slim_bankshot: Igfig has the floor.
black_dynamite looks up
Igfig: You guys are an adventuring party.
Igfig: How do you all know each other?
Igfig: Also, Dave, since you don't have a backstory
Robot: I AM AN HEIRLOOM OF HYRRSKEGG'S FAMILY.
black_dynamite: Ah shit. I haven't choosen a background yet
Igfig: you woke up in a charred bush a while ago
Robot: OR WHATEVER YOU WANT.
Igfig: with no memory
Hyrrskegg: Dave, update your sheet, I changed Combat Superiority for Agility
Robot: ROGER
Robot: CHARRED BUSH IT IS
Igfig: now that Fortuna is here, OOC talk goes in the OOC chat
black_dynamite: Fuck it. I'll go without my back ground for now
Igfig: You need to figure out two things:
Igfig: A: How you all know each other and are now adventuring together, and B.
slim_bankshot: I don't think B_D's backstory will really come up this session
Igfig: what sort of adventure you would like to do now
Cynthia: sorry if this sounds douchy, but isn't that kind of your job to decide the adventure?
slim_bankshot: OK
Hyrrskegg: We were drinking buddies in a tavern, and heard a man's tale of a great treasure out in the forest
slim_bankshot: How about this, dudes
Igfig: That is true, and we do have some stuff
Cynthia: Yes, that
Hyrrskegg: so we go on a quest to find it
Igfig: but we don't know much about you guys
slim_bankshot: Hear me out guys
slim_bankshot: Cynthia
slim_bankshot: You WERE a singer in a rock band a year ago
slim_bankshot: But the evil, rock-hating elves bombed the shit out of that planet
slim_bankshot: You were killed, and just recently reincarnated
slim_bankshot: The others are helping you
Cynthia: ermm....
Robot: YOU FOUND ME IN A BUSH THIS AFTERNOON
Cynthia: that would make sense
Cynthia: because my back story takes place in a forest
black_dynamite: I'm here to avenge my brother's death
Cynthia: and ends with me walking into the forest through bushes
slim_bankshot: OK, I just made a mistake
Cynthia: I like hyrrskegg's idea
Igfig: okay, let's do that then
slim_bankshot: OK fine
Igfig: never mind the rock band stuff
black_dynamite: I'm here to avenge my brother's death
Robot: I HAVE NO DESIRE FOR TREASURE, BUT I HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO DO.
black_dynamite: And to remove drugs from the streets of [INSERT TOWN NAME HERE]
Igfig: sure, town name then
Cynthia: the town's name is Generic
Igfig: uhh.. South Horkon
Igfig: Generic was already a thing
Cynthia: Southern Generic?
black_dynamite: Ok then
black_dynamite: I am here to avenge my brother's death and remove drugs from the streets of South Horkon
Cynthia: Generic is a popular name, it means awesome in old gnomish
black_dynamite: Generic actually means "Shut up waffle they've already decided what it's called. Get back in OCC."
Igfig: so you were drinking in a tavern, and decided to go into the woods to find some treasure, avenge your brother, and-- wait, isn't this a Sondheim musical?
Igfig: anyway
Igfig: The thing about this forest
Igfig: and the reason that it's so well-known for treasure
Igfig: is because it's basically right on top of an old ruined city
Igfig: trees wrapped around houses, now
Igfig: vines crawling up the sides of towers
Igfig: roadways full of ferns
Igfig: it was ruined long ago, long enough that the forest is itself fairly old
slim_bankshot: But you can still tell it was once a glorious city
Igfig: the canopy is still pierced in places by soaring towers, and the roots themselves pierce great catacombs
Igfig: the river Cirenegon, it's said, finds its source in a huge ancient fountain that still flows somewhere in the heart of the city
Igfig: you'd think it would have been found by now, but the forest is, of course, inhabited by all manner of horrible beasts
Igfig: both natural, unnatural, and artificial
Igfig: remnants of the ancient civilization: the Chironbet.
Igfig: whose empire, it is said, once spanned the world.
Igfig: Anyhoozle
Igfig: you guys got a specific treasure in mind, or a specific location you want to look in, or what?
Igfig: A treasure map?
Hyrrskegg: We heard the treasure was in the very top of the tallest tower
Cynthia: The treasure we are looking for is the fortunes left behind by the final king
black_dynamite: Are we going to have a map this session?
Cynthia: or queen
black_dynamite: I'd also enjoy looking through the fortress
Igfig: An overall map of the forest?  Or just for the battles themselves?
Hyrrskegg: The last king, Aenys the Flatulent, stored all his treasure in the tallest tower of his keep
black_dynamite: well it'd be nice to have an intial map of the forest so we can decide where to go
Cynthia: I think a map of the forest would be useful, if the town is that big we might need it
Igfig: oh, hmm
Hyrrskegg: Wealth beyond imagining, with a slight stench to it
black_dynamite: Also, we still have 2 pages on the map
Igfig: that's okay
Cynthia: the second page could be for battles
Igfig: exactly
slim_bankshot: So, guys.
slim_bankshot: While ig finds a map
slim_bankshot: Around you, there are, as he said. Ferns, roots, trees, 
slim_bankshot: some skeletons
Cynthia: Can any of the plants be used for medicine?
Cynthia: 1d20+9 nature check
Fortuna: Cynthia, nature check: [7] = 16
slim_bankshot: And an old, illedgeable signpost
slim_bankshot: The fiddlehead ferns are edible if prepared right, otherwise, it's just tall grass and weeds
Hyrrskegg: How old are the skeletons?
Cynthia: Ahh well, we have plenty of food
slim_bankshot: Very
slim_bankshot: Also, watch out for poisonos plants
Cynthia: Is there any hope of deciphering the sign?
slim_bankshot: Not unless you speak rust
Cynthia: Maybe robot does
Robot: NEGATIVE
black_dynamite: I'm gonna do a perception check of our surroundings
black_dynamite: 1d20+7
Fortuna: black_dynamite, 1d20+7: [12] = 19
black_dynamite: For traps and stuff
slim_bankshot: What does that check for?
slim_bankshot: Ah
slim_bankshot: Well, to your left, you spot a large patch of poison ivy about 12 feet away
slim_bankshot: So, yaknow, stay away from that
Cynthia: Can I go pick some without getting it all over me?
black_dynamite: Hey Cynthia. Go check out those plants
black_dynamite: You guys don't know th is yet
black_dynamite: I need to tell you
Cynthia: (Then tell us please)
black_dynamite: Anything else slim?
slim_bankshot: There is a deep pit about 20 feet to the right of everyone
slim_bankshot: Which has a lose covering of naturally fallen dead plants
slim_bankshot: OR ARE THEY?!
Hyrrskegg: How far are we from the tower that the treasure is in?
black_dynamite: "hey guys. There's some poison ivy about 12 feet over"
Cynthia: I go over and pick some
black_dynamite: "And then there's a deep pit about 20 feet to the right
black_dynamite: "So yeah. Wathc out
Cynthia: "I could put this on the end of my arrow and cause some huge irritation with this"
slim_bankshot: And the ground you are on is somewhat soft
Hyrrskegg: "You know, I think they'd be a little more interested in the arrow in their flesh than the ivy's mild irritation."
slim_bankshot: As if a water source is trickling into it from a distant location
Cynthia: Yeah but then the poison ivy is in the wound
Cynthia: and I don't think I need to tell you how much that would hurt
black_dynamite: "It also seems like there's a water source coming in from a distant place"
Cynthia: Do you know which direction it's coming from?"
