Drufle (GM)	gosh what even session is this 18
H. Knight	SESSION PENTULTIMATE
Drufle (GM)	it's 18
Horanoven A.	Session BC
Drufle (GM)	Right, let's get this moving.
Horanoven A.	Session Hamster who needs numbers Drumun stretches
Drufle (GM)	It's late evening, and we join the party on the Sunset Song. It's been another long day beating the absolute hell out of random goo beasts climbing out of the ocean.
H. Knight	oh so we've been doing that cool
Drumun	"This is gettin old"
R�senfeld	it's so gross, man.. Rose is still cleaning goo off her bow
R�senfeld	nice water texture druf
Drufle (GM)	Despite their relative veracity and violence, they never seem to target any boat except the one the four of you are on.
Drumun	"Not fer boredom, jus fer how long we kin last"
R�senfeld	"It is also kind of boring, Drumun."
Drumun	"Ah'm gettin the feelin that they're specifically after us"
H. Knight	"That's Why We Moved To Your Vessel, After All"
R�senfeld	"Usually we encounter the source of an issue fairly quickly, but this time it's a war of attrition."
Drumun	"It ain't a war we kin win"
Drufle (GM)	It's getting late, and the sun's red light has finally faded over the equally red ocean.
Rose	so if we keep moving everyone would be safe?
H. Knight	ahahahahahahah
Drufle (GM)	Oh, before we continue.
Drumun	"Ah'm gonna head down"
Drufle (GM)	Does everyone have a piece of paper and a pencil at hand?
Drumun	"Moons still give me the shivers"
R�senfeld	notepad ok?
Drufle (GM)	If not, open up a notepad or something. Yeah.
H. Knight	ooh! feelies!
Drufle (GM)	This session is going to be... weird.
R�senfeld	sounds good
H. Knight	oh boy oh boy oh boy
Drufle (GM)	I want you all to write your current Health, Insanity, and your four stats down somewhere.
Rose	ive got a little piece of paper
Drumun	one moment youu want me to include Thicket?
Drufle (GM)	These may or many not change constantly over the course of this session, so it'll be easiest if you're not using your sheets. No, don't bother. Just the four of you. Also, may not*
Rose	I cannot find my cheat sheet. oh well
Drufle (GM)	I can list your stats if necessary.
Rose	i don't lag in this game
R�senfeld	Done.
H. Knight	ready
Drumun	any derived stats?
Drufle (GM)	Once everyone is prepared, just say so, and we will continue. Nope. Your Health, Insanity, and the four Ability Scores.
Drumun	51 hp, 0 insanity, 14 str, 8 int, 12 will, 12 agi
R�senfeld	note those dow down*
H. Knight	51, 3, 14/10/10/10
Drumun	they are Noted
Drufle (GM)	Yeah, write them down somewhere easy to change at will.
H. Knight	what a bummber
Drufle (GM)	Alright.
Drumun	okay so I need an eraser too then got it
Drufle (GM)	Oh yes, have an eraser.
R�senfeld	notepad ftw :P
Drufle (GM)	These numbers are going to be changing often.
Drumun	well I'm going to be honest I had not expected this
H. Knight	beep repaired Rose 's bow is ready Horanoven A. messes with notes
Horanoven A.	welp, good luck Drumun
H. Knight	*Rose's pencil is ready
Drufle (GM)	The sun has set, and the moon has risen. Samantha Rose H. has no idea what is happening
Drufle (GM)	The party sets off to their quarters for the night.
R�senfeld	We don't either, don't worry Drumun sits down to meditate
R�senfeld	Not yet anyway
H. Knight	do I still need to sleep
Drumun	only the fabled Go of Lurks knows
Drufle (GM)	You have to, like, power down.
H. Knight	ok
Rose	decided not to write things down as there is a distinct lack of stationary in the whole damn house
Drufle (GM)	You don't "sleep" but you have a pretty close equivalent.
R�senfeld	how does a clockwork engine power down H. Knight engages standby sequence
Rose	stop winding it up
Drumun	it slows down I assume its like...a heart?
H. Knight	yeah I don't actually stop
Drufle (GM)	When the four of you next come to...
H. Knight	because I can't start myself up
Drufle (GM)	Something is terribly wrong.
Drumun	welcome to planar fuckery I guess?
R�senfeld	uh oh
Rose	oh no
Drumun	shit wait
H. Knight	17776
Drumun	are we pls
R�senfeld	planar fuckery in this game would mean certain death
Drumun	fuckin VOOOID
H. Knight	oh no
Drufle (GM)	The four of you come to in black metal cages.
Drumun	"What in the world?"
Rose	?????
H. Knight	"What...?"
Rose	i cannot be surprised
Drumun	"What are these pencil-drawn cages fer?"
Drufle (GM)	The metal is thick, almost slimy, and has a terrifying sheen to it.
Drumun	"How'd that work?"
H. Knight	this goes beyond mere surprise Rose
Drufle (GM)	You stand up and look around.
R�senfeld	lol dude
H. Knight	oh god an audience
Drumun	kin ah see anyone else? Rose cannot get a surprise attack like that can i
R�senfeld	on what? the cage?
H. Knight	we're on the ground of something
Drufle (GM)	You're on the deck of the Sunset Song, but the ship is somewhere different.
H. Knight	ah
Drufle (GM)	An island of skulls stretches out for a few hundred feet.
Drumun	"Mah ship..."
H. Knight	can I try punching teh cage?
Rose	but wouldn't i have senced the cages coming in
Drumun	there are some things that cannot be sensed
H. Knight	just let the GM do his story
Drufle (GM)	Once I finish describing the surroundings, you can do whatever you like.
H. Knight	ok
Drufle (GM)	Don't make me impose Monologue mode. The red blood sea is still all around you in every direction. As your consciousness comes back to you, you look up. Rose is wondering how she got caged without her knowing. its an imposability in her stat sheet
H. Knight	hm
Drufle (GM)	A massive black spire of the same awful metal rises out of the ocean in front of you. Jagged spikes jut out of it at every angle, and impaled to the spire on a longsword is a robed figure. Drumun focuses, fully prepared to fight for his life
R�senfeld	dat figure tho
Drufle (GM)	And above the spire...
H. Knight	aaaaaa
R�senfeld	oh god
Drufle (GM)	Are three massive eyeballs suspended in the clouds above. One hot iron-red, one pale white, and one a pitch black. They stare at the boat intently.
Rose	GM??????
Drufle (GM)	Pale blue lightning occasionally cracks in the background. A brisk, bone-chilling wind causes you to shiver, yet the robed figure does not move. It is the blackest thing you have ever seen, so dark the color around it seems dimmed. How do you respond to this landscape? Drumun examines the bars closely
R�senfeld	would you say it's a horrifying sight :3
H. Knight	I am going to punch the bars
Rose	I'm still trying to figure out how you got past my allerness trait
Drumun	GM power
Rose	allertness
Drufle (GM)	It's terrifying, but even worse is that it almost seems... calming.
Drumun	that's all you need to know
Drufle (GM)	Like this all somehow makes sense.
R�senfeld	hmm
Drufle (GM)	HK, make an attack roll.
H. Knight	boon/bane?
Drufle (GM)	Nothing but your normal attack.
