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Chapter 3-B: Across the Aldi and Into The Forgotten Deeps #2.

Posted by teslasFor group 0
teslas
GM, 2933 posts
Wed 8 Feb 2012
at 05:47
  • msg #217

Re: 7:00am Lightningsday, 7th week 852

Around 3am, the drizzling rain starts to come down heavier. Thunder rumbles in the distance and the clouds above pick up pace.

The party eats out of their survival pouch, lending SILI rations once again. RAIF provides for himself.

DAI summons two chocobos. Going to assume one is from your circlet, like it has been previously. SILI attaches them to the sleds, and the part sets off once again.

SILI, going to be nice and remind you to do your thing in the morning while everyone is eating. Roll it the next time you're online and we'll add it to everyone.

SILI takes the opportunity while everyone is gathered in the morning to tell an inspiring story he learned as a youth.
This message was last edited by the GM at 06:10, Wed 08 Feb 2012.
teslas
GM, 2934 posts
Wed 8 Feb 2012
at 05:51
  • msg #218

Re: 10:30am Lightningsday, 7th week 852

The party travels for a couple of hours. The rain becomes quite heavy, and the path ahead is illuminated slightly more intermittently as lightning strikes in the distance. The sky becomes progressively darkened as dark clouds roll overhead.

Around 10:30am, lightning strikes, and most of you see the silhouette of a large-framed humanoid standing on the path about 160' ahead.
This message was last updated by the GM at 05:52, Wed 08 Feb 2012.
SILI
player, 1394 posts
Wed 8 Feb 2012
at 06:03
  • msg #219

Re: 10:30am Lightningsday, 7th week 852

(20/8=2.5, round down, +2 to initiatives everyone. Auto-life to everyone for 10 minutes after we pack up.)
01:01, Today: SILI rolled 26 using 1d20+12 with rolls of 14. Perform (Vocal) (Hymnus on Party).
01:01, Today: SILI rolled 20 using 1d20+12 with rolls of 8. Perform (Oratory) (Readiness on Party).

DAI
player, 1566 posts
Wed 8 Feb 2012
at 06:30
  • msg #220

Re: 10:30am Lightningsday, 7th week 852

DAI grumbles something about giants, likely lost among the noise of the weather. "We should be ready...this never turns out like we want it to."
SILI
player, 1395 posts
Wed 8 Feb 2012
at 06:42
  • msg #221

Re: 10:30am Lightningsday, 7th week 852

Sili stays back.
teslas
GM, 2935 posts
Wed 8 Feb 2012
at 11:03
  • msg #222

Re: 10:30am Lightningsday, 7th week 852

ZEIG looks at GRIM and gives a tired shrug. He then casts Protectra on the party. MP: 42/53

ZEIG will go with GRIM if he wants to go up and talk to the giant with the other three kept further back.
This message was last edited by the GM at 11:08, Wed 08 Feb 2012.
GRIM
player, 701 posts
Warrior ub Badassery
Wed 8 Feb 2012
at 14:17
  • msg #223

Re: 10:30am Lightningsday, 7th week 852

Grim nods at Zeig and heads up to talk to the giant with or without his axe.
teslas
GM, 2936 posts
Wed 8 Feb 2012
at 15:10
  • msg #224

Re: 10:30am Lightningsday, 7th week 852

There's no reason not to bring your axe, albeit maybe not in your hand if you're trying to look friendly.

ZEIG follows next to him, using his staff as a walking stick. The rest of the party travels more slowly forward, not wanting to let GRIM and ZEIG get too far out of easy visibility.

Once ZEIG and GRIM are 50' away, the what is presumably a giant raises its hand. Lightning strikes, revealing it to be holding a club in the other. The thunder rumbles in only seconds later accompanied by the sound of a huge tree falling to the forest floor in the not-too-far distance.

"Why are you here," a voice booms from the giant's direction, nearly as loud as the thunder from where GRIM and ZEIG are standing.

