Drufle (GM)	hello we've got a bit of time still alright kiddos heres your music https://soundcloud.com/praise-the-music/gwynevere-princess-of-sunlight Time for session, uh, 5? It's very hard to tell.
Horanoven A.	some session involving cathedrals
Drufle (GM)	Pretty much. Mopp should be here soon, dunno where Sol is.
Horanoven A.	timezones probably
Drufle (GM)	We're gonna go ahead and do some cathedral storming without Ruse today.
Horanoven A.	I feel like things will go horribly wrong with one man down
Moppy	diffculty goes down too
Drufle (GM)	So, last time, the party was arrested!
Horanoven A.	does it?
Drufle (GM)	And then subsequently beat the hell out of their captors.
Horanoven A.	does this game have scaling difficulty?
Drufle (GM)	In the sense that I can change encounters, yeah.
Horanoven A.	also HK sat on a dude
Drufle (GM)	Just like any other game.
Roy	and now we TORTURE them
Drufle (GM)	Roy please.
Drumun	Nay lass, we've got what we wanted
Drufle (GM)	We're going to make our way to the Grand Cathedral, but first I understand we have some equipment issues to deal with.
Drumun	yes pls
Roy	:oo
Drufle (GM)	If you all check your sheets, you'll notice I made some slight changes.
Drumun	I c
Drufle (GM)	I remembered the encumberance rules, so your equipment has been partitioned such that we can keep track of how heavy your equip load is. Most of you are fine, but Drumun could really stand to sell some stuff off, and HK could do with some better equipment. So let's take a quick moment to fix that.
Drumun	I shall sell my soft leather actually, I can't wear the Mail yet can I?
Drufle (GM)	Nope. STR 13.
Drumun	I guess I'm hanging on to that
Drufle (GM)	2 ss for your leather. So HK, you wanted a new weapon and a large shield, yes?
Drumun	right, the sword is a direct upgrade from the Axe I can give him my axe though I think he'd rather have a lance
Drufle (GM)	The lance would be nice.
Drumun	I think he can wield that now
Drufle (GM)	Man, Ruse has a lot of cash on him.
H. Knight	yeah we can get a lance later just toss me the axe gently
Drumun	right, I'll give HK my axe
H. Knight	neat what's the damage
Drumun	1d6 + 1 normally but it'll be like 3d6 + 1 for you
Drufle (GM)	Yep.
H. Knight	ohohohohooo
Drufle (GM)	4d6+1 if you get a crit.
Drumun	only 2d6 in hy hands *my
Drufle (GM)	So, let's go find us a cathedral, shall we?
H. Knight	aye-aye
Drumun	sounds like a good idea
Roy	why are we doing this again
Drumun	The Church is corrupted or something
Roy	theres some treasure involved im sure
Drufle (GM)	https://soundcloud.com/dark-souls-ambient/sens-fortress-exterior?in=dark-souls-ambient/sets/dark-souls-ambients
Drumun	its a Ruse thing
Drufle (GM)	Here's the music for the interior. Wait, no. That's the exterior.
Drumun	I like the album picture
Drufle (GM)	https://soundcloud.com/dark-souls-ambient/sens-fortress-interior?in=dark-souls-ambient/sets/dark-souls-ambients There we go.
Roy	spoopy
Drumun	into the haunted cathedral probably filled with demons the white halls
Drufle (GM)	I actually forgot a front door, whoops. Also Roy, you are doing this for treasure, yes. Also, you know, corrupt government agency and all that. Mostly treasure.
Drumun	Drumun is here for Ruse's sake also to keep you guys from just killing everyone
Drufle (GM)	The group walks up to the Grand Cathedral, one of the most opulent buildings in all of Caecras. It's suspiciously quiet here, with few sounds other than rustling of wind and shouting from far distances.
H. Knight	HK's here cuz he doesn't really know what to do with himself right now
Roy	"How tacky"
Drumun	"Anyone hear anythin?"
Roy	"There s a storm brewing"
Drufle (GM)	The front entrance is a large behemoth of a double door, studded with heavy metal rivets.
Drumun	rolling 1d20 + 0 + 0d6k1( 6 )+0+() = 6 still blind
Drufle (GM)	You hear nothing of interest.
Roy	that wouldve been a great damage roll
Drufle (GM)	True, true. Drumun walks up and tries to open the door
Drumun	"No point waitin"
Drufle (GM)	The door is heavy, but with a good push you can swing it open.
Drumun	do I have to roll to do this?
Drufle (GM)	Nope.
H. Knight	well if we all push then it should be eas-whoooooooaaahhh
Drumun	holy shit that's a big room
Drufle (GM)	The great door creaks open, and light spills into the main hall of the cathedral.
H. Knight	why the floor
Drumun	rolling 1d20 + 0 + 0d6k1( 1 )+0+() = 1
Roy	its HUGE
Drufle (GM)	I was looking for nice tiles!
Drumun	STILL blind
Drufle (GM)	It's hard to find something that looks decent with this map pack. A few guards, standing in the middle of the room, suddenly turn to look at you.
Roy	will you ever be in a situation where you spend moneys to buy map tiles
Inquisitor	"Eh? Who are you lot? We have no time for visitors, go away."
Drufle (GM)	Um. Maybe.
Drumun	"Sorry, lads, but we've got business here"
Drufle (GM)	I'm not particularly the best visual designer you know.
Roy	"Surrender peacefully! For your own safety!" roy shouts with glee
H. Knight	"Roy, please..."
Drumun	"Yer way too into this, lass"
Inquisitor	"Surrender? Oh, you're with the orcs, aren't ya? Right then, have at ye!"
Roy	roy does a sick barrel roll in this luxuriously large room
Drufle (GM)	https://soundcloud.com/abhijith86george/combat-dark-souls-ost-bell Here's battle music!
H. Knight	"This Does Not Have To Result In Bloodshed. Please Lay Down Your Arms." Inquisitor smiles and laughs.
Roy	"Listen to the big man, smaller men!"
Inquisitor	"You hear that, boys? The whelps want to play nice! Go deal with 'em, would ye?"
H. Knight	"It Seems They... Are Not Open To Negotiation."
Drumun	"I guess we're doing this" Drumun pulls out his sword
Drufle (GM)	The man in the back wields a heavy sword and a tower shield, and wears glimmering mail.
Drumun	he's going to be hard to take down
Drufle (GM)	The three in the front are less well-armed, but seem eager to fight.
H. Knight	gotta kite him
Drufle (GM)	Players go first, fast or slow?
Drumun	focus on the other three I guess
Roy	I ready my crossbow
Drumun	um, no reason for either, really we ain't hitting anything this round
H. Knight	there's a lot of floor
Drufle (GM)	Roy, by "ready" to you mean you're preparing an action?
Roy	i load it
Drufle (GM)	Gotcha.
Drumun	I'll hold off on moving
Drufle (GM)	Alright, fast turns for the bad guys then.
Drumun	I'll take a slow turn
H. Knight	I'll move up a bit
Drufle (GM)	Oh, go ahead then.
