[Crows-Nest] InnocentBystander says, "there we go"

[Crows-Nest] inky says, "it's a short cut for using update and then roll"

[tomb] PerrySimm says, "Log on."

[Crows-Nest] Clem asks, "What's the usage?"

[Crows-Nest] Alex says (to Clem), "Awwwk! Word on the street is that Usage is finger player."

[Crows-Nest] InnocentBystander asks, "roll <stat> <dice>?"

[Crows-Nest] inky says, "I don't remember for sure if you do 'roll newmacro 1d10+10' or 'roll 1d10+10 newmacro'"

Clem rolls 3d10 for scooby: 4 1 8 | 13

Clem rolls 3d10 for scooby: 5 5 1 | 11

[Crows-Nest] InnocentBystander says, "I typed "roll 1d20 6" when it exploded"

[Crows-Nest] inky says, "I guess the former would make more sense"

[Crows-Nest] Clem says, "It's 'roll stat dice'."

DM says, "I hope everyone has their virtual 20-sided-dice, soda, and chips"

DM says, "except for Iain who can have crisps instead"

[D&D] * Eolo has joined the channel.

[tomb] * Eolo has joined the channel.

Paulie says, "I have virtual 20-sided chips."

Clem says, "Hey, no snacks for me. I've lost 20 pounds since my Dex went up by 2."

[tomb] RogerCarbol asks, "Where are we?"

[Crows-Nest] InnocentBystander says, "hang on, this has only 19 sides and a "HA HA" where the 20 should be!"

[tomb] DM says, "Type 'dtt'"

[D&D] Crumbly gets the obligatory 'cast magic missile at the darkness' jokes out of the way

[tomb] Paulie says, "dtt"

RogerCarbol has arrived.

[tomb] DM says (to RogerCarbol), "I still need your animal companion and the spells you have prepared"

[tomb] Clem says, "I keep reading that as 'wtf'."

[D&D] Crumbly says, "iladtt"

[tomb] RogerCarbol says, "Right. Sorry; I literally just woke up."

[tomb] DM says (to Rosie), "Type 'dtt'"

Rosie has arrived.

[tomb] Rosie says, "There we go."

[tomb] Rosie says, "What does that stand for"

[tomb] DM says, "Dire Trilobite Tavern"

DM says, "Welcome to the Tomb... of Horrors! <lightning strike> <organ sting>"

Clem says, "Hurrah!"

DM says, "You are all frigteningly-experienced and somewhat jaded adventurers"

Clem says, "Er, I mean, Crom's teeth!"

Crumbly says, "I search for traps."

Elgran asks (of Wolf), "Smell any undead?"

DM says, "The other day three of you discovered a note and a map referring to this legendary place"

Crumbly says, "I check the note for traps."

DM says, "and persuaded the other suckers to join you in a quest for fame, glory, loot, and certain death"

Clem says, "Come on, it'll be easy! We had no trouble finding the note at all, except for the bit where we almost got licked to death by zombies."

DM says, "Legend has it that ages ago an incredibly powerful sorcerer constructed a labyrinthine crypt filled with terrible traps and ferocious monsters"

DM says, "and according to rumor, even though he lived hundreds of years ago, HIS UNDEAD BODY STILL STALKS HIS CREEPY TOMB"

Paulie says, "And where there be incredibly powerful sorcerers, therr be incredibly powerful magical artifacts, ripe for the looting."

Elgran exclaims, "No! He must be destroyed, if I die several miles away from much weaker monsters first!"

DM says, "You all follow the route on the map, which wends for miles through swamp and wasteland"

DM says, "eventually arriving at... A HILL"

Crumbly says, "I search the hill for traps."

DM says, "A low, flat-topped hill, about 200 yards wide and 300 yards long, protrudes from the earth. Ugly weeds, thorns, and briars grow upon the steep sides and bald top of the 60-foot-high mound. Black rocks crown the hilltop."

Paulie keeps his feet dry by staying atop his Riding Orc.

Clem narrowly avoids drowning.

DM says, "(I assume that Roger is furiously finishing up his character in the background"

DM says, ")"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "man, boxed text"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "good stuff"

DM says (to Crumbly), "If you are serious, it's going to take a few days"

Clem says, "Hmm, the map said Tomb, not Big Lump of Sod."

RogerCarbol says, "Indeed. Once we get closer, I'll cast that Commune with Nature (5th level) spell I was talking about."

Clem asks, "How do we get in?"

Crumbly says, "(If I were serious, I would have rolled.)"

Elgran says, "Maybe we should check out those rocks."

DM says, "Okey doke"

DM says, "(..Crumbly)"

Clem says, "I guess so."

Rosie looks for a way in

Rosie rolls 1d20+5 for spot: 5+5 | 10

Paulie asks, "Who here knows about plants? Be these safe thorns, or daaaaangerous thorns?"

DM says, "Hold on, I'm handling Finn first"

RogerCarbol | http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/communewithNature.htm

DM says (to RogerCarbol), "Also, change your name"

[tomb] Rosie says, "np"

Elgran rolls 1d20+7 for nature: 4+7 | 11

[tomb] RogerCarbol says, "How do I do that again? I'm such a newbie."

[tomb] DM says, "@name me = Finn"

[tomb] InnocentBystander says, "@name me = Finn"

Crumbly rolls 1d20+23 for search: 14+23 | 37

Elgran looks at the thorns.

DM says, "HOLD ON"

Crumbly says, "Er, 22"

Crumbly says, "My result should only be 36 there."

DM says (to Finn), "Well, it's pretty much a wasteland for miles, but you knew that"

[tomb] FinnM says, "Finn McCool is a popular name, it seems."

[tomb] FinnM says, "(Actually, FinnMcCool was a new account I was trying to set up.)"

[tomb] Rosie asks, "It is indeed set up--do you need the password?"

[tomb] Paulie says, "It appears you were successful."

DM says (to Finn), "You don't detect any animals nearby except for the ones you brought"

DM says, "There are definitely some powerful unnatural creatures nearby, though"

DM says, "You don't really register anything else living"

Paulie casts mage armor while the hippies are busy communing.

Clem asks, "So are we climbing up on top or what?"

DM asks (of Crumbly), "What are you searching?"

FinnM says, "Beegorah, looks like undead creatures are the only powerful unnatural creatures in the area."

Crumbly says, "The rocks."

Grog grunts.

DM says, "There are a bunch of clumps of black rocks scattered over the hilltop"

DM says, "None of them appear to be hiding secret entrances or anything"

Crumbly says, "OK"

DM says, "As Rosie looks around, she notices that the north side of the hill is different"

Paulie says (to Featherbird), "Fly up avoce, and see if ye can find us an entryway."

Rosie says, "Hey guys, look over here."

DM says, "The north side of the hill is fronted by a 20-foot-high crumbling cliff of sand and gravel. A low stone ledge overhangs this eroded area, and shrubs and bushes obscure it from observation at a distance."

[tomb] Paulie exclaims, "Careful -- it could be a Trap!"

[tomb] DM says (to Paulie), "Remind me of how intelligent your familiar is"

[tomb] Paulie says, "8"

[tomb] DM says, "Or like how much communication you can have with him"

Rosie says, "This ledge sort of looks like a door lintel."

[tomb] Paulie says, "He speaks common."

[tomb] Crumbly asks, "OK. Sent a test rat in?"

DM says, "Featherbird flies up, circles around, and flies back down"

[tomb] Crumbly readies his Bag of Tricks

DM says, "Awwwk! Black rocks! Skull!"

[tomb] Paulie says, "(I note that, like most things, Featherbeard is more intelligent than Grog.)"

[tomb] Clem says, "Heh."

[tomb] Rosie laughs.

Clem asks, "Well, want to start digging?"

DM says, "and now that you've been primed to notice it, you realize that the rocks are set in the pattern of a huge grinning human skull"

Elgran says, "Nice. Very welcoming."

Clem says, "I like it"

[tomb] Rosie asks (of DM), "Where in the skull is the ledge?"

Crumbly asks, "OK. Any obviously passable orifices?"

Paulie says, "Just needs a pair o' crossbones behind it."

DM says, "The skull pretty much covers the whole hilltop, facing north, where the ledge is"

FinnM says, "I will discharge a charge from my Wand of Detect Magic."

Clem looks for a way in too.

DM says, "Underneath the ledge is a whole bunch of gravel, about 20 feet high and 300 feet wide"

Elgran ranges around looking at the ledge.

Paulie says, "Perhaps someone good at ducking out of the way should take a look under there."

Crumbly says, "I am good at ducking out of the way."

[Crows-Nest] InnocentBystander asks, "btw, what's "EL"? Experience level?"

[Crows-Nest] Alex says (to InnocentBystander), "Awwwk! Word on the street is that the El is a flying train. Except that it's not really flying; it's just a trick."

Rosie asks (of Crumbly), "Can you check to see if this pile of gravel is a trap? Like, a sinkhole or the like?"

Elgran asks, "Anyone bring a shovel along with their 10-foot pole?"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "usually, yeah"

Clem says, "I have a crowbar if that's any use."

Crumbly says, "It's a pretty big area, but I'll give it a sweep."

[tomb] DM says (to RogerCarbol), "Are you done yet? I don't want to go much further without having characters finalized"

Crumbly says, "And I'll examing it close-up, so I can use these goggles."

DM asks, "Detect Magic has a 60 ft cone range - where are you using it?"

Crumbly rolls 1d20+27 for search: 15+27 | 42

[tomb] Elgran says, "nice roll"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Nice bonus."

[tomb] Crumbly searches better than Google

FinnM says, "Well, I get a minute of use, so I just kinda pan around with it."

[tomb] FinnM says (to DM), "Just uploading now."

[tomb] DM says, "Awesome"

[tomb] Paulie says, "So if we need to send someone on a porn run..."

DM says, "OK, while Crumbly is searching, Finn sweeps around with the wand of detect magic"

[tomb] Clem says, "Ha ha."

[Crows-Nest] InnocentBystander asks, "what does it represent?"

[tomb] Crumbly checks the spell description. That's legit, it seems.

DM says, "having to walk pretty briskly to cover the whole area"

DM says, "Nothing shows up"

[tomb] Crumbly says, "'Each round, you can turn to detect magic in a new area.'"

[Crows-Nest] (from Paulie) Paulie says, "Arr, there be no magic here. May as well head home."

DM says, "Crumbly, meanwhile, has discovered three areas about 100 feet apart where the gravel seems a little looser"

Crumbly says, "OK. I think these are areas we should avoid."

Rosie says, "Well, they're also presumably the ways in."

Clem says, "I was thinking we dig."

[tomb] FinnM | http://roger.carbol.com/Finn.txt

(From DM) Crumbly says, "EXACTLY"

Rosie says, "Or, one is and the others are traps."

Elgran asks, "Anyone have one of those "loose gravel to water" spells?"

[tomb] FinnM says, "There he is, with prepared spells and his companion, Kong."

Rosie checks to see if the skull is more noticably pointing at one of the three areas than any other.

[tomb] DM says, "Ha ha Barkskin x5"

DM says (to Rosie), "It's pretty much facing straight north"

FinnM says, "Ladies and Gentlemen, before we get too much further along, can I offer anyone (well, five people) some Barkskin? (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/barkskin.htm)"

[tomb] FinnM says, "Yeah..."

Clem asks, "How long does it last?"

Rosie says (to Finn), "How long does it... yeah, that."

FinnM says, "It will last one and one half hour, more or less."

[tomb] DM says, "http://hamesucken.com/tomb/ updated with new link to Finn"

[tomb] DM says, "Note that barkskin doesn't stack with other enhancement bonuses"

[tomb] Elgran asks, "it's a natural armor bonus, right?"

[tomb] FinnM says, "To /natural armour/, yes."

Crumbly says, "Sure, I'll take some of that."

[tomb] DM says, "Aha, OK"

[tomb] DM asks, "So +4, right?"

[tomb] FinnM says, "Which is basically it's own private type of armour. +4, yeah."

Elgran says, "I'll say yes"

[tomb] DM says, "Gotcha"

Rosie says, "It'd be useful, but I think I'll wait."

[tomb] Crumbly says, "Natural armor is D&Dese for thick hide."

[tomb] Rosie asks, "Since I don't have armor, it'd help me, right?"

Clem says, "Let's get inside first."

[tomb] DM says, "It would help all of you"

Clem asks, "Somebody with a long pole want to poke those loose sections?"

[tomb] DM says, "It's like having a thick hide beneath your armor (or lack of it)"

[tomb] Eolo says, "the main things that give natural armor in d&d are some kind of amulet and maybe an ioun stone"

Clem says, "Or I'll do it if you give it to me."

[tomb] Eolo says, "and it's also a way to give monsters more AC without having them wear armor"

Paulie says, "I agree with Clem."

[tomb] FinnM says (to Eolo), "That's an insight bonus, which also rocks."

Paulie checks the map for hints.

Elgran asks, "Anyone bring a 10' pole?"

DM says (to Paulie), "Nothing, the route just ends at the hill"

Elgran says, "If not, I'll use my quarterstaff."

Paulie asks (of Elgran), "How do ye expect someone to walk all this way carrying a huge long pole?"

[Crows-Nest] InnocentBystander says (to Paulie), "carefully"

Rosie, boots at the ready, goes to the northmost loose area and stomps around.

[tomb] FinnM asks, "Logging has commenced, I trust?"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "hunh, sure enough. but you can also get a natural armor bonus from .. THE CLOAK OF THE MANTA RAY"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Mmhmm."

DM says (to Rosie), "They're all northmost"

[tomb] DM says, "I'm logging"

Rosie asks (of DM), "In an e/w line?"

DM says, "Right"

Elgran carefully sticks his quarterstaff at one of the loose sections, as indicated by Crumbly.

[tomb] Rosie says, "Middle, then."

DM asks (of Elgran), "which?"

[tomb] Elgran says, "eastest, since Rosie has middle"

[tomb] Elgran says, "also, it's ironwood, so"

DM asks, "Where are the rest of you hanging out while the two of them dig to their deaths?"

Clem says, "Way, way back."

[tomb] Rosie says, "The idea is to levitate as soon as it starts to cave in."

Crumbly says, "Standing about 30' north of them."

Clem says, "Oh let's say I'm a bit behind Elgran since it was my idea."

Paulie is standing behind Grog.

Clem says, "10ft or so."

DM says (to Crumbly), "Which? They're about 100' apart"

[tomb] Elgran says, "I'll just use my reflex and evasion if it comes to that"

Crumbly says, "North of Elgran, then"

Grog is next to Crumbly.

Clem says, "I'm between them and Elgran."

DM asks, "Finn?"

FinnM says, "I'm over by Clem, with Kong."

DM says, "Okey doke"

Clem says, "Somebody may want to back up Rosie here."

[tomb] Elgran says, "Everybody Loves Elgran."

DM says, "Elgran tentatively digs at some gravel and makes a bit of a dent"

Clem makes his sword flame, just in case.

DM says, "Some more gravel slides down, which he digs away"

[tomb] Elgran says, "we are all so panicky"

[tomb] FinnM says, "(Finn has decided to wait on the Barkskinization process.)"

[tomb] Rosie says (to Elgran), "For some reason."

[tomb] Clem says, "In fact please assume my sword is fiery unless I say otherwise."

[tomb] Clem says, "(looks like a Standard Action to toggle it)"

DM says, "He's making progress, but it's kind of slow"

DM says, "Ditto Rosie"

[tomb] (from Paulie) Clem sheaths his sword. His pants promptly ignite.

[tomb] Clem says, "Hee hee."

Crumbly says, "OK. I'm going to go help Elgran."

DM says, "The rest of you stand back letting them do all the hard work"

Elgran asks, "Anyone have a shovel?"

Rosie says, "If mine didn't immediately sink away, I'll stomp on the remaining one a bit, then go back to actually dig in the middle."

Clem says, "Hrm, he's not dead yet, maybe I should give him a hand."

DM asks (of Rosie), "The remaining what?"

DM asks, "Loose part?"

Clem says (to Elgran), "Here, you can have my crowbar."

Rosie asks, "The third area of loose gravel. The leftmost?"

DM says, "Right, OK"

Elgran grabs the crowbar and stops using his precious quarterstaff.

[tomb] FinnM says, "Life has been a lot better ever since the druids unionized."

DM says, "Rosie scoops away some gravel from the middle, goes over to the left and does the same, then comes back to the middle one"

DM says, "Elgran and Crumbly are now making decent progress at the right one"

FinnM says, "My fellows, my years of experience have taught me that some undead fiends can become vapourous -- perhaps this is their means of egress."

Clem asks, "What, gravel?"

DM asks, "Are you trying to clear out a wide enough area to walk through, or just enough to crawl through?"

DM says, "(obviously the second would be faster)"

FinnM says, "It's porous to gasses, as you can see."

Clem says, "We're not in a rush here."

Elgran says (to DM), "Hmm, stoop through"

Elgran says, "But, what Clem said"

DM says, "OK"

Paulie says (to Grog), "Maybe ye should be helping them."

Crumbly asks, "Anyone have a spell that can be used to hasten this? Preferably from a safe distance?"

Clem says, "I don't like the idea of crawling in one-by-one."

Clem says, "Bull's Strength, maybe."

[tomb] Rosie asks, "Wait, walk through? These aren't pits?"

Grog starts helping Rosie dig.

[tomb] Clem says, "It's a wall of gravel, I think."

[tomb] Paulie says (to Clem), "We haven't had any checks called for yet."

[tomb] Rosie says, "Oh! OK."

Crumbly says, "We should definitely send something other than us in first."

DM says, "OK, there is definitely space behind Elgran and Crumbly's gravel"

FinnM says, "Be careful, me hearties; once the floor is breached, I'd expect the gravel to pour into whatever space is beneath them."

FinnM says, "Or possibly not."

Elgran says, "Wait."

DM says, "And you can now actually see the space"

Crumbly says, "Once we make a hole large enough for a Tiny creature to pass through, I'm going to pull something out of my bag of tricks."

Elgran asks (of Wolf), "Smell anything dangerous?"

Grog obediently stops digging.

DM says, "(Grog and Rosie haven't gotten as far yet)"

(From Elgran) Wolf sticks his nose into the space and smells.

DM says, "Wolf shakes his head"

Elgran says, "Good boy."

Elgran keeps digging.

Grog goes back to digging with his crowbar.

FinnM walks up to the edge of the pit, with Kong.

Clem scans around for ambush or something, although his Spot sucks so it's not like it makes much difference.

DM says, "You clear out enough gravel that you could shimmy over the top of it"

Elgran asks (of Crumbly), "Where's that bag?"

Rosie pauses in her work to see what happens in the right tunnel.

Crumbly says, "On my belt."

Elgran says, "Try it"

DM says, "Now there's anough clear that you could crawl on your hands and knees over it"

Crumbly says, "It's not in my haversack, if that's what you mean."

Crumbly says, "OK"

Elgran says, "I was suggesting you put your plan into action"

Crumbly rolls 1d100 for tricks: 15 | 15

Crumbly says, "That's a bat."

Elgran says, "Excellent."

DM says, "Yay"

[tomb] FinnM asks, "Can someone recap how to roll again for me?"

FinnM says, "Fine work."

Crumbly exclaims, "Bat, through the gap!"

[tomb] Eolo says, "type 'roll 1d100' for a general roll"

[tomb] InnocentBystander says, ""roll (skill) (dice)" to set, then just "roll skill" later"

[tomb] Eolo says, "or 'roll 1d8+1' or whatever"

[tomb] Rosie says, "'roll 1d20+x'"

[tomb] Eolo says, "and then what IB said"

DM says, "The bat flies through the gap"

[tomb] Paulie says, "'roll XdY+Z' or 'roll macroname XdY+Z' to save a macro."

[tomb] FinnM says, "Sounds good; thanks."

[tomb] Rosie asks (of IB), "Wait, really?"

[tomb] Paulie says, "And 'roll macro' to use a previously saved one."

DM says, "You hear it fluttering around"

[tomb] Eolo says, "so you can do 'roll scimitar 1d20+8' or whatever your BAB is"

[tomb] InnocentBystander says (to Rosie), "as far as I understood"

[tomb] Rosie says, "Nice."

[tomb] Crumbly says, "The bag is usable 10 times per week."

[tomb] Rosie says, "(I used the 'update' command, which I guess is the same but doesn't actually roll)"

[tomb] Elgran says, "let's just camp out, then"

[tomb] Paulie exclaims, "I hope we can make it last for the full seven days!"

DM says, "Nothing else exciting is happening"

Crumbly says, "Well, it doesn't seem to have been snatched out of the air and eaten yet."

[tomb] Clem says, "I have a bag of tricks too, don't worry about running out."

Clem says, "Aww, let's head in!"

Clem says, "Rarr!"

Elgran keeps digging until he can walk through stooped over just a bit.

[tomb] Paulie says, "I hope these critters have bad saves versus traps."

DM says, "OK, you dig until the mound of gravel is about 6 feet tall, which leaves you about 6 feet of space to walk on top of it"

DM says, "If you guys are going to head in I will need a MARCHING ORDER"

Elgran asks, "Can we see inside any?"

Clem says, "Also, it might be barkskin time now."

DM asks (of Elgran), "What's your light source?"

Elgran asks, "DO we want to go in this one or keep digging out Rosie's?"

Elgran says (to DM), "The sun, sadly"

[tomb] FinnM asks, "Oops... I forgot to pack my Continual Torch. Can I make 110gp disappear and assume I have one?"

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Who wants to go first and last?"

Rosie says, "Since nothing exploded at us, I say we use the open one."

Crumbly says, "I want to give the entrance we've just dug one last look-over for traps."

[tomb] Elgran says, "I was thinking Crumbly, then me"

[tomb] DM says (to Finn), "OK"

[tomb] FinnM says (to DM), "Thanks, man."

Clem holds his holy symbol at the entrance and shines it inside.

[tomb] Paulie says, "I can put Grog last, or second to last if someone else wants last."

Elgran says (to Crumbly), "Be my guest."

DM asks (of Clem), "How far does that light?"

[tomb] Rosie says, "I should go nearish the front."

Clem says, "Like a normal torch."

[tomb] FinnM says, "We can send my ape in first if people want; I don't like him /that/ much. And he has Evasion."

Crumbly rolls 1d20+27 for search: 7+27 | 34

[tomb] Rosie says, "Or I can take rear guard."

[tomb] Eolo says, "it's not so much 'last' as 'first to flee'"

[tomb] Elgran says, "And Wolf with me, of course"

[tomb] josh_g asks, "which way to the dungeon again?"

[tomb] josh_g says, "I want to see this"

DM says (to Crumbly), "There's nothing exciting about the entrance"

[tomb] Eolo says, "'dtt'"

josh_g has arrived.

Crumbly says, "OK. I'm willing to lead the way."

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Crumbly, Elgran, Wolf, Finn, Kong, Paulie, Grog, Clem, Rosie?"

Crumbly says, "I've got good Spot and Listen as well."

[tomb] FinnM says, "Sounds good to me, P."

DM says, "Clem sees this: http://www.hamesucken.com/tomb/1.jpg"

[tomb] Clem says, "Sure, sounds okay."

[tomb] Elgran says, "does Crumbly have a light source? I don't"

[tomb] Clem asks, "Who else has bad Move Silently?"

[tomb] Crumbly says, "I've got a bag full of torches."

DM says, "The roughly worked, plain stone corridor is full of cobwebs. A set of double oaken doors are just visible at the end of the passageway. The roof 20 feet overhead is obscured by hanging strands."

[tomb] Paulie says, "I do."

Crumbly says, "I light a torch."

[tomb] FinnM exclaims, "Oh no -- we're trapped in Erol Otis land!"

DM says, "The corridor's about 30 feet long"

[tomb] DM says, "Otus's art is way better than this, man"

DM says, "OK, so that marching order"

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Is the bat visible?"

[tomb] DM says, "Oh yeah, I forgot to draw the bat"

[tomb] (from Clem) DM says, "It's nailed to the door."

[tomb] DM asks, "Where's Rob when you need him?"

[tomb] DM says, "The bat is still fluttering around"

Elgran cecks the floor for tracks.

[tomb] Elgran says, "+h"

Crumbly says, "OK, doors. Trap check time again. I think I'll start taking 10's on this when I can, so that's an automatic 37 (unless something happens before I reach it)"

[tomb] Clem asks, "By the way, are we barking it up?"

[tomb] Clem says, "I wouldn't say no to some."

[tomb] Elgran says, "let's bark"

[tomb] Rosie says, "I'm for waiting."

[tomb] Clem says, "If we do it in order of AC, I'm at 23 usually."

[tomb] Elgran says, "if Finn doesn't mind casting a lot"

DM asks, "Is Crumbly walking in alone?"

Elgran says, "I'm with him."

[tomb] Paulie says, "I'm fine with bark, since I dunno how long I'll live."

Elgran says, "Looking at the floor, still."

Crumbly says, "I'm leading the way."

[tomb] Clem says, "Let's do it now. If we live for 90 minutes we're doing okay."

Rosie, when she gets in, checks the roof.

DM says, "The floor is smooth and dusty"

[tomb] FinnM says, "I don't mind; I've prepared it five times. So I cast it on all the PCs except myself (if that's okay with everyone.)"

[tomb] Clem says, "Sure, that's great."

Crumbly says, "And I get an automatic check for secret doors within 5 feet, too."

[tomb] Rosie says, "Sure."

[tomb] Clem says, "Thanks!"

[tomb] Elgran says, "Yay"

Elgran says, "As do I."

DM says (to Crumbly), "OK, the door is definitely trapped"

DM asks (of Rosie), "How?"

FinnM is shocked, /shocked/, that there is a trap.

[tomb] Clem asks, "Also, is everyone moving at at least 20 feet per round?"

[tomb] Paulie asks, "What's the bonus?"

[tomb] Alex says (to Paulie), "Awwwk! Word on the street is that bonus is 72 donuts."

[tomb] Crumbly says, "Yes"

[tomb] FinnM says, "+4 natural bonus to AC."

Rosie says (to DM), "first by looking, then by taking a torch up with me and levitating."

DM says, "I am assuming Crumbly first, then Elgran, then Rosie"

DM says, "I haven't heard from anyone else yet so I assume they're still outside"

Rosie rolls 1d20+5 for spot: 6+5 | 11

Elgran rolls 1d20+14 for spot: 7+14 | 21

[tomb] FinnM says, "While I'm doing all this casting, I also cast Longstrider on myself, which puts my move back up to 30' for the next... nine hours."

Clem asks, "Aren't we marching in order?"

Clem says, "I assume I was just ahead of Rosie."

DM asks, "What's the order, then?"

FinnM says, "I was following along in marching order, yeah."

[tomb] Clem says, "Yeah, I might as well do the same to myself."

FinnM says, "As per Paulie."

DM says, "Oh, it was in the channel"

[tomb] Clem says, "Also 9 hours."

[tomb] Crumbly says, "[tomb] Paulie asks, "Crumbly, Elgran, Wolf, Finn, Kong, Paulie, Grog, Clem, Rosie?""

[tomb] FinnM says, "Indeed."

DM asks, "So you are generally marching in single file?"

DM says (to Rosie), "There are lots of cobwebs"

Elgran says, "Wolf is next to me, not behind."

Clem says, "If Crumbly doesn't mind going on his own, I say everyone else goes in twos."

Rosie says, "If it's a wide corridor, we can do C E/W F/K P/G C/R"

DM says (to Rosie), "The roof is made of fitted stones"

Clem says, "Yeah, that."

DM says, "This corridor is 20 ft wide, but even if it were 10 ft wide you could go 2 abreast"

[tomb] FinnM dislikes the DM's preoccupation with the roof. It spells certain doom.

Clem says, "2 is fine."

[tomb] Elgran says (to Finn), "it's cause Rosie keeps asking."

[tomb] josh_g says, "I thought it was Rosie's preoccupation"

[tomb] Rosie says, "Yeah, I'm roof girl."

Elgran says, "Yeah, two is good. We could fit another in thos row besides Wolf if we needed."

Crumbly says, "I am willing to to as Clem suggests."

[tomb] josh_g says, "when you've got levitate, every problem is a ceiling"

[tomb] DM says, "OK, and I'm assuming that A/B means A on the left, B on the right"

[tomb] FinnM says, "Truer words never spoken."

[tomb] Elgran says (to Dm), "Sure"

DM says, "The bat keeps fluttering"

DM says, "Actually, its 10 minutes are probably just about up"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Let's name the bat Canary."

DM says, "The bat disappears in a puff of greasy black smoke"

[tomb] Crumbly says, "Note that I'm relying on my phenomenal Spot and Listen scores to alert me to nasties. If we meet nasties, I want to switch to the rear."

[tomb] Elgran asks, "Can Crumbly still direct the bat? Say, down the corridor once this door opens?"

[tomb] Paulie says, "In fact, let's name all the animals from the bag Canary."

[tomb] Elgran says (to Crumbly), "Fair enough"

[tomb] Rosie says, "Right, I can switch with Crumbly in that case."

[tomb] FinnM asks, "Crumbly, are you disarming that trap, or what?"

[tomb] Elgran says, "but then I definitely want two fighters in my row :)"

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Do we know what kind of trap it is?"

Crumbly asks, "Can I tell anything about the trap?"

Crumbly says, "If not, I'm just going to attempt a disarm roll."

DM says, "I was just trying to look up just how much Searching on a trap tells you about it"

[tomb] FinnM says, "Seven characters, no dwarves. Just our luck."

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Want a resistance bonus first, in case you trigger it?"

Crumbly says, "It's maddeningly non-specific."

DM says, "OK, well, the trap is triggered by opening the door"

DM says, "(big surprised)"

DM says, "I mean, it would be, if you opened the door, which you haven't"

Clem says, "Well, you could try to disarm it."

[Crows-Nest] (from Paulie) DM says, "Wusses."

Crumbly says, "Right. Well, let's roll to disable it."

Clem says, "Or I have some oil and a flaming sword so we could just burn it down."

DM says, "OK, that is done in secret"

Crumbly says, "My bonus is 19."

