Igfig: Why does Fortuna have an underscore
Igfig: one sec
Igfig: ah well, I guess we'll just roll with it
Igfig: Hi Fortuna!
Fortuna_: Good evening.
Igfig: I'm going to refer to people by their character names in here because it's easier
Varus: fortuna my darling
Varus: :C
Igfig: so Arryn, let me introduce you to our dicebot Foruna
Igfig: uh, Fortona
Igfig: Fortuna!
Igfig: there we go
Varus: 1d20 fortuna babe u working?
Fortuna_: Varus, fortuna babe u working?: [16] = 16
Varus: yeah she is
Varus: AW
Igfig: oh, I'll add darling to her list of tag words
Igfig: Anyway, Fortuna has a new ability now
Igfig: she can act as a magic eight-ball
Igfig: for instance:
Igfig: Fortuna, are you in full working order?
Fortuna_: Heheh, yep.
Igfig: Fortuna, are you a just god?
Fortuna_: Yes.
frosty: fortuna are you sentient
Varus: fortuna do I love you?
Fortuna_ smiles shyly.
Fortuna_: Heheh, yep.
Igfig: Fortuna, are you going to destroy the players today?
Fortuna_: Yes.
Varus: oh god
Varus: we already almost died from her yesterday
Blaze: Fortuna, is the Lord of Blades pissed about his pupppy?
Fortuna_: Heheh, yep.
Varus: when a wolf TORE MY THROAT OUT
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Varus: anyways
Varus: ARRYN
Varus: MAN DOWN
Orrin_Torrin: He's refreshing.
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Orrin_Torrin: ARRYN ARE YOU WORKING NOW
Arryn: I think so!
Igfig: I'm pretty sure this is just random chance, but she is saying heheh yep way too much
Varus: fortuna, hi?
Fortuna_: Hello.
Varus: fortuna, fuck you?
Fortuna_: Don't be a bad sport.
Fortuna_: That would be a terrible idea.
Fortuna_: But I'm going to say yes anyway.
Varus: wow
frosty: hahaha
Varus: she just wants us to kill ourselves by saying yes all the time
Igfig: Fortuna could you stop saying yes, please?
Fortuna_: I sure hope so.
Varus: HAH
Igfig: Fortuna, will you?
Fortuna_: I could tell you...
Fortuna_: But I probably shouldn't.
Igfig: okay, whatever
Varus: ok lets stop playing with fortuna
Blaze: Such sass.
Varus: and play USING fortuna
Igfig: LAST TIME ON EBERRON
frosty: fortuna what is life
Igfig: I suppose you guys should actually do the recap for Arryn
Varus: uh
Varus: ok
Igfig: since Arryn was back in the ship during last session
Varus: we met the lord of blades who wants to kill all flshies
Igfig: so you would have to tell her what was going on anyway
Orrin_Torrin: "Holy shit ARryn. That encounter was really poorly statted."
Varus: and we learned he wanted to become a god
Varus: which isnt what the god forged want
Varus: and then we got into a fight
Varus: and almost died
Varus: and he escaped
Varus: but we killed his dog
frosty: TALK TALK RAT NOISE TALK TALK DEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAATH ESCAPE
Blaze: We learned that he knows who killed the king, but we didn't get him to spill the beans.
frosty: there\
Orrin_Torrin: By 4E rules, I think Varus actually would have died.
Varus: yeah
Orrin_Torrin: And he yelled "Gorgan" as he escaped.
Varus: i would  have'
Varus: oh right
Orrin_Torrin: So I assume we gotta find Gorgan now.
Varus: and theres people behind him
frosty: if it werent fore those meddling kidds
Varus: whoever that may be
Orrin_Torrin: Whoever the hell Gorgan is.
Blaze: I think by 4th edition rules he would also have had higher defenses and hp though.
Varus: so what should we be #doing now
Varus: we got our information
Varus: we need to find chain
frosty: your mother
Igfig: He said something interesting about why he couldn't tell you who
Orrin_Torrin: We left a message for Chain.
Varus: i cannot remember what that was
Varus: yeah if he goes back there
Orrin_Torrin: He told us he was in control of them, but he was lying.
Varus: we should probably just find him
Igfig: also Arryn have you read the previous logs? Or is this all nonsense to you
Varus: aah yes
Orrin_Torrin: So they're actually probably controlling him.
Orrin_Torrin: What a pansy.