H. Knight	can I like
Roy	i take a slow turn
H. Knight	prepare an action to guard? in case they do reach me
Drufle (GM)	I don't remember if guarding is a thing you can actually do, lemme look.
Drumun	there's defensive strike
Roy	theres a defend action
Drufle (GM)	Ok yes, you can defend. That does require an action though, so if you want to move and defend you'll have to take a slow turn.
H. Knight	right then I'll do that
Drufle (GM)	One of the men to the side reaches back and touches the back man with a glowing hand, and the other two move up.
Drumun	oh great, they're priests
Drufle (GM)	The big man in back switches out his sword for a longbow, and fires at HK!
H. Knight	"Are They Empowering Him Somehow? I Am Still Confused By This Religion" "Ugh!"
Drufle (GM)	rolling d20+2d6k1( 1 )+( 3 + 5 ) = 6 Drumun ducks instinctively
Drufle (GM)	Oh. Well then.
Drumun	"Uh oh"
Roy	"Throwing sticks at us, eh?"
Drufle (GM)	He is not very good at archery.
H. Knight	let's say I caught that on the buckler
Drufle (GM)	Something like that, yeah.
Roy	is one square one speed tile
Drufle (GM)	Alright, slow turns! Yes.
Roy	ok
Drufle (GM)	Ignore the feet that show up on the ruler.
Drumun	right so, can I attack diagonally?
Drufle (GM)	Squares in this game are in 3-ft increments so that wouldn't help. Yes, you can. Here, this should help.
Drumun	I don't think I can actually reach them from here
Drufle (GM)	What's your speed? 8?
Drumun	yeah
Drufle (GM)	You can just hit that front guy. 24 ft speed.
Drumun	I guess that'd be a good idea
Drufle (GM)	Go get 'im! Drumun rushes forward
Drumun	I'll use a Defensive Strike what is that, 1 bane
Drufle (GM)	Yep.
Drumun	right then rolling 1d20 + 2 + 0d6k1 ( 3 )+2+() = 5 fuck
Drufle (GM)	Oh dear.
Drumun	screw you too game
Drufle (GM)	Swing and a miss! HK?
H. Knight	oh right
Drufle (GM)	You should be able to reach them as well.
Drumun	maybe help the dwarf
Drufle (GM)	If you want to take a swing.
H. Knight	speed 10 yes now to axe him a question
Drumun	oh god already
Drufle (GM)	badumtish
Drumun	you just got the axe
Drufle (GM)	It's uh...
Drumun	there's a grace period
Drufle (GM)	d20+2+1d6? I think you only have the one boon.
H. Knight	yeah just my natural baboon
Drufle (GM)	Go ahead, then.
H. Knight	rolling 1d20 + 2 + 1d6k1( 17 )+2+( 2 ) = 21
Drufle (GM)	Well, fuck me then.
H. Knight	yeah!
Drumun	I think that's a hit
Drufle (GM)	Add another 1d6 to your damage.
H. Knight	rolling 3d6 + 1( 3 + 5 + 6 )+1 = 15
Drumun	roll for MAD DAMAGE holy shit
H. Knight	no need
Drufle (GM)	Well I mean, yes. He has more than 15 health.
H. Knight	oh ok
Drufle (GM)	:P Roll an extra 1d6 to add to that.
H. Knight	so was that extra 1d6 for a crit or something?
Drufle (GM)	Yes.
H. Knight	oh ok rolling 1d6 ( 1 ) = 1
Drumun	its a warrior thing hmm
Drufle (GM)	If you get above a 20, and 5 above their DEF, you deal an extra 1d6.
H. Knight	a leetle beet
Drumun	16 total damage is nothing to sneeze at
Drufle (GM)	HK just charges up and hews off half this poor man's arm. Roy?
Roy	i scoot a bit short range is 5 yards so 5 squares yeah? Drumun see the state of the guard
Drufle (GM)	Correct.
Drumun	"Ye sure ye wanna keep goin?"
Drufle (GM)	Or 15 feet, on the ruler.
H. Knight	"You Had Your Chance, Soldier."
Drufle (GM)	The acolyte is terrified that he suddenly lost over 75% of his health in one swing. He drops his mace and shield with a terrified look on his eyes.
Roy	can i shoot through them
Drumun	"If ye wanna run I'm fine wit that"
Drufle (GM)	Yes. Normally you can't, but you can shoot through HK due to Bigness.
H. Knight	wooo I'm a ghoooost
Roy	hm can i target the back soldier
H. Knight	instinct tells me you shouldn't aggro the boss he'll come after you then
Drufle (GM)	The back guy?
Roy	yes
Drufle (GM)	That one?
Roy	I make an augmented attack! yes
Drufle (GM)	Oh gods. Alright, go ahead.
Drumun	oh dear
Roy	i get a boon and use int
Drufle (GM)	Indeed.
Drumun	this is going to hurt
Drufle (GM)	Fire away!
Roy	rolling 1d20 + 3 + 1d6k1( 13 )+3+( 5 ) = 21
Drumun	fire ze missiles welp
Drufle (GM)	Oh deary me. Roll damage.
Roy	rolling 1d6 + 0( 3 )+0 = 3 i really should get a real crossbow this is a toy
Drufle (GM)	Luckily Roy is not a warrior, so that bolt, while magical, only grazes the soldier's leg.
Roy	"I think that got him!"
Drufle (GM)	Top of the round! Anyone want a fast turn?
Drumun	hmmm
H. Knight	"He Certainly Seems Distracted, Young Miss."
Drumun	can I tell if this guard is trying to run?
Drufle (GM)	I can safely tell you that he most certainly is.
Drumun	I'll take a slow turn then actually should we go for a knock out?
H. Knight	Drumun, if you deal with the hurt guy I'll go get the healthy guy
Drumun	probably best if we don't let him go for help
H. Knight	yeah
Drufle (GM)	Take a swing then!
Drumun	I'll try for non-lethal damage normal attack this time rolling 1d20 + 2 + 1d6k1 ( 7 )+2+( 2 ) = 11 of fucking course
Drufle (GM)	Yeah, even with his guard down and without his shield, that's just slightly under. These guys are pretty tough! HK, go ahead.
H. Knight	"Drumun, I'm Going For The Right!"
Drumun	can HK just sit on him again?
H. Knight	when he's defeated yes
Drufle (GM)	He has to be unconscious for that, so no.
Drumun	oh well
H. Knight	I can actually reach righty from here can't I
Drufle (GM)	Yes.
Drumun	you've got reach
H. Knight	that way I'm not getting in Roy's firing line
Drufle (GM)	Take a swing!
H. Knight	aight boyo let's dance
Drumun	I don't think you can get in roy's way
Drufle (GM)	Roy is all-seeing. She's fine.
H. Knight	rolling 1d20 + 2 + 1d6k1( 15 )+2+( 2 ) = 19
Drufle (GM)	A hit!
H. Knight	rolling 3d6 + 1( 5 + 2 + 5 )+1 = 13
Drufle (GM)	Oh gods.
Roy	terror
Drumun	suddenly HK is the most powerful bot here
Drufle (GM)	Roy, fast or slow?
