Igfig: Last time, on Eberron
Igfig: uh, it was a while ago
Varus: i remember everything that happened
Blaze: Frosty fought a fireball and dunked it into a forever fresh sock.
Varus: yup
Igfig: You entered the Mournland in search of the mithril warforged
frosty_the_boatman: yeah it was just linkes up there
Varus: blaze forgot to read those papers we picked up
Varus: and orrin was napping through everything
Orrin_Torrin: Well that was interesting.
Blaze: Prior to that...  we entered the Mournland and landed in the glass plateau area, and we didn't read the papers I had picked up, yar.
Blaze: Also technically we set that one guy's place on fire.
Blaze: Or I did.
Blaze: Allegedly.
Varus: that was last/last/last session
Igfig: setting the house on fire was the session before that
Blaze: Oh, so that was a seperate session, I didn't remember for certain.
Igfig: but yeah, that's pretty solid there
Varus: so now
Varus: ............................
Varus: we land..
Igfig: Question: before you start, does anyone who's capable of changing their prepared spells want to do that?
Orrin_Torrin: Orrin emerges refreshed from his cabin.
Varus: oh
Varus: yes
Varus: i should do that
Varus: igfig
Varus: i know 500%
Igfig: yes
Varus: that you wouldnt say that
Varus: unless we were about to SCRAP
Igfig quit.
Varus: i figured him out
Igfig joined #pwot_dnd.
Varus: so he had to retreat
Orrin_Torrin: IGFIG DOES NOT APPRECIATE YOUR METAGAMING.
Varus: i dont remember how many spells i can prepare
Blaze: Let me see, I am pretty good with my current spells me thinks, though arguably I could nab goodberry, I don't know if we are worrying about rations really.
Igfig: actually I was thinking more like, if you're looking for this guy you might want to stock up on divinations or something
Varus: oh
Igfig: you already have pretty combat-focused spells prepared
Varus: well now i HAVE THEM ALLLLLL
Varus: i am prepared
Varus: let us go
Igfig: okay
Varus: well
Varus: no this is silly
Varus: okay i re-reprepared
Varus: now we can go
Igfig: oh, and those papers that you picked up back in d'Cannith's house and hadn't read yet
Orrin_Torrin: Read them.
Igfig: they turn out to be research notes on a device called a docent
Varus: thats a pretty
Varus: decent
Varus: find
Igfig: which, according to the papers, is an artifact thing that was recovered from the jungles of Xen'drik
frosty_the_boatman: no, he said "dOcent" waffle
Orrin_Torrin: Hooo.
Varus: oooooooohhhh
frosty_the_boatman: it was an understandable mistake
Igfig: that, oddly, appears to be designed to fit into a warforged's chest cavity, despite being something like 40,000 years old
Igfig: I think that's how old it is
Varus: huh
Blaze: I I could ready locate creature, it would take up my wall of flame though, yar.
Blaze: That being said, it'd probably be handy to have.
Blaze: Unless we want to lug that orb along.
Orrin_Torrin: How big is the orb?
Igfig: apparently it's an intelligent item, and converses telepathically with the warforged it's attached to
Varus: in that case
Igfig: the orb is like a foot and a half across, and it's not very accurate over short distances
Varus: could we use locate creature to find the docent
Orrin_Torrin: Well, let's use the orb before we get off the boat and Blaze bring locate creature for later.
Blaze: That would be more of a detect magic, which is another option but let me double check what that one does.
Blaze: Or locate object.
Varus: we can focus on that later
Varus: for now
Igfig: well, locate creature has a range of 1000 feet, and the docent is probably back in Sharn or somewhere
Varus: lets find that warforged
Blaze: Yar, so I'll swap out my wall of flame for locate creature.
Igfig: right
Varus: ey frosty lift me up high a bit
Varus: i wanna take a looksy around
Blaze: They're both level 4 spells so I would only have one cast for either one, yup.
Igfig: The Glass Plateau is a remarkably rugged place, fractured and fissured with great force
Igfig: it must have been sandy once, but when it melted and cooled it flexed and buckled like ice on a glacier
Orrin_Torrin: Badass.
Varus: aint that just real fuckin neato
Igfig: so the landscape is rather difficult to survey from the air
Varus: how short is a short distance for the orb of location
Varus: GOD THIS MUFFIN TAKES NASTY
frosty_the_boatman: you take nasty
Varus: FIGHT ME FROSTY
Blaze: Just use the orb, it'll give us a general direction probably and we'll leave the ship parked here, easy to spot, no one else can drive off with it while Frosty is with us.
Varus: varus throws down a muffin in disgust
Igfig: a mile or so? Locate creature and the orb are kind of mutually exclusive
Varus: along with the wrapper, blatantly littering
Varus: alright
frosty_the_boatman: i'll take my shingaurds off and hug you Varus 
Varus: lets use locate creature first
Varus: see if we ping something
Varus: if not use the orb
Blaze: No, use the orb first.
Varus: rood
Varus: but yeah
Varus: okay
Blaze: I only have one cast a prep of locate creature.
Igfig: Are you parked at ground level? Or still up in the air
Varus: varus places his hands on the orb and searches for that lovely warforged
Varus: we parked
Blaze: Well if Frosty is going with us I don't think we can keep it in the air.
Igfig: right
Igfig: well, you can
Igfig: because frosty provides propulsion, not lift
Blaze: Ah right.
Orrin_Torrin: He just needs a way to get back up.
Igfig: Or at least not most of the lift
Igfig: but yeah, the getting up and down would be hard
Blaze: I can I forget if I can turn into a flying creature yet actuually.
Blaze: I don't think I can.
Orrin_Torrin: You turned into an owl once.
frosty_the_boatman: i can!
Blaze: That was before the class update.
Varus: tru
Orrin_Torrin: Ahh yes.
Varus: more like before the ASS update
Orrin_Torrin: Trhooo.
frosty_the_boatman: can i lift people
Varus: guys
frosty_the_boatman: just fireman carry dudes 
Varus: did yall forget i can teleport
Blaze: Yup, I need to gain one level to have access to flying forms.
Igfig: you'd use up all your dimension doors to move people to and from the ship?
Blaze: But yar we should keep it in the air, we still have those dragonshards last I checked.
Orrin_Torrin: Is that something you can only do once? Because I'd prefer not to leave our ship in midair and gamble on it.
Varus: well igfig
Blaze: He could lower a rope after getting up there.
Orrin_Torrin: Well, he could just go up and bring it down.
Varus: if we were dumb enough to forget to land
Varus: then yes
Orrin_Torrin: I assume the controls to gain and lose altitude are up there.
frosty_the_boatman: i can carry people up and down
Varus: its a big dumb lever
Varus: BUT ANYWAYS
frosty_the_boatman: elevator frosty
Blaze: So yeah, we'll leave it floating comfily enough and make our way, after using the orb.
Varus: i was searching for the warforged with the orb/
Varus: ?
Igfig: no wait I still dont' quite get how your parking is working. You dropped off most of everybody on the ground, went up a bit to park floating, and then...?
Igfig: dimension doored down?
Varus: what???
Varus: is that what we were asking??
Varus: no we just landed
Varus: and i used the orb
Igfig: okay
Varus: whered all that other stuff come in
Igfig: somebody said "floating comfily"
Igfig: so I thought sky
Varus: curse that someone
Igfig: but I was dumb
Igfig: okay
Blaze: Yar, I'm thinking we might not want to leave it on the ground cause we have all those dragonshards on there still.
Varus: i say we do a vote of non confidence
Varus: igfig is no longer fit to dm
frosty_the_boatman: i will leave the boat in the sky
Varus: frosty plz
Igfig: the thing is if you leave the boat in the sky the logistics for getting down are weird
Igfig: so just park on the ground I think
Orrin_Torrin: Drop us all off, then fly up and then you come down.
Orrin_Torrin: Can't Frosty fly?
frosty_the_boatman: yes
Igfig: I don't think so?
Blaze: Alrighty then.
Orrin_Torrin: Or float or something? I thought he could. I may be wrong though.
Igfig: only when he's piloting the ship
frosty_the_boatman: ahhh
Varus: does it really matter
Varus: i just wanna use the orb
Igfig: the orb points east and a bit south, further up onto the plateau
Varus: fly us up there frosty
Blaze: A higher elevation or can we walk from here?
Igfig: you could walk from here, the distance is less than a mile so it can't be more precise
Varus: yeah but varrus isnt exactly fit
Varus: he sits at a desk and writes and pours potions together
Blaze: Yar, but element of surprise.
Varus: maybe not the strongest potion
Varus: he is a potion maker of some of the weakest potions sometimes
Varus: but the point is
Igfig: too strong for these guys
Varus: not good at walking for a mile
Varus: yup
Blaze: Then have Frosty carry you, ta da.
Varus: even my weakest potions are too strong for these travellers
Orrin_Torrin: Antigrav yourself and tie yourself to Orrin.
Varus: thatd be a fun idea
Varus: can i do that igfig
Varus: turn myself into a balloon
Orrin_Torrin: You'll be like a balloon.
Igfig: antigrav only lasts a round I thought?
Orrin_Torrin: Or, did anybody ever read Artemis Fowl?
Varus: of course i have son
Varus: several times
Varus: artemis fowl was my game
Igfig: I have not but I've meant to
Varus: my jam
Orrin_Torrin: Wasm'
Blaze: I think I read a single thing of it maybe.
Orrin_Torrin: Wasn't there a part where Butler used the Moonbelt to carry Mulch like a balloon?
Varus: i dont remember how they used the moon belt
Varus: but i dont think it was like that
Orrin_Torrin: Or no, they used it to carry an unconscious Butler.
Varus: yes
Igfig: if you had Levitate you could use it for what you describe
Varus: i dont
Varus: which is why i have my antigrav
Orrin_Torrin: Then just walk.
