened for Drumun!

H. Knight
am I rolling? can I even see

Drufle (GM)
1 round for Roy!

R�senfeld
rolling 1d20 + 1 + 0d6k1( 14 )+1+() = 15

Drufle (GM)
A good question, HK.
I would assume you can do so now.

H. Knight
ok

R�senfeld
that's why i upped my will by one

H. Knight
rolling 1d20 + -1 + 0d6k1( 14 )+-1+() = 13

R�senfeld
or int.. can't remember which one I aadjusted

Drufle (GM)
FIGHT TIE
TIME*

Drumun
"What even is this thing?"

H. Knight
so are me and rus both fine?

Roy
oh no its a tie

Drufle (GM)
HK and Rusenfeld, you two can make fast turns!
It's a tiny demon!

H. Knight
ok

Roy
can i make an intelligence roll to identify it

Drufle (GM)
Remember him?

Roy
oh

Drufle (GM)
Sure, Roy.

R�senfeld
i think we should fight it in the open area

Drumun
oh god that thing again

Drufle (GM)
I mean, you guys know what it is.
Your characters don't!

Roy
rolling 1d20 + 2 + 0d6k1( 3 )+2+() = 5

H. Knight
"get behind me!"

Drufle (GM)
Yeah, Roy doesn't have a clue.

Roy
these dice are bad

R�senfeld
remours of demons may have reached the inquisition's ears.. dunno if they told me about it htough

Drumun
rolling 1d20 + -2 + -1d6k1( 7 )+-2+-( 6 ) = -1

Drufle (GM)
Are any of you taking fast turns?

Drumun
I don't know shit

R�senfeld
i'm thinking

Drufle (GM)
Nice, Drumun.
Nice.

H. Knight
I was
to move in front of them

Drufle (GM)
Alright.

H. Knight
so they can vamoose

Drufle (GM)
Go ahead!

Drumun
can he -fit-?

R�senfeld
do we all just cram in there then?
it's a pretty small room

Drumun
to be fair I probably have more health than him

Drufle (GM)
It is very cramped.

H. Knight barges past

R�senfeld
i take a slow turn

H. Knight
can I roll to check the thing

Drufle (GM)
Sure!

H. Knight
int?

Drufle (GM)
As always.

Drumun
expect me not to know things often

R�senfeld
i'll roll it too
unless it's an Action

H. Knight
rolling 1d20 + -1 + 0d6k1( 11 )+-1+() = 10

Drufle (GM)
Nah, free action.

Roy
I take a slow turn to run away a bit

R�senfeld
rolling 1d20 + 1 + 0d6k1( 13 )+1+() = 14
no banes on this yes?

Drufle (GM)
It's a tiny demon! A horrible little spawn of the Shadow itself.
Neither of you have banes, no.

R�senfeld
good

H. Knight
"a demon has infested this place!"

Drufle (GM)
So the demon is taking a slow turn as well.
The three of you can go!

Drumun
good
right

R�senfeld
i don't know about the Shadow yet
kill it!

Drumun
Prepared action
I wait for it to get closer
if it does, I smak it
I don't know where to stand

Roy
do i have line of sight to shoot it with a sling

R�senfeld
yeah i mean.. it's aa teeny tiny room

Drufle (GM)
.... Yes, Roy.

H. Knight
not with me in the way
oh alright

Drufle (GM)
You don't occupy the entire space.
So I think she's good.

Roy
i try that

H. Knight
it'd be cool if my pog could be two wide and three long
*four long

Roy
rolling 1d20 + 0 + 0d6k1( 7 )+0+() = 7

R�senfeld
slingshot is agility attack roll right?

Drufle (GM)
Yeah.

Drumun
ech, with a bane that won't be doing anything

Drufle (GM)
That would miss regardless.
And yeah, that was supposed to have a bane.
Not that it mattered!

Roy
oh right

Drufle (GM)
So, are you going to take your move?

Roy
im gonna move away

Drufle (GM)
Alright.
Rusenfeld?

R�senfeld
I'm waiting for Knight, did he not fast turn as wel?

H. Knight
I did!

Drufle (GM)
He already took his turn.

Roy
"We should get away from it!"

H. Knight
I moved in here!

Drufle (GM)
We're doing slow turns now!

R�senfeld
lol... ok

Drumun
"Ah don't think we kin outrun this thing"

R�senfeld
if i'm going first I'm getting a bit further out
six tiles
and i want to prepare an attack

H. Knight
oh sure leave us to get wormed to death

R�senfeld
is i can still

Drumun
your the last one this round

Drufle (GM)
You can, yes.
What do you prepare?
And what for?

