Aug 27, 2021 5:30 am
What are Jon and bear doing now that they're in front of the tunnel carved from the stone?
Dungeon World - Reverse Dungeon RP
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Jon
Aug 27, 2021 5:54 am
Jon
Aug 28, 2021 4:05 am
Jon passes through the archway into a room that could hold several of the Cathedral of Containing within it. Four massive columns hold the ceiling in near obscurity, with massive braziers on each side of the columns providing light to the room. The thudding thunders around him, shaking his body.
The sound comes from a Golem walking around on the other side of the room, bound by a thick chain to the far wall. A doorway similar to the one you stand in lies between it's feet. Stuck in it's leg is a sword, and it seems to be causing the Golem to walk haltingly.
What do you do?
The sound comes from a Golem walking around on the other side of the room, bound by a thick chain to the far wall. A doorway similar to the one you stand in lies between it's feet. Stuck in it's leg is a sword, and it seems to be causing the Golem to walk haltingly.
What do you do?
OOC:
Feel free to ask questions about the scene. Might give me inspiration and make your view clearer.
Jon
Aug 28, 2021 7:58 am
Jon
He would like that sword, but does not want to risk it till he has a sword.
The goblins appear to have had the right idea by making an alternate exit from the room. Jon is more inclined to use that and skip the golem. With that in mind he quietly returns to his companions to get their opinion.
"There is a golem in there, 'guarding' the doorway out." He explains. "But the goblins --I assume-- have dug a tunnel that avoids it."
"Oh, the golem has a sword stuck in its leg." Jon says, aiming this at Edwyn. "And does not look happy about it.
"You like to talk." Jon says in a massive understatement. "I did not want to presume, maybe you want to talk to the golem --do you speak 'golem'? nevermind. There is that story you tell about the mouse and the lion, the one where the lion does not eat the mouse after it takes the thorn from its paw, even though I told you it would not work that way.
"You want to test the theory?" Jon asks.
Aug 28, 2021 5:07 pm
With a successful defy danger roll, the sword can be retrieved. Failure will mean some damage for whoever attempts the roll.
Aug 28, 2021 11:44 pm
"It's not being eaten I'd be worried about, with a golem," says Edwyn. "How does the rhyme go?"
Not waiting for an invitation, he hums:
"The golem's mouth is not the worst
but his prospect is still grim.
He hungers not, nor does he thirst,
But he might detach a limb."
Edwyn dearly misses his mandolin.
To Jon he says, "Did you see what it's made of? And was the sword one of ours, or another?"
Not waiting for an invitation, he hums:
"The golem's mouth is not the worst
but his prospect is still grim.
He hungers not, nor does he thirst,
But he might detach a limb."
Edwyn dearly misses his mandolin.
To Jon he says, "Did you see what it's made of? And was the sword one of ours, or another?"
Last edited August 28, 2021 11:44 pm
Aug 29, 2021 3:49 am
"Must be a pretty impressive sword to wound a golem." Gareth points out. "Not sure I'd want to face golem to get one though." While Jon and Edwyn discuss it, Gareth takes a look down the goblin tunnel for any signs of life.
Jon
Aug 29, 2021 9:12 am
Jon
At Gareth's point Jon shows a little more interest. "It is chained up." He says. "If you want to distract it, I can try snatch the sword out."
Aug 30, 2021 3:17 pm
"Distract it, eh?" Gareth muses. "I'll want to be a little faster then." Gareth takes a moment to ground himself in the bits of nature around him. His form blurs and twists in on itself until a large brown feathered hawk, called the swamp eagle by some, appears before them.
Rolls
Call Upon the Spirits to Change Shape - (2d6+2)
(63) + 2 = 11
Jon
Aug 30, 2021 3:36 pm
Jon
Aug 30, 2021 11:53 pm
Edwyn is likewise impressed by Gareth's transformation, though unsettled as always: it demonstrates an affinity for the wild, for the forces of birth and transformation, which is deeply foreign to him.