Varus: wow
Varus: r u d e
Varus: fine
Varus: but ill have to roll endurance to not get tired feeties
Igfig: Antigrav only makes you lighter, remember
Igfig: haha, okay
Varus: 1d20
Fortuna: Varus, 1d20: [8] = 8
Varus: look at that orrin
Varus: LOOK AT THAT
Varus: now my feet are tired
Igfig: how far a walk even is a mile, like twenty minutes?
Varus: where will that help us 
Blaze: Varrus's ankles are the weakest of ankles.
Varus: yeah about
Igfig: geez
Varus: varrus wipes sweat from his brow
Igfig: well I say that 8 is plenty then
frosty_the_boatman: with an old dude, yeah 20 min
Varus: well we went to where the thing pointed us
Igfig: All right, so up onto the plateau
Blaze: Alright, so we travel forth about a mile in the south/southeasterly direction across the blasted glass wasteland and yar.
Igfig: All around you is utter stillness. Literally dead silence.
Igfig: Except
Varus: more like silliness
Igfig: hmm
Varus: oh hooooo
Varus: i high five orrin
Igfig: perception checks?
Varus: 1d20+5
Fortuna: Varus, 1d20+5: [18] = 23
Igfig: I should really just write down your passive perceptions
Blaze: 1d20+6
Fortuna: Blaze, 1d20+6: [8] = 14
Orrin_Torrin: 1d20
Fortuna: Orrin_Torrin, 1d20: [2] = 2
frosty_the_boatman: 1d0+1
Fortuna: lgbfhlfbhh
Varus: yeah
Varus: hah
Igfig: Beeee
Orrin_Torrin: Hahahaha.
Igfig: n
frosty_the_boatman: 1d20+1
Fortuna: frosty_the_boatman, 1d20+1: [17] = 18
Varus: bean
Igfig: okay good Fortuna doesn't crash when you do that any ore
frosty_the_boatman: cool
Blaze: So my roll was alright, I'm a little distracted by all the glass cause this is all new to me, yar.
Varus: i on the other hand
Varus: SEE ALL
Igfig: Anyway, Varus, despite all his complaining about his feet, is still somehow alert enough to notice when the silence is broken
Varus: yeah the best part is varus isnt even tired
Igfig: by a distant clanking
Varus: he just doesnt like walking and so he complains
Varus: "wait whats that clanking noise"
Igfig: many clankings
Varus: "theres a bunch of clanking noises"
Varus: "i dont like it"
Blaze: Can he tell what direction it is coming from?
Blaze: Or I suppose:
Blaze: "From where?"
Igfig: It seems to be coming from roughly, but not precisely, the direction you're going in
Varus: "well see it's directly in front of us"
Varus: varus does this face
Varus: :I
Orrin_Torrin: Sounds like something a warforged would do.
frosty_the_boatman: does speed refer to feet or yards
Igfig: feet
Varus: feet
Blaze: Feet generally, yar.
Igfig: it could in fact be feet, yes
Blaze: Is there a rise we could try and stealthily peek over or some glass rise to hide behind?  Does it sound like it is approaching us?
frosty_the_boatman: so i move 34 miles an hour sans boat
frosty_the_boatman: suckas
Varus: what
Igfig: 34? what
Varus: thats faster than our boat
Igfig: Normal humans walk 3 miles an hour
frosty_the_boatman: 50 per turn
frosty_the_boatman: turn is a second?
Igfig: that's 5 miles an hour
Varus: no
Igfig: turn is 6s
Varus: its 6 seconds
frosty_the_boatman: ohh
Igfig: and in practice usually longer than that
frosty_the_boatman: man i walk 5 mph normally, even without super giant legs, this is some bullshit
Igfig: anyway, yes the terrain is such that you could definitely try to get up higher to observe, I figure you've been sticking to the valleys where it's easier to walk
Varus: ben floats
Varus: can he floaty float higher
Igfig: getting up there would take some athletics though
Igfig: ben does not float
Orrin_Torrin: Sounds like a job for the dwarf.
Varus: wait he doesn??
Igfig: no
Varus: i thought he was a floating orb of fire
frosty_the_boatman: yeah we just went over this
Igfig: he's pretty light, but he doesn't float
frosty_the_boatman: come on waffle
Varus: well okay then
Varus: does he
Blaze: Alright, oh, athletics, yar, that's more Orrin's thing, though I do have training in athletics so I'm not terrible at it.
Varus: roll on the ground or something
Igfig: he's a dud made of fire
Igfig: *dude
Orrin_Torrin: Alright, I'll try to climb up.
Varus: like literally the shape of a person??
Varus: huh
Varus: thats weird
Varus: well okay then
Igfig: roughly
Blaze: Or a corgi.
Igfig: go for it orrin
Orrin_Torrin: 1d20+3 athletics
Fortuna: Orrin_Torrin, athletics: [9] = 12
Varus: hah
Orrin_Torrin: Probably not good enough.
Varus: get on my LEVEL
Varus: 1d20
Fortuna: Varus, 1d20: [13] = 13
Varus: BOOM
frosty_the_boatman: 1d20+3 athletics
Fortuna: frosty_the_boatman, athletics: [10] = 13
Blaze: Oh, I have the smae athletics bonus as him then.
Blaze: 1d20+3
Fortuna: Blaze, 1d20+3: [12] = 15
frosty_the_boatman: ^5
Igfig: yeah, this glass is pretty slippery
Blaze: Guess we all try to climb up.
Igfig: I guess you do? But only Blaze really gets it
Varus: and then we go tumbling down
Varus: haha wait
Varus: wait
Varus: how about
Igfig: question: who among you wears gloves
Varus: orrin starts climbing first
Varus: i do
Varus: then we are all climbing behind him
Varus: but he falls
frosty_the_boatman: do you add strength or is it jsut athlete bonas
Varus: and crashes into us all and we all fall down
Blaze: I don't think I'm wearing gloves, I never made a point of saying I did so yar.
Igfig: 12 isn't bad enough to fall, it just doesn't make any progress
Varus: aw
Varus: okay
Orrin_Torrin: I don't have anything in my hand slot, so I assume I am gloveless.
Varus: you wear armor
Varus: probably gauntlets
Blaze: I mean, I'm wearing traveler's clothes but I don't know if gloves would be included with that.
Igfig: Since you all rolled about the same, I was thinking Orrin tried to go up a way and failed, Varis and Frosty tried to go up the same way and failed, and then Blaze just took a different route and it was fine
Blaze: Makes sense to me.
Varus: alrighty
frosty_the_boatman: aight
Igfig: And whether you wear gloves or not is entirely up to your interpretation of your character
Blaze: Especially since we're all about equal in climbing skill.
Blaze: Yar I never thought of it so I don't think I am.
Igfig: if you don't think you're the sort of person who'd wear gloves, then you probably don't
Varus: i wear cooler gloves than anyone else
Orrin_Torrin: I've never pictured Orrin wearing gloves. Gets in the way of the sleight of hand.
Varus: thats my interpretation
Blaze: Course, it is easy for Varrus to wear cooler gloves then everyone else cause none of us wear gloves.
frosty_the_boatman: i interperet myself as burning through gloves 
Igfig: In any case, it's okay because none of you failed too bad
Igfig: but you do get the sense that if you were less careful, it'd be pretty easy to slice a hand open on a sharp shard
Blaze: Right, glass, yar.
frosty_the_boatman: like sometimes i would put them on, then forget, then take of the shingaurds and boom suddenly gone
Igfig: heheh
Blaze: Poor Frosty has lost at least 4 pairs of gloves like that.
Blaze: Most of them belonging to Varus.
Igfig: okay so Blaze you're up on the ridge
Varus: :(
Blaze: What do my half-elven eyes see?
Orrin_Torrin: Blaze! What do your elf-eyes see?
Orrin_Torrin: Hahahaha.
Varus: hah
Igfig: honestly Frosty would ruin the gloves even if they didn't get burned, because he's like twice the height of the rest of you
Igfig: well, twice the height of Orrin at least
Igfig: so he stretches them all out
Blaze: Yar, so those gloves belonging to Varus were doomed from the start.
Varus: thats the worst thing of all
Igfig: in any case, Blaze's idris elban eyes see the gleam of moving figures, clad in steel
Varus: made of steel
Igfig: or more if you wanna roll some perception
Varus: or wearing armor?
Igfig: hard to tell at this range
Blaze: Might as well try.
Blaze: 1d20+6
Fortuna: Blaze, 1d20+6: [14] = 20
Igfig: Definitely on the "made" side of that equation
Varus: well
Igfig: there are, one sec let me check my notes
Varus: that sounds like who we are looking for
Varus: and also the source of the clankidy clanks
Blaze: That sounds like a lot of warforged, yar.
Blaze: I doubt any of the ones I see right now are made of mithril though.
Varus: maybe we can ask them?
Blaze: Yar, just walk up to a bunch of warforged patrolling the mournland when we assume we are near the place where a guy who sent us to get framed for the murder of a king is.
Varus: well
Orrin_Torrin: What could go wrong?
Varus: warforged are generally neutralright?
Igfig: Looks like there's seven of them, six walking in pairs and one somewhat bigger one bringing up the rear
Varus: SEE
Igfig: Generally yes, but
Varus: clearly a leader
Varus: we can go ask
Blaze: Oh, I suppose I call down.
Varus: i will take full responsibility
Blaze: "I see a bunch of warforged, looks like they're patrolling."
Varus: "great, lets talk to them
Igfig: generally neutral, but... argh, how does knowledge skills work again
frosty_the_boatman shrug
Blaze: You try to recollect information?  Maybe?  I don't remember for sure.
Igfig: int check I guess, unless anyone has an aspect that they think would make them know stuff about the Mournland
Varus: not without messing with some lore
Varus: which id rather not do
Igfig: so just straight int checks then for anyone who wants to see if they can remember anything about the warforged of the Mournland
frosty_the_boatman: 1d20
Fortuna: frosty_the_boatman, 1d20: [1] = 1
Varus: 1d20+3
Fortuna: Varus, 1d20+3: [18] = 21
frosty_the_boatman: hahahaha
Varus: thanks frosty
Orrin_Torrin: 1d20
Fortuna: Orrin_Torrin, 1d20: [15] = 15
Blaze: 1d20+2 I suppose.
