PLYNCK


RULE CHANGE:

When rolling dice for a character's new hit points at their next level, re-roll anything less than a 4.  [Note: this means that Wizards automatically get 4s at every level.]

NOTE REGARDING TIME:

Times will be presented and recorded in "military format", running from 00:00 at the midnight start of the day, to 24:59 at the just-before-midnight end of the day (recall that Plynck has 25 hour days). 

June 23, 2007

XP   starting out:   2,375

for roleplaying  during previous run:  
500 XP   running total:   2,875


Plow 4, 5038

11:30

Jenna casts Cure Light Wounds on Artes for 12; casts Cure Minor Wounds four times on Zora for 4.

We go downstairs.   We're in a room {301}. 

{302}
Open door, see 12 Kobolds.

1.  Beri moves back up the stairs; Ben readies crossbow, reserves for target; Ulfgar charges Kobold-1 for 10, kills; Kes is still singing; Zora moves, strikes, misses; Jenna moves towards door; Artes moves, strikes, misses;  Kobolds hit Zora for 5, Artes for 5.

2.  Beri moves a couple of steps back down; Ben shoots Kobold-2 for 3; Ulfgar hits Kobold-3, kills, hits Kobold-4 for 7, kills; Kes shots Kobold-5 for 2; Zora hits Kobold-6 for 9, kills, cleaves Kobold-7 for 29, kills; Jenna moves to door; Artes misses; Kobolds hit Artes for 2.

3.  Beri moves to foot of stairs; Ben shoots Kobold-2 for 6, kills; Ulfgar hits Kobold-8 for 7, kills, hits Kobold-9 for 5, kills; Kes shoots Kobold-5 for 4, kills; Zora steps 5', misses; Jenna charges, hits Kobold-10 for 7, kills; Artes tumbles, misses; Kobolds hit Zora for 5.

4.  Beri moves into room; Ben reserves for target; Ulfgar moves, hits Kobold-11 for 13, kills; Kes checks up stairs; Zora moves, misses; Jenna waits; Artes misses; Kobolds miss.

5.  Beri moves to watch other door; Ben reserves; Ulfgar hits Kobold-12 for 12, kills.

600 XP   running total:   3,475   THIRD LEVEL

Search bodies: 12 slings; 12 spears; 10 still-usable suits of armor. Stack W&A in a corner, bodies in a different corner.

Jenna casts Cure Light Wounds on Zora for 9; Ben casts Cure Light Wounds on Artes for 8.  Kes stops singing.

12:00

{303}
Artes checks door: locked; he picks it.  Opens door into room.  There is an Everburning Torch on the far side of the room, so everyone can see everything.  Including the two humans

0.  Arrows miss Ulfgar.

1.  Kes reserves for being attacked; Ulfgar charges Human-1 for 34, kills; Artes charges Human-2, misses; Human-2 switches to shortsword, misses Artes; Ben reserves for target; Zora charges Human-2, hits for 15; Beri moves into room; Jenna moves into room.

2.  Kes moves into room; Ulfgar moves, hits Human-2 for 12, kills.

600 XP   running total:   4,075

Search room: two nice looking shortswords, 2 nice looking composite longbows, 2 quivers of arrows, 2 studded leather armor, 270gp, 6 gems, scroll, potion, and the Everburning Torch.

Beri looks at the scroll, can't read it.  Jenna thinks it holds Lesser Restoration (2nd) and Resist Elements (1st).  Ben carries.

Ulfgar tries one of the bows: it feels like a stronger pull than an ordinary would have.  Zora pulls, not getting any more out of it.  Beri can't pull it as far as those two can.  Same results with other bow.  Zora takes one of the longbows, Beri takes the other, each takes one quiver.  Jenna thinks the potion is of Bull Strength; Zora carries it.  Ben takes the Everburning Torch.  Ulfgar carries the coins and gems.  The armor is stacked in one corner, the bodies in another.

12:15 

{304}
Artes checks door: locked; he picks it.  Ulfgar opens door into room, which has four Ghouls in it.

Beri, Kes, and Artes are affected by the stench and running at negatives.

1.  Ulfgar charges, hits Ghoul-1 for 12; Ben calls on Pelor and casts Turn Undead: they all four turn and run to the back wall, except for Ghoul-1 which Ulfgar kills with an AoO.  Then we kill the rest of them.