DM says, "So let me secretly roll a d20+19"

DM says, "OK, you try to disable it"

[tomb] (from FinnM) DM : | 1d20 + 19: 20

[tomb] Clem says, "Heh."

DM says, "It's pretty tricky"

[tomb] FinnM says, "That'd be awesome if we all died before even getting in the first door."

[tomb] Rosie says, "We need a 'roll secret' command that tells the roller what was rolled and tells everyone else 'X rolls some dice and mutters.'"

[tomb] Clem says, "Hey, we defeated the gravel."

Clem asks, "Now, who's going to try it?"

Rosie asks, "Can we open it from a distance?"

FinnM says, "I could probably get Kong to open a door, if I explained it slowly enough."

Clem says, "I was just thinking that some glue would be handy to construct a lever, but I didn't bring any."

DM says, "After almost a full minute, you think you've gotten it, but of course who knows"

Crumbly says, "OK. Stanf back, lads. I am going to open the door."

FinnM says, "It looks like the doors just pull open by pulling on those little rings."

Clem asks, "Can he tell what he thinks it might have done had he not disabled it, which of course he has?"

FinnM says, "We could tie one of our many ropes to it."

Crumbly says, "Oh, good idea."

Clem says, "Sure, that sounds good."

[tomb] FinnM says, "Adventurer's Log. Hour 1: We dug a hole and opened a door. Hour 2: We walked twenty feet, took a break."

Crumbly ties rope to ring, backs up to end of corridor, pulls rope.

Elgran backs up with everyone else.

FinnM cowers bravely.

DM says (to Clem), "There was some sort of mechanical connection to something else that he was afraid to completely sever because he might have triggered it, but he thinks he's disabled it"

DM says, "OK, if you all back up behind Crumbly, then he's the only one still in the corridor"

[Crows-Nest] InnocentBystander says, "I can see I read way too far ahead in the module"

[tomb] Clem asks, "How long is this corridor again?"

[tomb] DM says, "30'"

Paulie says, "Er, hang on..."

Paulie asks, "Any chance this could drop that overhang up there?"

[Crows-Nest] josh_g says, "there's always a chance"

FinnM says, "It's a long rope; you could probably stand outside if you wanted."

DM says, "Crumbly pulls the door open"

[Crows-Nest] josh_g says, "or it might conjure an elephant and drop it on you"

[Crows-Nest] InnocentBystander says, "PAFO (which is RAFO, except "pull")"

DM says, "revealing a blank wall"

Clem says, "!"

Elgran says, "Aw, geez."

Crumbly searches the blank wall for secret doors.

[tomb] FinnM says, "Careful, the Blank Wall is a CR 12."

DM says, "Well, half a blank wall, since he pulled one side of the double doors"

DM asks (of Crumbly), "Taking 10?"

[tomb] InnocentBystander asks, "CR=?"

Rosie walks around and continues digging the middle gravel.

Crumbly says, "Taking a 10: 37"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Challenge rating."

[tomb] Eolo says, "challenge rating"

[tomb] FinnM says, "CR = Challenge Rating = How dangerous something is."

DM says, "No secret doors"

[tomb] InnocentBystander says, "aha"

DM says, "Meanwhile Rosie is going back to work on the middle one"

Elgran goes to help Rosie.

FinnM takes a well-deserved break.

Crumbly too

Crumbly says, "That is, I go help Rosie."

Rosie says, "And since we're on the clock, some of you should work on the leftmost one, assuming we can't all work on this at once."

Grog helps too.

Clem says, "Hey, there's this other door here."

Paulie stands far enough back that he's not under the overhang.

Crumbly is still helping Rosie.

DM says, "OK, a few of you work on the middle one"

[tomb] Paulie says, "We may as well do one at a time."

Clem ties his 50ft rope to the other door, backs right up outside, pulls it open, just for completion.

DM says, "Same kind of deal - after maybe 15 minutes there's enough space to crawl through"

FinnM says, "Send in Canary."

DM says (to Clem), "Save versus death"

Crumbly says, "I do want to collect my rope again."

[tomb] Rosie says, "We're on a barkskin clock here, though."

[Crows-Nest] josh_g says, "! death!"

DM says, "Actually, the door opens, revealing the other half of the blank wall"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Since if we get through one, we probably won't bother with the other one."

[Crows-Nest] Elgran says, "D&D 1 had a Save Vs Death stat, but 3.5 doesn't"

DM asks, "Did Finn cast barkskin after all?"

Clem says, "Gee this looks like a blank wall."

Clem says (to DM), "Yes."

[tomb] Paulie says, "And if we don't, it won't take us any longer to do them sequentially than it would in parallel."

FinnM says, "Yes, on the five PCs, excepting myself."

Crumbly says, "I'm not going to waste another canary on this. It's probably just like the first corridor up to the door."

DM asks (of FinnM), "Aha, how long ago did you do that?"

[tomb] Rosie says (to Paulie), "Only if all of us can work on it at once, which I sort of thought not."

FinnM says, "Back when we first got into the first corridor."

DM says, "OK, so it's been about 20 minutes"

[tomb] Rosie says, "But whatever."

Paulie asks (of Crumbly), "You want to check it for traps, while the big people work on the other pit?"

[Crows-Nest] josh_g says, "I cast magic missile at the blank wall!"

[tomb] DM says, "2 or 3 of you can work on one at once"

[tomb] (from Clem) Little yelps and chirps of joy, relief come from Crumbly's bag of tricks.

DM says, "Now you've gotten it to about the same state as the rightmost one"

Clem helps dig one of the other loose bits.

[tomb] FinnM says, "This verse same as the first."

DM says, "and Clem starts on the leftmost one"

Rosie goes to dig the leftmost one whilst people muck about with the center door.

Grog follows Clem and Rosie.

DM says, "OK, Rosie Clem and Grog on the left"

Crumbly says, "OK, same deal. I enter, torch in hand."

FinnM is supporting Crumbly.

Crumbly asks, "Does it look like the first corridor more or less?"

DM says, "Crumbly climbs the mound of gravel and looks in"

Elgran stays with the middle door.

DM says, "and sees this: http://www.hamesucken.com/tomb/3.jpg"

[tomb] DM says, "I'm only copying pictures up as needed, so don't try to cheat!"

[tomb] FinnM says, "D'oh."

[Crows-Nest] josh_g says, "ooh, funky"

Crumbly exclaims, "Hey guys! Different!"

Elgran says, "Huh."

[tomb] DM says, "Also, don't worry too much about the numbers"

[Crows-Nest] josh_g says, "watch out for those hands at the door though"

DM says, "Brilliant colors are everywhere; pigments painted on stone are undimmed by the passage of decades. The floor is a colorful mosaic, featuring a distinct, winding path of red tiles forming a 2-foot-wide, meandering trail south down the corridor. A few chips and gaps reveal that cement or plaster covers the underlying stonework of the corridor, and it mostly provides a smooth surface for the many illustrated scenes."

Crumbly asks, "What's that box on the right wall?"

Elgran says, "Wait"

Elgran says, "Let's not go in until we have everyone."

DM says (to Crumbly), "It's actually about 30 feet away, but it is an actual box protruding into the room, made of bronze, looks like"

[tomb] Rosie asks, "Hmm. So the question is: do we want to walk on the dark tiles, or the light ones?"

[tomb] Rosie asks, "And what's up with that box?"

DM says, "Meanwhile the guys on the left have cleared out enough gravel to crawl through"

[tomb] Paulie says, "We could use Clem's flashli^W wand to take a look."

[tomb] FinnM says, "You mean my wand of Detect Magic"

[tomb] FinnM asks, "?"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Right, sorry."

[tomb] FinnM says, "S'alright."

Crumbly says, "I'm going to walk on the distinct path of red tiles."

[tomb] DM says, "Keep track of the charges on the wands, btw"

[tomb] Clem says, "Sure, good thought."

DM asks (of Crumbly), "You're going in by yourself?"

Elgran lines up and follows Crumbly.

[tomb] Eolo says, "the box has a label reading "SUGGESTION DONATION TO MAINTAIN TOMB: 1 gp""

Crumbly says, "Hopefully not."

[tomb] Elgran says, "ha ha"

[tomb] DM says, "Ha ha ha"

[tomb] FinnM says, "Heh"

[tomb] Rosie says, "Yay"

Crumbly says, "I did call for the others, though."

DM asks, "Anyone else going in behind Crumbly and Elgran?"

Clem says, "Let's stick to the same marching order."

Rosie takes her place in line.

[tomb] Paulie says, "Woot. Time to practice Open lock."

Crumbly asks, "How wide is the path of red tiles?"

[tomb] Rosie says, "But we should check out that box and the door."

Crumbly asks, "Can two walk abreast on it?"

FinnM says, "Hold on, I want to see someone walk the path first. If they make it to the box/door, I'll follow."

Paulie gets in place beside Grog, outside the entrance.

DM says, "If you're going to follow the path then you need to use the one-at-a-time marching order"

DM says, "It's 2 feet wide"

Elgran makes Wolf go first so he can keep him on the path.

[tomb] FinnM says, "See, this is why I didn't bring a rhinoceros."

Clem says, "I've got my bag of tricks right here."

Crumbly asks, "Anything special depicted on the mosaics?"

Elgran asks (of Clem), "Let's test the floor before we enter?"

Clem says, "Sure."

DM says, "The images depict fields with cattle grazing, a copse with several wolves in the background , slaves -- human, orc, elven, and strange humananimal mixtures of pig-human, ape-human, and dog-human -- going about various tasks. Certain frescoes are more focused and show rooms of some building -- a library filled with many books and scrolls, a torture chamber, and a wizard?s work room. Chairs, windows, boxes, bales, doors, chests, birds, bats, spiders, and all manner of things appear on the walls."

Elgran says, "Cool, let's do that."

Clem pulls out a random animal.

Clem rolls 1d100: 3 | 3

Clem says, "Shit, another bat."

Crumbly exclaims, "Woo! I managed to trigger another textdump!"

Paulie says, "Clip its wings."

Clem says, "I'm lawful good!"

Paulie hands Clem a 5ft rope.

Clem sets the bat free into the corridor, because he's too soft-hearted to hobble it.

Elgran says (to Clem), "SO have it fly down a bit and land."

DM says, "Canary II flutters around a bit"

Clem says (to batty), "Hey, land on the path, please."

DM says, "It flies down the corridor about 50 feet, and lands on the red path"

[tomb] Paulie asks, "You can try to get it to trigger a trap, but you can't tie a little rope to its ankle?"

Paulie puts the rope away.

[tomb] Clem says, "The former would be god's will, see."

Clem says, "Now land off the path."

[tomb] Eolo says, "hee hee"

Paulie picks up a pebble and throws it at the bat.

FinnM is convinced of the tomb's safety by this display, and will follow along in the marching order.

DM says, "It jumps off the path onto the other part of the floor"

Clem says, "Good bat!"

DM says, "The pebble bounces down the corridor and the bat neatly dodges it"

DM says, "glaring at Paulie"

Clem says, "Looks safe to investigate that box, at least."

[tomb] FinnM says, "I should knit up some tiny red sweaters."

[tomb] Clem says, "Hee hee."

Crumbly says, "Glaring using sonar. It narrows its ears at you."

[tomb] Paulie says, "Fortunately, the path is safe for anyone with the racial feature Bat Blood."

DM asks, "OK, so you're walking down the path in single-file marching order?"

Crumbly says, "Yes"

[tomb] Paulie says, "It was intended for Vampires, you see."

FinnM says, "Mmmhmmm."

Elgran says, "Yeah."

Crumbly says, "At least, I am, and I'm first, so I don't have to wait for anyone."

Clem says, "Works for me (since I'm near the end, yay)."

Elgran and Wolf lines up.

Paulie follows behind Kong, with Grog behind him.

FinnM says, "I do my best to manouever Kong into sticking to the path."

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Is Kong a generic ape?"

[tomb] Eolo says, "only a hundred feet tall"

[tomb] FinnM says, "Generic but somewhat advanced due to being an animal companion. But mostly a typical ape."

[tomb] Paulie asks, "So it could be a chimp, could be a gorilla, could be an orangutan, but we dunno?"

DM says, "Clem is furrowing his brow furiously trying to stay on the path"

[tomb] Paulie says (to Eolo), "Mmm, grape."

[tomb] FinnM says, "The SRD implies it's a gorilla."

FinnM says, "You can do it, Clem."

Clem says, "G'taar, succour me in my hour of need!"

DM says, "and staring at it intently he realizes that there are some runes written on it"

Clem says, "Whoa, runes."

[tomb] FinnM Don't Tread On Me

[tomb] DM says, "which all the guys with good Spot checks rolled 1 and 2 on"

Clem asks, "Hey, guys, can anyone read these?"

[tomb] DM says, "good thing you have a big party"

[tomb] Elgran says, "ha ha"

[tomb] Clem says, "Hee hee."

[tomb] FinnM says, "D'oh"

Crumbly says, "I can try."

DM says (to Clem), "They're in Common"

Clem says, "If it doesn't look familiar to anyone I have a spell I can use."

[tomb] Paulie says, "'THIS MORNING I PREPARED EXPL--'"

[tomb] DM says, "Ha ha"

[tomb] Eolo says, "yay"

[tomb] Elgran says (to paulie), "yay"

[tomb] FinnM says, "Hah"

Clem reads, then.

Crumbly exclaims, "OK!"

DM says, "It starts 'ACERERAK CONGRATULATES YOU ON YOUR POWERS OF OBSERVATION.'"

[tomb] InnocentBystander says, "DEAR DIARY I HAVE DECIDED THAT THE FLOOR IS A STUPID LOCATION FOR YOU"

[tomb] Eolo says, "ha"

DM says, "and continues down the path"

Elgran says, "I guess he disses the rest of us, then."

Clem asks, "Hmm, is the name Acererak familiar to me?"

[tomb] FinnM says, "Stupid lack of bard."

DM says, "It continues 'SO MAKE OF THIS WHATEVER YOU WISH, FOR YOU WILL BE MINE IN THE END NO MATTER WHAT!'"

Clem says, "I wonder if my many years of training in Knowledge (Religion) would help at all."

[tomb] Eolo says, "hee hee"

DM says, "And that's about as far as you've gotten down the corridor (20 feet or so)"

[tomb] Elgran makes a list: NEEDED: Drawven Bard

[tomb] Crumbly says, "'BUY SCOTT ADAMS ADVENTURE #2 PIRATE ADVENTURE FROM A RETAILER NEAR YOU"

[tomb] FinnM says, "Awww... how romantic."

[tomb] InnocentBystander says (to Crumbly), "yay"

DM says (to Clem), "Make a Knowledge (Religion) roll"

[tomb] FinnM says, "Ha"

Clem rolls 1d20+12: 16+12 | 28

Clem says, "Okay, maybe not that many years."

DM says, "Oh yeah, Acererak was probably the name of the super-powerful sorcerer who supposedly made this fearsome place"

Clem says, "Knowledge (Religion) was an optional! It clashed with flaming sword lessons!"

FinnM says, "That's strange."

Clem says (to all), "I don't think this is a path so much as trash talk from this demilich dude."

[tomb] Eolo says, "ha ha ha"

[tomb] Eolo says, "yo momma so fat, she don't fit on this path"

[tomb] FinnM says, "Oh, okay. For some reason I read that as "Acererak, congratulations on your powers of observation...""

[tomb] josh_g says, "probably he wants to lure you into walking on the path while you're reading, and then *BOOM* trap time"

Paulie sighs. "Some day, I hope to have me own tomb o' horrors with me own threatening messages in the entryway."

[tomb] DM says, "Acererak's Intolerable Dissing"

Crumbly says, "I'm still not going to step off it."

Crumbly says, "OK. Box."

DM says, "Crumbly edges forward another 10 feet, getting to the box"

[tomb] InnocentBystander says, "Baleful Serving"

Crumbly says, "And door next to box."

DM says, "and reading the next line of runes"

[tomb] Clem says, "You should totally have waited until I cast Comprehend Languages to read the runes."

Crumbly says, "But first, box."

DM asks, "Box before reading the runes?"

DM asks, "Or box before door?"

Crumbly says, "Runes first, I guess."

DM says, "The next line of runes say 'Go back to the tormentor or through the arch, and the second great hall you'll discover.'"

Crumbly says, "Ooh. That sounds like a Clue."

Clem says, "Or a lie."

Elgran says, "Or ...that."

DM says, "The box looks like this: http://www.hamesucken.com/tomb/4.jpg"

Crumbly says, "It's vague. Therefore it's a clue."

Clem says, "I bet it is true but not in any way that will help us until after the fact."

DM says, "Two jackal-headed human figures in this painting are portrayed as if holding bronze chest -- which is real, and protrudes slightly into the corridor! The chest is hinged on the bottom so as to allow the lid to swing down."

DM says, "holding a bronze chest, that is"

[tomb] FinnM says, "Acererak's subcontractors did a nice job on this place."

Clem inspects the paintings to figure out what the symbology represents.

[tomb] Paulie says, "The jackals don't really look happy."

Rosie asks, "'the tormentor'?"

[tomb] InnocentBystander says, "and those who didn't still haunt it"

[tomb] Paulie says, "In fact, I'm thinking arthritis."

Crumbly asks, "Hm. The bottom swings down? So if we open it, something will fall out?"

Clem says, "I hope all these monsters don't just represent lots of monsters."

Clem asks, "Or does the front panel swing down?"

Crumbly says, "Oh, I get it."

DM says (to Clem), "It's mostly all sorts of probably-evil demihumans going about their slavey business"

DM says, "The bottom swings down from the front"

Clem says, "So you can open it but not see inside. Nice."

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "they might be lawful-neutral demihumans who were raised in a bad system"

Crumbly says, "OK. It is tempting to open this box."

[Crows-Nest] Clem says, "Heh."

[Crows-Nest] InnocentBystander asks, "like Storyteller?"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "hee hee"

Elgran says, "We didn't come here to not open bronze chests."

Clem says, "I don't think batty here can help with that one."

[Crows-Nest] * nothings has joined the channel.

Rob_2 has arrived.

Paulie asks (of Elgran), "Wait, what?"

Crumbly says, "But I do not want to be in front of the part that opens."

[tomb] Clem asks (of DM), "By the way, could I command my bat to fly clutching a small piece of chalk?"

DM says, "There's a little stud on top of the box"

Paulie asks (of Elgran), "What are you talking about?"

[tomb] Paulie says, "A diminutive incubus."

Crumbly says, "I guess it's time to do another trap check. Taking 10: 37"

[tomb] (from Eolo) Clem says "And a big one in front of it!"

Elgran says (to Paulie), "We didn't come to this probably-cursed hill to not loot everything we see."

[tomb] DM says (to Clem), "Yeah"

Paulie says (to Elgran), "Oh, right. Sorry, too many nots."

Paulie says, "I'm more used to knots."

Clem casts Light on a piece of chalk (lasts 90 minutes).

[Crows-Nest] InnocentBystander says, "each additional 'not' is a -4 to your INT check"

DM says, "It looks like a perfectly normal opening-from-the-bottom-when-the-stud-on-top-is-pressed bronze box"

Clem asks (of batty), "Could you carry this along the corridor for me, please?"

Paulie says, "Put a sack under the box."

DM says, "The bat grabs the chalk in a talon"

DM says, "and flies off down the corridor"

[tomb] Clem says, "(I'm just trying to see more of the surroundings while other things are going on.)"

Crumbly says, "OK. Stand ready: I am going to press the stud. While standing to the side of the box."

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Who brought the big back o' sacks?"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 asks, "anybody horribly killed yet?"

Elgran backs up a bit from the box.

Clem says, "Here, I have plenty of sacks."

[Crows-Nest] InnocentBystander says, "also, I didn't realize you were playing D20 Paranoia"

DM says, "It flies off, illuminating more of the corridor, which is pretty much more of the same"

Crumbly presses the stud

[Crows-Nest] Rosie exclaims, "We've disabled one trap!"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Seems like a good way to catch any spiders or snakes or whatever falling out."

DM says, "The whole thing goes at least 100 feet"

[Crows-Nest] Paulie exclaims, "Yeah! A trap that was protecting a blank wall!"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says (to Rob), "no, but they have dug a lot of gravel"

DM says, "It's 20 feet wide again, btw"

[Crows-Nest] InnocentBystander sings, "Check out my gravel pit..."

DM says, "The bottom part of the box swings open"

DM says, "Nothing falls out"

Crumbly says, "OK. I look in the box."

[tomb] Paulie says, "Crap, it's an *invisible* snake."

Clem says, "Wait, wait, use a mirror."

DM says, "You'd have to crouch down below it or something"

[Crows-Nest] nothings says, "it's my cue!"

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Also, who brought a mirror?"

Elgran pulls out his mirror.

Elgran hands it to Crumbly.

FinnM says, "Well done."

Crumbly says, "OK, I look in the box using Elgran's mirror."

[tomb] Clem says, "I think we have everything except the shovel."

[tomb] FinnM asks, "Does a Glyph still go off if you read it in a mirror?"

Paulie mutters, "Vain prettyboy elves." under his breath.

[tomb] Clem says, "I'm assuming you can't get turned to stone, at least, although I'm just basing this on Clash of the Titans."

DM says, "The box appears to be empty except a short lever sticking down from the top of it"

Clem finishes adjusting his hair, puts his own mirror away.

Crumbly says, "Hm. So, to flip the lever, you have to stick your hand in the box."

Elgran asks, "tie a rope?"

Crumbly says, "This does not seem inviting."

Paulie passes up his 5ft rope again.

Crumbly says, "In order to tie a rope to the lever, you have to stick your hand in the box."

FinnM asks, "Is the lever just connected to the button, as part of the bottom-dropping mechanism?"

Elgran says, "Well, yeah."

Paulie says (to Crumbly), "Tie something weighted to the rope, and toss it over."

Crumbly asks, "Oh, is it just the lever from the stud mechanism?"

Crumbly says, "Bah."

DM says, "It doesn't appear related to the box-opening mechanism"

Crumbly says, "Oh, OK"

Elgran says, "I like the weighted rope idea."

[tomb] Paulie says, "Even if you do have to stick your hand in to tie the rope to the lever, at least your hand won't be inside *while* the lever's being pulled."

Elgran says, "If you can toss it well enough"

Elgran says, "Better yet, loop the rope and toss it, if the lever is pointing up"

K-Y has arrived.

Paulie says, "Aye, a better idea."

DM says, "The lever is pointing down"

Elgran says, "Oh"

DM says, "It's affixed to the top of the box"

Crumbly has a good Use Rope skill.

DM says, "And points down into it"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Oh, in that case, just push it."

Elgran says, "Here"

Elgran says, "Stand back."

[tomb] Paulie says, "We've got sticks, I'm told."

Rosie asks (of DM), "So it moves right and left? Presumably?"

Elgran leans over and uses his quarterstaff to push the lever.

[tomb] Clem says, "Man, I can't believe I didn't bring any glue."

[tomb] Paulie exclaims (at Clem), "I brought solvent!"

[Crows-Nest] nothings says, "I am so going to laugh when the barkskin wear's off before anything has actually happened"

[tomb] Clem says, "So did I!"

[tomb] FinnM says, "I obviously should have coughed up some money for http://www.d20srd.org/srd/magicItems/wondrousItems.htm#handoftheMage"

Crumbly stands aside and lets Elgran do this

[Crows-Nest] nothings says, "minus apostrophe"

DM asks (of Crumbly), "Off the path?"

[tomb] Paulie says (to Finn), "Hey, want, I know Mage Hand..."

[Crows-Nest] Clem says, "I'm guessing it'll wear off in round 2 of the first battle."

Clem retrieves his bat and magic chalk.

[tomb] Elgran exclaims, "too late, I pushed!"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 asks, "what's that? something to thicken up your hide to improve your armor class?"

DM says, "OK, as Elgran said, too late"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "right"

DM says, "You can yell at him later for acting precipitously"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "the downside is if someone casts a fire spell on you, ALL YOUR SKIN BURNS UP"

Rosie says, "Snrk."

DM says, "He pushes the lever with his quarterstaff and a 10 foot square pit opens directly in front of the box"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Yeah, pulling the lever after we've barely discussed it for even ten minutes."

Clem says (to thin_paste), "Next time, DON'T PUSH THE LEVER"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "so he did it pre-emptively. probably because he was thinking about that thing he didn't do early enough in the inky test game"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "also, woodpeckers"

DM says, "Where Crumbly is"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "hee hee"

DM says (to Crumbly), "Make a Reflex save"

[tomb] Elgran says, "ow, shit"

[tomb] Clem says, "Ha!"

Crumbly rolls 1d20+14 for reflex: 16+14 | 30

[tomb] FinnM says, "Good thing he's a ninja."

Crumbly says, "Wait, + 2 more"

Crumbly says, "because it's a trap"

Crumbly says, "So, 32"

DM says, "Crumbly does a backflip away from the floor just as it starts pulling back"

Crumbly says, "I mean 3"

DM says, "LANDING OFF THE PATH"

[Crows-Nest] josh_g says, "OH NOES"

Rosie laughs.

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Who all are over the pit?"

[tomb] Clem says, "Ha ha ha ha"

[tomb] Eolo says, "nobody else, I guess"

DM says, "and onto a perfectly normal floor"

Crumbly exclaims, "Oh no! My mother's back is broken!"

Elgran says, "Whew."

Elgran says, "Sorry about that."

[tomb] DM says, "Yeah, Crumbly was in front by himself since you were all single file"

DM says, "You peer down into the pit, which is 10 feet deep and covered with nasty spikes at the bottom"

Elgran says, "Um, let's just replace this."

Clem says, "Wow, those spikes look nasty."

Elgran flips the lever back.

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Does father falling onto spikes still do no damage?"

[Crows-Nest] Paulie says (to Elgran), "If another pit opens..."

[tomb] nothings says, "you won't generally get your inheritence that way, so I guess"

[tomb] Eolo says, "hee hee"

[tomb] FinnM says, "I don't think you could get the spell off in time."

[Crows-Nest] (from Rosie) Paulie says, "...I will laugh."

[tomb] Crumbly says, "No, I think it still does damage. Feather fall is like you just fell a couple of feet."

DM says, "The pit stays open"

Elgran says, "Oh well."

[tomb] Crumbly says (to FinnM), "I've got a ring of feather falling on."

Elgran asks, "Keep going, or the door?"

[tomb] Paulie says (to Finn), "There is a special type of action that I believe was invented for the sole purpose of letting you get off a featherfall spell in time."

[tomb] * zarf has left the channel.

Clem says, "Yeah, door."

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "ha ha, I just looked at the first few lines of Crumbly's character sheet, answering my question of why he's called Crumbly"

DM says, "And unfortunately the path was going over the pit"

DM says, "So you'll have to walk around the pit and go off the path, or jump over it, or something"

Clem says, "Luckily we all remember that portion of the runes."

FinnM says, "We could go outside and chop down a tree."

Clem says, "Let's just walk around the damn thing"

Paulie says, "We've got rope."

FinnM says, "Or shovel the pit full of gravel."

Paulie says, "On the other hand, we can just walk around the pit."

[tomb] DM says (to Finn), "Excellent"

Elgran jumps to where Crumbly stood, then back onto the path.

[tomb] FinnM says, "Oh yeah, the hallway is 20' wide. D'uh me."

DM says (to Elgran), "Save vs Dorkiness"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, ""Let's just walk around the damn thing" is going to be on Clem's tombstone"

Elgran exclaims, "I fail!"

[tomb] Clem says, "Filling in the pit would be awesome, if we had a shovel."

DM says, "Elgran does the hokey-pokey"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "heh"

Elgran turns himself around.

[tomb] josh_g says, "ha ha ha ha"

[Crows-Nest] Clem says, "Never!"

FinnM walks around in the same old marching order.

Paulie does too.

Clem says, "You know I'm liking this single-file thing, let's keep this, for now."

Crumbly advances to the door beyond the box, reading any new runes

DM says, "OK, are you all agreed that you're just walking around the path over to the door"

[tomb] FinnM says, "The first stage in our plan to convert this into the Tomb of Horrors Amusement Park."

DM says, "OK"

FinnM says, "We are."

DM says, "The new runes say 'Shun green if you can, but night's good color is for those of great valor.'"

[tomb] Clem says, "We'll still get sued when some 10-year-old kid falls into the pit of gravel."

DM says, "Also, as Crumbly walks over to the door, another pit opens up beneath him"

Crumbly says, "That is so a clue."

Crumbly exclaims, "Bah!"

[tomb] Eolo says, "ha ha"

[tomb] Clem says, "It's a clue that you need to FLIP OUT"

DM says, "Make a Reflex save"

Elgran says, "Maybe the path is bad after all."

Crumbly rolls 1d20+14 for reflex: 19+14 | 33

Crumbly says, "Or 36, because of that trap sense thing again."

[tomb] FinnM says, "I hope Acererak wasn't colorblind, because his clues would kinda suck then."

Crumbly says, "I should define another macro"

[tomb] Clem says, "Hee hee."

DM says, "Crumbly grasps at the edge of the pit as he falls and manages to haul himself up"

[Crows-Nest] InnocentBystander says, "Crumbly aka Prince of Persia"

Crumbly asks, "Aren't you guys glad I'm in front?"

DM says, "Spikes at the bottom of this one too"

[Crows-Nest] josh_g says, "yay"

[tomb] FinnM says, "Poor Mr. Lee, Jonz."

DM says, "OK, well, you're looking at the door from 10 feet away now, since there's a big spike-filled pit in between"

Crumbly says, "OK. Next time we proceed, I'm checking for traps first."

Paulie says, "Anyone forget to bring a spike? We found spares."

Clem asks, "Right in front of the door?"

DM says, "This portion of the fresco illustrates an iron door that evidently confines some sort of a horrid creature (its clawed and scaled hands grasp the bars of its small window) that can be loosed to torment prisoners."

DM says, "The pit was directly in front of the door, yeah"

Elgran says, "I suggest we skip the door for now, then."

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "well, at least this tomb lives up to its hype"

Paulie says, "Maybe the creature'll fall into the pit."

Clem says, "I agree."

[tomb] josh_g asks, "oh, it's not even a real door?"