Fortuna: Blaze, I suppose.: [15] = 17
Igfig: Well, have any of you heard of the Lord of Blades?
Varus: us the players
Varus: or us the characters
frosty_the_boatman: what /is/ the mournland, really
Varus: its this huge continent where a big war was going on
Varus: then some huge natural or unatural thign ahppened
Igfig: you the players, first
Blaze: It's a bit place where a thing happened and then everything is terrible.
Varus: and it killed EVERYTHING
frosty_the_boatman: i rolled a 1, see
Blaze: Big, not bit.
Igfig: and the mournland isn't a whole continent dude
Varus: well my roll was p high so I think I do
Blaze: Oh right, yar.
Varus: oh
Blaze: Anyways.
Igfig: okay, crash course
Igfig: The Mournland was originally the nation of Cyre
Blaze: You know, I don't think Blaze would have any knowledge on the Lord of Blades actually, regardless of the roll.
Blaze: Unless he happened to overhear it somewhere.
Igfig: much like Breland, Thrane, Karrnath, and Aundair
Igfig: about the size of a large european country I think?
Igfig: I don't actually remember the scale
Igfig: but yeah, something terrible happened at the end of the last war and the entire place was devastated and everyone died
Blaze: According to the map it's about 1000 miles wide.
Blaze: Well, at the skinnier parts.
Igfig: okay, so a bit bigger than a european country then
Blaze: 1500ish for most of it.
Blaze: Wait no I read it wrong!
Blaze: 200 to 300 miles wid.e
Igfig: OKAY doesn't matter too much
Igfig: after the last war, when all the warforged were emancipated
Blaze: That 500 was for the halfway mark in the bar, not for each colored section.
Igfig: a number of them still bore grudges against humanity; others simply felt they didn't belong
Igfig: and many of them emigrated to the Mournland, where they could get by pretty decently what with not needing to eat, or heal naturally
Varus: with this knowledge in mind
Varus: maybe we can appeal to them
Varus: like
Varus: "hello fellow carbon based life forms!"
Blaze: Can I tell if they have weapons on them from here?
Igfig: they do
Varus: we can persuade our way through this guys
Varus: we can do the thing
Varus: let orrin take the lead
Varus: with a hail
Blaze: I suppose we have talked our way out of worse situations.
Varus: indeed
Orrin_Torrin: "Hey, gang!"
Varus: we are shockingly good at it
Varus: for a bunch of morons
Varus: excellent idea orrin!
Varus: appeal to their love of scooby doo!
Igfig: so you're approaching them?
Varus: yes
Blaze: Guess so.
Igfig: all right
Orrin_Torrin: We can always tell them about the docent and confuse them while we run away.
Varus: or
Varus: use the fire in the sock
Varus: melt that steel
Blaze: Isn't it more of an explosion?
Igfig: As you get closer, you notice that the big one in back has partial adamantine plating, and is covered in weird spikes
Varus: who the fuck knows
Igfig: or not spikes, more like blades
Blaze: Oh.
Varus: wiat
Orrin_Torrin: Sounds fun!
Varus: did any of us end up knowing what that thing of blades was
Igfig: and you're suddenly reminded of tales you've heard one warforged in particular, the Lord of Blades, who bears particular hatred for all living beings
Varus: GREAT
Varus: GREAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT
Varus: GREEEEEEEEEEEE
Varus: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Varus: TTTTTTTTTTTTT
Igfig: and dwells somewhere in this place
Blaze: Have they seen us yet?
Varus: i assume they heard us
Blaze: Oh right, Orrin yelled hey.
frosty_the_boatman waves
Varus: quick hide it was the wind
Igfig: and has some degree of following among the warforged here, though tales place his followers anywhere between just a few and many thousands
Varus: i bet these are all his followers
Igfig: Well, uh, you did yell hey and start towards them
Varus: but there are mountains and stuff
Varus: maybe we can hide back behind a mountain
Igfig: that's a good point, I guess Blaze is the only one they could see yet
Igfig: Blaze, stealth?
Blaze: Oh dear.
Igfig: and for them,
Igfig: 2#1d20+2
Fortuna: Igfig, 1d20+2: [14] = 16; 1d20+2: [11] = 13
Blaze: Oh deary dear.
frosty_the_boatman: hehehe
Varus: I BELIEVE IN YOU
Blaze: Let me check my animal forms quick.
Igfig: I don't know if you have time to change
Igfig: that takes a full action
Varus: does he hate cats too
Blaze: Nope, as I am a member of the circle of the moon I can transform as a bonus action.
Varus: oh dang
Varus: thats handy
Igfig: well, there are a lot of stories, many contradictory
Varus: so he just flickers into an animal instantly
Igfig: oh, that is great then blaze
Varus: thats pretty neat
Igfig: yeah
Igfig: some say that he just wants to repay the indignities his people suffered at the hands of humans
Blaze: Right, considering the terrain and bonuses and stuff, I shift into a giant spider and try to stealth scuttle down out of sight on the wall.
Blaze: 1d20+7
Fortuna: Blaze, 1d20+7: [5] = 12
Blaze: Crud.
Igfig: others say he just wants to kill everything with a pulse
Igfig: oh dear Blaze
Blaze: So hey guys they just spotted a giant spider in the middle of the mournland.
Varus: BUT WAIT
Blaze: Hmmm, I'm not sure if I can talk while in giant spider form.
Igfig: well, if you've scuttled out of sight you can't see them now
Varus: there ARE advantages
Varus: since its a big mountain range
Varus: id say scuttling out of sight as a spider
Varus: is an advantage
Igfig: but the clanking stops for a moment
Igfig: I don't know if it's that terribly advantageous
Blaze: Yar, the advantage being I don't have to roll to move down the wall anymore.
Varus: oh ok
Varus: how many fate points do we have
Varus: are we all recharged?
Igfig: I think so
Varus: okay
Blaze: I've got plenty, none that fit this moment though.
Varus: i was thinking of compelling myself
Varus: with my best for everything thing
Igfig: but remember: here in the mournland, all healing is halved
Varus: to kill this bastard who is a danger to so many
Blaze: Except he really only hangs out in the Mournland, yar.
Igfig: so while you're recharged on HD too, you'll get less use out of them
Varus: okay
Igfig: anyway
Igfig: The clanking footsteps of the warforged stopped
Varus: oh dang
Varus: jack the ripper just got identified
frosty_the_boatman: yesterday
frosty_the_boatman: keep up
Varus: oh well okay then
Varus: carry on
Igfig: wait, what
Varus: i was busy yesterday
Varus: not even around a computer
Varus: yeah
Varus: 126 years ago
Varus: a sergent took a shawl from a victim
Varus: cause he thought it was neat
Varus: gave it to his wife
Varus: who was horrified and never wore it
Varus: it never got washed all this time
Igfig: okay, break for sixty seconds
Varus: and some dude ran a dna test on it 
Varus: and found something that didnt match up
Varus: and found jack the ripper
Blaze: That's kinda funny.
Varus: yeah
Varus: a fun coincidence though
Varus: that it happened to have not been washed all this time cause some dude thought "hah my wife will love this gift from this corpse"
Igfig: that was pretty cool, ok
Varus: a killer found by straight dudes being bad at woman
frosty_the_boatman: basically this is the record longest an englishman has waited to blame something on a polish dude
Varus: HAH
Igfig: ^5
frosty_the_boatman: ^5
Varus: ok ok lets continue
Igfig: yes let's
Igfig: the clanks start again, slower now
Orrin_Torrin: Oh no they blamed a Polish dude for a long time but could never prove it.
Igfig: more deliberate
Orrin_Torrin: Sorry.
Igfig: are any of you doing anything?
Varus: oh noooo
Varus: are they coming our way
Blaze: Probably.
Igfig: probably
Varus: if they are we are definitely doing somethign
Varus: okay
Varus: lets prepare
Varus: lets get the high ground
Blaze: Is there another spot we can hide in?
Varus: i can rain spells on them
Varus: maybe theres a good path orrin can hold onto
Varus: so they cant reach up to us
Blaze: I've got great mobility now, yar, also I am a large creature, so technically someone can try to ride me.
Varus: DIBS
Igfig: there are a couple places that might work for hiding
frosty_the_boatman: cant we just talk
Varus: they are going to attack us i imagine
Blaze: We could have Frosty talk actually.
frosty_the_boatman: like "hey bro, i hate people too"
Blaze: He's not a living creature.
Orrin_Torrin: That's not a bad idea.
Varus: wait
Varus: WAIT
Varus: why not have frosty go over
Varus: and make it act like he is the one who said hey
Igfig: there's what looks like a good hiding place behind two boulders leaning on each other, with a small hole between them to see out
frosty_the_boatman: they can tell my voice waffle
Varus: blame it on an echo
Varus: from being all the way up a mountain
frosty_the_boatman: it is fairly distinct
Igfig: there's another place a short distance up a slope, a cleft in the rocks that's not as well-concealed but narrow enough you could use it as a chokepoint
Varus: hmmm
Varus: i say we put orrin there
Igfig: and then there's a third place, a ways up a slope, that would be harder to get to but is less concealing
Varus: have ben go up and talk
Varus: see if we cant disuade them from coming
Varus: and i can get up to the slope
Igfig: basically just a shelf you could lie down on
Varus: and rain shit down
Orrin_Torrin: Why would we go to a place that is harder to get to and less concealing?
Varus: in case of a fight
Igfig: because it'd be harder for them to get to too
Orrin_Torrin: Ahhh.
Blaze: Or, we could have Orrin hide in the hole, have Frosty hang out in the first chokepoint to talk to them, and then I can carry Varus up to that top shelf, yar.
Varus: you are the toughest in full frontal combat
Varus: thatd work too yar
frosty_the_boatman: how close are they now
Igfig: At least three people would fit in any one hiding place
Blaze: We don't know.
Igfig: They're getting closer
Igfig: you have about a minute maybe
Orrin_Torrin: Well let's hide and see if they fall for the Ben gambit.