Blaze: We didn't really get our information though?  He never said who, but he said he couldn't say who, but I think I have forgotten the specific line.
frosty: USA 
frosty: USA
Arryn: I understand
Blaze: Also no they were not controlling him.
frosty: USA
Varus: hmmmmmmmmmm
Blaze: He made it pretty clear that he was in charge of himself.
Igfig: I'll find the line
Blaze: Manipulating him perhaps.
Varus: thats what he thinks
Blaze: But not controlling him.
Varus: he isnt exactly strong minded
Igfig: "THIS IS NOT SOMETHING YOU CAN KNOW. THE KNOWLEDGE WOULD BREAK A WYRM ASUNDER. YOU WOULD BE AS DUST."
Varus: he could be manipulated yar
Varus: oh
Blaze: Yar, oh right I remember that line now.
Varus: i thought you were just quoting potion maker
Blaze: Made me wish I knew more about that whole draconic prophecy thing.
Varus: same
Igfig: indeed
Varus: dont you have a dragonmark?
Igfig: I don't think anyone here has a dragonmark
frosty: #fleshmorelikedeath
Blaze: I almost did but I didn't need it so I didn't.
Varus: i thought blaze did
Varus: aah
Varus: okay
Varus: so 
Varus: plan of action
Blaze: I almost had the mark specifically for allowing the piloting of the ship though.
frosty: kill everythinhg
Varus: we can let him do whatever and i can make ben into a god but thatd take a month
Orrin_Torrin: It would be pretty fun to make Ben a god actually.
Varus: we can go find chain and tell him straight up what we heard but we left the scroll 
Blaze: That being said, I think you can end up with a dragonmark without having been born with one.
Igfig: Also, question: where have you been keeping the quori-bound dragonshards?
Orrin_Torrin: And have a Godfight.
Varus: super locked up tight
Varus: yeah
Varus: thats what I want orrin
Orrin_Torrin: Arryn was here, she had an eye on them.
Blaze: I'm assuming in the storage hold  of the ship still, or if we had a more secure location on the ship.
Varus: to turn ben into a god and have him beat up the warforged god
Igfig: okay
Orrin_Torrin: I see no way that plan could go poorly.
Varus: hows that sound ben
frosty: the safe
Varus: HOWS THAT SOUND
frosty: me and wargod #besties
Varus: well wjatever
Varus: third option
Varus: go back to the people who lost their king
Varus: telll them we found out who killed him
Varus: prevent that war
Varus: have them prepare for a war with the lord of blades instead
Varus: with arryn here we at least have a semblance of credibility
Varus: i think thats our best option
Orrin_Torrin: I think we actually need to find out who Gorgan is at some point.
Varus: we'll find that out
Orrin_Torrin: But yeah if we tell them a warforged invasion is coming they might let us off the hook.
Varus: yeah
frosty: 1d20+0 who is gorgon
Fortuna_: frosty, who is gorgon: [10] = 10
Varus: so lets do thta
Varus: while traveling can I research who the gorgon are igfig?
Orrin_Torrin: GORGAN.
Orrin_Torrin: God, you people.
Varus: gorgodamn
Orrin_Torrin: We could also just send Arryn to do it.
Orrin_Torrin: Since she's all a spy and shit.
Blaze: I have the feeling it is some really big warforged, or something similar built during that last great war.
Orrin_Torrin: And the wanted criminals will just wait on the boat.
Varus: well she cant exactly leave the ship when we are traveling or get left behind
frosty: 1d20 GOFGAN GODDAMIT
Fortuna_: frosty, GOFGAN GODDAMIT: [17] = 17
Igfig: Gorgan, not Gorgon. And you could try, but you don't have much in the way of research materials
Varus: i think we could just look through my room for organizations throughout history
Orrin_Torrin: Well I mean we'll go back to whatever that city was.
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Orrin_Torrin: And have her go talk to the soldiers.
Varus: i keep lots of research stuff in there
Varus: since its the only real place i can keep my stuff
Orrin_Torrin: Woop, there he goes again.
Orrin_Torrin: With his "normally good" Internet.
Varus: i assume i have at least one book that mentions a bunch of organizations
Igfig: yeah, you'll just have disadvantage on the research check is all
Varus: that's fine
Varus: what roll would that be
Varus: int?
Orrin_Torrin: Could you use Obsessive Analyst to offset the disadvantage.
Varus: or can I use obsessive analyst to get it to a regular roll or advantage
Orrin_Torrin: ?
Orrin_Torrin: YEAH.