Clem says, "There was nothing further up the corridor to trouble batty, at least."

[Crows-Nest] InnocentBystander says (to Rob_2), "you can download the module free and check it out"

[tomb] Paulie says, "I think it's a real door with a frescoe beside it."

Clem says, "So let's just keep an eye out for those pit traps and keep going."

Rosie asks, "We're leaving the door?"

[tomb] DM says, "It's a fresco depicting a door"

Crumbly says, "Maybe he wants us to leave the door."

[Crows-Nest] Rosie says, "Oh, oops."

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Oh, there *is* no door?"

[tomb] DM says, "It's just a picture of a door painted on the plaster"

[tomb] Rosie says, "Snrk."

[tomb] Elgran says, "man"

[tomb] josh_g says, "group rolls a Literacy check: 1"

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Did Crumbly try to check for a secret door?"

FinnM says, "Let us press on."

Crumbly searches the next segment of floor, taking a 10 | 37

[Crows-Nest] josh_g says, "I guess if I'm going to mock, it should be here"

[tomb] Crumbly asks, "Can crumbly get close enough to search for a secret door?"

DM says (to Crumbly), "There's another pit trap directly in front of you (facing down the corridor)"

Elgran says, "Geez."

Paulie asks, "Can ye set it off without walking on it?"

Crumbly says, "OK. The thing about pit traps is, when you disarm them, you just expose the pit."

FinnM says, "There's always that third gravelly entrance."

Crumbly says, "Maybe we should try to set the lever back."

Clem says, "Hang on, since we know there's a pit here, this is a chance to test it."

Elgran says (to Crumbly), "I did that."

Rosie exclaims, "We did!"

Paulie asks, "We did, didn't we?"

DM says, "The lever was reset, yeah"

Clem says (to batty), "Land on that pit trap, please."

Crumbly says, "OK"

Clem says, "I want to see if batty's weight will set it off."

Clem says, "He should be safe enough"

FinnM says, "It still might be a path/no-path thing."

DM says, "Canary II lands on the floor where Crumbly claims the pit trap to be"

DM says, "with no ill effects"

Paulie asks, "Why not just shove it with a quarterstaff?"

DM says, "This is off the path, btw"

[tomb] FinnM says, "Now I don't know what to believe."

Elgran says, "Why are we setting it off? Let's just walk off the path."

Elgran says, "Oh."

Elgran says, "Walk around it, I meant."

[tomb] DM says (to Crumbly), "Once you get past this pit, you could walk over to near the door painting"

[tomb] DM says, "just not directly in front of it"

[tomb] DM says, "since there's a pit there"

[Crows-Nest] Paulie says, "This module is the pits."

Crumbly walks around the pit, indicating to the others where to walk.

[Crows-Nest] josh_g says, "ba-dum-TISH"

Elgran says (to Clem), "Give Crumbly that chalk, so he can mark the safe path."

Crumbly exclaims, "Good idea!"

[Crows-Nest] InnocentBystander says, "YM "ba-dum-creak-AIEEEE-splat""

[Crows-Nest] josh_g says, "yeah, you never know when you're going to be sprinting out of here for your lives"

DM says, "You have to be kind of tricky, since this pit is diagonally opposite the last one, so you have to actually step over an area with no safe floor"

[Crows-Nest] josh_g says, "and forget where the pit traps are"

[Crows-Nest] Paulie says, "This is what dimension door is for."

Clem says, "If batty sets it off, we can pull ssome weasels out of the bags (hopefully) and find pits quickly that way."

Clem says, "Or not."

[Crows-Nest] nothings says, "Hey, you can write some trash talk back next to the runes"

[Crows-Nest] josh_g says, "ha ha ha"

DM says, "I'm assuming you're all still in this single file, which means you're actually trailing around 40' feet down the corridor"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 asks, "you're carrying a bag of weasels?"

[Crows-Nest] InnocentBystander says, "I'm wondering if the runes covered the trap doors too"

[Crows-Nest] josh_g says, "roll 3d6+4 for Tagging"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Sure."

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "he has a bag of tricks"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "which you recall Roy had in OOTS for a while"

[Crows-Nest] Paulie says, "I.e. a magic bag of weasels and bats."

DM says, "Crumbly reads some more runes after stepping past the pit"

[Crows-Nest] nothings says, "the latest trap door was off the path, so no runes. I think all the rest got read"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "Trousers of Ferrets (+2)"

DM says, "'If shades of red stand for blood the wise will not need sacrifice aught but a loop of magical metal -- you're well along your march.'"

Crumbly copies them into his scratch buffer

Elgran asks, "Hmm, magic metal. Mithral?"

Elgran says, "I guess we could pry a ring off my chain shirt."

Paulie says, "Fat chance o' finding someone wise in this party."

Paulie says (to Elgran), "I imagine a few of us have magic rings."

Clem writes on the floor with his light-emitting magic chalk.

Crumbly asks, "OK, do we're near the door painting now?"

[Crows-Nest] josh_g says, "sweet, glow-writing"

DM says, "You are, yeah"

Clem says, "Roses are red / violets are blue / Acererak is brown / just like a"

DM says, "Others are trailing behind you"

Clem says, "hmmm"

Crumbly searches it

Clem says, "/ grue"

[Crows-Nest] FinnM says, "That is exceptionally clever."

[Crows-Nest] InnocentBystander asks, "for the spectators: is there interest in a (private, of course) spoiler channel?"

[Crows-Nest] josh_g says (to Clem), "yay!"

Crumbly says, "er, taking a 10 for 37"

DM says, "Taking 10? OK"

Paulie says (to Clem), "Ye forget the part about Burma Shave."

[Crows-Nest] Paulie says, "Only if you invite Perry."

DM says, "Hmm, there is definitely something odd about this door"

[Crows-Nest] nothings asks, "wait, so all that was so they could approach the door painting from the far side rather than the near side? Or am I not visualizing this right?"

DM says, "Like, you're pretty sure there's empty space behind it"

[Crows-Nest] InnocentBystander says (to Paulie), "ha ha"

DM says, "This door painting, I should say"

[Crows-Nest] Paulie says (to nothings), "That, and also so we can actually get down the corridor."

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 asks, "what does 'taking a 10 for 37' mean?"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "not rolling the d20"

FinnM attempts to disbelieve the door painting.

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "and just assuming you roll a 10"

[Crows-Nest] Clem says, "Taking your time and assuming a 10 for the roll."

[Crows-Nest] Paulie says (to Rob), "It means he's taking his time, and getting an automatic 10 on his roll."

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "and then he has a +27 bonus"

[Crows-Nest] InnocentBystander says, "ok, any non-players wanting to join, let me know"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "because he is crazy optimized"

[tomb] Clem asks, "By the way, how's my bat doing?"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "ok"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says (to IB), "me, please"

Elgran asks, "Anyone have a sledgehammer?"

Crumbly asks, "Right. Well, what do you guys say? Shall we try to find a mechanism for opening this?"

[tomb] Clem says, "I think it lasts 20 minutes and I created it when we entered this corridor."

[Crows-Nest] K-Y says (to Innocent), "Sure"

DM says (to FinnM), "Make a Will save"

[Crows-Nest] josh_g says (to Innocent), "sure"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 asks, "wait, what's this about 'taking his time'?"

Paulie says (to Elgran), "Grog has a crowbar."

FinnM rolls 1d20+9: 4+9 | 13

[tomb] DM says, "Yeah, the bat is starting to fade"

[Crows-Nest] Paulie says (to Rob), "He's searching the wall."

[tomb] Clem says, "Awww."

DM says (to Finn), "Looks like a real door painting to you"

Clem says (to batty), "Aww, come back into the bag, little feller."

[Crows-Nest] nothings | [D&D]/052 baf says, "Taking 10 means doing something once, but in an ordinary, relaxedway. You can't do it in combat or similar situations."

[Crows-Nest] nothings | [D&D]/054 baf says, "Taking 20 means taking your time and, if necessary doing it over andover again until you get it right. Obviously you can't do this in combat either, and ittakes as much game time as you;d need to do 20 skill checks."

DM says, "The bat pops out of existence"

Clem says, "We will remember your excellent flapping."

[tomb] Crumbly says, "10 minutes, actually"

[tomb] Clem says, "Oops, sorry."

DM says, "Time passes..."

Clem asks, "Okay, so, this wall is hollow?"

Grog asks, "Grog smash?"

Clem says, "I guess I'm way at the back here."

DM says, "That's what it seems like to Crumbly,y eah"

DM says, "Who is the only person near it"

Crumbly pushes on the door painting

Elgran asks, "The corridor continues, right?"

Rosie asks, "Is there a bar across it, like in the picture?"

DM says, "Yeah, there's at least 50 feet more of corridor"

DM says, "The bar is part of the picture"

Clem says, "I think Grog should try to smash it."

Rosie says, "Yeah."

DM says (to Crumbly), "Nothing happens"

Crumbly says, "Grog, step on up."

Clem says, "I can help, or I can give my crowbar to somebody with str higher than 16."

Elgran reaches over the pit and prods at the bar with his staff.

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Do we all shuffle forward enough for Grog to reach it?"

[tomb] FinnM is afk for 5 minutes.

[tomb] DM says, "Grog could just walk up to the front"

Elgran says, "Following Crumbly if needed to get close."

Crumbly says, "I'm willing to search the next bit of corridor."

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "ah, thanks"

DM says (to Elgran), "It's just smooth plaster like the rest of the painting"

Crumbly says, "(taking 10, for 37)"

DM says, "Crumbly finds another pit 20 feet down the corridor"

DM says, "and some more runes!"

DM says, "'Two pits along the way will be found to lead to a fortuitous fall, so check the wall.'"

[Crows-Nest] nothings says (to Elgran), "that would have been totally awesome if you'd triggered something on Crumbly again"

[tomb] Clem says, "I hope somebody is writing down these runes."

Grog moves forward to where Crumbly used to be and gives the painting a good whack with his crowbar.

[tomb] Crumbly says, "I've got them."

[tomb] Rosie asks, "Oh, IRL?"

[tomb] DM says, "Crumbly had a magical scratch buffer"

[tomb] InnocentBystander says, "Buffer of Vecna"

[tomb] Rosie says, "We could use inky's clue page."

[tomb] Elgran says, "heh"

[tomb] Eolo says, "Bigby's Transcribing Hand"

DM says, "The plaster cracks"

DM says, "A bunch of it falls into the pit"

Crumbly says, "That makes it sound like some of these pit traps lead somewhere nice."

[tomb] Clem says, "As long as somebody in real life can repeat them easily, I'm happy."

Grog smiles and gives it another go.

Grog exclaims, "Smashing fun!"

[tomb] Clem says, "Otherwise it would take me a while to find them in my recap."

DM says, "A bunch more plaster falls into the pit, along with some shards of wood"

Clem says, "Okay, now please wait a minute."

DM says, "since Grog seems to have exposed an actual wooden door behind the plaster"

Clem says, "Let's listen to see if that disturbed anything."

Grog looks sad, but stops smashing.

Crumbly rolls 1d20+17 for listen: 6+17 | 23

Clem rolls 1d20+5: 5+5 | 10

Elgran rolls 1d20+14 for listen: 11+14 | 25

DM says, "You hear nothing but your own pounding heartbeats"

Clem says (to Grog), "Okay, pound away."

Grog beams as he starts smashing again.

Elgran says, "Let's just remove the plaster and open the door."

Clem asks (of Rosie), "Hey, are you still checking the ceiling?"

DM says, "Grog gives it another whack and removes a bunch more plaster as well as some actual door"

Rosie says, "Sure."

DM says (to Grog), "Roll for damage"

Rosie checks the ceiling.

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Uh, what's a crowbar do for damage?"

Rosie rolls 1d20+5 for spot: 14+5 | 19

DM says (to Rosie), "It's about 12 feet above you and smooth plaster like the walls and floor"

Clem says, "I wouldn't put it past old Arserack to drop a block of granite on us while we're scanning the floor."

[tomb] DM says, "Let's say 1d6 plus strength"

[tomb] Paulie asks, "One-handed?"

Crumbly says, "hee arse-rack"

[tomb] DM says, "Yeah, he can't really get at it with two hands from the side like he is"

Grog rolls 1d6+5: 4+5 | 9

DM says, "Grog has made a dent in the door"

DM says, "Also has exposed enough door to reveal..."

DM says, "A DOORKNOB"

Paulie asks, "Do we want to check for traps?"

Clem says, "!"

Crumbly says, "I think we do."

Grog backs away to the safe area.

Crumbly searches door, taking 10 | 37

Elgran back back.

Paulie says (to Grog), "Good work."

DM says (to Crumbly), "Seems like a normal door"

Clem says (to Grog), "Hey, you can't leave yet!"

Grog asks (of Clem), "Need more smash?"

Crumbly tosses Grog a biscuit

[tomb] Elgran says, "put Grog back in the Bag"

[tomb] DM says, "Mmm, Groggy Snack"

Grog says, "Yum."

[tomb] FinnM is back.

Crumbly says, "Wait, I also want to listen at the door."

Rosie, while waiting, also floats down 7 feet to check the walls of the pits.

Crumbly rolls 1d20+17 for listen: 8+17 | 25

DM says (to Rosie), "There are two of them that have been triggered and two that haven't"

DM says, "You can roll Search for each of the first two"

DM says (to Crumbly), "Silence"

DM says, "This place is as dead as a tomb"

Clem asks, "You know, what I always wonder about these trap-riddled old tombs is: who resets the traps?"

Rosie asks (of DM), "Is that like 'spot'?"

Rosie asks, "Or something else?"

[tomb] Elgran says (to Rosie), "Search is its own skill"

[tomb] Eolo says, "search is a separate skill, int-based"

Paulie says (to Clem), "Whatever's on that door isn't going to get reset in a hurry."

DM says, "Yeah, it's a different Skill"

[Crows-Nest] nothings asks, "'floats'?"

[tomb] Eolo asks (of Clem), "and what's the answer to the riddle?"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "I think rosie has levitation boots"

[tomb] Rosie says, "Oh, there it is."

[Crows-Nest] nothings says, "aha, yep, missed that"

DM says (to Clem), "I reset them all this morning, and it was a real chore, let me tell you"

Rosie rolls 1d20+1 for int: 15+1 | 16

Rosie rolls 1d20+1 for int: 4+1 | 5

[Crows-Nest] Clem says, "We couldn't find the magic items shop, so we just raided the set of Back To The Future 2."

DM says (to Rosie), "Nothing special about the walls of either of the pits"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Hey, I just want to point out something:"

[tomb] Paulie says, "We've now made it two hours of realtime without anyone dying."

[tomb] Elgran says, "yay"

[tomb] DM says, "Yeah, this sucks"

[tomb] InnocentBystander says, "by sheer dumb luck"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Or finding any treasure. Or defeating any monsters."

[tomb] Rosie exclaims, "No damage either!"

[tomb] Paulie exclaims, "But still, two hours!"

Crumbly says, "Usually dungeon maintenance is done by orcs, undead thralls, unseen servants, or just magical forces."

[tomb] nothings says, "or having anyone other than a door take a single hp of damage"

Grog grunts.

[tomb] Clem says, "I think people dropped like flies back in the 1st edition version because they didn't have all these fancy skill checks."

[tomb] FinnM says, "Or insane levels of paranoia."

Crumbly asks, "OK. Who wants to open the door?"

[tomb] Clem says, "'Quick, make a Reflex save?' 'What's that, is that like Death or Magic Wands?' 'No, Reflex -- too late, you died on the spikes.'"

[tomb] Paulie asks, "The guy with the nice reflex save, perhaps?"

Crumbly opens the door

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 asks, "does it open inward or outward?"

DM says, "You reach around over the pit and push open the door"

DM says, "There's a 10 foot wide corridor"

DM says, "Ending in another door after 20 feet"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Someone should be making a map."

Elgran asks, "Continue, or switch?"

Crumbly asks, "Any opinions on this? Continue down the pit hall or take the hidden way?"

Rosie exclaims, "Hidden!"

Paulie says, "I vote for the hidden passage."

Elgran says, "It wasn't very hidden"

Crumbly says, "Hidden way seems more promising, I guess."

Clem says, "Oh, hidden, why not."

FinnM votes for hiddenish.

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 laughs

Elgran says, "But if everyone else says so, sure."

Paulie says, "But we should maybe shove those pits with a staff first, in case there's anything down there."

Crumbly steps over pit into hall

Elgran and Wolf follow Crumbly.

Rosie helps everyone over the pit by floating over it.

Clem follows in marching order, which means he'll be the last one in, with Rosie.

DM says, "You can go back to two abreast now"

Clem says, "In fact I don't think we can all fit in here."

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 asks, "what, you step in without checking the floor in there first?"

Grog carries Paulie over the pit.

DM says, "Everyone can just about shove in"

[Crows-Nest] Clem says, "Let's all get in, *then* check the floor!"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "that'd be funny if everyone shoved in and then another trap opened and everyone died"

[Crows-Nest] (from InnocentBystander) DM asks, "whaddya mean "would"?"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, ""They Died With Their Barkskins On": One Party's Story"

[Crows-Nest] Elgran says, "ha ha"

Crumbly approaches the door at the far end

[Crows-Nest] Clem says, "Hee hee hee."

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "hee hee"

[Crows-Nest] FinnM exclaims, "Ha!"

DM says, "OK, you're all crammed into a 20' long corridor"

[Crows-Nest] InnocentBystander says, "Die With Your Barks on is easily the worst Iron Maiden song ever"

[tomb] Paulie says, "No kibbitzing from the demilich here, I take it."

Clem says, "No, I'm going to wait just outside."

Clem says, "For now."

Crumbly says, "If nothing untoward happens, I search it, taking 10 | 37"

[tomb] DM says, "Yeah, the floor is normal stone here"

DM asks (of Clem), "You're back out in the main hall?"

Clem says, "I am just beside the pit by the broken hidden door."

DM says, "Right, OK"

Clem says, "I assume I can watch them from there."

DM says, "The door appears normal"

Crumbly OK!

Clem says, "Also keep half an eye on the other corridor."

Crumbly opens the door

[tomb] Paulie asks, "If we're in the tomb of horrors, then wouldn't 'the door appears normal' mean 'the door appears to be a deathtrap'?"

[tomb] Elgran says, "heh"

[tomb] Clem says, "The door resembles a nude Keith Richards."

[tomb] Eolo says, "well, it means it has the same art as elsewhere"

[tomb] Eolo says, "that's pretty horrific"

[tomb] Paulie says, "I think someone's typing in some boxed text."

DM says, "There's 10 feet more of corridor and then a room 30' feet wide and 20' feet deep, in which you see this: http://www.hamesucken.com/tomb/8.jpg"

DM says, "A grotesque, winged humanoid with a horned head and stony hide lunges, its four arms each tipped with wicked rocky claws. Around the creature's neck is a collar studded with huge, gleaming gems."

FinnM says, "Uh oh."

Clem says, "Holy heinousness!"

DM asks, "And you are all taken by surprise, so it gets what, a free standard action?"

Elgran exclaims, "!"

Eolo says, "right"

Paulie exclaims, "Nice collar!"

FinnM says (to DM), "Yes."

DM says, "So not enough time to move 30 feet and also attack"

Eolo says, "right"

FinnM says, "He can do a 'partial charge'."

[Crows-Nest] nothings asks, "what exactly determines surprise? I mean, you're in the freaking TOMB OF HORRORS, totally on edge and watching every which way, and you're surprised when you walk into a room and there's SOMETHING IN IT?"

[tomb] Paulie says, "So the big question is, 'how does Crumbly get out?'"

DM says, "It just bounds into the small amount of corridor past the door so that you all can't surround it"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "you didn't listen at the door this time!"

[Crows-Nest] Clem says, "We were too busy scanning the floor for pits!"

DM says, "And now I guess we all roll for initiative"

Rosie rolls 1d20+5 for init: 10+5 | 15

Elgran rolls 1d20+8 for init: 3+8 | 11

Clem rolls 1d20 for init: 14 | 14

Paulie rolls 1d20+8 for init: 15+8 | 23

Clem says (to Elgran), "HA ha"

FinnM rolls 1d20+0: 16+0 | 16

Grog rolls 1d20+6: 3+6 | 9

Crumbly rolls 1d20+5 for init: 10+5 | 15

FinnM says, "And now for Kong:"

Elgran rolls 1d20+3 for wolfinit: 16+3 | 19

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "Clemophobia: the fear that in some combat you will have a lower initiative roll than the cleric"

FinnM rolls 1d20+2: 7+2 | 9

[Crows-Nest] InnocentBystander says (to rob_2, nothings), "invitation to spoiler channel stands"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 asks, "who which?"

DM rolls 1d20-1: 9-1 | 8

[Crows-Nest] nothings says, "must have missed it the first time, yeah"

[Crows-Nest] Rosie says, "There's a spoiler channel for non-players."

DM says, "Rarr"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "oh yeah, lemme on that"

DM says, "(It's not very fast)"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Man. This is a great party. Just rolling for init versus a single opponent takes ten dice."

DM says, "OK, so let me get the layout clear"

[tomb] Eolo exclaims (at Paulie), "and when Clem pulls out a bat on his turn, that's another roll!"

[tomb] Clem says, "Awesome, we all beat it."

[Crows-Nest] InnocentBystander says (to nothings), "oops, sorry"

[Crows-Nest] nothings says, "Although I read it 20 years ago or whatever, I don't rememebr that well, so I'd rather be surprised"

[tomb] Clem says, "Hey, I have a 70% chance of pulling out a non-bat."

DM says, "The MUTANT FOUR-ARMED GARGOYLE is in front of the door"

[Crows-Nest] nothings says, "no problem"

DM says, "Clem is right at the door"

Clem asks, "Wait, which door?"

DM says, "Elgran and Wolf are 5 feet behind him"

DM says, "The far door that he just opened"

Clem says, "Crumbly, you mean."

Elgran says, "Crumbly is at the door"

Crumbly says, "I think you mean yes"

DM says, "Yes, sorry"

Elgran says, "Clem is in the other hall"

DM says, "I meant Crumbly"

DM says, "Finn and Kong are next"

DM says, "Then Paulie and Grog"

DM says, "Then Rosie"

[tomb] Clem says, "Maybe one of us should change the first letter of his name."

DM says, "Then Clem is out in the big hall"

DM says, "Paulie, go"

[tomb] Paulie asks, "How about Flem?"

[tomb] Clem says, "No, thank you."

[tomb] Crumbly asks, "Bumbly?"

[tomb] nothings says, "Clem => Mel"

[tomb] nothings says, "Crumbly can't change"

[tomb] Crumbly asks, "Rumbly?"

[tomb] Klem says, "This is all I meant."

[tomb] nothings says, "there you go"

[tomb] nothings asks, "wait, Klem or Kong?"

[tomb] Klem says, "It's more Tolkien-y this way anyway!"

Paulie hastes himself, Crumbly, Elgran, Wolf, Finn, and Grog.

DM asks, "Is haste a touch effect?"

[tomb] Klem says, "Kong doesn't speak much so I think it's okay."

[tomb] Elgran asks, "what is the effect of Haste again?"

[tomb] FinnM says, "He's a rare mime ape."

[tomb] Paulie says, "No."

[tomb] Paulie says, "55ft range, targets must all be within 30 of each other."

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 asks, "oh, there's an ape in the party?"

[tomb] FinnM | http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/haste.htm

[tomb] Paulie | +1 unnamed bonus to hit and dodge bonus to AC and reflex saves. Also, 1 extra attack if making a full attack.

[tomb] DM asks, "OK, and I assume you have no chance of arcane spell failure?"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Right."

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "druids (FinnM) get an animal sidekick"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "rangers (Elgran) also do"

DM says, "OK, Wolf"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "hotcha"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "I saw the wolf"

[Crows-Nest] Klem says, "I got this bat, see."

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "hee"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "you let him expire!"

Elgran says, "Wolf is going to try to run up and then Trip it"

DM says, "There is basically room for one person to join Crumbly at the head of the QUEUE OF DEATH"

[Crows-Nest] Klem says, "He was going to expire anyway! I gave him a peaceful return to the bag."

[tomb] Elgran says, "This involves me finding the Trip rules again"

DM says, "Wolves' Trip only works if they succeed in a bite attack"

[tomb] Eolo says, "wolves trip as part of their normal attack"

Elgran says, "Then he'll bite first"

DM says, "OK, that's a +6 attack roll, looks like"

Crumbly asks, "So the baddie is directly in front of me?"

DM says (to Crumbly), "Yeah"

Elgran rolls 1d20+6 for wolfbite: 20+6 | 26

Elgran says, "That's actually 27 for the haste"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Woo."

[tomb] Eolo says, "roll again for the critical confirmation"

DM says, "A hit and a threat! Assuming bites can do criticals"

[tomb] Klem says, "Awooooowl!"

Elgran asks, "Can they?"

FinnM says, "Yes."

Elgran says, "Woo"

[Crows-Nest] Rosie says, "A handy addition would be to allow 'roll macro+1' or the like."

DM says, "20/x2 I assume"

Elgran rolls 1d20+6 for wolfbite: 12+6 | 18

[Crows-Nest] Paulie says, "Mmm, yeah."

Elgran says, "actually 19"

DM says, "Just a regular hit"

[Crows-Nest] Klem says, "Good idea."

DM says, "Roll damage"

Elgran rolls 1d6+2 for wolfdamage: 2+2 | 4

[tomb] Elgran asks, "what do I roll for the trip?"

DM says, "Wolf grabs the monstrous gargoyle's ankle in its jaws but they do no damage to its leathery hide"

DM says, "However, that does count as a hit for tripping purposes, I assume"

[tomb] Eolo says, "it's an opposed strength check against the gargoyle, with a +4 bonus to one person per difference in size categories"

[tomb] Eolo says, "strength check = 1d20+ str bonus"

[tomb] Klem says, "Yikes, this doesn't look good."

[tomb] DM says, "The gargoyle is Large so it gets +4"

[tomb] DM says, "Also it is very strong"

[Crows-Nest] Rosie asks, "When did Clem become Klem?"

[tomb] Elgran asks, "Wolf gets his +4 for Improved Trip, right?"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "to avoid confusion with Crumbly"

[Crows-Nest] Klem says, "When the DM confused me with Crumbly."

[tomb] DM says, "Yep"

[Crows-Nest] Rosie says, "Aha."

Elgran rolls 1d20+6 for wolftrip: 16+6 | 22

[Crows-Nest] Rosie says, "OK, carry on."

[tomb] Eolo says, "the gargoyle has four legs but isn't actually a quadruped, it seems like, so I don't think it gets the stability bonus"

DM says, "The gargoyle doesn't budge"

[tomb] Eolo says, "(that's +4 if it does)"

[Crows-Nest] Rosie says, "I guess Krumbly sounded too much like a Keebler elf."

[tomb] DM says, "It has 2 legs and 4 arms"

[Crows-Nest] InnocentBystander says, "Grumbly"

DM says, "Finn's turn"

DM says, "He's about 15 feet away"

[tomb] FinnM asks, "Also Kong's turn, is it?"

[tomb] DM says, "Kong rolled a 9"

Crumbly says, "Oh, large? Hm, that upsets my plans."

[tomb] DM says, "I thought"

[tomb] FinnM says, "Okay; wasn't sure if you were lumping us into the same initive or not."

[tomb] FinnM says, "That is correct."

FinnM valiantly attacks.

Klem asks, "With what?"

DM asks, "Can you attack from that far away?"

FinnM valiantly moves, then attacks.

FinnM swings his scimitar at the beast.

FinnM rolls 1d20+11: 13+11 | 24

[tomb] Klem asks, "Aren't Wolf and Crumbly in the way?"

DM says, "There are lots of people between you and him"

FinnM says, "Erm, oh."

Crumbly says, "Ordinarily, you can only attack from 5 feet."

FinnM says, "Okay, Finn doesn't do that."

[tomb] Elgran says, "Wolf is, um, medium"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "if only someone had a spiked chain"

DM says, "These are pretty cramped quarters"

[tomb] Klem asks, "What's Crumbly's init?"

FinnM says, "Finn /delays/."

[tomb] Klem says, "We should let him move first."

[tomb] Crumbly says, "There are rules for what happens if you squeeze into the same 5-foot square as another combatant..."

[tomb] Paulie asks, "No ranged weapons?"

[tomb] DM says, "Yeah, but you have to end the round in your own square"

[tomb] Elgran says (to Paulie), "not down the hall past everyone"

[tomb] FinnM says, "Shooting into combat would just be bad for Finn."

[tomb] Klem asks, "Everyone above Crumbly can delay until after he moves, tight?"

FinnM appears deep in thought.

[tomb] DM says, "Yeah, tight"

[tomb] Crumbly says, "Yes."

[tomb] DM says, "OK, Crumbly and Rosie are next, and I assume Rosie will just wait for Crumbly anyway"

[tomb] FinnM says, "If y'all get out of the way, Kong can try to bullrush him back, so we can get in there and around him."

[tomb] Paulie says, "I imagine Crumbly can tumble past everyone, probably."

[tomb] Crumbly says, "But you stay in the altered initiative order."

DM says, "Crumbly's turn"

[Crows-Nest] Rosie says, "I'm actually going to tumble past the gargoyle."

Crumbly says, "OK. You say he's Large."

DM says, "He sure is"

[tomb] Klem says, "I would just like to suggest that Crumbly attacks and then gets the hell out of there and lets the real fighters in."

[tomb] Rosie says, "I'll wait on Crumbly, though."

Crumbly says, "OK. I'm going to attempt to Tumble to the other side of this guy."

[tomb] Klem says, "Unless he has some cunning plan up his sleeve..."

[tomb] Klem says, "Oooh."

DM says, "OK, I'm trying to look up on the Tumble page how that works"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Ah, the old 'backstab' plan."

[tomb] Rosie says, "http://www.d20srd.org/srd/skills/tumble.htm for those playing at home."

Crumbly says, "I can't accomplish this by going around him, so I'll have to tumble through his space."

[tomb] Rosie says, "Looks like TN 25."