300 XP   running total:   4,375

We search the bodies and find nothing.  Useful Body Parts (UBP) TBD.

{305}
Artes listens at door, hears metal clicking.  Artes oils the hinges. Ulfgar tries to open the door, locked: doesn't move.  Artes picks lock, opens door (quietly) into room, which is full of Orcs.

1.  Zora enters, hits Orc-1 for 26, kills, cleaves Orc-2 for 13, kills; Kes shoots Orc-3 for 7, kills; Ulfgar moves, hits Orc-4 for 10, kills; Artes tumbles, sneak attacks Orc-5 for 17, kills; Jenna moves to stand in doorway; Ben shoots Orc-6 for 5, kills; Orcs hit Artes for 6, Zora for 6; Beri moves, shoots Orc-7 for 10, kills.

2.  Zora hits Orc-8 for 25, kills; cleaves Orc-9 for 18, kills; Kes shoots Orc-10 for 8, kills; Ulfgar hits Orc-11 for 10, kills, hits Orc-12 for 7, kills; Artes hits Orc-13 for 5, kills; Jenna stays in door; Ben shoots, misses; Orcs hit Artes for 7; Beri stays put.

3.  Zora hits Orc-14 for 28, kills, cleaves Orc-15 for 14, kills; Kes moves, shoots, misses; Ulfgar moves, hits Orc-16 for 9, kills.

600 XP   running total:   4,975

Search bodies: 16 falchions, 16 javelins, 14 out of 16 usable sets of studded leather, 110gp.  Ulfgar takes gold.  Stack W&A in one corner, bodies in another.  Artes searches the east, "interior", wall for secret doors, finds none; checke out ceiling, doesn't find anything.  Jenna casts Cure Moderate Wounds on Artes for 16; Ben casts Cure Light Wounds on Zora for 10.

12:40 

{306}
Artes checks door: locked.  Picks, opens into room, which has 4 Zombies.

1.  Zora hits Zombie-1 for 12; Artes tumbles, hits Zombie-1 for 12; Beri moves; Jenna moves into sightline, casts Turn Undead: Zombie-1 flees, Artes AoO for 16; Zora AoO for 14, Zombie-2 flees, Zombie-3 flees, all three cower along back wall; Kes shoots Zombie-4 for 3; Zombie-4 charges Zora for 11; Ulfgar hits Zombie-4 for 10, 9; Ben reserves for target.

2.  Zora hits Zombie-4 for 13; Artes tumbles, hits Zombie-4 for 7; Beri watches other door; Jenna casts Turn Undead again: Zombie-4 flees, Artes AoO for 2, Ulfgar AoO for 12, Zora AoO for 12, kills.  We kill the other three.

1,200 XP   running total:   6,175   FOURTH LEVEL 

Search bodies: nothing.

{307}
Ulfgar opens door: 2 Bugbears.

1.  Bugbear-1 hits Ulfgar for 5; Bugbear-2 hits Ulfgar for 10; Ulfgar hits Bugbear-1 for 13, 11, kills; Artes tumbles, misses; Kes hangs back; Zora hits Bugbear-2 for 13; Beri stands still; Ben reserves with crossbow; Jenna moves.

2.  Bugbear-2 hits Zora for 9; Ulfgar hits Bugbear-2 for 9, kills.

600 XP   running total:   6,775

Search bodies: 2 sets of full plate armor, 2 light shields, 2 javelins, 2 morningstars, 160pp.  Ulfgar carries the platinum; stack the W&A in one corner, the bodies in another.

12:55 

Artes searchs the north, interior, wall for secret doors, finds none.  Jenna casts Cure Moderate Wounds on Ulfgar for 19; Ben casts Cure Moderate Wounds on Zora for 22.

13:20 

Go back to room 303.  Search south, interior, wall for secret passages.  Find none.

13:40 

Go back to room 301.  Search west, interior, wall for secret passages.  Artes finds a secret door.  Listens, hears nothing. Searches: not locked or trapped. 

{309}
Artes opens secret door into room with 6 Skeletons.

1.  Skeletons all miss;  Beri casts Disrupt Undead, misses; Kes watches our backs; Zora moves, hits Skeleton-1 for 11, kills, cleaves Skeleton-2 for 11, kills; Artes moves out of the way; Ben casts Turn Undead: all remaining crumple into dust.

600 XP   running total:    7,375

Search, find 6 scimitars, stack in corner.