H. Knight	ok
Drufle (GM)	However many boons you may have.
R�senfeld	i'm not cloe enough to pray am i?
Drufle (GM)	You're all decently far apart. H. Knight: THROW/PUNCH/KICK Attack 21 Damage 21
R�senfeld	wow nevermind that
Drumun	I like that you drew shadows by the way
Rose	hk is out
Drufle (GM)	rolling 4d6( 1 + 4 + 2 + 3 ) = 10
R�senfeld	yeah this scene is really nicely designed
Drufle (GM)	HK takes 11 damage as his fist passes through the bars and phases out of existence, appearing behind him and punching himself in the back of the head.
H. Knight	"augh!" Drumun notices this
Rose	can i shoot out a lock?
Drumun	"Welp...there goes mah plan"
R�senfeld	if you want to die
Drufle (GM)	There are no locks.
R�senfeld	go ahead lol
Drufle (GM)	In fact, there doesn't appear to be any opening on this cage at all. It's forged entirely shut. Drumun cautiously sticks his hands through the bars
Rose	so how did i get in here?
R�senfeld	I'll take stock of my surroundings more carefuly, looking for patterns Perception Challenge Roll 20
Drufle (GM)	Your hand reappears somewhere else in the cage.
Drumun	Rose this is a situation where the supernatural is happening does it appear directly behind me?
Rose	.........
Drufle (GM)	It appears out of the floor. Rose doesn't like supernatural
Drumun	"Hrmmmm"
Drufle (GM)	Also, Drumun, you feel awfully uncomfortable. Something is particularly weird about your cage. Drumun pulls his hand back
R�senfeld	uh druf
Rose	i wonder........
Drumun	"Ah'm gonna be honest, ah ain't sure why ah'm so calm about this" Rose looks at the cage
H. Knight	"I'm..."
Drufle (GM)	The metal is truly something bizarre.
Rose	"OPEN UP YOU PIECE OF SHIT"
R�senfeld	perception roll? is it worthless here or something?
Drufle (GM)	A smooth, clean black. Everything there is to see I have already explained. If you want to find out something specific, ask those questions.
R�senfeld	right Drumun focuses one last time Rose jumps at the cage wall
R�senfeld	what are the eyes doing?
Drufle (GM)	You helplessly bounce off of it.
Rose	i bounce off?
Drufle (GM)	They are staring down at the deck, occasionally moving their vision from one cage to the next. Drumun calmly walks forward into the bars
Drufle (GM)	You smack face-first into one of the metal bars and flinch backwards.
Drumun	"Ah dun get it"
R�senfeld	i try to determine who the robed figure is Perception Challenge Roll 10
Drumun	"Mah arm kin go through, but mah body can't"
H. Knight	"These... Things Don't Make Any Physical Sense."
Drufle (GM)	Whoever it is, they look rather tall; the robe itself is almost 7 feet long. Rose: Intellect Challenge Roll 0
Drufle (GM)	The hood is pulled down, completely obscuring its face.
Rose	nope
R�senfeld	and we have no agency outside the cages Rose: Perception Challenge Roll 0
Drufle (GM)	As the four of you fumble about in your cages, you hear a low chuckle. Drumun: Perception Challenge Roll 14
R�senfeld	"What was that?"
Drumun	"Is this some kinda game?"
Drufle (GM)	A voice comes from the robed figure, a horrible noise; it's a raspy whisper and a cacophonous roar all at once.
Rose	Rose looks around for the voice. "GET ME THE FUCK OUT OF THIS CAGE. DO YOU KNOW KNOW WHO I AM"
?????	"Welcome, friends, to the Trials. It is so very good to see you all here."
Drumun	"Trials..." "Trails fer what?" dang typos
Rose	"I'LL TRILE AND SHOOT YOU IN A MINUTE"
H. Knight	"Friends? I Have No Friends Like You."
Drumun	*trials
?????	"Hopefully you have all determined that escape is impossible, so we can continue on like rational beings."
R�senfeld	"You can hardly call this situation rational."
Rose	"GET ME OUT AND I'LL SHOW YOU RATIONAL" ????? laughs, a sound like cracking bones and wailing screams.
Drumun	"Ah'm havin a hard time payin attention with these cages here" "They're rather distracting"
R�senfeld	"Doesn't look like we have much of a choice but to play along with whatever it is you're doing though." "I will warn you though... The Lord abhors things like you. It will not end well for you." "I could ask for your absolution."
?????	"Well, it has been decided that the four of you have an idea to end the current ways of things in this world. My associates and I simply wish to test to see if you are up to the challenge." "So, shall we begin?"
H. Knight	"Who Are These Associates?"
?????	"Ah ah ah, questions come later!"
Rose	"sure..... OPEN THE DOOR"
Drumun	"We dun have a choice" "Ah only ask ye drop the friendly facade"
?????	"Oh, but I am only trying to help!"
H. Knight	don't antagonize the horror. drumum
Drumun	Drumun is giving zero shits
?????	"Let us begin the first trial, the Trial of Might." "I've heard and seen much about you, how you believe yourselves to be the strongest beings in the land." "Perhaps we should find out how true that is?"
R�senfeld	diff 2000 mob incoming?
Drumun	"Ah think yer mistaken" "We ain't fools, we know there's worse"
Rose	"FFFFUUUUUCCCCKKKK YYYYYOOOOUUUU"
H. Knight	"I Have Never Held Such Convictions. If I Were The Strongest, Then None Of This Would Have Happened," Rose flips a bird
Drufle (GM)	I want each of you, from left to right, to make what I call a Physical save.
H. Knight	....okay
Drumun	roll...strength?
Rose	?
Drufle (GM)	Combine your positive, non-zero AGI and STR mods together.
Drumun	+6 for Drumun I guess?
Drufle (GM)	If you'd like, I've already written these numbers down. Indeed.
H. Knight	please
Drufle (GM)	I want you to make a Physical save with 5 banes.
R�senfeld	that's a whopping 1 for me
Rose	???
Drumun	ummm
R�senfeld	10 banes? lolol
Drufle (GM)	Rose's is +5, Ruse's is +1, HK's is +4.
Drumun	rolling 1d20+6( 1 )+6 = 7
Drufle (GM)	Ah. Yeah, wow.
Drumun	nah, I fail regardless
Drufle (GM)	HK?
Rose	rolling 1d20+5( 10 )+5 = 15
Drumun	who even needs a bane
Drufle (GM)	Roll your five banes, Rose. 5d6.
H. Knight	ah
Rose	rolling 5d6( 4 + 6 + 1 + 5 + 6 ) = 22
Drumun	oh dear
Drufle (GM)	Alright, a failure then. HK?
Rose	???
H. Knight	rolling 1d20+4( 2 )+4 = 6
Drufle (GM)	Wow.
Rose	that was 37
R�senfeld	dude
Drumun	banes Rose
Drufle (GM)	And finally Ruse.
Drumun	those were banes
R�senfeld	so what am I rolling?
Drufle (GM)	Just roll d20+1-5d6k1.
Drumun	they ended up taking 6 away from your physical roll
R�senfeld	rolling 1d20+1-5d6k1( 7 )+1-( 3 + 2 + 5 + 2 + 3 ) = 3
Drufle (GM)	Everyone fails!