H. Knight	this axe is gonna get fucking destroyed by the end of this mission
Roy	oh i take a slow turn
Drumun	its pretty used, so yeah probably
Drufle (GM)	Righto. The two guys in front make a break for it!
Drumun	"Aha, there they go"
Drufle (GM)	Would you like to take AoOs?
Roy	"Oh. they're running away."
H. Knight	"Amateurs. Totally Unsuited for the Front Lines."
Drufle (GM)	Drumun can hit the left one, and HK can hit either.
Drumun	"Let em go" "Who"
H. Knight	"Indeed. This wasn't their fight."
Drumun	"Who're they gonna find outside?"
Drufle (GM)	They're just gonna keep going, then.
Drumun	"Oh wait" "Hey, Guards, ye might want to hide when ye get out there"
Drufle (GM)	The big man is not particularly pleased with this development.
Drumun	"Tis a warzone" H. Knight looks at the leader
H. Knight	imagine this robot can glare
Drufle (GM)	The acolyte charges!
Drumun	a charge? wait, like, the Charge action?
Drufle (GM)	Yes.
H. Knight	oh there were three of them
Drumun	I guess he's mad
H. Knight	I thought there was only two
Drufle (GM)	He gets one bane for the charge, and another for your guarding attack.
H. Knight	they're camouflaged against the fancy marble fagstones
Drufle (GM)	rolling d20+3-2d6k1( 17 )+3-( 2 + 5 ) = 15 Wow, is that still a hit?
Drumun	that's just enough
Drufle (GM)	Damn.
Drumun	14 Def
H. Knight	lucky boy!
Drufle (GM)	rolling 1d6( 6 ) = 6 KABLOW
Drumun	just 6? that's it?
Drufle (GM)	They're priests!
Roy	good ol leeroy
Drumun	"Ooof!"
Drufle (GM)	Big man takes another potshot with his longbow.
Drumun	"I actually felt that"
H. Knight	*crossbow
Drufle (GM)	No, it's a longbow.
H. Knight	oh
Drufle (GM)	rolling d20+2d6k1( 4 )+( 2 + 4 ) = 8
Roy	a real archer
H. Knight	could swear you said crossbow before
Drufle (GM)	Rats. He isn't a very good archer.
Drumun	that arrow doesn't even hit anyone
Drufle (GM)	Roy, you're up.
Drumun	it just falls on the ground
Roy	guess what i reload
Drumun	sounds reasonable
Roy	but also i run closer into the danger
Drufle (GM)	Righto.
H. Knight	Is Russ just having a fag against the doorway down there
Drufle (GM)	I'd like to think he's just really stunned by what's going on. Utterly flabbergasted.
Roy	lets retroactively add him into our memories
H. Knight	yeah there's a swirly energy thingy up top
Drufle (GM)	Top of the round! Who goes fast?
Drumun	you could probably control him, druf
H. Knight	occupies most of the attention
Drufle (GM)	Oh, that's just the staircase.
Roy	lol
H. Knight	....alrighty
Drufle (GM)	I could control him, but do you really need it?
Drumun	I switch to my warhammer and prepare an action
Roy	omg i thought there was a void portal
H. Knight	same
Drumun	if he attacks while in range, I bring the hammer DOWN
Drufle (GM)	Again, not an artist, this guy. Righto. HK? Roy?
H. Knight	oh
Drufle (GM)	Fast or slow?
H. Knight	slow I guess. get behind the guy and smack him then
Drufle (GM)	Roy?
Roy	i take a slow
Drufle (GM)	Righto then. The soldier looks right at Drumun, and flashes his holy symbol!
H. Knight	oh dear
Roy	ye got flashed
Drumun	how rude
Roy	oh myyy
Drufle (GM)	I will allow your preparation to activate, since this is technically an attack roll.
Drumun	oh cool
Drufle (GM)	Roll with a boon.
Drumun	rolling 1d20 + 2 + 1d6k1( 9 )+2+( 4 ) = 15 uhhh
Drufle (GM)	A hit!
Drumun	oh good
Drufle (GM)	Barely.
Drumun	rolling 3d6 + 0( 3 + 4 + 6 )+0 = 13
Drufle (GM)	Oh lord.
Drumun	get reckt Drumun sees and opening and drops a hammer down onto the acolyte's head
Roy	ow
Drufle (GM)	rolling d20+2+1d6( 13 )+2+( 6 ) = 21 Oh lord.
Drumun	I got Flashed
Drufle (GM)	You are very, very scared of this man. Which is hilarious. Considering what just transpired.
Drumun	mutual fear
Drufle (GM)	You are frightened for 1 round, plus you fall prone!
Drumun	"Ahg my eyes what is this madness!" Drumun plops onto the ground
Roy	"What just happened!?"
Drufle (GM)	Alright, slow turns! Big man is going slow this time.
H. Knight	"Doesn't Matter, Man Down!"
Roy	do i dare go closer
Drufle (GM)	HK can go if he wants, walk behind the guy and smack him. Both of you two took slow turns.
H. Knight	well now that Drummy's on the floor I move to stand protectively over him instead and THEN smack the dude
Drumun	oh right, he can stand on top of me
Drufle (GM)	Ah, well then. Take a swing, great robotaur. I see Roy is having fun with rulers.
H. Knight	rolling 1d20 + 2 + 1d6k1( 13 )+2+( 4 ) = 19 rolling 3d6 + 1 ( 3 + 5 + 3 )+1 = 12
Drufle (GM)	A hit! Oh gods, he's out.
H. Knight	"Away with You!"
Drufle (GM)	Axe cleaves right through his mail, knocking him to the ground. Roy? You're up.
Drumun	"What was that, am I cursed!?"
Roy	i move here
Drufle (GM)	That's short range, for whatever you want it for.
Roy	and i make another augmented attack
H. Knight	"Hopefully Not. Now We Need to Move."
Drumun	"I'm tryin' I'm tryin'"
Roy	"Let's see how my archery holds up!" rolling 1d20 + 3 + 1d6k1 ( 4 )+3+( 5 ) = 12
Drufle (GM)	Oof, not well enough.
Roy	gasp
Drumun	better than what he's managed
Drufle (GM)	True, actually.
Roy	"Welp!"
Drumun	she actually hit his armor this time
Drufle (GM)	Big man is sick of this nonsense, and switches to his sword!
Drumun	I'll laugh so hard if he misses
Roy	"[face of regret]"
Drufle (GM)	rolling d20+2+1d6( 18 )+2+( 6 ) = 26 WHAP
Drumun	oh that is not a miss
Drufle (GM)	rolling 3d6+2( 5 + 5 + 4 )+2 = 16 CRACK
Drumun	okay then
Roy	that kills the roy
Drumun	HK I think you need to move now wait she's dead?
Drufle (GM)	You're not dead, just unconscious!
Drumun	it took her out in one swing? that's dead man
H. Knight	squishy wizards...
Drumun	OHKOs are instant death, no bones about it
Roy	ill deal with this in the morning
Drufle (GM)	We can play without massive damage, if you so wish.
Drumun	is that no on by default?
Drufle (GM)	It's an option, I believe.