After a short pause, ZEIG quietly asks GRIM what he should say in return. It appears if ZEIG is willing to do the talking and put his skill to use, given he is told what to talk about.

This is a rough guideline to how everyone is arranged. Going from West (top) to East (bottom). The path is fairly straight along this section of the river.

Large Humanoid
50'
ZEIG/GRIM
80'
DAI/SILI/MILO/RAIF
2x Chocobos
Sleds

This message was last edited by the GM at 15:13, Wed 08 Feb 2012.
GRIM
player, 702 posts
Warrior ub Badassery
Wed 8 Feb 2012
at 15:17
  • msg #225

Re: 10:30am Lightningsday, 7th week 852

Grim will concede to Zeig to talking. Grim only talks with his axe or mug of ale.
teslas
GM, 2937 posts
Wed 8 Feb 2012
at 15:24
  • msg #226

Re: 10:30am Lightningsday, 7th week 852

ZEIG asks if he should tell the giant that they're simply passing through, that they're returning food to halflings, or that they're planning on going across the river into Drow territory?

Gotta give me something. He's an NPC.
GRIM
player, 703 posts
Warrior ub Badassery
Wed 8 Feb 2012
at 17:15
  • msg #227

Re: 10:30am Lightningsday, 7th week 852

"Tell 'em we're merely passing through, Zeig."
teslas
GM, 2938 posts
Wed 8 Feb 2012
at 17:42
  • msg #228

Re: 10:30am Lightningsday, 7th week 852

ZEIG clears his throat and responds that the party is merely passing through, and would like to proceed without issue.

The other voice responds quickly as the rain begins to thicken. "You are not elves. You are not halflings. What are you doing here?"

ZEIG looks at GRIM, stumped, murmuring something along the lines of "I guess he's got us on that one."
GRIM
player, 704 posts
Warrior ub Badassery
Wed 8 Feb 2012
at 18:08
  • msg #229

Re: 10:30am Lightningsday, 7th week 852

"Fine, tell 'em we're returning food to the halflings."
teslas
GM, 2939 posts
Wed 8 Feb 2012
at 18:22
  • msg #230

Re: 10:30am Lightningsday, 7th week 852

ZEIG turns and tells the giant that they are on their way to return food to a halfling village in the forest. That they recovered it from a group of goblins who stole it.

The voice, sounding angrier, responds, "I do not care about halflings. You did not come here from where you started because of halflings. Tell us why you are here."

Sense Motive.
12:21, Today: teslas, on behalf of ZEIG, rolled 10 using 1d20+4. Sense Motive.

ZEIG will note to GRIM that the giant said... *Thunder Booms* ..."us".
SILI
player, 1397 posts
Wed 8 Feb 2012
at 18:27
  • msg #231

Re: 10:30am Lightningsday, 7th week 852

Sili hurries forward, and speaks in a loud voice. "I most certainly did come here in order to assist the halflings. From what I understand, these gentlemen have business with the drow, and no grudge against giantkin. Please, allow us to pass, or to retreat, if that is not possible."

13:28, Today: SILI rolled 14 using 1d20+7 with rolls of 7. Sense Motive.
13:24, Today: SILI rolled 36 using 1d20+22 with rolls of 14. Diplomacy.

This message was last edited by the player at 18:28, Wed 08 Feb 2012.
GRIM
player, 705 posts
Warrior ub Badassery
Wed 8 Feb 2012
at 18:34
  • msg #232

Re: 10:30am Lightningsday, 7th week 852

Grim is getting to the point where he will engage diplomacy with his axe if the giants don't back off and mutters about it.
teslas
GM, 2943 posts
Wed 8 Feb 2012
at 18:49
  • msg #233

Re: 10:30am Lightningsday, 7th week 852

ZEIG gives it the ol' yeah, what he said when SILI approaches and speaks.
Auto-succeed on DC 10 Diplomacy check to assist.
This makes SILI's total a 28 after the -10 for a rushed check.