Hyrrskegg: "It would itch, but not all that bad. Like I said, arrowhead takes priority over mild irritant."
black_dynamite: Judging by slim's explanation, know. 
black_dynamite: No*
slim_bankshot: Yeah, that is all BD percieves
Cynthia: 1d20+9 perception check on direction of the river
Fortuna: Cynthia, perception check on direction of the river: [10] = 19
Cynthia: Do I see it
Cynthia: ?
black_dynamite: I didn't and I had a 19
black_dynamite: so probably not
Cynthia: Okay
Hyrrskegg: I ignore all these people looking around and head directly for Aenys' Tower
slim_bankshot: He's lookinff for the water source specifically, though
Cynthia: ((I thought we were in the forest away from it))
black_dynamite: Ah
Cynthia: ((we don't know which way it is))
Cynthia: Which is why I am checking for the river directoin, because that would mean it comes from the fountain, which is in the city
slim_bankshot: Cynthia, you notice that the ground slopes upward to the north, so the water must be coming from there
Cynthia: It's coming from the north, so the city must be that way
Cynthia: (I don't think we should go anywhere, until igfig get's the map)
black_dynamite: Perception check to see if there's anythign at the bottom of the pit to the right
slim_bankshot: The ground ahead is very mossy, but there might be something under it
black_dynamite: 1d20+7
Fortuna: black_dynamite, 1d20+7: [9] = 16
Robot: WALK NORTH
slim_bankshot: B_D
black_dynamite: Slim, Did I not see anything about the moss?
slim_bankshot: You see that, upon closer inspection,
slim_bankshot: SOMEONE DUG THAT PIT!
slim_bankshot: You just saw moss
black_dynamite: DUN DUN DUN DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN
Igfig: may still be a few more minutes for that map
slim_bankshot: The loses, seemingly natural covering is hiding a pit trap!
Cynthia: can we move along then?
black_dynamite: Can I see anything at the bottom of the pit?
Hyrrskegg: Let's just ignore the pit and go north.
Cynthia: "doesn't look like there is anything else to see here, other then that sign, let's hope it's not the answer to some ancient riddle waiting ahead"
slim_bankshot: A dead man with a large bag. But you are ignoring him
slim_bankshot: Apparently
Cynthia: "So let's head north"
black_dynamite: Ok. I ignore him
black_dynamite: I walk ahead and test the moss with my foot carefully
black_dynamite: only one foot
Hyrrskegg: Well, if BD sees the old man, he can call out to us to tell us to stop
black_dynamite: "Hey guys. There's a dead guy with a sack at the bottom of this pit
slim_bankshot: Hey man you said move on
Cynthia: "Really now?"
Hyrrskegg: That was before you said there was a dude
Cynthia: How deep is the pit?
slim_bankshot: How tall is the tallest PC here?
black_dynamite: Slim. What would I roll to try and get the sack with my grappling hook?
Cynthia: I'm 6' 3''
Hyrrskegg: I'm a dwarf
Cynthia: I think I'm tallest
slim_bankshot: It's about 3' over your head
Cynthia: Well that isn't too bad
slim_bankshot: Deep-ish
Cynthia: "Are there spikes at the bottom of the pit?"
black_dynamite: I can attempt to lower you down with my grappling hook
Cynthia: (to black)
Hyrrskegg: Tie a rope around me and lower me down, I'll get it
black_dynamite: What would I roll for that slim?
slim_bankshot: Uhh....
Cynthia: Yeah, let's lower Hyrrsk down, he is lightest
Hyrrskegg: Well, I don't know about that
Cynthia: How much do you weigh?
Hyrrskegg: I'm a dwarf, which means I'm short, but stocky.
slim_bankshot: Checking...
Igfig: Thievery deals with clever use of ropes, like grappling hooks
Igfig: Strength fo picking people up
black_dynamite: Alright
slim_bankshot: So str for lowering
slim_bankshot: Actually, add dex and str
black_dynamite: Shoudl I lower myself or someone else?
slim_bankshot: Dex if you, str if someone else
Cynthia: "How much do you weigh Hyrss?"
Hyrrskegg: Lower yourself, and use me to hold the rope so you don't fall
Cynthia: Well you know it's only 3 feet lower higher then me
Robot: I AM STRONG ENOUGH
Hyrrskegg: "That's not a very polite question."
Cynthia: I could lower myself with the edge of the hole
Cynthia: then fall the three feet
black_dynamite: Cynthia
black_dynamite: I'm going to lower you
Cynthia: Grab the bag, throw it up, then use the rope to climb ou
Cynthia: out*
black_dynamite: with the grappling hook
Cynthia: I don't know, I weigh 17-- 130 
Cynthia: I don't think the rope is that strong
black_dynamite: Slim?
Cynthia: I could just lower myself down
Robot: THAT IS WHAT A ROPE IS MADE FOR
slim_bankshot: Yeah?
Cynthia: (I actually weigh 175, but you don't know that)
Hyrrskegg: I grow impatient, and push Cynthia in the hole
slim_bankshot: Cynthia dex save
Cynthia: 1d20+1
Fortuna: Cynthia, 1d20+1: [1] = 2
Cynthia: shit
black_dynamite: Cynthia dies
slim_bankshot: Cynthia 
Cynthia: wait it was +2
Cynthia: so 3
Cynthia: that's a bit better
Cynthia: ehhhh?
slim_bankshot: Falls headfirst into the pit and fractures her skull
Cynthia: OH GOD THE PAIN
black_dynamite: Looks like I gotta go down there
Cynthia: (how much damage did I take?)
black_dynamite: Dex to lower myself right?
Hyrrskegg: I'll hold the rope
slim_bankshot: Also a rusted iron spike pierces her thigh
black_dynamite: 1d20+3 dex to lower
Fortuna: black_dynamite, dex to lower: [18] = 21
black_dynamite: WOOOOOOOOOO
Cynthia: Dammit I asked if there were spikes in there
black_dynamite: I'm lowering myself just so you know
slim_bankshot: B_D expertly repels down the side of the pit.
black_dynamite: I hooked the grappling hook on the edge of the pit and lowered myself down 
black_dynamite: Awesome
black_dynamite: I tend to cynthia first
black_dynamite: 1d20+2 heal
Fortuna: black_dynamite, heal: [17] = 19
slim_bankshot: landing next to Cynthia who is bloody and in need of a tetanus shot
Cynthia: 1d20+11 for first aid on my leg
Fortuna: Cynthia, for first aid on my leg: [20] = 31
Cynthia: (never mind I forgot i landed on my head)
slim_bankshot: OK, I don't know how the healing works, so OK.
Cynthia: (guess that makes sense too, haha)
Cynthia: That was a really good roll though
slim_bankshot: The fresh blood, however.
black_dynamite: How about I fix her up enough that she's able to climb up via the rope
slim_bankshot: Attracted things
slim_bankshot: Sure
black_dynamite: Alright
slim_bankshot: Act fast
Cynthia: Heal my head so I can mend my leg
black_dynamite: Unaware of the things approaching, I check the bag
slim_bankshot: The soft ground is moving
Hyrrskegg: Who notices this?
black_dynamite: Cynthia, you climbed up the rope
Cynthia: Roll for passive perception?
Cynthia: "hguggllggg"
black_dynamite: You don't roll for passive
Cynthia: I mean he rolls for us
Cynthia: to see if we notice
black_dynamite: Alright, so because I don't know about the things approaching
slim_bankshot: The bag has a few basic supplies. Water, a small knife, some soylent green, and an official looking envalope
black_dynamite: I check the bag
black_dynamite: Awesome
black_dynamite: I take it all
black_dynamite: Actually
Cynthia: I manage to sputter out "m... mnddd hllppnng?"
black_dynamite: I check the envelope before putting it away
black_dynamite: CYNTHIA YOU ARE UP THE ROPE
Cynthia: I AM ON THE GROUND WITH A FRACTURED SKULL
Cynthia: I SURE AS HELL CAN'T CLIMB MY SELF
black_dynamite: You climbed up after i mended you skull and you mended your leg
slim_bankshot: The envalope has a few large pieces of paper
Hyrrskegg: I pull out my big axe and get ready for whatever is about to attack us
Cynthia: oh hey you did mend my head
slim_bankshot: They are in another language
Cynthia: okay I climb up the rope
Cynthia: What language?
black_dynamite: I put it away anyway
slim_bankshot: But even you understand what $ means
black_dynamite: Because it might be important
Cynthia: "Let me see, I might be able to see what language it is"
black_dynamite: "Hey guys! I found money!"
slim_bankshot: You recognize the symbol
black_dynamite: Cynthia, you're out of the pit so you don't know about this yet
slim_bankshot: No idea what context it is being used in
Cynthia: I climbed out after you looked into the bag
Cynthia: So I saw the letter
slim_bankshot: Also, things are starting to come out of the ground
black_dynamite: In the pit or out of the pit?