R�senfeld	jeezz
Drumun	we're all dead yay
R�senfeld	5 banes is harsh yo Drumun pulls out eraser
Rose	5 banes is super harsh
R�senfeld	also we all rolled such low numbers rigged
Drufle (GM)	Despite your best attempts to use all your power and agility to diminish the attack, thin spikes of metal jut out from every corner of your cages, striking through your bodies.
Rose	unfortunately i got a huge roll on my banes
R�senfeld	well you only keep one H. Knight winces in pain
Drumun	I shoulda morphed
Drufle (GM)	You all take a quarter of your health in damage.
R�senfeld	but the highest one
Drumun	"Hrk" a quarter rolling 51/4 51/4 = 12.75 12 it is
Drufle (GM)	Rounded up.
Drumun	bulllshit
R�senfeld	rolling 38/438/4 = 9.5
Drumun	find fine 13
Rose	39/4 rolling 39/4 39/4 = 9.75
R�senfeld	rolling 39/439/4 = 9.75
Drufle (GM)	The spines remain in their position for an uncomfortably long time before quickly retracting.
H. Knight	quick question
Drufle (GM)	It ignores your armor.
H. Knight	is this damage reduced by my aba-ok
R�senfeld	ahahaha
H. Knight	does it _hurt_ the armor?
Drufle (GM)	No.
H. Knight	ok
Drufle (GM)	They're so thin, they basically pass through it.
R�senfeld	if you guys can't already tell, these aren't fair trials
Drumun	"If yer trying to prove us weak, yer doin a fine job"
Drufle (GM)	But seem to have been aiming for specific, important positions. I now want all of you to make a similar Mental check. Again, with 5 banes.
Rose	?????
R�senfeld	int and will mods?
Drufle (GM)	+2 for Rose and Drumun, +0 for HK, +7 for Ruse.
Drumun	only +2 for drumun this time I think
R�senfeld	rolling 1d20+7-5d6k1( 8 )+7-( 4 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 5 ) = 10 AHA!
Drufle (GM)	Hopefully you don't get as screwed by the dice. Hey!
Drumun	rolling 1d20+2-5d6k1( 3 )+2-( 2 + 5 + 4 + 4 + 1 ) = 0
R�senfeld	I AM THE SMARTEST
Drufle (GM)	Oh.
H. Knight	rolling 1d20-5d6k1( 1 )-( 6 + 2 + 4 + 2 + 4 ) = -5
Rose	rolling 1d20+2-5d6( 4 )+2-( 3 + 5 + 3 + 1 + 6 ) = -12
H. Knight	hm
Drufle (GM)	Wow.
R�senfeld	-12?!
Drufle (GM)	Ok, that's just a 0. She forgot the k1.
R�senfeld	ah
Drumun	you wanted a k in there
Rose	i think you -5 may have been a little too powered
R�senfeld	again Drumun pulls out eraser again
R�senfeld	these aren't fair trials
H. Knight	this is deliberate
R�senfeld	it's meant to guarantee a bad bane
Drumun	I have Thicket as backup this is fine
R�senfeld	just like revelations can guaranttee a high boon
Drufle (GM)	Suddenly, memories and scenes are flashed through your minds, bombarding you with your past failures; the death of friends, collateral damage, unjust death.
Rose	i don't have a backup
Drumun	you can have Dolly
Rose	oh fuck
Drumun	I'm not using her
H. Knight	"M-my... Why"
Drufle (GM)	Everyone but Ruse takes 4 points of insanity as this bombardment of depressing images racks your mind. H. Knight fizzles a bit
R�senfeld	"I have lived with my horrors all my life, accepted them, embraced them. If you think I will be so easily felled by your trickery, you do not know the True servants of the New God!"
Drufle (GM)	He only takes 1, barely stammering out judgments.
Rose	shit I'm at 6
Drumun	Drumun is gonna have to trance for a while after this "Ah...ah didn't wanna remember that..."
R�senfeld	imagine i said all that with lots of drool and fear
Drufle (GM)	The robed figure laughs again, amused at the pain.
?????	"How very admirable of you all! Most impressive indeed."
Rose	"I WILL FUCKING KILL YOU"
Drumun	"What are ye trying to prove?"
?????	"Language, miss Ria!"
Rose	?
?????	"I don't have to prove anything, do I? You all are fully aware of what you've done, I'm simply meting out judgment." "Speaking of which!" "Let us move on to the second trial, that first one wasn't quite interesting enough for me."
Drumun	honestly, with our luck I fully expect one of us to die
?????	"Next, is the Trial of Heart. You four are the supposed saviors of the world, aren't you?"
R�senfeld	I don't think killing us is actually the intent
Rose	I'm almost totally insane now
Drumun	insanity can kill
?????	"The paragons of virtue, the upholders of society!" "But you're not good people at all, are you now?"
R�senfeld	"And what are you meant to be, exactly?"
Drumun	"Ah think yer enjoying this too much"
R�senfeld	"Meting out judgement? By what right?"
Drumun	"We ain't perfect, but we must try"
?????	"By right of power, of course!"
R�senfeld	"So you're no better than a bully, a petty criminal on the street." "You have no worth so you must impose yourself." "You are pitiful."
Drufle (GM)	As the robed figure's presence laughs again, you all are aware now that it still hasn't moved; its voice and vague facial expressions are being transmitted to you somehow.
Rose	can i resist the magic?
?????	"Now, sir Drumun of the river, you've been gone from the action for quite a while, haven't you?"
Drumun	"Aye...an ah think ye know why"
?????	"So very strong-willed, yet the beast inside you roars stronger."
Drumun	"Ye mean to undo my training then? Prove ah haven't control over it?"
?????	"Oh, I have no desire to do such a thing! The bestial ferocity inside of you causes such fear and terror among those around you."
Rose	i like the pig R�senfeld 's eyes widen a bit
?????	"Your anger is ferocious when uncontrolled, and how many people do you think have come to harm because you simply allowed them to?"
Drumun	"Ah've done everythin ah could to atone" "Ah still am"
?????	"Ah, but was it enough?"
Drumun	"Nae..." "It never will be"
?????	"Your admission of guilt is enough for me. You are charged with Wrath, and of destruction thereof." Drumun remains defiant
Drufle (GM)	The gleaming white eye in the center suddenly focuses its gaze on you, Drumun, and a searing beam of white light bursts from the cornea.
Rose	...........
Drufle (GM)	You take 10 damage and 2 insanity as the light burns your body and soul.
Drumun	no roll eh?
Drufle (GM)	None.
Drumun	so be it
Drufle (GM)	The robed figure then turns its presence to HK.
R�senfeld	wonder what kind of being we're dealing with H. Knight does not look up
Rose	when do you die from insanity
Drumun	a very depraved, righteous, and bored one
?????	"The Holy Horse Knight himself, hm? Quite a name you've made for clockworks of all kinds."
Drumun	its a possible outcome of going insane
Drufle (GM)	You go insane when your insanity equals your Wisdom.
Rose	oh fuck
R�senfeld	yeah but is it just a magician or is it a monster
Rose	5 to go then
Drumun	I'm already half way there I'm glad I put points into Will
?????	"You've already done quite a lot of self-judgment yourself, haven't you?"
