Episode 2

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DMJ

Mar 22, 2019 12:42 am
Seeing his brother go to the right, Iasu moves to the left to cover the other side of the room. He checks for targets along the wall. Seeing none he moves to the first shred of cover and shifts sighting inward towards the center, identifying targets as he quickly scans inward with the bow.

Iasu sees him - straight across. On the platform. He is robed in black, behind the stone.

Kray floods in at the same time and takes the center, scanning for danger. Everything happens in a burst of action between the three.

He moves so quickly. Kray and Iasu are the only ones into the chamber fast enough to see the leap. It is truly uncanny.
Mar 22, 2019 12:50 am
When Elam enters the Pit Chamber, he is already in full stride. An outright sprint.

He makes it to the south wall in the blink of an eye.

When he leaves the floor he is still running. Up the side of the south wall. Four steps in total along a vertical plane, and then he jumps.

In silence he is suspended in the air. Flying it seems. He has sheathed his swords on the run, so now his arms are stretched wide, poised out for the landing.

His landing is the first sound - the hard patter of his feet trying to make the quick stop, his body hits hard against the east wall. There was never enough room to manage the momentum. He lets out a grunt on the impact.

He almost bounces back off, but barely holds his perch. Like a panther on the side of a mountain.

Elam turns towards the center. He made it. Made it to the southeast precipice.

One more jump to go. But no room to run this time.

Suter-Set looks over. His face is covered by the cowl of his hood, but he can see his brother clearly.

DMJ

Mar 22, 2019 12:54 am
The Chamber of the Pit
OOC:
Don't hate on this ghetto map. It's going to have to be good enough.

Give me some time and I'll talk it through. More to follow. Developing...

Also, don't worry. We can change positioning immediately. I'm just trying to throw somethin up there - best guess at what would happen in the burst of motion as everyone pours in through the entryway in 1 or 2 seconds.

Squares are 5' each. Whatever the fuck that is in meters - Canadians, better get out the calculators so you can even have a chance of figuring out what's going on right now.
https://dl.dropbox.com/s/1hyuvvxh7g5f0lc/Pit%20Chamber%20MAP%20Start.JPG
Mar 22, 2019 1:00 am
Practiced at halluincation from debaucherous days in the past, Kray forges ahead, following Elam's lead as he enters the Chamber of the Pit. As he does so, he lights another torch from his shield interior bracket, dropping the torch he had been carrying to the right, just inside the chamber entrance.

Let's do this, fellas. Break these demon bitches in half. Metal and blood, all the damn way and burn this cesspool down.

Keep it tight. At the same time:

No guts, no fucking glory!
[ +- ] Kray Mercon Character Sheet
Last edited March 22, 2019 1:05 am

DMJ

Mar 22, 2019 1:04 am
Everyone has heard about The Irons in advance, yet somehow they are still imposing to see.

Iron chains, hanging from an unseen ceiling hidden in shadow. Everywhere.

Grimy black and brown. Dull. Neglected and old, but not rusted or weakened.

On their ends: Hooks. Rings. Flattened plates. Pivots. Curved fulcrums.
And others - spikes and blades.

They hang to different lengths, some higher than others. Most in a range from about 7 to 10 feet from the floor. Some hang over The Pit itself.

As the group enters, there can be no mistake about it. The chains begin to sway... and move.

DMJ

Mar 22, 2019 1:07 am
Across the room, standing on The Platform, behind the obelisk menhir stone.

Suter-Set, heir of Iz Jeddriss, favored Son of the Devil Vine.

https://dl.dropbox.com/s/wy297qsw6m19qgm/Iz%20Jedriss%20look.png

DMJ

Mar 22, 2019 1:14 am
The room is lit fully by several fires. Cauldrons spaced in the floored part of the room. Another small cauldron on the platform near Suter-Set. A hearth in the northwest corner.

On the northeast wall, the Golden Door of Kings. It is magnificent.

https://dl.dropbox.com/s/jxz7sleax8im3eq/Vault%20Door%20of%20Kings.jpg

DMJ

Mar 22, 2019 1:24 am
But no one's eyes can linger long on anything else other than it.