Cynthia: I draw my sword
slim_bankshot: A large centipede crawls out of the dead guys skull
Cynthia: EEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWW
slim_bankshot: In the pit
black_dynamite: Ah shit
slim_bankshot: More bugs begin to come out of the dirt
black_dynamite: "Put up your fists you jive turkeys"
slim_bankshot: Attracted to the blood
black_dynamite: I ready my fists
slim_bankshot: Now is the time to tuck your pants into your socks
black_dynamite: Can I manage to climb back up the rope?
Cynthia: I do just that
slim_bankshot: Another, python sized centipede begins to surface
Cynthia: (My character can't stand bugs)
black_dynamite: You're not in the pit cynthia this doesn't concern you
Cynthia: That does mean I can't see it
Cynthia: if it is that big
Cynthia: Does not mean
Cynthia: *
black_dynamite: Alright. Can I punch it?
black_dynamite: And how much money was in the envelope?
slim_bankshot: And large, tapeworm like things thrash out of the earth
slim_bankshot: It wasn't actually money
black_dynamite: Ah
Cynthia: Can I tell my animal companion jump in and fight the bugs with black?
Hyrrskegg: is this all down in the pit?
black_dynamite: Am I able to make it to the rope and climb up?
slim_bankshot: Just papers that had something to do with money
slim_bankshot: Yes, you are
black_dynamite: Alright
black_dynamite: What do I roll to climb up?
slim_bankshot: str
black_dynamite: 1d20+3 to climb up
Fortuna: black_dynamite, to climb up: [7] = 10
black_dynamite: Ah shit
Cynthia: 1d20+7 preform to assist
Fortuna: Cynthia, preform to assist: [3] = 10
Cynthia: double shit
Igfig: okay guys, sorry, I have not been able to find any good forest maps
slim_bankshot: You climb up. but the massive insect grabs onto your leg
black_dynamite: Ah shit
slim_bankshot: Another asist to drag him out
Igfig: I even looked in my old Dungeon magazines, couldn't find muh there either
slim_bankshot: Hyrr
black_dynamite: "Ah! Help!"
Robot: STRENGTH TO ASSIST 1D20+4
Robot: 1D20+4 STR
Fortuna: Robot, STR: [16] = 20
Hyrrskegg: yes?
black_dynamite: "Thank you large metal machine!"
slim_bankshot: Robot grabs your arms and whips you up, accidentally throwing you and the centipede high in the air
Robot: THIS ONE IS CALLED DAVE
Cynthia: 1d20+9 nature for how the fuck did they get that big
Fortuna: Cynthia, nature for how the fuck did they get that big: [3] = 12
black_dynamite: "Thank you dave!"
slim_bankshot: Hyrr, you hear something behind you
black_dynamite: Can I see what's behind him?
Hyrrskegg: I readied for enemies, so I turn and hit it in the face
slim_bankshot: OK. Roll for a surprise attck
slim_bankshot: What would that be?
black_dynamite: It's a standard action
slim_bankshot: OK
black_dynamite: You can only perform standards during a surprise round that is
Hyrrskegg: Is it right up on me, or do I have to charge it?
slim_bankshot: Well, just make it an attack roll
Hyrrskegg: alright
slim_bankshot: Right fucking behind you
Hyrrskegg: 1d20+7
Fortuna: Hyrrskegg, 1d20+7: [8] = 15
slim_bankshot: Hit.
Hyrrskegg: Howling Strike
Hyrrskegg: 1d12+1d6+6
Fortuna: Hyrrskegg, 1d12+1d6+6: [7, 5] = 18
black_dynamite: Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn
slim_bankshot: Hyrrskegg spins around without seeing his target, stabbing forward and thrusting his blade through the skull of the R.O.U.S.
Cynthia: What is that?
Hyrrskegg: It's an axe
slim_bankshot: Which was attracted by the commotion
slim_bankshot: You chop then
black_dynamite: Really obnoxious Unicorn skull?
Cynthia: rodent of unusual size
black_dynamite: Ah
slim_bankshot: Yes cynthia
slim_bankshot: WOO references!
Hyrrskegg: I'm guessing it's dead?
slim_bankshot: VERILY!
slim_bankshot: Yes, yes it is.
Hyrrskegg: free action
black_dynamite: I want to punch something in the face
slim_bankshot: You cleaved it's skull in 2
Hyrrskegg: Do I get a free action or was that it?
black_dynamite: That's it
slim_bankshot: I guess. To do what?
slim_bankshot: Oh.
Hyrrskegg: Roar of Triumph
black_dynamite: Standards only on surprise
slim_bankshot: B_D
black_dynamite: w
slim_bankshot: The centipede is on many hind legs, staring at you hungrily
Cynthia: do we need to roll init for the giant bugs?
slim_bankshot: No
black_dynamite: Alright
slim_bankshot: They are just bugs
slim_bankshot: BD gets this one though
black_dynamite: I'M GOING TO PUNCH IT IN THE FACE
Cynthia: In that case I order my wolf to attack it with animal attack
Cynthia: oh
Cynthia: aww
black_dynamite: melee basic to hit it
black_dynamite: 1d20+7 attk
Fortuna: black_dynamite, attk: [20] = 27
slim_bankshot: It shrieks at you
black_dynamite: WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
slim_bankshot: Hit
black_dynamite: FUCKING CRIT
black_dynamite: He takes 13 damage
black_dynamite: In additon to that
black_dynamite: I'll use stone fist fury of blows as a free action
black_dynamite: Trigger- You hit with an attack during your turn Effect: The target takes damage equal 3+STR mod. If the target wasn't targeted by the triggering attack the damage increases by 2. 
black_dynamite: So he takes an addition 6 damage
black_dynamite: 19 damage total
slim_bankshot: You punch through its head and into the body of the centipede, then, using it's entire body as a whip or flail of some kind, you slam it against the ground
slim_bankshot: Repeatedly
black_dynamite: Ah yeah
slim_bankshot: It is dead
slim_bankshot: Hyrr
slim_bankshot:  5 XP for killing the rat
Hyrrskegg: Slim
slim_bankshot: BD. 3 for the bug
slim_bankshot: Eh?
Cynthia: I didn't think we used XP
black_dynamite_chorous: DY-NO-MITE
black_dynamite_chorous: DY-NO-MITE
Hyrrskegg: Yeah, I thought we just kinda leveled up when Ig said so
slim_bankshot: Oh
slim_bankshot: OK nevermind
black_dynamite: Let's do XP
black_dynamite: I like it better
Cynthia: I don't really like it that much
Cynthia: I hate tracking XP
Hyrrskegg: I'd rather not, I have something like 2250 until level 3
Robot: IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME
slim_bankshot: Forget about the XP
Robot: MY SHEET IS READONLY
Cynthia: BEEP
slim_bankshot: Why does the robot only yell?
Robot: I AM NOT YELLING
Robot: MY VOICE HAS NO INFLECTION
slim_bankshot 4access robot terminal and adjust output volume
Robot: AND IS MERELY LOud...
Hyrrskegg: He doesn't have up-to-date vocalizers
Robot: ...
Igfig: okay, I'm back now.  Still didn't find any forest map, but found some other things for later perhaps
Igfig: sorry for the colossal delay
Thorn_the_Gnoll: Hey Igfig, I think I'm finished, here is my sheet.