[tomb] DM says, "Aha, there we go"

Crumbly says, "It's DC 25, and if I fail, he gets an attack of opportunity."

[Crows-Nest] Eolo | 1. Tumbling is impossible in a deep bog.

DM says, "Roll away"

Crumbly rolls 1d20+14 for tumble: 7+14 | 21

Klem narrates, "Look, Crumbly is tumbling between the mutant four-armed gargoyle's legs, as it's distracted by the heroic wolf attempting to grapple its leg!

Crumbly says, "Rotten luck."

DM says, "Unfortunate!"

DM says, "'AaO!!!' cries the gargoyle"

DM says, "Uh, 'AoO!!!'"

[tomb] Rosie says, "Tumbling back down the corridor seems in retrospect to be a better move ;-)"

[tomb] Crumbly says, "It had a 45% chance of working."

[tomb] Klem asks, "The corridor's only 20ft long, right?"

DM asks, "It just takes a standard attack against your usual AC?"

[tomb] DM says (to Klem), "Yeah"

[tomb] Klem says, "We're mostly fast enough to get right through in one turn."

[tomb] FinnM says (to DM), "Yep."

[tomb] Crumbly says, "And if it had worked, I would have had him flanked."

Crumbly says, "Yes"

[tomb] DM says, "Yeah, it would have been great if it worked, especially since he could then sneak"

[tomb] Crumbly says, "That was the plan."

[tomb] FinnM asks, "He still makes the movement, just with the AoO, doesn' he?"

[tomb] Crumbly says, "Nope."

DM says, "It swipes at you with one of its four fearsome claws, hitting you"

[tomb] Rosie says, "No, you stop."

[tomb] Elgran says, "stops short"

[tomb] DM says (to Finn), "The page says nope"

[tomb] FinnM says, "Oh. I am mistaken."

[tomb] Crumbly says, "If I were tumbling around his space, I'd still move."

DM says, "for 16 damage"

Klem stops his narration, flinches.

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Is that a move-equivalent, standard, or full-round tumble?"

Crumbly says, "ouch"

[tomb] DM says, "It's a move action"

[tomb] DM says, "So I guess he gets an attack now if he wants"

[tomb] nothings asks, "can he try it again?"

[tomb] Klem says, "Only a 50% chance of succeeding."

[tomb] Klem says, "I mean, rolling d20+14 against 25."

[tomb] nothings says, "yeah, I guess not a great idea, given his HP"

[tomb] Paulie says, "He could try to tumble the other way."

[tomb] DM says, "He could try again if he wanted"

[tomb] Paulie asks, "How hard is it to tumble past an ally?"

[tomb] Klem says, "I thought you could move through allies freely."

Crumbly says, "OK. I am going to try the tumble again."

[tomb] FinnM says, "Klem is correct."

[tomb] Klem says, "As long as you end up on a free space."

DM says, "Crumbly fakes the other way"

[Crows-Nest] FinnM says, "I'll tumble for ya, I'll tumble for ya."

Crumbly says, "The same one that failed last time."

Crumbly rolls 1d20+14 for tumble: 11+14 | 25

[tomb] Paulie says, "Yay"

[tomb] Klem says, "YAY"

[tomb] Elgran says, "yay"

[tomb] Klem says, "Tumble that 'goyle!"

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Is that yiddish?"

DM says, "and barely rolls through the gargoyle's legs"

Crumbly says, "I am now on the other side of the beastie. Also, he's used up his AoO for this round, so feel free to brush past him."

DM says, "'Rarrgh', it exclaims"

[tomb] Klem says, "I think it's just Brooklyn."

[tomb] InnocentBystander says (to Paulie), "no, from Harry Potter"

Rosie attemts to take advantage of Crumbly tumbling around one side of the gargoyle to tumble around/over the other side. After tumbling past everyone else in the corridor, of course. (half speed for me is 30' so I assume that's far enough; TN 25)

Rosie rolls 1d20+19 for tumble: 11+19 | 30

[tomb] Eolo says, "crikey"

DM says, "Wow, that's some tumblin"

[tomb] Elgran says, "thassa lotta tumble"

[tomb] Crumbly asks, "Your regular move is 60'?"

[tomb] Rosie says, "Ayup."

[tomb] DM says, "She's a monk"

[tomb] Elgran says, "monks. sheesh"

[tomb] FinnM says, "Woo. +30' more for Haste, too."

[tomb] Klem says, "Wow, I thought were were just adventurers, not the bloody Cirque Soleil."

[tomb] DM says, "Ha ha"

[tomb] Rosie asks, "Oh, I'm included in the Haste?"

[tomb] DM says, "Rosie was not hasted"

[tomb] FinnM says, "D'oh; sorry."

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "Bugs Meany's monastery was called the Tigers, but they should have been called the Rock Tumblers, because they rocked at tumbling"

[Crows-Nest] Elgran says, "ha ha ha ha"

[tomb] Rosie asks, "So, normal attack?"

DM says, "Rosie jukes way, then the other, and dodges past a swinging claw"

DM says, "one way"

[tomb] DM says, "Yep"

[tomb] Rosie asks, "Like, normal all my attacks, or just a single one?"

[tomb] DM asks, "It's flanked now, so what does that do to its AC?"

[tomb] Eolo asks (of Klem), "you're all prepared to do the high-dive into the tub of water later, right?"

[tomb] DM says, "A single attack"

[tomb] Eolo says, "+2 to attacks"

[tomb] Eolo says, "no AC penalty"

[tomb] InnocentBystander says (to Eolo), "s/tub/glass"

[tomb] Klem says (to Eolo), "Hee hee hee"

[tomb] DM says, "Making all your attacks is a full action"

Rosie rolls 1d20+13 for a1: 3+13 | 16

[tomb] FinnM says, "And sneak attack damage if you got it."

[tomb] Rosie says, "(plus 2)"

[tomb] Rosie says, "(for flanking)"

DM says, "Rosie is too off-balance from her tumble to get a good swing at the gargoyle"

Rosie says, "Drat."

[tomb] Klem says, "Man, somebody needs to hit this thing so we can figure out if it's tough enough to warrant a ton of combat and enhancement spells."

DM says, "Finn could undelay now"

[tomb] Klem says, "Or maybe that already answers my question."

[tomb] Elgran says, "well, we know from wolf's attack that it has some type of damage resistance"

DM says, "Otherwise Clem"

[tomb] Klem says, "Yeah."

FinnM will go after Kong, he thinks.

[tomb] Eolo says, "dude, it's a mutant four-armed gargoyle"

DM says, "OK, Clem"

DM says, "Way out in the big hall"

[tomb] nothings says, "just because you're a mutant doesn't mean your better than anybody else, Mr. Wants-To-Be-Magneto"

[tomb] Eolo says, "ha ha"

[tomb] josh_g says, "ha ha"

Klem says, "I think I will save my Prayer for later, and cast Spiritual Weapon to attack from a distance."

Klem says, "As soon as I read up to check that will work."

[tomb] Paulie asks, "So now Wolf is alone in the first row, with Elgran alone in the second row, and both Finn and Kong in the third row?"

[tomb] Elgran says, "right"

[tomb] Elgran exclaims, "bring it on!"

Eolo says, "it attacks with your BAB, +your wisdom modifier"

Crumbly says, "brb"

Klem says, "It doesn't need room to attack or anything, I hope."

Eolo says, "and does 1d8+3 hp force damage if it hits"

Eolo says, "correct"

Klem says, "Okay, VOOMF"

[tomb] DM says, "And it looks like it bypasses damage reduction"

Klem says, "And I believe it attacks immediately."

Klem says, "It's a GHOSTLY FLAMING GREATSWORD, since that is my deity's favoured weapon!"

[tomb] Eolo says, "I see it might be dispelled by spell resistance"

Klem says, "Although it still only does 1d8 damage."

DM says, "It'll last 9 rounds"

[tomb] FinnM says, "7 rounds longer than us."

Klem says, "My base attack is 6, +5 for wisdom."

[tomb] Eolo says, "ha ha"

[tomb] Elgran says, "heh"

Klem rolls 1d20+11: 19+11 | 30

[tomb] Elgran says, "nice"

Klem asks, "Hrm, is that a threat?"

DM says, "OK, a ghostly flaming greatsword materializes from Clem's hand and flies down the corridor at the gargoyle"

[tomb] Elgran asks, "can magically flaming greatswords have a critical threat?"

Crumbly says, "back"

[tomb] Klem says, "I was just wondering that."

[tomb] DM | the same threat range and critical multipliers as a real weapon of its form

[tomb] Klem says, "The spell description says it has the same threat as a real greatsword, which is 19-20."

Paulie blinks. "I don't remember his sword doing that back when he was called Clem."

[tomb] DM says, "So roll again"

Klem rolls 1d20+11: 14+11 | 25

[Crows-Nest] InnocentBystander says (to Paulie), "well, Corn also doesn't do what Korn does"

[Crows-Nest] Paulie says, "I can't wait to see what powers he gets when he levels up to Qlem."

DM says, "The sword rips into the gargoyle's thigh!!"

Klem says, "RARRR"

DM says, "Roll some damage!"

[tomb] Klem asks, "2d8+6?"

[tomb] Eolo says, "2d8+doubled wisdom modifier, I guess"

DM says, "So 2d8+6"

Klem rolls 2d8+6: 7 1+6 | 14

(From DM) Gargoyle RAR

(From Klem) A triumphant godly E major chord bursts out as the weapon strikes home!

[Crows-Nest] InnocentBystander asks, "wait, inky's now the DM?"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "I'm just sticking my oar in repeatedly"

DM says, "You get a move action too but there's not much space to move to"

Klem says, "Well, I'm done."

Klem says, "I'll just stay back here."

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "and dfan is ignoring or not as he chooses"

DM says, "You could step over the pit into the corridor, though"

DM says, "OK"

DM says, "Elgran!"

[Crows-Nest] InnocentBystander says, "I meant the 'RAR' thing"

Klem says, "In fact I'll move a little further back to make room, as long as I can still see. I have plenty of range in this thing."

[Crows-Nest] InnocentBystander says, "although I guess that's more Kain than Inky"

[tomb] Crumbly asks, "So, wait. Isn't Klem our tank?"

Elgran asks, "How far am I from the MUTANT FOUR-ARMED GARGOYLE?"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "oh hehg"

[Crows-Nest] InnocentBystander says, "(Kain being the new Iain)"

[tomb] Klem says, "There's no room!"

[tomb] FinnM says, "That's probably the guy with AC29. Me."

[tomb] Klem says, "Grog is tougher than me anyway."

[tomb] Eolo says, "Crumbly tumbled out of the way"

[tomb] Eolo says, "so I think there's a space now"

[tomb] Eolo says, "I don't know about how to get by the second ranks, though"

[tomb] Crumbly asks, "So it's Grog and Wolf in the front row?"

DM says, "10 feet"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Grog's still in row four."

[tomb] Klem says, "Front row is now wolf and empty, I believe."

[tomb] Paulie says, "It's WOlf and no one."

Elgran asks, "Am I close enough to move up and do a full attack, or just a standard?"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Elgran can step forward if he wants, I think."

[tomb] Klem says, "Anyone with like 20' move can step into that space and attack."

DM says, "You can move up 5 feet and then do a full atack"

DM says, "attack"

Elgran says, "Sweet"

Crumbly asks, "How far back are you?"

Elgran says, "Then I will step up and do my One end/Other end/One end -5/Other end -5/two-handed hasted bonus attack scheme"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Five feet, I think."

DM says, "He's 10 feet away"

Elgran says, "And I will convert 3 points from attack bonus to power attacking"

Crumbly says, "Wait wait wai."

DM says, "Someone's awfully confident"

[tomb] FinnM says (to Elgran), "You are not close enough, if seems."

[tomb] Elgran exclaims (at fin), "the DM said I was!"

[tomb] DM says, "He's ten feet away"

[tomb] DM says, "He can take his five-foot move action and be five feet away"

[tomb] FinnM says, "Okay, okay."

[tomb] Crumbly says, "OK"

[tomb] DM says, "and then take a full attack"

Elgran says (to DM), "well I can swing past it a lot, anyway"

[tomb] FinnM says, "Go for it, Ginsu."

[tomb] DM says, "10 feet between centers of the miniatures, not 10 feet of open space"

[tomb] Elgran says, "it's a stick"

[tomb] DM says, "Uh, so I will take your word for how you are working your attacks"

[tomb] Elgran says, "heh"

[tomb] DM asks, "One extra attack is from haste and one is from improved two-weapon or something?"

[tomb] Elgran says, "right"

[tomb] DM says, "OK, let's do one at a time"

[tomb] Klem says, "Power attack probably does make sense if it has damage reduction."

[tomb] Elgran asks, "and I'm at a +3 situational since I'm hasted and it's flanked, right?"

[tomb] DM says (to Klem), "Good point"

[tomb] DM says, "Yep"

[tomb] Elgran says, "then my first attack is at +14+3-3"

[tomb] FinnM says (to Klem), "Yes, but Elgran appears to have a magical weapon."

Elgran rolls 1d20+14: 9+14 | 23

[tomb] DM asks, "What's the -3?"

[tomb] Elgran says, "the power attack"

[tomb] DM says, "Aha, right"

[tomb] Elgran says, "no, wait, grr"

[tomb] DM asks, "No?"

[tomb] Elgran says, "+12+3-3. stupid column"

[tomb] Elgran says, "so a 21"

DM says, "Elgran hits it upside the head!"

Elgran rolls 1d6+7: 1+7 | 8

DM asks, "Does that +7 include the power attack?"

Elgran says, "yes"

DM says, "It shrugs off the attack!!"

[tomb] Elgran says, "other end"

[tomb] Klem says, "Gee."

Elgran rolls 1d20+12: 5+12 | 17

[tomb] FinnM says, "Hrm."

[tomb] Elgran asks, "a miss?"

[tomb] Klem says, "By the way, in case anyone forgets, you have to use the same power attack value for the whole round."

[tomb] Elgran says (to klem), "yeah, very sad"

DM says, "Elgran misses with the other end!"

[tomb] Elgran says, "Second set"

DM says, "Now back to the first end"

Elgran rolls 1d20+7: 5+7 | 12

Elgran rolls 1d20+7: 18+7 | 25

DM says, "You do hit on your second try with the back end"

Elgran rolls 1d6+2: 2+2 | 4

DM says, "...if you call that hitting"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Y'know, it occurs to me that now we're going to get Klem mixed up with Kong."

[tomb] Elgran says, "heh"

[tomb] Elgran says, "last shot, two-handed"

[tomb] DM asks, "Wait a sec, you get 5 attacks?"

[tomb] Crumbly says, "Haste."

[tomb] Clem says, "Oh, have it your way."

[tomb] nothings asks, "what happened to taking his word for it?"

[tomb] DM says, "I thought that was his 4th attack"

[tomb] Elgran says, "the first two were my usuals, and then the bonus haste attack at full bonus"

[tomb] Elgran says, "no, the improved two-weapon gives me the fourth"

[tomb] DM asks, "What gave you the third?"

[Crows-Nest] FinnM says, "Heh"

[tomb] Elgran says, "heh"

[tomb] DM says, "I'm serious"

[tomb] Elgran says, "my impression was that I have two attack slots per full attack due to my +9/+5 BAB"

[tomb] Clem says, "This would be more impressive if it were actually denting his hide at all."

[tomb] FinnM says, "2 from BAB, +1 from 2-ended weapon, +1 from improved, +1 from haste, I think is the deal."

[tomb] DM asks, "Oh, you get two more due to haste?"

[tomb] Eolo says, "he gets an off-hand attack for having two-weapon fighting, and a second off-hand attack from improved two-weapon fighting"

[tomb] Eolo says, "and one for haste"

[tomb] Elgran says, "my other impression was that absed on my reading of Two-Weapon Attack and Improved Two-Weapon attack I can use each slot twice each full attack round"

[tomb] Elgran says, "and then I get one more not-splittable attack due to haste"

[tomb] Elgran says, "if this is incorrect I'll stop now"

[Crows-Nest] FinnM asks (of DM), "Wait a minute, how does this four-armed gargoyle get 4 attacks per round hmmmm?"

[tomb] DM says, "I am confused but I don't feel like stopping things to figure it all out, so go ahead"

[tomb] Elgran says, "if you'd rather have me not do it I'll stop now"

[Crows-Nest] Clem says, "Yikes."

[tomb] Eolo says, "it's not so much that you're splitting attacks, it's that two-weapon fighting and improved two-weapon fighting each give a bonus attack with the off-hand weapon"

[Crows-Nest] Clem says, "It may suck to be the person, or canine, standing in front of it at the end of this round."

[Crows-Nest] FinnM says, "I'm guessing that's what it'll do, at least."

[tomb] DM says, "No, go ahead"

[tomb] Elgran says, "okay"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 belatedly laughs at the 'Is that yiddish?' joke

Elgran rolls 1d20+14: 20+14 | 34

[tomb] Crumbly says, "Two-weapon fighting explicitly says 'You can make one extra attack each round with the second weapon'"

[tomb] Elgran says, "here's the check"

Elgran rolls 1d20+14: 13+14 | 27

[tomb] Elgran says, "and that's 1d8+5+6x2"

DM asks, "That included the power attack?"

[tomb] Elgran asks, "does the power attack redouble?"

Elgran says, "yes"

[tomb] Eolo says, "yes"

Elgran rolls d6 for ;er,: 2 | 2

[tomb] Eolo says, "ha ha"

[tomb] Crumbly asks, "'Redouble'?"

Elgran says, "um"

DM says, "Ha ha"

[tomb] DM says, "Double for the critical"

[tomb] Eolo says, "it's also doubled by the critical hit"

[Crows-Nest] InnocentBystander says, "The gargoyle laughs!"

[tomb] Eolo says, "I guess that is not redoubling"

Elgran rolls 2d6+22: 1 3+22 | 26

[tomb] Paulie says, "Wow."

[tomb] Elgran says, "doubles the 3 for the power attack with two-hands, doubled again by the crit"

[tomb] FinnM says, "Woo."

[tomb] Eolo says, "oh yeah"

DM says, "Oof, right in the groin"

[tomb] Elgran says, "which is why I asked"

[tomb] Eolo says, "mutant four-groined gargoyle"

[tomb] Crumbly says, "Wait, wait. He doesn't get double the power attack for using a two-handed weapon if he's wielding it as a double weapon."

[tomb] Clem asks, "Wait, this isn't two-handed, is it?"

[tomb] FinnM says, "I think that is correct."

[tomb] DM says, "Well, the thing is that he's switching back to two-handed for the bonus attack"

[tomb] Paulie asks (of Curmbly), "The Hasted attack is as a two-handed, isn't it?"

[tomb] Elgran says, "I'm not weilding it as a two-handed weapon this round"

[tomb] DM says, "assuming that he can do that"

[tomb] Crumbly says, "But it seems to me that it does get doubled by the critical. Critical doubles the damage dice, including all bonuses/penalties."

[tomb] Elgran says, "er, as two-weapons"

[tomb] Elgran says, "sorry"

[tomb] Elgran says, "for this attack, I am weilding it two-handed"

[tomb] Elgran says, "also, wielding"

[tomb] Crumbly says, "(And excluding bonus damage dice, as in Sneak Attack)"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "ha ha"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "d&d is so awesome"

DM says, "The gargoyle roars with pain"

DM says, "Grog's turn"

[tomb] (from nothings) Elgran says, "also, crap, 'Elgran'? My name is 'Elrond'."

[tomb] Elgran says, "(this is exactly what I wanted to avoid with the bonus inky bits. sorry everyone)"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, ""argh! the calculations!" it says"

[tomb] Clem says, "Let's not argue all that lovely damage away so let's keep going!"

[tomb] Crumbly asks, "Wait, you're treating it as a double weapon for your first four attacks and as a two-handed weapon for your haste attack?"

[tomb] FinnM says, "We all need some bonus inky bits."

[tomb] Eolo says, "cough"

[tomb] DM says (to Crumbly), "Yeah, that's what I was wondering whether it was legiy"

[tomb] DM says, "legit"

[tomb] Crumbly says, "OK"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Oh, right, Grog's turn."

[tomb] Elgran says (to crumbly), "that's my reading of the rules"

[tomb] Crumbly says, "Legit or not, it's clever."

[tomb] Elgran says, "but the DM can certainly say no"

[tomb] FinnM says, "Go Grog go."

[tomb] Paulie asks, "No room for him to get into attack range, right?"

[tomb] DM says, "Not unless he has 10' reach"

DM says, "To recap, Crumbly and Rosie are behind the gargoyle"

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Two questions, then: if both your and your enemy are higher than medium height, is there still a penalty for firing into melee?"

DM says, "Elgran and Wolf are right in front of it"

[tomb] Eolo says, "yeah, I think so"

DM says, "Then there's some space"

[tomb] Paulie says, "(Actually, only one question, I guess.)"

DM says, "Then Finn and Kong"

DM says, "Then Paulie and Grog"

DM says, "Then Clem outside the corridor"

Clem says, "(heroically)"

[tomb] Paulie says (to Eolo), "Really? Drat."

[tomb] FinnM says, "Technically, yes; the penalty comes due to the swirling chaotic nature of melee moreso than the cover of the combatants. As far as I know."

[tomb] Crumbly says, "There's a penalty just for firing into melee."

[tomb] Paulie says, "Hrm. In that, case I'm not sure there's anything useful Grog can do."

[tomb] Eolo says, "he can delay his action until after the gargoyle"

[tomb] Clem says, "Step up close to the front guys, at least."

[tomb] Clem says, "Or that."

[tomb] Paulie says, "Yeah, I guess he'll wait."

[tomb] DM says, "Yeah, nothing in the rules about the size mattering"

DM says, "OK, Grog delays"

DM says, "Kong"

FinnM says, "Kong roars."

FinnM says, "But doesn't actually do anything."

[tomb] Clem asks, "Delaying too?"

[tomb] FinnM says, "Yeah, we can treat it as a delay."

DM asks, "OK, did you want to undelay Finn now?"

FinnM says, "No; Finn doesn't really have anything yet to do either."

[Crows-Nest] Rosie exclaims, "Undelay undelay! Arriba Arriba!"

[tomb] Clem asks, "Who else delayed?"

[Crows-Nest] FinnM says, "Heh"

[tomb] Clem says, "It seems like we want to get Grog hitting this thing."

[tomb] DM says, "Grog delayed too"

[tomb] Eolo says, "someone is going to have to move/be killed before Grog can hit it"

[tomb] Paulie says, "I'd be happy to."

[tomb] FinnM says, "I think the gargoyle will helpfully clear out some room for us soon."

[tomb] Clem says, "Ha ha."

[Crows-Nest] Elgran says, "I thought the plan was 'Kill the beastie', not 'Sit around and watch the beastie disembowel Elgran'"

[tomb] Clem says, "Well, we've got Elgran and Rosie in there, which is a good start."

DM says, "Gargoyle turn!"

[tomb] Paulie says, "I was hoping Grog could at least pick Paulie up and hold him high enough to make some ranged magical attacks."

[tomb] Clem says, "Although the gargoyle gets to disembowel them before they move again."

[tomb] Paulie says, "But if height doesn't affect firing into melee, that's no help."

[tomb] Clem asks, "What's the penalty for firing into a melee?"

[tomb] FinnM says, "-4"

[tomb] FinnM says, "Plus another -4 for cover"

[tomb] FinnM says, "Is the way it'll work out, I think."

[tomb] Elgran asks, "there's cover in here?"

[tomb] Eolo says, "the other PCs"

[tomb] FinnM says, "From our guys standing between him and you."

[tomb] Clem says, "Okay, yeah, not worth it at -8."

DM says, "It whirls around and swipes at Crumbly"

[tomb] Elgran says, "ah"

[tomb] FinnM says, "But he is Large, so a nice DM might give you a bit of a break on it."

[tomb] Paulie says, "http://www.d20srd.org/srd/combat/actionsInCombat.htm#attack doesn't mention the cover."

DM says, "Hitting with all four of its arms"

[tomb] Clem says, "Yikes."

[tomb] Paulie says, "Hmm. That specifically says shooting or throwing."

[tomb] FinnM says (to Crumbly), "Hey can I have your Haversack? </joke>"

[tomb] Clem asks, "Everybody got those diamonds with them?"

Crumbly says, "eek"

DM says, "doing 63 points of damage"

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Does that mean it doesn't actually apply to spells requiring ranged attacks?"

Crumbly dead

[tomb] Elgran says, "ow"

[tomb] Eolo says, "luckily Crumbly is -- uh, was -- scrappy"

DM says, "Crumbly drops lifelessly to the floor"

[Crows-Nest] Clem says, "New theory: the Barkskin wears off just after the 10 minutes required casting time for Raise Dead."

Rosie exclaims, "You killed Crumbly!"

[tomb] FinnM says, "So that's what a failed Save vs Death looks like."

Rosie exclaims, "You bastard!"

DM says, "Also, it has Cleave"

[tomb] Clem says, "!"

Paulie says, "Aw, I kinda liked the guy, too."

Crumbly says, "Man."

[Crows-Nest] (from josh_g) DM says, "So basically, you're screwed."

[Crows-Nest] FinnM says, "This is the funniest massacre I've seen in a long time."

[Crows-Nest] nothings says, "New theory: tanks in front"

DM says, "so it turns on Rosie"

Crumbly says, "I really should have backed away like I said I was going to do at the first hint of combat."

[Crows-Nest] Clem says, "Bah, we can take this guy."

Crumbly says, "But nooo."

[Crows-Nest] nothings says, "wait, THAT'S NOT A NEW THEORY AT ALL"

Clem says, "I did suggest it!"

[Crows-Nest] Paulie says (to nothings), "OK, Grog will open the next door."

[tomb] FinnM says, "We really should have brought a shovel. And a bucket. For Crumbly."

DM says, "and rakes her"

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Did someone just cast Speak With Dead?"

[Crows-Nest] Clem asks, "How's his Reflex versus pit traps?"

Crumbly exclaims, "I though, hey, it doesn't look undead! I could possibly flank and sneak-attack it!"

[tomb] Clem says, "Hey, I'm a cleric, deal with it."

[tomb] Clem says, "Oops, wait, Lawful Good."

DM says, "for 17 damage"

Rosie says, "Ow."

[tomb] Clem asks, "Can people say their remaining HP as they get hit?"

[tomb] Clem says, "Just so we can tell who's about to drop."

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Also, is Crumbly dead dead, or is he in that mezzo-dead negative HP range?"

[tomb] FinnM says, "I think he's at about -40"

[tomb] Clem says, "63 damage is quite a hell of a lot of damage."

[tomb] nothings says, "I think he's -30... timing"

[tomb] InnocentBystander says, "well, he started with 47 and took 60-something..."

[tomb] Crumbly says, "Crumbly is oh so very dead."

[tomb] FinnM says, "He got hit by the AoO too."

[tomb] nothings says (to IB), "he took some before that"

[tomb] InnocentBystander says, "and that, yes"

DM says, "He also gets a bite attack"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Oh yeah, forgot about the AoO."

[Crows-Nest] Clem says, "This is where we resurrect Crumbly as a level 8 rogue, and find he didn't learn Disable Traps until level 9."

DM says, "which does 11 damage"

[tomb] Clem asks (of DM), "Are you including the barkskin here, by the way?"

[Crows-Nest] Rosie asks (of DM), "I assume you're remembering my barkskin?"

[tomb] Paulie says, "If we end up with only Grog left of the party, I will laugh."

[tomb] Clem says, "If so, this thing has some scary attack roll."

[Crows-Nest] Rosie says, "(channel, but still)"

[tomb] DM says, "Yes"

[tomb] DM says, "and Yes"

[tomb] Clem says, "Well shit."

[tomb] Elgran says, "man"

[tomb] Crumbly says, "When I got hit the first time, I was thinking '16? Not so bad, I can survive another hit like that', forgetting that that was an AoO so it didnt' get to use its full attack routine."

DM says, "and to add insult to injury he gores her with the horn on his head!"

DM says, "for another 17"

[Crows-Nest] Paulie says, "Uh, I think that's actually adding injury to injury."

DM says, "(I count 23 left)"

[tomb] Clem asks (of Paulie), "Does Clem have any enhancement to strength?"

[Crows-Nest] FinnM says, "You thought I was joking when I said the gargoyle would attack us with his four arms."

[tomb] Clem says, "If not I'll Bull's Strength him."

[tomb] Rosie says, "OK, I'm down to, right, 23."

DM says, "and now it's finally done, so anyone who's delayed can act"

[tomb] Clem says, "Err, Grog."

[tomb] Paulie says (to Clem), "Er? You are Clem."

[tomb] Clem says, "Time to change my name again!"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Yeah, +2 ogre power."

[tomb] Eolo says, "ha ha"

[tomb] Clem asks, "Okay, does he have any deflection bonus to AC?"

[tomb] Paulie asks, "If delayed people don't act now, do they lose their chance?"

[tomb] Clem says, "Trying to figure if I can power him up any more."

[tomb] Eolo says, "yes"

[tomb] DM asks, "The barkskinned characters are the 5 PCs besides Finn, right?"

[tomb] FinnM says, "Yes."

[tomb] Eolo says, "(..Paulie)"

[tomb] Clem says, "Yes."

[tomb] Paulie asks, "I guess Grog had better act. Does anyone want to go first?"

[tomb] DM asks, "And that's a +4, right?"

[tomb] Rosie says (to DM), "4 now ;-)"

[tomb] Clem says (to DM), "Yup."

FinnM says, "I... uh... hrm."

Clem asks, "Spell?"

FinnM says, "Alright, I cast Dispel Magic. On that collar it's wearing."

[tomb] Clem says, "Hey, not a bad idea."

DM asks, "Any chance of failure?"

[tomb] FinnM | http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/dispelMagic.htm

FinnM says, "Yes, sort of."

FinnM rolls a dispel check.

DM says, "Not regular arcane spell failure, though"

FinnM says, "No."

FinnM rolls 1d20+9: 2+9 | 11

[tomb] Clem asks, "Aren't druids Divine?"

FinnM cries.

[tomb] FinnM says, "Yeah, that too."