The edge of the world.

A break in this earth.

A gate to the Underworld, and to Hel.

The Pit is like a crack in reality itself. It's power overtakes every man.

https://dl.dropbox.com/s/6y01vqrh7n66ig5/Lower%20Chambers%20The%20Pit%20cut.JPG
OOC:
OK. Breaking the spell here.
This picture is an inspiration to the entire structure and story of Ep 2. I really like it, but as often is the case, it's not perfect. Stick with me to modify.

Say this picture is The Pit around 200 years ago.

Since then, more of the floor has collapsed.

The Pit is larger now. Wider. The floor is gone all the way to the south (bottom of the picture) and east (right of the picture) walls.

The Platform is a remnant of the floor, attached on the east wall (right edge of picture). Suter Set is there, with the menhir obelisk stone.

Elam is on a very very small remnant of the floor in the very edge corner where the south wall rounds out to the east wall.

Also, big addition: chains are hanging down from the ceiling everywhere.

The big attraction: golden vault Door of Kings in the top right corner of the north wall, with a much narrower route that travels over to it. Where once it had the floor in front of it, now it mostly opens out over a cliff face (if it were to open).

Fair enough?
I hope we can work with it - get the imagery in our heads, and match it to the battle map above.

DMJ

Mar 22, 2019 1:34 am
OOC:
Y'all. My mind is blown out at the moment, and that was a shitload of typing and linking and picturing. Gotta take a break and get back on tomorrow.

Give me something to work with if you have anything. RP entries are fine and also tactical, action stuff is welcome to help me get correct on positioning. I know we are probably going full throttle into upper case Action too, so start framing it out what you want to do as we convert from Talk-Through/RP mode and likely shift into Combat Rounds very soon.

You know what that means. You guessed it. Initiative! Right around the corner.
But Fates' Fucking Sakes, bros! What does "Roll Initiative" even mean anymore?!...?!

Stay tuned to find out, Players' Club.

DMJ

Mar 22, 2019 1:46 pm
Bryn
DM-control


Bryn speaks out as he enters the room. "I can see all of this." He speaks quietly at first as if speaking to himself, as if discovering something that he must verbalize.

Then with increasing volume. "I can read it. Kray, I can read this."

Kray glances at the Dannein quickly, and finds that Bryn is looking around at the whole room, scanning the floor, the ceiling the walls.

DMJ

Mar 22, 2019 3:47 pm
Suter-Set looks at Elam and slowly pulls back the hood of his robe as he speaks. His voice carries out into the room with thick volume, though it is still the raspy whisper. Something is unnatural about it. As before, the edges are distorted and cracked. This time the words are in Otessite again, but they are not understandable by those who are not fluent. Iasu and Ryhim understand.

note="jabes.plays.rpg, hypco"]
"Your corruption is complete, Elam. Theft and deception have earned you wealth beyond measure, yet you leap headlong to your doom for possessions that you can never hold. Your folly is unforgivable; your demise is upon you."
[/note]

As he speaks, the sorcerer takes the black robe off of his shoulders and lets it fall to the floor of The Platform.

He stands there wearing only ragged wool pants of a pauper. No sandals. His body emaciated. Beyond emaciated - his flesh is stretched across a skeletal frame. Sores are rubbed on a sickly canvas that is his pale skin. At the joints, it seems as if even bones are showing through peeled tissue.

And his face, it is wasted away most of all. His nose and lips are gone. It is a skull with only a thin layer of skin.

https://dl.dropbox.com/s/hr2458d5f1g8dst/Rabisu%20horror%20Suter-Set.jpg

He steps out around from the menhir stone. He stands on the edge overlooking the pit, his dull disturbing eyes peering across at the invaders on the other side of the chasm.

"You have erred. Your invasion will cost you your lives." he speaks now in Yuoric.

And now in Dannein, "Bryn Rynalt, you will soon be my servant, as you have desired."