Rose	I'm past half
Drufle (GM)	(will sorry)
H. Knight	"...Yes."
Drumun	we cannot escape the pathfinder
Rose	good job i checked will
R�senfeld	i have a whopping 2 insanity
?????	"Tell me, oh metal man, how many people have died because of your lax nature? You put yourself out as the ultimate defender, and yet how many people close to you are dead now?"
R�senfeld	zeal can be scary H. Knight says nothing
?????	"Nothing to say for your crimes, hm?"
R�senfeld	"Don't dignify it with a response!"
?????	"There is something to be said for acceptance, but without justification, all crimes demand punishment."
Rose	"you've done nothing wrong hk
?????	"You are charged with Sloth, and the death of your closest friends."
H. Knight	"Tell Me." "Are You Responsible For This Flood?" ????? chuckles at the question.
?????	"I am responsible for quite a few things, and this flood is indeed one of them! Well, somewhat indirectly, but I still enjoy taking the credit for it."
H. Knight	"Then, When I Have Been Served My Punishment" "I Shall Bring You To Justice, For Your Crimes."
?????	"Oh, I can't wait! Trust me, it'll be so much fun." "But for now..."
Drufle (GM)	The white eye turns its gaze to HK, and the same searing beam of light fires from the sky. You also take 10 damage and 2 insanity. H. Knight laughs as he is burned from the inside out
?????	"Now, this one should be great fun! Miss Ria, or Rose as you are called, you have quite a few sins on you back, don't you?"
Rose	nope my sins are for others to claim
?????	"You deny your Lust, your Greed, your Gluttony?"
Rose	i was kidnapped as a child and rased into hell and madness, and then left tortured till my friends here helped me I'm only guilty of living with pain
?????	"Hm..." "Well, that seems reasonable to me!" "You don't get eyebeamed."
R�senfeld	dafuq ????? quickly moves on to Ruse.
Rose	phew
?????	"You! Mr. Angry Inquisitor Dude!" "I have a lot to talk to you about, pal." Drumun is kinda suspicious of the way mysteryman is talking now
?????	"You've been quite the high-and-mighty oh-so-perfect one for years now, haven't you." R�senfeld answers with cold silence and an angry stare
?????	"Ah, I love it! The angry stare, always one of your favored remarks." "Have you no explanation for your Pride, and the people who have suffered underneath your false judgments?"
R�senfeld	"If I have sinned, I do not answer to you for judgement. Only one may try me." "And He will try you too." ????? cackles louder than it has before, a rabid bellowing of laughter like a storm breaking.
?????	"Oh, there's so much irony to unravel with you! I love it!" "But, if you have no intention of explaining yourself, then I will judge you as I have the others." R�senfeld says no more
Drufle (GM)	The white eye turns to the final member of the party, and the searing light does yet another 10 damage and 2 insanity.
R�senfeld	"Nngh1"
?????	"Well, that was enjoyable, wasn't it?" "How about the final trial now, then?" "I'm sure all of you are just itching to continue on your wonderful journey." "The third and final trial is the Trial of Whispers."
Drumun	can I make a roll to try an figure out more about this person's identity?
Rose	is the last trial letting us go free through this cursed world?
Drufle (GM)	You can try, Drumun.
Drumun	is that perception?
Drufle (GM)	Sure. Drumun: Perception Challenge Roll 11 hmmm Rose: Perception Challenge Roll 0
(From H. Knight)	when I go insane, do you make the consequence roll or do I?
Rose	nope
Drufle (GM)	Not much to be seen, honestly; the voice is completely unknown to you, and the robed figure is just a robed figure.
(To Moppy)	I do. R�senfeld is lost in thought for a few moments.. and then-
R�senfeld	"Wait."
Drumun	what of their speaking style?
R�senfeld	"You said you haid a lot to talk to me about. You haven't really said much, however."
Drufle (GM)	It seems to be constantly moving back and forth from an affected accent to a childish joy to a dark, sinister growl.
Drumun	"Ah have ta ask...have we met before" "Ye know an awful lot about us"
?????	"Oh, I'm sorry, I never introduced myself, did I!"
Drumun	"Nae, ye didn't"
?????	"I am the personification of your failures. All the people you loved who fell beside you, the friends you made who you were unable to protect, those who died and were forgotten." "You may call me... The Forsaken."
Drumun	"And ye said you caused a lot of things" "Why?"
R�senfeld	"It's implying our failures did."
The Forsaken	"Well, that just so happens to be the purpose of this final trial!" "You've come so far, and yet you know so little! It's honestly quite laughable." Drumun stands tall
Drumun	"Ah look forward to ye enlightening us"
The Forsaken	"I will allow each one of you a single question, which I will answer honestly."
Drufle (GM)	This trial is going to be difficult. It is a trial of balance, specifically.
Rose	well forsaken person..... if you created the problems we failed to fix........ your the one that failed humanity. all the victims you are incarnate of should be torturing you and not us
Drufle (GM)	This being knows a lot about the current world, and if your questions are too simple, you'll miss out on some incredible information. But if you reach too far... the answers might not agree with your mind. We'll move from left to right. Drumun, you may ask first.
Drumun	"Ah ain't a complex dwarf, so I'll keep mine simple" "How do we stop the flood and future events of this nature?"
The Forsaken	"Ah, simple he says! That's quite a lot of information in one question, but I'll allow it." "This flood emanates from a portal at the bottom of the Blood Sea. If it can be closed, the ocean of blood shall dissipate." "As for future events..." "Well, you'll have to bring that up with my boss!"
Drumun	"Very well then..."
Drufle (GM)	HK, your question?
R�senfeld	"An agent of the Shadow... what a surprise."
(From H. Knight)	is it just us here
(To Moppy)	You look around, and none of the other ships seem to be in sight. You four are the only ones you can see on board.
(From H. Knight)	alright
Drumun	I guess you guys can take the harder questions
H. Knight	"Where Is The Rest Of The Fleet?"
R�senfeld	i am so bad at asking good things so bad i hate this trial already
Drumun	oh nooooo that was not a good question The Forsaken laughs and laughs.
H. Knight	it's what HK cares about
The Forsaken	"Ah, very well!"
Rose	sooo bad
R�senfeld	roleplaying, man it can be a bitch
The Forsaken	"The fleet remains where it always has, of course. On the ocean of blood."
R�senfeld	for example if rusenfeld actually asks something he'd be playing the game with this being he abhors so vehemently
H. Knight	"Very Well."
R�senfeld	so i might be flipping a coin.. and may not even ask a question
Drumun	Russ, you have the least insanity Rose starts pacing as she thinks up her question
Drumun	you have the most to gain out of this
The Forsaken	"Do not worry your little metal head, your friends are fine! I've made a personal guarantee of that."
Drumun	you can ask something big
Drufle (GM)	Rose, it's your turn.
Drumun	and maybe not lose your mind instantly we assume this thing works for the Shadow namely the Demon Lord
Rose	so forsaken shadow person, how do we close the portal and rid this world of evil?
R�senfeld	oh god
Drumun	sigh
The Forsaken	"A rather... similar question, but whatever you wish!"
