{"id":363,"date":"2004-08-05T16:24:00","date_gmt":"2004-08-05T20:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/?p=363"},"modified":"2004-08-05T16:24:00","modified_gmt":"2004-08-05T20:24:00","slug":"a-few-highlights-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/?p=363","title":{"rendered":"A few highlights."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more The disastrous adventure in question.  Very long.--><br \/>\n<b>OnlineHost:<\/b>\t(Vaschon) rolled 1 20-sided die:  1<br \/>\n<b>(Blasword):<\/b>\tCRap.<br \/>\n<b>(Vaschon)::\t<\/b>OMG<br \/>\n<b>(Blasword):\t<\/b>Let him reroll?<br \/>\n<b>(Blasword):<\/b>\tPlease?<br \/>\n<b>GM Cadaya:<\/b>\tWhy? (g)<br \/>\n<b>(Blasword):\t<\/b>Um.<br \/>\n<b>DRTvini:<\/b>\tNow who&#8217;s shooting WHO in the ass, eh?  Eh?<\/p>\n<p>(Later, we go back to the scene of the battle, since the Elf and Pete were there alone and, sensibly, have fled, and we see&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p><b>(Vaschon)<\/b>:\tSo there is a humanoid figure, a gaunt robed figure (Note, this is a mind flayer), a kobold, a dwarf and a wolf like creature<br \/>\n<b>GM Cadaya:<\/b>\tThe creature, seeing humanoids arriving, lets lose with a blast of energy toward the newcomers.<br \/>\n<b>GM Cadaya:<\/b>\tDwarf&#8230; make a will save.<br \/>\n<b>DR Deryka:<\/b>\tAck.<br \/>\n<b>DR Deryka:<\/b>\tWe are so out of our league.<br \/>\n<b>OnlineHost:<\/b>\tDRTvini rolled 1 20-sided die:  20<br \/>\n<b>(Blasword):<\/b>\tYES<br \/>\n<b>GM Cadaya:<\/b>\tOMG.<br \/>\n<b>(Vaschon)<\/b>:\tI mumbled that next time a mayor asks us to do something, we flip him off and go another direction<br \/>\n<b>(Blasword):<\/b>\tGO (T_BOMB)<br \/>\n<b>DR Deryka:\t<\/b>Go (Tvini)!!!!!<br \/>\n<b>DRTvini:<\/b>\tOh thank God!<br \/>\n<b>GM Cadaya:<\/b>\t(cries)<br \/>\n<b>(Vaschon):<\/b>\tWoo!<br \/>\n<b>DR Deryka<\/b>:\tYou SO rock!<br \/>\n<b>(Vaschon):<\/b>\tDwarf power<br \/>\n<b>(Blasword):<\/b>\tThats why they call her the (T-Bomb)<br \/>\n<b>DRTvini:<\/b>\tHee!<br \/>\n<b>GM Cadaya:<\/b>\tI am shocked.<br \/>\n<b>(Blasword):<\/b>\tThe DM is shocked!<br \/>\n<b>(Blasword):\t<\/b>Get him!<br \/>\n<b>DRTvini:<\/b>\tI am not!  For Dwarven  minds are notoriously rock-like.<br \/>\n<b>(Tessima):<\/b>\tAnd it&#8217;s not just their heads.<\/p>\n<p>(later&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>Blasword, whose character is hereafter christened &#8220;Pyro Pete,&#8221; decides he wants to fire a flaming crossbow bolt at the enemy.<\/p>\n<p><b>GM Cadaya:<\/b>\tAll right. Well, okay. Rogue is going to put his weapons away, kneel down, get out a flint and steel and oil, and start making a fire.