Blaze: But yar, Varrus hop on I'm going to carry you up right now.
Varus: I hop on
Orrin_Torrin: If not, we'll just go HAM on 'em.
Varus: and squick slightly
Varus: cause big spider
Orrin_Torrin: I go to the hiding place.
Blaze: I probably can't hide up there while still being a spider, but I might have time to hide somewhere else.
Igfig: a large creature counts for two I guess
Blaze: And yar, I climb Varus up to that really hard to reach spot.
Igfig: so a hiding place could fit one large and one medium person
Orrin_Torrin: Well, they already saw the spider.
Varus: i roll off and prepare 
Varus: hidden
Orrin_Torrin: So it's not unreasonable if they see you again.
Varus: igfig
Varus: can i prepare a spell
Orrin_Torrin: Just pretend to be watching Ben, who yelled.
Varus: to cast I mean
Blaze: True true, so I'll just stick up here with Varrus for now then.
Igfig: ready a spell you mean? Yeah, sure
Varus: no I mean
Varus: like readying an action
Varus: if things go wrong I cast the spell out as a bonus action
frosty_the_boatman: "HELLOOOO"
Varus: before the fight
Igfig: yes, you can ready an action to cast a spell. You cast the spell as a reaction though, normally...
Blaze: Still, that does what he wants to do really.
Varus: alright sure
Varus: I'll prepare ray of enfeeblement
Igfig: alternatively, I could give you advantage on your initiative check?
Varus: nah
Blaze: Anyways, you should probably roll to hide Varrus.
Varus: oh
Varus: yeah
Igfig: whatevs
Varus: 1d20+1
Fortuna: Varus, 1d20+1: [3] = 4
Igfig: yah, anyone hiding roll stealth
frosty_the_boatman: 1d20 hide Varus 
Fortuna: frosty_the_boatman, hide Varus : [2] = 2
Igfig: oh dear
frosty_the_boatman: hahaha
Blaze: Right.
Blaze: Can I hide him?
Igfig: I should have rolled those in secret maybe
frosty_the_boatman holds Varus up above my head and jumps
Orrin_Torrin: Can I use my proficiency with Deception to better shield myself from view?
Orrin_Torrin: Lay in such a way that shadows cover me or something?
Varus: man fuck it I cast invisibility on myself
Varus: instead of hiding
Igfig: you can take disadvantage on your own stealth check to give him advantage on his, Blaze
Igfig: oh, or that would work
Varus: b b b b b b boom
Blaze: Yar, maybe hold off on the invisibility spell or are you just doing that then?
Blaze: I'm guessing you are alright then.
Varus: well
Varus: hmm
Orrin_Torrin: 1d20+3
Fortuna: Orrin_Torrin, 1d20+3: [9] = 12
Varus: you dont need to hide so much
Blaze: 1d20+7
Fortuna: Blaze, 1d20+7: [9] = 16
Varus: a giant spider in the mournlands isnt so bad
Varus: maybe we can take the disadvantage
Varus: compared to them spotting me
Blaze: Well, either I have a 16 or worse then a 16.
Varus: lets take the disadvantage
Varus: 1d20+1 advantaged stealth
Fortuna: Varus, advantaged stealth: [6] = 7
Varus: AW
Blaze: 1d20+7
Fortuna: Blaze, 1d20+7: [6] = 13
Igfig: And hmm, deception would probably not work in that way Orrin. That's just stealth. But if you made some sort of decoy, that could be a helpful use of deception
Varus: this turns out bad for everyone
Blaze: And now I have a 13.
Orrin_Torrin: Well, Ben is our decoy.
Varus: yeah
Blaze: A 7 is better then a 4, it's like we exchanged 3 points with eachother.
Igfig: wait, did Varus not use inivisibilty after all?
Varus: i did not
Igfig: ok
Orrin_Torrin: Just go invisible.
Blaze: He decided to test our luck.
Varus: is it too late to go invisible ig?
Blaze: Our luck didn't go so well.
Igfig: I really should have rolled all this in secret
Igfig: uhh, sure you can go inviisble I guess
Orrin_Torrin: Orrin is very poorly hidden, but shouldn't I get some kind of advantage from the fact that this is actually a hiding place?
Varus: ok ill go invisible again
frosty_the_boatman: hang on neeed to pee before we do things
Orrin_Torrin: Like... it can't be that hard to figure out.
Blaze: Well, I haven't seen you roll anything since that perception check that spotted me peeping earlier, yar.
Igfig: Yeah, I guess that hiding place is better than the others so it should be worth something
Igfig: ok, advantage for orrin
Orrin_Torrin: TRY AGAIN ORRIN.
Orrin_Torrin: 1d20+3
Fortuna: Orrin_Torrin, 1d20+3: [2] = 5
Orrin_Torrin: Shit.
Varus: OOHHH MY GOD
Igfig: 12 it is
Varus: at least these bad rolsl are happening before the fight
Orrin_Torrin: Looks like I'm talking our way out of this one.
Orrin_Torrin: Stay hidden until they attack me, I guess.
Varus: or maybe stay hidden
Orrin_Torrin: Isn't Arryn with us?
Igfig: so that's 12 for orrin, 13 for blaze, and invisible for varus?
Orrin_Torrin: Can she like... veil or something?
Varus: if anythign they will sense an ambush
Varus: yeah
Igfig: oh I forgot about her
Varus: but still talk to ben
Varus: then we can spring a trap
Igfig: she's not magic though
Orrin_Torrin: She doesn't have a Hunter's Veil type thing?
Igfig: no?
Orrin_Torrin: DAMN.
Igfig: I don't want her to be a DMPC though, so maybe she's guarding the ship
Blaze: Alrighty.
frosty_the_boatman: oh, so she can float it up and down for us
Igfig: no, changing elevation requires an elemental
Igfig: airships are neutrally buoyant on their own
Orrin_Torrin: Well, she can throw a rope down at least.
Igfig: I guess you could also change elevation by pushing hard
Varus: we walked a mile
Igfig: yes that is true
Igfig: or maybe she went out to scout the rest of the area, I dunno
Blaze: Either way.
Igfig: anyhoo
frosty_the_boatman is still waving hello
Igfig: you guys are hidden, except for frosty who is standing out there waving
Varus: whats frosty's story
Igfig: The warforged come around the corner
Varus: why did he yell hey
frosty_the_boatman: "HELLO"
Varus: oh god we are relying on ben
Varus: this never goes well
Orrin_Torrin: He's looking for a mithril warforged who sent him a thing.
Orrin_Torrin: Tell as much of the truth as you can and see how he feels.
frosty_the_boatman: yeah why did we want to talk to these guys in the first place
frosty_the_boatman: like why are we even here in deadland
Igfig: their weapons are raised, four with axes and hammers, two with heavy crossbows, the big one with a sword much like a larger one of his body blades
frosty_the_boatman: an orb told us here, why did we orb
Igfig: they look, however, surprised to see an elemental standing there
frosty_the_boatman: fuck it
Igfig: this is not expected
Blaze: Bother, I forget what song I used for the mournlands in general last time.
frosty_the_boatman: "how goes?
frosty_the_boatman: "
Blaze: Ah yar, it was Sister from limbo.
Igfig: "Flame man. What are you," calls the big bladed one.
frosty_the_boatman: "a fire elemental"
frosty_the_boatman: "and you?"
Varus: "DEFINITELY NOT A HUMAN HAHA *SWEATS NERVOUSLY* - ben
frosty_the_boatman: can i sex machine the war forgers
Blaze: Though that song does not fit this moment, yar.
Igfig: "This is the divine might of the Lord of Blades. You will surrender."
frosty_the_boatman: "never heard of that race, tbh"
frosty_the_boatman: (hang on someone at door)
Igfig: "Is this your vessel that is in the sky."
Varus: didnt we land?
Orrin_Torrin: You said you were gonna teleport up.
Blaze: Does it matter much?
Varus: that was in a theoretical situation where we somehow all ended up on the ground while the boat was up
Igfig: sorry, should have said "was"
Varus: aah okay
Igfig: or maybe he's just bad at the past tense, I dunno
Varus: this warforged clearly has a speaking disability
frosty_the_boatman: "yeah that was me"
Orrin_Torrin: Oh guys, if this guy is so hard we may be able to buy passage with news of the Docent and tell him we'll get it for him and then totally just not get it for him.
Varus: sure
Varus: that works
Varus: but i doubt it will
frosty_the_boatman: also i totally ssaid that as "t b h" and not to be honest
Varus: uh where did you say that
Igfig: "You will transfer ownership of the vessel to this cause. This will be of value."
Blaze: Back at the never heard of that race bit.
frosty_the_boatman: "but i really like that boat"
frosty_the_boatman: "and it wont fly"
frosty_the_boatman: "dead now"
Varus: say why do you think i landed here
frosty_the_boatman: implied
Igfig: "Do not joke flame man. Vessels do not just die."
Igfig: "All things can be repaired."
frosty_the_boatman: "you go and try to fly it, its a mile that way"
frosty_the_boatman: " i can wait "
Varus: frosty bein iCE COOLLLD
Orrin_Torrin: DAMN SON.
Igfig: "You will surrender. You will show the way to the vessel and repair it."
Varus: man fuck these dudes
Varus: who says we attack
Orrin_Torrin: Ben just tell them it won't fly without you.
frosty_the_boatman: so i get them all on the vessel and fly away
Blaze: They do have a rather one track mind it seems.
Igfig: He waves sharply to the others and they raise their weapons and begin to surround Frosty
Orrin_Torrin: And that you won't fly it for them unless they listen.
Varus: swait
Varus: wait
Varus: wait
Varus: better ideas
Varus: ben
Varus: go to the vessel with them
Varus: then lift off
Igfig: not, like, attacking-you surrounding, but more like capturing-you surrounding
Varus: and flip over
Varus: so they all fall and die
frosty_the_boatman: that was what i just said waffle
Varus: oh ok
Blaze: Give them the crocodile death spin, only there are no teeth involved, and it is a boat.