Thorn_the_Gnoll: http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=300807
slim_bankshot: Well, we've been getting by
slim_bankshot: Right guys?
black_dynamite: Yes we have
black_dynamite: We've been doing badass stuff
slim_bankshot: Cynthia still needs a tentanus shot. Probably
Cynthia: 1d20+11 first aid on that damn wound
Fortuna: Cynthia, first aid on that damn wound: [11] = 22
slim_bankshot: You no longer need a shot
Cynthia: (I love my healing mod)
Cynthia: Are there any bugs left?
black_dynamite: Yes. YOu
Cynthia: Oh no you di'int
Hyrrskegg: Damn, I thought you'd benefit from a case of Lockjaw
slim_bankshot: Guys, I'm gonna take 5. 
slim_bankshot: Ig is gonna read up a bit then take over
Robot: BURN
Cynthia: okay
slim_bankshot: I need to get some fresh air
Igfig: Okay, did you kill all the bugs and stuff down here?
black_dynamite: The stuff down in the pit isn't dead
Hyrrskegg: We've killed one bug and a large rat
black_dynamite: But it can't get up either
Hyrrskegg: there are a bunch of bugs
black_dynamite: Except for the giant centipede perhaps
slim_bankshot: The pit is still full of nasty squirmy things
Cynthia: Let's light a few sticks on fire and throw it in the pit
Cynthia: burn the bugs to death
slim_bankshot: They cannot get out though
Cynthia: Can I do that?
Igfig: Sure, you can do that Cynthia
Cynthia: Okay, I gather a few sticks lying around the clearing
Hyrrskegg: If they're not a danger, I say just leave them.
Cynthia: then put them in a bundle by the side of the pit
Cynthia: light them on fire with my flint and steel
Cynthia: then push them in 
Cynthia: Burn bugs
Igfig: You start a fire and kick it into the pit
Igfig: You hear lots of scuttling noises, what might be the insect equivalent of coughing
Igfig: and then digging noises
black_dynamite: "Cynthia, given what happened last time, I suggest you don't stand on the edge of a pit full of fire"
Cynthia: I step back quickly
Hyrrskegg smiles
Cynthia: "I think the bugs are digging out to attack us"
Igfig: Nature check?
Cynthia: I ready my sword for when one appears
Hyrrskegg: "Then let's get out of here before they do."
Cynthia: 1d20+9 nature check
Fortuna: Cynthia, nature check: [11] = 20
black_dynamite: All of us ig?
Igfig: nah, just cynht
Igfig: cynth
Igfig: Nah, you don't think they're coming up
Cynthia: Alrighty
Cynthia: Let's head north then
Igfig: looks like they're trying to get away
black_dynamite: Alright
Igfig: they're aggressive, but not that aggressivr
black_dynamite: I move ahead and check the moss with one foot
Igfig: all right
Cynthia: (That was the direction that the river was coming from, which comes from the fountain, which is in the town)
Igfig: Or so the legends say, at least.
Cynthia: oh right that reminds me
Hyrrskegg: Or it could just be a random river
Igfig: The moss is dark green and springy to the touch
black_dynamite: Anything strange about it?
Cynthia: 1d20+8 history is the legend reliable?
Fortuna: Cynthia, history is the legend reliable?: [10] = 18
black_dynamite: I had a 19 perception check earlier that showed me the pit and poison ivy
Igfig: looks like it's growing over some old cobblestones in the ground
Igfig: possibly an ancient road, even
black_dynamite: "Guys. I found what looks to be the road to town"
Cynthia: It could lead anywhere
Cynthia: A city this big has to have had several paths going in and out and sideways and everywhere
Igfig: It appears to lead northeast and southwest
Hyrrskegg: Oh, the ancient road could lead anywhere, but this random bit of water certainly leads to the city's fountain?
Cynthia: Maybe not
Igfig: oh, you have no idea
Cynthia: (I did a history check to see if the legend of the fountain river was reliable)
Igfig: how the hell would you know if the legend is reliable?
Igfig: You haven't been there.
Cynthia: I read through plenty of books in my time
Robot: LET US MOVE FORWARD WITH VIGOR
black_dynamite: Cynthia had a 19 perception check on where the water was coming from
Cynthia: Maybe I encountered a different story
Cynthia: oh yeah, and that too
Robot: AND STOP THIS POINTLESS BICKERING
Robot: I STRIDE FORWARD WITH CONFIDENCE
Igfig: You've just heard the same story
Hyrrskegg: I follow Robot
Igfig: Is there a river here?
black_dynamite: I follow the robot
Cynthia: Okay
Cynthia: Yes
Cynthia: It comes from the north down a hill
Cynthia: Hmmm
black_dynamite: There was water trickling down the hill I think
Igfig: Well, that's where the water is comign from then
Cynthia: Then I say we follow the legend!
Cynthia: It's the only clue we have
Robot: I FOLLOW THE RIVER
black_dynamite: "Should we follow the road or river guys?"
Cynthia: Hold on
Robot: SILENCE
Cynthia: I order my wolf to go check over the hill
Robot: I FOLLOW THE RIVER
Igfig: the wolf goes up and looks over the hill
Igfig: DAVE follows.
Cynthia: "What do you see?" to my wolf
Hyrrskegg: We could follow the river, based on an ancient legend which may or may not be true, or we can follow the road that is obviously ancient
Igfig: actually, dave goes first, but the wolf moves faster overall
Igfig: The river--more of a stream, really, winds off into the woods
Cynthia: Okay I say we flip a gold piece
Cynthia: Heads, we go for the river
Cynthia: (1 is heads)
Cynthia: 1d2
Fortuna: Cynthia, 1d2: [2] = 2
Cynthia: TO THE PATH
Cynthia: North east along the path then?
Igfig: All in agreement?
black_dynamite: Sure
Robot: I AGREE WITH THE MAJORITY
Cynthia: Then tally ho!
Cynthia: I start walking north east
Cynthia: But I tell my wolf to keep a bit ahead so he can tell us of incoming danger
Igfig: Okay, you head northeast along the ancient road, and that
Igfig: .
Igfig: It goes fairly straight for a while, turns north, goes a bit further
Igfig: and ends
Igfig: at a rather deep gorge
Cynthia: Did the river lead here?
Cynthia: Since the river went north and all
black_dynamite: Can we see the bottom of the gorge?
black_dynamite: Or get across?
Igfig: At the bottom is a river, quite a bit larger and faster-moving than the previous one
Igfig: Looks like the road continues on the far side of the gorge
black_dynamite: "Any of you turkey's up for a swim?"
Cynthia: Is there a bridge?
Cynthia: 1d20+9 for bridge
Fortuna: Cynthia, for bridge: [16] = 25
black_dynamite: Cynthia
black_dynamite: A-Are you doing a perception check for a fucking bridge?
Igfig: There probably was one, once, but---oh, yeah, there it is.  Down in the gorge.  Just big rocks, now.
Robot: BRIDGES DO NOT WORK THAT WAY
Hyrrskegg: How deep is the river?
Cynthia: "Maybe we can hop across the rocks?"
Igfig: Making the river into treacherous rapids for a good long ways downstream
Cynthia: "I don't want to get my clothes wet"
Igfig: you can't be too sure from up here
black_dynamite: how far across is it to the other side?
Igfig: but it's deep enough that you could swim, or that a tall person could just wade it
Cynthia: How tall?
Cynthia: about... 6' 5''?
Hyrrskegg: it doesn't matter, it's all the way at the bottom of the gorge
Igfig: it's about 80 feet or so across, and about as high
black_dynamite: How long is my grappling hook?
Cynthia: 50 ft. rope
Igfig: no idea
black_dynamite: Well shit
Igfig: there you go
black_dynamite: What about off to the sides?
black_dynamite: Anything th ere?
Hyrrskegg: I have rope too, you can tie it together and throw it across?
black_dynamite: Oh hey yeah!