<br \/>\n<b>DR Deryka:\t<\/b>Next time we stop remind me to give ya some empty sacks to tear up and make fire arrows with.<br \/>\n<b>DRTvini:<\/b>\tHaaa!<br \/>\n<b>(Vaschon):<\/b>:\tglances at Pete<br \/>\n<b>GM Cadaya:<\/b>\tEnemies&#8217; turn.<br \/>\n<b>(Blasword):<\/b>\tGood thing I&#8217;m in the back.<br \/>\n<b>DRTvini:<\/b>\tAre we at melee?<br \/>\n<b>GM Cadaya:<\/b>\tThe monsters, which do possess intelligence, realize that one of their enemies just made himself a perfect target.<br \/>\n<b>GM Cadaya:<\/b>\tThey ready their ranged weapons.<br \/>\n<b>DR Deryka:\t<\/b>Great, we&#8217;re all gonna be pincushions.<br \/>\n<b>(Vaschon):<\/b>:\tMore like Pyro Pete will be.<br \/>\n<b>(Blasword):<\/b>\tOh crap.<br \/>\n<b>DR Deryka:<\/b>\tHe&#8217;s behind the lot of us.<br \/>\n<b>(Vaschon)::<\/b>\tcasually steps aside, but discreetly.<br \/>\n<b>DRTvini:<\/b>\tglares at the cowardly, cowardly Elf.<br \/>\n<b>(Blasword)<\/b>:\tCan&#8217;t I just decide not to start a fire?<br \/>\n<b>GM Cadaya:<\/b>\tGood choice, dude.<br \/>\n<b>(Vaschon)::<\/b>\tI&#8217;m getting in a better position to shoot, Dwarf.<br \/>\n<b>(Blasword):\t<\/b>okay so roll for attack?<br \/>\n<b>DRTvini:<\/b>\tOh.  Okay then.<br \/>\n<b>GM Cadaya:<\/b>\tDepends. What are you attacking with?<br \/>\n<b>(Blasword)<\/b>:\tmy crossbow of doom<br \/>\n<b>GM Cadaya:<\/b>\tGo for it.<br \/>\n<b>OnlineHost:<\/b>\t(Blasword) rolled 1 20-sided die:  1<br \/>\n<b>(Blasword):\t<\/b>Ah crap.<br \/>\n<b>(Vaschon)::<\/b>\tAnother ass shot.<br \/>\n<b>(Vaschon)::\t<\/b>sigh<br \/>\n<b>(Blasword):<\/b>\tI was better of with a fire.<br \/>\n<b>DRTvini:<\/b>\tGreat.<br \/>\n<b>GM Cadaya:<\/b>\tMake a dexterity check. <g><br \/>\n<b>(Vaschon):<\/b>:\tremember!  I moved.<br \/>\n<b>DRTvini:<\/b>\tCan we have ONE session where someone doesn&#8217;t shoot someone else in the ass?<br \/>\n<b>OnlineHost:<\/b>\t(Blasword) rolled 1 20-sided die:  8<br \/>\n<b>(Tessima):<\/b>\tApparently not.<\/p>\n<p>(Having killed the gnoll, dwarf, and kobold, we discover that the mind flayer and humanoid figure have disappeared through a teleporter via two pedestals on the floor.  I am feeling buoyed by my spate of 20&#8217;s.)<\/p>\n<p><b>DRTvini:<\/b>\tI say, &#8220;If that creature is responsible for the enslavement of my Dwarven brothers and sisters, I will not let it live!&#8221;<br \/>\n<b>(Tessima):<\/b>\tI gaze blankly at the Dwarf.<br \/>\n<b>(Vaschon):<\/b>:\tPreach on sister Dwarf.<br \/>\n<b>DRTvini:<\/b>\tAnd then I stand on the western pedestal.  I&#8217;m a doer, not a thinker.<br \/>\n<b>(Blasword)::<\/b>\tWhat if that was his sword!<br \/>\n<b>(Tessima):<\/b>\tI shriek and follow the Dwarf. I don&#8217;t go anywhere without her.<br \/>\n<b>(Blasword):<\/b>\tWe must return it! If only for the duration in which he uses it to slay the MindFlayer!