Blaze: And it is more to fling people then it is to rend flesh and bone.
frosty_the_boatman: "aight, whatevs"
Blaze: So nothing like a crocodile death spin.
frosty_the_boatman: "come on, i guess"
Igfig: all right
Igfig: they are happy to follow you there, though they keep their weapons trained on you the whole time
Igfig: what are the rest of you going to do?
frosty_the_boatman: i go my full gait tho
Orrin_Torrin: Wait for them to leave I guess.
Igfig: hahaha
frosty_the_boatman: no use going easy on them
Varus: yeah
Varus: lets just
Varus: keep going 
Igfig: okay, they jog to keep up
Varus: once they are past
Varus: sorry ben
Blaze: I suppose Frosty will be able to find us easy enough as well, so yar we can keep going and he can catch up with the ship.
Varus: maybe swap to private with ig
Igfig: uh, I'll make some dex checks for them
Igfig: 2#1d20
Fortuna: Igfig, 1d20: [15] = 15; 1d20: [2] = 2
frosty_the_boatman: hahaha
Igfig: ow
Orrin_Torrin: Ben can handle this. The worst thing they can really do to him is capture him, and even if they do he's exactly as capable of fighting whenever we come to rescue him as he is right now.
Orrin_Torrin: He's made of fire.
Igfig: one of them slips on a treacherous slope and slides down a good ways, battered by rocks as it goes
Igfig: 2d6 damage
Fortuna: Igfig, damage: [4, 4] = 8
Igfig: but at the bottom they just stand up and wait for the others to arrive, overall unfazed
Blaze: Nevermind, I am almost certain that Sister was not the song I had used previously.
Igfig: question: should I go with Frosty or the rest of you for now?
Orrin_Torrin: I mean he's just going to the boat and then flipping over.
Blaze: Aha, found the link.
Varus: maybe go to private
Varus: and we can do both at once
Varus: over here we will probably just reconvene
Varus: and cast find creature]
Blaze: Oh wow I was way off, this is World of Goo.
Blaze: http://labs.echonest.com/Uploader/index.html?trid=TRIBWBD13A0F109C84
Igfig: Also you know what Erik, please ask Erik II if he would like to play a rogue/fighter in this party so he can come and take control of Arryn so we can stop worrying about what she's doing at any given moment
Varus: yeah
Blaze: You can tell him it comes with a fancy form shifting weapon too.
Orrin_Torrin: Next week, I assume?
Igfig: aye
Varus: you know theres a character in a book im reading exactly like arryn 
Varus: and i keep getting them confused with each other
Igfig: and I mean, I was planning to just go back and forth between each scene in this chat, but if everybody prefers splitting the chats I guess I could actually restart Fortuna in both #pwot_dnd and #pwot_dnd2
Varus: if its just igfig and ben
Varus: well
Varus: for logs
Varus: okay yeah
Blaze: I dunno, I mean it'd be easy enough to do them both here I'd think, but it might be easier reading to have them separate.
Varus: yar
Igfig: okay, and ben already asked in a PM if we could separate
Igfig: I'll restart fortuna
frosty_the_boatman left #pwot_dnd.
Blaze: Oh, and also that reminds me I also have a friend who might want to join in?  They quit the group they've been playing with because some of the people in that group wouldn't stop with jokes of poor ethical quality.
Blaze: They weren't for certain yet though, yar.
Igfig: Sure, although six people might get a little unwieldy for an online group
Igfig: but that's fine
Blaze: Yar, well as they said they aren't sure if their schedule will work for it, and as I said to them I'd be double checking with you guys cause that is getting to be pretty big, yar.
Varus: yar
Varus: we can think about it later
Varus: for now lets do the ben thing
Varus: so bens gone with the warforged
Igfig: ben is doing the ben thing as we speak
Varus: lets cast some find creature over here
Igfig: what are you doing noe
Igfig: ok
Varus: do it blaze
Varus: do the thing
Varus: i believe in you
Blaze: I have to unspider first, so we should probably ride me down off of this ledge, yar.
Orrin_Torrin: He said he's in, and he's pretty sure he can start next week but he has to make sure.
Varus: neato
Varus: spider me down bitch
Blaze: And we'll probably get time for a short rest not too far from now anyways so yar.
Varus: or ill go tumbling down the glass precipice
Igfig: Short rests take an hour, but sure, eventually
Blaze: I carry Varus down like the weak-ankled wizard he is, and then unspiderify.
Blaze: Oh bother I forgot to do something again:
Blaze: But yar, now that we are down I'll go ahead and cast locate creature, focusing my mind on the image of that mithril warforged we saw in the send.
Varus: its raining igfig do you hear the rain
Varus: its drama rain for us
Igfig: All right
Igfig: no it is not raining here
Varus: oh dang
Igfig: not yet at least
Igfig: weather goes west to east so it'll rain soon I guess
Blaze: I have a feeling we won't like the rains that fall here.
Igfig: Oh, I meant in Toronto not in the MOurnland
Varus: the rain in the mournland probably isnt fun
Igfig: probably not!
Igfig: In any case
Igfig: you do in fact get a good, strong signal for your guy
Igfig: he is pretty close
Igfig: less than two hundred yards away
Varus: excellent
Varus: lets GET 'EM
Varus: lets jum em
Igfig: a bit up
Varus: jmp
Varus: jump
Varus: wait up??
Varus: like up a mountain?
Blaze: Is he traveling in any direction?  The spell says I learn that as well.
Igfig: just a little bit up, and not moving at all
Orrin_Torrin: Do we have to climb or can we just walk up?
Blaze: I suppose we head out of the lower area to see what we can in that direction then, yar.
Blaze: Which direction is it?
Blaze: Compass wise.
Igfig: Still eastish
Varus: arlighty
Varus: i say
Varus: and dare i say this
Varus: i say
Varus: we head that away
Igfig: and you don't know if it'd be a climb or walk, but the 'canyon' you're in is going in roughly that direction
Igfig: okay, so you go there
Varus: THE TERRAIN MATTERS NOT WE WILL STILL GO
Igfig: yes
Igfig: you go a while longer, the canyon winding this way and that between ridges and outcroppings
Varus: have we seen the ship do a bunch of barrel rolls yet?
Igfig: you have not
Varus: ok
Igfig: but it's a longer walk back there than it was to here
Varus: varus is REALY complaining about his ankles now
Igfig: with your decent passive perception, you notice a very lightly-worn path going up the side and through a cleft in the glass
Blaze: How pleasant.
Varus: WE IGNORE IT
Varus: nah we follow it
Igfig: the spell is indeed pointing you up that way
Igfig: you climb up, and through the cleft
Igfig: and after a couple metres
Varus: ................. ??!?!!?!?!?!
Blaze: A GIANT GLASS BOULDER COMES CRASHING DOWN THE CLEFT TOWARDS US!
Igfig: emerge into a gleaming grotto, lined with crystals and open to the sky
Varus: igfig doesnt actually do stuff like that often
Varus: but thatd be funny
Varus: ooh
Varus: oooooooooooh
Varus: lets steal the crystals
Blaze: That sounds really pretty.
Igfig: and in the middle, in a shallow pool of water
Igfig: kneeling in a contemplative pose
Varus: i shoot a ray of fire at him
Varus: i dont 
Orrin_Torrin: I'm basically picturing the Catacombs of Ba Sing Se, but with sunlight.
Igfig: a warforged covered in mithril filigree
Varus: finally
Varus: we found him
Varus: should we wait for ben to finish his thing?
Varus: before we engage him in covnersation
Igfig: uhm
Blaze: I'm half-expecting Frosty to just drop in through the sky light.
Igfig: Oh, Ben left the chat
Varus: yeahj
Igfig: uh, it's up to you I guess
Varus: well you will be distracted with bens thing
Varus: and this is an important conversation
Igfig: okay, I'll do Ben's thing then
Igfig: and finish it as quick as I can
Varus: WEVE ALL BECOME IDLE
Varus: how long does it take to flip some dudes over
Blaze: Depends on their dex rolls.
Igfig: it's more complicated than that
Igfig: they're talking
Orrin_Torrin: Ben is almost certainly betraying us.
Varus: ill kill him myself if i must
Blaze: How do we fly the ship when he is dead though?
Varus: put one of the elementals from the dragonshards in
Igfig: You can see the ship is now up in the air and flying, very slowly
Igfig: in roughly your direction
Blaze: (quite sounds of Queen are heard in the distance)
Varus: we hear it coming closer
Blaze: I'm thinking Who Wants to Live Forever is playing.
Igfig: without warning, the ship speeds up and rolls forcefully to starboard
Varus: HAH
Varus: we all point and laugh
Blaze: Yar, I'm picturing this happening in slow motion with Who Wants to Live Forever's chorus playing behind it.
Igfig: You see six figures falling fromt he deck
Igfig: one more, hanging on just barely
Varus: i send an instant message
Varus: "DO IT AGAIN"
Igfig: ...and then with one more shake, the last one is falling as well
Orrin_Torrin: KEEP ROLLIN ROLLIN ROLLIN ROLLIN WHAT.
Varus: WOOOO
Varus: ben has single handedly defeated a terror of legends
Igfig: are you still sending that message?
Varus: nah
Igfig: ok
Igfig: how will he find you though
Varus: oh
Varus: i shoot a ray of frost straight up
Varus: thank you cantrips
Igfig: ah, clever
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Igfig: The ship turns and comes toward you, staying high up
frosty_the_boatman: hello!
Blaze: Welcome back.
Igfig: I'll say he reaches you at right about the same time you get into the grotto
Varus: "nice job! Are they dead?"
