Drufle (GM)
yes youre all ready sol

Samantha Rose H.
well I need those special arrows delrivering x

Horanoven A.
tosses a bunch of magic arrows around

Sol
yeh see total hearling isn't filled in

Drufle (GM)
i mean you dont have the description in for total healing but other than that hes all ready

Horanoven A.
we got a full house here

Samantha Rose H.
YAY

Drufle (GM)
does someone want to fill sol in on what happened last week
in the session that wasnt supposed to be a session

Moppy
hallo sam & sol

Samantha Rose H.
hey mop

Horanoven A.
Sol: stuff happened

Sol
also hello folks sorry for not greeting you earlier in this conversation

Samantha Rose H.
lots of stuff

Horanoven A.
turns out Rose is a fairy princess

Samantha Rose H.
:)

Sol
i was there for the last session wasn't I?

Drufle (GM)
yes
but last week we had like

Horanoven A.
we had a mid-session

Drufle (GM)
a little chat thing
that turned into more rp than i was expecting

Horanoven A.
a lot happened

Samantha Rose H.
what happened with those not playing in the not a game game

Drufle (GM)
thicket and rose are bffs now
also rose is now a nice person

Samantha Rose H.
yep

Sol
um

Samantha Rose H.
lol

Horanoven A.
HK is a blacksmith now

Sol
i mistrust that last statement

Golurk
wyvarans are dragon people drufle

Sol
a lot

Drufle (GM)
they are dragonish yeah

Golurk
half kobold have wyverns i guess

Horanoven A.
are we going to discuss draconic taxonomy?

Golurk
*half

Samantha Rose H.
why not

Horanoven A.
are wyverns dragons? are dragons wyverns??

Samantha Rose H.
but I still think the original dragon born are the best

Drufle (GM)
i think dragonborn are one of those races that might be like

Horanoven A.
are the all drakes?

Drufle (GM)
actually trademarked

Samantha Rose H.
half bloods are so on the fence

Horanoven A.
rename them

Drufle (GM)
so thats why pathfinder doesnt have them

Horanoven A.
dragonfolk
not trademarked

Drufle (GM)
same thing with gearforged
why there arent any major clockwork races in pathfinder

Samantha Rose H.
but arnt they running like 3.5 system?

R�senfeld
The power of the New God may now pass through me and lift from you all worldly pain.

Drufle (GM)
yeah pathfinder is 3.5e

Samantha Rose H.
so wtf
?

Horanoven A.
but not owned by the DnD guys

Drufle (GM)
yeah it's a separate company

Samantha Rose H.
oh

Horanoven A.
so trademarks are an issue

Drufle (GM)
dnd is wizards of the coast
pathfinder is paizo

Moppy
they split off when they had enough of WotC's bullcrap or something

Drufle (GM)
something like that

Samantha Rose H.
what like P&P Pasta and Paizo?

Drufle (GM)
yeah exactly
did anything else happen last time

Moppy
i got a bunch of lovely upgrades

Horanoven A.
HK also spent time helping the family of his dead friend

Moppy
and I thought today was going to be "do the same for Drumun and Russ"
R�senfeld:
Denounce - Theurgy 0
Attack 0 vs None
Damage 0
Target/Area One creature within short range that can see and hear you
Duration instant
Requirement
Description You present your holy symbol at the target. Make a Will
attack roll against the target�s Will. On a success, the target
becomes frightened for 1 round.
Attack Roll 20+ The target also falls prone
Triggered
Roll 20+

Samantha Rose H.
I believe we kind of endtered a weird place where everyone was helping everyone. peace was flowing everywhere

R�senfeld
lol
wanted to see what the macro does, sorry

Horanoven A.
i have been DENOUNCED

R�senfeld
brb

Drufle (GM)
today we're definitely gonna do a bit of talking about the 8 months yeah

Drumun
I am back

Drufle (GM)
but it will also be an Actual Session if we actually make it that far

Drumun
back again

Samantha Rose H.
YAY!!!!!

Rose picks up her bow and runs to the door

Golurk
oh did the character sheet get updated
it has macros now, cool

Drumun walks into the guild, shirtless but buff as all heck

Rose
I did a little bit of new weapon jinking about

Moppy
yeah and they work for everyone except sam

Drumun
he's got a 12 pack

Moppy
and we don't know why

Drumun
no one thought it was possible

Rose kisses drumun on the way past

Drumun is kind of shocked

Drumun
"Eh?"

Rose winks and runs off

Drumun
"..."

H. Knight
"Welcome Back, Drumun. Don't Mind Rose, She's Had An Epiphany"

Drumun
"Whut in the world did ah miss?"
"I wudn't sure the world was endin till just now"
"Ah think ah'm alive"

H. Knight
"You Would Not Be Joking If You Were Here During The Fighting"
"It Was... Not Enjoyable."

Drumun
"Ah apologize fer not bein' here"

Drufle (GM)
(the session wont actually start in the guild hall im just giving you guys a nice backdrop)

Drumun
"Ah should av been here ta fight"

R�senfeld
"It's almost like there is a very malicious entity trying its hardest to make the world go bye-bye.. Hmm."

Drumun
"Russ! How're ya doin?"

R�senfeld squints

Samantha Rose H.
oh, brb. my toilet is asking for attention

Drumun
"Gah...how long 'ave I been gone...ah lost track"

H. Knight
Toilet: FEED ME SAMMY
FEEEED MEEE

R�senfeld
"The same as I always am. Ready and willing to fight in service of His name."

Drumun hands Russ back his trenchcoat

Drufle (GM)
it's been at least a few months

Drumun
"Ah think this belongs ta you"

Drufle (GM)
less than 8

H. Knight
"How Did You Develop Those Abdominals? I Know The Human Body Is Nowhere Near That Defined"

Samantha Rose H.
ok back

R�senfeld
(where are we right now, incidntally?)

Drumun flexes a bit

Drufle (GM)
in the guild hall

H. Knight
talkin with peeps someplace in the city
i.e. there

Drumun
"Ya, ah've been training quite a bit"

Drufle (GM)
somewhere in the city, at the very least

Rose
topless, showing off my birthmark

R�senfeld
"Thank you, Drumun." hangs it up "I've grown accustomed to being without it by now."

Drumun
"Well uh...ah guess ah'm not just here to catch up"

H. Knight
"Please Rose, Anyone Could Walk In Through The Door"

R�senfeld
"No, I can't imagine we'll get that peace."
"So tell us of your travels, Drumun."

Drumun
"My training wusn't just physical"

Rose
but......its SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO pretty

H. Knight moves in between rose and rusenfeld's field of vision

R�senfeld isn't even remotely interested anyway

H. Knight
jeezus

Drumun
"Well, ah wusn't travelling so much as ah was waiting in a forest"

Drufle (GM)
a FOREST you say

Drumun
"After that...incident ah felt I needed to get a hold on...that"

Rose puts her leather back on

Drumun shakes his head

R�senfeld
"... What do you mean?"
"We fixed the Maiden's Tear."

Drumun
"Bah, no more dancin around the bush"
"If ye would follow me outside, ah have a confession"

Rose
"ive got a forest"
oh wait

R�senfeld warily complies.

Rose
inside voice
coming

Drumun
"Ah gotta get this off my chest, ah cannot keep ye in the dark and work with ya in good concious"

Drumun walks outside

Drumun takes a deep breath

Rose walks behind

Drumun
"This might seem a bit...unorthodox"
"but trust me...ah got this under control"

H. Knight turns on his sensor array

R�senfeld
"Got -what- under control?"

Drumun focuses deeply...and begins to grow

Drumun
His hair turns from the normal dark brown to a fiery red
tusks form, a snout grows

R�senfeld 's eyes widen.

Drumun
his skin turns to a dark purple
when it is over, he is nearly russ's height
"Snort"

Rose hugs piggie

Drumun
"Snort?"

Rose
I promice I wont eat you

Drumun
(can I talk? I don't think so)

(From R�senfeld)
should I roll to see if Rusenfeld can accept this without going nuts?

Rose
(I'm talking to you)

Drumun
I'm asking druf

(To Sol)
yeah gimme a will save

Rose
(you don't need to respond)

Drufle (GM)
i uh

Rose
(oh)

Drufle (GM)
I'll need to look for that.

Drumun
I don't think I can actually respond to questions that are about to start
R�senfeld:
Will Challenge
Roll 16

Drumun
at least not verbally

H. Knight
did he win

Drufle (GM)
You're fine, Ruse.

R�senfeld
You're in luck.

Drumun
you passed, good jub

Rose
perception? to read body language?

R�senfeld
or rather I am?

Drumun
I hope you don't have to do this every time

R�senfeld
No,
not every time.

Rose
phew

R�senfeld
I had planned to once he'd confirmed you were a wereboar.

R�senfeld breathes deeply

Drumun
I'm in control, I won't attack you
even if youu attacked me

Drufle (GM)
It doesn't say you can't talk, so I think you can.

Rose
why would I attack you?

Drumun
Russ might

H. Knight
Russ would

R�senfeld
"Normally, I would kill an abomination like yourself, Drumun... But I'm going to go against my better judgement, and trust that you can control this... this condition."

Drumun
"Well...snort...here it is"

Drumun looks a bit sad from Russ's comment

Drumun
"ya...it ain't pretty..."

R�senfeld
"The New God must have room for you in his plans, or he would not have given me the will to control myself."

H. Knight walks up

Drumun
"But ah couldn't ignore it any longer..."

Rose
don't worry Drumun I'll keep Ruses condition under controll

R�senfeld
"But when all this is over, Drumun.. you must seek a cure."

Drumun
"Heh...ye think ah haven't?"
"Russ...I've tried everythin"
"Ah truely have"

R�senfeld goes against his nature and walks up to Drumun, putting a hand on his animalistic shoulder

R�senfeld
"Trust in the Lord, and he will reveal a way."