"The ground elves. For them? Now there is maybe a lie that I can believe right." The giant pauses, waiting for thunder to pass. "And what would you have to that damned race? Ohohoho..."
SILI
player, 1403 posts
Wed 8 Feb 2012
at 18:55
  • msg #234

Re: 10:30am Lightningsday, 7th week 852

Sili smiles thinly. "I believe the business with them is the kind negotiated with steel and fire."
teslas
GM, 2949 posts
Wed 8 Feb 2012
at 22:16
  • msg #235

Re: 10:30am Lightningsday, 7th week 852

"This still does not say why you are here. Dancing about the questions is what the tree elves do. It tires the mind and angers the soul. Come closer."

Long-lived rapid pulses of lightning brighten up the clouds above and the ground below for just short of a couple of seconds. You see the giant motioning for you all to approach.
DAI
player, 1578 posts
Wed 8 Feb 2012
at 22:19
  • msg #236

Re: 10:30am Lightningsday, 7th week 852

DAI scratches his head...this was the smartest sounding Giant he had ever encountered. He waited to see everyone else's actions, but he actually wanted to approach, perhaps these weren't 'raagh give me shinies' Giants.
SILI
player, 1413 posts
Wed 8 Feb 2012
at 22:22
  • msg #237

Re: 10:30am Lightningsday, 7th week 852

Sili will come closer (he'll stop at about 40 ft. away."

He'll say this, "We are here, specifically, because the road to the halflings village led us here after we hunted down the goblins that attacked the village. We are in this general area for seperate reasons; I was living with the halflings." He gestures for Zeig to explain the reason he was here.
teslas
GM, 2950 posts
Wed 8 Feb 2012
at 22:33
  • msg #238

Re: 10:30am Lightningsday, 7th week 852

ZEIG takes a deep breath and slowly lets it out with puffed cheekes, slightly wide-eyed. "...Ok..."

Yelling, he quickly goes over their trip from Cornelia, the voyage at sea through pirates and sahuagin, visiting the elves, and their quest to aid the Elfheim throne by finding the fate of the dark prince Astos in order to obtain a key to unlock an ancient vault. To eat the cat to eat the mouse to eat the spider to eat the fly...

The giant, face still obscured by darkness and rain advances forward slowly as ZEIG is talking, to about 30' away.

Giant
30'
SILI/ZEIG
GRIM/DAI
90'
RAIF/MILO
2x Chocobos
Sleds


Lightning strikes again and it's obvious from his slightly stooped over frame with hand shielding his yes, the giant has noticed the chocobos and sleds down the path.

"That is long as a lie. You will not find many ground elves, I guess. And if you do, they will not like to help you."

He begins advancing closer to the party at a steady, but slow, rate. One hand is still arched over his brow bones to shield his eyes from the rain, the other is holding a massive club.
This message was last edited by the GM at 22:33, Wed 08 Feb 2012.
DAI
player, 1579 posts
Wed 8 Feb 2012
at 22:36
  • msg #239

Re: 10:30am Lightningsday, 7th week 852

DAI wants to ask why he is getting so close with that club, but feels anything he says will be pissing in the wind at this point. He just keeps himself ready, since experience dictates Giants like smashing him.
GRIM
player, 707 posts
Warrior ub Badassery
Wed 8 Feb 2012
at 22:40
  • msg #240

Re: 10:30am Lightningsday, 7th week 852

Grim steps up between Sili and Zeig.
teslas
GM, 2951 posts
Wed 8 Feb 2012
at 22:43
  • msg #241

Re: 10:30am Lightningsday, 7th week 852

Now only 20' away, his face is visible during the lightning strikes. A massive scar runs along it from the top of his head down to his jaw. He looks to be wearing armor, not leather or hide, though it is very dingy and dirty.

"And why..." Thunder rumbles overhead and the wind picks up. "...why do you think I am here?"
This message was last edited by the GM at 22:45, Wed 08 Feb 2012.
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