R�senfeld
a normal attack if the demon comes in range
grabbing it woul be bad
in fact special actions would probably not be a good idea

Drufle (GM)
Well I can guarantee he ain't coming anywhere within melee range of you for the moment.
Demon's turn!
rolling d20+d6+5 ( 16 )+( 2 )+5 = 23
rolling d6 ( 6 ) = 6
6 damage to H. Knight!

H. Knight
aughhhhhhh

Roy
yike

R�senfeld
ouuch

Drufle (GM)
And now...
POOF

H. Knight
why am I not already a tank

Drufle (GM)
(To GM) rolling d6
(
6
)
= 6

Drufle (GM)
Alright, back to the top!

R�senfeld
did he void step?

H. Knight
druf what did it even do to me

Drumun
"Eh! Where did it go!?"

Drufle (GM)
He clawed at you!

H. Knight
so I can respond accordingly

Drufle (GM)
That's his only weapon.
Anyway, Roy is no longer frightened.
Drumun still is for two more rounds.
Who wants a fast turn?

H. Knight recoils as his abdomen is GUTTED by the tiny bone maggot

Roy
ill take a slow turn

R�senfeld
slow

Drufle (GM)
Knight?

R�senfeld
guess I better get in there
so i want to move an attaack

Drumun
"Are ye alright, Knight?"

H. Knight
guess I'll hit it

Drufle (GM)
Take a swing!

H. Knight
what does it matter I'm dead next turn
cornered
by a bug
rolling 1d20 + -1 + 0d6k1 ( 15 )+-1+() = 14

R�senfeld
you won't be dead you'll justbe out

Drufle (GM)
Not quite.
Demon teleports!

H. Knight smacks at the creature but it's too small!

H. Knight
aw shit

Drufle (GM)
Slow players?

Drumun
right then

Drufle (GM)
(To GM) rolling d6
(
4
)
= 4

R�senfeld
move
normal attack which with my dagger is agility
rolling 1d20 + 0 + 0d6k1 ( 7 )+0+() = 7
and i miss it

Drufle (GM)
Nope.
Roy?

Roy
I move to the nearest sarcophagus and try to pry it open

Drufle (GM)
...
Very well!

Roy
oh wait is it

Drumun
you can't back up without him clawing at you

Roy
right in front of me

H. Knight
yes

Drufle (GM)
It would get a free attack on you.
Yep!
It's right there.

Roy
wow it moves fast

H. Knight
it's very small and hard to see

Drumun
void step

Drufle (GM)
Teleports!

Drumun
it literally teleports

R�senfeld
teleblorp

Roy
well then i try attacking it

H. Knight
teletubbies

Drufle (GM)
I get a free teleport every round unless i roll a 1 on a d6, which I have not done yet.

Drumun
"Did anyone see where et went?"

H. Knight
"It... wennt... out the door...."

Roy
or wait
i use a defend action

Drufle (GM)
A smart move.

Roy
end turn?

H. Knight
you never said that was a thing!

Drumun
not yet
I move within range

Drufle (GM)
Yeah, Drumun needs to go.

H. Knight
what am I doing trying to hit these damned things

Drufle (GM)
Remember you still have a bane!

Drumun
Prepared action, if it attacks at all, I'll attack
"Ye stay away from the lass, ye bug!"

Drufle (GM)
Alright.

R�senfeld
do you get a boon for doing that ro something?

Drumun
that's the idea

Drufle (GM)
It turns around and goes to smack you!

R�senfeld
alright

Drumun
I'm not trying with a bane

Drufle (GM)
rolling d20+d6+5( 16 )+( 1 )+5 = 22
rolling d6 ( 2 ) = 2
You take 2 damage!

R�senfeld
there's taht damn str

Drufle (GM)
Make your attack roll, Drumun!

R�senfeld
15 str, guys
a tinydemon

Drumun
rolling 1d20 + 1 + 0d6k1( 7 )+1+() = 8
damn it

R�senfeld
rng, stop that please

Drufle (GM)
Man, what is with this?
It's honestly kind of awful.

Drumun
watch this kill us

Drufle (GM)
Anyway, back to the top!
Only one more turn of frightened for Drumun!
Anyone taking a fast turn?

R�senfeld
me

Roy
i take a fast turn to defend

R�senfeld
to prepare an attack on the demon if anyone else does anything
does that work?

Drufle (GM)
Yeah.
It's an action.

R�senfeld
good
that's my fast turn

Drufle (GM)
Knight?
Are you taking a fast turn?

H. Knight
oh ignore me I'm crippled and stuck in a closet

Drufle (GM)
:P
Don't you have extra reach?

R�senfeld
you can hop above dwerf no?

Drumun
yeah, he can reach around me

R�senfeld
he's only 1/2

H. Knight
all I have is a club

Drufle (GM)
You can move through allies but not enemies, so he wouldn't be able to get around you guys.