Drumun	if its off right now, then lets keep it that way
Drufle (GM)	I mean she's in a terrible state either way, but one option at least gives her a chance of survival.
H. Knight	anything we can do?
Drumun	lets keep her alive then
Roy	now wheres the resparn point
Drumun	HK needs to get on top of here and guard here
Roy	w
Drumun	*her
Drufle (GM)	Yeah, pretty much. Top of the round! Who goes fast?
Hint	HK certainly does.
Drumun	At least Charge to put yourself over her and hit the acolyte
H. Knight	so what would you guys recommend
Drufle (GM)	He's actually a veteran, that's why he has the Neat Stuff.
Drumun	my recommendation is to PROTECT ROY
Drufle (GM)	Well, considering a move or a charge are the only way to keep Roy alive, I would recommend those.
H. Knight	normal attack, driving attack or unnbalancing attack?
Drumun	CHARGE or move you can't wait for a slow turn
Drufle (GM)	I don't think you can combine special attacks with charges.
H. Knight	oh so those aren't charges?
Drufle (GM)	Nope.
Drumun	they are not
Drufle (GM)	A charge is using an action to both move and attack. You get one bane for it.
H. Knight	oh why isn't it on this sheet then. I mean it has the same penalty anyway w/e ROY NOOOO
Drufle (GM)	Because it's technically not a normal melee attack option. Drumun topples over as HK runs off
H. Knight	rolling 1d20 + 2 + 0d6k1( 5 )+2+() = 7
Drufle (GM)	It's a weird thing.
Drumun	"Ack! What's going on?"
Drufle (GM)	Oh, nuggets.
H. Knight	awww
Roy	"I can see it. Carcosa"
Drumun	"Wut happened?"
Drufle (GM)	"I see the light........" Drumun, fast or slow? It's a move or action to stand up.
Drumun	is frightened over?
Drufle (GM)	Oh right, that. No. So slow it is!
Drumun	right, Slow turn then
H. Knight	so if charge is both move and attack
Drufle (GM)	Mr. Big man would like to have a word with the angry robotaur.
H. Knight	then what have I been doing before oh wait those were slow turns
Drufle (GM)	Charge only uses an action. Not an action and a move. That's why there's a bane as well.
H. Knight	right
Drufle (GM)	SWINGING THE SWORD
H. Knight	so I technically could have moved back afterward
Roy	charges are available for fast turns then?
Drufle (GM)	Yes.
Drumun	question, can I move then Charge
Drufle (GM)	Yes! But that's a slow turn.
H. Knight	cool
Drumun	well then guess what I'm doing
Drufle (GM)	Also, you need to stand up first. So you can't actually do that this turn.
Drumun	hence why I asked if I could move and charge because I'm close enough
Drufle (GM)	Oh, yes. Move action, not move. Gotcha. rolling d20+2+1d6 ( 20 )+2+( 6 ) = 28 HAVE AT THEE ROBOT
Drumun	oh for fucks sake this man
Drufle (GM)	rolling 3d6+2( 2 + 5 + 5 )+2 = 14 GRAAAAAAR
H. Knight	that's a lotta helf
Drufle (GM)	Man, I think I'm gonna have Ruse snap out of his confusion and come assist.
H. Knight	suddenly pear-shaped
Drumun	retroactively put him next to me
Drufle (GM)	Good idea.
Drumun	he's been moving all along, I swear
Drufle (GM)	End of the round! Roy, roll a d6.
Drumun	Slow turns bro
Drufle (GM)	Oh, right. Go ahead, then.
Roy	rolling 1d6( 1 ) = 1
Drumun	"Okay, I kin see no- ROY!!"
H. Knight	well that's it
Drufle (GM)	Great, good, now she's dying. Drumun jumps up and charges like mad
Roy	"Have you seen. the yellow sign."
Drumun	how many banes do I have now?
Drufle (GM)	Not actually dead yet, but oh god she has some issues. Just two, Drumun.
Drumun	I switch to sword as well then while running
Roy	i like how the music stopped on my end
Drufle (GM)	Pfffft. There's a repeat button, you know.
H. Knight	; 3;
Drumun	rolling 1d20 + 2 + -1d6k1( 7 )+2+-( 4 ) = 5 HRG
Drufle (GM)	Unless it just glitched and seriously?
Drumun	GAME PLEASE
Drufle (GM)	Lordy me. This game just friggin' despises all of you.
R�senfeld	"I CAN HELP JUST A SECOND"
Drumun	"Git away from the lass, ye creatin!" Rus halp save Roy can he heal?
Drufle (GM)	No, actually.
Roy	"He wears no mask! No mask!"
Drumun	wait, his special he has shared healing he can just heal us
Drufle (GM)	Oh, right. That. He needs to get closer, just one second. I was gonna shoot the guy with a rifle. Healing should happen first.
Drumun	survival is important I think his ability heals all of us if he's close enough
Drufle (GM)	No, just one of you and him.
Drumun	oh okay fair nuff
H. Knight	"Why Did I Let a Godsdamned Child Run Straight Into Danger?"
Drufle (GM)	Roy, heal your rate.
Drumun	I can heal myself if need be
H. Knight	"Now I..."
Drumun	"Stop yer babbling, HK" "Ye can't do that in a fight"
Drufle (GM)	You heal from 0, as well.
Drumun	"Ye gotta save it till after"
Drufle (GM)	So she should be at like 3 or 4 health now. Top of the round! Drumun isn't frightened anymore.
Roy	3
Drumun	right
Drufle (GM)	She is still on the ground. So keep that in mind. Fast turns?
Drumun	rolling 1d20 + 2 + 2d6k1( 11 )+2+( 4 + 3 ) = 17
Drufle (GM)	Oh.
Drumun	SWORD TIME
Drufle (GM)	Right then.
H. Knight	finally
Drufle (GM)	Carry on.
Drumun	rolling 2d6 + 2( 4 + 6 )+2 = 12 git stabbed
Drufle (GM)	Sword to the face! HK? Drumun thrusts his sword into the guard's face
H. Knight	I really want to knock this fucker over and stab him in the face
Roy	so graphic
H. Knight	but I can't afford to fail a bane roll
Drufle (GM)	You have a boon already, the bane would just cancel it out.
Drumun	I think I have his attention right now
Drufle (GM)	But yeah, maybe just hit him. The boons are really helping you guys.
Drumun	just a hunch
H. Knight	and that happened on the charge and it failed so OFF WITH HIS HEAD
Drufle (GM)	This poor axe.
H. Knight	rolling 1d20 + 2 + 1d6k1( 14 )+2+( 3 ) = 19 rolling 3d6 + 1 ( 2 + 2 + 1 )+1 = 6
Drumun	I think it breaks after this level anyways
Drufle (GM)	Geez, alright then.
H. Knight	or not
Roy	That poor inquisitor
Drufle (GM)	Ruse fires his rifle!
Drumun	he's taken 18 damage so far
Roy	"..."
Drufle (GM)	rolling d20+1+1d6( 11 )+1+( 4 ) = 16 BLAM
Drumun	can roy fire from underneath HK?