H. Knight
(To Rose) "I Don't See Why There Has To Be So Much Fuss. Rusenfeld Tolerated Me. He Tolerated You."

Drumun
"Maybe, maybe not..."

R�senfeld
"Have faith."

Drufle (GM)
To be fair, aside from killing the person that gave it to you, the only real known way to cure lycanthropy is with a rank 5 spell.

Rose
"Meh"

Drumun
there are like...some substances
but never concrete
they don't always work

Rose
HK, so wht is his problem anyway?

Drufle (GM)
Yeah, those aren't as good.

H. Knight
concrete is awful as a cure

Drumun
belladonna is one of them

R�senfeld
the issue with Rusenfeld is that he has a deep-seeded hatred of old magics, which he considers abomonable, for several reasons

Drumun
"At least now ah kin use this fer somethin"

R�senfeld
so learning his friend is a wereboar required a will-save in order to not get the crossbow out

Drumun
"Maybe make up for...whatever ah did in tha past"

H. Knight
"He Was Raised Under The Aegis Of The New God, Rose. And He Entered The Inquisition. It Is No Wonder He Finds Bestial Transformation Abhorrent."

Drufle (GM)
Yeah and don't forget your level 1 adventure.

Rose looks confused?

H. Knight
"I Might Have Done The Same As Him, When I Was A Man."

Drufle (GM)
He had a direct run-in with a poor orc man mutated into a nasty wolf monster.

Drumun
"Most people think poorly of skinchangers, Rose"

R�senfeld
"How long have you kept this a secret?"
also is music going wonks for anyoen else?

Drumun
"Long before we met..."
"since ah was a river dwarf"

Drufle (GM)
The music should be fine...

Rose
oh, brb

Drufle (GM)
It is a rather funky song to begin with.

H. Knight
it's very nice

R�senfeld
lemme refresh

R�senfeld appears deep in thought for a moment

R�senfeld takes out the idol of Astrid and begins to pray

Drumun
"Ah...ah didn't jus work on mah porkiness"

R�senfeld finishes praying and nods

R�senfeld
"Explain."

Drumun points to a training dummy roughly...12 yards away

Drumun
"watch this"
FLYING KICK

Drumun launches into the air, closing the distance and striking the test dummy with a powerful hoof kick

Drufle (GM)
I really hope Drumun yells that out loud.

R�senfeld
hahaha

Drumun
do you want me too?
because I can

Drufle (GM)
FURYINGU KIKKU

R�senfeld
i was imagining like Pumba doing that exaact thing, Drufle

Drumun
pfffataahhaha
hakunamaKICKA

R�senfeld
ahahahahahaha

H. Knight
Secret Pork Move! Pigs-Might-Fly Kick!

Drufle (GM)
But yeah, flying kick is pretty great!
It's like a charge but with buffs instead of debuffs.

R�senfeld
what happens to the test dummy?

Drufle (GM)
Roll damage, Drumun.

Drumun
rolling 3d6( 2 + 4 + 2 ) = 8

Drufle (GM)
Don't forget your extra 1d6.
Is that really it? 3d6?

Drumun
I'm not sure
1d6 from my class
1d6 from warrior
I'm not Focused
so that's 1d6 missing

Drufle (GM)
You get 2d6 from warrior.

Drumun
oh
rolling 4d6 ( 3 + 1 + 5 + 5 ) = 14

R�senfeld
that poor test dummy

Drufle (GM)
Yeah, that dummy is demolished.

Drumun
"Hoof"

Drufle (GM)
Straw and sackcloth fly everywhere.

Drumun
"How wus that?"

H. Knight Claps

H. Knight
and then goes to sweep up the mess

R�senfeld whistles

R�senfeld
"Clearly you have been given this opportunity to perform His work with unusual ferocity in order to prove your worth."
"And that's a hell of a mess you just made, too." chuckles slightly

Drumun
"Do you approve, though?"
"Ya say He does"

R�senfeld
"It's not my place to judge God's work."

Drumun
"But ah wasn't tryin ta impress him"

R�senfeld
"You aren't attacking innocent people."
"What more do I need to know?"

Drumun signs, somewhat dissatisfied'

Drumun
"That should be all"

Drufle (GM)
sign...

Drumun
dag nabbit

R�senfeld
dear me, poor drumun asks for approval from gruff mcfeisty

H. Knight
"You Have Done Well To Improve Your Combat Skills To This Extent"
"Good Job"

Drumun
"Ah have some work to make up for"

H. Knight clanks out a thumbs-up

Drufle (GM)
Meanwhile Rose is exploding birds out of the sky or something.

Drumun
"oh wait, is yvonne here? Ah think she needs ta know"

R�senfeld
i thought she was a Nice Lady � now

Drumun
"she kinda runs tha whole thing"

H. Knight
(is yvonne out of traction yet)

Drufle (GM)
She still has to eat.
Yvonne's perfectly fine!

H. Knight
good

Drumun
she is Okay with boarman

Drufle (GM)
Also I almost get the feeling that, like.

Drumun
because boarman is ripped

Drufle (GM)
She might've already known?

Drumun
gasp

R�senfeld
Yvonne knows most of everythig, doens't she?
that's what I assumed :P

H. Knight
those goshdarned psychic powers

Drufle (GM)
She's ridiculously perceptive and has numerous psychic powers.
It wouldn't surprise me if she figured it out months ago and just never told anyone.

R�senfeld
so when Russ tells he he'll do something in return for a cup of tea she nows he's gonna "forget" to

Drumun
never goes out under a full moon

Rose
I'm kind of back. my new ikea wardrobe just became flat pack again.

H. Knight
oh dear

R�senfeld
oh god

Drumun
uh oh

R�senfeld
that doesn't sound good

Rose
im no good at diy

R�senfeld
get Moppy to do it for you

H. Knight
ohhhh
yeah
I never did tell them sam

Rose
:)

Drufle (GM)
Mopp's surely a carpenter.

Drumun
:o

Drufle (GM)
Right then, did anyone want to do more things?
During these 8 months?

R�senfeld
i'm waiting for mopp to finish his sentence

Drumun
ah've done wut ah needed ta do

R�senfeld
other than that, not really

H. Knight
don't mind me

Rose
How long does it takes elves to have babies?

Drufle (GM)
Uhhhhhhhh

H. Knight
hundreds of years

Drumun
it is increadibly rare

Drufle (GM)
Yeah, probably.

Rose
then im good

R�senfeld
hahahaha

Drumun
possibly it only happens when an elf somewhere dies

Drufle (GM)
That sounds like a thing that does not happen often.

H. Knight
so druf

Rose
but ive had loads of practice

H. Knight
do you have any info on yvonne
because I want to know

Drumun
they sometimes steal children instead

Drufle (GM)
In what sense?
I have her sheet here.

H. Knight
why she's our secretary

R�senfeld
he has like all the info on yvonne

H. Knight
when she has so much power

Drufle (GM)
Oh, she was assigned by the capital to work for you guys.

H. Knight
why is she not leading the charge
oh alright then

Rose
why not. I was a prositute

R�senfeld
she kinda did lead the charge
in the last fight

Drufle (GM)
I'm pretty sure I said that during the beginning of the expert arc.

R�senfeld
you know, the one where we demolished a huge demon with little effort

Drumun
Elves, even when trying, have serious trouble having children

Drufle (GM)
The mechanical reason for why she doesn't join you guys is because she's too good at fighting and it would make combat boring.
The in-story reason is that she doesn't actually enjoy combat very much.

H. Knight
that's what I wanted to know
perfectly valid reason

Drufle (GM)
Her psychic powers came as an accident, not a purposeful study.

H. Knight
god I should have come up with something for Wari to do
during last week

Rose
all the best things were accidents

Drufle (GM)
Yeah, so, what did Drumun and Ruse do with their time?

Drumun
where is wari during all this?

R�senfeld
don't worry my other character beats all of yours in terms of neglect

Drufle (GM)
You guys have approximately 8 months of time to just, do things.

Rose
oh has wari got the new axes yet?

Wari
oh yes that

Drumun
Drumun continues to train, meditate, and help Yvonne with paperwork

Drufle (GM)
Along with a sack of money and authority.

Drumun
he's not very good at the paperwork
oh
I need to buy some scrolls

Wari
"Yeah I gotte Rose, Thanks!"

R�senfeld
I dunno, after last time i imagine Ruse would be looking for why the Shadow has so much influence

Wari
*m

Drufle (GM)
Yvonne appreciates the help.

R�senfeld
like what exactly broke

Drufle (GM)
A good question.

R�senfeld
something had to catalyze this whole thing

Rose
it wasn't me

Drumun
how much does a rank 1 spell scroll cost?

R�senfeld
seem like something Ruse would get fairly obsessed with

Drufle (GM)
Do you want to pray to the New God for answers, or go through reading?

Rose
honest

R�senfeld
in 8 months do I not get to do a bit of both? :P

Drumun
you could visit Thicket

Drufle (GM)
Good point.

Drumun
she bought a small library of her own

Drufle (GM)
Rank 1 scrolls are 5 ss.

Drumun
and she can read like, three different languages

R�senfeld
tell you what, druf

Drufle (GM)
I just asked, Ruse, because praying for answers is an actual mechanical thing.
That you need to roll for.

R�senfeld
i'll consider it fair if you let me pray only if I failed with reading

Drufle (GM)
Alright, sure.
You most certainly have access to the best libraries in the capital.
Assuming they weren't, you know, destroyed.

Wari
yeah

Drufle (GM)
So how about you give me a PER check with 2 banes to try and find these books.

Wari
did I ask already
R�senfeld:
Perception Challenge
Roll 18

Wari
how the hell the void bull got in

Drufle (GM)
Oh damn.