Igfig: int, possibly with a prof bonus, let me see
Varus: ^5
frosty: can i fly by a library
Blaze: Probably int yar, and do you still have that obsessive researcher/analyst whatever it last was thing?  Cause yar that would cancel out the disadvantage.
Varus: we wanna go quick
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Varus: since we dont know where the lord ran off to
frosty: he ran off t gorgan
Varus: we dont know
Varus: he could be attacking early
Varus: or just moving his base
Orrin_Torrin: He's just still standing at the top of that elevator.
Orrin_Torrin: The mobile fortress was starting to move as we left.
Orrin_Torrin: So they're on the way now.
Varus: shaking his fist
Igfig: I think actually Obsessive Researcher would just act as a skill in this case maybe? So you could apply your prof bonus there
Varus: alright
frosty: weeping soflty
Blaze: Yar it's been half a day maybe since we left.
Varus: still disadvantage?
Varus: ok so we're definitely going back to tell people we know who killed the king
Varus: ??
Orrin_Torrin: YEs.
Blaze: Also that wasn't the ship that was starting to move, after he yelled Gorgan we heard the step of something that hadn't moved in a long time.
Igfig: mmm... you can spend a fate point to offset the disadvantage
Varus: that was my pla
Varus: n
Igfig: it's been 8 hours and a bit since you left Mobile Fortress Chydris
Varus: ok
Varus: ben
Orrin_Torrin: I can't imagine the movile fortress walks all that fast.
frosty: yo
Varus: set course for insert name of kingdom here
frosty: library
Blaze: I'm pretty sure their mobile fortress flies.
Orrin_Torrin: Whatever.
Igfig: hovers
Varus: yeah but we need to be quick frosty
Orrin_Torrin: Its still not faster than THE SPEED OF LIOGHT.
Varus: lets tell them we know who the king is forst
Orrin_Torrin: LIGHT*
Igfig: also oh wait, research is just an investigation check
Varus: once we wont be murdered at the library
Blaze: This makes sense to me.
Varus: then we can look
Varus: ok so using my fate point i can offset the disadvantage?
Blaze: Yup.
Igfig: yeah
Varus: i have prof in investigation
Varus: letts
Varus: ROLLL IT
Igfig: okay, so you're heading off, leaving Chain and the Godforged and the Blades to sort themselves out?
Varus: well
Varus: sort of
Varus: we left chain the scroll
Igfig: yeah
Varus: we need to tell the kingdoms to prevent the war
Varus: hopefully the godforged knowing will spread dissent through the ranks
Varus: 1d20+6 lets goooooooooooooooooo
Fortuna_: Varus, lets goooooooooooooooooo: [14] = 20
Varus: yoooo thats p good
Igfig: so where are you headed?
Blaze: Well, thing is how would us telling them about the Lord of Blades stop the war though?
Varus: to the kingdom where that dead king was from
Orrin_Torrin: No no.
Orrin_Torrin: The kingdom wher we were arrested.
Varus: because we tell them that the lord of blades killed the king
Blaze: But he didn't?
Varus: how will telling them we know who kileld the king help
Blaze: He just knows who did.
Orrin_Torrin: They're the ones who want to arrest us.
Varus: if they tell the dead guy's country theyd just be like liar
Varus: lets tell them ourselves
Igfig: Even that 20 doesn't find you a whole lot... but you do come across a reference in a book that's a military history of part of the Last War, mentioning the name Gorgan
Orrin_Torrin: We don't know if they know he's dead.
Varus: that's still pretty good
Igfig: apparently Gorgan is one of the few surviving Warforged Titans
Varus: I ASSUME THEY'D KNOW
Varus: oh
Varus: well shit
Orrin_Torrin: They might not.
Blaze: Told ya it was a war thing.
Orrin_Torrin: They obviously didn't when we found him.
Orrin_Torrin: It's only been a couple days.
Varus: we can justifiably assume they found out in those few days
Varus: a dead king gets a lot of attention
Varus: especially found in an enemy kingdom
Orrin_Torrin: Not if the only people who know he's dead are cops and us.
Blaze: Not ncessarily an enemy kingdom.
Orrin_Torrin: And we were sent out specifically to figure it out quietly and prevent a war.
Varus: then lets go there and ask to meet with the king
Igfig: The nation you found the dead king in was Thrane. The king was Kaius III of Karrnath
Varus: if they say HAVENT YA HEARD?? HE'S DED!!
Varus: then we can say AND WE KNOW WHO KILLED HIM!
Orrin_Torrin: That seems like a really long trip when the only reason we're doing this is so the Thrane guys won't arrest us.