Drufle (GM)	rolling 3d6( 1 + 5 + 3 ) = 9
H. Knight	( ' 3')b
Drumun	I approve of this damage
H. Knight	when she's healthy yes
Drufle (GM)	https://soundcloud.com/dark-souls-ambient/sens-fortress-interior?in=dark-souls-ambient/sets/dark-souls-ambients
H. Knight	but right now she has a gaping whole-body wound
Drufle (GM)	On that note, give me a second.
Drumun	what about those two guards that ran?
Drufle (GM)	Roy, can you roll a d6 for me?
Roy	is that mushroom an actual dark souls monster
Drumun	yes
Roy	rolling 1d6( 4 ) = 4
Drufle (GM)	Yes, and they are bastards. Roll 3d6 now.
Drumun	uh oh
Roy	rolling 3d6( 5 + 5 + 6 ) = 16
Drumun	I think my gut just did a saumersalt sommersault?
H. Knight	somersault
Roy	close enough
Drufle (GM)	Right, Roy is bleeding profusely. Someone should fix that.
Drumun	does anyone know how to heal things?
H. Knight	with what?! sitting on people doesn't fix this!
Roy	"Yellow. The yellow is spilling forth."
Drufle (GM)	You can staunch bleeding with an INT check.
Drumun	"Roy's bleedin!"
Drufle (GM)	Hurry up, she takes 1d6 damage every round!
Drumun	oh hell no I can't help here
Drufle (GM)	rolling d20+2( 14 )+2 = 16
Drumun	I'm the last resort well that works
Drufle (GM)	Ruse got you guys.
H. Knight	thank you Smart Man
Drumun	"Thanks Russ" "We gotta git her out of here"
Drufle (GM)	He tears some cloth from his robe and wraps it around the gaping hole in Roy's torso.
H. Knight	what hit her though? sword? bolt? I wasn't paying attention
Drufle (GM)	Sword. Very hard.
H. Knight	oh a good old stabbin
Roy	hello this is critical
Drufle (GM)	So there are 6 other rooms on this floor, but I feel like you guys probably want to evacuate for the moment?
H. Knight	yes very yes
Drumun	absolutely
H. Knight	get her to the horse doctor you can trust them
Drufle (GM)	Alright then.
Drumun	I think any doctor will be helpful right now
Drufle (GM)	The party escapes the Grand Cathedral, HK carrying Roy's wounded body.
H. Knight	good old pieta plagiarism
Drufle (GM)	You can heal twice your rate every day, thanks to Ruse's healing powers + sleep, so it should only be a day or two before we can return.
H. Knight	ok
Drumun	I think two nights is enough for me
Roy	for a second i thought i was gonna have to introduce charles and his crossbowdog to everyone
Drufle (GM)	Actually by definition, two days will heal her to full.
Drumun	actually just one will heal me
Drufle (GM)	Pfffft.
Drumun	Charles can wait
Drufle (GM)	In the meantime, does anyone want to do some quick shopping while Roy heals up?
H. Knight	yes
Drumun	we ain't lettin you die yet
H. Knight	well
Drumun	HK needs all the Lance
H. Knight	the city's being overrun by orcs right surely we can just loot
Drufle (GM)	Indeed. Well. Yeah, actually, I guess so.
H. Knight	hyesh
Drumun	just take a lance
Drufle (GM)	And a large shield, I would recommend.
Drumun	maybe some other nicknaks
H. Knight	yes
Drufle (GM)	Righto then.
H. Knight	shame about the overrunning though no-one to buy tech from
Roy	fully blinged out mechataur coming through
H. Knight	can't loot gun arms
Drufle (GM)	Unfortunately, no.
Drumun	those will come later
Drufle (GM)	After this adventure we can do some more high caliber stuff. So, a few days later!
Roy	like a blunderbuss
Drufle (GM)	Everyone should be healed back to full.
Drumun	"Right, this ain't like fightin monsters"
Drufle (GM)	Roy has a nasty fuckin' scar, though.
Drumun	"Roy, dun run off like that"
H. Knight	as much as I would like a fold-out blunderbuss I do not want anything that unreliable anywhere near me
Drufle (GM)	Now, I'm going to be nice to you guys, and tell you which rooms have guards and which ones don't.
H. Knight	despite my best efforts, this isn't a mecha anime I can't just strap guns on willy-nilly
Roy	"I saw him! With my own eyes."
Drumun	we need to be at least level 8 before we can be an anime "Saw who, Roy?"
Drufle (GM)	In fact, I think the party would have quite some interest checking out the upper left room.
H. Knight	"It's alright Miss, we All See Things at the Edge of Death."
Drumun	Upper left room you say?
H. Knight	"We all see things..."
Drumun	"Aye, I kin attest ta that"
Roy	"But yes, I do admit I was a bit reckless. I won't try to worry you again. :ooo" Drumun walks back into the room
Roy	"Now let us finish what we started."
Drufle (GM)	The hall seems mostly the same, albeit still a bit bloody.
Drumun	good, more people didn't show up
Drufle (GM)	It looks like all the guards' corpses and equipment are gone, but nobody else is here.
Drumun	rolling 1d20 + 0 + 0d6k1( 20 )+0+() = 20
Drufle (GM)	Wow.
Drumun	PERCIEVE I CAN SEE THE FUTURE
Drufle (GM)	You hear voices from the middle rooms on either side of the hall, as well as from the upper floor.
Drumun	okay, I marked the doors making sound THIS IS A GOOD RESULT
Drufle (GM)	So, where to? Drumun creeps up to a door
Roy	clearly the party must split up
Drumun	"Right, stay away from the middle doors"
Drufle (GM)	The four corner rooms have no guards, you can do that if you want.
Drumun	"There's people in them" "An there's more up top" Drumun tests the door
Drufle (GM)	These inside doors are simple wood, with nice metal supports on them.
Drumun	by test I mean I'm checking to see if its locked
Drufle (GM)	Oh, it isn't.
Drumun	before I make a ruckus Drumun opens the door
Roy	surprise, its a small screaming lemon
Drumun	rolling 1d20 + 0 + 0d6k1( 7 )+0+() = 7 okay I'm blind again actually, what if I tried smelling? being part pig
Drufle (GM)	The room inside is a rather spartan one; the room is very bare and quiet, aside from a few beds, some dressers, and a little lockbox on a bedside table.
Roy	you find [Truffles]
H. Knight	rolling 1d20 + -1 + 0d6k1( 11 )+-1+() = 10
Roy	rolling 1d20 + 3 + 0d6k1( 5 )+3+() = 8
Drumun	"Ah think this is just a bedroom"
Drufle (GM)	HK finds that this room is indeed as simple as it looks, but notices the sign above the door. "The Peaceful Sisters"
Drumun	is HK moving?
Roy	that sounds like a boss monster that isnt peaceful
Drufle (GM)	Anything else? Or to the next room?
Roy	lets get that lockbox
Drumun	I mean there's a lockbox yeah go nuts Roy
Drufle (GM)	Good, someone noticed it.
