TURTLEDOME!: Battle Bone (DM: KenHood, Judge: Lord S.)

[mohalloran]

[sblock=KenHood]I was waiting for Finnian, however, if I don't post now, we'll be stuck here forever...[/sblock]

[sblock=Lab]"Vaunea get plant. Finnian come? Vaunea go alone?" And with those words, Vaunea departs from the house and heads towards the house Mikey told him about.[/sblock]

 

[Atanatotatos]

Cough! Very well, I see you are entranced with your admirers. I'll go see Swillwort. We'll meet later. and saying so, Hadarai walks off.

[sblock=ken]well, I was waiting for some kind of response from FitD, but at this point I'd say Hadarai can go see the wizard on his own...[/sblock]

 

[Atanatotatos]

double post.

 

[Reklaw]

[sblock=Kenhood]How about prestidigitation to move 1 lb, three at a time? I'm sure the rope isn't strong enough that each individual strand can withstand three pounds of force right? Could I use that to slowly break apart the rope? Starting with the rope that is tied about my wrists, breaking it in a way that doesn't put pressure on the pressure sensitive rope behind my body?
While doing this... or not...
Drivan chokes out, his throat raspy from the temporary strangling he suffered. "Why do you guys need to go into the Turtledome now? Why can't you just wait?"[/sblock]

[sblock=Everyone]I've been working on a game world for awhile and finally started up a wiki. The only art I have is the map which isn't finished yet but was curious if anyone had some input? Thanks![/sblock]

 

[fireinthedust]

[sblock=I blame the ENnies!] I havn't been able to get on since the last post. My various computers simply don't load the page; I can go everywhere else, just not ENworld. This is the first time.

Sorry for the delay is all I'm saying

also, you'll see I wanted to roll diplomacy on the crowd again, but Invisible Castle isn't working for me. I vote auto-success!
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[Hadarai and Kenhood] Emral takes his time signing the woman's midriff, being careful to be appreciative without being offensive as he does so. Hello there! So who do I make this out to? he grins, winking at her. If you want more, let me know. My friends and I are helping out the Dusty Quill, so come on by, support the effort. When all this is over I might even do some tattoo designs, sell them through the shop.

When finished wooing the crowd, he turns back to Hadarai. Sorry, I had my hands full... with the best crowd I've ever seen! (pause for applause, oh how the crowd eats it up, and they deserve it those sexy bastards!) But you're right, let's go get some magic for the fight. Maybe a magic dagger, or some skeleton-repellant armor I can wear?

 

[KenHood]

Outside the Plant House

[sblock=Vaunea and Finnian Only]Without a word, Finnian follows Vaunea out of the lab.

You walk down the street and find the house to which Uncle Mikey directed you.

In the front yard, you see a pair of halfling children at play. As Vaunea approaches, they stop playing with their toys and watch her, a display of curiousity.

The back yard, where Mikey told you the plant was located is surrounded by a tall, wooden fence. It's got to be one of the bushes in the middle of the yard.

The two dogs are sleeping...at the moment.

See attached map...

Skill Challenge: Get the Secret Ingredient
BEGIN!
Level: 1; Complexity: 2 -- 6 Successes, 4 Failures
Each player must post a turn, then a 'round' in the challenge ends.
(In other words, no posting a whole bunch of skill checks in a row.)
Mo, since we haven't heard from weldon in a while, you can run Finnian.​

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[KenHood]

At the Pavilion outside TURTLEDOME!

[sblock=Emral and Hadarai Only]

Emral takes his time signing the woman's midriff, being careful to be appreciative without being offensive as he does so. Hello there! So who do I make this out to? he grins, winking at her. If you want more, let me know. My friends and I are helping out the Dusty Quill, so come on by, support the effort. When all this is over I might even do some tattoo designs, sell them through the shop.

The girl titters and says to sign "With love for..." and her name.

Diplomacy Check: 1d20+9=18​

The crowd cheers and laughs and carouses in response.

Cough! Very well, I see you are entranced with your admirers. I'll go see Swillwort. We'll meet later. and saying so, Hadarai walks off.

When finished wooing the crowd, he turns back to Hadarai. Sorry, I had my hands full... with the best crowd I've ever seen! (pause for applause, oh how the crowd eats it up, and they deserve it those sexy bastards!) But you're right, let's go get some magic for the fight. Maybe a magic dagger, or some skeleton-repellant armor I can wear?

The crowd whines in disapproval as Emral turns to leave.

Just as he catches up to Hadarai, the Skull Lord appears in a flash of light and puff of smoke. He bows before Hadarai and Emral.

"Hello!" the three heads say as one, "In case you've forgotten..."

"I'm Ned," says the leftmost skull.

"I'm Ted," says the rightmost skull.

"And I'm Fred," says the middle skull.

"Not that we'd imply that getting punched in the jibbly bits causes memory loss," says the rightmost skull, Ted.

"Though I might suggest that exposure to bizarre alternate universes whilst crawling in an elderly person's ear canal could," says the leftmost skull, Ned.

"Anyhoo, gentleman...and Hadarai," says the middle skull, Fred, whilst the other two skulls snicker, "Surely, you're not planning on leaving without stepping up on stage..."

The Skull Lord sweeps up and places an arm over your shoulders, Hadarai on its left and Emral on its right. The head closest to you leans over and grins in your face.

At least, you think it's grinning. Hard to tell without flesh.