Rose	you only said before there was a portal and that it may be closed, but not how
Drumun	Russ you have to save this
R�senfeld	but i dunno what to ask
Drumun	you can learn something both useful, but it'll probably cost you some sanity
The Forsaken	"The portal must be closed from the other side, as it was opened from there. The only way to close it is to kill the person who first created it."
Rose	i don't have enough left
Drumun	I'm speaking to Russ
The Forsaken	"As for ridding this world of evil, I believe I already answered that! You'll have to ask my boss about that one."
Drumun	We need something profound
Drufle (GM)	And finally, Ruse's question.
Rose	you haven't completely andswered my question
Drufle (GM)	Oh?
Rose	just saying i have to kill a person isn't answering the specifics of my question
Drufle (GM)	That is how you close the portal. That was the first part of your question.
H. Knight	she means which person
Drufle (GM)	Ah, but I answered that as well! The person who created the portal must be killed.
Rose	otherwise its like saying with a door nob. you say you are preparing us to win..... i say you want us to loose
H. Knight	I don't believe he ever said such a thing
The Forsaken	"Oh, I have no intention of you winning! I only want you to be able to put up a good fight."
R�senfeld	guys
Drumun	"Russ, think hard"
Rose	then say whp it is and well give you a show
H. Knight	we are dealing with a sick mind here friends
R�senfeld	i really don't know what to as ask
Drufle (GM)	I have a question you can ask, if you'd like.
R�senfeld	sure
Rose	"oi, dickwad"
R�senfeld	lemme just fflip a coin here, one moment
H. Knight	whisper it to him to preserve kayfabe
Drumun	Russ don't you dare keep silent fuck roleplaying, we need something more than what we go
Rose	"if you wanna show, let us know where the stage is" R�senfeld closes his eyes in reflection for a few more moment
R�senfeld	moments*
(To Sol)	The Forsaken has already made mention of this a few times already, but nobody has questioned it yet. Who is their boss?
H. Knight	drumun we're going to get all of this in the denoument anyway just relax~
R�senfeld	heads! I ask a question
Drufle (GM)	pffft
R�senfeld	"So who is this boss of yours?"
H. Knight	and now we dont have to
Rose	(drum roll)
H. Knight	this was the question I was avoiding The Forsaken laughs once more, a guffaw like a death rattle.
The Forsaken	"Oh, how very precious. What a perfect opportunity!"
Drumun	alright
The Forsaken	"You see, this question has a very simple answer!"
Drumun	brace yourselves
Rose	........
The Forsaken	"My boss... is the New Lord!"
H. Knight	ooohhhhhhhhhh
R�senfeld	the new Lord?
Drumun	"Excuse me?"
H. Knight	the new god
Rose	wtf
R�senfeld	just makig sure
The Forsaken	"You may know him by many names, but he is both my boss and yours!"
Rose	"you have got to be shitting me"
Drufle (GM)	Now, the three of you can make Mental saves with 3 banes, but Ruse gets no such save.
H. Knight	somehow I didn't expect this
Drumun	"Ah ain't sure what ta say"
Rose	how does that go again
Drumun	rolling 1d20+2-3d6k1( 7 )+2-( 3 + 5 + 2 ) = 4 wait
Drufle (GM)	+2 for Rose and Drumun, +0 for HK.
Drumun	Drumun doesn't have ties to the New God
R�senfeld	"th... the new.. but you're a being of the Shadow! You come from the Void!"
H. Knight	this is why we get saves
Drufle (GM)	No, but this is still an established corner of modern society.
H. Knight	and russ gets none
Drumun	well alright
Drufle (GM)	To have it shattered like such is staggering at the least.
The Forsaken	"The Void? Now what would make you say that?"
H. Knight	rolling 1d20-3d6k1( 6 )-( 2 + 5 + 6 ) = 0 ...is that good
Rose	rolling 1d6k2-3d6( 5 )-( 6 + 2 + 6 ) = -9
Drufle (GM)	Y'all take 2 more insanity. Ruse takes 5.
Rose	woops
H. Knight	WELP
R�senfeld	"You're.. you're evil
H. Knight	I'm 11/10
Rose	i rolled a d6 not a 20
R�senfeld	"Your kind of evil has to be demonic"
Drufle (GM)	pffft
R�senfeld	"It has to come from the Void"
Drufle (GM)	She did.
Drumun	slightly out of order there
R�senfeld	i'm 5 insanity away from my will cap
Drufle (GM)	Try again, Rose.
Rose	rolling 1d20+2-3d6( 16 )+2-( 6 + 2 + 6 ) = 4
Drufle (GM)	A success!
Rose	slightly better
Drufle (GM)	You take no insanity.
Rose	thank fuck
Drumun	I continue to fail to resist insanity
Drufle (GM)	HK, your mind begins to shatter and fracture as this absurd notion begins to seep in.
Drumun	thankfully I can just get rid of it H. Knight finally collapses to the floor
H. Knight	shaking uncontrollably R�senfeld hyperventilates, and tries to find solace in a frantic prayer The Forsaken sighs and if an otherworldly being with a voice like the wailing dead could express parental disappointment, it would. Rose already knows how fucked up the world is, and can actualy see the irony in the whose situation
The Forsaken	"One moment, I gotta deal with this."
Drumun	"So that's what we're dealin wit then..." The Forsaken points at HK, and the black eye fires a beam of black fire rains down at you.
Drufle (GM)	Your insanity resets to 0.
Rose	"oooh lol"
H. Knight	oh
R�senfeld	waaat
Rose	all of us?
H. Knight	so it is just torture
The Forsaken	"Come now, we can't be over just yet!" "The best part is yet to come!"
Drumun	"Ah...ah need...time ta think this through"
H. Knight	"Wha..You..."
The Forsaken	"And besides, who said that all that is evil is of demons?" "Surely you've faced some other horrible beings in the past that were just as nasty, but not demons!"
R�senfeld	'"It's common knowledge! It's... it's common.. we've been taught.."
Rose	yep
The Forsaken	"Perhaps even... "
R�senfeld	"Old magic and demons, they all tie to the Void.."
H. Knight	"There Are Many Beings In This World Steeped In Evil"
Rose	were they you too The Forsaken grins wide.
The Forsaken	"Devils?"
Drumun	"That shadow creature...way back"
H. Knight	oh pfft devils R�senfeld is finally completely at a loss, all his zealos hatred losing its direction
The Forsaken	"Surely you remember the High Inquisitor himself summoning a devil to his side!"
Rose	so you are the constuckt behind all my pain and suffering! Rose looks direct at the hood
Drumun	"Hold up, he was possessed"
Rose	"you will suffer, mark my words"
H. Knight	"I Do. But In All That Transpired Afterward, I Had Placed It Aside"
R�senfeld	"Possessed... by an agent of the New God?"
The Forsaken	"He was possessed, but it turns out that possessing a figure is much easier when you serve the same master!"
R�senfeld	"There is no paradise..."
The Forsaken	"Now, I think our time here is coming to a close!"
Drumun	"What I can't understand...is why"
Rose	nope. hell here, hell there........ hell everywhere
The Forsaken	"Ah ah ah, no more questions! You've asked all you can!"