Drumun
wait, how much do rank 0 scrolls cost?

Rose
wow

Drufle (GM)
You did, Wari.

R�senfeld
I did the banes correctly, right?

Drufle (GM)
And I answered: 30 foot bull.

Wari
yeah but where _from_

Drufle (GM)
Through the walls, how else?
Unless you mean his actual origin.

Rose
would that be found in the hide I gave hk?

Drumun
the void bull WAS the walls

R�senfeld
no wait something's weird with that rll
roll
look at the breakown
breakdown

Wari
guren no yumiya plays in the distance

Drufle (GM)
No, that's correct.

R�senfeld
ohhh ok i mistead
misread*

Drufle (GM)
Yeah you totally found some great books on the subject.

R�senfeld
i rolld a 19 holy crap

Drufle (GM)
Indeed.
In one of the darker corners of the High Caecran Library, you find a strange, skin-bound book that you would've ordinarily passed over as too gruesome.
It seems to be the journal of a mad cultist who lived about a hundred years ago, who attempted to open portals in the depths of the capital.

Rose
and?

Drufle (GM)
His attempts were largely failures, but he keeps mentioning something called Gaethira.

Drumun
dun dun DUUUUUUNNN

Rose
.........

Drufle (GM)
Mentions of strange colored runes dot throughout the book as well, runes the cultist could not discern with even the most dark magic.
You don't find much else in the journal, but the name Gaethira shows up too often to be unimportant.
It seems to be linked to holes between worlds, and corruption.

R�senfeld
Do I just find this one journal?

Wari
cosmic roundworm...

Drufle (GM)
I'll give you another book, sure, since you rolled so well.

R�senfeld
i mean I was just asikng lol
i didn't roll a 20
just a 19 :P

Thicket started following Russ, trying to help

Drufle (GM)
In another black-leather book, jammed shut with rusted iron locks, you find a seemingly mundane listings of various old deities and cults that existed in Caecras over the centuries.

R�senfeld
that's a fair point, am I allowed to have recruited Thicket for magic-know-how help?

Drufle (GM)
One entry you find particularly interesting- a supposed Cathedral of Hate that was the central location of worship during the Witch-King's reign far in the past, which supposedly used to sit very near to where the Grand Cathedral is now.
You can bring whoever you want with you, that's not my call.

R�senfeld
cool

Drufle (GM)
That's all the information I'll give you for now.

R�senfeld
so I have Gaethira, and I have Cathedral of hate...

Thicket
surely not a coincidence

Drufle (GM)
There will certainly be possibilities for dark knowledge in the future.

R�senfeld
alright
guess i'll tell people what I found out

Drufle (GM)
Did you still want to pray to the New God? You can do that too if you want.

R�senfeld
yeah sure
not gonna say no to free help

Drufle (GM)
The way it works is that for each month you spend in the chapel or cathedral praying and doing other arbitrary religious stuff.
You get to roll 3d20.
If two of those dice are 18-20, you get a direct answer to any question you want.
So how many months are you going to dedicate to this?
You have 8 total.

R�senfeld
well how long do we say it took me to find those books?
since clearly they weren't obvious

Drufle (GM)
Probably a month, maybe 2.

R�senfeld
whew, 6 months to pray with is nice
i'll spend pretty much whatever you'll let me in quiet reflection then

Drufle (GM)
Righto, roll 3d20 six times for me then.

R�senfeld
can I do like separate rolls but all in one line?

Rose
ive figured out why it brok. the silver things I left out hold the screws in place

Drufle (GM)
I think you can do 6#3d20.

Rose
broke

Thicket
maybe I should stop buying scrolls

R�senfeld
rolling 6#3d206 = 6

Drufle (GM)
Hmph.
Clearly not, then.

Thicket
I am starting to have trouble sorting through them all

Drufle (GM)
I think you can ctrl-enter to do multiple rolls in one entry.

R�senfeld
rolling 3d20( 6 + 12 + 20 ) = 38
rolling 3d20 ( 17 + 13 + 16 ) = 46
rolling 3d20 ( 8 + 12 + 18 ) = 38
rolling 3d20 ( 2 + 6 + 7 ) = 15
rolling 3d20 ( 13 + 15 + 7 ) = 35
rolling 3d20 ( 19 + 3 + 1 ) = 23

Drumun
it appears there is no answer

Drufle (GM)
Very close on some of those...

R�senfeld
ONE success
out of 6
that's so sad

Wari
New god has New phone
who did
s

Rose
could I help?

R�senfeld
rolled a nat20 in one even :(((

Drufle (GM)
I'll give you a vague answer to a question, since one of those rolls was close enough.

R�senfeld
lemme think...

Drufle (GM)
One day, when you're laying prostrate in the guild's chapel, you hear whispering in your ear.
A faint light illuminates you from an unknown source.
What do you ask the voice?

R�senfeld
"Lord... Where can I find the answers I seek in order to save this world from corruption? I beseech you, guide your faithful servant!"

Drufle (GM)
Hmm...

R�senfeld
jsut asking for like a location
just so we're clear.. I'm not trying to game it

Rose
or if its a thing I coud track it
could

Drufle (GM)
I think the answer is something along the lines of...
"Your answers lie with the forsaken one."

Drumun
oh snap
to the forsaken fortress!

Rose
sounds pretty

Drufle (GM)
Yeah the answers are actually with Phantom Ganon.
Anyway, I think that's pretty much it for the 8 months, right?
Anything else anybody wants to do?

Wari
one more thing

Drumun
Drumun is just buying scrolls

Rose
go to some haunted house?

Wari
I can't remember if HK ever made anything out of the void bull hide

R�senfeld
oh 18-20
i read 16-20

Wari
or put it to some other use

Rose
I'll just go polish my bow

R�senfeld
i guess vague is all I get
fair enough

Drufle (GM)
Oh, no, HK never used the hide.

Wari
let's do that then!

Drufle (GM)
You could make a kickass leather armor.
Hell it probably wouldn't even count as leather.

H. Knight holds the hides

Rose looks at hk

H. Knight
"Well I Cannot Say That I Am Really A Leatherworker..."

R�senfeld
hey drufle can you give me like an empty sheet
not a char sheet

Drufle (GM)
Uh, sure?

R�senfeld
just a plain sheet

Drufle (GM)
There you go.

Drumun
he's takin notes

Rose
dream diary?

H. Knight
so what would be best here

Drufle (GM)
So, there's a tailor in the city that can probably work this stuff.

H. Knight
should I just take a crack at it?
ok good

Drufle (GM)
You can try yourself, if you want.
You don't have the tailor profession so I don't think I can recommend that course of action.

H. Knight
no I am an honest blacksmith now
maybe a tanner or something can offer advice

H. Knight goes looking

Rose follows

Drufle (GM)
So I think there's an older human man in the craftsman's quarter who is fairly well-known for working with high-quality hides.

H. Knight knocks on the door

Rose
should I track him down or do we know where he is?
or hk knows

Drufle (GM)
He's well-known, you can easily just ask around.

Rose
.....

H. Knight
yeah that's what I assumed happened
everyone knows me by now

R�senfeld
aw no hunt for you
:P

Drufle (GM)
You hear some shuffling from behind the door, and the heavy wooden door creaks open.

Rose
I wanna hun something

Rose prepairs bow

H. Knight
"You Can Hunt When We're Done"
"Put That Away, We're In Polite Company"

R�senfeld
XD

Rose
sorry, freaked a little
old habbits

Drufle (GM)
Behind the door is a rather thin old man, with wispy gray hair and large thick glasses, wearing a bloody apron that smells kind of terrible.

H. Knight
old hobbits

Rose
ooh, cute

Tarm Charson
"Yes, sorry, what is it?"

H. Knight
now THAT's a name

Rose
you single?

R�senfeld
ahahaha
Tarm Charson gets flustered when he sees the giant metal horse man in front of the door.

H. Knight drops the fifty-pound stack of minotaur skin

Tarm Charson
"Oh deary me, what dreadfully magical hide."

R�senfeld
does high-quality china fall of a table somewherei n the house?

Rose starts openly flirting with the blood covered human

H. Knight
"Excuse Me Sir, I Was Wondering If You Would Be Able To Make Use Of This?"

Drumun
do we have any of those scrolls left from that library loot?

Drufle (GM)
Plenty, Drumun. Just, so many.

H. Knight
"It's From The Monster That Attacked The City"

Drumun
dangit rose, wait till AFTER the man is done working
what we got, I wan em
I have so many scrolls might as well
or rather, I'll have Thicket scribe copies of them

Tarm Charson
"Oh yes, the void bear, of course. Nasty things, aren't they."

H. Knight
"Void Bull. But Yes, Inhospitable."

Drumun
I have become the scroll dwarf

Rose plays with her hair

Rose
but we got rid of it
Tarm Charson nods kind of slowly, and pulls a magnifying glass from somewhere.

Rose
and I skinned it perfectly

Tarm Charson
"Well-cut, subcutaneous membranes severed properly, fur largely intact..."

H. Knight
"I Am Still Amazed That You Were Able To Manage That In Such Short A Time"
Tarm Charson starts mumbling softly about multiple different properties.

Rose
then you could............. inspect my full hide

H. Knight gives a withering look

Rose
im very skilled hk. ve had a couple of hundred years of practice

H. Knight
"Rose, The Age Gap Is Far Too Great"

Tarm Charson
"High quality, yes, very good, this is quite amenable."

Rose
but I wanna toy boy
Tarm Charson is completely ignoring whatever conversation is going on outside the door that is not about this delightful leather.

Drumun
sigh

H. Knight
"He Is Several Decades Behind You"

R�senfeld
sign*

Drumun
:P

Rose
but.....but....