Roy	"There's a.. box"
Drufle (GM)	The box opens easily, and there's a smattering of coins on the inside, probably from donations.
Drumun	"Looks like a...small vault"
Roy	rolling 1d20 + 3 + 0d6k1( 9 )+3+() = 12
Drufle (GM)	There's a total of 10 gc and 8 ss in the donation box.
Drumun	oh well then
H. Knight	"Apologies. I Was Rearranging My Gear."
Drumun	hey, somethign that's evenly divisible by 4
H. Knight	what a convenient stash
Drumun	actully wait no it isn't
Drufle (GM)	Not really, no.
Drumun	I'm dumb
H. Knight	what an inconvenient stash
Roy	"Should we take this? I don't really know how this works. Are these cursed?"
Drufle (GM)	10.8 divided by 4 is 2.7 each.
Drumun	"Ah dunno" where's Russ, he's know
H. Knight	"Normally I Would Advise Against Looting A Place Of Worship. However, Circumstances... Have Changed."
Drufle (GM)	Let's give him an Int check. rolling d20+2+1d6 ( 6 )+2+( 4 ) = 12
Roy	"The sisters are probably half a world away now."
Drumun	"Ah can't say ah've ever met one of these Sisters"
Drufle (GM)	Ruse knows that the Peaceful Sisters are one of the 7 divisions of the church, and are the ones in charge of helping the needy.
Drumun	"Dun know what they're like"
Drufle (GM)	He says as much to the rest of the party.
Drumun	"Hrm, less not take this then"
H. Knight	"Ah, so Not the Division Responsible For The Excessions Against The Orcs."
Drumun	"Ah think we ain't just here fer the Orcs though"
Roy	"I was needy and I've never heard of them."
Drumun	"Lotta people are at stake here"
Drufle (GM)	I mean, you were also on a farm in the middle of nowhere. Drumun tries to open this door
Roy	"We should move on?"
H. Knight	"I Fear That The Orcs Will Not Care, In This Case."
Drumun	rolling 1d20 + 0 + 0d6k1( 19 )+0+() = 19 there we go PERCIEVE I like how I either pass with flying colors, or fail horribly at perception
Drufle (GM)	This room is somehow even more spartan than the other, with just a few bedrolls, buckets and mops, and some sackcloth on the floor.
Roy	You find [Expensive Truffles]
Drufle (GM)	A sign above the door reads "The Poor Brethren"
Drumun	"Ah think we found tha needy"
Roy	"Right across the hallway. Amazing."
Drufle (GM)	Ruse can tell you that the Poor Brethren are not actually the poor of the city, but are the monastic section of the church.
H. Knight	rolling 1d20 + -1 + 0d6k1( 2 )+-1+() = 1 whoops
Drufle (GM)	They live a quiet and modest life, usually away from civilization.
Drumun	playing dangerously there, HK
H. Knight	SHUTTING DOWN
Drufle (GM)	Very close there, HK.
Drumun	no no, you're fine
H. Knight	ok
Drumun	you need a zero to shut down
H. Knight	ohh
Drufle (GM)	I can assure you that there is literally nothing of interest in this room aside from some cleaning equipment.
Drumun	"If we ain't takin from tha sisters, I ain't takin from the poor"
Roy	"There's a ten-foot pole in there..." Drumun has already walked off
Drufle (GM)	You already have a pole!
H. Knight	not on us clearly that's be awkward
Drufle (GM)	Roy has a collapsible one, doesn't she?
Drumun	maybe
Roy	i think its just a normal pole
Drufle (GM)	Yeah right here in her sheet, a 10-foot pole. Drumun reads the sign about this time
Roy	maaaybe collapsible
Drumun	*above
Drufle (GM)	This sign reads "The Lore Keepers"
Drumun	"Lore, huh"
Roy	"Lore!"
Drumun	"Like...books?"
Roy	"I love lore." Drumun opens the door
Drumun	rolling 1d20 + 0 + 0d6k1( 7 )+0+() = 7 god damn it
Drufle (GM)	This room contains a massive library, floor-to-ceiling bookshelves.
Roy	rolling 1d20 + 3 + 0d6k1( 5 )+3+() = 8
Drufle (GM)	A number of tables around the room have a few books sitting on them.
Drumun	where be HK?
Drufle (GM)	rolling 1d20 + 2 + 0d6k1( 13 )+2+() = 15
Roy	"I wonder if they have a copy my book.."
H. Knight	rolling 1d20 + -1 + 0d6k1( 7 )+-1+() = 6
Drufle (GM)	Alright, at least Ruse isn't blind. So! I have a number of books here for you guys.
Drumun	good thing Ruse is here Drumun starts poking about the books
Drufle (GM)	After a bit of searching around, Ruse finds 10 books of particular interest.
Drumun	"Ah kinda expect more here"
Roy	thats a lot of books
Drufle (GM)	I had a lot of free time.
Roy	"Are there any spellbooks?"
Drufle (GM)	Let's see, shall we? The first two books are old and worn, with hefty steel covers over them.
H. Knight	it's the book of iron that the angel who calls for the end reads two copies, for some reason
Drufle (GM)	Flipping through them, you can see they had the same author; a vivid, flowing script written in black oil ink.
Roy	surprise its twilight
Drufle (GM)	The first is a small folio, describing the author's stint in chaos magic.
Drumun	EH!?
Drufle (GM)	An incantation for the Erratic Bolt spell is in here.
H. Knight	better stuff that in a bag
Drufle (GM)	The other book is larger, more around 100 pages, and lists a number of magical spells the author used regularly.
Roy	"This page looks interesting!"
Drumun	"Ah can't make heads or tails of some of this" "What is it?"
Drufle (GM)	Incantations for Dire Beast, Bounding Step, Burning Beam, Vulnerability, Killing Touch, Translate Anything, Flame Missile, Bolster Defense, Delay, and Army of the Dead are scattered throughout this strange book.
Drumun	"Ah kin read some of these titles"
Roy	army of the dead...
Drufle (GM)	It's written in common.
Drumun	"Some of these seem a bit dark" understand rather than read
Drufle (GM)	I would like to remind our casters that incantations can be copied, but you can't actually learn magic from them.
Drumun	I can read common, but that doesn't mean I know what spells are doing
Drufle (GM)	True.
H. Knight	"All The More Reason... That We Should Remove It From The Premises."
Drumun	"'Army of the Dead' what is this doin here?" "Ah'm pretty sure that's bad"
H. Knight	"Yes, That Does Not Bode Well."
Drufle (GM)	Fun fact: that's the rank 5 Necromancy spell.
Roy	"The author must have been really well read."
Drufle (GM)	The third book is actually a scroll, locked in a spiky wooden case. Luckily for Ruse, the key was next to the case.
Drumun	I'm guess roy took these two books
Roy	is that second batch just spell names or incantations
Drufle (GM)	The scroll is in rather poor shape, and contains some scrawlings by a druid. They're spell names from various traditions. All of these are incantations, you can't actually learn magic from books in this game.
Drumun	I kinda wish I had my Goblin here She'd have a field day in this library
Drufle (GM)	The scroll has the incantations for Hide from Undead, Shape earth/stone, and Produce Water. The fourth book is a massive, over 200 page tome with a thin, cloth-covered wooden cover.