Cynthia: It would be really difficult to throw 100 ft. of rope any where
Robot: I DO NOT NEED BREATH
Robot: I CAN WALK ACROOS THE BOTTOM
Cynthia: HEY HE IS RIGHT
Robot: AND TIE YOUR ROPE ON THE OTHER SIDE
Cynthia: "Robot can you tie this rope around the oth- yeah"
black_dynamite: Guys'
black_dynamite: You seem to be forgetting that it is a DEEP gorge
Cynthia: Nothing is too deep for robot
Hyrrskegg: he said 80 ft
Bashal: Across.
black_dynamite: 80 feet across
Robot: 80 FEET IS THE WIDTH OF THE RIVER
Igfig: no, the gorge is 80 feet
Hyrrskegg: and the same distance high
black_dynamite: Oh
black_dynamite: How far across?
Hyrrskegg: the same
Hyrrskegg: 80 across, 80 deep
Igfig: the river itself is more like 40 feet
black_dynamite: Damn
Cynthia: Crap
black_dynamite: Igfig
Cynthia: Maybe we can hop across the rocks over there?
black_dynamite: What about the sides?
black_dynamite: What's that way?
Hyrrskegg: We can lower Dave down, he can walk across the bottom, and climb up?
Hyrrskegg: we'd just need one more length of rope
Igfig: Off to the left, some scrubby trees cling to the gorge's walls.  To the right, a precarious-looking rock projects about a quarter of the way across the space.
Cynthia: and to make sure the current doesn't knock out the knot in the ropes
black_dynamite: I go to the right
black_dynamite: And test the rock with my foot
black_dynamite: Anticipating a fall
Igfig: Right is downstream, by the way
Cynthia: I still think we should just hop across the rocks
Igfig: all right
Igfig: the rock feels fairly solid for now
black_dynamite: I take a risk and put my other foot on there
Igfig: The stone continues to hold firm
Hyrrskegg: What if we go on the outcropping, me and Dave stand on the end, and Black Dynamite takes a running start, jumps, and we help throw him across the gorge, while he has the rope tied around him?
Cynthia: Maybe we should have robot test it out
black_dynamite: I slowly walk out to the edge
black_dynamite: Grappling hook at the ready incase I fall
Igfig: acrobatics check for balance?
black_dynamite: 1d20+9
Fortuna: black_dynamite, 1d20+9: [14] = 23
slim_bankshot: I return.
black_dynamite: Welcome back
Igfig: A little more than halfway across, you put your foot down with a little more force than usual and feel something shift beneath you
black_dynamite: We are trying to cross an 80 foot gorge
Robot: (athletics covers clib=mbing right?
Igfig: you freeze
Igfig: it does, yeah
black_dynamite: "FREEZE!"
Cynthia: I motion for him to come back"
Cynthia: um, without the "
Hyrrskegg: "Throw me and end of your rope!"
Igfig: Feels like the rock gets more unsteady near the end
black_dynamite: I pay no attenion because I'm about to die
Lucas_Strongbow: Just here to observe, was busy tonight
black_dynamite: Alright. I slowly lower myself to my stomach
black_dynamite: So my weight is spread across
black_dynamite: and slowly attempt to inch forward
Cynthia: "Throw your rope over so we can catch you if you fall"
Igfig: nother acrobatics check, bd
Robot: I walk to the edge of the outcropping, lie down, and extend my hand.
black_dynamite: 1d20+9
Fortuna: black_dynamite, 1d20+9: [7] = 16
Igfig: you're on your way back?
black_dynamite: Fuuuuuuuu
black_dynamite: No
black_dynamite: I'm inching my way further to the edge on my stomach
Robot: YOU ARE IN DANGER
black_dynamite: DANGER BLACK DYNAMITE DANGER
Hyrrskegg: "Dave, pull him back."
Igfig: you hear a grinding noise, and sink a bit further
Robot: I CANNOT REACH
Igfig: Dave rises
Igfig: just a few inches each
Igfig: but it's disconcerting
Igfig: also, terrifying
Robot: BLACK DYNAMITE, YOU MUST RETURN
black_dynamite: Alright How far out am I?
Igfig: about two thirds of the way, so fifteen feet or so
Cynthia: Dynamite you should listen to him, you're probably going to fall
black_dynamite: Alright
black_dynamite: I'm going to attempt to hook my grappling hook on the other side
black_dynamite: roll dex?
Igfig: Untrained Theivery, so yes
black_dynamite: 1d20+3 dex
Fortuna: black_dynamite, dex: [13] = 16
Igfig: also, another acrobatics for bala
Igfig: nce
black_dynamite: 1d20+9 balance
Fortuna: black_dynamite, balance: [17] = 26
Igfig: Your hook does, in fact, catch on something
Igfig: on the other side
black_dynamite: I pull firmly on the rope to see if it'll hold
Igfig: it does, and despite your shifting weight the stone stays in place
black_dynamite: Alright. I slide off the edge of the rock and, holding onto the rope, swing across to the other side
black_dynamite: What do I roll
Igfig: ahhh
Igfig: well, first of all
Cynthia: acrobatics?
Hyrrskegg: Thanks for helping us cross too, jerk
Igfig: Dave, make an Acrobatics check
Cynthia: yeah what about us
Robot: 1d20+3
Fortuna: Robot, 1d20+3: [2] = 5
Cynthia: haha
Cynthia: robots aren't very good jumpers
black_dynamite: I'll look for something on the other side
black_dynamite: "DAVE! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"
black_dynamite: Cue random overhead helicopter
Igfig: BD slides off the end, making the entire rock shift heavily down at his end, and up at Dave's
Igfig: as you go over the edge, the end flicks back up, Dave goes back down, and there's a rumble
Igfig: and then a crash
Igfig: yeah, make that acrobatics BD
black_dynamite: 1d20+9 acro
Fortuna: black_dynamite, acro: [11] = 20
Igfig: You swing handily toward the other side
black_dynamite: "WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE"
black_dynamite: Alright. Str to climb up now?
Igfig: AS THE ROCK STARTS TO CRUMBLE AND SLIDE INTO THE GORGE
Cynthia: DAVE NOOOO
Hyrrskegg: I throw Dave my rope!
Igfig: DAVE OH SHIT MAKE AN ATHLETICS CHECK TO CATHC YOURSELF
Hyrrskegg: er, an end of it
Cynthia: DAAAVVEEEEE
Robot: 1d20+9
Fortuna: Robot, 1d20+9: [14] = 23
Cynthia: phew
Igfig: PHEW
Igfig: er, phew
Robot: DAVE IS ALRIGHT
Cynthia: Dave is awesome
Robot: PLEASE HELP DAVE
Cynthia: I'm not strong enough!
Cynthia: Hyrrssjfdalfbjalf Help him!
Hyrrskegg: Like I said, I throw him an end of my rope
Igfig: You slide down a few metres, but grab hold of a spur of rock with one hand
Igfig: hanging over the abyss
black_dynamite: In deep speech, I yell out "Someone help him!"
Igfig: the rope dangles next to Dave
Robot: Dave grabs the rope
Igfig: How strong are you, Hyrr?
Hyrrskegg: 18
black_dynamite: Now what do we roll to climb up the rope?
Robot: I weigh 280
Cynthia: crap
Hyrrskegg: I'm a dwarf, which means it's hard to push or pull or slide me
Hyrrskegg: and I weight 240
Hyrrskegg: weigh*
black_dynamite: Pssst!
Igfig: Dave weighs 280... you can just hold his weight, but you're not sure about if he starts climbing
black_dynamite: You guys pull the rope together
Cynthia: I grab on and support Hyrrskegg
Robot: TEAMWORK IS THE KEY
black_dynamite: Just throwing that out there
Igfig: all right
Cynthia: my strength is only 12 though
Hyrrskegg: What do I use to pull him up? Endurance? Athletics?