R�senfeld
(sorry coldn't resist don't hate me)\

Drumun
:P :P :P

Rose
I was expecting a face palm but oh well

H. Knight
(To Tarm)"How Is It, Sir?"

Tarm Charson
"Would you care to give me a while with this void buck's hide? I may come up with something... useful, here."

R�senfeld
hahaha

Rose
i bet he could

R�senfeld
i love how he never gets it right

H. Knight
"Of Course. Take As Long As You Need."

Rose
i coud help you .........
Tarm Charson nods, picks up all fifty pounds of the hides, and slams the door shut without another word.

R�senfeld
good ol' absent-minded super-genius craftsman trope eh?

Rose
damn!!

R�senfeld
good choice, sir.

H. Knight
"Time To Go Have A Cold Shower, My Dear"

H. Knight leads Rose away from the shoppe

R�senfeld
how are you doing that?

Drufle (GM)
Before you leave, a small note is slid out from under the door.

R�senfeld
you can't really touch her a t all

Rose pouts

H. Knight
clothing

R�senfeld
fair

H. Knight
also like
if I put my arm around her and walk forward
she kinda has to keep up

R�senfeld
she's gonna have to move yeah

Rose
yep

H. Knight
like an electric fence

Rose
damn hate metal

R�senfeld
hahaha
\m/

Drufle (GM)
The note reads: "Happily married, thank you anyways."

Rose storms off

H. Knight
"....."
"Ha..."

R�senfeld
did HK just laugh?

H. Knight
dun dun duunnnnn

Drufle (GM)
BEEP BOOP EMOTIONS

R�senfeld
it's an emotional rollercoaster today :O

Drumun
excellent

Drufle (GM)
Anyway, about a month and a half later, a VERY large package arrives at the guild.

Drumun
large you say?

Rose
one of roses arrows lands just below where hk's manhood would have been

Drumun
druf, where do we keep the scrolls?

Drufle (GM)
In the guild's library.

R�senfeld
poor yvone probably ends up carrying it since Rusenfeld likes ducking out of menial labour

Drumun raids the library

Rose raids the kitchen

Drufle (GM)
When I say large, I mean the package probably won't fit through the front door.

R�senfeld
one day she'll psy-slap his ass into shape lol

H. Knight
"I Take It You Want To Open The Thing, Rose?"

Rose
oooh
but im hungry

R�senfeld
what about the backdoor? :3

Drumun
but drufle, what scrolls do we have?
and rank 0 or 1?
*any
someone has to use them

Drufle (GM)
Look man you can just buy those if you want, they're so cheap.

Drumun
and everyone else with power knows their own spells

Rose grabs a loaf and a wheel of cheese and runs towards the package

H. Knight
maybe the box will fit if we remove the packaging

Drumun
I have so many already I want to narrow it down

H. Knight helps

Drufle (GM)
I can give you the listing of the scrolls from the books later, when I can get my notebook.

Drumun
okay
for now

H. Knight
right now we have a present to open!

R�senfeld
brb
doorbell

Drumun helps with the package

Rose is thinking about BIG packages

Rose
........

Drufle (GM)
Inside the package is a massive pile of very neatly-folded sets of armor, wristbands, footwraps, headbands, and other assorted accessories.

H. Knight
I don't think this box will contain the void equivalent of a steely dan, Rose

Rose
lets play dressup

Drumun
"Well, this is rather odd"

Drufle (GM)
The armor looks nothing like the hide you gave Tarm, it looks like a black metal with a deep red glow underneath.

Drumun
metal leather???

Rose
ooooooooooooooooooooh!

H. Knight
"Hm. Disquieting."

Rose
but can i touch?

Drumun
"Ah agree, where did this come from?"

Drumun pokes a piece of it

Drufle (GM)
The armor is tough but malleable, and quickly covers you when you put it on.

Rose
is there a note

Drufle (GM)
There is a note!

H. Knight reads the note

Rose strips and starts trying everything on

Rose
how do i lok?

Drumun
"well, ah ain't one fer armor really. Messes with my movements"

Rose
look?

Drumun
"everythin made of this stuff look sinister"

Wari
"Like A Demon Princess, Girl"

R�senfeld
bac

Rose smiles

Drufle (GM)
"Void boar hide is quite useless on its own; too sinewy, too tough. The armor enclosed is a modified hide, soaked, roasted, and enchanted to suit your needs. The work was appreciated. - Tarm"

R�senfeld
back

Rose
just need a tiara now

Wari
"So Wait, is this like, void jerky armor or something?"

R�senfeld
yum
so, multiple suits of armor?

Rose
i know i have some bone somewhere

Drumun
"ain't like any jerky ah ever seen"

R�senfeld
do we just all get magical armor now?

Drufle (GM)
The armor automatically wraps over your skin when you put it on, soft and supple on the inside but tough and jagged on the outside.

Wari
BODYSUITS

Rose
pretty

Wari
we power rangers now

Drumun
ah mean
you guys are

Drufle (GM)
When Rose puts it on, the black and red colors soften and become a deep hunter green and a light robin blue.

R�senfeld
MEGAZOID ENGAGE

Rose
oooooh

Wari
a megazoid is something completely different but no less awesome

Rose
suits my hair

Wari
from a megazord

R�senfeld
whatever man
i last watchd PR like 20 years ago

Drumun
eh, close enough

R�senfeld
:P

Wari
so druf

Drumun
so what is for whom then?

Rose starts prettying up her bow to match

Wari
actually no

Drufle (GM)
There is enough armor here for anyone to have a set if they want it; it acts as medium armor with no DEF penalty, and in fact gives a +2 DEF.

Wari
"Hell I'll have a go"

Drumun
dang

Wari takes a set away to change

Wari
(she has SOME modesty)

R�senfeld
can i even wear it?
what's medium?

Drumun
I wish I could wear it

Drufle (GM)
You can wear it sure, Ruse.

Wari comes back decked out in demonic gear

Drufle (GM)
Drumun you can wear, like, the headbands and wristbands and stuff if you want.

Wari
"well, this isn't half bad
"

Drufle (GM)
You already have so many bonuses to DEF I figured you wouldn't really need more, but you can still be fashionable.

R�senfeld
hm

Rose
70's style

Drumun
I'll be fine

R�senfeld
will rusenfeld feel comfortable wearing the hide of a demonic monster..

Wari
(what colors does wari get)

Drumun
headbands and wristbands don't fit with mah style

R�senfeld
or beastman ro whateever
you know what i mean

Drumun
plus I have other means of getting def

R�senfeld
it'd be so much better than my current armor TT

Drufle (GM)
Wari's armor becomes a deep crimson with gold trimming.

Wari
neat
R�senfeld:
Will Challenge
Roll 13
i'm gonna say yes

Drufle (GM)
CANT RESIST THE FASHION

Rose
lol

R�senfeld
hey i rolled for it, can't say fairer than that :P

Drumun
"Ah have ta say, this is some pretty fancy armor"

Rose changes some of her fletchings to match her outfit

Drumun
"Wonder why it changes color"

R�senfeld
my god and I rolld a 9, sos lucky my will's that high

R�senfeld dons a suit of void bull armor

Drufle (GM)
There is an actual reason as to why it changes color but I think that might be spoilers?
So I won't say for now.

Drumun
okay then

H. Knight
"I Shall Have To Send My Regards To The Armorer For This"

Drumun
well, now I'm curious

Rose
and me?

Drumun puts on a headband

R�senfeld
what colours are mine?

H. Knight
god I thought you were just making this all up

Drumun
"...hmmm, maybe I shoulda tried a wristband"

Drumun moves the headband to his wrist

Drufle (GM)
Ruse's armor becomes a gleaming white, with seven-pointed stars in black dotting various points on his shoulders and chest.

Rose
pretty

R�senfeld
wow

Drumun
fancy

R�senfeld looks at the armor, and grunts in approval

Rose
so it seems to show markings of what or whom we are?

H. Knight picks up a coat and wears it open, like a cape

Drufle (GM)
And Drumun, if you're worried about this stuff breaking when you transform, it won't.

Rose
hk, put one on

Drufle (GM)
It's been enchanted to adjust its size to the wearer.

Drumun
like the headbands and wristbands?

H. Knight
"Way Ahead Of You, Rose"

Drumun
I mean, armor still messes with my class benefits

Rose
but you look cute

Drufle (GM)
Yeah, it won't count as armor for those purposes and won't have any mechanical benefits.
But it'll look pretty neat.

H. Knight
same with my btw
I'm having it for fashion

Drufle (GM)
Yeah, HK already has literal built-in armor.

Drumun
wristbands don't do anything but change color

Drufle (GM)
Indeed.

H. Knight
mood bands

Drumun
speaking of which, what did Drumun end up with?

R�senfeld
if only you were a were-bull

Rose
can i put on a headband aswell?

R�senfeld
MOO-d bands

Drumun
werebull or not I'm still a Mystic and a Martial Artist

H. Knight
rose I thought you had put on everything

Drufle (GM)
There's tons of stuff here, you can put on any stuff you want.

Rose
i put so much on i cannot remember what im wearing

Drufle (GM)
Tarm made, like, 15 full sets of armor and accessories from that hide.

H. Knight
oof

Drumun is waiting to see what color the wristband becomes

Rose
oh......

R�senfeld
lol
the fashion is real!

Rose
PINK

H. Knight is same

Drufle (GM)
Drumun, your bands become a soft grayish brown with an indigo border.

Drumun
"Interestin"

Drufle (GM)
A nice deep, natural bluish purple.

H. Knight
for me?
augh I just opened the chat log

Drumun
oh nooooo

H. Knight
to keep track of these for art

Drufle (GM)
Oh, right, sorry.
HK's bands become an almost fluorescent blue and yellow color, with strange runes in a softer yellow across the blue field.

R�senfeld
i love that you put on some jazz for the fashion show
good choice

Drumun
indeed

Rose
lol

R�senfeld walks the catwalk

H. Knight
"Unexpected But Pleasant"

Rose follows

Drufle (GM)
Well it was mostly because the guild hall song stop working but this is a good fit anyways.