<br \/>\n<b>(Tessima):\t<\/b>I yell for the Cleric.<br \/>\n<b>GM Cadaya:<\/b>\t&#8230; oh my god. You&#8217;re taking on a mind flayer.<br \/>\n<b>GM Cadaya:<\/b>\tOoookay.<br \/>\n<b>DR Deryka:<\/b>\tLet&#8217;s go rest first.<br \/>\n<b>(Vaschon)::<\/b>\tYou only live once<br \/>\n<b>DRTvini:<\/b>\tWhat!  It&#8217;s gotta be injured, right?<br \/>\n<b>DR Deryka:<\/b>\tThen I&#8217;ll have healing spells.<br \/>\n<b>(Vaschon):<\/b>:\tGood idea cleric<br \/>\n<b>GM Cadaya:<\/b>\tWell, dwarf and mage already stepped on the pedestal and vanished.<br \/>\n<b>DRTvini:<\/b>\tPfah.  Weaklings.<br \/>\n<b>GM Cadaya:<\/b>\tYou guys are fucking nuts.<\/p>\n<p>(Everybody piles onto the teleporter.  sniff.  I love you guys.)<\/p>\n<p><b>GM Cadaya:<\/b>\tYou appear in a large cavern. In the background, you see plenty of hot lava flows.<br \/>\n<b>GM Cadaya:<\/b>\tIt appears that a humanoid body is floating downriver in one of them.<br \/>\n<b>DRTvini:<\/b>\tToasty!<br \/>\n<b>DRTvini:<\/b>\tUh-oh.<br \/>\n<b>GM Cadaya:<\/b>\tStanding before you is a mind flayer.<br \/>\n<b>(Tessima):<\/b>\tUh oh.<br \/>\n<b>DR Deryka:<\/b>\tI jump back on the platform.<br \/>\n<b>DRTvini:<\/b>\tIs there another pedestal beside us?<br \/>\n<b>GM Cadaya:<\/b>\tNothing happens.<br \/>\n<b>DR Deryka:\t<\/b>Shriek!!!<\/p>\n<p>(&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p><b>DRTvini:<\/b>\tIs it melee close?<br \/>\n<b>(Vaschon):<\/b>:\tI look at the Dwarf and say, &#8220;It was good while it lasted.  Fight well&#8221;<br \/>\n<b>Cadaya:<\/b>\tSure, why the hell not.<br \/>\n<b>OnlineHost:<\/b>\tDRTvini rolled 1 20-sided die:  4<br \/>\n<b>(Vaschon)<\/b>::\tgroan<br \/>\n<b>DRTvini:<\/b>\tum. that was practice.<br \/>\n<b>DR Deryka:<\/b>\tHee.<br \/>\n<b>GM Cadaya:<\/b>\tNo, that was missing. (smirk)<br \/>\n<b>DRTvini:<\/b>\tD&#8217;oh!<\/p>\n<p>(&#8230;everybody rolls to make a will save to keep from being stunned&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p><b>DRTvini:<\/b>\tNow, see, when we started in here, I didn&#8217;t know they could do that auto-kill thing.<br \/>\n<b>Cadaya:<\/b>\tElf and Dwarf are fine. Everyone else is stunned for 10 rounds.<br \/>\n<b>(Blasword):\t<\/b>&#8230;<br \/>\n<b>(Tessima):\t<\/b>I blame the Dwarf, who knows I worship the ground she walks on.<br \/>\n<b>(Tessima):<\/b>\tHey, 15 is nice!<br \/>\n<b>DRTvini:\t<\/b>I ponder getting back on the pedestal.<\/p>\n<p>(Elf gets in a hit on the mind flayer, which then sees him as the greatest threat, grapples him, and proceeds to begin sucking his brain out.  He fails to escape from the grapple.)<\/p>\n<p><b>(Vaschon):<\/b>\tMarty stop standing around and kick it&#8217;s ass!