R�senfeld
clobber that thang

H. Knight
ok

Drufle (GM)
You might as well try the club!

Drumun
you are size 2, which increases your reach

H. Knight
oh good

R�senfeld
yup 2 times tile
uh

H. Knight
must be a size-2 club
anyway~

Drufle (GM)
Ok, maybe not right on top of Drumun.

Drumun
that's a bit closer than you need to be

Drufle (GM)
Swing away!

H. Knight
rolling 1d20 + -1 + 0d6k1( 20 )+-1+() = 19

R�senfeld
noice

Drufle (GM)
There we go.
Roll damage!

Drumun
wowza

H. Knight
ok now 1d6?

R�senfeld
what's a clubl ike
is it?

Drumun
I would think a club is 1d6

R�senfeld
sure is
1d6 yep

Drufle (GM)
Yes.

H. Knight
rolling 1d6( 2 ) = 2

R�senfeld
rNGGGG

H. Knight
bloody hell

Drufle (GM)
Whelp.

R�senfeld
let's run

Drumun
RNGSUS WHY

Drufle (GM)
Demon's fast turn!

Drumun
we can't run

R�senfeld
(we can't)

Drumun
the demon is too fast

R�senfeld
(I know)

Drufle (GM)
Attack the dwarf!
DELICIOUS BONES

H. Knight
drufle
do we have
any Fortune right now

Drufle (GM)
Fortune? How so?

Drumun
wait, what about Rus's prepared action?

R�senfeld
oh yes

H. Knight
like it seems to be a point thing?

Roy
im being told to go to bread

H. Knight
reading the cheat sheet

Drumun
someone did something, so now he acts

Drufle (GM)
Oh geez, really?

H. Knight
let him act

Drufle (GM)
Yeah, have a go quick.

Drumun
if we must cheese, then WE SHALL CHEESE

Drufle (GM)
Rusenfeld gets his free swing because the demon is trying to attack.

R�senfeld
boon?

Drufle (GM)
Yes.

R�senfeld
rolling 1d20 + 0 + 1d6k1( 14 )+0+( 4 ) = 18

Drumun
nice

R�senfeld
finally
rolling 1d6 ( 1 ) = 1
nope
sorry

Drufle (GM)
Nice.

R�senfeld
rolling 1d3( 1 ) = 1
wow

H. Knight
this same thing happened in the tutorial

Drufle (GM)
What's that 1d3?

R�senfeld
dagger

H. Knight
the exact same

Drumun
the damage

Drufle (GM)
Oh, right.
Anyway, BONES

R�senfeld
and i rolled a 1 in two different rolls ffs

Drufle (GM)
rolling d20+d6+5( 18 )+( 5 )+5 = 28
rolling d6 ( 2 ) = 2

Drumun
uhg

R�senfeld
we dead

H. Knight
maybe, just maybe

Drufle (GM)
2 damage to Drumun!

Drumun
now its my turn

H. Knight
roll20 knows its a demon lord game

R�senfeld
it sure does!

H. Knight
and fudges the odds

Drufle (GM)
Go ahead, slow guys!

H. Knight
oh who am I kidding it gives us the same rolls in Pokemon

Drufle (GM)
Which is just Drumun.

Drumun
can I attack AND prepare and action?

Drufle (GM)
No.

Drumun
alright then

R�senfeld
preparing's an action

Drufle (GM)
Preparing would do nothing anyway, you're last!

Drumun
no point in preparing then
rolling 1d20 + 1 + -1d6k1 ( 13 )+1+-( 4 ) = 10
erk

Drufle (GM)
Nope.
And back to the top.

R�senfeld
kill it

Drumun
at least I'm no longer afraid

R�senfeld
i attack

Drufle (GM)
So Golurk, do you have to leave?

R�senfeld
or we stop

Roy
can still stay for a few mor e minutes
maybe unti lbombat is over

Drufle (GM)
Alright, let's see if we can't kill this little guy quick.

Roy
*combat

R�senfeld
or die quick
i attack it1

Drufle (GM)
Everyone, DOGPILE

R�senfeld
rolling 1d20 + 0 + 0d6k1( 18 )+0+() = 18

H. Knight
I really really want a gun.

Drumun
I prepare and action

Drufle (GM)
A hit!

R�senfeld
rolling 1d3( 1 ) = 1

Drumun
if it attacks, I swing

H. Knight
more chip

Drumun
"Ye blasted little bugger!"

Drufle (GM)
Roy? Knight?

R�senfeld
i only have a dagger...

Roy
what turn is it
slow turn?

H. Knight
whoever's

Drufle (GM)
Fast.