R�senfeld
a good FIT?
ahahahahahaha

Drufle (GM)
Yvonne is probably just watching all this happen with the most confused look on her face.

Rose
shouldn't she put one on?

Drumun
uh oh
now I'm curious what Yvonne would get

H. Knight
sic'er, Rose

Rose goes towards Yvonne holding a headband

Yvonne Lariel starts shaking her head.

H. Knight facepalms

Drumun
its too late Yvonne

Yvonne Lariel
"I, uh, appreciate the offer, but I'd really rather not."

Rose carries on walking

R�senfeld
welp, rose is about to get flung across the room

Drumun
"Yer lucky its just a headband"

Rose
PPPPLLLLLEEEEEAAAAAAASSSSEEEE

R�senfeld
dear me

Rose
put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,

Yvonne Lariel shakes her head furiously, eyes wide in fear as Rose approaches.

Rose
put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,

R�senfeld
what have you wrought drufle

H. Knight
"Okay This Is Going Too Far"

Rose
put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,put it on,

H. Knight intercedes!

Rose stops

Drumun
roll interception

H. Knight
god do I

Rose
????

H. Knight
"Rose, Yvonne Clearly Is Still Traumatised By The Whole Affair."

Yvonne Lariel releases the breath that she had been holding and sits back down.

Rose
but....

Yvonne Lariel turns to HK and looks confused for a second before nodding.

H. Knight
"I Think It Would Be Best To Leave Her Be For Now"

Rose
pretty
clothes

Yvonne Lariel
"Yes, the, uh... void bull was kind of a big thing, much rather not deal with that."

H. Knight
(to Yvonne) "I Am Sorry, Miss Lariel"

Drumun
Roll Wis to detect motives?

Rose slowly walks away

R�senfeld starts rubbing his temples

Drufle (GM)
If you want to, sure.
Drumun:
Will Challenge
Roll 5
WELP

H. Knight
russ

Drufle (GM)
NNNNNope.

Drumun
I detect jack shit

R�senfeld
"So, guys... demonic invasions and stuff?"
"World kind of ending?"
"Ring a bell?"

H. Knight
LATER
Rose:
Will Challenge
Roll 0

H. Knight
ahahahahahah

Rose
nope

Drumun
"Ye shouldn't force someone inta doin somethin they dun wan't to"

R�senfeld
that's broken

Drufle (GM)
That's not a pass, anyway.

Rose
but i can shoot now

Drufle (GM)
Her will is 1.

H. Knight
oh yeah we forgot

Rose
11

Drufle (GM)
Well yes, your mod is 1.

Rose
oh
damn
H. Knight:
Will Challenge
Roll 7

Drumun
pffft
it is impossible

Drufle (GM)
Man, everyone just really wants to know what's up with Yvonne.

R�senfeld
these rolls, jeez

H. Knight
I guess we'll neve rknow the mystery!
Thicket:
Will Challenge
Roll 10

H. Knight
back to business everybody

Drufle (GM)
Ruse refuses to roll.

R�senfeld
hahahaha

Rose
can i try perception instead?

Thicket
wow these rolls

H. Knight
this is the hardest check in the whole campaign I bet
we need a nat 20

R�senfeld
Ruse kind of feels like Gaethira is more important, yeah

Drufle (GM)
Well I guess that's technically a pass.

Thicket
Thicket, somehow, has insight into this

Drufle (GM)
Thicket, you get, like, this really slight inkling that the void bull probably isn't really what's concerning Yvonne.

Thicket
an inkling you say!?

R�senfeld
oooh

H. Knight
woomy

R�senfeld
problems with fae?

Thicket
time to dive headfirst into that assumtion

R�senfeld
dun dun dunnn

Drufle (GM)
Pfffft
ALL IN

Thicket walks up to Yvonne

Thicket
"Hi!"

R�senfeld
drufle you might as well put teh dice down

Drufle (GM)
Ruse, you can continue talking about demons in the background if you want.

R�senfeld
today apparently we mess wiyh yvonne

Thicket
"What's on your mind?"

R�senfeld
with*

Drufle (GM)
Just because you succeeded doesn't mean she's gonna tell you, it just means you think there's something up.

Thicket
well of course not
but Yvonne is stubborn

H. Knight
Thicket

Rose
i wonder if what you did for me would work on her?

Thicket
woops

H. Knight
nooooo

Thicket
yes, Thicket is also stubborn

Yvonne Lariel
"Uh, well, you know, destroyed city, moon was kinda glowing for a while, stuff like that."

Thicket
"But the clothes?"

R�senfeld kind of gestures to yvonne with like flaily hand motions that are meant to represent explosions and scary things

Thicket
"You don't seem compleeeetly concerned about their Void Bull origin"

Yvonne Lariel
"Oh, those, I have, like, an aversion to weird leather, it chafes my skin."

Thicket
"Chafes huh?"

Rose
............

H. Knight
allergies are a bitch

Thicket
that is such a weak answer

R�senfeld
ok
drufle

Thicket
thankfully Thicket has this ENTIRE adventure coming up where she can pester Yvonne

R�senfeld
I'm going to Wrath of God
in the middle of the hall

Drufle (GM)
Er, what.

R�senfeld
that will get people's attention right?

H. Knight
he's in SRS BSNS mode

Thicket sounds like she doesn't believe Yvonne

Rose
??????

Drufle (GM)
I mean, yes? It's a giant lightning bolt.

R�senfeld
yes

H. Knight
do it

R�senfeld
I'm gonna do it
and then hope to god I get a Rest and that nobody died
but I am gonna do it, I swear

Drumun was already listening

Drumun but now he's on the floor

R�senfeld
HAHAHAHAHAHA

Wari
"WHOAGOD"

Drumun
"RUSE WHY?"

Rose
BOOOOOOOOOOm

Rose squeaks

R�senfeld
"Now that I have your attention..."

H. Knight IMMEDIATELY wheels around

R�senfeld stops briefly to put out the fire on his gloves

H. Knight
claws raised

Drumun
"Ye already had mah attention why'd ye launch that thing so close?"

Drufle (GM)
Claws?

R�senfeld
"Ahem. Now that I have your attention, can we go back to hunting demons?"

Rose bow drawn

H. Knight
headcanon on how my punches hurt so much

Drufle (GM)
Ah.

Thicket
"..."

Thicket goes back to pestering Yvonne

R�senfeld
really?

Thicket
she is not amused

Drufle (GM)
Yvonne is completely stunned by the lightning bolt in the middle of her foyer.

H. Knight
"I Don't Think You Needed To Be So Dramatic"

Rose
Fey for ya

H. Knight
"So, What's The Plan?"

R�senfeld
"You don't think a demonic invasion calls for a bit of drama, Holy Knight?

Drumun
"If ye wan ta fight demons, there has ta be demons ta fight"

H. Knight reaches over and pinches Thicket's ear

Drumun
"we havn seen any fer a while, so where would we go?"

Thicket
"Ow, iron, ow"

R�senfeld
"Well, I spend some time researching why we have had so much trouble with them"

H. Knight
" Agains The Horde Perhaps, but Not Here."
"What Did You Learn?"

R�senfeld
"I haven't had much luck, but I did find some interesting information."

Rose throws some cream over for thickets ear

R�senfeld
"I found out that there used to be a demon cult that tried all sorts of ungodly summonings."

Drumun
"ain't there always demon cults?"

R�senfeld
"And I found out they tried to interact with a beign called Gaethira. It has something to do with holes in teh very fabrics of space, and unholy corruption."
"Holes in the very fabric of space. See what I'm getting out?"
getting at*

Rose
nope

Drumun
"Ah ain't sure"

Thicket
"Oh, Oh oh!"

Thicket raises her hand

H. Knight
"As Have Been Appearing With The Beastman Armies"

R�senfeld
"...Well, I mean, those demons and the influence of the Voice has to get in here somehow."

Rose
a door?

R�senfeld
"Or something like it, yeah."
"I found out more."

Thicket
"Portals! Portals are holes!"
"We saw some of those"

R�senfeld
"I found out that very near the Grant Cathedral of the New God, there used to be a Cathedral of Hate."
"I imagine that these are not unrelated."

Drumun
"That is one a tha silliest name ah ever heard"

R�senfeld
"I didn't name it."

Wari
"Cathedral of Hate? sounds like a real barrel o' laughs"

Rose
i love it

Drumun
"Nah, but ah agree wit ya"

R�senfeld
"..anyway, lastly, the Lord deemed me worthy and whispered in my ear."

Rose
r"hate" it
or

H. Knight
"Really?"

R�senfeld
"I asked my Lord where we can find the answers we need to save our demented world, and I have received an answer."
"I was told the answers "lie with the forsaken one.""

Rose starts getting interested

Drumun
"Forsaken, eh?"
"That kin mean many things"

H. Knight
"Rather Vague As A Clue To Work From"

R�senfeld
".. It must be a test of our faith. I suggest we make it a priority to find out what that means, and to investigate both the Cathedral of Hate and the Deity I mentioned."

Rose
well all we need to do is trak the one that was forsaken

Drufle (GM)
pfffft

Rose
simples

H. Knight
"But We Don't Know Who or What That Is."

Drumun
"Doesn't forsaken mean something like...abandonned?"

Rose
there must be a list of abandoned people
like the wanted board?

H. Knight
"Or Buildings"

R�senfeld
"The Cathedral of Hate i mentioned could be considered forsaken."
"It's basically all but gone.. maybe there are remnants underneath the city now."

H. Knight
"We Should Ask The Clergy About This"

Drumun
"One suggests a livin thing though, not a person"

Rose
should we go there then and start searching near the source?