Return to room 307.  Door is locked; Artes picks the lock.

13:50 

{308}
Artes opens the door into room with 8 Gnolls.

1.  Artes reserves for Ulfgar's action; Ulfgar takes 5' step, hits Gnoll-1 for 33, kills; hits Gnoll-2 for 10; Artes tumbles, hits Gnoll-2 for 13, kills; Jenna moves into room; Kes shoots Gnoll-3 for 8; Gnolls hit Artes for 10, Ulfgar for 9, 9; Beri moves to behind Kes; Zora hits Gnoll-4 for 14, kills, cleaves but misses; Ben shoots Gnoll-5 for 3.

2.  Ulfgar hits Gnoll-6 for 12, kills, hits Gnoll-7 for 11, kills; takes 5' step to flank with Zora; Artes hits Gnoll-8 for 7; Jenna stays put; Kes shoots Gnoll-3 but misses; Gnolls all miss; Beri stays put; Zora hits Gnoll-5 for 15, kills, moves to Gnoll-8; Ben reserves.

3.  Ulfgar moves to Gnoll-8, hits to subdue for 14, it falls down; Artes misses; Jenna stays put; Kes shoots Gnoll-3 for 6, kills.

1,200 XP   running total:   8,575

Search bodies:  7 out of 8 usable sets of leather armor; 7 out of 8 usable heavy steel shields; 8 heavy battleaxes; 8 shortbows; 120 shortbow arrows; 2,000sp; 3 gems.  Ulfgar takes gems.  Stack W&A in one corner, bodies in a second, sp in third.  Ulfgar wants to interogate the Gnoll he knocked out.  Uncooperatively, it won't wake up.  Jenna examines him, estimates that it will be at least four-to-six hours before he comes to.  Decide to leave him for now and come back later.

[Editor's Note:  since everyone, including the DM, forgot about Gnoll-8, I'm going to rule that when you came back, to shift all the W&A, you found that he'd died - probably of blood loss.  Oops.]

14:10 

Go back to room 301, through the secret door into room 309, and downstairs.

{401}
Find ourselves in a long ?room?.  Artes hears faint, faraway sounds which he nevertheless identifies as the distinctive sound of repeating crossbows being fired.

0.  Crossbow bolts hit Zora for 7, Beri for 6.

1.  Kes moves forward with light; Artes shoots in general direction, misses; Ulfgar runs 80', sees nothing.  Jenna moves back up the stairs; Zora moves 60';  Ben casts Light on crossbow bolt, shoots, lights up end of room about 200' away, see what look kind of like Dwarves but not quite, Zora thinks they're Derro: a dwarf/human hybred, always evil, typically with poison on their weapons; Derro hit Artes for 7, plus Strength at -5; Beri casts Shield on herself.

2.  Kes reserves for Ulfgar and Zora to move; Artes shoots, misses; Ulfgar runs 80', sees Derro; Jenna hides; Zora runs 80'; Kes runs 120'; Ben casts Cure Moderate Wounds on Artes for 22; Derro hit Ulfgar for 25; Beri runs 80'.

3.  Artes shoots, misses; Ulfgar charges, hits Derro-1 for 35, kills; Jenna hides; Zora runs 80'; Kes shoots, misses; Ben shoots, misses; Derro hit Ulfgar for 3; Beri casts Flaming Sphere at Derro-2 for 15.

4.  Artes moves 30'; Ulfgar hits Derro-4 for 16, 14, kills, takes 5' step; Jenna hides; Zora hits Derro-2 for 26, kills, cleaves Derro-3 for 15; Kes shoots, misses; Ben moves 20'; Derro hit Ulfgar for 6; Beri - Flaming Sphere on Derro-3 for 8, kills - moves forward 80'.

5.  Artes moves 30'; Ulfgar hits Derro-5 for 15; Jenna moves 30'; Derro hit Zora for 7; Zora hits Derro-5 for 16, kills; Kes shoots Derro-6 for 8; Ben moves 40'; Derro hit Zora for 11; Beri switches Flaming Sphere to Derro-6 for 8.

6.  Artes moves 30'; Ulfgar hits Derro-6 for 16, kills.

1,600 XP   running total:   10,175   FIFTH LEVEL

The poison, from the quarrel which hit Beri in round zero, now affects her again for Strength at -5.