Cynthia: and my wolf grabs on and helps hold on too
Cynthia: his str is 16
Igfig: Athletics, yes
Robot: 1d20+9
Fortuna: Robot, 1d20+9: [3] = 12
Hyrrskegg: 1d20+9
Fortuna: Hyrrskegg, 1d20+9: [6] = 15
Igfig: Aid Another from Cynthia,  the wolf, and dave
Igfig: er, hrygg
Robot: is that +2?
black_dynamite: Cymthia, that wolf is strong as fuck
Igfig: that's +2, yeah
Cynthia: 1d20+5
Fortuna: Cynthia, 1d20+5: [11] = 16
Cynthia: yeah I know
Robot: so 18 total
Igfig: that's another
Cynthia: do I have to roll for the wolf?
Robot: obviously
Igfig: if the wolf is helping
Cynthia: 1d20+6
Fortuna: Cynthia, 1d20+6: [4] = 10
Igfig: The wolf is not good at helping
Igfig: he has no hands
Robot: 16 tital
Hyrrskegg: he's pulling with his teeth, it's hard for him
Cynthia: Poor guy
Igfig: Hrmm
Igfig: You get Dave up enough to get a purchase on the wall with one foot
Igfig: but he is heavy as metal
Igfig: which he is
black_dynamite: How much does it cost?
Cynthia: BD sing or rap or something!
Hyrrskegg: We aren't selling Dave
Cynthia: Preform assist!
Igfig: Have another go at that climb, Dave
Robot: 1d20+9
Fortuna: Robot, 1d20+9: [15] = 24
black_dynamite: I'm talking Jive to him
Igfig: Perform help, Cynthia?
Igfig: rolll that
Igfig: and Hyrr?
Cynthia: 1d20+7
Fortuna: Cynthia, 1d20+7: [6] = 13
black_dynamite: "Black Dynamite knows you can do this metal man named Dave!"
Robot: I AM INSPIRED BY THIS SO-CALLED JIVE
Hyrrskegg: I haven't figured up Perform ye
Hyrrskegg: t
Cynthia: Dex mod + 5
Robot: TRY PULLING ON THE ROPE
Cynthia: OH RIGHT
Igfig: the pulling him up
Hyrrskegg: I just pull the rope more
Cynthia: 1d20+5 pulling
Fortuna: Cynthia, pulling: [5] = 10
Cynthia: 1d20+6 wolf pull
Fortuna: Cynthia, wolf pull: [7] = 13
Igfig: cynthia, you played yhe music already
Hyrrskegg: 1d20+9
Fortuna: Hyrrskegg, 1d20+9: [16] = 25
black_dynamite: DAVE! NOOOOOOOOO!
Cynthia: oh right
Cynthia: well add wolf pull
Igfig: With a mightier effort from Dave and Hyrr, and also music an words of encouragement, Dave is finally pull-climbed to safety.
Cynthia: Yay!
Cynthia: Now how do we get over?
Igfig: BD remains on a rope on the far wall.
Cynthia: can we chop down some trees and make a bridge?
Igfig: Might take some time.
black_dynamite: Ig
Igfig: Yeah?
Robot: brb
Cynthia: Yeah, it would take too long
black_dynamite: I roll STR to climb right?
Igfig: Athletics to climb, yeah
black_dynamite: 1d20+9 athletics
Fortuna: black_dynamite, athletics: [14] = 23
Igfig: Yeah, you get up just fine.
black_dynamite: Awesome
black_dynamite: I pick my grappling hook up and look around
black_dynamite: What do I see on this here other side
Igfig: More trees!
Cynthia: YAY
black_dynamite: Awesome
Igfig: Also, what looks like it was once a three-story building of some pale stone
black_dynamite: Can I tell what type of tree's they are?
Igfig: round and fairly wide
Igfig: like a low tower
Hyrrskegg: "BD! Help us cross!"
black_dynamite: I'm gonna perception check on the building
Igfig: the top level has collapsed, though
black_dynamite: 1d20+7
Fortuna: black_dynamite, 1d20+7: [1] = 8
black_dynamite: Booooo
Igfig: and you think it might be full of yogurt
black_dynamite: "I'm going to check this building for anything that can help!
black_dynamite: "It might be full of yogurt!"
black_dynamite: Alright
Robot: I DO NOT THINK THAT IS CORRECT.
Cynthia: This isn't the time for yogurt!
black_dynamite: Actually
black_dynamite: How far away is the building?
black_dynamite: And are there any small rocks on the ground?
Hyrrskegg: "Get back here you jive turkey!"
Igfig: About fifty metres in
Igfig: Hey Slim, what's in the house?  I'll keep with the folks trying to cross.
Igfig: or vice versa if you prefer
Cynthia: down in ooc?
Igfig: possibly
black_dynamite: I'd also like to know if there are any small rocks or pebbles around me?
Robot: is slim even here?
Igfig: I thought he was
black_dynamite: He's idle
Igfig: maybe he's doingsomething else
Igfig: Slim_Bankshot
slim_bankshot: I was waiting for a split
Igfig: ooh, ligthning and thunder outside
black_dynamite: Alright
Cynthia: igfig, you are only 2 hours away from me
black_dynamite: I take it me and slim are going into OCC
Cynthia: we have the same weather
Igfig: really?  Neat.
Igfig: ANYWAY
slim_bankshot: OOC it is
Igfig: You folks who are crossing over with John Henry
Cynthia: huh?
Igfig: (that's the name of that seance show, in't it?)
Cynthia: I don't know
Hyrrskegg: "Dave, shoot your rocket fist across and grab a tree."
Cynthia: "Dave has a rocket fist?"
Robot: I HAVE NO SUCH FUNCTION
Cynthia: Dang
Igfig: Oops, John Edwards
Hyrrskegg: Eh, it was worth a try
Cynthia: maybe we should cut down some trees
Cynthia: and build a make shift bridge
Igfig: You can actually get a rocket fist at level 11
Cynthia: HOLY SHIT
Igfig: there's a paragon path
Hyrrskegg: How tall are the trees nearby?
Cynthia: It's a fairly old forest
Cynthia: I'll check
Cynthia: 1d20+9 nature for tree hight
Fortuna: Cynthia, nature for tree hight: [11] = 20
Cynthia: (I just like rolling for stuff is all)
Igfig: oh screw that, the self-forged prestige class isn't availble to warforged
Igfig: maybe there's a component somewhere
Igfig: anywah
Igfig: The trees are fairly tall
Igfig: but not neary 80 feet
Hyrrskegg: 80+?
Hyrrskegg: aww
Robot: SHALL I CLIMB DOWN TO THE RIVER AND CROSS?
Hyrrskegg: Yeah, that sounds good. I tie the end of my rope around Dave's waist
Cynthia: Are they 40 ft?
Robot: 50 ft each
Igfig: Bout 60 feet, mostly
Cynthia: Wait guys, let's not go diving into rivers here
Cynthia: Perfect!
Hyrrskegg: Cynthia, do you have one?
Hyrrskegg: a river?
Hyrrskegg: not rive
Hyrrskegg: r
Hyrrskegg: a rope
Cynthia: If we chop two down we can make a bridge
Igfig: you are the best druid
Bashal: Aren't you a druid?
Robot: THAT WOULD TAKE A VERY LONG TIME
black_dynamite: I yell across "Cynthia carries a spare river at all times"
Cynthia: YOU ARE A ROBOT! YOU LIVE FOR A LONG TIME
Hyrrskegg: WHY IS EVERYONE YELLING
Robot: YOU ARE A SQUISHY BEING, YOU DO NOT.
Hyrrskegg: Cynthia, do you have a rope?
Robot: I AM NOT YELLING.
Cynthia: I'm going to take this bridge out
Cynthia: 1d20+4 hit the tree with my sword
Fortuna: Cynthia, hit the tree with my sword: [3] = 7
Cynthia: FUCK I MISSED A GOD DAMN TREE
Bashal: That's okay, you're a druid anyways.  Try talking to it.