<br \/>\n<b>DRTvini:<\/b>\tElf&#8217;s going to have unsightly suction circles on his face.<br \/>\n<b>DR Deryka:\t<\/b>So, new adventure sounds good.<\/p>\n<p>(Elf tries again to escape..)<\/p>\n<p><b>Cadaya:<\/b>\tElf is dead.<br \/>\n<b>OnlineHost:<\/b>\tDRTvini rolled 1 20-sided die:  19<br \/>\n<b>DRTvini:<\/b>\tThere we go.<br \/>\n<b>(Vaschon):<\/b>:\tthis should be round 4<br \/>\n<b>DRTvini:<\/b>\tWhat??<br \/>\n<b>(Vaschon)::<\/b>\tomg<br \/>\n<b>(Blasword):\t<\/b>dead?<br \/>\n<b>DR Deryka:<\/b>\tHe extracted his brain.<br \/>\n<b>DRTvini:<\/b>\tNo!  He&#8217;s not dead!  He&#8217;s just sucked!<br \/>\n<b>Cadaya:<\/b>\tYes. He is now dead.<br \/>\n<b>(Blasword):<\/b>\tomh<br \/>\n<b>(Vaschon):<\/b>:\tow<br \/>\n<b>DRTvini:<\/b>\tWait, they can do that?<br \/>\n<b>Cadaya:<\/b>\tYes. I did say this beforehand, too. (G)<br \/>\n<b>(Blasword)<\/b>:\twhat do they do with the brains?<br \/>\n<b>(Vaschon):<\/b>:\tglares his last dying glance at Marty.<\/p>\n<p>(This leaves me the only one who can act.  The flayer grapples me, I break free, and then we have another go.)<\/p>\n<p><b>Cadaya:<\/b>\tThe mind flayer looks at dwarf, and uses its psionic power.<br \/>\n<b>Cadaya:<\/b>\tMake a will save.<br \/>\n<b>DRTvini:<\/b>\tHa!  I have no mind!<br \/>\n<b>(Blasword):<\/b>\toh god<br \/>\n<b>OnlineHost:<\/b>\tDRTvini rolled 1 20-sided die:  1<br \/>\n<b>(Blasword):\t<\/b>NO<br \/>\n<b>DRTvini:<\/b>\t&#8230;anymore.<br \/>\n<b>(Blasword):<\/b>\tlet her roll again? for the sake of um&#8230;everything?<br \/>\n<b>Cadaya:<\/b>\tThe mind flayer suggests that you feel awfully dirty, and you sure could use a nice bath in that fountain over there.<br \/>\n<b>(Vaschon):<\/b>:\tappears before Marty saying, &#8220;I&#8217;ve come to take you with me.&#8221;<br \/>\n<b>DRTvini:<\/b>\tGosh, that bath sounds like a great idea!<br \/>\n<b>(Tessima):<\/b>\tHah.<br \/>\n<b>DR Deryka<\/b>:\tFried Dwarf.<br \/>\n<b>DRTvini:<\/b>\tBut first, I strip down.<br \/>\n<b>DRTvini:<\/b>\tDown to my filthy Dwarven skivvies.<br \/>\n<b>DR Deryka:\t<\/b>Wise Dwarf.<br \/>\n<b>(Blasword)<\/b>:\tnow Daisy will have more pants.<br \/>\n<b>DRTvini:<\/b>\tThen I stroll over to the fountain and test it with my toe.<br \/>\n<b>DR Deryka:<\/b>\tAnd someone will have a masterwork bastie.<br \/>\n<b>DRTvini:<\/b>\tHuh.  I wonder why my toe is gone.<br \/>\n<b>(Blasword):\t<\/b>We love you Marty.<br \/>\n<b>DRTvini:<\/b>\tOh, well.<br \/>\n<b>DR Deryka:<\/b>\tVery warm fountain?<br \/>\n<b>DRTvini:\t<\/b>I hold my nose and jump in!<br \/>\n<b>(Tessima):<\/b>\tI look STUNNED.<br \/>\n<b>Cadaya:\t<\/b>Marty is no more.<\/p>\n<p>Again, guys, really really sorry.  D&#8217;oh!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}