A World Apart (ooc and questions lll)

[Inferno]

Just moving this to the OOC thread.

Tjoruy has 3 charges of CLW. Who needs it?

[Inferno]

Hey Pulp,
The current PC Status, from the bottom of my last IC post, might help answer that.

PC Status:

• Amethu: Verulian Grand Magus Cleric/Magic-User 3/2: Move: 9", AC: 4, HP: 11/14, Spells: 2/7 1st lvl, 2/3 2nd lvl, Lantern
  Garrin Locke: Argosian Atlantean Paladin 3: Move: 12", AC: 3(1), HP: 9/26, Laying Hands: 0/1
  Kiri Khutan: Kambujan Easterner Fighter/Magic-User 2/2: Move: 9", AC: 3, HP: 8/14, Spells: 3/3 1st lvl
  Loche: Pict Savage Thief 4: Move: 9", AC: 5, HP: 5/18
  Mako: Khitan Easterner Illusionist 3: Move: 12", AC: 7(5), HP: 6/10, Spells: 1/2 1st lvl, 0/1 2nd lvl
  Tjoruy: Verulian Osoran Cleric 4: Move: 9", AC: 3, HP: 11/31, Spells: 5/5 1st lvl, 4/4 2nd lvl
  Xorzen: Verulian Osoran Monk 3: Move: 17", AC: 6(4), HP: 7/16
  Zahra: Verulian Amazon Fighter 3: Move: 12", AC: 3, HP: 10/21

Also, I believe there is some healing magic in the possession of the PCs.

[ChubbyPixie]

Rereading Tjoruy's post in in the clues and notes thread, I'm thinking staying away from the denizens might be the best idea. And um... maybe we should run?

[Inferno]

Moving this to the OOC thread.

I thought we were approaching the enemy also.. maybe they are friendly? haha - who am I kidding!

Hi Raven and Socratic,
The underdwelling Verulians don't seem to see the party, as per my last DM post. Please see the last sentence below.

A dozen men slowly straggle forth... faces hidden behind masks of animals... thin naked limbs aglow with the alabaster hue of bleached bones.

...the ghostly figures move aimlessly as if in a dream; human flotsam set adrift on the sea of their own shattered sanity. Seemingly blind to the adventurers' presence, they react instead to things unseen.

[Inferno]

Hey everyone,

Please join me in welcoming Yrkoon to the game!

[Scott308]

Welcome, Yrkoon!

[ChubbyPixie]

Welcome to the game, Yrkoon.

[ravenn4544]

welcome!

[Yrkoon]

Thanks, everyone! It's great to be here in Hyboria. I read a lot about it as a kid.

[OGRE MAGE]

Welcome to the underdark, Yrkoon!

[OGRE MAGE]

This pic isn't showing up for me.

In either post.

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[Inferno]

Thanks for the heads up, OM. I appreciate it.

How about now?...

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[OGRE MAGE]

Yes, I see it now.

Thanks!

[Inferno]

Hey guys,

Not to step on the great roleplaying and IC dialogue, but is there anything else you want to do before I move it along?
Any plans for the overnight?

Thanks!

[Yrkoon]

Cruloc is ready to move on. As I wrote previously, he'll attend to the injured as best as his barbarian healing skills allow.

I assume that, after having eaten many meals of mushrooms, he would now unerringly be able to identify through smell/taste which mushrooms down here are edible for the group. Hopefully, that will solve the starvation problem.

Mako rose threateningly when Cruloc offered healing, so I don't know whether he wants any Cimmerian TLC or not.

If anyone cares to regale Cruloc with the highlights of the party's adventures, he'll listen.

[Inferno]

... is there anything else you want to do before I move it along?
Any plans for the overnight?

Last call! I'm going to post tonight. Thanks.

[OGRE MAGE]

The uncharacteristic double warning make me nervous.

Is there some way we should be trying to hide or shutter out our thoughts from the ever prying eye of Zargoth that I have forgotten about?

[Yrkoon]

Cruloc may help himself to some of the rags in the hovel. He can use them to bind wounds in the future.

We ought to set watches for our rest period.

The barbarian is uninjured, so he takes first watch.

[Yrkoon]

We are in a tough spot!

A few questions before Cruloc decides what to do:
1) Is there a back way out of the hovel?
2) Do the other party members (excluding Xorzen) seem to be in a trance of some kind?
3) Are the masked figures right at the hovel's entrance, or are they still some distance away? Could we have more information regarding the hovel's entrance? Is it a door? A tent flap? How wide is it? Would it make more sense to take the masked ones out one by one as they try to enter the hovel, or would it be more strategic to clear an area out front so that the others may exit? How sturdy is this hovel?

My initial instinct is to have Xorzen stay and try to wake the others while Cruloc goes outside to buy us some time. Thoughts?

[Inferno]

1) Is there a back way out of the hovel?
2) Do the other party members (excluding Xorzen) seem to be in a trance of some kind?
3) Are the masked figures right at the hovel's entrance, or are they still some distance away?

Hi Yrkoon.
1: Yes. It has two doors; front and back.
2: Yes, like they are sleepwalking.
3: A little distance away and closing.

Could we have more information regarding the hovel's entrance? Is it a door? A tent flap? How wide is it? Would it make more sense to take the masked ones out one by one as they try to enter the hovel, or would it be more strategic to clear an area out front so that the others may exit? How sturdy is this hovel?

The small dilapidated hovel is of ancient stone. There are thin windows and small doorways to the street. If wooden doors had ever existed, they have long since rotted away and been replaced by tattered curtains hung from the top.

Would it make more sense to take the masked ones out one by one as they try to enter the hovel, or would it be more strategic to clear an area out front so that the others may exit?

The small hovel is filled with the PCs. It might be too cramped to fight here now that everyone is awakening. There is room outside the front door, but that space is shrinking. You haven't looked out the back door yet.

Fyi: If you wish to "strike to subdue," say so in your post and roll normally. Hitting with the flat of the blade has the same chance to hit, same damage, but such damage is non-fatal and heals in hours rather than days.