Roy	"I know this one! Hide from Undead hides you from undead."
Drufle (GM)	Very true, Roy. Very true.
Drumun	"Ah can't say I didn expect it to do that"
Drufle (GM)	This massive tome is written in a lovely printed paint ink, and is in Dwarvish!
Drumun	OH YES
H. Knight	so what
Drumun	"Eh, whas this?" Drumun begins reading the dwarfish script
H. Knight	if you have the book on you, you can use the spell and then it's used up?
Drufle (GM)	Correct.
H. Knight	bloody vancian magic! get outta here!
Drufle (GM)	You get some banes if you don't have the appropriate power, but anyone can cast them.
Roy	so many spells
Drufle (GM)	You can also copy any incantation with some special ink.
H. Knight	ah
Drumun	highly recommend keeping at least one copy of an incantation and just make more copies from it
Drufle (GM)	The tome details a long tale of dwarven history, as well as their first interactions with the humans of long ago.
Drumun	"Ah...never knew this..."
Drufle (GM)	If you were to study this for an extended period of time, you could even become an expert on the subject!
Drumun	"How did they get this?"
Roy	dwarf wiki
Drufle (GM)	A number of these books have detailed information on a specific subject; if you study them for 1d3 weeks, you gain that subject as an academic profession. Drumun continues reading
Drufle (GM)	This one is coded to History.
Drumun	you guys do whatever
Drufle (GM)	Drumun, make a PER check.
Drumun	boons or banes?
Drufle (GM)	One boon.
Drumun	rolling 1d20 + 0 + 1d6k1( 12 )+0+( 3 ) = 15
Drufle (GM)	Very nice. While flipping through the tome, you notice some odd imbalances in the weight. With a bit of fooling around, you find a secret compartment in the book!
Drumun	oh good thing I found this cool, more places to stash stuff
Drufle (GM)	It's actually full already. Of poison gas!
Roy	its full of centipedes
Drumun	oh great active or no?
Drufle (GM)	Everyone in the room, make a STR check with one boon.
Roy	poison gas is worse
Drumun	rolling 1d20 + 2 + 1d6k1( 16 )+2+( 3 ) = 21 also I'm dwarf
Drufle (GM)	rolling 1d20 + -1 + 1d6k1( 7 )+-1+( 2 ) = 8
Roy	rolling 1d20 + 0 + 1d6k1( 6 )+0+( 1 ) = 7
Drufle (GM)	Oh lordy. Drumun is fine. HK is fine, since robot. rolling 3d6 ( 5 + 5 + 1 ) = 11
Drumun	I'm pretty sure I'm nearly impossible to poison
Drufle (GM)	Both Roy and Ruse take 11 damage from the noxious gas.
Drumun	"ACK!" "Why would someone do this?"
Roy	cough cough
R�senfeld	"HACK COUGH"
H. Knight	oh well back out we go
Drufle (GM)	There's something else in the compartment, luckily.
Roy	"I can't believe I almost died again."
Drumun	"Ah'm so sorry ah didn't know"
Drufle (GM)	A strange silver coin sits in the compartment, glittering with a picture of a dwarf on it.
H. Knight	"Drumun. Never Touch Anything Again.�
Roy	"I need to be more careful."
Drufle (GM)	Ruse uses his healing ability to give you guys some hp back. Drumun takes the coin out and carefully puts the book back down
Drufle (GM)	As you pick the coin up, you realize what it is.
Roy	the coin of being an admin for dwarf wiki
Drumun	1 gold crown
H. Knight	it's my lucky coin I lost when I was a lad!!
Drufle (GM)	It's an heirloom from a great Dwarven hero, Murtok the Invincible. Holding it makes you immune to the frightened status.
Drumun	well then
H. Knight	never let go weld it to your fuggin palm
Drumun	"Okay...how did tha church git this?"
Drufle (GM)	What a good question. More books! Drumun packs up the history book and the coin
Roy	"Inquisitors slither their way everywhere."
Drufle (GM)	The 5th book is a well-crafted one, thin wooden cover with gold leaf arranged nicely.
Drumun	might as well carry more stuff
Roy	the gold leaf is actually asbestos
Drufle (GM)	The pages are made of vellum, and the author has written an uncanny account of all the wars of the past few decades, with detailed illustrations to boot!
H. Knight	I'd like to see that
Drumun	that's only poisonous if you like...rub on it or something and then inhale it
Drufle (GM)	This book acts as a reference for the War academia.
H. Knight	"Hmm. I May Have A Use For This."
Drufle (GM)	The 6th book looks similar, but is written in Dwarvish; otherwise, it seems to be the same author.
Drumun	do I dare read it?
Drufle (GM)	You can if you want.
H. Knight	"Please Open This One Far Away From The Humans"
Drufle (GM)	:P Drumun takes the book outside and then reads it H. Knight is suddenly sad for exclusig himself from this category
Drufle (GM)	This folio is an impressive record of Dwarven politics; the author seems to have spent some of his time during the wars in Dwarf lands. H. Knight puts the war book in a saddlebag
Roy	"I wonder how it's booby trapped this time. Exploding paper?"
Drufle (GM)	This book is a reference for the Politics academia.
Drumun	I ain't finding out, I close the book and walk back inside "Buncha politics"
Drufle (GM)	The 7th book is a small folio, covered in solid bronze, and written in high archaic!
Drumun	welp, I can't read that
Roy	cant too but i have a spell
Drufle (GM)	Roy, don't you have the translate anything spell?
H. Knight	you know who it's for
Drumun	why waste it now
Roy	yes
H. Knight	no I mean
Drumun	save it and make copies for later
Roy	i can cast it twice
H. Knight	Ruse can read high arch can't he?
Drumun	oh wait you actually know the spell naturally?
Drufle (GM)	Wow, he actually can.
Roy	for 1 minute
Drufle (GM)	I didn't know that.
H. Knight	tch!
Drufle (GM)	Well, I guess we can just have Ruse flip through it then.
Roy	oh ok thats neat
Drumun	I guess have Russ read it
Drufle (GM)	It's a detailed description of magical studies over the past 20 or so years in the great floating tower over Caecras. It acts as a reference for the Magic academia.
H. Knight	...there's a floating tower?
Drufle (GM)	There is!
H. Knight	huh.
Drumun	how did we miss that?
Drufle (GM)	Probably a little busy.
H. Knight	maybe it only floats a few feet off the ground
Drufle (GM)	What with the orcs and explosions and being arrested.
H. Knight	or, is so high we can't see it
Drufle (GM)	No, it's like hundreds of feet above the city.
H. Knight	oh well then
Drufle (GM)	It's where any aspiring magician goes to study.
H. Knight	we cant see it for all the smoke!
Drufle (GM)	Basically the major academy of the region.
H. Knight	from the housefires
Drufle (GM)	Mhm.
Drumun	well good thing we have a book on it now
Drufle (GM)	The 8th book is a disturbing looking folio, with a cover of fused bone.