Varus: well
Varus: its not just that
Orrin_Torrin: Well, the primary reason.
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Varus: there will almost definitely be a war between the two then the lord of blades can get in and kill everyone
Orrin_Torrin: THIS GUY.
Varus: thats kind of what we are trying to prevent
Blaze: He was planning on waiting till everyone else killed eachother though remember?
frosty: erik 2 is the worst
Orrin_Torrin: I still think we should tell the people who like... know and asked us to figure it out.
Blaze: His whole spiel about how the fleshlings will kill themselves for him.
Orrin_Torrin: Instead of people we've never met or interacted with.
Varus: were we ever explicitly asked?
Orrin_Torrin: Well, they let us leave because we said we'd do it.
Orrin_Torrin: Otherwise we'd still be in jail.
Orrin_Torrin: And I'd probably be dead.
Varus: they were just police station mooks though werent they?
Blaze: We were not explicitly asked, but considering the police let us literally walk out the front door because we said we would prevent a war, yar.
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frosty: OK but big question here is why cant we just let the fleshies kill themselves
Blaze: So we don't know any high ranking officials in either kingdom.
Orrin_Torrin: City guard of the capital of a kingdom is far from "beat cops"
frosty: seems easier
Arryn: <- Worst
Varus: while true frosty most of us are fleshies
Varus: so unfortunately that will have to wait
Varus: once you're a god you can do that
frosty: uh huh
Blaze: Also Frosty, fleshy war is messy war, considering the mournlands we were in are a result of the last fleshy war.
Varus: alright lets go tell the guards then orrin
Arryn: Wouldn't I know high ranking officials in the Dark lanterns?
Varus: so we go to thrane instead
Varus: oh
Varus: hey
Varus: that too
Varus: but i think dark lanterns are seperate
Blaze: Plus the fleshies would enslave a ton more elementals for for their warships.
Varus: from a different nation
Varus: TRU
Arryn: Right, but as a spy blah blah blah knowledge
Orrin_Torrin: She'd probably know people from every nation though.
Orrin_Torrin: She seemed to have some kind of authority before.
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Varus: so we can go to karnath's castle, thrane's captains of the guard, of the black lanter's officials
frosty: <Blaze> Plus the fleshies would enslave a ton more elementals for for their warships.      SO WE KILL THE FLESHIES IS WHAT YOU ARE SAYING HERE
Orrin_Torrin: Seeing as we're a street performer, a fire elemental, a nomad and a huge nerd, Arryn is probably our best bet for connections.
Varus: yes frosty thats the idea
Varus: but after we prevent the war
Varus: so you attack suddenly and they dont have time to enslae
Varus: enslave
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Varus: A HUGE NERD??
Varus: EXCUSE YOU
Varus: i was the lead researcher 
frosty: youre the nomad i think
Orrin_Torrin: So you were the biggest nerd.
Orrin_Torrin: No, Blaze is the nomad.
Varus: lead researcher of Aundair
frosty: who is the fire elemental then
Varus: me
Varus: im both
Orrin_Torrin: "Biggest nerd in Aundair."
Varus: :(
frosty: ooohh 
Orrin_Torrin: Ben you are an actual fire elemental.
frosty: irl
Orrin_Torrin: And in character, yeah.
frosty: riiiight
Arryn: Mister DM, would I happen to know high ranking officials in Thrane?
Igfig: okay I'm back
Igfig: I missed a lot but Fortuna kept me updated
Igfig: FYI, the place you were was not the capital of Thrane
Igfig: just a small city in Thrane
Igfig: I don't know if you were the lead researcher Varus, but you were a researcher at least. They probably don't like you much though
Varus: well i was a really high ranking one
Varus: but yeah prob not lead
Orrin_Torrin: Oh. Well still. Arryn is important.
Varus: hum
Varus: maybe the king of thrane heard
Orrin_Torrin: I assume the higher-ups in Thrane know by now at least.
Igfig: You might know a few people, but not anyone particularly high ranking, not personally
Varus: we can go there and tell him then
Orrin_Torrin: I don't imagine the soldiers covered it up.
Varus: we can get in with a member of the black lantern
Igfig: I mean, you probably all know who the important people in Thrane are
Orrin_Torrin: Then let's go there and tell them.
Orrin_Torrin: What we know.
Arryn: I would like to reach out to a contact I might have in Thrane
Orrin_Torrin: And then see if they want to talk to KArrnath.
Varus: id assume you would have contacts yar
Orrin_Torrin: A bunch of dirty pirates are probably not the ideal people to break that news.