H. Knight
"Perhaps They Hold Records"

Drumun
"Though ah reckon it's our best bet so far"

R�senfeld
"We have to start somewhere, or the Shadow will overtake this realm."

H. Knight
"Rusenfeld, Do You Know Where The Site Of This Cathedral Would Likely Have Been"

Rose
we need to light more tourches

R�senfeld
good questions
did I get any maps drufle?

Drumun
"Ah ain't sure there'd be anythin left of it"

Rose
cant have shadow if everywhere is bright

H. Knight
"You Have The Right Idea Rose, But It Is More Metaphysical Than You Might Suppose"

Drufle (GM)
The location was rather vague, but it says the Cathedral of Hate was located on top of a hill, and theres only one notable hill near the Grand Cathedral.

Drumun
"Ah dun quite get the Shadow either"
"Whas it want anyways?"

Rose
less light?

R�senfeld
"The Shadow refers to influence in this world eerted by something far, far beyond mortal comprehension. Trust me when I tell you, every little bit of influence it already has is much more than we want it to have"

Drumun
"Well, alright"
"Lead the way, then"

R�senfeld
"The book I was reading mentioned the old Cathedral of Hate was located on a hill, near the location of the Grand Cathedral... That narrows it down considerably, doens't it?"
exxerted*

Drufle (GM)
So are we actually going to this place?

Drumun
well then, lets go to that hill

R�senfeld
i'd like to

Drumun
totally won't be demons there

Drufle (GM)
Well, uh, one second then.

R�senfeld
sorry lol was that not what you wanted us to do?

Drufle (GM)
This was 100% not where I was planning on going so I'm gonna need a sec.

Drumun
we did it everyone
we've gone completely Off the Rails

R�senfeld
I'm sorry TT

Drufle (GM)
We'll just be here.

Drumun
this trains gonna be LATE
so what's on this hill now?

H. Knight
ruins

Drufle (GM)
You approach the Grand Cathedral and pass by, heading for the nearby hill that holds an old ruin.

Drumun
wow really, no one built here afterwards?

Drufle (GM)
Guards stand outside the entrance to the ruins and look at you as you come closer.

Drumun
or are these recent ruins from events
oh, I guess not

Inquisitor
"Greetings, Heroes, what brings you here?"

Drumun
"Information huntin'"
Inquisitor looks confused.

Inquisitor
"What, on Harrow Hill?"

Drumun
"We think this location may be important ta our demon problem"

H. Knight
"We Wish To Investigate The Structures Here That We May Advance Our Efforts To Halt The Demonic Incursion"

R�senfeld
isn't the demon problem being kept secret

Drumun
"We've got some info on some dark stuff tha used ta be here"

R�senfeld
oh god all cards on the table

Inquisitor
"Well, uh, I'm afraid I don't think we're allowed to let you in, I think?"
Inquisitor turns to the other guard, who shrugs.

R�senfeld
guys this is the church of teh new god, what are oyu doing
XDD

Samantha Rose H.
I'm back

Drumun
that was a different thing

R�senfeld
no, i mean, the organisation

H. Knight
they don't have their fuckin heads in the ground about this

Drumun
we arn't supposed to talk about the possession

Rose
can I help?

Drumun
Demons are kinda obvious now though

R�senfeld
hm i guess so yeah

H. Knight
charm one of them into letting us pass

Rose
oh ok

Inquisitor
"Emperor's orders, you know."

Rose
whats the charm roll for a naked girl?

Inquisitor
"Don't think anyone's supposed to go in here."

Drufle (GM)
I, uh, don't know?

R�senfeld
"This location was revealed to me by Divine right."

Drufle (GM)
Is there even a persuasion roll...

H. Knight
I'm surprised this game doesn't have that
considering it has a literal viagra potion

Drumun
I've been using Will for that

R�senfeld
"Do you want to test the New God?"

Drufle (GM)
Ok, It's will v will, Rose.

Rose starts to undress, whilst looking her target in the eye

R�senfeld
or that
Rose:
Will Challenge
Roll 0

H. Knight
you know I was assuming you'd just use elven glamour but sure why not

Drufle (GM)
Shit man, alright.

R�senfeld
holy crap

Rose
ok guys

Drufle (GM)
I was gonna give you a bane but it wouldn't matter.

Drumun
well that works

Rose
I have years of expertice in that kind of work

R�senfeld
"... mutters this isn't a very Godly solution..."

Inquisitor
"Uh.......... New God, right, yes, sure."

H. Knight sidles past the enraptured guards
Inquisitor turns as HK walks by.

R�senfeld shakes his head and just waltzes straight by

Rose
"oops, I seem to have dropped something

Drumun
"...mutters back all part of His plan, eh?"

Inquisitor
"Oh, just, uh, don't go in the building at the top, you know."

H. Knight
"Very Well Sirs"

R�senfeld
hm

H. Knight
"Have A Good Day"

R�senfeld
do I risk it

Drumun
"We thank ye fer yer cooperation"

R�senfeld
"Why is that exaactly?"

Rose winks as she puts her clothes on and vanishes into the shaddows

Inquisitor
"Well, uh..."
"I don't actually know, sir. We were just given direct orders by the Emperor himself to guard this area and make sure nobody goes in that building."
"Didn't really think to ask why to His Royalty, you know."

H. Knight
"I Understand Completely"

R�senfeld
"How very exemplary of you. Good work."

Drumun
with how much we've gotten away with so far, I doubt this will be enough to tip the scales
Inquisitor kinda nods and turns back to the street.

Drufle (GM)
So as you move into the ruins, things start looking less and less like the architecture you're used to.

R�senfeld whispers to the party "So we should probably head up there, I imagine."

H. Knight
"At The Risk Of Unleashing More Evil"

Drumun whispers back "Without a doubt"

H. Knight
I also whisper btw

Rose
whats the roll to stealth again?

Drufle (GM)
The normal nice, marble and granite soaring arches fade into black pumice and volcanic stone spires, mostly broken and collapsed.
AGI for stealth.
Drumun:
Agility Challenge
Roll 19
Rose:
Agility Challenge
Roll 0

Drumun
sneak mode activated

R�senfeld
wow a 6!

Drufle (GM)
Wow, ok, you guys are sneaky.

H. Knight
you both sneaking masters

R�senfeld
and a nat 19!

H. Knight
I'll just stand back and wait for the explosiosn

Rose
I'm all natural

R�senfeld
dohoho

Drumun begins sneaking around, watching for danger

Drufle (GM)
The closer you get to the building, the more the normal nice gargoyles and statuary turns into grimacing faces and twisted bodies.

Rose sneaks to the room she was told NOT to go to

H. Knight
"nice" gargoyles

Drufle (GM)
Relatively speaking.

Drumun
gargoyles are protectors I think
of some sort

R�senfeld
"Yeah, this place reeks of the occult. We're going to find SOME answers here, that's for sure."

H. Knight
yeah they're made to drive away evil spirits by scaring them
with their ugly faces
kinda counterintuitive

Drufle (GM)
Eventually you crest the hill and at the top is an old, surprisingly intact stout, round building with a heavy black metal door at the front.

R�senfeld
I always thought they were just clever drainage

Rose
so which one of you guys are going to protect me?

Drumun
2spooky4evil

Drufle (GM)
Runes are inscribed over the top of the door.

Drumun
I'm with Rose right now

Rose
from the evil?

R�senfeld
.

Drumun
since I am sneak

R�senfeld
dafuq

Drumun
I got some healing scrolls
just in case

R�senfeld
can't do tags apparently

Drufle (GM)
And I'm, like, 95% sure none of you can read the script.

Rose
I wanna see whats in the forbidden room

Drumun
what are these runes in?

Rose
i can read the magic stuff

Drumun
we should have brought Thicket

R�senfeld
yeah..
we probably should've like

Drufle (GM)
The runes are in Dark Speech.

R�senfeld
let drufle lead us where he wanted to
H. Knight:
Intellect Challenge
Roll 11

Drufle (GM)
HK figures out as much, but he doesn't know the language.

Drumun
I'm not sure its a good idea to actually...understand this

H. Knight
I'm glad you understood what that roll was for

R�senfeld
yeah lol
Drumun:
Intellect Challenge
Roll 9
well I tried

R�senfeld
necronomicon everyone?

Drufle (GM)
Drumun sure doesn't.
If only Roy was with us, she has Read Anything.

Drumun
is that a scroll?

R�senfeld
let's investigate the door for ancient traps eh

Drufle (GM)
Yeah, it's a Rune magic cantrip.

Drumun
hmmm
R�senfeld:
Perception Challenge
Roll 7

H. Knight
Maysherestinpeace

R�senfeld
or not
Drumun:
Perception Challenge
Roll 7

Drufle (GM)
That door is a very nice door.

R�senfeld
i really ike those runes

Drufle (GM)
Metal!

Drumun
welp
Rose:
Perception Challenge
Roll 0

R�senfeld
thank god

Rose
oh +1

Drufle (GM)
Ok Rose actually passes, good job.

Drumun
I should have shapeshifted and tried

Drufle (GM)
The door seems to be barred shut from the inside.

Rose
i cannot be surprised remember
I'm elf

Drufle (GM)
There are no discernable traps.

Rose
HK?

R�senfeld
flying kick? :3

Drumun
can we like...slip a card in and push the lock up?

H. Knight
"We're Not Forcing This Open"

Drufle (GM)
Into a solid metal door?

R�senfeld
wow, can we?

Drufle (GM)
I wouldn't just, like, jam into that if I were you.

R�senfeld
@druf I was certainly joking

Drufle (GM)
Also you assume it's a tiny little modern lock, it's like a metal bar on the other side.

Drumun
"Hmmm"

Rose
is there any windows?

Drumun looks up for windows

R�senfeld
where's yvonne when you need a psychic

Drufle (GM)
Not a single one.