Drumun	"Ah git the feelin this ain't our last meeting..."
R�senfeld	how does all this unhinged-ness affect the spirit haunting me, btw?
The Forsaken	"However, I have one more piece of information I'm sure you'd all love to know." Rose is starting to show the years of dealing with her insanity and corruption and cracks are beginning to show
Drufle (GM)	Oh that spirit is RABID. It's almost trying to tear itself from you to attack The Forsaken.
R�senfeld	almost? damn would've been interesting
The Forsaken	"Congratulations, everyone, on making it this far! You've successfully kept me from being bored."
Rose	pig verses shadow person
The Forsaken	"Your hardships ahead will be the most challenging and deadly this far... I hope you keep things interesting!" "And of course, at the end of it all..."
H. Knight	wrong character, rose
Drumun	Russ doesn't have Pig powers
Rose	oh lol woops
Drumun	that's Drumun's thing
Drufle (GM)	Suddenly, for the first time since you've been here, the robed figure moves. Its arms move upwards towards the hood, and as they move, the lines on the robe where creases would normally form change color from the hideous, draining black to a sickening yellow.
Rose	so what is the other beast?
H. Knight	yellow...
R�senfeld	it's just a ghost
Drufle (GM)	The Forsaken pulls its hood down, and with a giggle, she says, "I'll be waiting."
Rose	??????
Drumun	I knew it
H. Knight	"No!!"
Rose	WTF
Drufle (GM)	And then you all wake up.
Drumun	the speech paterns it was all there
Rose	oh you bastard
Drumun	her knowledge of us
R�senfeld	return of the golur golurk ? or at least Roy
Drufle (GM)	No, I will be playing Roy of Carcosa from now on out.
H. Knight	god I was wanting this so much it's like Bravely Default
Drumun	"So that's who you were..."
Rose	so if we woke up, does everything reset?
Drufle (GM)	You all awake back on the Sunset Song, the sun just rising over the horizon. H. Knight wakes with a start, tears streaming down his faceplate
Drumun	sigh "Even when it was all too clear...I tried to avoid it..." Drumun immediately begins a Healing Trance
R�senfeld	i don't think our insanity resets esp. not mine
Drufle (GM)	HK gets one Actual Insanity for his mind breaking in the dream, but everyone else is fine.
Drumun	"I need time to think"
H. Knight	ok
Drufle (GM)	Oh, and Ruse gets 2.
R�senfeld	oh ok Rose shoots a bird in flight as she wakes up screaming a battle cry
Drumun	so we didn't get actually harmed
Drufle (GM)	Rose and Drumun awake the same as they went to sleep.
Drumun	okay
H. Knight	I have 4 insanity now
Drumun	I'm still meditating the hell out of this
Rose	so I'm back to 2 now what about health? R�senfeld wakes up, tears streaming from his eyes
H. Knight	heal resets I think
Drumun	"We cannot let ourselves be beaten"
Drufle (GM)	Which, by the way, is why I asked you all to write this stuff down separately.
Rose	I'm all reset H. Knight walks to drumum
Drufle (GM)	The damage and insanity you took in the Dreamscape Trials is gone, except for the little bits HK and Ruse have.
H. Knight	"May... may I join you?"
Drumun	"Yes, HK" Rose is fighting almost every inanimate object. she really doesn't like being caged
Drumun	"Meditate, there is a lot to think about" R�senfeld sits up and rips the Ourouboros bracelet from his arm, throwing it into the bloody ocean
Drumun	"And even more to prepare for"
H. Knight	"Indeed"
Drumun	"Russ, join us" H. Knight sits down R�senfeld stands up and faces the group
Drufle (GM)	Also, I had made these preparations just in case, but Drumun's cage had a lining of silver to prevent shapechanging, and Ruse's holy symbol was missing to prevent spellcasting.
R�senfeld	"I have a lot to atone for... I led you in the wake of something evil, telling you it was all that is good.." Rose paces near the group
R�senfeld	"And now... now I have nothing."
Drumun	"Russ, ah never blamed ye, even now" "An ye have us" "An yerself" "Dun you forget that"
H. Knight	"Then It is Up To You To Make Something Of Nothing." "Whatever That Perverse Monstrosity Told Us, Does Not Alter The Convictions You Hold."
R�senfeld	how the hell am I gonna perform spells now
Rose	"we came into this world kicking and screeming covered in someone elses blood. lets go out the same way"
Drumun	well
R�senfeld	I just threw my symbol if faith into the sea
Drumun	it is theorized that
H. Knight	god that's a damn good quote rose
Drumun	divine spells are no different from arcane ones
Drufle (GM)	You can buy or create new ones, quite easily.
Rose	thanks
R�senfeld	well yes but that's not the issue
Drufle (GM)	If you think you should regain your casting powers.
R�senfeld	it's like channeling faith right and i just lost my faith
Drumun	it is Time to invent your own holy symbol
Drufle (GM)	Yes.
Drumun	actually that's a really good quote, lets say that
Rose	a religion against all religion
Drufle (GM)	Your faith will simply have to change from faith in the New God to faith in yourself, in your friends.
Drumun	"It is time ta make ourselves our own faith"
H. Knight	POWER TO THE DREAM R�senfeld 's eyes glint with tears and then you see a clear sar of light as the anger from the spirit flares, filling him with newfound hatred Rose walks off to deal with all her painful memories again, like a constant loop of torture
R�senfeld	"...I will purify this world." spark*
Rose	"atleast i know why he didn't hurt me"
R�senfeld	sar = spark
Drufle (GM)	Well, she. Technically. Ish.
H. Knight	IT
Drufle (GM)	Gender is kinda fuzzy when you're an undead abomination.
H. Knight	I like how us giving her a holy burial didn't actually change anything it couldn't have
Rose	"just reminding me of my past,,,, cuts me more then any beam ever could......
Drumun	it was all the same
R�senfeld	"First things first. We will purge this sea. We'll find this person who created the portal... and end them."
Drufle (GM)	Now, it should be noted briefly that Roy was not actually always evil. Rose walks off Drumun falls deep into meditation
H. Knight	oh!
Drufle (GM)	It was the outburst of diabolic energy that came from closing that portal in the catacombs that infused her already-tainted soul.
Drumun	"A clear mind will guide us now"
R�senfeld	damn tho
H. Knight	she was already dead then, right?
Drufle (GM)	Having been killed by a devil of revenge, and then filled with energy of Hell, she later reawakened as a revenant.
R�senfeld	i actually didn't really expect to be fighting my own god instead of the demon lord or, you now, his infuence, rather
Rose	i think he was saying they are the same thing....
H. Knight	so was the new god cult all this time just a subterfuge played by... abaddon, was it?
Drufle (GM)	Diabolus.
H. Knight	that guy
Rose	is thicket here?
Drufle (GM)	It was! Oh, she's on the other boat.
H. Knight	wow
Rose	can i swim there?
H. Knight	DON'T JUMP IN THE GORETER
R�senfeld	where is all that information from
Drufle (GM)	There are boards that can be raised across the decks.
R�senfeld	you guys read some stuff i didn't, clearly
H. Knight	I have read nothing
Drufle (GM)	Well, Diabolus' name is relatively well known as the king of hell.