Eolo says, "I don't think any of the PCs here have a spell failure check, since they're all divine or not wearing armor"

DM says, "No visible effect"

DM says, "OK"

Crumbly says, "Or dead"

DM says, "You get a move action too, if you want"

FinnM backs away, oh, another 5 feet.

FinnM says, "As does Kong."

DM says, "Paulie and Grog are right behind you"

DM says, "and him"

DM says, "but there's room in front of you!"

FinnM says, "Umm, oh. I'll just hang tight, then."

[Crows-Nest] josh_g asks, "the gorilla moves back?"

DM asks, "OK. Grog or Kong?"

[tomb] Clem says, "I think our best fighters are Grog, Elgran, Rosie and Clem, if we can somehow arrange that."

Elgran exclaims, "Get up here, people!"

FinnM says, "Kong is mine; I can't speak for Grog."

Grog downs his Elixir of Fire Breath.

[tomb] Rosie asks, "Yeah, can Wolf move back?"

Elgran says, "And things. Things can also get up here."

[tomb] Elgran says, "next round, sure"

[Crows-Nest] josh_g says, "mmm, goes down smooth, but has a burning aftertaste"

[tomb] Clem says, "Although my AC isn't great."

[tomb] DM asks, "OK, what kind of action is that?"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 finally gets caught up to real-time again

[tomb] Elgran says, "but your ghost firy sword is nice"

[tomb] DM says, "'Manipulate an item' is a move action"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Standard, if it's equivalent to drinking a potion."

[tomb] Crumbly says, "I'm going to start downgrading my character sheet to level 8 in anticipation of resurrection."

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "man, that's one nasty four armed horn gouging teeth biting cleaving gargoyle dude"

[Crows-Nest] josh_g says, "yeah, pretty much"

[Crows-Nest] FinnM says, "It's like it's some sort of Horror."

[tomb] DM says, "OK, I guess he doesn't get a breath attack this round, then"

[Crows-Nest] josh_g asks, "who would've thought?"

[Crows-Nest] FinnM says, "We were so naive in the salad days of our youth."

[tomb] Clem says (to Crumbly), "Your faith in the party's survival is appreciated."

[tomb] DM says, "Ha"

DM says, "Grog could move past Finn and Kong, though"

[tomb] nothings says (to Clem), "uh, I thought your AC was nearly as good as anyone's, save Finn"

[tomb] Clem says, "Even if multiple people die, I guess Crumbly gets raised first because he died first and because I have this funny feeling there might be more traps."

[tomb] FinnM says (to DM), "You know, I bet you thought you were being pretty funny when you decided to use a HackMaster module. But you're not."

Grog moves past Finn and Kong.

[tomb] Clem says (to nothings), "I have this shield that I can't use when I'm swinging the holy greatsword."

DM says, "OK, and finally, Kong"

[tomb] Clem says, "Man, TSD."

[tomb] nothings says, "ah"

DM says, "who can move up 5 feet to be besides Grog if he wants"

[tomb] nothings asks, "what about the spiritual one, though?"

FinnM says, "Kong flings feces, then moves beside Grog."

[tomb] Clem says, "If people don't move I can keep attacking with that from back here."

[Crows-Nest] Elgran says, "too bad this isn't an undead mutant gargoyle"

DM says, "OK, that's it for the round"

DM says, "Let me recap where everyone is"

[tomb] Elgran says, "I'm moving Wolf back next round"

[tomb] nothings says, "but they need up up there as a meat^H AC23 shield"

(From InnocentBystander) DM says, "DEAD"

DM says, "Rosie and Crumbly's corpse are inside the room on the other side of the gargoyle, who is still flanked"

DM says, "Elgran and Wolf are in the front line"

DM says, "Grog and Kong behind them"

DM says, "Then Finn""

DM says, "Then Paulie""

DM says, "Finally, Clem is still hiding out in the main corridor"

DM says, "OK, Paulie goes first"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Hmm. So a bad time to use a cone-effect spell."

[tomb] Clem says, "Summon Ice Cream IV"

DM says, "Oh, by the way, Rosie and Crumbly noticed a couple of doors in the room when they tumbled in"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "I think Clem gets a +4 intelligence bonus for where he chose to stand"

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Does missing while firing into melee run a risk of injuring allies?"

[tomb] Eolo says, "Wolf will probably want to 5' step or withdraw to avoid the AoO from the gargoyle"

[tomb] Eolo says, "no"

[tomb] (from Clem) DM says, "Which now open revealing fiendish darkmantles."

DM says, "One is on the left wall (as you enter) and one is on the near wall, to the left,"

[tomb] DM says (to Paulie), "I think actually not"

[tomb] Clem asks, "Hey, would it be stupid to retreat behind the spiked pit?"

[tomb] Clem asks, "And fire arrows at it?"

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Hmm. If he's still flanked, would I be able to potentially get sneak attack damage?"

[tomb] Eolo says, "yep"

[tomb] Rosie asks (of Clem), "You *are* behind the spiked pit, no?"

[tomb] Eolo says, "on each attack, in fact"

[tomb] DM asks, "You can do sneak attack damage with a ranged weapon?"

[tomb] Clem says, "Exactly! Hint hint!"

[tomb] Eolo says, "if you're within 30'"

Paulie attempts to fire an Acid Arrow.

[tomb] Eolo says, "er, wait, hang on, maybe I'm on crack"

[tomb] DM |  Ranged attacks can count as sneak attacks only if the target is within 30 feet.

Paulie rolls 1d20+10 for ranged: 6+10 | 16

[tomb] Paulie says, "That's a touch attack. Er, and -4 for melee."

[tomb] Paulie says, "So 12"

DM says, "The acid arrow whizzes by the gargoyle's head"

[tomb] Crumbly says, "I don't think you can do a ranged sneak-attack now."

[tomb] Eolo says, "oh yeah, there was a big thread on enworld about this"

[tomb] DM says, "Why not? He's flanked and less than 30' away"

[tomb] Crumbly says, "Because the monster is aware of you, is not immoble, and you're not flanking it."

[tomb] Rosie says, "The gargoyle is facing me right now, so his back is to the rest of the party."

[tomb] Eolo says (to Rosie), "there's no facing, so that doesn't itself matter"

[tomb] Elgran says (to rosie), "3.5 doesn't have facing"

[tomb] Rosie says, "Oh."

[tomb] DM asks, "Aha, the range sneak attack would only be if it were unaware?"

[tomb] Clem says, "The question is whether it needs to be flanked by Paulie, or just flanked by anybody."

[tomb] Crumbly says, "It's not liek 'flanked' is a state that the monster is put in. It is a relationship between monster and attacker./"

[tomb] Clem says, "I would say the latter makes sense."

[tomb] Paulie says (to Crumbly), "Technically it doesn't matter, since I missed, but the DM said he was flanked."

[tomb] Clem says (to Crumbly), "Oh, hmm."

[tomb] DM | The rogue?s attack deals extra damage any time her target would be denied a Dexterity bonus to AC (whether the target actually has a Dexterity bonus or not), or when the rogue flanks her target.

[D&D] Rob_2 asks, "at some point they introduced the idea of which way things were facing, then got rid of it again because it was too much trouble?"

DM says, "Anyway, Paulie gets a move action if he wants it"

[D&D] Eolo says, "I don't think they ever did, in fact"

Paulie joins Clem.

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "to continue here"

[D&D] FinnM says, "Facing is an alternate rule module in Unearthed Arcana."

[Crows-Nest] Eolo | When making a melee attack, you get a +2 flanking bonus if your opponent is threatened by a character or creature friendly to you on the opponent.s opposite border or opposite corner.

[tomb] Crumbly says, "That's why the effect of flanking is a +2 to attack ratehr than a -2 to AC"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "so clearly you don't get the flanking bonus, because you're not making an attack"

[Crows-Nest] Rosie says, "Oh, so everyone gets the bonus? Cool."

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "er, a melee attack"

[tomb] DM says, "OK, Paulie hightails it out of the corridor and daintily steps around the pit in front of the door"

DM says, "Wolf"

[Crows-Nest] Paulie asks (of Eolo), "Oh, so flanking only works in melee?"

[tomb] Crumbly says, "The language in the PHB describing Sneak Attack says '...or when the rogue flanks her target'"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "but the next line is | When in doubt about whether two friendly characters flank an opponent in the middle, trace an imaginary line between the two friendly characters. centers. If the line passes through opposite borders of the opponent.s space (including corners of those borders), then the opponent is flanked."

DM says, "There's not space to take a 5' step back but he could withdraw"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "and | Only a creature or character that threatens the defender can help an attacker get a flanking bonus"

DM says, "or take a standard attack and move away, but provoke an AoO"

[Crows-Nest] InnocentBystander says, "someone should push the gargoyle into the pit"

[Crows-Nest] Paulie says, "I think the gargoyle's like 20ft away from it."

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "so, arguably, if there's a melee opponent on the other side of the enemy, you can still be considered to be flanking them, even if you don't get the attack bonus"

[Crows-Nest] Paulie says, "With several heroes between it and the pit."

[Crows-Nest] InnocentBystander says, "right now it is"

[tomb] Elgran says, "man, lag"

[Crows-Nest] Clem says (to Paulie), "Well, there was my 'run like crazy' plan."

[Crows-Nest] nothings asks (of Eolo), "but 3 characters in an equilateral triangle around a monster would fail to flank?"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "apparently so"

[Crows-Nest] nothings says, "that seems like a bug"

[Crows-Nest] FinnM says, "Dude, that gargoyle has wings."

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "but the square grid system would make that tricky"

[tomb] Elgran says, "okay, wolf will withdraw"

[tomb] Elgran asks, "that doesn't provoke the AoO?"

[Crows-Nest] Paulie says (to Clem), "I remember that plan from when we fought the Mohrgs."

[tomb] FinnM says, "Withdraw does not draw an AoO."

[tomb] FinnM | http://www.d20srd.org/srd/combat/actionsInCombat.htm#withdraw

[Crows-Nest] Clem says (to nothings), "Well, if you're dumb enough to put your miniature down on a *hex* map, well..."

[tomb] Eolo says, "right"

[Crows-Nest] nothings asks, "well, one in front, two at either back corner?"

[tomb] DM asks, "All the way out of the corridor?"

[Crows-Nest] Paulie says (to Clem), "Although I guess that wasn't so much 'crazy' as 'confused'."

Elgran exclaims, "Wolf, Back!"

(From Elgran) Wolf whines, and then turns and sprints down the hall and into the corridor.

[Crows-Nest] Paulie says, "Also, I think the SRD has a whole section on flanking on hex maps."

DM says, "OK, Rosie"

[tomb] Clem says, "Man, I hadn't realised that attacking and then moving back got an AoO in return. I guess that prevents the obvious trick for getting more attacks in."

Rosie attacks.

[tomb] Clem asks, "Is there some feat that prevents that?"

[Crows-Nest] Rosie says, "my macros don't have my +2 flanking bonus, so imagine them."

Rosie rolls 1d20+13 for a1: 6+13 | 19

Rosie rolls 1d20+13 for a2: 2+13 | 15

DM asks, "A regular full unarmed attack?"

Rosie rolls 1d20+8 for a3: 9+8 | 17

[tomb] Elgran says (to clem), "if you can make a 5' step, you can, I think"

[tomb] FinnM says, "Best to use some crazy tumbling, probably."

[Crows-Nest] nothings says, "no, seriously, can't you attack on a diagonal? I mean the equilateral-ish construction on a square grid"

[tomb] FinnM says, "Or Spring Attack, I guess it is."

[tomb] Elgran says, "standard attack, 5' step, move"

Rosie rolls 1d10+3 for damage: 6+3 | 9

[Crows-Nest] Rosie says, "Man those are sucky rolls."

[Crows-Nest] nothings says, "one in front and the other two knight's moves at the back"

[Crows-Nest] InnocentBystander says, "wait, I thought Rosie was dead"

[Crows-Nest] FinnM says, "Yes."

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "right, you can"

[Crows-Nest] Clem says, "Only Crumbly is dead."

[Crows-Nest] Rosie asks, "Wait, there was another hit with the +2. 19 TN right?"

DM says, "All of Rosie's punches and kicks bounce harmlessly off the gargoyle"

[Crows-Nest] josh_g says, "no, Rosie is just mauled"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "FOR NOW"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says (to nothings), "yeah, you can"

[Crows-Nest] nothings says (to IB), "DM said 'Rosie and Crumbly's corpse', not 'Rosie's and Crumbly's corpses'"

[Crows-Nest] InnocentBystander says, "I just saw that"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "but I think you won't usually get the flanking bonus there"

DM says, "and we move on to Clem"

[tomb] Rosie says, "Wait, really? I thought the TN was 19."

Eolo says, "he can roll for the spiritual weapon attack first"

Clem says, "My spiritual flaming greatsword is still slicing away, and gets a full attack this time."

Clem asks, "Can I also cast another spell?"

[tomb] DM asks, "TN?"

Eolo says, "yeah"

[tomb] Elgran says, "I suspect it has damage resistsance >=10/something"

[tomb] Eolo says, "AC"

[Crows-Nest] nothings says (to Eolo), "right, and that seems like a bug, given what it seems like the point of the thing is"

Clem says, "Okay, so, attacking at 11/6."

Clem rolls 1d20+100: 1+100 | 101

[tomb] DM says, "Its AC is higher than 19"

Clem says, "Err."

[tomb] Rosie says, "Oh."

[tomb] FinnM says, "Target Number."

DM asks, "The spiritual weapon gets to attack like you?"

Clem says, "That was a miss anyway, so."

DM looks it up

Clem says, "It's my base attack +5 for my wisdom."

Clem says, "My base is 6/1"

DM says, "Yep, okay"

Clem rolls 1d20+6: 15+6 | 21

[Crows-Nest] FinnM says (to Clem), "That was the most awesome roll ever."

Clem asks, "Any good?"

DM says, "Yep"

DM asks, "That's the second one?"

Clem says, "Yeah."

[tomb] Rosie asks, "Don't we know its AC?"

[tomb] Eolo says, "20 or 21, I guess"

[tomb] Paulie says, "$BIGNUM"

Clem rolls 1d8+3: 2+3 | 5

[tomb] Eolo says, "maybe it has to be 20"

[tomb] FinnM says, "Seems to be larger than 19, less than 22."

[tomb] Rosie asks, "Right, so that was one hit, and my hit is magical, right?"

Clem says, "Man, G'taar's getting sloppy after that critical hit last time."

DM says, "The ghostly flaming greatsword takes a chunk out of its arm"

DM says, "one of its many arms"

[tomb] Rosie says, "Maybe it got damage reduction anyway."

(From FinnM) In the distance, thunder rumbles.

[tomb] Clem asks (of Paulie), "Does Grog have any deflection to AC?"

[Crows-Nest] InnocentBystander says, "now it regrows two arms where there was one"

[Crows-Nest] FinnM says, "Heh"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Grog has a ring of protection +1."

[tomb] Clem says, "I'll step forward and cast Bull's Strength or Shield of Faith if there's a good recipient"

[tomb] Clem says, "strength enhancement +4 or AC deflection +3."

[tomb] Elgran says (to clem), "won't say no"

[tomb] Clem asks, "Which?"

[tomb] Elgran says, "hm, AC"

[tomb] Elgran says, "wait, no"

[tomb] Elgran says, "never mind"

[tomb] Clem says, "Otherwise I can just boost myself and step in next round."

[tomb] Elgran says, "my ring of protection is a deflection bonus"

[tomb] Elgran says, "do that"

Clem says, "Okay, screw it, I cast my big spell."

DM says, "Uh oh"

Clem says, "Or my biggish one, which is actually a level 1 Divine Favour."

(From DM) Clem casts CREATE FOOD AND WATER

[tomb] Paulie says, "If there's room for Grog to close in when his turn comes, then the strength +4 might help. Even though it's effectively only a +2, with his gauntlets."

[tomb] Eolo says (to DM), "ha ha ha"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "ha ha"

[tomb] FinnM says, "Hah"

Clem says, "+3 to my attack and damage for 9 rounds."

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "I was picturing clem shouting 'Apache CHIEEEEF' and growing to be 80 feet tall"

DM says, "10 rounds"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "hooray"

[tomb] Clem says, "This spell stacks with my REALLY big spell."

[Crows-Nest] Elgran says, "ha ha"

[tomb] Paulie asks (of Clem), "Does that apply to the floating sword too?"

DM says, "(one minute)"

[Crows-Nest] josh_g says, "LEEEEROOOOY JEEEENKINS!"

DM says, "OK, keep track of that please"

[tomb] Clem says, "Probably not but I wouldn't complain."

Clem says, "Will do."

DM says, "You get a move action too if you wish"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "he actually does have a spell kind of like that"

Clem says, "I'll step past the pit and move forward behind the others."

[tomb] FinnM says, "He was directing the sword with his move action."

[tomb] Clem says, "No, it attacks by itself."

[tomb] FinnM says, "Err, nevermind."

[tomb] DM says, "I thought the sword just keeps going"

DM says, "OK, Elgran"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo | http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/righteousMight.htm

Elgran says, "Same as before"

Elgran says, "even the same 3 shifted to power attack"

Elgran rolls 1d20+12: 3+12 | 15

(From DM) Elgran says, "That is, I cast Confuse DM, Greater"

Elgran rolls 1d20+12: 6+12 | 18

[Crows-Nest] Clem says, "I figured that wasn't good enough to be worth a level 5 slot, sadly."

[tomb] Elgran says, "ha ha"

[Crows-Nest] Clem says, "That level 1 spell is awesome, though."

DM asks, "This includes haste bonus?"

Elgran says, "yeah"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "being enlarged is pretty good"

[Crows-Nest] Clem asks, "What, you think I'm going to Grapple a guy with four arms? Huh?"

DM says, "and you get a flanking bonus"

[Crows-Nest] Paulie asks, "Shouldn't it be called Embiggen?"

[Crows-Nest] FinnM says, "It's righteous."

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "I admit I dunno if it's overall that good"

Elgran says, "also included, sadly"

DM says, "You miss twice"

[Crows-Nest] Clem says, "Divine Favour seems to stack nicely with Divine Power, level 4."

[Crows-Nest] Clem says, "So."

[tomb] Elgran says, "(the haste and flanking bonuses go to the power attack)"

[tomb] DM says, "Gotcha"

Elgran rolls 1d20+7: 13+7 | 20

[tomb] Elgran asks, "a hit?"

DM says, "That, I'm afraid, is another miss"

[tomb] Rosie says, "This guy is way too hard to hit to use power attack."

[tomb] Elgran says, "aw"

[tomb] Clem says, "AC 21, looks like."

Elgran rolls 1d20+7: 7+7 | 14

Elgran says, "last attack"

[tomb] Clem says, "Unless my spiritual weapon is getting some bonus."

Elgran rolls 1d20+12: 12+12 | 24

[tomb] FinnM says, "And way too DRish to hit with a nonpower attack."

DM says, "That's a hit!"

[tomb] Elgran says (to rosie), "right, but the damage reduction means if I don't hit him hard it's the same as a miss"

Elgran rolls 1d6+11: 3+11 | 14

[tomb] Rosie says, "Hmm, OK."

[tomb] Crumbly asks, "What do you mean by 'the haste and flanking bonuses go to the power attack'?"

[tomb] DM says (to Crumbly), "They're bonuses to the attack roll"

[tomb] Crumbly says, "OK"

[tomb] DM says, "but then he is taking an equal penalty to his attack roll"

[tomb] Rosie says (to C), "He means he's using those bonuses to use for damage instead of to-hit."

[tomb] Elgran says (to crumbly), "I mean, I am shifting 3 from my attack roll to my power attack, and it happens to be the same as the +3 I get situationally"

[tomb] Elgran says, "anyway, I am done"

DM says, "You nick his nasty-looking ear"

[tomb] Clem asks, "So we've done, what 10hp total damage so far?"

[tomb] Crumbly says, "You can only pump damage with your base attack bonus using power attack."

DM says, "OK, Gargoyle's turn"

[tomb] Crumbly says, "(is why I ask)"

Rosie waves goodbye to everyone.

[tomb] Paulie asks, "He only gets what, five attacks? ANd there are how many of us left?"

DM says, "The first arm tears at her chest"

[tomb] FinnM says, "six."

[tomb] Paulie says, "No problem."

[tomb] Elgran says (to crumbly), "er, I missed that"

[tomb] Clem asks, "By the way, who has a Dimension Door? Just in case?"

[tomb] Crumbly says, "So, if you mean that you're throwing your +3 BAB into power attack, but getting it back through situational bonuses, fine."

DM says, "doing 16 damage"

[tomb] Paulie says (to Clem), "I've got a scroll."

[tomb] Elgran says, "sure"

[tomb] Rosie says, "Hey, 7 left."

[tomb] Clem says, "Yie"

[tomb] Elgran says, "ow"

[tomb] Paulie says, "But I think it's only good for three people."

DM says, "The second one gets her in the head"

[tomb] Rosie asks, "Wait, the arms attack separately? So Crumbly would have fallen before getting hit by the last few?"

[tomb] Eolo says, "it's true you do always have the option to run away"

[tomb] Clem says (to Rosie), "Shhhh"

[tomb] DM says (to Rosie), "Yeah, I should have rolled them separately"

[tomb] Eolo says, "this kind of sucks for Crumbly and (I guess) Rosie"

[tomb] DM says, "but didn't realize yet that it mattered"

[tomb] Eolo says, "but you could try to come back for them later"

DM says, "another 9 damage"

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Why did we attack something smart enough to understand flanking bonuses?"

Rosie falls.

[tomb] Clem says, "But not dead, woohoo!"

[tomb] Clem says, "Yet!"

[tomb] Crumbly says, "It looked stupid."

[tomb] Eolo says, "man, I wouldn't insult it"

[tomb] Elgran says, "you always think mutants are dumb"

[tomb] Eolo says, "I guess you don't care any more"

[tomb] Clem says, "You know, even though you two are dead, I'd like to say that the tumbling thing was totally awesome."

[tomb] Crumbly asks, "So, it's killed Rosie?"

DM says, "So with its Cleave it spins and keeps attacking Elgran"

[tomb] Elgran says, "but no, it turns out the enlarged heads have double-sized brains"

[tomb] DM says, "It dropped her"

[tomb] Elgran says, "I have a 24 AC"

[tomb] Clem asks, "Rosie is at -2, right?"

[tomb] DM says, "She's at -2 I think"

[tomb] Rosie says, "Yeah."

[tomb] Clem says, "And might die in 8 rounds."

[tomb] Elgran says, "(with the haste)"

[tomb] DM asks (of Elgran), "including Barkskin?"

[tomb] Elgran says, "oh, 28"

[tomb] Elgran says, "sheesh"

[tomb] DM says, "It hits"

[tomb] Elgran says, "sorry, I'll let you get on with the DMing"

[tomb] Paulie says (to Clem), "With the Haste, she can do it in six."

DM says, "It hits"

[tomb] FinnM says, "Rosie is still Hasted, so she bleeds out twice as faste."

[tomb] Clem says, "Eagh!"

[tomb] Rosie exclaims, "I'm not hasted!"

[tomb] DM says, "I thought Rosie wasn't hasted"

[tomb] Clem says, "Hey, she's not!"

[tomb] FinnM says, "Oh yeah."

[tomb] Clem says, "Hee hee."

DM says, "for 11 damage"

[tomb] InnocentBystander asks, "don't you have any, like, ranged weapons or spells?"

[tomb] Paulie says (to Rosie), "Sorry 'bout that. If I'd known you were going to be in the front lines..."

[tomb] FinnM says, "See, if we had a bard, he could be singing Killing Me Softly, with his claws"

Clem asks, "AC 28 and it hits??"

DM says, "Third arm misses"

[tomb] Crumbly says, "I wasn't killed all that softly."

DM says, "Fourth arm hits"

[tomb] FinnM says, "Killing me Quickly, maybe."

DM says, "for 14"

[tomb] Rosie says, "It never missed on me with my 23 AC."

[tomb] Paulie says, "So its attack bonus is probably +13 or better."

[tomb] Elgran says, "not it will bite and gore, joy"

[tomb] Elgran says, "now"

[tomb] Crumbly says, "I'm thinking that if we ever go down here with another party, one thing we should do is not fight the monsters."

DM says, "and holding on to Elgran with its two claws that hit, it tries to rend him apart!!"

Elgran exclaims, "Noooo!"

[tomb] Clem says, "That's not a terrible idea."

[tomb] Elgran says, "man, I was thinking 'one of it, six of us, no problem', but sheesh"

DM says, "for another 25 points of damage"

[tomb] josh_g says, "or alternately, just nuke the heck out of them fast"

[tomb] (from Eolo) Clem says "I never liked Elgran anyway"

[tomb] Paulie says (to Crumbly), "Unfortunately, there is no longer a door separating this one from the outside world."

DM says, "down to 15 now, I think"

Elgran says, "yes"

[tomb] Clem says (to josh_g), "Well we were sort of trying to do that."

DM says, "OK, it still gets a bite and a gore"

[tomb] Elgran says (to josh), "that was the plan, which failed"

[tomb] InnocentBystander says, "you nuke from a distance"

[tomb] FinnM says, "Next time we'll be all "Whoops, sorry to have disturbed you, " and closing the door."

[tomb] josh_g says (to FinnM), "ha ha"

[tomb] Paulie says (to Finn), "We'd have done that this time, except it surprised us."

[tomb] Paulie says, "By, er. Being on the other side of a door."

DM says, "It bites Elgran for 16, dropping him"

[tomb] Paulie says, "That we opened."

Elgran falls.

[tomb] Clem says, "Shit."

[tomb] Elgran asks, "man, one round?"

[tomb] FinnM says, "Remarkably quick on his toes for someone locked up in a 20x30 room for the last 50 years."

DM says, "and moves on to bite Grog behind him, since it has Greater Cleave and a reach of 10 feet"

[tomb] Paulie says (to Finn), "Well, Crumbly and Rosie did see other doors in there before dying."

[tomb] Elgran says, "I'd like to remind people that, while we were camping last night, I pointed out all the healing potions in my pouch"

[tomb] Crumbly says, "I wonder if I would have heard it if I had listened at the door. I didn't bother because the last one was so silent."

[tomb] Clem asks, "It has *greater* cleave??"

[tomb] FinnM says, "It has a bite with reach? D'oh."

[tomb] Paulie says, "Oh boy."

[tomb] Eolo says, "man"

[tomb] DM says, "Well, it's Large"

[tomb] FinnM says, "Gargoyles can be pretty quiet."

[tomb] FinnM says, "True."

[tomb] InnocentBystander says (to FinnM), "except when falling down stairs"

[tomb] Eolo says, "I didn't realize it had a 10' reach -- it probably should have been getting some additional AoOs as people closed with it"

[tomb] Crumbly says, "Large creatures usually have a 10-foot attack."

[tomb] DM asks, "Grog does not have Barkskin but does have Haste, so 22?"

[tomb] InnocentBystander says (to Eolo), "oh, beause it's been such a cakewalk otherwise"

[tomb] Clem says, "This thing must have like 100hp and we're not really hurting it."

[tomb] Rosie says (to Eolo), "That's all it needs."

[tomb] FinnM says, "You only get one AoO per opponent, and usually only one per round."

[tomb] DM says (to Eolo), "Only one per round"

[tomb] Paulie says (to DM), "Right."

[tomb] Eolo says, "oh, right"

DM says, "It bites Grog for 7 damage"

[tomb] Crumbly says, "Unless you have that feat that gives you more."

[tomb] Crumbly says, "Which wouldn't surprise me at all for this guy."

[tomb] Paulie says, "Leaving 63."

DM says, "and then gores him for 10"

[Crows-Nest] FinnM asks, "Now, aren't you glad you put so much loving effort into your backstories?"

[tomb] Paulie says, "...52."

[tomb] josh_g says, "belated, but the painting of a door did show a creature's claws"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Er, 53."

[tomb] josh_g says, "so it did sort of hint at this before you got through"

DM says, "OK, Finn"

[tomb] Paulie says (to josh), "Shush."

[Crows-Nest] Elgran asks, "backstory? I did a backstory?"

FinnM casts Call Lightning. http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/callLightning.htm

[Crows-Nest] Paulie says, "Sure, Paulie's not dead at all yet."

FinnM rolls 3d6: 1 5 5 | 11

[tomb] nothings asks, "wait the greater cleave effect was some sort of 'this attack goes through one person and reaches the next one'?"

[tomb] Eolo says (to nothings), "yeah"

[tomb] nothings asks, "with a _bite_?"

[tomb] FinnM says, "One bolt down, 8 left."

[tomb] Eolo says, "ha ha, I didn't realize you could call lightning indoors"

DM says, "OK, it makes a Reflex save"

FinnM says, "Then I step back wherever I can."

[tomb] Eolo says (to nothings), "if you prefer, think of it as "you recover from making the blow quickly enough to get another one in""

DM asks, "against what DC?"

[tomb] Paulie says, "I should note that if everyone wants to run away, I do have a scroll of Arcane Lock."

[tomb] nothings says, "yeah, but then it's just yet-another-attack"

[tomb] Clem asks, "What's that?"

[tomb] FinnM says, "DC should be... 10 + spell level + Wisdom."

[tomb] Paulie says, "Which will make Crumbly and Rosie and Elgrand unreachable."

[tomb] Clem says, "If we retreat, we can Dimension Door back in to rescue them."

[tomb] FinnM says, "So... 16."

[tomb] Crumbly says, "The difference between Cleave and Great Cleave is that Great Cleave lets you keep going as long as you keep killing."

[tomb] Clem says, "Assuming we lead the monster far enough away first."

[tomb] nothings says, "ah"

FinnM says, "DC 16."

DM says, "It fails!"

DM says, "A massive lightning bolt strikes it on its horn"

[tomb] Paulie asks (of Clem), "Mmm, yeah. I DD us in, then you DD us out?"

FinnM says, "Feel my druidy wrath."

[tomb] Clem says (to Paulie), "Something like that, I guess. I have Teleport too."

DM says, "You can go all the way back to the big corridor if you want"

[tomb] Clem says, "But we need to lead it away somehow first."