Igfig: are you descending to them or what Frosty?
frosty_the_boatman: are they fighting or anything
Igfig: nope
frosty_the_boatman goes down
Blaze: Nah we had an easy time of walking, discovering a pretty little crystal cavern, yar.
frosty_the_boatman: ;)
Igfig: You see that they've entered a gleaming grotto, lined with crystals and open to the sky
Varus: we should reward ben somehow that was pretty rad
Varus: also i wanna say that is the lovely thing about having a good dm
Varus: is that igfig doesnt set us up for combat
Varus: he sets us up to do SOMETHING
Varus: and we've gotten out of combat a lot this campaign
Igfig: and in the middle, in a shallow pool of water 	kneeling in a contemplative pose 	a warforged covered in mithril filigree
Varus: I approach him and tap him on the shoulder
Varus: "heeey... HEEEYYYY"
Igfig: thank you Waffle, I am glad you enjoy
Igfig: The warforged opens his eyes
frosty_the_boatman: yes this is fun times
Varus: the best part of the campaign to me was talking our way out of arrest
Igfig: actually, do they have eyelids? Probably not
Orrin_Torrin: Yeah that was incredible.
Varus: lets say
Varus: his eyes which were dimmed have lit up
Orrin_Torrin: Can he have sweet Iron Man light up eyes?
Orrin_Torrin: Yeah.
Igfig: Actually, I don't think they can do even that
Igfig: they stay fully conscious and perceptive while resting
Igfig: even more so than elves
Varus: well this ones special
Varus: and for aesthetic
Varus: iron man eye light
Igfig: not special like that
Igfig: maybe he was just facing away from you
Varus: laaaaaaaaaaame
Varus: igfig officially worst dm e er
Varus: ever
Varus: wont give iron man eyelight
Varus: boooo
Varus: thumbs down
Igfig: He startles a bit.
Igfig: "Oh. Excuse me. I did not hear you come in."
Varus: "Spill the beans, what was with the dead king in the house"
frosty_the_boatman: "hello!"
Igfig: He turns to you, and his mouth opens slightly. "Oh. You are the crew of the Frosty. Welcome. I am so glad you were able to find me."
Varus: wait is our boat called the frosty
Igfig: "Wait. What. Dead king."
Igfig: Uh, I assumed it was
frosty_the_boatman: yes
Varus: thats bens name
frosty_the_boatman: yes it was
Blaze: Frosty says it is the ship name too, so yar.
Varus: "You told us go to your house, we went, you were gone, dead king."
Igfig: "What. Oh no."
Igfig: "I am so sorry. I had no idea that would happen."
Varus: "where were you"
frosty_the_boatman: (he's prolly lying)
Varus: insight check?
Blaze: Might as well.
Blaze: 1d20+6
Fortuna: Blaze, 1d20+6: [14] = 20
Varus: 1d20+2
Fortuna: Varus, 1d20+2: [11] = 13
Orrin_Torrin: 1d20+4
Fortuna: Orrin_Torrin, 1d20+4: [4] = 8
frosty_the_boatman: 1d20
Fortuna: frosty_the_boatman, 1d20: [9] = 9
Igfig: "I wish I could have been there to meet you. But I was sent an important missive by the other leaders of the Godforged. What king. Who was killed. I am so sorry."
Igfig: He is not lying, he seems genuinely pleased to see you and distraught to hear what you're saying
Varus: huh
Igfig: I'm just playing warforged as not very expressive vocally
Varus: okay
Igfig: so they only use periods as far as punctuation goes
Varus: "Why didn't you wait for us? Surely you must have known we wouldn't take long to arrive"
Varus: "And the dead king is BLANK"
Varus: i forget who
Igfig: Kaius III of Karrnath
Varus: yeah
Igfig: "That is." He pauses. "A long story. Have your heard of our movement? The Godforged."
Orrin_Torrin: Have we?
Blaze: I'm very certain Blaze hasn't.
Blaze: "Nope."
Igfig: Almost certainly you haven't
Varus: lets just say none of us have
Orrin_Torrin: "As a matter of fact, we have not."
Varus: "been too busy building death machines and stuff, you know"
frosty_the_boatman: we built death machines???
Varus: i did
Igfig: "All right. Please make yourselves comfortable, then." He stops for a moment, then takes hold of the rusted-looking amulet (holy symbol?) he wears around his neck and begins to chant a spell
Blaze: I don't think you've been building any death machines in a longer while, yar.
Igfig: you recognize Stone Shape
Igfig: he touches a wall, and shapes it into a wide glass couch for you to sit on.
Varus: excellent
Varus: I take a seat
Orrin_Torrin: Kick up my feet.
Varus: i sit on orrins lap
Blaze: I'll sit down next to them then.
Igfig: "My name is Chain. By the way. And before I begin I must ask. The dragonshards and their passengers. Are they safe and sound."
Varus: "they were all stolen and massacred"
frosty_the_boatman: passengers?
Orrin_Torrin: "He's just grouchy about the dead king fiasco. They're fine."
Orrin_Torrin: The horrorbeast you fucked.
frosty_the_boatman: like tajikstan or w/e her name was
frosty_the_boatman: yeah
Igfig: "Oh my. You frightened me for a moment."
frosty_the_boatman: but that was just one tho
frosty_the_boatman: are there more terrorbeasts to fuck?
Orrin_Torrin: The other shards must have their own residents
frosty_the_boatman: :)
Orrin_Torrin: It's a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it.
Igfig: We can assume you checked that the other ones were occupied too
Blaze: "I think Frosty knows best in regards to the passengers."
frosty_the_boatman winks
Igfig: "All right. I am a member of a sect known as the Godforged."
Igfig: He motions to his holy symbol, which looks like a sort of stylized eye
Igfig: one sec, let me gyazo it
Igfig: http://gyazo.com/d5bbf0ba2e24ce3c2ecc0caf0399db98
Igfig: except not at all
Igfig: maybe a more mechanical dragonmark
Igfig: anyhoo
frosty_the_boatman: that does not look like an eye
Igfig: a warforged eye maybe
frosty_the_boatman: aight
Igfig: "Tell me. You have a soul do you not."
frosty_the_boatman: do i 
Orrin_Torrin: "Er... yeah."
frosty_the_boatman: i dont even know anymore
frosty_the_boatman: what am i
Varus: "I guess???"
Varus: "Probably?"
Blaze: You're pretty much pure soul, yar.
Varus: is the soul a proven thing in eberron
Igfig: "All living beings have souls. And yet there are those who think that warforged. Being constructed beings. Are therefore bereft of souls. No better than a golem."
frosty_the_boatman: "yes, i am pretty much pure soul"
Igfig: Uh, sort of Varus
Varus: alright
Igfig: Souls transmigrate to Dollurh when they die, and then from there on to unknown realms
Varus: alrighty
Igfig: and then there are all the beings that can possess people, and beings of pure soul like quori, etc etc
Igfig: "But does a warforged not think. and dream. and love. Not literally dream but figuratively."
Varus: "I don't know about anyone else here, but just from my studies I'm already well aware of Warforged's capabilitires of thoughts and feelings. There is no doubt to be that you have souls"
Igfig: That's something that's heavily debated in-setting, but that's very good of you to say so
Igfig: "By every measure a warforged is as souled as any living being. We all hold that spark of the divine."
frosty_the_boatman: so those seven things really did die?
Igfig: according to Chain, yeah
frosty_the_boatman: (and we would have been such a good team too, if their captain was less of a jerk)
Igfig: "And as the living soul is like unto the greater soul that is a god. Surely the constructed soul must be like unto something as well."
Igfig: "This is the Becoming God. The god that is must be the soul of the warforged race."
Igfig: "But as a god of constructs, the Becoming God must too be constructed."
Varus: "What are you getting at"
Igfig: oh shit, accidental comma
Igfig: "That is our task. We the Godforged are the ones who will construct our god. And the dragonshards you have found may be the key to this."
Varus: "you're.... going to build a god?"
Igfig: "Yes."
Varus: "Build the actual god, not a vessel for it or anything, but the actual god itself?"
Varus: "How will the dragonshards give it conciousness"
Orrin_Torrin: "That's pretty baller. How can the shards help?"
Igfig: "This is complex. Our research has determined that the first warforged was born not thirty three years ago. But forty thousand years ago in the war between giants and quori."
Orrin_Torrin: Oshit the docent.
Igfig: The quori created the first warforged. And as they are creatures of dreams. Surely their creations would also have souls born of dream."
Igfig: "The dragonshards you acquired contained quori spirits. Did they not."
Varus: "......yes... they did..."
Igfig: "If we can learn how this was done. If this is related to the creation process of warforged. Then we can use this technique to breathe the essence of the warforged people into a suitable frame."
Igfig: He looks so anxious, sounds so hopeful
Varus: "Will that not require the sacrifice of warforged though?"
Igfig: "Why is that."
frosty_the_boatman: "so can i climb into tajikstan (sp?) and ask how she got there?"
Varus: "To breath the essense of warfoged into a body you would need to sacrifice essense in the first place"
Varus: "which logically would be a soul"
Igfig: Thakasthai
Varus: "and a body without a soul dies, plain and simple"
Varus: "You cannot create a soul"
frosty_the_boatman: so yeah, ill just ask
Orrin_Torrin: Not with that attitude you can't.
Blaze: But you also just said that warforged have souls and they were created, yar.
Blaze: You're giving mixed messages there.
frosty_the_boatman: dude Varus im p sure youre insulting him now
Varus: they must have dragged their souls out of the soul streamy thing
Varus: which would mean that babies who were SUPPOSED to use that bit of soul stream would not hav been able to
Varus: and would be still born
Orrin_Torrin: No he's saying they have to kill warforged.
Orrin_Torrin: To make the warforged god.
Igfig: It takes a bit of an effort to put Thakashtai's shard in the housing, so you'll have to all go up there if you want to talk to her
Orrin_Torrin: It seems like pretty pertinent information.
frosty_the_boatman: stop threatening our host with godhood death waffle
Igfig: "Are you speaking theoretically or practically. Is this speculation or do you actually know this for a fact."
frosty_the_boatman: well waffle???
Igfig: "I am not asking this in a hostile manner, I very much want to know this."
frosty_the_boatman: you spoutin shit??
Varus: "Sort of.... both"
Varus: "in the same way that you cannot create energy"
Varus: "it turns to entropy"
Orrin_Torrin: Basically, Fullmetal Alchemist.