Rose	oh good
H. Knight	the devil book didn't mention any of this
Drufle (GM)	It actually did!
H. Knight	guess I actuall forgot something!
Drufle (GM)	Which is why I was so concerned when you read that book.
Drumun	did it actually reveal this?
R�senfeld	luckily i only ever read 2 books lol
H. Knight	all I remember is the descriptions of the landscape
Drufle (GM)	like "oh damn there goes one of my plot twists" Rose goes to thicket to have a girl on girl chat about her past again, where she can cry without the guys seeing
Drufle (GM)	It does, this is an actual canon plot twist.
R�senfeld	this is why the GM should do the reading mostly
Drumun	wow
Drufle (GM)	Well, not Roy being an incarnation of evil and revenge.
H. Knight	it's been so long I actually didn't remember
Drufle (GM)	That was me.
H. Knight	so props to procrastination!
Drumun	its a good thing you didn't say anything at the time
Drufle (GM)	So there's still quite a lot of questions unanswered, but we still have three more levels to answer them!
H. Knight	hooray!
Rose	i like a real fucked up twist to a whole idea of a world. true soul crushing stuff
H. Knight	more torment!
R�senfeld	we'll anwer them with a fucking bolt to evil's face
Drufle (GM)	Speaking of which you guys are actually level 8 now.
H. Knight	...how
Drumun	oh that leveled us up? nice
H. Knight	all we did was get poked in the groin and punch myself in the head
Drufle (GM)	Turns out torment and torture does a lot to empower a soul.
H. Knight	what does not kill us only makes us stronger
Drufle (GM)	Besides, 8 isn't a particularly amazing level anyway.
Rose	well, huge demon boss sort of guy that could have killed us like 35* a billion
Drufle (GM)	So you might as well take it.
H. Knight	can I ask whose eyes those were?
Drumun	level 8. is that a change for novice, expert, or master?
Drufle (GM)	And if you like soul-crushing revelations, there's plenty more to come.
Drumun	so I know which page to look in
Rose	YAY
Drufle (GM)	Novice.
Drumun	warrior it is then
Rose	Rougue rogue
H. Knight	rouge angles of satin
Drufle (GM)	The eyes were just manifestations of the power Roy had infused into the Dreamscape to act as jurors of the Trials.
H. Knight	okay
Drufle (GM)	Not a particular person's.
R�senfeld	heal rate is a quarter of hp rounded down?
Rose	lol
R�senfeld	rolling 42/442/4 = 10.5
Drufle (GM)	Yeah. Any other questions before I officially end the session for today?
Drumun	rolling 56/456/4 = 14
R�senfeld	lol putting 10 in there maes it look like 1
Drumun	oh that was a jump
R�senfeld	that's annoying
Rose	how much extra hp do i get?
Drufle (GM)	3. You get 3 hp and a new roguery talent.
Rose	rolling 42/442/4 = 10.5
Drufle (GM)	I imagine you'll probably just take Backstab again, but there are other choices.
R�senfeld	i want avatar
Drufle (GM)	Ohhhh yes.
R�senfeld	would you say that's a good choice?
Rose	oooh does it involve shooting?
Drufle (GM)	I suppose I can mention now that you can take whatever traditions you want now, Ruse. Backstab is melee-only.
R�senfeld	but i have to open them first, no?
Drufle (GM)	Yeah, so not the greatest idea, but it's an option. I would just stick to the ones you have now.
R�senfeld	also this says 'learn something from your tradition' in the book for level 8 master priest
Rose	i already have backstab is there a poison one
R�senfeld	doesn't actually let me open a new tradition
Drufle (GM)	Oh, right. Good point. You can choose Backstab, Magic, Skirmish, Subterfuge, and Threats.
Drumun	a rather simple level but also the last Novice level
Rose	i may go with threats
R�senfeld	i am such an insane self-buff bot now you guys have no idea
Rose	she could do with being a little more scary
Drufle (GM)	Backstab gives you extra damage to melee attacks, Magic gives you spells, Skirmish lets you move and attack with an action, Subterfuge lets you charm people, and Threats lets you frighten people.
R�senfeld	the damage I can do in one hit is nuts
Rose	oh ill take skirmish
Drumun	so long as you don't miss, russ
Rose	SKIRMISH
Drufle (GM)	Good idea, that lets you use ranged attacks.
Rose	SKIRMISH
Drufle (GM)	You use an action to move up to half your speed, and at any point during that movement you make an attack.
Rose	ME
Drufle (GM)	The attack is made with 1 bane but does 1d6 more damage. It's actually pretty great. Especially since you can do it on fast turns.
R�senfeld	also my prayer now gives me a boon for the next round as well as a boon for the character i'm praying for but who am I gonna pray to lol
Drufle (GM)	:P
Drumun	Pray to Yourself
R�senfeld	damn straight
Drufle (GM)	There aren't a lot of rules about ex-priests, but we can make it up as we go.
Rose	i get enough boons i can sacrifise 1 for another 1d6 plus movement
Drufle (GM)	I know, it's good! And Drumun's right, this is the last of your novice path bonuses. We really are heading for the endgame now.
R�senfeld	yup, and I don't see any ancestry bonuses anymore either
Drufle (GM)	Nope. Expert at level 9, Master at level 10. And then we're done.
R�senfeld	jeez as if i'm actually stil here near the end of a campaign
Drumun	I am glad I got all these scrolls
Drufle (GM)	This campaign may very well be over by the end of the year!
Drumun	because I feel like I'll need them
Rose	your faith is the hatred of the lies you have been fed through the years. you are now as they would call it a fanatic, doom caller of the highest order. a priest of doom and death
Drufle (GM)	Yikes.
R�senfeld	no that's my dad
Rose	any good?
Drumun	:P A priest of People
Drufle (GM)	Yeah that's Bertram.
R�senfeld	He's an actual Priest of Death but shhh you guys aren't supposed to know that
Drufle (GM)	I think we can semi-reveal him since it's pretty obvious we won't get to use him.
R�senfeld	yeah i haven't even kept him up to date with levels
Drufle (GM)	Turns out who you are a priest of changes your magic and abilities. It's really neat! Alright, I've had enough of this sad music, I'm gonna turn something else on.
R�senfeld	yeah he has some actual crazy Death stuff he can use hahahahah
Drumun	excellent choice H. Knight: THROW/PUNCH/KICK Attack 19 Damage 15
Drufle (GM)	Yeah, being a priest of Father Death lets you cast Death magic without corruption. So cool. R�senfeld: Agility Challenge Roll 19 i roll for dancing with 10 boons because this shit's groovy H. Knight: LANCE Attack 15 Damage 15
Drufle (GM)	HK is punch-dancing. H. Knight: Large Shield Attack 23 Damage 16
R�senfeld	lance is actually a robotic hip thrust shield is some.. other dance move
Drufle (GM)	I think he's just taking out his frustrations. On dancing.
H. Knight	I am testing the 5d6+ damage I can do now
Drufle (GM)	Oh I know, isn't it amazing?