[tomb] Paulie says, "If we can get it outside the room, and us inside, we could lock it out."

[tomb] Clem asks, "Oh, or can we DD in, pick up all the dead people, DD out?"

DM says, "Oh, it's a whole round"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Although we don't know if there's a backdoor."

DM says, "So you just step back 5 feet"

[tomb] Clem says, "Elgran is lying in the corridor."

[tomb] Paulie says (to Clem), "That's what I was thinking, although I didn't check the spell stats to see if that'd work."

FinnM says, "Oh, to cast. Yeah, good catch."

[tomb] Clem says, "Rosie and Crumbly are inside."

DM says, "Grog's turn"

[tomb] Eolo says, "you're a little limited on what you can do after going through the DD"

[tomb] Clem says, "Is Grog... still alive, good."

[tomb] Paulie says (to Clem), "Well, there are two corridors."

DM says, "I will once again set the scene, since I am keeping track of it all"

DM says, "Inside the room, Crumbly is dead and Rosie is dying"

DM says, "Directly in front of the gargoyle, Elgran is on the floor bleeding to death - someone tell me if he counts as taking up space"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Of course, after all this about getting out or getting the gargoyle out, I think Grog will just try to lay down a small sampling of smack, if at all possible."

DM says, "Behind him are Grog and Kong"

DM says, "Then some more space, then Clem and Finn"

FinnM says, "Bodies typically count as difficult terrain, so twice movement cost to move through them."

[tomb] Clem says, "I think we're screwed in this dungeon without Crumbly."

DM says, "Paulie and Wolf are out in the big corrdiro"

[tomb] Clem says, "And it would be nice to save Elgran and Rosie."

[tomb] Elgran says, "yes, it would be"

DM says, "OK, Grog"

Eolo says, "what Finn said sounds right -- I'm positive you can occupy the same space as them, at least"

DM says, "OK, that's what I figured"

[tomb] Clem says, "So I think plan A must be to save them and escape, plan B is just to escape, plan C is to win this fight."

[Crows-Nest] FinnM says, "Ewwww, I just stepped in some Crumbly."

[tomb] Crumbly says, "I don't think helpless or dead creatures count for the movement rules."

[tomb] nothings says, "screwed in this dungeon _without_ Crumbly? as if you're not screwed regardless"

Paulie says (to Wolf), "I don't think we're in Kansas anymore."

[tomb] Clem says, "Yeah yeah"

[tomb] Elgran says (to paulie), "ha ha"

[tomb] Clem says, "We need somebody to stand on top of the pit traps while Elgran pulls levers."

Grog flies into a rage, closing on the gargoyle and attacking with his greataxe.

DM says, "Oho"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Sorry, but it had to be done."

DM asks, "Does the rage take any time?"

Eolo says, "now we're talkin"

Eolo says, "it's a free action"

[tomb] Paulie asks, "OK, no more flanking, but I've got a +1 from haste... anything else?"

DM says, "I honestly don't see why Grog just flew off the handle like that"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "hee hee"

Clem says, "Because he's super dumb."

FinnM says, "Potions of Fire Breathing inflame him."

[tomb] Elgran says (to DM), "I always used to share my jerky with Grog, he's avenging me"

DM says, "OK, he can take a 5-foot step in and then attack"

DM says, "Oh, and the breath attack"

[tomb] Clem says, "Hit that gargoyle!"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "pwooshh sizzle"

[Crows-Nest] josh_g says, "go Grog go!"

[tomb] Paulie says, "This is a full attack, since I didn't need a move action. I'm putting 3 into power attack."

Crumbly says, "Barbarians don't need a reason to flip out."

DM asks, "Hmm, does that take enough time that he can't get a full attack?"

[tomb] Clem says, "If Grog seems to be doing okay I could try stepping in but I don't think either of us will last 2 rounds."

DM says, "(the breathing)"

Grog rolls 1d20+14: 8+14 | 22

[tomb] Elgran asks (of Crumbly), "So they're like ninjas?"

DM asks, "That includes haste?"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Yeah. +16 while raging +1 for haste, and -3 for power attack."

DM says, "A palpable hit!"

[tomb] Eolo says, "I didn't even think gargoyles *had* palpables"

[Crows-Nest] josh_g says, "hee hee 'palpable'"

Grog rolls 1d12+18: 6+18 | 24

[tomb] DM says, "It's a mutant gargoyle"

[tomb] Clem says, "Awesome!"

[tomb] nothings says, "hee"

[tomb] Clem asks, "Do gargoyles have genes?"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Oh yeah. Go Grog."

DM says, "Now that's some damage"

[tomb] Clem says, "Thank god that orc didn't brush his teeth this morning."

DM says, "Right in the kidneys"

[tomb] Elgran says, "nice"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Second attack:"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "crunch"

Grog rolls 1d20+9: 10+9 | 19

[tomb] Clem says, "Okay, if Grog does decent damage, I'll leap in and help and hope I can survive at least 1 round."

DM says, "That's a miss"

[tomb] Clem says, "And maybe DD the hell out if that doesn't work."

[tomb] Paulie says, "OK, haste (final) attack:"

Grog rolls 1d20+14: 16+14 | 30

DM says, "Also, I'm going to be generous and let him breathe fire as a free action"

DM says, "Now, that's a hit"

Grog rolls 1d12+18: 10+18 | 28

DM says, "OK, you are definitely doing some damage now"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "man, in 3rd edition they took out the thing where if you didn't breath fire enough with the potion it exploded in your stomach"

[tomb] Elgran says, "yay orc"

Grog exclaims, "GROG SMASH PUNY GRAGO... GARGLE... FOUR-ARM NASTY THING!"

[Crows-Nest] InnocentBystander says, "ha ha ha ha!"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "ha ha"

DM says, "He delivers a crushing blow to the gargoyle's palpables"

[Crows-Nest] josh_g says, "hee hee yay"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "ow right in the niblets"

Clem says, "That's it, pulp those palps!"

DM asks, "Is he going to breathe fire?"

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Can he do that after doing a full-attack?"

[tomb] Eolo says, "dfan said yeah"

[tomb] DM | DM says, "Also, I'm going to be generous and let him breathe fire as a free action"

[Crows-Nest] InnocentBystander says, "Grog's the firestarter... twisted firestarter"

[tomb] Clem says, "DM said yes quick don't argue"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Woo. He does indeed."

[tomb] DM says, "I figure all he has to do is go RARRGH while he's fighting normally"

[tomb] DM says, "Also, come on, he's enraged"

[tomb] FinnM says, "Also, engorged."

[tomb] DM says, "Let it never be said I am not a generous DM"

Grog takes a deep breath, then says "GRAAAAARGH!"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "yay"

[Crows-Nest] InnocentBystander says, "there should really be a 1% chance that you explode on inhale"

[tomb] Clem says, "When the gargoyle accidentally trips up and breaks all four of its arms I'll call you generous."

[tomb] Paulie says, "That's a DC13 reflex save for half."

[tomb] DM says, "4d6"

Grog rolls 4d6: 5 4 2 5 | 16

DM says, "Aw man, he got a 13 exactly"

[Crows-Nest] FinnM says, "Flaming Mutant Gargoyles is one of my favourite bands."

[Crows-Nest] Clem says, "This is like some 12-year-old's first Doom level."

DM says, "Still, he's looking a little scorched"

DM says, "Especially after that lightning bolt"

[Crows-Nest] Clem says, "We can be sure if there are three more identical gargoyles in the next room."

[tomb] InnocentBystander says, "(hint hint)"

Paulie exclaims, "Go Grog go!"

DM says, "Kong's turn"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says (to Clem), "heh"

[tomb] Clem asks, "Who has that shocking rapier again?"

DM says, "There is also space for him to move up 5 feet and take a full attack"

[tomb] Paulie says, "I do."

[tomb] Paulie says, "I am currently hiding in the Clem zone."

FinnM says (to Kong), "KONG, FETCH"

FinnM points at the nearest body.

[tomb] Clem says, "I foolishly stepped forward a bit."

[tomb] Paulie says, "Since I do not want to take up a front-line slot that could be used by, say, Grog."

DM says, "That would be Elgran"

DM says, "I imagine that would provoke an AoO"

FinnM says, "Sure."

[Crows-Nest] josh_g says, "that's interesting"

[tomb] Clem says, "Hrm, you could give it to somebody else, but not me because I can't use a rapier."

Clem says, "Urm."

DM says, "OK, Kong leans forward to pick up Elgran as the gargoyle takes a swing"

[tomb] Clem says, "Well, if it works, this'll be handy."

[tomb] Elgran says, "I could use rapier"

[tomb] Elgran says, "Kong can probably only do it once without dying"

[tomb] DM says, "AC 19, looks like"

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Does it have a particular weakness for electricity, or was it just that lightning bolt's a powerful spell?"

[tomb] Clem says, "Just as soon as the massively agile ape avoids the AoO."

[tomb] Clem asks, "You only rolled 11 damage, no?"

[tomb] FinnM says (to Clem), "Correct."

[tomb] Clem says, "Even if it bypasses damage reduction that's still less than some other attacks we've got in, I think."

[tomb] Clem says, "Or that Grog has got in, rather."

DM says, "Kong roars as he takes 19 damage from a claw"

DM says, "but he does pick up Elgran"

[tomb] (from FinnM) Elgran says, "Get your hands off me, you damn dirty ape!"

DM says, "and can retreat with him as his second move action"

[tomb] Elgran says, "yay"

FinnM exclaims, "Good boy!"

DM asks, "Is that what he's doing?"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "whisked away to the safety of a corridor full of spiky traps"

[tomb] Clem says, "Excellent!"

FinnM says, "Yeah, he brings him back to me."

[Crows-Nest] Elgran says, "I didn't get killed there"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "the pits don't spike you until you step on them"

DM says, "OK, that's it for the round"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "except, of course, for the WANDERING PIT TRAPS"

DM says, "Once again"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "ha ha"

[Crows-Nest] Elgran says, "hee"

DM says, "Crumbly (dead) and Rosie (dying) inside"

DM says, "Gargoyle in the doorway"

DM says, "Grog fighting it"

DM says, "Kong (providing Elgran) a further 10' away"

[tomb] Clem asks, "Is Grog capable of retreating at this point?"

DM says, "Clem and Finn right behind that"

[Crows-Nest] Elgran says, "ha a ha ha"

DM says, "Paulie and Wolf in the main corridor"

[tomb] Crumbly says, "You really are being generous. A less generous DM would say that picking up a human being requires a move action in itself."

[tomb] DM says, "That was the first move action"

[tomb] Paulie says (to Clem), "I don't think so."

[tomb] Paulie says (to Clem), "Assuming you mean psychologically."

[tomb] DM says, "He could withdraw"

[tomb] Clem says (to Paulie), "That could throw a spanner in the works. Yeah."

[Crows-Nest] FinnM says, "It's too dark in this tomb. I cast Call Lighting."

[tomb] Eolo says, "I guess raging doesn't say he can't retreat"

[tomb] Paulie says, "(I am joking.)"

[tomb] Eolo says, "but all the other barbarians will laugh at him"

DM says, "OK, Paulie goes first"

[tomb] Clem says, "That's what I'm seriously wondering, yeah."

[tomb] Eolo says, "of course, that'd just make him rage more"

Paulie delays.

[tomb] Clem asks, "Is he allowed to withdraw while raging?"

[tomb] Eolo says, "yes"

[tomb] FinnM says, "The shame of premature withdrawal. From rage."

DM says, "Wolf"

[tomb] Clem says, "I mean we could try another all-out attack but I think we will all die horribly."

Elgran says, "Delay"

[tomb] Rosie says, "Yeah, you need to finish him off this round or run away."

[tomb] FinnM says, "Grog seriously beat the crud out of him there."

DM says, "Rosie bleeds"

[tomb] Clem says, "I think it could take like 2 more attacks like that."

[tomb] FinnM asks, "Hey, did they get a stabilization attempt?"

[tomb] Elgran says, "if grog can repeat it'll be pretty weak, sounds like"

DM says, "Roll 10 or less on a d100"

DM says, "to become stable"

[tomb] Clem says, "And none of us is tough enough to survive 2 attacks from it."

[tomb] FinnM says, "Oh, there we go."

Rosie rolls 1d100: 12 | 12

[tomb] Eolo says, "otherwise you snap and start killing stuff"

[tomb] Paulie says, "I'm willing to let Grog try again."

DM says, "Aw man"

[tomb] FinnM says, "D'oh."

[tomb] Rosie says, "Aww, so close."

DM says, "I don't suppose you get any bonuses from being a monk or something"

[tomb] Rosie says, "Uh, hmm."

[tomb] Paulie says, "On the other hand, if anyone has a rope they can throw, Paulie can try to animate it."

[tomb] Paulie says, "To entangle."

[tomb] Paulie says, "Since I'm holding this action right now."

[tomb] Eolo says, "she should have taken the Die Hard feat like Clem"

[tomb] Clem says, "Hey, that's right, I have that."

[tomb] Rosie says, "There's Wholeness of Body but I assume I need to be concious for it."

[tomb] Rosie says, "(which heals me)"

[tomb] Eolo says, "yeah, I think so"

DM says, "OK, Rosie drops to -3"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 asks, "the which feat?"

DM says, "Clem"

[tomb] Clem asks, "Do I need to touch someone to cure?"

[tomb] Eolo says, "(since it doesn't say otherwise)"

[tomb] FinnM says (to Clem), "Yep."

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "it lets your character hang out in a tower with terrorists"

[tomb] Clem asks, "And if I get them above 0 can they start attacking right away?"

[Crows-Nest] josh_g says, "ha ha"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "I mean, it lets you keep fighting after a normal person would drop unconscious"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "or something like that"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "ah ok"

[tomb] Paulie asks, "So does anyone have a rope before the creature acts?"

[tomb] Rosie says, "You will all be happy to know that I won't pick up any gargoyl diseases from these nasty wounds, though."

[Crows-Nest] Eolo | http://www.d20srd.org/srd/feats.htm#diehard

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "Clem took it so he could crawl away"

[Crows-Nest] Clem says, "I think at negative hit points I can still crawl at half speed, or make half an attack."

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "also, they were thieves, not terrorists"

DM asks, "You want to have the spiritual weapon attack first before you decide what you're doing?"

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Anyone who can make a decent ranged touch attack?"

Clem says, "Whoops, sorry, didn't realise it was me."

Clem says, "Sure."

Clem rolls 1d20+11: 5+11 | 16

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "special crawling away ability, heh"

[tomb] Eolo says, "he was thinking you meant Klem"

Clem rolls 1d20+5: 20+5 | 25

K-Y was blacked out in snow weather.

[tomb] Rosie says, "If I had had the Die Hard feat I would be dead instead of dying."

[tomb] Elgran says, "woo"

Clem says, "Hey, another critical!"

Clem says, "Threat, anyway."

DM says, "POSSIBLE critical"

Clem rolls 1d20+5: 4+5 | 9

Clem says, "Another non-critical!"

DM says, "Aw"

[tomb] Rosie says, "Because I would not have fallen down."

Clem rolls 1d8+3: 1+3 | 4

DM says, "Man, that's really not critical"

Clem asks (of G'taar), "What the hell kind of deity are you, anyway??"

Clem says (to G'taar), "This is not excellent!"

(From Eolo) (from G'taar) SMITE

[Crows-Nest] (from Rob_2) rumble RUMBLE

Clem asks, "Okay, where's Elgran in relation to me?"

DM says, "So much for your Divine Favor"

DM says, "Kong is directly in front of you, cradling Elgran in his mighty ape-arms"

DM says, "Silently weeping"

[Crows-Nest] josh_g says, "hee hee hee"

[tomb] FinnM exclaims, "Ha!"

[tomb] Elgran says, "hee hee"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "aww"

Clem says, "Okay, I'll ditch my level 4 Divination and cast a Cure Critical Wounds on him."

Clem says, "4d8+9, my sheet says."

DM says, "4d8+9, looks like"

[tomb] FinnM says, "It's because he took 19 points of damage, okay."

Clem rolls 4d8+9: 1 2 8 4+9 | 24

[tomb] josh_g says, "ha ha"

[tomb] Elgran says, "yay"

[tomb] Clem says, "Well, that's *one* leg stitched back on..."

[tomb] FinnM says, "He's not some girly animal companion like /rangers/ have."

DM says, "Elgran's back up to 23"

Elgran jumps up and moves away from Kong.

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "rah"

DM asks, "and I guess he's now totally good to go?"

Eolo says, "yeah"

[Crows-Nest] InnocentBystander says, "s/go/RUN AWAY"

[Crows-Nest] (from Rob_2) Elgran goes. far away

DM says, "Like, he doesn't have to shake it off or anything"

[tomb] Rosie says, "'go' as in 'go down again', yeah."

[tomb] Paulie says, "I totally lost where he was in initiative order."

DM says, "OK, that's a standard action, so you can move too"

Clem says, "And I use my move to move the hell back, to the other side of the pit."

[tomb] FinnM says, "That's just an average day for Elgran."

[tomb] Elgran asks, "I'm assuming my quarterstaff was left behind, huh?"

[tomb] DM says, "Elgran's next"

[tomb] Clem says (to Elgran), "I think the phrase 'clutching in his cold, dead hand' may apply."

[tomb] Rosie says, "Right, because a huge guy with wings is going to be completely stymied by a pit he can attack across."

[tomb] DM says, "Heck, Kong picked up your staff while he was at it"

[tomb] InnocentBystander says, "when he's at the pit, tie him up with animated rope then push him in"

[tomb] FinnM exclaims, "Good monkey!"

[tomb] Clem says, "With his foot."

[tomb] Elgran asks, "okay, gonna use my move action to get out the bow, and my standard attack to fire one arrow at it. that's -4 for the melee?"

[tomb] Elgran says, "yay kong"

[tomb] DM says, "Because I am so freakin' generous"

DM says, "Elgran's turn"

[tomb] Elgran says, "still not going back into melee"

DM says, "Paulie and Wolf have still been delaying"

[tomb] FinnM says, "I can't believe I thought about taking a rhinoceros instead of Kong."

[tomb] DM says, "The rhino could have speared Elgran"

[tomb] Eolo says, "ha ha"

[tomb] Elgran says, "(also, I think it's a move to take out the bow, right?)"

[tomb] DM asks, "Uh, I think it's -4, is that right?"

[tomb] Eolo says, "yeah"

[tomb] Eolo says, "unless he has precise shot or whatever"

[tomb] Elgran says, "I do not"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Paulie will act between Elgran and the gargoyle, I guess."

[tomb] (from Clem) DM says, "What the hell, Kong pulled out his bow and placed it in his hands."

[tomb] Elgran says, "ha ha ha"

[tomb] DM says, "Ha ha"

[tomb] DM says, "OK, go ahead and take a shot"

[tomb] Elgran says, "anyway, it's at +14-4"

[tomb] DM asks, "Including haste?"

[tomb] Elgran asks, "haste survives death?"

[tomb] Elgran says, "nice"

[tomb] DM says, "You were never dead"

[tomb] Elgran says, "okay, +11"

[tomb] josh_g says, "you were just MOSTLY dead"

Elgran rolls 1d20+11: 7+11 | 18

[tomb] Eolo says, "and hey, you still got that barkskin"

[tomb] Clem says, "Hee hee."

DM says, "The arrow bounces harmlessly off his horn"

[tomb] Elgran says, "also, I missed"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "pretty good shot to hit a horn"

DM says, "OK, the gargoyle would be next, but Paulie can undelay first"

[Crows-Nest] josh_g says, "except he was aiming for the legs"

[Crows-Nest] Elgran says, "I was aiming for the teeth"

Paulie pulls out a rope and casts Animate Rope on it. Sure, why not.

DM says, "OK, that's your whole turn"

[Crows-Nest] FinnM says, "If the D&D Movie had been more like this, it would have won a bunch of Oscars."

DM says, "The gargoyle, sad to say, attacks Grog"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "Best Use of Gargoyle"

[Crows-Nest] (from Clem) Ebert says, "This surprisingly short (47mins) movie is gritty and realistic, if totally unfair, yet strangely generous."

DM says, "Claw hits for 17"

[tomb] Clem says, "Hey, I could stand behind Grog and just keep healing him."

[Crows-Nest] Elgran says, "47 mins? we've been here for 4.5 hours"

DM says, "Claw hits for 15"

[tomb] Clem says, "Unfortunately I can't heal as fast as it can destroy."

[tomb] Eolo says, "I'm not sure you -- yeah"

[tomb] josh_g says, "he has to ... right"

[Crows-Nest] FinnM says, "It pioneered the use of 'Claw Time'."

DM says, "That's two claws on him, so he gets to rend for 27"

[tomb] Paulie says, "If you hadn't just waste that on the *elf*..."

DM says, "and that drops him to -6"

[tomb] Clem says, "Hey, I've got more."

[tomb] Clem says, "Oh boy."

[tomb] Elgran says, "sheesh"

[tomb] FinnM says, "That kinda puts a kink in our plans."

DM says, "That was a full attack but it can take a five-foot step towards the rest of you"

Grog exclaims, "Bleaaarrrrgh!"

Grog falls over.

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "noooo grooooog"

[tomb] Clem says, "I could still pull off a Cure Light Wounds, Mass, which might save Grog and Rosie."

DM says, "Finn"

[tomb] Elgran asks, "why do I have a bad feeling I should have moved to retreat last time?"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 asks, "can he blast him with flame as he screams bleearrgh?"

[tomb] Clem says, "Until the Gargoyle kills them again."

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Can Finn heal?"

[Crows-Nest] Paulie says (to Rob), "Hee."

[tomb] FinnM asks, "Yeah... should I do that instead of zapping him with some more lightning?"

[tomb] DM says, "Well, the lightning is a standard action"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "so much for grog chopping it again"

[tomb] DM says, "I guess healing is too"

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Do you think one lightning or three Grog-attacks is more likely to drop the gargoyle?"

[tomb] Clem says, "The lightning was pretty good, it sounded like."

FinnM once more wields the awesome power of lightning.

FinnM rolls 3d6: 4 1 2 | 7

FinnM says, "Oh... boy..."

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "the mediocre power of lightning"

FinnM then backs away with his move.

DM says, "It makes its reflex save, so 3 damage"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "hee hee"

[tomb] Clem says, "It adapted to our weapons!"

[tomb] Paulie says, "I was not expecting you to do that, oddly enough."

[tomb] Clem says, "This is like fighting a four-armed mutant Borg!"

[Crows-Nest] nothings asks, "doesn't Finn have the highest AC and HP?"

DM says, "and Finn backs into the corridor"

DM says, "Grog, roll 10 or less on a d100 to stabilize"

Grog rolls 1d100: 47 | 47

DM says, "He's down to -7"

DM says, "Kong"

Grog says, "Mrrrooooaaaghhhh..."

[tomb] FinnM has 7 bolts left.

DM says, "Kong actually has enough reach to attack him"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "Finn 'the Tank' 'the Retreater' M"

FinnM says (to Kong), "KONG, FETCH GROG"

DM says, "If you think that's worthwhile"

[Crows-Nest] FinnM says, "Hey, I mean to keep it that way."

[tomb] Clem asks, "Can Kong take another AoO?"

[tomb] Paulie says, "It's a new round."

[tomb] FinnM says, "Sure, the big dumb ape."

[tomb] FinnM says, "Can he survive one? I think so."

[tomb] Clem asks, "What's his hp?"

DM asks, "Hmm, when does the AaO reset, at the beginning of a round or when the gargoyle goes?"

[tomb] Rosie says, "'take' as in 'handle'."

[tomb] FinnM says, "58, less... 27, or 19, or something."

[Crows-Nest] nothings says, "in a place like this, you never know what's going to come from behind, so it's good to keep a tank back there, sure"

[Crows-Nest] nothings says, "sure"

[tomb] Paulie says (to DM), "Good question."

Eolo says, "I think it's at the beginning of the round"

DM says, "Oh, he hasn't AoOed yet this round anyway"

[tomb] Paulie asks (of Finn), "You didn't note down his HP?"

[Crows-Nest] Clem says, "Man, if we beat this monster, we'd better get a fuckton of XP."

[Crows-Nest] Clem says, "Then we'll be smart enough not to go near tombs of horror again."

[Crows-Nest] nothings says, "heh"

[Crows-Nest] josh_g says, "ha ha"

[tomb] DM says, "Kong's at 39"

[Crows-Nest] Paulie asks, "Do you share HP with people who died?"

[tomb] FinnM says, "There we go."

[Crows-Nest] FinnM says, "XP? Sometimes."

[Crows-Nest] Alex says (to FinnM), "Awwwk! Word on the street is that xp is yo one over."

[tomb] DM says, "Let's see, Kong doesn't have time to go forward, grab Grog, and retreat all in the same round"

[Crows-Nest] nothings says, "yeah, I like how in the crazy world of one-shot-tomb-of-horror, if you guys manage to survive this fight, by winning or by running away, the next step is _not_ to abandon the mission"

[tomb] DM says, "so he'd be asking for a full attack next round"

[Crows-Nest] Paulie says (to Alex), "Is not."

[Crows-Nest] Alex exclaims (at Paulie), "Awwwk! Alex doesn't know!"

[tomb] Clem says, "I think we should abandon the picking-up-bodies thing."

[tomb] DM says, "unless you can split up your movement"

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Did you teach him to heal?"

[tomb] Paulie says, "If not, man, that would have been a great trick."

[tomb] FinnM says, "Hrm."

FinnM says, "Kong, stay."

FinnM says, "Kong just hangs out near me."

[tomb] Clem says, "Okay, if we don't retreat too far I can wake up everyone with a mass cure light wounds."

DM says, "OK"

[tomb] Clem says, "Although they'll be at like 5hp."

[tomb] FinnM says (to Clem), "That sounds good."

[tomb] Clem says, "But we need a plan."

[tomb] FinnM says, "The monk can heal himself another 18 hp or so once he wakes up."

DM says, "Wolf has been delaying this whole time"

DM says, "so now he has to go"

[tomb] FinnM says, "The running away plan sounds good."

[tomb] Paulie exclaims, "But... Grog!"

[tomb] Paulie says, "I guess dimension door might not be a terrible plan, though."

Elgran says, "Wolf stands around and does nothing useful"

DM says, "OK, next round"

DM says, "Rosie, try to stabilize"

Rosie rolls 1d100: 47 | 47

[tomb] FinnM says, "I can wildshape into a cheetah and run my own ass away, so that's one less person you need to DD out."

[tomb] Paulie says, "If we can get the gargoyle on the outside of the wooden door."

[tomb] Clem says, "I like Paulie's idea of running, DDing past it and locking the door."

DM says, "04"

DM says, "-4 that is"

[tomb] Paulie says (to Finn), "*In*. To get the bodies."

DM says, "Clem"

[tomb] FinnM says, "Oh."

[tomb] Eolo asks, "you'll have to DD twice, won't you?"

[tomb] Clem says, "I can DD myself plus 3 people."

[tomb] FinnM says, "I could bait it out then, perhaps."

[tomb] Paulie says (to Eolo), "Depends on whether or not we go back out."

[tomb] Eolo says, "also, avoid getting killed when you DD in"

Clem asks (of DM), "How high is the ceiling here?"

[tomb] Paulie says, "I can DD three of us at once, if Clem's not enough."

[tomb] Paulie says, "But we need to get that thing out here for it to be worthwhile."

[tomb] Clem asks, "Should I cure en masse right now?"

[tomb] Clem says, "Grog is about to die."

[tomb] FinnM says, "I think so."

[tomb] Paulie says, "I wouldn't mind Grog being alive."

[tomb] Elgran says, "don't forget the sword"

Clem says, "Oops, sword."

Clem rolls 1d20+11: 9+11 | 20

Clem rolls 1d20+5: 1+5 | 6

[tomb] Elgran says, "ow"

Clem says (to G'taar), "Dammit!"

DM says, "I am going to be a dear and say that the divine favor applies to the sword"

DM says, "so you hit"

[tomb] Elgran says, "yay DM"

DM says, "and I guess you did an extra 3 damage last time too"

Clem says, "Well in that case it's -- right."

Clem rolls 1d8+6: 8+6 | 14

[tomb] Clem says, "Natural 8!"

DM says, "The ceiling is about 12' high"

[tomb] Clem says, "Can't fly over it, then."

DM asks, "Does that +6 include the divine favor?"

Clem says, "Yeah."

DM says, "OK"

[tomb] Clem says, "The thing is if I revive Grog he's just going to die again really soon."

[tomb] Elgran says, "he still has 5 rounds"

[tomb] Clem says, "Unless being mostly dead toned down has rage a little."

[tomb] Clem says, "I thought he was at -8, and hasted."

[tomb] Elgran says, "or, you could revive him in time to do three more attacks"

DM says, "Do you have to be around to direct your sword? You could just hightail it and hope that it can kill the gargoyle in the next 6 rounds or so"

[tomb] Elgran says, "oh"

[tomb] Paulie says, "If he gets up, the thing can attack before Grog's turn."

Clem says, "Ha ha ha."

[tomb] FinnM says, "He could Feign Death"

[tomb] Elgran says, "okay, Clem delays until after it goes, then heals Rosie and Grog"

[tomb] Rosie says, "Hey, if the sword attacks from the other side, it'll be flanked again."

[tomb] Elgran asks, "of course, I think I am next in line, aren't I?"

[tomb] Clem says, "I don't think the spiritual sword can flank."

[tomb] Eolo says, "yeah, it doesn't"

[tomb] Rosie says, "Aww."

[tomb] Eolo says, "I guess it's not considered to take up a space somehow"

[tomb] DM | It does not get a flanking bonus or help a combatant get one.

[tomb] Clem asks, "Err, so, what the hell am I doing here?"

[tomb] Clem says, "I could just step up and attack."

[tomb] DM says (to Clem), "HA"

[tomb] Clem says, "Somebody tell me how long Grog still has to live."

[tomb] DM says, "Grog's at -7"

[tomb] Clem says, "Rosie isn't hasted and has a few rounds."

[tomb] Elgran says, "oh"

[tomb] Paulie asks, "He's good until -10, right?"