Varus: "You cannot create a soul
Varus: "when someone dies their soul cycles back into the great stream of life and is born anew"
Varus: "when warforged were made, somehow they came with souls"
Varus: "so thinking logically you must have pulled your souls from the stream"
Varus: "But to pull enough to make a god, I'm not sure if you can do that"
Varus: "However with the sacrifice of warforged themselves would it be enough?"
Igfig: "when someone dies their soul cycles back into the great stream of life and is born anew" okay you know that is not something that is actively supported in-setting, right
frosty_the_boatman: hahah
Varus: maybe its a religion my character follows
Igfig: I mean, it might be true, but that's not something there's evidence for
Igfig: sure, that's fine
Varus: alrighty
frosty_the_boatman: elton john said so
Varus: my great lord and saviour elton john
Igfig: Well, I can't think of any organized religions that preach that, but that's fine as a personal philosphy
Igfig: "This is not a view I have heard before. Do you have any evidence to back this up."
frosty_the_boatman: just say no
Varus: "admittedly I do not, it's a personal theory as I try to work out where life comes from"
frosty_the_boatman: pick your battles
Varus: yeah and i dont want to drag out something unrelated like that
Igfig: "Not that I mean to impugn your philosophy. But this is a practical concern."
Varus: "You're right, sorry"
Varus: "But I think"
Varus: "what this comes down to really"
Varus: "is that we came here wondering about the dead king"
Varus: "we can sell you the shards and you can do with them what you like, but we need to find who killed the king in YOUR home"
frosty_the_boatman: whoa man
Varus: building their god is theory
Varus: the war is guaranteed to happen
Varus: if we need to pick something to focus on
Varus: and i can definitely see problems with them building a god
Varus: then we focus on the war
Varus: and then come back for the god
frosty_the_boatman: i think a wargod would help in a war
Varus: warforged
Varus: not war god
Igfig: wargods would help too
Varus: they are just living constructs not mindless chaotic evil killers
Varus: but yes a wargod would help start a war i imagine
Igfig: although I suppose wargods tend to start wars more than just help out in them
Igfig: hehe, yep
Orrin_Torrin: Also yeah Ben we're trying to prevent a war.
Orrin_Torrin: Ideally, there will be no need for wargods at all.
frosty_the_boatman: you are?
Orrin_Torrin: However, I don't think we need to be quite so blunt with Chain about it.
frosty_the_boatman: fuck, i thought we were starting one
Orrin_Torrin: He(?) is obviously related to these events at least a little, we might as well work with him(?)
frosty_the_boatman: why are we even here
Varus: if we can trade for information sure
Varus: but right now we stop the war
Varus: then we come back for the god
frosty_the_boatman: can the wardude talk to the shard himself?
Igfig: "That. Is not a question I can answer myself. I did however leave behind some other followers. Of an ally. One might say. And I do not know all his ways. I can bring you to him if you like."
Orrin_Torrin: "It would probably help."
Igfig: Chain would not be able to talk to Thakashtai without a setup similar to your own
Igfig: "You will have to disguise yourself. The Lord of Blades will kill humans on sight."
frosty_the_boatman: "uhhhhh"
Blaze: *cough*
Orrin_Torrin: "Shouldn't be a problem."
frosty_the_boatman: "yeah, about that"
Orrin_Torrin: I can cover me and Varis, Frosty is already an elemental and Blaze can turn into a beast.
Orrin_Torrin: I'm a master of disguise.
Varus: we all awkwardly scratch our heads
Igfig: "Is there a problem."
frosty_the_boatman: "took a little trip. something about wanting to be a 'supersonic man'"
Varus: "Yeah he uh, we saw him leaving pretty fast"
Orrin_Torrin: "Oh 
Orrin_Torrin: yeah. He went for a ride earlier."
Igfig: "Did you. Throw the Lord of Blades. Out of your airship."
Orrin_Torrin: "Only a little."
Igfig: He comes to his feet, quickly
frosty_the_boatman: "throw? i dont know"
Varus: "I wouldn't say throw"
frosty_the_boatman: "semantics arguement"
Igfig: "This does not seem possible. Excuse me."
Orrin_Torrin: "He was unable to keep up with the pace of Frosty's maneuverings."
Blaze: "We weren't on the airship at the time."
Blaze: "Your garden was very lovely by the way!  Didn't want to interrupt, earlier."
frosty_the_boatman twiddles thumbs
Igfig: He runs for the cleft and wedges his way out into the canyon
Igfig: you hear a bit of a squawking noise
frosty_the_boatman whistles
Igfig: and metal on metal
Igfig: ...
frosty_the_boatman: are we trapped now
Igfig: no, no
Blaze: The airship isn't that raw away.
Blaze: far*
Varus: of course not
Blaze: How'd I type raw instead of far.
Varus: i can teleport out
Varus: leave the rest of you
Varus: bye
Igfig: You hear indistinct shouting
frosty_the_boatman whistling intensifies
Blaze gets up and peers out the hole.
Igfig: The blade-covered warforged you pushed out of the airship is there
Varus: WELP
Igfig: alive, but dented
Varus: at least we softened him up for the inevitable fight
Varus: how high was ben?
Varus: and how much damage would that fall ne
Igfig:  120 feet
Varus: be*
Igfig:  12d6 damage
Fortuna: Igfig, damage: [6, 5, 3, 1, 4, 6, 3, 4, 4, 6, 6, 2] = 50
Varus: thats not very high
Igfig: uh
Varus: dangit ben
Blaze: I do have the mend spell prepared today.
frosty_the_boatman: dont fix him!
Blaze: If we want to try the we healed you please don't kill us route.
Orrin_Torrin: Why don't we see what he wants.
frosty_the_boatman: ive got him half dead
Orrin_Torrin: While Chain is here.
Orrin_Torrin: He won't kill us while we have the shards.
frosty_the_boatman: "HELLO"
frosty_the_boatman: "HOW GOES"
Igfig: he's swinging at Chain, all "Traitor. Associating with flesh. Traitor."
Igfig: and Chain is trying to talk him down
Varus: I walk right up
frosty_the_boatman: "FLESH TRAITOR!!"
Igfig: roll initiative
Varus: "He associated us for his cause"
Varus: welp
Varus: uh
Varus: actually
Varus: igfig
Varus: its 11 30
Igfig: aw damn
Varus: now personally i dont have anything to do until 6pm tomorrow
Varus: but you know fights can take a whikle
frosty_the_boatman: its only 1030 in decent places
Blaze: Yar, if anyone can't stay up for it now would be a cliffhangery time to stop.
Igfig: This fight will probably be not quite as long as you fear, since this is just one guy instead of half a dozen
Varus: oh alright
Igfig: and I had a better stopping point right after this
Varus: so the others are dead
Varus: we can do that then
Blaze: Also he's 50 hp down already.
Orrin_Torrin: And he's half dead.
frosty_the_boatman: your welcome
Orrin_Torrin: 1d20
Fortuna: Orrin_Torrin, 1d20: [16] = 16
Varus: alright
Varus: lets roll init
Blaze: 1d20
Fortuna: Blaze, 1d20: [6] = 6
Blaze: Oh crud, I walked up near the door too.
Igfig:  1d20+1
Fortuna: Igfig,  1d20+1: [18] = 19
Varus: 1d20+1
Fortuna: Varus, 1d20+1: [17] = 18
Varus: DANG
Varus: WHY DIDNT I GET THAT FIRST ONE
Varus: i rolled first
frosty_the_boatman: 1d20+4
Fortuna: frosty_the_boatman, 1d20+4: [8] = 12
Igfig: okay, so who's closest?
Varus: well
Blaze: I went to peek out the door, so, yeah.
Varus: i stepped forwards just before the fight
Igfig: Blaze, okay
Varus: to talk to him
Igfig: oh
Orrin_Torrin: I guess I'm still sitting on the couch.
Igfig: well then I guess Varus is closest
Varus: oops
Igfig: He turns his fury on you
frosty_the_boatman: i amstanding behind the couch
Varus: bring it bitch
Igfig: "Vile. The world will be purged of you."
Varus: "more like OF YOOOOOUUUUU"
Varus: my posse ooh's for me
frosty_the_boatman: "HEY STABBY, I FIGURED OUT HOW TO WORK THE BOAT"
Igfig: he swings twice with the axe, and slashes with the blades down the back of his arm as well
Igfig:  2#1d20+5, 1d20+5
Fortuna: Igfig, 1d20+5, 1d20+5: [1, 11] = (6, 16); 1d20+5, 1d20+5: [14, 12] = (19, 17)
Igfig: qhooooops
Igfig:  2#1d20+5; 1d20+5
Igfig: huh
Igfig: okay
Igfig:  2#1d20+5
Fortuna: Igfig, 1d20+5: [13] = 18; 1d20+5: [17] = 22
Igfig:  1d20+5
Fortuna: Igfig,  1d20+5: [9] = 14
Varus: well
Varus: i cast shield for what its worth
Varus: +4 ac on the hit
Varus: which at least makes the third one miss
Igfig: okay
Igfig:  2#1d10+3
Fortuna: Igfig, 1d10+3: [4] = 7; 1d10+3: [6] = 9
Igfig: that16 da
Varus: man i wish i hadnt stepped forward
Igfig: er
Igfig: that's 16 damage
Blaze: That looks like it hurt.
Varus: it sure did
Varus: but im going to blast him with everything i have first chance
Varus: my turn?
Igfig: Oh wait, did he charge at you? Or were you too close
Varus: i was right up to them
Igfig: okay, that's lucky for you then
Igfig: your turn then, yeah
Orrin_Torrin: Varis, I recomment you not be between him and me.
Orrin_Torrin: Because I am going to try to blast him out the door.
Orrin_Torrin: And give us a choke point.
Igfig: Sure
Varus: ill step slightly to the left just 4 u babe
Varus: i disengage a few feet to the left to allow orrin to make his move
Varus: then
frosty_the_boatman: pee on him
frosty_the_boatman: is Blaze still a spider
Varus: I shoot necromantic energy out of my palm and it wraps around the warforged, digging into his skull and going right for his very soul
Blaze: Nah I haven't been a spider for a while.