"...and addressing your loyal fans?" says Fred.

You hear the crowd roar in response.

The Skull Lord pulls you back towards the tent.

"Actually, it's more like they're your fans," says Ted in a stage whisper to Emral.

Ned gives Hadrai a bracing hug and says, "Yeah. They hate your guts."[/sblock]

 

[KenHood]

In an Undisclosed, Cramped Location

[sblock=Drivan Only]You manifest force and attempt to pluck apart the cord, using the tip of your finger as a guide, since you lack line of sight. The cord strums and jerks, sending flashes of pain to your eyelids. You're sure that if you could separate the cord into individual threads, you could probably snap it with prestidigitation, but as a whole, the rope resists your efforts.

OOC: Try something else...

Drivan chokes out, his throat raspy from the temporary strangling he suffered. "Why do you guys need to go into the TURTLEDOME! now? Why can't you just wait?"

You find that as you say the word, 'TURTLEDOME!', it comes out with surprising force, almost strangling you.

You hear footsteps, muffled by the hood over your head and whatever you're inside at the moment. Olivia speaks, sounding as if she's standing behind a wall or door, "Why do you think? Money, of course. We've got a good team and unique advantage. A little while ago, when raiding an abandoned temple, we came over a magical lens that transmutes any sort of elemental energy into divine radiance. We could mop up those skeletons in no time."

She pauses. "By the way, I hope you don't have to go to the bathroom any time soon. There's no way I'll be able to convince my companions to let you out of this chest after your escape attempt."[/sblock]

 

[fireinthedust]

[sblock=Hadarai and Kenhood]

The girl titters and says to sign "With love for..." and her name.

Oh, I'll sign with love, luv; just you wait (winks) He draws a curly "Emral" arcane symbol, and a couple cherry-blossom flowers, and the address of the Hanged Man tavern and his room number.

The crowd whines in disapproval as Emral turns to leave.

Emral suddenly spins back around and points to the crowd with both fists, flexing his pectorals (bam bam bam bam bam ladies!)

"Actually, it's more like they're your fans,"

says Ted in a stage whisper to Emral.

Ned gives Hadrai a bracing hug and says, "Yeah. They hate your guts."

Hey, that's because they don't know him yet. He's got his bumps and scuffs, yeah I know it like they do... but give him a chance and he'll show the world how cool he is when the two of us, and all our buddies take on the Legion of Bone in the TURTLEDOME!this week! (sponsored by the Dusty Quill)

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[sblock=Drivan only?!] Woo, a magic item that creates Radient energy out of Elemental energy!!! and potentially clues to where they got it from, that could help Emral out with his backstory in a level or two, who knows. I wonder who could use one of those?! ok, hushhhhh...

Also: checked out the wiki. It's great, but I don't know that you need to put the stats for PC dwarves unless you're changing them. It's nice, but if I'm looking at it, I likely already have the PHB, right?
Are you going traditional races only?

I like the cosmology of the planets. Why is the world called that, and is it a forest planet? It looks from what I read like the Elves play heavily into it, and I'm expecting a lot of woods on that continent.

My setting (which I put in my signature) has the solar system (well, not Solar, but planet's system sounds scifi) as the Planes. Ie: the gods have a planet each as their domains, and to travel between them is the Astral Sea. The Primordial Chaos is deep beneath the Prime world's surface, so when you get through the Underdark you're eventually going to get there, then to the Abyss. Kinda fun so far. Your setting reminded me of it, and that I have to run my group through another session!
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[KenHood]

At the Pavilion outside TURTLEDOME!

[sblock=Shhhhh!]Okay. Yeah. Sure. EVERYBODY probably reads the posts for other characters, but you have--AT LEAST--to pretend that you DON'T when you post anything that I can read. It's one of those little polite lies that makes society function so well.

Though it would probably function a lot better if we could really carry swords and stab people with whom we disagree.

Or dislike.

Or just feel like stabbing for no good reason at all.

Anyway...

An armed society is a polite society!

P. S.
If you're one of my DM's, I NEVER, EVER read the stuff intended only for other players.[/sblock]

[sblock=Hadarai and Emral Only]

Hey, that's because they don't know him yet. He's got his bumps and scuffs, yeah I know it like they do... but give him a chance and he'll show the world how cool he is when the two of us, and all our buddies take on the Legion of Bone in the TURTLEDOME!this week! (sponsored by the Dusty Quill)

"Pshaw," says the leftmost skull.

"Yeah. Like OUR opinion matters," says the rightmost skull.

"It does," says the leftmost skull, "But only to us."

"True. True," says the rightmost skull.

"It's not us you have to convince," says the middle skull, as the Skull Lord propels you back into the pavilion and towards the stage, "It's them!"

The crowd yells in frenzied response.

"And you might want to make that explanation extra-good," says Fred, "Because the Approvalometer is creating some interesting psychic iconography for the Legion's use in your upcoming battle."

"You ain't kiddin'!," says the rightmost skull, "I saw one that will permit those skeletons to punch you right in your bathing suit area, just like the crazy old halfling did!"

"Uh-huh! And you guys are going to have a dealy-o-diddly-doo of a time trying to get that Approvalometer on green with the crowd's current perception of You-Know-Who," says the leftmost skull, surreptitiiously pointing a thumb at Hadarai.

OOC: If you want to escape, you have one action to do so. Otherwise, we're going to jump into a skill challenge![/sblock]