[tomb] DM asks, "Is that really a rule about bleeding faster if you're hasted?"

[tomb] Eolo says, "haste doesn't really affect bleed time, as far as I know"

[tomb] DM says, "Yeah, I am ignoring that"

[tomb] DM says, "You die at -10, yeah"

Clem says, "Fuck it, I have AC 24."

[tomb] FinnM says (to DM), "No, that was a joke."

[tomb] Elgran asks (of clem), "counting Barksin?"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "uh oh"

FinnM says, "G'tarr helps those who help themselves."

[tomb] Elgran says, "skin"

[tomb] Clem says, "Unfortunately yes."

[tomb] Elgran says, "I dunno what sins the bark committed against G'Tarr"

[tomb] DM says, "Wait, I thought it was 23 before any bonuses"

[tomb] Clem says, "Only if I'm using myu shielf."

[tomb] DM says, "on your sheet"

[tomb] Elgran says, "ah"

[tomb] Clem says, "Er, shield."

[tomb] DM says, "Oh"

[tomb] Paulie asks, "What was it that keeps you from using it?"

[tomb] Eolo says, "machismo"

Clem says, "Clem will cast Shield Of Faith on himself and run forward."

DM says, "That's your whole turn"

[tomb] Clem says, "Well I have this big two-handed sword."

Clem says, "Indeed."

[tomb] Paulie says, "Ah, right."

[tomb] Clem says, "And I'm not actually skilled enough to use it at the same time as my buckler."

DM asks, "So that's a +3 deflection bonus?"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "he has four arms teeth and a horn!"

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Are there rules about throwing an object to an ally?"

[tomb] Clem says, "I wanted a bastard sword, see, but when I tried to use it I cut off the instructor's cousin's toe."

Clem says, "Yup."

Clem says, "Stacks with everything else I have, I think."

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Can you, like, use an AoO to catch it?"

DM says, "OK, you can move all the way up to it and not take an AaO"

Clem says, "So AC 30 until I lower my shield."

DM says, "Elgran"

DM says, "AoO, geez, why do I keep doing that"

Elgran asks, "Who is between me and the gargoyle?"

[tomb] Clem says, "You know, if my AC turns out to be useful, I could stand here taking hits and casting."

DM says, "Clem just ran in front"

Elgran says, "right"

[tomb] Clem says, "Er, and preventing anyone else from attacking."

DM says, "There is space for both you and Kong to move up if you wanted"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Every tiem you type AaO, one of us gets to type sorceror if we want."

Elgran says, "I'm going to back up into the corridor (across the pit) and then shoot again, if I can"

[tomb] DM says, "Ha ha ha"

[tomb] Clem says, "Sorcerar"

DM says, "OK, but that's shooting into melee"

Elgran says, "sure"

DM says, "Righto"

Elgran says, "but it's further from the thing what almost killed me"

DM says, "Actually, you take an AoO, since you're within reach"

DM asks, "Still want to do it?"

[tomb] Clem asks, "Is anyone else able to cure Grog, by the way?"

Elgran asks, "I can't 5-foot-step out of range and then move and shoot?"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Finn said he could, I thought."

DM says, "You can only 5-foot step if you don't take any other movement that round"

Elgran says, "ah"

[tomb] Paulie says, "But he was busy doing three points of lightning."

Elgran asks, "okay, how close am I to grog?"

[tomb] Eolo says, "surely some people have potions of healing they could administer"

[tomb] FinnM says, "I can cure Grog, yeah, if I can get to him without getting killed myself."

[tomb] Clem says, "I think I can survive one round of attacks and get an attack in of my own."

DM says, "Grog is next to the gargoyle"

[tomb] Clem says, "Then, hrm, I dunno."

DM says, "Actually, let me draw a picture"

Elgran says, "thanks, I can't visualize the distances"

DM |   Grog      Gargoyle
DM |               Clem
DM |   Kong       Elgran

[tomb] Clem says (to DM), "Oh, hey, I think I need a ruling."

DM |
DM |         door

[tomb] DM asks (of Clem), "Yes?"

[tomb] Clem asks, "At what point do I need to declare that I'm not using my buckler, so I can attack?"

Elgran asks, "can I five-foot back and then shoot without the AoO?"

[tomb] Clem says, "If I wanted to do that."

DM says, "Yes"

Elgran says, "that's what I'll do"

Elgran rolls 1d20+11: 20+11 | 31

[tomb] FinnM says, "With Clem tying up Mr. Four Arms, Kong can probably go get Grog now."

[tomb] Rosie asks, "What's the CR on this guy, anyway?"

[tomb] Eolo says, "if you're using a buckler you can still attack"

[tomb] Eolo says, "you just take a -1 to hit"

[tomb] Elgran says, "let me check that 20"

[tomb] Clem asks, "Really?"

Elgran rolls 1d20+11: 3+11 | 14

[tomb] Elgran says, "damn"

[tomb] Clem says, "Wow, that's awesome."

[tomb] FinnM says (to Elgran), "Hey, good shooting. Ish."

DM says, "OK, regular hit"

[tomb] Eolo says, "that's the advantage of a buckler over a small shield, yeah"

[tomb] Clem says, "Well I'll totally do that then."

[tomb] Elgran asks, "if I am shooting a normal arrow with a +1 bow, is the arrow +1 damage?"

[tomb] Eolo says, "yes"

[tomb] Elgran says, "cool"

Elgran rolls 1d6+4: 4+4 | 8

[tomb] Elgran says, "sigh"

DM says, "The arrow bounces off of it"

[tomb] FinnM says, "At least my mighty lightning is actually hurting it."

DM says, "and we move on to Paulie"

[tomb] FinnM says, "A little itsy bitsy amount."

[Crows-Nest] Storme says, "given that the game has gone on for 5 hours and they haven't killed their first monster yet, I guess I should assume Iain will not be sleeping at a reasonable hour tonight"

[tomb] Clem asks, "So does anyone have a coherent plan?"

[Crows-Nest] FinnM says, "It's only scheduled to go another hour."

[Crows-Nest] Paulie says, "Well, the game supposedly ends at six."

[tomb] Paulie says, "I've got an animated rope."

[tomb] Elgran asks, "we all die and are eaten by monsters?"

[Crows-Nest] Clem says, "As you deal with deathblow to the four-armed gargoyles, the six hundred orcs behind you gasp in astonishment!"

[tomb] Eolo says, "I thought your plan was to run away"

[Crows-Nest] Storme asks, "so this dungeon has exactly one monster?"

[tomb] FinnM asks (of Paulie), "Can you go send it to wrap around the bodies, and we'll haul them out?"

[tomb] Eolo says, "but then you started attacking again"

[tomb] Paulie says, "This is not exactly a plan, so much as an inventory object."

[tomb] Clem says (to Eolo), "Well it seemed like Grog would die that way!"

[tomb] Clem says, "We don't let more than one of our guys die at once!"

[tomb] Eolo says, "hee hee"

[tomb] Elgran says, "aha ha"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Alternately, if someone can revive Grog right after the gargoyle takes his attack, there's the possible chance that he could do it some damage."

[tomb] Rosie says, "If people run away, presumably the gargoyle will eat the dead bodies."

[tomb] DM says, "Num num adventurers"

[tomb] Clem asks (of Rosie), "You're still out, right?"

[tomb] Eolo says, "I dunno, it's made out of stone"

[tomb] Eolo says, "I don't know if it eats"

[tomb] Rosie says, "Yeah."

[tomb] Clem asks (of Rosie), "Er, do you have anything that could actually damage it?"

[tomb] Crumbly says, "Well, I think people keep meaning to leave, but then more people get killed and somehow that convinces the people remaining to fight more."

[tomb] Paulie says, "On the third hand, running away is technically an option. But running away before winning a single encounter seems sad."

[tomb] Rosie says (to Clem), "No."

[tomb] Crumbly says, "It's kind of like Vietnam."

[tomb] Clem says, "Heh heh."

[tomb] Eolo says, "ha ha"

[tomb] Rosie says, "I can provide a flanking bonus to the rest of you ;-)"

[tomb] Eolo says, "Bigby's Agent Orange"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Especially since, if we get a TPK, we get six new adventurers next week."

[tomb] Clem says, "Clem's brother Clam, level 9 cleric."

[tomb] Elgran says (to paulie), "I'm making notes on my paladin in another window"

[tomb] Crumbly says, "I think if we go in with an entirely new party, someone else should get to be the thief."

[tomb] Elgran says, "hee"

[tomb] Paulie says, "If there are seven or fewer of us left, we could hide inside a Rope Trick."

[tomb] Crumbly says, "Assuming someone else wants to."

DM says, "..."

Clem asks, "Whose turn is it?"

[tomb] FinnM says, "I think the remaining characters largely think, okay, I can always run away myself if I need to."

FinnM says, "Paulie, I believe."

Rosie says, "Paulie's."

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Oh, it is?"

[tomb] Rosie says, "Yes."

Paulie throws his rope at the gargoyle.

DM | DM says, "and we move on to Paulie"

[tomb] Crumbly says, "Just from what we've seen so far, this dungeon does warrant a trap specialist."

[tomb] Clem says, "The gargoyle hasn't really had to move anywhere yet."

[tomb] Clem says, "For all we know it can run 100 feet a round."

Paulie rolls 1d20+8: 5+8 | 13

[tomb] Paulie says, "Ranged touch attack, +1 for haste, -4 for melee."

DM says, "OK, you got it"

Paulie exclaims (at Rope), "Entangle!"

[tomb] Paulie says, "I wha"

[tomb] Eolo says, "monsters usually have pretty low touch ACs"

[tomb] Paulie says, "http://www.d20srd.org/srd/conditionSummary.htm#entangled"

[tomb] Clem says, "Unless they're sodding mohrgs."

DM asks, "What's the DC for its Reflex save?"

[tomb] Paulie says (to Eolo), "I thought I failed the last time I rolled a pretty similar ranged touch attack earlier."

[tomb] Paulie says, "15"

[tomb] DM says, "You are right, that acid arrow should have hit"

[tomb] DM says, "and you can roll for its damage now"

[tomb] DM says, "Sorry"

Eolo says, "10 + 1 + Paulie's cha bonus"

[tomb] Elgran says, "(ranged touch has always baffled me, although I understand why it'd done)"

DM says, "It's entangled!"

[tomb] Clem says, "YAY"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Oh, the last one was 12. So now we know its touch AC."

[tomb] Eolo says, "I guess the acid arrow actually lasts for three rounds"

[tomb] Rosie says (to Paulie), "No, the last one hit retroactively."

[tomb] Elgran says, "delayed spell is a cool metamagic feat"

[tomb] DM says, "Let me see how many rounds it should have been doing damage"

[tomb] Eolo says, "initial hit + 2 more rounds, since Paulie's level 6"

[tomb] Eolo says, "(I believe)"

[tomb] Paulie says (to Eolo), "Yeah."

[tomb] DM says, "OK, we're in at least the third round by now"

[tomb] DM says, "So roll 6d4"

Paulie rolls 2d4: 2 4 | 6

Paulie rolls 2d4: 4 3 | 7

Paulie rolls 2d4: 4 1 | 5

[Crows-Nest] (from Eolo) DM says "The gargoyle's retroactively dead! You're all alive again!"

[tomb] DM says, "Sorry about that"

[Crows-Nest] Clem says, "Hee hee."

[tomb] Paulie says (to DM), "Enh, I'll li-- er. Well."

DM says, "OK, that was a standard action"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Throwing was standard, commanding it was (I think) my move."

[tomb] DM says, "OK"

DM says, "Gargoyle's turn"

[tomb] Clem says, "Rarr!"

[tomb] Clem says, "Wait, that's in-character."

Clem says, "Oh shit!"

[tomb] Clem says, "Hang on."

[tomb] DM asks, "OK, it looks like it can make a Strength check to burst free?"

[tomb] FinnM says, "DC 23 for a standard rope, mmhmm"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Yeah. This is a silk rope."

[tomb] FinnM says, "Probably DC25, then."

[tomb] Rosie asks, "Hmm, does this guy have a fort save?"

[tomb] DM says, "Yes"

[tomb] FinnM says, "Err, DC24, apparently."

[tomb] Rosie says, "OK, so the one thing I could theoretically do is a stunning fist."

[tomb] Rosie says, "Which I forgot on my one attack, but oh well."

[tomb] DM asks, "Or can it just slice it open with an attack?"

[tomb] FinnM says, "It could attack it, yeah."

[tomb] Paulie says, "Probably."

[tomb] Clem says, "And slice open ITSELF"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Although -- what Clem said."

[tomb] DM says, "So it could do that as part of a full attack"

[tomb] Clem says, "No that sounds like a great plan, go for it gargy."

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Would this be like attacking someone grappling with you?"

[tomb] FinnM says, "Very similar, I'd imagine."

[tomb] DM says, "'Escape a grapple' is a standard action"

[tomb] FinnM says, "Right, but Kill the Guy Grappling You could be just one attack."

[tomb] FinnM says, "Whatever course of action is probabyl reasonable."

[tomb] Paulie says, "Grappling says ' You can make an attack with an unarmed strike, natural weapon, or light weapon against another character you are grappling. You take a -4 penalty on such attacks.' and ' You can.t attack with two weapons while grappling, even if both are light weapons.'"

[tomb] Paulie says, "But this isn't actually Grappling, so I dunno if it's relevant."

[tomb] DM says, "Yeah, it has natural weapons and multiattack, though"

[tomb] DM says, "I'm going to be extremely generous and have it spend a standard action ripping through the rope with its claws to free itself"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Woo."

[tomb] FinnM says, "Yay"

[tomb] Elgran says, "yay"

[tomb] DM says, "and it'll take a 5' step back to stay 10' away from Clem"

[tomb] Clem says, "Hey!"

[tomb] DM says, "although that takes it farther away from Grog"

DM says, "OK, Finn's turn"

[tomb] Paulie asks, "It's the not bathing thing, isn't it?"

[tomb] Clem asks, "Does this mean it's back inside the doorway?"

FinnM says, "Zorch"

[tomb] Rosie asks, "Does it need to do its strength check?"

FinnM rolls 3d6: 1 5 6 | 12

[tomb] DM says (to Rosie), "It attacked the rope instead of bursting its bonds"

[tomb] Rosie nods.

[tomb] FinnM says, "6 bolts left."

DM says, "It makes its Reflex save and takes 6 damage"

DM says, "You have obviously wounded it by now, by the way"

[tomb] Clem asks, "What, like half? Three-quarters?"

DM asks, "That was a standard action, any movement?"

[tomb] DM says, "At least half"

[tomb] Clem says, "Not bad."

FinnM says, "No, I'll stay put."

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "grog did about 50 damage to it, then there's a few lightning strikes and the wolf ankle bite"

DM says, "OK, Grog, try to stabilize"

Paulie says, "Urrrghhhhle."

Paulie rolls 1d100: 40 | 40

DM says, "-9"

DM says, "-8 I mean"

[Crows-Nest] Clem says, "If we can revive Grog we have a fighting chance."

[Crows-Nest] Paulie says, "I don't think the ankle bite hurt it."

[Crows-Nest] Elgran says, "I did 20-some-odd"

DM says, "Kong"

FinnM says, "Kong fetches Grog, returns him to me."

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "oh yeah, you bopped it in the head"

[Crows-Nest] Elgran exclaims, "and the groin!"

[Crows-Nest] Paulie asks, "Did the flying sword injure it?"

DM says, "Once again he can't do that all in one turn"

[Crows-Nest] Clem says, "Then it bopped him in the head, leg, torso, spleen, ankle and left elbow."

FinnM says, "He does as much as he can."

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "yeah, the sword has been needling it"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "hee hee"

DM says, "OK, he'll take an AoO though"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "well, it tore him limb from limb, a bit"

[Crows-Nest] Elgran says, "I'm not using my spleen"

FinnM says, "Okay."

DM says, "Righto"

DM says, "He gets clawed for 15"

DM says, "taking him down to 24"

[tomb] FinnM says, "Kong: 24."

DM says, "and it's Wolf's turn"

Elgran says, "Hold"

[tomb] FinnM says, "Kong better get a lot of bananas for this."

DM says, "Hold, like do nothing? He's last in the round so he can't delay"

Elgran says, "then yeah"

DM says, "OK, next round"

DM says, "Rosie, try to stabilize"

Rosie rolls 1d100: 74 | 74

DM says, "-5"

[tomb] FinnM is afk for 5 minutes.

DM says, "Clem"

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Is anyone the gargoyle currently in melee?"

[tomb] nothings asks, "how many combat rounds have you guys gotten through?"

[tomb] Clem says (to Paulie), "I don't think we are, in fact."

[tomb] Paulie says, "If not, I and if Clem didn't mind delaying for Paulie, I could send another acid arrow."

[tomb] Rosie asks, "Does the acid arrow do any more damage?"

[tomb] DM says, "Clem's 10 feet away"

[tomb] Clem says, "I haven't attacked yet and it stepped away."

[tomb] Paulie says, "I think it got past the DR, at least."

[tomb] Clem says (to Paulie), "Do you move before the gargoyle/"

[tomb] Clem says, "As long as I get to attack before it, be my guest."

[tomb] Paulie says, "Yeah. Right before."

Clem says, "I delay for Paulie."

DM says, "OK, Elgran"

Elgran says, "two arrows"

[Crows-Nest] Elgran asks, "not in melee, so no -4?"

DM says, "I guess no melee penalty this time"

Elgran rolls 1d20+15: 16+15 | 31

DM says, "That hits"

Elgran rolls 1d6+4: 2+4 | 6

DM says, "and does no damage"

Elgran rolls 1d20+10: 8+10 | 18

DM says, "That misses"

[Crows-Nest] Elgran says, "man"

[tomb] DM says, "Damage reduction is a bitch"

[tomb] Elgran says, "yes"

[tomb] Rosie asks, "This is the touch attack, right?"

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Which round is this? That is to say, is haste still active?"

[tomb] DM says, "I thought this was a regular ranged attack"

[tomb] DM says, "Haste is still active"

[tomb] Eolo says (to Rosie), "that was Elgran's arrows, not Paulie's acid arrow"

[tomb] DM says, "It's the acid arrow that was touch"

[tomb] Rosie says, "Oh, OK."

DM says, "You can move 5 feet if you want"

DM says, "You're 20' away now"

[tomb] Elgran asks, "is there still 5 feet behind me to back up?"

[tomb] DM says, "Nope"

[tomb] Clem says, "Heh."

[tomb] Elgran says, "then I'll stay"

[tomb] DM says, "Okey doke"

DM says, "Paulie"

Paulie rolls 1d20+11: 12+11 | 23

DM asks, "That's a ranged touch attack for the acid arrow?"

Paulie fires another glowing green magical arrow-thingy.

[tomb] Paulie says, "Right."

DM says, "OK, it hits!"

DM says, "2d4"

Paulie rolls 2d4: 3 4 | 7

DM says, "and you get a move action if you'd like"

Paulie stays on the far side of the pit.

DM says, "You're hanging out behind the pit now"

DM says, "OK"

DM says, "Clem"

[tomb] Crumbly asks, "Who's dead by now?"

Clem says, "Hey, a minute ago I was back there and everybody else was up here."

DM says, "Kong is beside you holding Grog, btw"

[tomb] Paulie says, "You might be the only one."

Clem says, "I give this fucker my full attack!"

[tomb] DM says, "Just you"

Clem says, "Right after my spiritual sword does the same."

[tomb] Eolo says, "ha ha"

DM says, "OK, you'll have to step forward 5 feet first but that's fine"

Clem says, "This is my spiritual sword:"

Clem rolls 1d20+11: 1+11 | 12

[tomb] Paulie says, "I think Rosie and Grog are still down, though."

Clem rolls 1d20+6: 6+6 | 12

Clem says, "Sheeesh."

[tomb] FinnM is back.

DM says, "I hope you attack better than your spiritual sword"

Clem says (to G'taar), "Okay, watch and learn, dude."

Clem asks, "Does haste give me an attack bonus?"

[tomb] Elgran says, "+1"

Clem steps forward.

DM says, "+1, right? and +3 from your divine favor"

Clem says, "So I'm at 14/9."

Clem says, "No power attack this time."

Clem rolls 1d20+14: 2+14 | 16

Clem rolls 1d20+9: 1+9 | 10

Clem says, "Sheeeeeesh."

DM says, "omg"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "oh man"

Eolo says, "one more from haste"

Clem asks, "And one extra main attack for the haste, right?"

FinnM says, "Ha ha, your god hates you."

[tomb] (from Elgran) G'tarr says, "I did that!"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 tries not to say anything

Clem rolls 1d20+14: 16+14 | 30

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says (to Elgran), "hee hee"

Clem says, "RARRR"

DM says, "That's a hit"

Clem says, "I assume it's normally vulnerable to fire."

DM says, "+3 damage from divine favor"

Clem rolls 3d6+8: 2 3 4+8 | 17

Eolo says, "oh yeah, I forgot your greatsword was really flaming"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, ".....nah"

[tomb] Clem says, "Well, it's a hit."

[tomb] nothings says, "It was much better than Cats. I'm going to see it again and again."

DM says, "All right, you give it a good whack"

DM says, "Now it's its turn"

[tomb] Clem says, "Somehow I don't think I'm going to beat this thing toe-to-toe unless G'taar gets off his arse."

DM asks, "Your AC?"

Clem says, "I think it's 30."

Clem says, "I have so much crap layered on my it's hard to tell."

[tomb] Paulie says, "So right now, it's got two magical weapons going at it."

Clem says, "Er, on me."

[tomb] Paulie says, "A huge flaming greatsword, and a little green arrow."

[tomb] Paulie asks, "And the arrow is winning?"

[tomb] FinnM says, "And lightning zapping it occasionally."

DM says, "One claw hits"

[tomb] FinnM says, "I'm going to start worshipping Melf."

[tomb] Elgran says, "and the ghostly flaming sword"

DM says, "for 23"

Clem dodge clank clank clank clank clank ow.

Clem says (to gargoyle), "Pussy!"

[tomb] Clem says, "Down to 45hp."

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Does it speak common?"

DM says, "The other hits"

[Crows-Nest] FinnM says, "This is an object lesson as to why minmaxing is not a bad thing."

[Crows-Nest] (from Rob_2) DM says, "for 45"

Clem says, "Shit, I assumed you meant one hit from its entire attack."

DM says, "for 24"

[tomb] Clem says, "21hp left."

DM says, "and it rends you for 28"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "I tried to warn you it has six weapons when you charged at it"

[tomb] Clem says, "-7"

[tomb] Elgran says, "ow"

Clem totter whump.

[Crows-Nest] nothings says, "I guess only 2 of the 4 hit? I'm not sure about 'other'"

[tomb] Crumbly asks, "Anyone left conscious?"

[tomb] Clem says, "Me!"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "wait, there's more than that"

[tomb] FinnM says, "I'm still up."

[Crows-Nest] Paulie says, "Paulie's far away."

DM says, "With the other two claws it goes after Kong"

[tomb] DM says, "Oh yeah, Clem's Diehard"

[tomb] Crumbly says, "Ah."

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "four arm hits, but if it hits with two, it can tear you apart, and then it can still bite and gouge with the horn"

[Crows-Nest] Rosie says, "I think the point is that if we can't beat one monster, we should just quit the module anyway, so you might as well attack."

[tomb] Clem says (to DM), "But I *look* really really dead and harmless, don't forget."

[tomb] DM says, "Oh, you're harmless all right"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "well yeah, it'd be boring if he hadn't tried it, but I'm just saying"

[Crows-Nest] Paulie says (to Rosie), "Yeah, that's a good philosophy."

[tomb] (from FinnM) DM says, "/s/h//

DM says, "hitting for 21"

[tomb] Paulie exclaims, "Hey, watch it! I don't want him to drop my orc!"

DM says, "and 21 again"

DM says, "Killing Kong"

DM says, "as Grog drops to the ground"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "aw"

[tomb] Elgran says, "man"

FinnM says, "You can kill my friends, but when you mess with my monkey, you've gone too far."

[tomb] Clem says, "I had this funny feeling AC 30 might be good enough"

DM says, "Finn's turn"

[tomb] Clem says, "but you know"

[tomb] Paulie says, "So I wonder what its attack bonus is."

[tomb] FinnM asks, "Huh. Well... am I a bad person for wanting to run away?"

[tomb] Clem says, "I was hoping it was under 20."

[tomb] Clem says, "I guess it had tons of attacks, like Rob said."

[Crows-Nest] nothings says, "ok, I'll take a spoiler channel"

[tomb] Paulie asks (of Finn), "What would be the benefit of running away?"

[tomb] FinnM says, "Not dying."

[Crows-Nest] Paulie asks, "You're not taking a new character next time?"

[tomb] DM asks, "Besides not dying?"

[tomb] DM says, "Timing"

[tomb] Paulie says, "But what's the benefit of not dying, I mean."

[tomb] FinnM says, "I'm trying to make at least a token effor to roleplay someone not insanely suicidal."

[Crows-Nest] nothings says, "I'm not in it at all"

Clem says, "Okay, being Diehard I have to decide immediately whether to act disabled rather than unconscious."

[tomb] FinnM asks, "Who is still in the positive hit points?"

[tomb] Paulie says, "If you live, you get to come back next time as a level nine druid minus an animal companion, and minus a bunch of charges from you wand."

[Crows-Nest] Rosie says, "This is not a module to roleplay in."

Clem says, "And sure, I'm merely disabled, since I don't trust these guys to rescue me."

[tomb] Paulie says, "If you die, you get to come back next time as a fully-powered level nine chracter."

FinnM goes for it.

FinnM exclaims, "Zap! Kapowza!"

FinnM rolls 3d6: 6 2 4 | 12

DM says, "It misses its reflex save and takes a full 12 points of damage!!"

FinnM continues to back away. The sight of dead Kong is too much for him to bear.

[tomb] Clem asks, "Wait, was somebody going to heal Grog?"

DM says, "Grog, roll to stabilize"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Apparently not this round."

Paulie rolls 1d100: 70 | 70

[tomb] FinnM says, "Kong was going to carry him away, but he got pureed."

[tomb] DM says (to Clem), "I gave you a chance"

[tomb] Clem says, "We're ever so slightly running out of time."

[tomb] Rosie exclaims (at Clem), "You're the priest!"

DM says, "Grog's at -9"

[tomb] Elgran says, "I was going to try and feed him a CLW potion, yeah"

[tomb] Clem says, "I was sort of planning on being alive next round, sorry."

DM says, "Wolf"

[tomb] Elgran says, "sadly CMW is in the backpack"

Elgran says, "Hold"

DM says, "OK, next round"

DM says, "Rosie, roll to stabilize"

Rosie rolls 1d100: 69 | 69

[tomb] Clem says, "I guess I could still cure him but I'd have to crawl over there first."

[tomb] FinnM says, "Yeah, better keep that wolf in reserve just in case we really need him."

[tomb] Elgran says, "well, next next"

DM says, "Elgran"

[tomb] Rosie asks (of Clem), "Can you do your mass cure?"

DM says, "who, I should point out, is now the nearest standing opponent to the gargoyle"

[tomb] Clem says, "I can."

Elgran says, "I am going to go over to Grog, who I think is 5' away, fish a CLW potion from my pouch, and feed it to him"

[tomb] Crumbly says, "Yeah, no sense in bringing him out before there's a real emergency."

[tomb] Clem says, "Although I'd kind of like to be further away from the gargoyle first."

Elgran says, "and then die, probably"

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Aren't you right next to Grog already?"

[tomb] Clem says, "Unless something comes up I'm kind of planning on Dimension Dooring the fuck out of here."

[Crows-Nest] FinnM says, "Cue that WW2 music they always play when there's a whole field of dead bodies."

[tomb] DM says (to Paulie), "Not quite"

[tomb] Rob_2 asks, "do people kind of automatically stand up when they're healed or what?"

[tomb] Clem says, "If I'm going to cure at all I might as well mass cure."

[tomb] DM asks, "OK, how do cure-wound spells work on people with negative hit points?"

[tomb] DM asks, "Do they automatically stabilize?"

[tomb] DM says, "I'm looking at the SRD"

[tomb] Paulie says, "I think so."

[tomb] FinnM says, "Any magically curing, even 1 point, stabilizes someone."

[tomb] Clem says, "Hrm, good question. I was assuming it just adds right on and if they have positive points they're all better."

[tomb] DM says, "OK"

[tomb] Rosie asks, "Oh, you mean even if they don't go above zero?"

[tomb] Paulie says, "' Healing that raises the dying character.s hit points to 0 makes him conscious and disabled. Healing that raises his hit points to 1 or more makes him fully functional again, just as if he.d never been reduced to 0 or lower. A spellcaster retains the spellcasting capability she had before dropping below 0 hit points.'"

[tomb] DM says (to Rosie), "Yes"

[tomb] Clem says, "Cure mass is 1d8+9 so it would wake everyone."

[tomb] Clem says, "Probably."

[tomb] Paulie says, "' If any sort of healing cures the dying character of even 1 point of damage, he stops losing hit points and becomes stable.'"

[tomb] DM says, "Great, thanks"

[tomb] DM says, "OK, you force feed Grog a CLW potion"

[tomb] Clem asks (of Rosie), "What's your HP now?"

[tomb] DM asks, "What's that, 1d8+1?"

[tomb] Elgran says, "I think so"

[tomb] Rosie says, "-6"

[tomb] Elgran asks, "do I roll it or does grog?"

[tomb] Clem says, "Yeah, casting level 1."

[tomb] Rosie says, "Or, wait, -5"

[tomb] DM says, "I don't care"

DM says, "-6 after the latest attempt to stabilize"

Elgran rolls 1d8+1: 8+1 | 9

[tomb] Elgran says, "woo"

Grog coughs and sputters. "Urgh, blueberry..."

[tomb] Rosie says, "Right, then."

[tomb] Clem says, "Let the goddamn gargoyle roll it, it's lucky as sin."