Varus: roll a con check
Igfig: con save, I think you mean?
Igfig:  1d20+5
Fortuna: Igfig,  1d20+5: [13] = 18
Varus: yeah save
Varus: yeahj
Varus: aw butts
Varus: oh well
Varus: half damage i think
Varus: let me check
Varus: yup half damage
Varus: 4d8
Fortuna: Varus, 4d8: [7, 7, 6, 1] = 21
Varus: thats good
frosty_the_boatman: does he have a soul tho
Varus: apparently they do
Varus: so thats 21 damage
Igfig: awright
Igfig: necrotic damage hurts things even without souls though
Igfig: I mean, bushes probably don't have souls
frosty_the_boatman: hmmm
Varus: blight affects plants
Varus: it kills them
Igfig: yeah
Igfig: so who's next
Orrin_Torrin: Orrin.
Igfig: okay, goooooorin
Orrin_Torrin: I charge from the couch at the Lord of Blades.
frosty_the_boatman: Orrin_Torrin, frosty_the_boatman , Blaze 
Orrin_Torrin: Is he still in the door?
Blaze: Oh wait!  I have music for this guy, being he is a construct that hates living things, one of the songs from revengeance fits him pretty well.
Igfig: Yeah
Orrin_Torrin: Alright, I swing at him with the Money Hammer.
Orrin_Torrin: 1d20+3
Fortuna: Orrin_Torrin, 1d20+3: [15] = 18
Igfig: Good hit, connects solidly
Varus: it makes a chaching sound
Varus: i bet orrin misses his morphing weapon :(
Orrin_Torrin: Alright, so that's 2d6
Orrin_Torrin: 2d6
Fortuna: Orrin_Torrin, 2d6: [3, 4] = 7
Igfig: Uh, don't you get two attacks or something?
Blaze: http://labs.echonest.com/Uploader/index.html?trid=TRCJSBG13E606BF3A0&sq=0&thresh=54
Blaze: Red sun
Orrin_Torrin: I do, but instead I'm going to use Thunderous Smite on him.
Igfig: ah, right
Orrin_Torrin: At second level.
Orrin_Torrin: So he needs to make a DC13 strength saving throw.
Orrin_Torrin: And takes an additional 3d6
Orrin_Torrin: 3d6
Fortuna: Orrin_Torrin, 3d6: [4, 5, 2] = 11
Igfig:  1d20+6
Fortuna: Igfig,  1d20+6: [5] = 11
Orrin_Torrin: FAIL.
Orrin_Torrin: So 18 total damage, and he is knocked 10 feet away and falls prone.
Orrin_Torrin: "GET OUT MY HOUSE HOMIE."
Igfig: ouch, he might have resisted the Blight but it put him enough off-balance to get smashed properly out the door
Orrin_Torrin: Hopefully that means he's pushed out the door, and must now go past me to touch anyone else.
Blaze: This song doesn't work in the loopy thing as well as most of the other revengeance songs, that's a pity.
frosty_the_boatman: does him being prone give me advantage on the charge
Orrin_Torrin: So if y'all want to just snipe over me.
Blaze: It does I believe.
Orrin_Torrin: Or Ben can rush him and undo all my hard work.
Orrin_Torrin: Yeah it gives you advantage at melee.
Blaze: Ben's a tanky elemental, yar.
Igfig: yep
Orrin_Torrin: There is that.
Orrin_Torrin: You two just stay behind me and snipe him.
frosty_the_boatman: i only have two moves
frosty_the_boatman: punch and harder punch
Orrin_Torrin: Falcon Punch?
Blaze: I had no plans to approach him until it gets to the point that I go animal form.
Igfig: remember that now that the official fire elemental stats are published, you now deal 2d6+Dex instead of 3d6+Dex, but you get two attacks
frosty_the_boatman: aight
Igfig: or you can just charge and make a single attack at 2d6+5+Dex
Igfig: but you're close enough you don't need to
frosty_the_boatman: ill do that it looks easier
Igfig: ok
Blaze: Yeah this song just gets trapped in the lyrical section on the loopy thing, maybe one of the other uploads of it works better, though I don't see why.
frosty_the_boatman: so 2#1d20 to hit prone?
Orrin_Torrin: Yessir.
Igfig: well, 2#1d20+7
frosty_the_boatman: or is there a mod?
frosty_the_boatman: cool
frosty_the_boatman: 2#1d20+7
Fortuna: frosty_the_boatman, 1d20+7: [1] = 8; 1d20+7: [17] = 24
Igfig: attack roll always gets your Dex plus your rpof
Igfig: yeah, that's a hit all right
frosty_the_boatman: should i drag him too or not?
Igfig: up to you
Igfig: but roll damage in any case
Orrin_Torrin: As long as you don't put him between me and the squishies, go crazy.
Blaze: Yup, found a better one.
Blaze: http://labs.echonest.com/Uploader/index.html?trid=TRGXRAG1413921DEDF&sq=0
Blaze: Same song, better upload for some reason.
frosty_the_boatman: 2d6+5+4
Fortuna: frosty_the_boatman, 2d6+5+4: [1, 5] = 15
Igfig: Falcon Punch!
frosty_the_boatman: then drag him away from the squishies for however many feet i can do that
Igfig: You uppercut him and he goes flying, 10 feet I guess
Igfig: or drag him, either way
frosty_the_boatman: what the balls are the squishies
Igfig: how much damage is that total?
Igfig:  21+18+15
Fortuna: Igfig,  21+18+15: [] = 54
Igfig: ok
Igfig: so who's up? Blaze?
Blaze: Yup.
frosty_the_boatman: can i take off my shinguards now?
frosty_the_boatman: just in case
Igfig: oh, I assumed you already had
Blaze: And I'm not feeling like getting near that, but I do feel like testing out one of my newer spells.
frosty_the_boatman: i tough so too
frosty_the_boatman: but i didnt SAY it
Igfig: I'll assume you do whenever you get into comment
Igfig: er, combat
frosty_the_boatman: aight
Igfig: go ahead Blaze
Blaze: Well, I was thinking of going with Conjure Animals, but now I'm giving serious consideration to an encore of Heat Metal.
Varus: OH MAN
Varus: YEAH
Blaze: Cause Heat Metal got buffed actually.
Igfig: oo
Blaze: Lasts up to a minute, I have to use a bonus action on subsequent turns but I can keep doing the heat metal damage as long as it lasts.
Orrin_Torrin: Won't that make him really hot when he attacks me?
Orrin_Torrin: I guess he might have to attack Ben.
Orrin_Torrin: In which case who cares.
Varus: yup!
Igfig: hehehe
Blaze: But wait there is more:
Orrin_Torrin: Since Ben is FIRE.
Varus: he'll probably do extra damage
Igfig: that is distinctly possible
Blaze: Constitution saving throw or drop the object if it can, if it doesn't drop the object:
Blaze: it has disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks.
Igfig: hahaha
Orrin_Torrin: That's incredible.
Blaze: So yeah we're going to go ahead and just Heat Metal the Lord of Blades himself.
Blaze: I will use a 3rd level spell slot to do an additional 1d8 of damage.
Igfig: awright
Blaze: And yeah, there's no attack roll still.
Blaze: 3d8
Fortuna: Blaze, 3d8: [1, 5, 5] = 11
Igfig: oh wow
Blaze: Cause it targets objects normally.
Blaze: Suits of armor, weapons.
Blaze: Vision based.
Igfig: oh, that's... huh
Orrin_Torrin: Heat Metal OP, plz nerf in next patch.
Blaze: It probably needs it really, that's really good for a 2nd level spell.
Blaze: And they buffed it since the playtest.
Varus: well
Varus: tbh
Varus: i dont know if they expected it to be used in this way
Igfig: Well, even if there was a save for half, it wouldn't matter in this case
Orrin_Torrin: I mean we just keep finding really hilarious ways to use it.
Orrin_Torrin: DID WE MELT HIM?
Orrin_Torrin: "Turning a train car into an oven" cannot have been their intent when they wrote the spell.
Blaze: No it probably wasn't.
Blaze: Oh man, or if there is a metal ladder I could use it there.
frosty_the_boatman: man, and if he had just been a bit less bossy i totally would have joined him too
Igfig: well, that was FP-powered, you were going a bit beyond the regular scope of the spell
frosty_the_boatman: i was \\ this close
Orrin_Torrin: There is also that.
Blaze: Yar, but still.
Blaze: Versatility and effectiveness.
Igfig: but he does in fact, yeah, begin to melt some. His wooden parts catch on fire, and he falls to the ground, rolls around for a moment, and then stops
Blaze: Oh geeze.
Blaze: That has to be one of the worst deaths I can imagine.
Igfig: Chain runs up and starts trying to beat out the flames. "Stop. Stop. Do not kill him."
frosty_the_boatman: "WHERES YOUR SOUL NOW, PUNK"
Blaze: I halt the flames.
Blaze: Or, heat.
Blaze: Oooh!
Igfig:  1d20+6 heal
Fortuna: Igfig, heal: [6] = 12
Blaze: I cast Create Water above him.
frosty_the_boatman: he has ongoing me damage though
Igfig: ah, that helps
Igfig: I think he's okay with the water
Blaze: So he gets a splash of water on top, yar.
Igfig: All right, he's stable
Blaze: And I again do have the Mend spell available.
frosty_the_boatman: gonna rust
Blaze: It's not much though.
Igfig: I mean, warforged automatically stabilize, but yeah
Igfig: anyway
Orrin_Torrin: I also have Lay on Hands.
Blaze: Steamy.
Orrin_Torrin: If we really do need to save him.
frosty_the_boatman: "HELLO"
Varus: nah
Varus: lets not save him
Varus: hes a dangerous jerk
frosty_the_boatman: "HOWS THAT HIGH FIVE CLAUSE COMING?"
Orrin_Torrin: We need Chain.
Orrin_Torrin: If that's his price, that's his price.