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D&D II Act Two Scene I - The Tower

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  • #182
    OldGoat
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    Fourier wrote: »
    "I won't lie and deny my interest in the concert, but such things do not equal the worth of a potion of the great Retula...tell you what. Six floors up there is a door of Marble, long sealed. A Bard and only a Bard could open it, well outside of a powerful Wizard.

    Let me place a geasa on you to open that door and we have a deal"
    "Done.
    ...
    I don't suppose you'd be interested in being a patron of the festival at all would you? We can always use extra sponsorship. You could have your logo on the backdrop and half a page in the festival program."

    After negotiations and idle chat Mags moves back out of the room into the hallway waiting to see if anyone else is going up to the higher floors.

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



  • #183
    Fourier
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    OldGoat wrote: »
    "Done.
    ...
    I don't suppose you'd be interested in being a patron of the festival at all would you? We can always use extra sponsorship. You could have your logo on the backdrop and half a page in the festival program."

    After negotiations and idle chat Mags moves back out of the room into the hallway waiting to see if anyone else is going up to the higher floors.
    The green glow of a geasa overtakes Mags and afterward he and the snake arrange sponsorship details, the snake informs him that the tower's 22nd floor might have something just right for the festival.


  • #184
    Banjo
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    Fourier wrote: »
    **Indeed, 40% more**

    "Thats a whole lot of quarts, right? Right? Oh maaa-aaaags!" She singsongs, but he's gone. Never mind.
    "Wait a sec there, Mr Hiss, what was that you said about a ' potion of the great Retula'? What do these potions do and...uh... Tell me more about how great I am!"


  • #185
    Fourier
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    Banjo wrote: »
    "Thats a whole lot of quarts, right? Right? Oh maaa-aaaags!" She singsongs, but he's gone. Never mind.
    "Wait a sec there, Mr Hiss, what was that you said about a ' potion of the great Retula'? What do these potions do and...uh... Tell me more about how great I am!"
    "The potions are distilled from your essence. Ursula took...will take...I'm never sure, a great interest in you. She used to say you two are similar"


  • #186
    Banjo
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    "eeeeew! Me-juice?? Thats gross."

    She sniffs a bottle then sniffs her pits trying to gauge the vintage. More science needed, methinks. Jeremy might be able to figure out if it was from future her or past her... No , she knew the answer would be "JEREMY!" - Waste of time asking.

    "So hey - you look familiar. With a capital F. Your kind often sign up for henchman duty or are you just a popular shape?"
    She fiddles with her quartz portal ring while talking.


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  • #187
    Fourier
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    Banjo wrote: »
    "So hey - you look familiar. With a capital F. Your kind often sign up for henchman duty or are you just a popular shape?"
    She fiddles with her quartz portal ring while talking.
    "Think over our conversation. I'll say no more"


  • #188
    Banjo
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    "but that would.. no wait then... Does that make you... But then I'd have to... Oh ****lemuckles. Ok. Good chat. Be seeing you. No wait, let's never speak again - yeah, that would be better. "

    She take her RJ flask and leaves via the lab.

    "So, guys, dolls and neanderthals. Magic silvery door or head back upstairs?"


  • #189
    Banjo
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    "you know, you really notice the caked on blood when you haven't been in the room a while. Why aren't we more worried about the caked on blood?"

    She catches Hetyaro's look.

    "What?? I didn't say a word!



    New-guy can taste it!"


  • #190
    OldGoat
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    Banjo wrote: »
    "Thats a whole lot of quarts, right? Right? Oh maaa-aaaags!"
    From just outside the door in the corridor,
    "Wot?"
    She singsongs, but he's gone. Never mind.
    "OK then."
    Muttering to himself, "Women, unfathomable at the best of times. Probably looking for nearly an armful of blood or something."
    "So, guys, dolls and neanderthals. Magic silvery door or head back upstairs?"
    "I'd like to go up."

    Mags recites the litany of Grace, Brothers in Freedom, Serving You.
    "Ground floor:
    Perfumery, stationary, and leather goods, wigs and haberdashery, kitchenware and food. Going up...

    First floor:
    Telephones, gents ready made suits, shirts, suits, ties, hats, underwear, and shoes. Going up...

    Second floor:
    Carpets, travel goods, and bedding, materials, soft furnishings, restaurants, and ties. Going up..."
    To which he adds,
    "Sixth floor, big marble doors. Twentieth floor, a new band or singer or something."

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



  • #191
    Banjo
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    "Twenty floors??? This reminds me of that time T'Clsee needed 15 gp for these to-die-for spike-toed boots and like she didn't want to go alone but there was this centaur dude and he was getting life-bonded in the morning and anyway, 20 floors..."

    She whistles and looks up.

    "How big does this thing get?

    So yeah, like she got the boots in the end but they were too big and totally uncomfortable, and I just felt awkward watching her wobble around like that... so I guess that's karma?"


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  • #192
    Fourier
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    Evade wrote: »
    "This one?" Iuric holds up the azure one "What does it do?"
    "Temporary immortality, though after yer weak as a puppy"


  • #193
    Evade
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    Fourier wrote: »
    "Temporary immortality, though after yer weak as a puppy"
    "Do you happen to know if it renders you immune harm or merely able to quickly overcome it?"