H. Knight	well, 3d6 for the shield
R�senfeld	ok dude let's talk damage
Drufle (GM)	Sweet, sweet warrior damage. Drumun: Dwarven Punch (Single Target) Attack 23 Damage 14
Drufle (GM)	Look at these powerful boys. H. Knight does the robot
R�senfeld	you wanna see what happens if i divine smite after casting avatar?
Rose	do i get anymore str etc?
H. Knight	yes
Drufle (GM)	No stats.
Rose	damn Drumun: Fist of the Boar (Single Target) Attack 18 Damage 19
Drufle (GM)	In fact, from this point on you get no more bonuses to stats.
Drumun	wait that might not be right
R�senfeld	ok let's see, i'll cast revelations on me for the boons first
H. Knight	so I'm stuck at 10 will and agility and int forever cool
R�senfeld	then, round passes I cast avtar Rose: Enchanted Longbow (marked, trickery, dirty tricks) Attack 28 Damage 22
H. Knight	nice
R�senfeld	round psses again, divine smite with total healing since it's a rank 4 spell
Rose	oh i forgot 1d6 Drumun: Flying Kick! Attack 19 Damage 18
H. Knight	ypu also get to go agaiin since it was over 20 Rose: Enchanted Longbow (marked, trickery, dirty tricks) Attack 23 Damage 24
R�senfeld	let's assume i hit so i can just roll damage it kinda makes teh revelations useless but w/e
Drufle (GM)	It should be... whatever a crossbow is +10d6 if it's a demon/devil/whatever.
H. Knight	russ it takes you 3 turns to do this we can outpace you
R�senfeld	hey it took me 2 turns to do it before and i still got plenty of hits in
Drufle (GM)	He also takes half damage from all attacks though. Which is nasty.
H. Knight	cool
R�senfeld	avatar is amazing
H. Knight	I do too all the time until I'm "injured"
Drufle (GM)	I'm more worried about next level when he gets to pick a 5th level spell.
H. Knight	I forget what that is Drumun: Qi Strike! Attack 23 Damage 18
R�senfeld	rolling 12d6( 5 + 5 + 2 + 6 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 5 + 1 + 1 + 4 ) = 37
Drufle (GM)	Half damage.
R�senfeld	that's the damage output
Drufle (GM)	It's good damage.
R�senfeld	that was even a below average roll
H. Knight	neat
Drufle (GM)	So here's the real question, will you take Sunbeam, Resurrect, or Fire from Heaven next level?
Rose	i just realised something.
H. Knight	rolling 56/456/4 = 14
R�senfeld	and avatar lasts a minute so I actually get an extra 2d6 dmage for another 4 rounds
Rose	now he is for all purposes a doomcaller....
R�senfeld	or 5, if it oesn't count when i cast it
Rose	i don't actualy mind him blessing me
H. Knight	hooray!
Drumun	yay
Drufle (GM)	:P I personally would not choose Sunbeam out of those three, it's not great.
Rose	because i was sick of people telling me how nice the world could be, when i know its fucked up.... now we are all on the same page.... H. Knight hauls another bone machine out of the sea and waltzes with it
R�senfeld	yeah i'm honestly really disappointed with Celestial in general
Drufle (GM)	It's an awful lot of "I make things shiny"
R�senfeld	it feels like maybe there has to be something else to synnergize it into a useful tradition
Drufle (GM)	Yeah.
Drumun	you could do what Thicket did and invent a spell within your school
Drufle (GM)	Oh yeah. That is an option. We can work that out later, I think. I'm sure Ruse has some things he'd like to try out now.
R�senfeld	"Flames spread through the area and deal 7d6 damage to each creature in it. A creature that gets a success on a Will challenge roll takes half the damage. Any creature incapacitated by this damage disappears, erased from the fabric of reality." uh I am definitely taking Fire from Heaven
Drufle (GM)	It's quite a spell.
Rose	i think you should have haunting presence to all hell based entities. And you are immune to their insanity as you know know what the world is truly like
Drumun	well then
R�senfeld	next level y'all might die
Drumun	careful where you aim it
R�senfeld	but at least i'll be a fucking badass revenge-bot
Drufle (GM)	I was recommending that anyway, since you have to take a Life spell at level 10 anyway.
Drumun	oh I need to level up Thicket
Rose	lol
Drufle (GM)	So, final thoughts or questions about the session before I head out?
R�senfeld	nice. so russ is actually all caught up
H. Knight	yes Druf are the old faith deities in on this?
Drufle (GM)	(sol did you add 4 to ruse's health)
Rose	so is it end of game? its rather late and i think i may have turned my food backinto a complex carbon state
R�senfeld	(yes)
Drufle (GM)	Yeah, you can go Rose.
Rose	see ya
Drufle (GM)	Sorry about dragging you back in.
Drumun	go eat
Rose	np
R�senfeld	my bad there, Sam.
H. Knight	take care, eat yer coal
Drufle (GM)	To HK, the answer is... kind of?
R�senfeld	hope it's still tasty
Drufle (GM)	That's not really a spoiler I guess.
H. Knight	do they know and just let it happen?
Drufle (GM)	Well, they're old gods in the first place because of Diabolus.
H. Knight	oh didn't know what
Drufle (GM)	And they've agreed to keep out of each other's business.
H. Knight	*that
R�senfeld	jeez that's so much stuff i didn't know
H. Knight	I DO know that though
Drumun	rolling 26/426/4 = 6.5
H. Knight	so you could convert to titania's faith maybe! she's a nice fairy
R�senfeld	like the books actually confirm gods are real
Drufle (GM)	So while they aren't a huge fan of him doing all this subterfuge and nonsense, they leave him be. Well...
H. Knight	Sort Of
Drufle (GM)	Technically. Depends on your definition of a god.
R�senfeld	i guess tehy didn't start as gods
H. Knight	that's exaactly it
R�senfeld	well just any powerful spirit these guys clearly have hella influence now
Drufle (GM)	There are tons of powerful spirits, so if that is your definition of a god, then yes there's lots of those. If your definition is that of the canon...
Drumun	I need to pick a new spell for Thicket
Drufle (GM)	Well, that's spoilers.
R�senfeld	ok lol i do have another question before you go did you ddraw the boat trials scene?
Drufle (GM)	Yeah.
R�senfeld	it was so great man i was admiring it
H. Knight	good on you!
Drufle (GM)	I did what I could with a pencil and Paint.net.
R�senfeld	you did well
Drumun	the shadows were a nice touch it was very foreboding
Drufle (GM)	Yeah, I tried to make it look like this boat here.
R�senfeld	also the music kept reaching drops and breaks in time with your dialogue a wholly fnu scene fun* what's that track from incidentally? the Something Is Wrong one
Drufle (GM)	I really tried to make the music at the end sync up with the Roy reveal. Oh, that's a song called Eternitybox from the zero escape series. 999, VLR, ZTD. It plays whenever Shit Goes Down.
R�senfeld	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9-gT2o-Jso this?
Drufle (GM)	That's a remix of it but yeah. Alright, well if that's all, we'll end it here.
R�senfeld	cheers everyone
Drumun	does Cyclone seem like a good spell for Thicket?
Drufle (GM)	Now I need to wildly work towards getting next session ready.
Drumun	ah, right I'll leave the spell for later
Drufle (GM)	Cyclone is pretty good. Alright, see ya guys.
Drumun	bye