Varus: maybe one of them can reach out and get us a meeting with someone
frosty: 8 hours to thrane, innit?
Varus: i think its about 30 hours
Igfig: well, you definitely know Brennan d'Cannith who should be there right now, but he'd be a bad choice because these guys stole some valuable dragonshards from him and then burned down his house
Varus: hah
Varus: haha
Varus: oh yeah
Orrin_Torrin: Oh yeah we did do that.
Varus: that was fun
Arryn: But is Brennan aware I was involved or am now involved with them?
Orrin_Torrin: We also got his butler murdered by a sweet demon robot.
Varus: yeah he does
Arryn: Damn
Orrin_Torrin: He was there when you punched me in the face and then helped us escape.
Igfig: probably, since you disappeared at the same time they did
Varus: its starting to sound like we should go to karnath
Orrin_Torrin: D'Cannith is just a merchant.
Blaze: I don't know what burned down house you are talking about.
Igfig: What sort of covert ops do you see yourself as having done during and since the Last War, Arryn?
Orrin_Torrin: And he's not even from Thrane.
Orrin_Torrin: We just need to go to the capital of Thrane and say "Hey we're the ones who were investigating that dead king."
Orrin_Torrin: They'll let us in.
Igfig: quick background on the dark lanterns: http://eberron.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_Lanterns
Arryn: Infiltration and counter intelligence
Orrin_Torrin: Train-top fighting.
Orrin_Torrin: Bridge-falling.
Varus: ahaah
Varus: burrnnn
Igfig: one sec I'm going to move my computer downstairs because this internet is being very slow where I am sitting
Varus: how about you have spies in connection with high officials who are keeping tabs on military movements?
Varus: like say a secretary to a general or commander
frosty: lets just crash the boat and die here
Varus: then you wont become a god of elementals
Orrin_Torrin: Yeah but he'll go down in a blaze of glory with his best friends.
Varus: a BLAZE of glory you say?
Arryn: I think so Varus, would definitely consider that counter intelligence, keeping tabs on what is going on and if there are threats from foreign lands
Orrin_Torrin: And that's almost as good.
Igfig: heyy, she even has the right name again
Varus: igfig you see our plan?
frosty: to die
Igfig: I think so. Do note that Arryn's skills run more toward infiltration than deception though, so I think she was less about cultivating high-up contacts
Varus: she would need ways into high security locations
Varus: someone to leave a door unlocked overnight
Igfig: I could probably get you a priest in the cathedral of the silver flame
Varus: or to crash the camera system
Igfig: orr the right-hand man to the bishop of a smaller city
Varus: silver flame could be useful
Arryn: Sounds good, Iwould like to reach out to the priest
Igfig: The Silver Flame is the religion of Thrane, and the Cathedral of the Flame is their most holy place
Varus: if we tell them that the warforged are going to make a god it will help us
Varus: yar lets get there
Varus: so gorgan is a giant warforged?
Varus: like how giant are we talking here
Blaze: Yup.
Igfig: it holds the physical representation of the silver flame, which is an actual giant silver flame
Blaze: Big enough to be called a Titan instead of a Giant.
Varus: ok but attackin on titan has pretty small titans
Igfig: http://staynerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Warforged_Titan_by_RalphHorsley.jpg
Igfig: that bog
Igfig: big
Varus: WELL SHIT
Blaze: oh, that isn't as big as I was thinking, we're still bigger then his toes.
Blaze: Hooray.
Varus: yeah i was thinking like
Varus: it turns out the titan was the mountain
Blaze: I suppose if he had been as big as I was thinking he'd have had a hard time fitting inside the mobile fortress.
Orrin_Torrin: Maybe the mobile fortress IS that thing.
Orrin_Torrin: It's like a transformer.
Varus: thatd be neat
Igfig: you don't know what he was calling this titan for precisely, but nobody came out of the cavern during the time you were resting
Blaze: That'd be neat, but I don't think so.
Igfig: the mobile fortress is a lot bigger than the titan
Varus: still we know they are involved somehow
frosty: hang on ig, is that thing dragon sized?
Igfig: it's Huge, so about as big as an adult dragon
Igfig: little taller, but not as long
frosty: yessssssssssss
frosty: :DD
Varus: that means you can push it!
frosty: frosty_the_boatman, titan pusher
Varus: so anyways we reached out to a priest of the silver flame in the main cathedral
Igfig: okay one moment, let's set this up
Blaze: We still have to fly there.