Shifting to square his stance, the skeletal gaunt raises both hands high and out, calling out strongly, "Berept kinet Bushyasta! Terect kinet lut hardap mish iset! Sotat im neptept ul rama!"

note="jabes.plays.rpg, hypco"]
"Come forth, Bushyasta! Emerge with power and claim your portion! Usher in your dominion in this age!" [/note]

After this, he lowers his hands, looks to the ceiling and then back to the crowd on the other side. Pointing to them weakly he says in Heshbaan, "Slay them."

Then he turns to face Elam, who is on the small precipice preparing to jump.

The flying edimmu pour down from the high ceiling, emerging from the canopy of shadows that hide the height of the room. The bodiless winged heads flood towards the invaders like a swarm.

DMJ

Mar 22, 2019 4:02 pm
Bryn
DM-control


Bryn stands with his bow in hand, arrow nocked, but upon hearing Suter-Set's words he locks up and goes silent. His face appears as if he is awestruck, unable to lift a hand even as the edimmu pour down from above.

DMJ sent a note to Oxbox
Mar 22, 2019 4:08 pm
Elam shows no sign of listening to the words of Suter-Set. He has been getting his position correct. Shifting his body. Sifting his feet on the small ledge. Rocking back and forth lightly and in total concentration.

There is no room to run and build speed. It will be a standing long jump to The Platform.

Elam leaps out over The Pit.

Rolls

Secret Roll

DMJ

Mar 22, 2019 4:16 pm
The flying edimmu attack!

Perhaps a dozen of them...

https://dl.dropbox.com/s/9r9rfur2iik4nmq/Edimmu%20fliers.jpg

Their buzzing dull voices combine together into a loud drone...

"SLLAAAAAYYYEEEE!!!!"
"PULL THEIR ORGANS! BBZZZAAAAAAA!!!"
"GRRAAAAA!!! BUSHYASTA ARISE!! BUSHYASTA!!!"
"THE WARLOCK!!! TONGUE HIM!!!"
"BBBEEEE--RUUUUUUUU-RRUUUU!!!"
"IN THE PIT!!! CAST IT IN!! THE PIIITTTT!!"

Rolls

Movement Dice Initiative - (1d6)

(3) = 3

Monster Attack Initiative - (1d6)

(6) = 6

DMJ

Mar 22, 2019 4:18 pm
Roll for Initiative!

Modified Greyhawk!

DMJ

Mar 22, 2019 4:28 pm
From The Pit, the terrible voice breaks through again, sounding through the entire chamber. It stabs like a razor sharp knife to the spine.

https://dl.dropbox.com/s/6bagskyru488v9o/eldricht%20words%20call%20Elam.JPG

It is one word this time, but it rings out like a call from death itself.

One name.

Elam.

DMJ

Mar 22, 2019 4:30 pm
Required Action, All PCs:
Roll for Initiative!


Modified Greyhawk Initiative!
[ +- ] map
Conditions Update: Ryhim and Kray both mark 2 more rounds off condition effects. (5 of 5 now reduced to 2 of 5 remaining).
Mar 22, 2019 5:34 pm
OOC:
Initiative/Actions
Crossbow attack 1d4
Switch to longbow 1d6

Alert Feat converts to 1d2 & 1d4

Rolls

Initiative - (1d2, 1d4)

1d2 : (2) = 2

1d4 : (2) = 2

DMJ

Mar 22, 2019 7:00 pm
Initiative Order
Developing...

4. Iasu
9. Edimmu fliers

TBD: Bryn, Kray, Maeriks, Ryhim, Thorn
NPC: Elam, Suter-Set
Mar 22, 2019 9:53 pm
J, you mind if I retcon Kray's carried torch? Had no clue the room was lit up like Times Square, having posted just 6 minutes after you posted the map. Kray wouldn't have wasted time making light, obviously, when theres plenty... and plenty of killing to do. He'd have drawn metal, for sure.
Last edited March 22, 2019 9:53 pm
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