Search bodies: 6 Dwarven waraxes; 6 very nice sets of scale mail; 6 repeating crossbows; 6 empty repeater packets; 6 full repeater packets; 800sp; 3 gems.  Ulfgar carries silver and gems.  Beri casts Tenser's Floating Disk, and the group uses that to transport all the W&A from all the other rooms into 302.

14:55 

We hunker down in 302 to spend the night.   Jenna casts Cure Moderate Wounds on Zora for 19; casts Cure Serious Wounds on Ulfgar for 35.   Ben casts Cure Serious Wounds on Ulfgar for 16.   Jenna ministers to Beri and Artes over the day and night, to help them recover from their negative Strength faster.

20:00 

Jenna casts Cure Serious Wounds on Ulfgar for 23.


Plow 5, 5038

00:00 

Hear something (?somethings?) going upstairs in the next room (301).  Don't investigate.

02:00 

Over the next forty-five minutes, hear four separate descendings.  Again no investigations, but presumably whoever they were went on through the secret door and down the stairs.

08:00 

Jenna casts Lesser Restoration on Beri, bringing her back to full Strength; Ben casts Lesser Restoration on Artes, bringing him back to full Strength.

Go back to the far end of room 401.  Bodies are gone.

{402}
Open door.  Large room, can only see a short ways into it.

1.  Ben casts Light on a crossbow bolt, shoots it towards whatever wall is opposite the door, see momentary glimpses of space and columns until it hits the far wall; various people hear movement from left and in front; 4 Vampire Spawn charge, hitting Zora for 10 plus 1 Negative Energy Level, Artes for 8 plus 1 Negative Energy Level; Ulfgar hits VS-1 for 12, 10; Zora hits VS-2 for 12; Beri casts Mage Amor on herself, moves back; Kes yells for the clerics to bless weapons or water, starts singing, shoots VS-3 for 7; Jenna steps back, casts Searing Light on VS-4 for 34, kills; Artes tumbles, flanks VS-2, hits for 4; Ben casts Magic Circle Against Evil, centered on himself.

2.  Vampire Spawn hit Ulfgar for 17 plus 1 Negative Energy Level; Ulfgar hits VS-1 for 12, 9; Zora hits VS-2 for 16; Beri casts Flaming Sphere at VS-3 for 9; Kes - Inspire Courage goes into effect - shoots VS-3 for 6; Jenna casts Turn Undead: VS-2 flees, Artes AoO on VS-2 for 6; Zora AoO on VS-2 for 20, kills, VS-3 flees; Artes moves to VS-1, misses; Ben casts Turn Undead: VS-1 flees, Artes AoO on VS-1 for 6, kills.

3.  Ulfgar runs into room 80'; Zora yells, "Someone with light follow me", runs 80'; Beri moves Flaming Sphere forward 30', moves self 60' forward;  Kes runs 120' with light; Jenna runs 60'; Artes moves 80'; Ben moves 80'.

4.  Ulfgar moves 80', finds pile of carrion in corner, VS-3 cowering next to it, yells, "Found him"; Zora runs 80' towards Ulfgar; Beri moves Flaming Sphere 30', drops waterskins, moves self 60'; Kes runs 120'; Jenna runs 60'; Artes moves 60'; Ben moves 60'.

5.  The tops of the columns around Ulfgar turn into Gargoyles, which hit Kes for 13, Zora for 7, Ulfgar for 9; Ulfgar criticals twice for 50 on Gargoyle-4, kills; Zora hits Gargoyle-3 for 17; Beri casts Magic Missile on Gargoyle-3 for 10;  Kes moves to put her back to the wall and go total defensive; Jenna moves; Artes moves; Ben moves.

6.  VS-3 cowers; Gargoyles hit Kes for 7; Ulfgar charges Gargoyle-2 for 12; Zora hits Gargoyle-3 for 15; Beri casts Magic Missile on Gargoyle-3 for 11, kills; Kes is total defensive; Jenna moves; Artes tumbles and flanks Gargoyle-1 for 15; Ben charges Gargoyle-1, Gargoyle-2 AoO on Ben for 5, but misses.

7.  VS-3 cowers; Gargoyles hits Ulfgar for 2; Ulfgar hits Gargoyle-2 for 26; Zora hits Gargoyle-1 for 17; Beri moves, shoots at VS-3, but misses; Kes starts singing again, hits Gargoyle-1 for 6; Jenna casts Prayer; Artes hits Gargoyle-1 for 11; Ben hits Gargoyle-2 for 5.