Drumun
no holes, windows, anything?

Rose
how high are the walls?

Drufle (GM)
The walls are, like, maybe 15 feet tall?

Drumun
no way in?

Drufle (GM)
Pretty short for a building.
Rose:
Agility Challenge
Roll 0

Drumun
other than this door...

Rose
nope

Drumun
guys
I have a Spider Climb scroll

R�senfeld
beaten by a large metal door

Drufle (GM)
Rose, roll a 1d6 for me.

Rose
rolling 1d6( 5 ) = 5

R�senfeld
ouch

Drufle (GM)
Alright nevermind.

R�senfeld
oh

Drufle (GM)
That was just a bane for her AGI check.
She failed.
Drumun:
Agility Challenge
Roll 19
fuck yes

Drufle (GM)
The walls are made of too smooth a stone- nevermind.

R�senfeld
do you have a telekinetic spell in there somewhere, dorfman

Drufle (GM)
Are you trying to get on top?

Drumun
sure

H. Knight
I'd imagine druf just jumps up there

Drufle (GM)
You are now on top.

Drumun
woo

Rose
are any of you guys really strong and NOT made of metal?

H. Knight
Drumun

R�senfeld
well it oesn't matter if there's a dead bolt

Drufle (GM)
The roof is a rather shallow dome, made of the same black metal as the door.

Drumun
I don't have telekinesis with me, sorry

Drufle (GM)
Nice little point in the middle

R�senfeld
like in real life have you ever tried knocking down a deadbolted door?

Drufle (GM)
You gotta aim right below the knob.
Not that hard if you know where to kick.

Drumun shapeshifts and begins sniffing around

Drumun
pork mode, ACTIVATE

R�senfeld
you haven't seen the doors they use in Israel, mate
they're not made of wood

Drufle (GM)
Fair enough.

Rose resists the urge

R�senfeld
lol pork mode
Drumun:
Perception Challenge
Roll 11

Drufle (GM)
Drumun, though the building is very well sealed, you faintly smell some incense from inside.

H. Knight
this is a nuclear bunker basically

Drufle (GM)
Or something like it, at least.

Drumun
snort "alright then..."

R�senfeld
then maybe I should test whether it can withstasnd a nuke

Rose
as a dancer do i not get more buffs for being nimble?

Drufle (GM)
You could argue your profession for a boon, yeah.
That's kinda the point of professions.

Rose
oh good.

Drumun shifts back to normal

H. Knight
"What Did You Scent, Drumun"

Rose
Please can i have a boon?

Drumun
"Ah smell...some kinda incense?"

Drufle (GM)
Well your boon would undo that bane I gave you, which means you retroactively passed.
And are now on the roof.

Rose
yay

R�senfeld
"... They might be performing some kind off ritual in there."

Rose
now lets have a good look here

Drumun
"Ye think this place is in use?"
"Why'd the Emperor close it off then?"

H. Knight
"That Suggests That The Building Is Still in Use. We Should Search The Base Of The Hill For Entrances"
Rose:
Perception Challenge
Roll 0

R�senfeld
"If you smell incense? I am almost certain."

Drufle (GM)
Rose also smells the incense, if that's what you're trying to do.

R�senfeld
"And not only that, but you'll recall the -emperor- barred entrance to it."

Rose
i wanted to look for a weak point in the dome, but I'm good with pretty fragrance

Drumun
"This is fishy...the kind thas been sitting out fer a week"

Drufle (GM)
Oh, there are no weak points.
Unless you're a wrecking ball.

R�senfeld
"Rather makes me think we need to either gain entrance quietly or back off before we get into more trouble than we can handle.

Rose
in the roof?

Drumun
I should have brought a teleport spell

H. Knight
"I Agree With The Latter Option"

Drufle (GM)
The roof is just as sturdy as the door.

R�senfeld
"If the royal caste is performing demonic rituals... we might have a very serious problem on our hands."

Drumun
I have Sanctuary as well

Rose
could one of you knock on the door?

R�senfeld
"

H. Knight
"This Requires More Resources Than We Have To Bear Currently"

Drumun
which is basically invisibility until you attack

R�senfeld
"More serious than I imagined."

Drumun
"Ye think this is wut yer god wanted ye ta find?"

R�senfeld
"I cannot say."

H. Knight
"Knockning..."

Rose gesturers to hk to knock

Drumun
"Err...dun knock"

R�senfeld
"You want to -knock-?"

Drumun
"Wait a moment"
"If ye wanna try that, ah have somethin tha might help"
once I get down

Rose gets an arrow ready on the roof

R�senfeld
good grief, we're the most haphazard investigators ever

Drumun
we don't have many options

Drufle (GM)
I expected nothing less.

H. Knight
we're not trained private eyes

R�senfeld
Trudat

Drumun
its clear we aren't meant to get in here without severe consequences

H. Knight
this is sequence breaking you know

R�senfeld
yyeeess... that is pretty clear
should we like

Drumun climbs back down and pulls out a scroll

R�senfeld
run
before we die?
lol

H. Knight
just walk calmly away

Drumun
"Ah bought this spell called...Sanctuary?"

Rose climbs back down

Drumun
"It makes ye hidden till ya hit somethin"

Rose
but I'm already invisible

R�senfeld
"I don't really think we should fight under these circumstances."

Rose
well figguretively

Drumun
"Well, ye"
"Hence the "until ye hit somethin" part"

R�senfeld
"Esp. not without knowing -what- we would fight.

Drumun
"Ye don't have ta hit somethin"

R�senfeld
"or whom."

Drufle (GM)
(it lasts for 1 minute or until you attack)

Rose
well i will knock and you guys hide

Drumun
okay good
1 min is enough

R�senfeld
are we really gonna doorbell prank them

H. Knight
"Alright"

R�senfeld
that'sh ilarious
let's do it

Rose tells everyone else to hide

Drumun
"Who wants ta knock?"

R�senfeld
uh
lemme try

Drumun
"I'll make ye invisible fer a minute"
R�senfeld:
Agility Challenge
Roll 5

Rose is game

R�senfeld
i uh
i'm not gonna hide

Drumun
dang it wait till I case!
cast

R�senfeld
oh

Drumun
"Russ that is a terrible hiding spot"

R�senfeld
i thought you' be casting it on -you for some reason
"...Um, it is? Oh."

H. Knight
"Let's Get Down Among The Lower Ruins, Rose"

Drumun
"Git over here, ye just volunteed yerself"

Rose
I'm waiting for you all to move

R�senfeld
"Alright..."

Drufle (GM)
Drumun you are aware that you need to make a check for Sanctuary, yes?

Drumun
yeah

Rose
im still stealthy

Drufle (GM)
Just checking.

Drumun
hence why WAIT until I try
"This might not work, I ain't so good with magic"

Rose
well get on with it

Drumun
"An this one's a tad complicated"

H. Knight just walks away

Drumun
"If this doesn't work we just leave"

R�senfeld
"I'm going to live to regret this."
Drumun:
Intellect Challenge
Roll 7

Rose gets ready to knock

Drumun
it does not

Drufle (GM)
Nope.

Drumun the scroll fizzles and burns to ash

R�senfeld
do you make an explosion?

Drumun
"Eh darn it...this is why I have a spare"

Drufle (GM)
Nah, it just doesn't happen.

R�senfeld
failed spells usually splod righe?
aw
sad

H. Knight
miscast spells explode

R�senfeld
"well, uh, I don't think that worked."

Rose
ok guys 10 seconds to hide behind some rocks

Drumun
"Ye want me ta try again? I have one more"

R�senfeld
"I mean apparently you have 10 seconds, so do it."

R�senfeld damns rose under his breathe
Drumun:
Intellect Challenge
Roll -1
okay

H. Knight
BAHAHAHAHAHA

Drufle (GM)
pffffhahahaha

R�senfeld
oh
my god

Rose
im about to knock. MOVE

Drumun the scroll just straight up explodes

H. Knight is moved

Drufle (GM)
Ok, NOW the spell blows up.

R�senfeld
NOW does it explode?

Drumun
"Darn"

R�senfeld
ahahahahahah

Drumun
"Um"

Drufle (GM)
You take 1 point of damage.

Rose knocks on the door

R�senfeld
do i still have eyebrows?

Drumun shifts into small Boar Form

Drufle (GM)
Just barely.

Drumun
"Time to hide"

R�senfeld
"..."

Rose
KNOCK
KNOCK

R�senfeld
oh boy

Rose
KNOCK

Drufle (GM)
The metal vibrates under your knock, and you hear the sound echoing in the building.

Drufle (GM)
There is no response.

R�senfeld
why am I so glad that is the case?

Rose
"Girl Scouts selling cookies

Drumun
snort

R�senfeld
XDDDD

H. Knight
"Okay That's Enough Excitement For Today"
"Time To Head Back, Everyone"

R�senfeld
"My 1st degree burns agree."

Drumun
snert

H. Knight
poet

Drumun
oink oink

Drumun shifts back to normal

R�senfeld
totally unintentional

Drumun
"Ah'm sorry about that"

R�senfeld
"Let's just go. We have more information than we used to."
"It's a start."

Rose
"now i really need to shoot something"

R�senfeld
"Shoot any other Sanctuary scrolls Drumun might have."
"You'd be doing us all a favour."

Drumun
"Ah dun have any more"

R�senfeld
"Thank the Lord for that!"
uh
lemme minor heal myself or something right

H. Knight
laugh track

Drufle (GM)
It really is too bad that scroll-reading is INT based.

Drumun
(I do have like...7 other types of scrolls, multiples of each

Drufle (GM)
You didn't take any damage, just Drumun.

R�senfeld
him then

Drumun
its fine, I'll meditate it off

R�senfeld
i thought you meant me

Rose
i wonder if tyhere is a tunnel around the area?
there

R�senfeld
it's whatever, hora, I can rest before the next misadventure

Rose
sewage or drainage?