And he feels naked without his mandolin - invoking the magical powers of song without it in his hand, and with it the implied support of his father's line of Bards, feels awkward and strange.
Furthermore the melody will be a challenge. A true song to help a Ranger take aid from a giant hawk should really take its melody from something in the Songs of Earth and Wind. He learned the songs from his father as a boy, but now they connect to painful memories, ones he'd rather not stir up.
But what else to do?
Edwyn grits his teeth, takes the melody from The Battle of the Birds and Bears, and inverts it into a song of aid. The original is a martial tune, but inverting it straightforwardly would be too plaintive, so he augments the minor third and sixth to give it a more optimistic and spirited edge. Drawing deep to invest his unaccompanied voice with more weight than he usually has to, Edwyn sings to smooth the way for Jon and Bear to receive Gareth's aid.
And he feels naked without his mandolin - invoking the magical powers of song without it in his hand, and with it the implied support of his father's line of Bards, feels awkward and strange.
Furthermore the melody will be a challenge. A true song to help a Ranger take aid from a giant hawk should really take its melody from something in the Songs of Earth and Wind. He learned the songs from his father as a boy, but now they connect to painful memories, ones he'd rather not stir up.
But what else to do?
Edwyn grits his teeth, takes the melody from The Battle of the Birds and Bears, and inverts it into a song of aid. The original is a martial tune, but inverting it straightforwardly would be too plaintive, so he augments the minor third and sixth to give it a more optimistic and spirited edge. Drawing deep to invest his unaccompanied voice with more weight than he usually has to, Edwyn sings to smooth the way for Jon and Bear to receive Gareth's aid.
OOC:
I only roll once Gareth helps Jon, right? Aug 31, 2021 5:31 am
Gareth, you have 3 hold and new moves:
* Strike from above
*Reveal nature's wisdom
Instinct: if you roll 6-
*Your hunger drives you to hunt.
Edwyn begin to sing The Battle of the Birds and the Bears, a rousing song normally when accompanied by instruments, yet performed deeply profound without. Edwyn voice echoes off the walls and the golem turns toward the sound, it's focus is now on you Edwyn.
Jon, with a successful *Strike from Above roll from Gareth, you'll have a +4 to your defy danger roll.
* Strike from above
*Reveal nature's wisdom
Instinct: if you roll 6-
*Your hunger drives you to hunt.
Edwyn begin to sing The Battle of the Birds and the Bears, a rousing song normally when accompanied by instruments, yet performed deeply profound without. Edwyn voice echoes off the walls and the golem turns toward the sound, it's focus is now on you Edwyn.
Jon, with a successful *Strike from Above roll from Gareth, you'll have a +4 to your defy danger roll.
Aug 31, 2021 5:34 am
OOC:
Gareth, before you changed shape you had been looking down the goblin tunnel. How far into it did you go? Just peek your head beyond the threshold, fully step inside(5fy) or walk in a short distance(10ft)?Aug 31, 2021 9:28 am
OOC:
Since I moved on so quickly, just a peek inside. Also, can you specify what Stat I roll for the new moves?Aug 31, 2021 2:50 pm
OOC:
*Strike from Above would use Dex, *Reveal Nature's Wisdom will use Wis(shocker), and *Your Hunger Drives You to Hunt will use Cha as it is your will against your instinct.Sep 10, 2021 12:05 pm
Gareth shuffles from side to side on his talons then launches into the air. He streaks up as close to the ceiling as he can get and then dives at the golem, wheeling about his head.
OOC: Spending a hold to Strike from above to aid Jon.
OOC: Spending a hold to Strike from above to aid Jon.
Rolls
Aid - (2d6+1)
(43) + 1 = 8
Jon
Sep 18, 2021 4:42 am
Jon
Rolls
Defy Danger (grab sword from out of golem) with extra helpful help - (2d6+4)
(22) + 4 = 8