Drumun
we be fast
or on fast right now

Drufle (GM)
Do you want a slow turn?

Roy
oh ill take a fast turn to attack it

Drufle (GM)
Wise.

Roy
rolling 1d3 + 0( 2 )+0 = 2

Drumun
uhh

H. Knight
um

Roy
wait wrong button

Drufle (GM)
Hm.

H. Knight
' 3'

Drufle (GM)
Quite a roll there.

R�senfeld
hehe

Roy
rolling 1d20 + 0 + 0d6k1( 17 )+0+() = 17

Drufle (GM)
A hit!

Drumun
there's the roll
noice

R�senfeld
woosh

Roy
rolling 1d3 + 0( 3 )+0 = 3

Drumun
NOICE

H. Knight
:O

R�senfeld
oh dayum
yes
we might stand a chance yet

H. Knight
what are you hittng it with anyway?

R�senfeld
slingshot

H. Knight
hm

R�senfeld
no?

Roy stabs it in an orifice

Drufle (GM)
Drumun and Knight, your turns.

R�senfeld
dagger??

H. Knight
ok

Drumun
I'm prepared

Drufle (GM)
Oh, right.

H. Knight
rolling 1d20 + -1 + 0d6k1( 8 )+-1+() = 7

Drumun
my fright ended last round

Drufle (GM)
Nope.
Demon's go!

H. Knight
this is infuriating

Drufle (GM)
Bite the girl!

Drumun
aha! it attacks!
when do I swing, after it?

R�senfeld
right now

Drufle (GM)
Yes.

R�senfeld
no, right now
it interrupts turns fine

Drumun
does it?

R�senfeld
that's what it said in the book

Drufle (GM)
Yeah, go ahead.

R�senfeld
you trigger even if it interrupts a turn

Drumun
well alright then
rolling 1d20 + 1 + 1d6k1 ( 19 )+1+( 5 ) = 25
SWING

H. Knight
:O

R�senfeld
wow what

Drufle (GM)
Yikes.

Drumun
"You. Ripped. Mah. SHIRT!"

R�senfeld
hahahaha

Drumun
rolling 1d6+1( 5 )+1 = 6

R�senfeld
damage it to biiiits

Drumun
YAH!!!

H. Knight
AUGH

R�senfeld
YEEEEES

Drufle (GM)
And off he goes.

R�senfeld
dwerf! dwerf!

Drumun drives his staff down into the demon!

H. Knight
just in time for dinner! back in a bit

Drufle (GM)
You don't mess with a dwarf's clothing, clearly.
Well, I think we might have to end it here today.

R�senfeld
indeed
thanks for pushing the limit with us golurk

Drufle (GM)
Can't have our first session without the full party.

Drumun
Introductions! Catacombs! Rude Mayors! COMBAT!!

Drufle (GM)
Maybe we'll try to pull it forward an hour or so next time.

R�senfeld
if possible, yeah

Drufle (GM)
So Golurk isn't up so late.

Roy
thank
~_~

Drumun
I can manage that

Roy
did it died

Drumun
Session 1 complete then
it dead
I stabed it with a staff

Roy
nice

R�senfeld
yeah it only had 15 hp

Drufle (GM)
By the way, there's 2 ss and 4 cp in the pile of bones amongst the dust.

Drumun
cool

Drufle (GM)
So that's all for this first session. Next week, we'll hopefully finish up the catacombs, and with it level 0!

Drumun
"That didn' go so bad..."
finish the catacombs and get that loot

R�senfeld is silent for various reason but is clearly breathing easier.

Roy
"I stabbed something! It felt GREAT"

Drumun
24 CP total in that pile
"Yer way to into this, lass"

R�senfeld
you can't cut up ss's can you?

Drufle (GM)
Not as such, no.

Drumun
I don't know

Roy
give us the bits

R�senfeld
you can cut coppers

Drufle (GM)
You'd have to exchange them for coppers.

R�senfeld
you can't cut silver shillings

Roy
the bits

Drufle (GM)
As it stands, you gotta deal with those coins.

R�senfeld
the bis!

Drumun
well, how do we want to split this then?

R�senfeld
we can take it to a vendor to change it
so one of us should jsut hang on to it

Drufle (GM)
I'd say party gold, for the moment.

R�senfeld
rusenfeld was the hire for the work so he can hold it for the moment

Drumun
the Big Pot it is then

R�senfeld
don't worry he won't keep any extra
not in the tenets of his faith

Drumun
"There's coin in the dust"
"Whatsa demon doin with coin?"

R�senfeld
"I don't think it belonged to teh demon.'

Roy
anyway im going to sleep now

R�senfeld
g'night golurk!

Drumun
night Golurk

Roy
thank you for The Game

Drufle (GM)
Night!