8.  VS-3 cowers; Gargoyles hit Artes for 5; Ulfgar flanks Gargoyle-2 and hits for 15, kills; Zora hits Gargoyle-1 for 20, kills.  Beri shoots VS-3 for 5; Kes picks up crossbow; Jenna shoots VS-3 for 10; Artes hits VS-3 for 8; Ben shoots VS-3 for 11.

9.  VS-3 cowers; ULfgar hits VS-3 for 26, kills.

Vampire Spawn    2,250 XP   running total:   12,425
Gargoyles        1,500 XP   running total:   13,925

Everyone with Negative Energy Levels saves and thus sheds them.

Ben heals Kes and Artes and himself to full.  We look at the pillars the Gargoyles were on, there is nothing there.  A look in the pile of bones and skin finds nothing.  We search the rest of the room, find a pile of 1,200gp, Ulfgar carries them, and one door.  Artes listens, hears breathing.  Door is not trapped or locked.

{403}
Artes opens the door to a well-lit room with a bloated, two-faced humanoid inside.

1.  Kes reserves for target; Ulfgar reserves for threatening action; WND charges Ulfgar, who charges in turn, they crash without either one moving far enough to gain a charge bonus, WND spits at Ulfgar for 1 acid damage; Ulfgar hits WND for 15; Kes takes 5' step, shoots, misses; some people notice that WND has a shriveled hand hanging from his neck by a cord; Jenna casts Dispel Magic against the hand; Zora hits WND for 16, says, "There are faces on all four sides"; Ben moves to include Zora and Ulfgar in his Magic Circle Against Evil; Beri moves for sightline and casts Fireball for 19; Artes tumbles to flank with Zora, misses.

2.  WND spits acid at  Artes for 1 and doesn't save, Ulfgar for 1, Zora for 1; Ulfgar hits WND for 35, 14; Kes shoots for 2 plus poison; Jenna casts Bull Strength on Ulfgar; Zora targets the cord holding the shriveled hand, hits and breaks it, hand falls to floor; Ben keeps his Magic Circle Against Evil in place; Beri casts Fireball on WND for 18; Artes leaves the room.

3.  WND spits acid at Ulfgar for 2; Ulfgar hits WND for 16, 14; Kes bloopers and drops crossbow, stops singing - Inspire Courage will run out in round [8]; Jenna casts Shield of Faith on Zora; Zora hits WND for 13; Ben flanks with Zora, hits WND for 8; Beri sends Valanthe in to retrieve the hand, Valanthe reaches and grabs the hand;  Artes tumbles into the doorframe (ouch).

4. WND spits acid at Ben for 1; Ulfgar hits WND for 15, 13; Kes picks up crossbow, starts singing again; Jenna casts Divine Armor on herself; Zora criticals for 34, kills; Ben moves to door; Beri gets hand from Valanthe; Artes watches.

5.  A Wraith rises out of the putrid mess of WND's body, hits Ulfgar for 1, 3; Ulfgar hits for 27, which don't seem to really do that much damage; Kes shoots for 9, which doesn't seem to do any damage; Jenna casts Turn Undead and it doesn't flee; Zora hits for 17 but seems to do much less damage; Ben says, "Only Magic Weapons or really big blows will hurt it", misses; Beri casts Lightning Bolt for 18 on WND and Ulfgar; Artes readies shortbow.

6.  Wraith misses Ulfgar; Ulfgar gets shortsword out of backpack, Wraith AoO misses, hits for 8 which doesn't seem to do any damage; Kes concentrates on singing; Jenna casts Magic Weapon on Zora's sword: it is now +1 for five minutes; Zora hits for 14; Ben hits for 10 which doesn't seem to do any damage; Beri casts Shield on herself and moves; Artes reserves for another target.

7.  Wraith hits Zora for 1; Ulfgar switches back to his dwarven waraxe, hits for 24, which does much less damage; Kes sings; Jenna casts Bless; Zora hits for 16, kills.

DNW      2,250 XP   running total:   16,175
Wraith   2,250 XP   running total:   18,425   SIXTH LEVEL

Searching the room, find: 12pp; 1,300gp; 5 gems; shriveled hand; gloves; ring; bag; scroll case. Scroll case has a puzzle piece inside.

[I thought healing was done, but the diary doesn't record any.]