Drufle (GM)
You could ask around, sure.

Rose
ok

Drumun
I have plenty of scrolls, that I intend to use
I spend a good 3 gc on this

R�senfeld
you could let me use them

Rose asks around

Drumun
that is true

R�senfeld
13 INT

Drumun
I mean, you have more than 1 power
you wouldn't need to make the check at all

R�senfeld
oh

Drumun
the same with all my rank 0 spells

Drufle (GM)
The sewer system in this area is especially old and not particularly well-maintained; people don't really know about the entrances and grates.

Drumun
I can cast those easily

R�senfeld
yeah aparently 13 INT isn't enough to figure out I should try and not you, though
not Smort enough

Drumun
I thought about it, but Drumun only has 8 Int
not enough

Rose
can i look for tracks to see if there are any patterns?
Intellect Challenge
Roll 0

Drufle (GM)
I can go ahead and save you the time on this one; if you spend any time in this area, any tunnel, sewer, or other form of underground entryway is sealed off with the same kind of black metal as the building's door.

Rose
yay

Drumun
snoopin around

Rose
oh

Drumun
wow

R�senfeld
yeah let's go and do what we're supposed to

Drumun
they really don't want anyone inside

Rose
but i scored soooo good

H. Knight
t
that's how you learned

Drumun
"Ah think we'll need ta think about this"

R�senfeld
we found out imperial involvement, that's pretty good right?

H. Knight
you intuited this

Drufle (GM)
The only tracks in the area are the guards' footprints, and they never go very far into the ruins at all.

Drumun
"it ain't gonna open easy"

H. Knight
and this area is clearly where the dlc is supposed to go

Rose
should we go get thicket. fire should do the trick

R�senfeld
DLC?
hahahahah

Drumun
fire vs metal
its super effective

Drufle (GM)
As a Ranger, you are certain that nobody frequents this area.

Rose
yep

R�senfeld
fire attracts attention

Rose
ok, thanks

H. Knight
it'll take us 10 years to find a way to clip through the Harrow Hill barrier

Drufle (GM)
pffft

Rose
and explosions don't?

Drufle (GM)
So, do you want to go get Thicket, or scrolls, or something?
Well, it was a small explosion.

R�senfeld
i mean

Drumun
teleportation scroll?

Drufle (GM)
Just like a POP

R�senfeld
the guards didn't show up

Rose
i vote thicket and scrolls

R�senfeld
so i assume not in this case

H. Knight
personally I Kinda want to stop here and finish up Big Game stuff

R�senfeld
yeah

H. Knight
for Sam's sake too

R�senfeld
it was aa good try

Rose
what about me?

R�senfeld
brb, sorry

H. Knight
get your pathfinder character squared away
or at least started

Rose
it kind of is lol
im in the process of borrowing the correct books

Drufle (GM)
Drumun, I can go ahead and inform you that the only teleportation spells that would normally be capable of entering the building would be rank 4 and 5.

Drumun
well alright

Rose
4th e can only go soo far

Drufle (GM)
All the lower ones are either too small of a portal or require sight.

Drumun
metal bending?

Rose
blow up the door it is then

H. Knight
Shape Earth on the basalt walls

Drufle (GM)
I don't think there is actually a shape metal spell, but there is that one yes.

Drumun
that's Thicket's fortay

Rose
shape metal, is supanova fireball, and water

R�senfeld
forte

Drumun
get her a shape Earth scroll

R�senfeld
it's Latin

H. Knight
you know I bet if we tried the wall would just go Busto on us and we'd be slice to ribbons

Drumun
does it look like Drumun speaks latin?

R�senfeld
i guess not
but legit I think mopp is right there

Drufle (GM)
You can do whatever you want to the building, I don't really mind.

R�senfeld
we're clearly not meant to easily access this

Rose
lol

Drumun
we'll nuke it from orbit later

H. Knight
I'll punch it down if we survive the boat trip

Rose
or we meet up with someone that can get us in easily?

Drumun
like seriously, lets grab Thicket, a Shape Earth scroll, and let her deal with this

Drufle (GM)
Gotta be so violent about everything geez.

Drumun
or rather, Mold Earth
the bigger one

R�senfeld
lol you do what you want

Drumun
she has Shape Earth already

R�senfeld
Ruse basically initiated this foray, he doesn't have the gruonds to object

Drufle (GM)
Well then, I think I'm going to go ahead and assume you bring Thicket here and have her cast Mold Earth and Stone on the walls.

H. Knight
this is awkward because its clear that two of us want to get in and two of us want to do what the GM prepared for us

R�senfeld
i mean i want to do both, mopp

Drufle (GM)
At which point I can inform you that the walls absorb the spell entirely without being effected, a black smog leaking from the stone.

H. Knight
eeegh

R�senfeld
lol welp
Thicket:
Intellect Challenge
Roll 13

Rose
i wanna get in and see whats inside. but that's because its been made so hard to get in. it makes me want it more

Drufle (GM)
What's that check for?

Thicket
understand this nonsense
what happened and how
she is magic

H. Knight
a beautiful basalt pandora's box

Drufle (GM)
The building radiates an obscene amount of magic, the spell seems to have just been absorbed by the essence of the stone.

Thicket shrugs

Rose
maybe we should ask it to open up?

Drufle (GM)
An aura surrounds the building that seems to deflect most detection and other things.

Rose
aladin style?

Thicket
"That's about all I can do, this stone absorbs just about all magic I can perform"

Drufle (GM)
Go ahead Rose, I don't mind.

H. Knight
"OPEN CARAWAY"
",,,"

Thicket
"This place is sealed completely"

H. Knight
",,,Nothing I Guess"

Rose looks at the door

Drufle (GM)
Actually I should point this out, when the building absorbs the spell, the runes above the door glow a bit.

Drumun
"Ah think we're done here...nothin we kin do is gonna get us in here"

Rose
"please open up for me"

H. Knight
roll persuasion

R�senfeld
hahahaha

Drufle (GM)
The runes above the door glow once more in response to Rose's remark.

R�senfeld
like "NO."
?

Thicket tries speaking elvish to the door

H. Knight
glow once for yes

Drufle (GM)
The runes glow again in response to Thicket.

Thicket
"Voice activated, clearly"

Rose clears her throat

Thicket
I assume Thicket knows what these runes are written in

Drufle (GM)
Yeah, it's Dark Speech.

Thicket
she's dealt with Dark Speech before

Drufle (GM)
I doubt Thicket can understand it but she can certainly recognize the script.

Thicket
"I believe we may need Dark Speech to open this"

Rose
As the future ruller of the elves and the fey realm, OPEN UP AT ONCE!!!!

Drufle (GM)
The runes glow again.

Thicket inspects the door and runes

Rose says something terrible in gypsie slang
Thicket:
Intellect Challenge
Roll 13

Drufle (GM)
The door is sealed very tightly, and the runes were roughly hewn into the stone above the door.

Thicket
again?
the roll of the century

Drufle (GM)
Whatever the runes say, it's not a particularly long phrase or word.

Thicket
I bet this is the password
that we don't speak
this is like the Mines from Lord of the Rings

Rose looks at the door intently and wishes the door to open

Drufle (GM)
Them runes just keep on glowing.
So very shiny.

Rose
ooooh.

Thicket
I think I'm done with this side quest

Rose touches shinny runes

Thicket
I can't think of anything else to try

Drufle (GM)
Well then.
The Invincible Door of Harrow Hill wins this battle.

H. Knight
Is there a handle on the outside

Drufle (GM)
Nope.

H. Knight
ok nevermind

Rose
damn

R�senfeld
sorry, afk a minute

Drufle (GM)
Anyone want some last-minute attempts at the door before we go back to the guild hall?

Drumun
fireball?
actually no
I'm good

Drufle (GM)
Alright then, let's leave this poor door alone for now.

Drumun
evil door
right so
magic arrows

Thicket
Definitely should figure those out
Drufle, can I have a publicly readable notesheet labled "Magic Ammo"?

Drufle (GM)
Uh, sure, one sec.

R�senfeld
funny how that opened for me
(still semi-afk, sorry.. real-life things)

Drufle (GM)
I just showed it to everyone, don't worry.
Oh, Rose left at some point.
Er, Sam.
Well, I guess we'll just call this Level 7a then, I didn't think this was gonna go a whole three hours.

R�senfeld
hm
my bad

Drufle (GM)
I think we'll mark this as done for today anyway.
Next week we'll actually do the session I had planned for today.

H. Knight
oki

R�senfeld
sorry TT

Thicket
okay
can everyone read the note?

Drufle (GM)
Nah it's fine! I don't really mind people going off the rails so long as it's in an interesting direction.

R�senfeld
I can

Thicket
good
this works on bullets as well

R�senfeld
well charming the guards with... y'know, natural assets, was certainly interesting
i'll give you that

Thicket
it was a nice little adventure
Drumun blew up
all fun times

H. Knight
I like being the fey character's leash

Drufle (GM)
If only you broke through that door..........

Thicket
don't you dare Druf

H. Knight
no
none of that

Thicket
you know that was not an option

H. Knight
shame on you

Thicket
for shaaaaame

Drufle (GM)
To be fair, it was totally an option.

Thicket
attack the giant metal door

R�senfeld
yeah i mean i expected it to be an option
but at the same time
nothing we did worked

H. Knight
who got closest?

Drufle (GM)
Uhhhh.
I guess technically Rose and Thicket?

Thicket
we lack the correct language

R�senfeld
god

H. Knight
damn!

R�senfeld
we just needed to say 'open sesame' in dark speech huh

H. Knight
I knew I should have told them to sing at it!

R�senfeld
oh well

Thicket
well, see you guys later

Drufle (GM)
See ya.

R�senfeld
in a bit guys