DM says, "Grog's back up to 0"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "whew"

DM says, "so, conscious and disabled"

DM says, "Paulie"

[tomb] Elgran says, "hmm, should have done that last round, he could attack again"

DM says, "I guess your acid arrow can do some more damage first"

Paulie rolls 2d4: 3 3 | 6

DM says, "Sssssssss"

[tomb] Clem asks, "How healthy is the gargoyle looking now?"

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Anyone in melee now that Clem's down?"

DM says, "He continues to smoke a bit"

[tomb] DM says (to Clem), "He couldn't possibly have more than a couple hundred hit points left"

Elgran says, "That causes cancer, you know."

DM says, "I'll recap"

[tomb] Clem says, "Excellent."

DM says, "Crumbly and Rosie are inside the room"

DM says, "The gargoyle's in the doorway"

DM says, "Clem is prone in front of him"

[tomb] Crumbly asks, "Was Rosie in range of the mass heal?"

[tomb] DM says, "That hasn't happened yet"

[tomb] Clem says, "There's been no mass heal yet."

[tomb] Crumbly says, "OK"

DM says, "behind him is Elgran administering a potion to Grog"

[tomb] Clem says, "Everyone affected has to be within 30'."

[tomb] Eolo says, "within 30' of someone else being affected"

DM says, "That's it for the corridor"

[tomb] Clem says, "No, wait -- right."

DM says, "Oh, and Kong is down next to Grog"

Clem asks, "Down, or dead?"

[tomb] Paulie asks, "So, I can fire at the gargoyle without the firing into melee penalty, right?"

FinnM says, "Dead."

[tomb] Elgran says, "right"

[tomb] DM says, "The full range is 45 feet, lookes like"

DM says, "Down dead"

[tomb] DM says, "Yeah"

Paulie sends another acid arrow down the corridor.

Paulie rolls 1d20+11: 9+11 | 20

[tomb] DM says, "Clem conveniently dropped to make room"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "whissst"

Paulie rolls 2d4: 4 1 | 5

DM asks, "How many rounds did that second acid arrow go, btw?"

DM asks, "Was that the third?"

[Crows-Nest] Elgran says (to rob), "it's a ranged touch attack (touch attacks ignore armor) so it hits"

[tomb] Paulie says, "This is round 2."

[tomb] Paulie says, "This is the third arrow."

[tomb] Clem asks, "What, of the whole fight?"

[tomb] Clem says, "Feels like it."

[tomb] DM asks, "The second arrow has only done damage twice?"

[tomb] Rosie says, "The second acid arrow did its initial damage and one more round of damage."

[tomb] DM says, "OK, thanks"

DM asks (of Paulie), "Any move action?"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "that was a generic acid arrow flying through the air sound, not an arrow failing to hit sound"

Paulie thinks this spot's working well for him.

[Crows-Nest] Elgran says, "oh okay"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "that's interesting to know, though"

[tomb] Clem says (to Paulie), "Yeah, good work."

Paulie says (to Gargoyle), "Eat acid, you orc-slayer."

DM says, "OK, Clem"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Hmm. If I run out of arrows, I probably shouldn't try burning hands."

Clem asks, "Can my spiritual sword still attack?"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Since in order to get in range for that, I'd be putting myself in his range."

DM says, "Yep"

Clem says, "For all the goddamn use that'll do."

Clem rolls 1d20+11: 9+11 | 20

Clem rolls 1d20+5: 10+5 | 15

[tomb] FinnM says, "Closer."

Clem says, "I'm guessing that's no use."

DM asks, "Did that include the divine favor?"

Clem says, "Oops, no!"

Clem says, "+3 to both of those."

DM says, "OK, the first one hits"

Clem rolls 1d8+6: 3+6 | 9

DM says, "Glory be to G'taar"

[tomb] FinnM says, "G'taar Akbar"

Clem says, "Hmm."

[tomb] Clem says, "Okay, I can mass heal, but I think it then kills me stone dead and then kills everyone else."

DM says, "It does some actual damage!"

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Dead dead?"

[tomb] Clem says, "With its great cleave."

[tomb] Clem says, "Well I'm at -7 now."

[tomb] Paulie asks, "As in, time for Finn to reincarnate you dead?"

[tomb] Clem says, "If I heal myself to like 2 I'm not going to last very long."

[tomb] Eolo says, "ha ha"

[tomb] Rosie says, "There's a chance I could stun it."

[tomb] Elgran says (to clem), "I thought you auto-stabilized, and so didn't lose any more"

[tomb] Elgran asks, "or did you start at -7?"

[tomb] DM says, "Clem is at -7 now"

[tomb] Eolo says, "he's been beat down to -7, yeah"

Clem says, "I'm disabled, but gritting my teeth like Bruce Willis I can make one move or one standard action per turn."

Clem says, "If I make a standard action I lose 1 hp."

[tomb] FinnM says, "But if he gets up with 3 hp, he'll get nuked."

[tomb] Paulie says (to Clem), "I guess I don't know the rules for ... aha."

[tomb] DM says, "It's almost 6 now but I figure we should finish the battle one way or another"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "yippie ki yaarrgh"

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Wait, are you in the range of the mass healing?"

Clem asks (of DM), "If hypothetically I were to heal myself with my one standard action, could I then get another move to run away?"

[tomb] Paulie asks, "And will that stabilize you?"

[tomb] Clem says, "Everybody is."

[tomb] Clem says, "And yes."

[tomb] DM says, "Everyone is within range of the mass heal"

[tomb] Clem says, "It should revive everyone to 2 or 3hp."

[tomb] Clem says, "Well, not Kong or Crumbly."

Clem asks, "Who's right next to me at this point?"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Hmm. It might be wise to do it right after the gargoyle attacks."

[tomb] DM says (to Clem), "Yes but you'd take an AoO"

[tomb] Crumbly says, "Just standing up is a move action."

[tomb] Crumbly says, "So is crawling 5 feet without standing up."

[tomb] Paulie says, "To minimize the people standind near him when they're healed."

[tomb] DM says, "Oh, what Crumbly said"

[tomb] Elgran says, "when the gargoyle attacks, it'll kill me. again"

Clem says, "Okay, this DM has a reputation for generosity."

Clem says, "I delay until after the gargoyle!"

Clem says, "Using the acting skills of Bruce Willis, I play dead!"

DM says, "The gargoyle swipes at Elgran"

[tomb] FinnM asks, "Has anyone in this combat /not/ delayed at least once?"

[tomb] Crumbly says, "Me"

[tomb] Paulie says, "The gargoyle."

[tomb] Rosie exclaims, "Me!"

[tomb] FinnM says, "So, the dead people. I see a trend."

DM asks, "What's your AC these days?"

DM asks, "23 plus +4 from the barkskin?"

Elgran says, "22+1+4"

DM says, "OK"

DM says, "One claw hits for 14"

Elgran says, "I'm not holding the quarterstaff so no shield bonus"

DM says, "bringing you to 9"

DM says, "The second claw misses!!"

[tomb] Clem says, "Yay!!"

DM says, "The third claw hits."

[tomb] Clem says, "Damn!"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "wince"

DM says, "for 20"

DM says, "bringing you to dead"

Elgran drops totally dead

[tomb] Clem says, "Aw shit."

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "he died to save grog!"

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "aw"

DM says, "It takes another 5' step down the corridor"

DM says, "Finn"

FinnM zap zap.

[tomb] Clem says, "Bollocksing arse."

FinnM rolls 3d6: 4 3 6 | 13

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "turns into a cheetah and runs away"

DM says, "It makes its reflex save and takes 6 damage"

[Crows-Nest] FinnM says, "Very soon, amigo."

FinnM backs up yet more.

[tomb] Clem asks (of FinnM), "Do you need to touch the body to reincarnate someone?"

DM says, "Grog"

[tomb] Rosie says, "You need a piece of them."

DM says, "who is disabled"

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Wait, what about Clem?"

[tomb] FinnM | Target: Dead creature touched

[tomb] Rosie says, "That was a part of them when they died. You also need like nine hours."

[tomb] Clem asks, "Hey, did anyone catch Elgran's spleen as it flew past?"

[tomb] Paulie says, "I thought he was going after the gargoyle."

[tomb] DM says, "Oh, I guess Clem is still delaying"

Clem asks, "Has the gargoyle stepped over me at this point?"

DM says, "Yeah"

DM says, "Well, it's to the side of you"

Elgran says, "Wolf goes crazy and races in to attack again, when he can un-hold"

Clem asks, "Is it likely I could crawl into the room without it noticing?"

Clem asks, "Like far enough to reach Rosie and Crumbly?"

DM says, "It's JUST POSSIBLE"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "barefoot, over broken glass"

[tomb] Rosie asks, "You aren't going to cast mass heal first?"

DM says, "although I think you'd start taking damage again"

Clem says, "Not if I just move."

Eolo asks, "can the weapon attack?"

[tomb] Clem says, "I'm trying to avoid the situation where we all get back to 5hp, then it attacks and kills every single one of us with its greater cleave."

[tomb] Paulie says, "I would have thought mass heal would both get people mobile and stabilize Clem."

[tomb] Clem says, "I'm already stable."

[tomb] Paulie says (to Clem), "It just took its action, though."

[tomb] Paulie says, "We all get to act before it does."

[tomb] Rosie says, "Right."

Clem says, "Oh, okay, mass heal."

DM says, "I think it already did"

Eolo says, "oh, whoops"

Clem says, "I ditch my level 5 Disrupting Weapon."

Clem says, "And cure 1d8+9 of everybody's damage."

DM says, "I guess it should really have delayed too, but whatever"

Clem rolls 1d8+9: 8+9 | 17

[tomb] Paulie asks, "In fact, since Clem said he was going to delay to after the gargoyle, does that mean he healed before Elgran got killed?"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "whongo"

Clem says (to G'taar), "Hey, thanks!"

[tomb] FinnM says, "Yay"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Er, no, I'm stupid."

DM says, "#tomb No"

[tomb] Clem says, "Heh."

DM asks, "Is that one roll for everyone?"

[tomb] Rosie asks, "Everyone gets the same roll?"

[tomb] Elgran says, "man, why didn't you heal last round? I'd still be dead, but I'd have soaked more attacks first"

Clem says, "Uhh, I have no idea."

Clem says, "I was assuming so."

Eolo says, "it looks like it"

[tomb] Rosie says, "Wa-hey."

Eolo says, "well, I dunno"

Eolo | You channel positive energy to cure 1d8 points of damage +1 point per caster level (maximum +25) in each selected creature.

Clem says, "It must depend on how GENEROUS the DM is feeling."

DM says, "Oh, what the hell, you need it"

[tomb] Rosie says, "Hee hee"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says (to Elgran), "I was thinking that, but then I remembered that after he hit you twice he'd start rending and then he'd still have -- wait, I've said this before"

Clem says, "I you want I'll take that one for me and re-roll for the others."

DM says, "but next time when you roll a 1, it still applies to everyone"

[Crows-Nest] Elgran says, "yeah"

DM says, "OK, so, Clem's up to 10"

[Crows-Nest] Clem says, "I could have cured before the gargoyle attacked but Elgran would still be dead dead."

[Crows-Nest] Elgran says, "yeah"

[Crows-Nest] Elgran exclaims, "I said that!"

DM says, "Crumbly and Elgran are already dead"

DM says, "Finn hasn't been hurt"

[tomb] Paulie says, "And Kong. Poor Kong."

[tomb] Clem says, "I'm thinking I can possibly reach Crumbly's corpse and DD it out of there."

DM says, "Grog is up to 17"

DM says, "Paulie hasn't been hurt"

DM says, "Rosie is up to 11"

DM says, "Wolf hasn't been hurt"

DM says, "and Kong is dead"

[tomb] Clem says, "Gee, and Wolf was the first one to attack, too."

[tomb] Paulie says, "Attacking: safe. Tumbling: BAD."

DM says, "OK, Grog"

[tomb] Elgran says, "that will fix once he gets to undelay"

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Can I full attack, or do I need to spend a move getting up?"

DM says, "He's not delaying any more, he's just last"

[tomb] Elgran says, "oh, okay"

[tomb] DM says, "Grog needs to spend a move action to get up, yeah"

[tomb] DM says, "Once you delay you stay there"

[tomb] Clem says, "Okay, so we just need to rescue Crumbly's corpse, rescue Elgran's corpse, somehow escape, sell all our magic gear for another 5000gp in diamonds (within 10 days)."

[tomb] Clem says, "And then never go near another fucking dungeon again."

[tomb] Eolo says, "ha ha"

Grog pulls himself to his feet. Flame burns in his eyes as he turns toward the gargoyle.

[tomb] FinnM says, "Tell our adventuring relatives everything we've discovered."

[tomb] Clem says (to Grog), "Noooo!"

[tomb] Elgran says, "we didn't even get any loot to sell for diamonds"

DM says, "OMG GROG YOU'RE ALIVE"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "his flaming breath backed up"

[Crows-Nest] Elgran says, "ha ha"

(From DM) Music swells

[Crows-Nest] Eolo says, "ha ha"

[Crows-Nest] FinnM says, "Told y'all this would win an Oscar."

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "I'm riveted"

[tomb] Rosie asks, "Is the gargoyle still in the doorway?"

Grog rolls 1d20+14: 15+14 | 29

[tomb] Clem says, "It's stepped forward a couple of times."

[tomb] Rob_2 says, "I think it advanced a little bit"

[tomb] Clem says, "So I don't think so."

[tomb] DM says, "What Clem said"

DM says, "Grog hits!"

Grog swings his mighty greataxe in what seems like slow-motion.

[Crows-Nest] Elgran says, "no, rosie is riveted"

[tomb] Clem says, "This is so awesome."

[tomb] Clem says, "Dumb, but awesome."

Grog rolls 1d12+17: 7+17 | 24

[tomb] Crumbly says, "The dramatically correct thing would be for this to be the blow that fells it."

[tomb] Clem says, "Wow."

[tomb] Crumbly says, "That said, fat chance."

[tomb] Paulie says, "And, of course, the flame."

[tomb] FinnM says, "Pretty sweet."

DM says, "Grog plants his greataxe in the gargoyle's back, between its wings"

Grog exclaims (at Gargoyle), "BLAAARRRRGGGHHH!"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "ha ha ha"

DM says, "The gargoyle lets out a massive roar"

[tomb] FinnM says, "Why did I waste my Barkskin on you losers? I should have given it to Grog."

DM says, "and slowly topples to the ground"

[tomb] Clem says, "Totally."

FinnM cheers.

[tomb] Eolo exclaims, "hooray!"

[tomb] Elgran says, "wow"

Clem says, "!!!!!!!!!"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "!!"

[tomb] Elgran exclaims, "yay!"

Paulie exclaims, "GROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOGGGGGG!"

Clem says, "YAY!"

[tomb] FinnM immediately loots the body.

[Crows-Nest] InnocentBystander says, "the dramatically correct thing would be for Arnie to come in, say "Greataxe THIS", and shoot Grog in the head"

[tomb] FinnM says, "(not really)"

[tomb] DM says, "Ha ha"

(From Clem) All_other_monsters_in_entire_dungeon say, "Hey, did you hear that? Sounds like... cheering?"

[tomb] Elgran says, "so, only 1/3 of the party dead? I'm disappointed"

DM says, "Suddenly the doors burst open!"

DM says, "OK, not really"

Elgran says, "ha ha ow"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "aaaahh"

[tomb] DM says, "It had 199hp and damage reduction of 10"

[tomb] Elgran says, "man"

[tomb] Clem says, "Holy fucking crap."

Paulie runs towards Grog and throws his arms around one leg.

[tomb] DM says, "Also a +24 attack bonus"

[tomb] Crumbly says, "It's 6:00, and this seems like a good stopping point."

[tomb] Eolo says, "aww"

[tomb] Rosie asks, "What was its CR?"

[tomb] Clem says, "!"

[tomb] Rob_2 says, "gyagh"

[tomb] InnocentBystander says, "that is so totally ridiculous"

[tomb] FinnM asks, "DR 10/what?"

[tomb] DM says, "Only 11"

[tomb] DM says, "10/-"

[tomb] Elgran says, "huh"

[tomb] FinnM says, "Boo."

[tomb] Rosie asks, "What was its fort save?"

[tomb] InnocentBystander says, "17"

[tomb] DM says, "Yeah, but I'll give you guys a few minutes to loot and stuff"

[tomb] FinnM says, "Well, a CR11 creature should mop up an APL9 party."

[tomb] Crumbly asks, "So, who's getting resurrected here?"

[tomb] DM says, "and resurrect or reincarnate"

FinnM asks, "Anything worthwile taking?"

[tomb] Elgran says (to crumb), "I think you get resurrected and I guess I get reincarnated"

[tomb] Eolo says, "the collar, I guess"

Clem says, "I have a suggestion here."

[tomb] Eolo says, "you can sell that to pay for more resurrection, evenm"

[tomb] Crumbly says, "Suits me."

Clem says, "Which is that we camp out for a night."

Clem says, "Either here or outside."

Rosie exclaims, "Outside!"

Clem says, "I can probably heal everyone completely and then re-learn my spells."

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "that way you can wake up bright and early and dead"

[tomb] Crumbly says, "I've already marked my character down to level 8."

[Crows-Nest] Elgran says, "cause nothing will sneak out in the night and kill them in their sleep"

Clem says, "And I guess I resurrect Crumbly right now."

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Are only two PC's actually dead?"

[tomb] DM says, "Yeah"

[tomb] DM says, "and Kong"

[tomb] Elgran says, "amazingly"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Nice."

[tomb] Clem says, "Yeah, plus Kong."

[tomb] Paulie says, "Sad about Kong, though."

[tomb] Elgran says, "poor Kong"

[tomb] FinnM says, "I can get Kong Jr in only 24 hours, so no worries. But yeah, he was a good ape."

[tomb] Rob_2 says, "he also died that grog might live"

[tomb] DM says, "I guess that was about perfect - 3 deaths but everybody gets to keep playing"

[tomb] Eolo says, "he really was the best body-retriever any druid could want"

[tomb] Paulie says, "I guess we could try to drag his corpse to town for a revive."

[tomb] Rob_2 says, "to deliver the dramatically correct killing blow"

Crumbly says, "OK. I am not participating in combat again."

Rosie says, "OK, I'm off."

Rosie exits stage left.

[tomb] Clem says, "Wait, now we have a vicious wolf with us who has suddenly lost his handler and only friend."

DM says, "Uh, I guess you can loot next time then"

[tomb] Paulie says, "I'd be fine donig the looting and reviving and resting next session."

FinnM says, "So, who wants to be Reincarnated? I should roll up your new race now."

DM says, "Or I guess nothing exciting will happen that Rosie needs to be around for"

[tomb] Elgran says, "I'd like to know if I am changing race and losing a level first"

[tomb] Clem asks, "Do you keep all your other stats and stuff?"

[tomb] Rob_2 asks, "you change race when you're reincarnated?"

[tomb] Elgran says (to rob), "apparently"

[tomb] FinnM | http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/reincarnate.htm

[tomb] DM says, "Reincarnation gives you a new body, yeah"

[tomb] Rob_2 asks, "what's the logic behind that?"

[tomb] FinnM says, "At least you'll no longer turn into a badger."

[tomb] Rob_2 says, "oh, ah. hm. ok."

[tomb] Elgran says, "anyway, Crumbly died first, so he gets the resurrection"

[tomb] Clem says (to Elgran), "If you prefer we can keep going without you and resurrect with the 5000gp's worth of diamonds we will inevitably find."

FinnM says, "If you want to spend the money, I don't mind holding the Reincarnation and letting both get Resurrected."

[tomb] Elgran asks, "do we have the money for both?"

[tomb] Elgran says, "I'd prefer it, honestly"

[tomb] Paulie says, "We could possibly try to sell our loot for diamonds."

[tomb] FinnM says, "We could sell some things."

[tomb] Paulie says, "But I dunno what our loot is yet."

[tomb] Elgran says, "on the other hand, I don't have 5000 gp worth of stuff to sell"

Clem asks, "Do we really have loot?"

DM says, "Speaking of loot, that collar has ten big blue gems in it"

[tomb] Eolo says, "you could sell your kidney"

Paulie says, "We have a collar."

[tomb] Elgran says, "I'm not using it now, true"

[tomb] Eolo says, "I guess it's probably been ripped to pieces"

DM says, "I dunno if any of you bothered with Appraise"

[tomb] Eolo says, "kidney, slightly-used"

Clem says, "Er, nope."

[tomb] Eolo says, "maybe Crumbly did"

[tomb] FinnM says, "I've got this Ioun Stone, hardly used, which is just a lousy +1 to AC which really didn't help."

[tomb] Paulie exclaims, "I have a +2 appraise bonus!"

[tomb] FinnM says, "Worth 5K."

[tomb] Paulie exclaims, "No, +4!"

[tomb] Paulie says, "But I can detect magic and identify."

FinnM says, "Let's go back to Town."

[tomb] Crumbly says, "Mine is just +3."

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Do we want to raise Crumbly first?"

[tomb] Paulie says, "Then he can search the room and corridor for loot before we leave."

[tomb] Elgran says, "ha ha"

[tomb] Crumbly says, "I died first. That was the agreement: first person to die gets resurrected."

[tomb] Paulie says, "(Think like a Munchkin.)"

[tomb] Paulie says (to Crumbly), "I mean 'first' as in 'before leaving the room'."

Clem casts Raise Dead on Crumbly's body.

[Crows-Nest] InnocentBystander says, "what's the diff between resurrection and reincarnation"

Clem says, "Er, I hope nothing attacks us in the next 10 minutes."

[Crows-Nest] InnocentBystander asks, "?"

Paulie casts Detect Magic and looks around the area.

Clem says, "On second thoughts maybe we should take this outside."

[Crows-Nest] Elgran says, "reincarnation I get a new body, potentially of a new race"

Crumbly asks, "Um. Raise Dead?"

[Crows-Nest] Elgran says, "so I will lose all my elf-related benefits"

[Crows-Nest] FinnM says, "Yes, but you may gain great new Troglodyte benefits."

DM asks, "Are you casting it or not?"

[Crows-Nest] Elgran says, "and gain, possibly, Kobold-related benefits"

Crumbly says, "OK, right."

Crumbly says, "I was confused about which was Raise Dead and which was Resurrection."

Paulie says (to Grog), "Stand guard."

Clem says, "I'll carry his body outside and then cast it."

FinnM pats Kong sadly on the way out.

DM asks, "OK, is everyone taking off?"

[Crows-Nest] InnocentBystander says, "it's random? fuh"

[tomb] Elgran asks, "hmm, what would it cost to pay someone to miracle me back into my body?"

DM says, "I assume someone snagged the collar"

FinnM takes the collar, if no one else does.

[tomb] Eolo says, "they could cast resurrect instead"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "then someone says, 'ok, before we leave, let's just look behind this door'"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "and then"

[tomb] Eolo says, "probably cheaper"

[Crows-Nest] Clem says, "Heh."

[tomb] Elgran says, "sure"

[tomb] Eolo says, "hmm"

[tomb] DM says, "And they don't even need to take your whole body back"

[tomb] Eolo says, "I guess your point is to see if you like the new body"

[tomb] Eolo says, "plus I guess raise dead by Clem would be even cheaper"

[tomb] Elgran says, "yeah"

[tomb] Elgran says, "anyway"

DM says, "OK, you all make it outside"

[tomb] Elgran says, "I don't get a vote, I'm dead"

DM asks, "You're leaving Kong's body in there?"

[tomb] Elgran says, "I would also be fine with just doing a new character"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "I'm also kind of thinking this gargoyle was like the warm-up bad guy for the tomb"

[Crows-Nest] Clem says, "Heh."

FinnM says, "Yeah, I suppose so. He would have wanted it that way."

[tomb] Elgran says, "if people want to save the reincarnate for next week"

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 says, "after you fight a few of him you get to the first boss level"

[tomb] DM says, "OK, I'm going to call it a session and you can decide what you did in the meantime before we start the next one"

Clem says, "Well, if we meet any more of those gargoyle guys, at least we now know its weaknesses and vulnerabilities."

[tomb] Elgran says (to Clem), "ha ha"

(From DM) Clem says, "...none"

RogerCarbol says, "Good game, everyone."

Clem says, "That was hilarious."

Crumbly asks, "So, next time we go in there, there's going to be a massive undead ape, right?"

RogerCarbol says, "Zombie Kong"

[tomb] DM says, "which will probably be in 2 or 3 weeks - I can only spend a whole Saturday doing this every once in a while"

DM says (to Crumbly), "ha ha"

DM says, "Nice work, everyone"

Clem asks, "Wait, you left the body?"

Paulie says, "That was fantastic, yeah."

[tomb] Elgran asks, "does damage reduction 10/- mean that an attack less than 10 doesn't hit but an attack more than 10 lands normally, or that an attack more than 10 hits for 10 less?"

DM says, "I thought for sure you were goners"

[tomb] RogerCarbol says, "It'll take me a few weeks to recover, too."

[tomb] Eolo says, "the latter"

Clem says, "Let goddamn Grog carry it, he's smug enough."

[tomb] Eolo says, "also, that's damage, right, not the attack roll"

RogerCarbol says, "I won't /stop/ Grog from taking it."

[tomb] Elgran says, "right, sorry"

DM says, "I guess the negative hit point rules make Mass Cure Light Wounds really powerful"

Grog says, "Ape try to carry Grog. So Grog can carry ape now."

Clem says (to DM), "Well we had plenty of chances to run away and abandon the dead guys."

Eolo says, "I guess that explains why it was 5th level"

Eolo says, "s/was/is/"

DM says, "since it tends to bring lots of people from unconscious to conscious all at once"

[tomb] Crumbly says, "It's subtracted from every damage roll."

RogerCarbol says, "Next time I'll prepare spells that don't suck."

Clem says, "It's pretty lucky that most of us were just disabled rather than killed."

[tomb] Paulie asks, "Where's DR in the SRD?"

DM says, "Yeah, although 10 is a decently wide range of hit points"

Clem says, "I guess at level 9 you have just enough hit points to be about 10 less than its normal damage roll."

InnocentBystander says, "now what you need is a post-op war council that discusses what went wrong"

[tomb] DM | http://www.d20srd.org/srd/naturalSpecialAbilities.htm#damageReduction

Rob_2 says, "1) They opened the door"

Paulie says (to Clem), "Well, also it stopped attacking when people fell down."

[tomb] RogerCarbol says, "Someone turn the logging thing off."

Crumbly says, "Our first mistake was going into a place called the Tomb of Horrors."

Clem says, "No, I mean when it was doing 20+ damage per attack, I think we were lucky that so few people were actually killed."

[tomb] Paulie says, "I was waiting until we finished talking."

[Crows-Nest] Rob_2 asks, "so would they have heard anything if they'd done a listen check before opening the door?"

RogerCarbol says (to Crumbly), "Without a shovel."

Clem says, "I guess it's about 50/50, and three people did die, so."

DM says (to Clem), "Yeah, although 2 were"

[D&D] nothings asks, "I was reading somewhere and someone used the phrase 'leveling their weapon' (or maybe 'wand'?) in the sense of 'aiming a gun', but I couldn't make sense of it, I mean, what, weapons getting experience points?"

DM says, "3, yeah"

[D&D] Clem says, "Heh."

[D&D] Eolo says, "ha ha"

Paulie says, "So, yeah. Next time, let's bring a shovel. And a 10ft pole."

Crumbly says, "My personal second mistake was not backing off as soon as combat started, even though I had planned to do so when I created this character."

DM says (to Crumbly), "You even had two chances!"

Elgran exclaims, "My mistake was saving grog's life. I hope he's happy!"

RogerCarbol says, "I should have cast Call Lightning a lot sooner, but I thought, cmon, the first monster can't be that tough."

Crumbly says, "We've learned our lesson there, I think."

Rob_2 says, "grog killed the monster because of your heroic sacrifice"

Clem says, "I guess I could have cast Aid, which is +1 on everyone's attack roll and -1 on its rolls."

Clem says, "But I don't think that would have hekplped all that much."

DM says (to Clem), "Yeah, that would have made a massive difference"

Rob_2 says, "on its 7 or 8 rolls per attack"

DM says, "bringing its attack roll down to +23"

Rob_2 says, "hee hee"

Clem says, "heh."

Crumbly says, "This is not the kind of dungeon where monsters have the party'd challenge rating."

InnocentBystander says, "_are_ there no good 9th level offensive combat spells, or didn't you have any, or..."

Clem says, "I can only cast 5th level spells."

DM says, "No one is a 9th level wizard or sorcerer"

Elgran says (to Innocent), "if he'd had one, he could have cast it once, so"

Rob_2 says, "hm, no wizards in the party"

RogerCarbol says, "I could have tried to hit it with a Baleful Polymorph, if I'd prepared it. That might have worked."

InnocentBystander says, "big mistake"

Crumbly says, "Next time we encounter a monster, our first priority is escape and our second priority is finding a way to get around the monster without engaging it."

Paulie says (to IB), "Paulie is Sor6/Rog3, but acid arrow seemed to be halfway decent against the thing."

Clem says, "I had one spell but it wasn't much better than my attack."

DM says, "The acid arrows totally saved your asses, yeah"

Clem says, "Guess I could have memorised a few more."

Clem says, "One lesson is that ranged weapons can be awesome, or at least ranged spells."

DM says (to Clem), "The Spiritual Weapon wasn't affected by damage reduction, though"

Clem says (to DM), "Yeah, I figured."

Paulie says (to DM), "I guess I'd have cast a few more of them if the first had hit, but we ended up winning anyway, so."

Clem says, "I also had Searing Light which does 4d8 damage."

Eolo says (to Clem), "neither you or Finn cast flame strike"

Eolo says, "which was an obvious hefty one"

InnocentBystander says, "man, party without battle mage"

Eolo says, "I guess it's hard to cast that without frying people"

Clem says, "Hmm, I didn't memorise that, but I could do so next time."

Paulie asks, "So how much XP do we get?"

InnocentBystander says, "...only to then need something completely different, of course"

Clem says, "I was figuring my role was to boost myself up, melee fight, then heal."

Crumbly says, "Not enough to get me level 9 back."

Eolo says, "yeah, that's pretty reasonable"