Igfig: Do you guys have any axes?
Cynthia: No
Robot: I BELIEVE THE EARLIER INJURY TO HER HEAD IS CAUSING CYNTHIA TO ACT IRRATIONALLY
Igfig: because swords aren't very good at this kind of thing.
black_dynamite: It's okay cynthia, I missed a large building
Cynthia: hahaha
Hyrrskegg: I have a giant axe
Igfig: oh
Cynthia: Oh cool use that
Cynthia: Stand clear everyone!
Hyrrskegg: I chop at the tree
Hyrrskegg: 1d20+7
Fortuna: Hyrrskegg, 1d20+7: [9] = 16
Igfig: You chop a bit
Igfig: Some wood comes off
Igfig: you think it'll take about an hour to chop down this tree
Cynthia: oh bull fucking shit
Cynthia: What if I chop at the other side?
Robot: WITH WHAT
Igfig: somewhat less, then
Cynthia: MY SWORD
Cynthia: How much less
Igfig: oh, then not much less
Bashal: Also, to keep saying what is being said, aren't you a druid?
Hyrrskegg: "Cynthia, DO YOU HAVE ANY ROPE?"
Cynthia: I have an idea
Igfig: with a sword, just a few minutes less overall
Hyrrskegg: IDEAS AREN'T ROPES
Robot: I HAVE ROPE
Cynthia: If I cast bear strength, our str is raised by 4
Cynthia: How long would it take then?
Hyrrskegg: Can I see the end of your rope, Dave?
Robot: (passes it)
Cynthia: Wait I have an even better ide
Cynthia: idea
Cynthia: We tie a rope to the top most branch
Igfig: Somewhat less than an hour
Cynthia: then drag it back
Cynthia: someone gets on,
Cynthia: then we let go of the rope
Cynthia: and sling shot them across
Hyrrskegg: I tie the ends of our ropes together
Cynthia: It is the best idea
Hyrrskegg: I tie the end of my rope around the base of a different tree, and tell Dave to tie his end around his waist
Robot: CONCUSSIONS ARE SERIOUS INJURIES
Cynthia: Garumph
Robot: (I tie it securely)
Igfig: I will make a secret thievery check
Cynthia: Uh oh
Cynthia: some secret
Hyrrskegg: Alright, so the plan is for you to climb down, walk across the bottom of the river, and climb back up the side.
Igfig: it looks fairly secure
Robot: CONCURRED
Robot: 1D20+9 CLIMBING DOWN
Fortuna: Robot, CLIMBING DOWN: [12] = 21
Igfig: Successful.
Robot: (do I roll to cross the river?)
Cynthia: Okay I have another great idea
Igfig: The river is quite rough, with all the rocks and stuff
Cynthia: We get 5 sticks, and tie them in the rough shape of a helicopter roter
Cynthia: then we tie the rope around
Cynthia: and rip it, so the helicopter rotates
Robot: (I was planning to cross on the bottom)
Cynthia: lifting us across the gap
Igfig: that'll help, robot
Igfig: you'll still have to make an athletics check vs. the currnet
Igfig: but with a +2 bonus
Robot: 1D20+11 VS RIVER
Fortuna: Robot, VS RIVER: [11] = 22
Igfig: You are as a mighty stone against the rage of the river.
Robot: DAVE IS HEAVY.
Igfig: except you don't make the river more treacherous by being in it
Igfig: well, only to your enemies
black_dynamite: Hey guys! I found a hobo! Could that help get us across?
Robot: 1D20+9 CLIMBING OTHER SIDE
Fortuna: Robot, CLIMBING OTHER SIDE: [8] = 17
Cynthia: Maybe if he has a very large sling shot
Igfig: this side seems a bit steeper, I'm afraid
Robot: DAVE IS HAVING DIFFICULTY
Cynthia: I yank out my keytar and cheer him on
Cynthia: 1d20+7 preform
Fortuna: Cynthia, preform: [18] = 25
Cynthia: hell yes
Igfig: +4
Cynthia: WOOOOO GO DAVE!!
Robot: DAVE FEELS ENCOURAGED
Cynthia: Rudy, Rudy, Rudy, Rudy
Hyrrskegg: "Dave, activate your traction spikes!"
Igfig: the cold water would be sapping your strength, if you weren't a robot
Igfig: but you're a robot
Igfig: also
Igfig: perceptiom while you're down here
Robot: 1d20
Fortuna: Robot, 1d20: [14] = 14
Igfig: You notice something gleaming among the rocks by the riverbank
Robot: INSPECT
Igfig: and not in the same way wet rocks do
Igfig: more in the way crystals, do, actually
Igfig: in fact
Cynthia: Oh man
Igfig: there's a moderately large hunk of some kind of crystal half-buried under the stones
Robot: goto.
Robot: GET
Robot: 1D20+4 STRENGTH
Fortuna: Robot, STRENGTH: [1] = 5
Robot: DOES NOT COMPUTE
black_dynamite: DAVE HAS RUSTED
Cynthia: Am I too far to run a perspective check on the crystal?
Igfig: evidently it's stuck to soemthing
Cynthia: Will there be a penalty?
Igfig: major penlty from up here, yes
Cynthia: how much?
Igfig: otherwise you might have already seen it
Igfig: just roll the check, I'll tell you what you can see
Cynthia: 1d20+9
Fortuna: Cynthia, 1d20+9: [10] = 19
Igfig: anyway, dave, it seems like there's more to the thing that's buried than just this crystal
Igfig: no cynthia, you can't see much from up here
Robot: ATTEMPT TO DIG AROUND IT
Cynthia: okay
Igfig: dave clears away some more of the rocks
Igfig: the crystal thing is about the size of his fist
black_dynamite: Cynthia. What's the acrobatics on your wolf?
Igfig: so, two fists for a normal person
Cynthia: I shout "Dave? What's going on down there? Try and climb over to the other side!"
Cynthia: um... let me check
Cynthia: 5
Robot: DAVE IS BUSY
Igfig: you're not sure whether it's just the sun or what, but it's got something of an inner light to it
Cynthia: why?
Robot: DAVE HAS FOUND SOMETHING
Cynthia: "What is it?!"
Cynthia: I poke  my head over the side and try to see down
Robot: DOES NOT COMPUTE
Cynthia: "It looks kind of shiny from up here!"
Igfig: it's attached to a heavy metal chain, that continues deeper into the ricks
Cynthia: "What is it?!"
Igfig: rocks
Robot: (cynthis, I'mon the other side of the river)
Robot: GRAB CHAIN
Robot: PULL CHAIN
Igfig: strength
Cynthia: (oh)
Cynthia: (oooops)
Robot: 1d20+4
Fortuna: Robot, 1d20+4: [7] = 11
Cynthia: +8, you're enspired by my song remember?
Igfig: that doesn't apply here now
Igfig: but it's enough in any case
Cynthia: Okay
Igfig: with a stronger tug, the chain comes free
Robot: OBTAIN
Igfig: at the other end, the links are stretched and twisted as if something incredibly strong tore it in half
Cynthia: Oh shit
Robot: *blush*
Igfig: not you, har har
Robot: THERE MAY BE SOMETHING UNDERNEATH HERE.
Cynthia: How does a robot blush?
Hyrrskegg: 'Maybe you shouldn't mess with it"
Robot: TOO LATE FOR THAT
Hyrrskegg: red LEDs in his cheeks
Cynthia: "I don't know, it could be too- NO DON'T DO THAT"
Robot: ALSO, IS NOT OUR JOURNEY IN SEARCH OF TREASURE?
Igfig: the chain looks pretty rusty, and the crystal is kinda battered, as if it's been bouncing down the river for some time
Cynthia: "You are right! It could be a secret passage to the city!"
Hyrrskegg: "Yes, King Aenys' treasure. Not a shiny rock in a river!"
Robot: WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE?
Igfig: heehehehehee
Hyrrskegg: "Our treasure is in a tower."