Drumun	how friendly
Drufle (GM)	Inside, the author describes his studies under a necromancer in the Desolation, and his subsequent escape after realizing the horrors that occur there. The incantations for Rend, Magic Wrench, and Arc of Death are found in here.
H. Knight	why would you even go
Roy	hello new fave
Drumun	so much necromancy
Drufle (GM)	The 9th book is another hell of a tome, almost 300 pages, with a worn steel cover.
Drumun	"More dead magic"
Roy	im not gonna look up the spell effects just cast them and let drufle guide me
Drumun	seems reasonable
Drufle (GM)	Inside, the author, along with positively beautiful illustrations, writes about his time in the lowlands of Rul, and his experience with healing.
Drumun	oh good healing magic about time we got some of that
Drufle (GM)	This massive book is a reference for the Medicine, Geography, and Nature academia.
Drumun	damn
Drufle (GM)	And finally, the 10th book.
Roy	"Look at the pretty pictures. :))"
Drumun	I think I know which of my characters would want that
Drufle (GM)	A strange, ~100 page book, this one has a wood cover that seems to pulse with energy.
Drumun	uh oh
Drufle (GM)	The text inside is in flowing elven script.
Drumun	now we have to translate this
Drufle (GM)	I'm pretty sure nobody speaks Elvish.
Drumun	I don't think any of use can manage Elvan
Drufle (GM)	Smart, Roy.
Roy	i cast translate but first i detect magic on it
Drufle (GM)	There is a ton of magic in these pages. But a lot of little things, instead of one big thing.
Roy	ok time 2 read
Drufle (GM)	This book details the adventures of an elven explorer, long ago, who set out to compile as much magic from the surrounding lands as he could.
H. Knight	Elves who actually care about their environment? that's new
Roy	"Hey! This one is written by the faerie"
Drufle (GM)	The book is lightly used, and clearly some of the pages have since been removed, but the incantations for Hide from Animals, Beast Within, Protection from Death, Identify Substance, Fetch, Travel, Rune of Finding, Erode, Starfall, Mask, Fog, and Explosive Darts remain.
Drumun	"Faeries?" "Ain't those the people who cause trouble?"
Drufle (GM)	And that, my friends, is all I wrote. Quite literally.
Drumun	so many incantations
Drufle (GM)	You have no idea how lucky you guys got with these books.
H. Knight	"The Free People Who Live Beyond Our World. It Does Not Pay To Cross Them."
Drumun	I can imagine our luck
H. Knight	we hit da money
Drufle (GM)	I rolled a 20 twice for their contents, hence the two books with a shitton of spells.
Roy	nice
Drumun	so good
Roy	we take all the books
H. Knight	so there's ten bukes. how are we splitting them?
Drufle (GM)	There are more things you could potentially find, but that will have to wait for later.
Drumun	I'm taking anything written in dwarf
Roy	i take the last one and the one about medicine
H. Knight	I probably have the most space
Drumun	which is the politics and history of dwarf
Drufle (GM)	Indeed.
Roy	and the bone one
Drufle (GM)	All of these books count as an item, so keep an eye out for that.
Drumun	can that fit in my pack?
Drufle (GM)	You can fit some of the folios and scrolls in your pack. The massive Dwarven tome will have to go with someone else.
H. Knight	me then
Drufle (GM)	Unless you just strap it to you, I dunno.
Drumun	which one is that?
Drufle (GM)	Uh, book 4. The one that poisoned you.
Drumun	oh that history book
Drufle (GM)	Yeah.
Drumun	I'll carry the Politics book H. Knight puts the fartbook in his bag
Drumun	I can probably carry a scroll or two
Drufle (GM)	So, I think we're going to have to call it here for Golurk's sake.
H. Knight	good I am satisfied with today nobody died
Drumun	we came close though
Drufle (GM)	I mean, you guys should definitely leave again, to heal that poison.
H. Knight	knife's edge
Roy	i literally died
Drufle (GM)	Yeah, really.
Roy	are we using the fortune system from now on
Drumun	I fear greatly for my non-dwarf characters
H. Knight	you know have a badass scar to show off to a lucky man or woman when you're older
Drufle (GM)	We are, yeah. I believe all of you have a fortune point already.
Roy	we really should try that
H. Knight	cool
Roy	lets say i used that up
Drumun	what does fortune do again?
Drufle (GM)	There are three specific things you can do with them. 1) turn any failed roll into a a success. 2) give someone else 2 boons on their roll 3) replace a d6 roll for any purpose with an auto 6.
Drumun	okay
Drufle (GM)	Saving you from instant death isn't listed in here, but I think that's also a valid use for Fortune.
H. Knight	Spend a point of Fortune to:
Create Success	Turn a failure into a success.
Grant Boons	Add 2 boons to anyone�s a d20 roll.
Roll High	Replace a d6 result for you or another player, with a 6. These choices use the optional expanded Fortune rules:
Alter Reality	Make a minor change to narrative to advance adventure.
H. Knight	Control Madness: Take the Revelation result.
Impose Banes	Add 2 banes to anyone�s d20 roll.
Improvised Magic	Sacrifice casting a spell to cast any other known spell of equal or lower rank.
Refuse Mark of Darkness	Avoid taking a Mark of Darkness
Remove Affliction	Remove anyone�s Affliction.
Roll Low	Replace a d6 result for anyone, with a 1.
H. Knight	Stay Death�s Hand: Become Incapacitated instead of Dead.
Drufle (GM)	Um. Is that from the sheet?
H. Knight	yes
Roy	thats in the cheat sheet
Drufle (GM)	Wow. Ok, I guess a bunch of those are from other sources. The core book only has the three I mentioned.
H. Knight	right
Drufle (GM)	Also I checked, and massive damage is indeed the standard for this game, so Roy would've died.
Drumun	so Fortune did technically save her
H. Knight	lucky you
Drufle (GM)	It did, yeah.
Drumun	which means she can't take another hit like that also what is healing rate supposed to be again?
Roy	the scar tissue will open up
Drufle (GM)	health/4
H. Knight	until we somehow acquire more fortune, at any rate
Drumun	oh I think I'm one short then I'm supposed to be at 6
H. Knight	you know, this lance doesn't actually do more hurting than the axe drumun gave me it's just longer
Drufle (GM)	You get fortune for exceptional roleplaying, basically.
H. Knight	ah, Good Acting
Drumun	oh no, my weakness
Drufle (GM)	If you do something that is really surprising, or interesting, or otherwise serves to push the story forward, I can give you Fortune. Anyway, that's all for today!
Drumun	alright then
Roy	nice
Drumun	hopefully sol shows up
Drufle (GM)	Next time, we'll mess around in this horrible cathedral some more.
Roy	we got a lotta books
Drumun	like, a ton of books
Drufle (GM)	A ton of books, yep.
Drumun	so many books
Drufle (GM)	Those are the primary loot on the first floor. Mostly because of the absurd number of incantations you got, including two rank 5 spells.
Drumun	we'll still check the last room
Drufle (GM)	Everyone can head out now.
Roy	ok bye
Drumun	alright then
H. Knight	byee
Drumun	see yaaa~