  • #194
    Fourier
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    Evade wrote: »
    "Do you happen to know if it renders you immune harm or merely able to quickly overcome it?"
    "Immune lad, you could be dunked in lava without a scratch"


  • #195
    Evade
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    Fourier wrote: »
    "Immune lad, you could be dunked in lava without a scratch"
    "That could be quite useful. Although the other scenario could have been more versatile"


  • #196
    Banjo
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    "when you two lovebirds are done jawing, we headed up or does anyone want to check if that mystical silvery door is electrified? Hey P! Lick the walls! Who's blood is that. 1 ep says Of+ secreter!"


  • #197
    OldGoat
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    Mags (cautiously) climbs the stairs to the landing of the first floor and has a look to see what he can see.

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



  • #198
    Fourier
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    OldGoat wrote: »
    Mags (cautiously) climbs the stairs to the landing of the first floor and has a look to see what he can see.
    About halfway up the stairs, Mags notices the remaining steps hum with a potent spell.


  • #199
    OldGoat
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    Fourier wrote: »
    About halfway up the stairs, Mags notices the remaining steps hum with a potent spell.
    Backing down a few steps Mags decides to wait for one of the halflings to go ahead.

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



  • #200
    Banjo
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    Retula pokes the thiefy halfling in the back.
    "Adventure beckons, halfpint! Let's go be heroes"

    While waiting for the halflings to do her thing, she has a go of using Identify (r) in case it's a permanent magical effect rather than a trap.

    Ooc : when the time comes, happy to interrupt the ritual to apply Guidance on the little yoke for a little buff.


  • #201
    OldGoat
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    "Watch yer step there halfling. It might not be as straightforward as it looks. Bad juju."
    Mags backs down another step or two.

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



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  • #202
    Fourier
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    The halfling adjusts his backpack on his shoulders a bit and takes a deep breath.

    "This is why I left the Shire...for adventure...wish me luck guys"

    Gholz runs up the stairs as fast as his legs can carry him.

    At the third step from the top he halts, his flesh is stripped from his musculature and atomised, then the muscles shrivel brown and rot off his skeletal frame.

    The skeleton, weighed down by his internal organs, falls backward down the stairs, the digestive organs spilling onto the ground.

    "GHOLZ!!!" the other halflings shout and begin weeping at his corpse.

    Karinth places a hand on Mags's shoulder.

    "Better them than you Bard"


  • #203
    Banjo
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    "wait, weren't they supposed to be the experts at disarming traps?"

    Retula tuts disgustedly.

    " If we wanted someone to just step on the trap to see what it does we have other resources. I wonder if it's still active?

    oh Ciiiiiiitraaaaaaaa!" She calls back down the stairs.


  • #204
    OldGoat
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    Fourier wrote: »
    "Better them than you Bard"
    "My thoughts too."

    Mags waits for the dragon to walk up the stairs.

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



  • #205
    Fourier
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    Banjo wrote: »
    "wait, weren't they supposed to be the experts at disarming traps?"

    Retula tuts disgustedly.

    " If we wanted someone to just step on the trap to see what it does we have other resources. I wonder if it's still active?

    oh Ciiiiiiitraaaaaaaa!" She calls back down the stairs.
    "We are, why didn't he check?"

    The other halflings sob.

    Citra looks up the stairs.

    "No problem...hold on"

    She walks up the stairs and just before the third step the same process happens to her, the skeleton collapsing back down, the organs themselves atomised in her case.


  • #206
    Banjo
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    "Right-o. Stroupy, you next and then I can go home.

    H, check in with she who must be obeyed. Is the dragon dead or just moved to another state or location?"


  • #207
    Fourier
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    Banjo wrote: »
    "Right-o. Stroupy, you next and then I can go home.

    H, check in with she who must be obeyed. Is the dragon dead or just moved to another state or location?"
    "Wait, I'm not going up that damn set of stairs"

    Hetyaro doesn't seem to be responding. Ser Boros looks around.

    "Where is your bird Retula?"


  • #208
    Banjo
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    "she's not my bird. I'm her person. Look, she can't die so either she's been taken - in which case she knows to kill herself and she'll be returned to me - or she's lost, in which case she knows to kill herself and she'll be returned to me. It's a solid system. But if you see anyone with a five foot feathery lump under their shirt let me know."

    Retula gathers Citras bones. Outlander force of habit. Are they dragons or humanoid?

    "Stroupy, you don't have to walk up those stairs, but bear in mind that the dragon did it without saying goodbye, so she knew something we didn't. Are you saying she had a better handle on magic than you?"


  • #209
    sKeith
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    Sarric checks for other exits, some other way to ascend, without using the stairs.


  • #210
    Evade
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    Iuric tosses a javelin onto the step where the halfling died and thinks back to the annual Gnome tossing contest in the provincial capitol and if halflings would cover the same distance.


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  • #211
    Fourier
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    sKeith wrote: »
    Sarric checks for other exits, some other way to ascend, without using the stairs.
    Checking about the place, he finds no other exit.


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