Robot: WHERE IS THIS TOWER?
Cynthia: "It could be an escape tunnel if the tower was under attack"
Cynthia: "Lot's of castles have those"
Hyrrskegg: "An escape tunnel into the bottom of a raging river?"
Cynthia: "There could have been a boat tethered here"
Cynthia: "Or maybe the river wasn't so strong at that time"
Igfig: the tunnel woulda been flooded then
Cynthia: "Or high"
Igfig: if there was a tunnel there
Cynthia: "Pull harder, let's see what happens"
Igfig: he did
Robot: ON WHAT?
Igfig: it came out
Cynthia: .... just... broke off?
Igfig: it was already broken
Robot: IT WAS BROKEN A LONG TIME AGO
Cynthia: Okay climb up the other side already then
Robot: IT IS FAR MORE DIFFICULT ON THIS SIDE.
Robot: BUT I SHALL TRY
Cynthia: I rip out another solo on my keytar
Cynthia: 1d20+7 preform
Fortuna: Cynthia, preform: [3] = 10
Cynthia: shit
Robot: 1D20+9
Fortuna: Robot, 1D20+9: [8] = 17
black_dynamite: Hey guys
Igfig: exactly the same
black_dynamite: You hear a loud shrieking coming from the house we'e in
Robot: I slide back down.
Robot: WHAT IS THAT NOISE
Igfig: hey, didn't BD leave a rope dangling down the wall a bit downriver?
black_dynamite: No
Cynthia: yes
Cynthia: BASTARD
black_dynamite: I took taht with me
Igfig: oh
Robot: REMIND ME TO PUNCH BLACK DYNAMITE
black_dynamite: Anyway, Loud shrieking sound. Some of you might be deafened
black_dynamite: We were
Robot: WE ARE TOO FAR AWAY
Robot: BUT I HEARD IT
Igfig: oh well, try that climb one more time
Robot: 1D20+9 ATHLETICS
Fortuna: Robot, ATHLETICS: [11] = 20
Igfig: okay, there
Robot: I HAVE ASCENDED
black_dynamite: If you guys are paying attention, you notice that all the windows have shattered
Robot: I tie the rope around a very thick tree.
Igfig: finally you found a crevice thing you could us to climb
black_dynamite: And one of the walls has collapsed to reveal a giant bat
Hyrrskegg: Alright, ladies first
Robot: BEGIN CROSSING ALLIES
Robot: BE VERY CAREFUL
Cynthia: Wait what about my wolf?
Robot: IF YOU HAVE EXTRA ROPE, USE IT TO TIE YOURSELVES TO THE CROSSING LINE.
Cynthia: Does he just uh... I don't know climb on my back or something?
Cynthia: I grab my rope and tie it to the crossing line
Cynthia: Okay... here... here we gpo
Cynthia: Athletics check?
Igfig: that or acrobatics
Cynthia: Can either of you preform to boost me?
Igfig: no
Robot: NO
Cynthia: crap
Cynthia: okay here goes nothing
Cynthia: 1d20+4
Fortuna: Cynthia, 1d20+4: [3] = 7
Cynthia: SHIT
Cynthia: uh... so what happens?
Robot: I TURN MY ATTENTION TO THE RUCKUS COMING FROM THE TOWER
Igfig: you're pretty bad at that
Igfig: luckily you're tied on
black_dynamite: Robot
Robot: >?
black_dynamite: You see 5 giant bats
Cynthia: How do I go across like this
Robot: I SEE 5 GIANT BATS
Igfig: no idea
Cynthia: Okay
Cynthia: I sort of swing back and forth
Cynthia: the tied rope above starts moving along the safety rope
Cynthia: Wait would it?
Cynthia: (I just noticed I've been power gaming, crap)
Igfig: yeah, prolly
Igfig: what? no
Robot: I HAVE A QUESTION. WHY DID WE DECIDE TO JOURNEY INTO THIS FOREST AT NIGHT?
Cynthia: Oh okay cool
Cynthia: GOOD QUESTION
Cynthia: Okay so I start swinging over to the other side
Cynthia: When I reach the wall
Bashal: It is day.
Cynthia: Str to climb up?
Cynthia: Or athletics
Robot: THAT IS GOOD
Igfig: uh, ath
Cynthia: 1d20+4 athl
Fortuna: Cynthia, athl: [17] = 21
Cynthia: FINALLY A GOOD ATHLETICS ROLL
Igfig: yeah, you get across and up
Igfig: and why yelling?
Cynthia: Because I have been failing all my athletics checks
Igfig: ok
Igfig: and then hyrr turn
Hyrrskegg: I don't have a safety rope
Cynthia: umm
Cynthia: crap he doesn't
Igfig: well then, don't fail?
Cynthia: wait
Igfig: Or improvise something
Robot: GIVE ME YOURS
Robot: CYNTHIA
black_dynamite: Have any of you come toward the tower?
Cynthia: I give robot my rope
Hyrrskegg: Can I use the bottom side of my axehead?
Robot: I WILL TIE IT AROUND A ROCK AND THROW IT
Cynthia: I turn around and go towards the tower to see what is going on
Hyrrskegg: like a hook?
Igfig: yes, you could definitely
Igfig: won't be easy to climb back up though
Igfig: but you could try that
Robot: I COULD JUST THROW YOU THE ROPE-ROCK.
Hyrrskegg: How high up the tree did I tie the rope?
Igfig: I dunno, but you could cetainly untie it an dretie elsewhwere
Hyrrskegg: nevermind, the difference won't be enough to zipline across
Hyrrskegg: Well
Hyrrskegg: okay
Igfig: could be if you retie it higher
Robot: 1D20+4 STR
Fortuna: Robot, STR: [18] = 22
Hyrrskegg: or he throws me the rope
Robot: THE ROPE-TIED ROCK LANDS NEAR YOU
Robot: MAKE YOURSELF A SAFETY LINE
Hyrrskegg: I make a safety line, and begin my way across
Igfig: aight
Igfig: ath
Hyrrskegg: 1d20+9
Fortuna: Hyrrskegg, 1d20+9: [14] = 23
Igfig: easy as pie
Hyrrskegg: awesome
Robot: I wait for hyrr
Igfig: okay guys, I'm starting to actually fall asleep here
Igfig: I had a long day
Igfig: lots of walking
Igfig: I think I gotta turn in for the night
Hyrrskegg: Alright, when I'm across I untie myself from the rope
black_dynamite: Oh nooooo
Robot: slim leaves in 15 minutes
Hyrrskegg: Now what about the wolf?
Hyrrskegg: alright
Igfig: I'll wait that lonk
Igfig: long
Robot: the wolf has a much easier time climbing and jumping
Robot: or something
black_dynamite: Well we're stopping now then
Igfig: someone carries the wolf across I guess
Robot: Hyrr could easily
black_dynamite: If there is a next time, we start off with a giant bat battle
Igfig: yup
Hyrrskegg: ok
Igfig: All right
Robot: I would like to get back to space battles.
black_dynamite: So Ig
Igfig: Hopefully we can do that next week
Igfig: Yes>
Igfig: ?
black_dynamite: Okay
black_dynamite: I was just checking when we would be able to continue
black_dynamite: Cause I'd like to be able to see what combat is like with BD
Igfig: continue this?  not sure, offhand
black_dynamite: Or atleast a combat thing with our back ups
black_dynamite: so uuuuuuuh
black_dynamite: What now
Bashal: I don't know.
Robot: WE PART WAYS
Robot: TO MEET AGAIN IN THE FUTURE
Hyrrskegg: MAYBE
Hyrrskegg: I'm gonna make a Warforged assassin
Bashal: I'll have to figure out character stuff for Bashal.
Robot: DO NOT GO GENTLY INTO THAT GOOD NIGHT
Igfig: I am also going now goodbye
Hyrrskegg: bye
black_dynamite: I think I'll leave also
black_dynamite: bye