Varus: well i researched while we were flying
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Igfig: Flamekeep, the capital of Thronehold, is about... uh, how long did you take to get here from Aruldusk?
Varus: 30 hours
Varus: i think
frosty: it is a long flight
Orrin_Torrin: Yeah it was a good long while.
frosty: some
Igfig: Flamekeep is about twice as far as Aruldusk
Varus: dang
Varus: 60 hours
Varus: could i start my testing into making ben into a god:
Varus: i can summon elementals myself now
Varus: so that should speed things up
Varus: also ben can play with them while i work
frosty: ben is flying
frosty: dummy
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Arryn: Sorry 
Igfig: Okay, so. You left around dawn I guess? If you waited until after you were finished resting to leave
Varus: yeah
Varus: we needed a rest
Varus: full health everyone
Orrin_Torrin: Huzzah.
Igfig: yeah, it takes two days to get back to full health because you're in the Mournland, where healing is difficult
Varus: i assume researching while doing all that jazz
Orrin_Torrin: Can we just get Ben healthy enough to fly and then rest outside the Mournland?
Orrin_Torrin: I imagine that would still be faster.
frosty: wooo
Varus: probably
Varus: ben we have officially begun making you into a god
Igfig: Ben could already fly the ship in his state, he wasn't too injured
Orrin_Torrin: He was unconscious.
Orrin_Torrin: I had to carry him.
Igfig: The trip to Flamekeep would take about two and a half days, and you'd arrive in the early evening
Varus: no i was
Varus: wait was he??
Varus: no he wasnt
Orrin_Torrin: I healed you.
Orrin_Torrin: I had to carry Ben out of the fortress.
Orrin_Torrin: And I stole his sunglasses.
Varus: ben was all good
Igfig: Oh, really? whoops
Orrin_Torrin: And got burned.
Varus: oh yeah
Igfig: I forgot
Varus: i forgot
Orrin_Torrin: but I mean Blaze can just healing touch him.
frosty: yeah he carried me
Orrin_Torrin: And then he can fly us at 1hp.
Varus: sure
Varus: done
Orrin_Torrin: Just to get out of the Mournlands, then we can rest.
frosty: :/
Varus: fly us out we heal in 8 hours
Igfig: okay
Blaze: Yar I had plenty of castings of cure wounds left.
Igfig: so in that case you arrive midmorning
Varus: how much testing did i get done on feeding ben the fire orb
Igfig: Here's a map of Flamekeep: http://lh5.ggpht.com/_ejISbjrUUm4/S_66TMQaphI/AAAAAAAAIjw/6Uym4qF5aZ8/Flamekeep.jpg
frosty: turtle
Blaze: What a nicely designed city.
Igfig: as you can see, it is completely centered on the Cathedral
Varus: also it looks like a ninja star
Igfig: you manage to find an airship dock easily enough, though
Igfig: and... how are you going to get in touch with this priest?
Arryn: I figured he would touch me
frosty: ;)
Arryn: But I would like to head to the cathedral
Varus: a connection would get us into a meeting with important news that could affect the country
Varus: so he canbring that news to the bishop
Varus: or even better
Blaze: I suppose we just all go to the cathedral together looking for a meeting but not having an appointment made?
Varus: we can just say we have important news and need to speek to the bishop
Orrin_Torrin: Arryn can flash her talisman or whatever.
Orrin_Torrin: She has that Dark Lantern badge.
Orrin_Torrin: Or I can bluff our way in.
Blaze: Yar I think that would be more effective in Breland then it is in Thane.
Varus: ay
Igfig: right, but being a Dark Lantern isn't exactly a good thing in most of Thrane
Igfig: yeah
Orrin_Torrin: Ah.
Orrin_Torrin: Well, bluff it is.
Varus: tell them we have important news that could affect the church and the whole world
Igfig: and I should explain a little about how the hierarchy of the SIlver Flame is at the top
Orrin_Torrin: I will.
Varus: and have chosen the church of the silver flame to inform them
Orrin_Torrin: But I'm guessing they're not going to believe that.
Varus: we'll find a way
Orrin_Torrin: Seeing as homeless people probably tell them that all the time.
Igfig: well, basically it's a lot like the catholic church
Orrin_Torrin: I'll just roll really well, it'll be fine.
Igfig: except the pope is an eleven-year-old girl named Jaela Daran
Igfig: who is the Voice of the Flame
Orrin_Torrin: So it's exactly like the Catholic Church.
Arryn: Have I met the priest before or do I just know of him?
Blaze: So they have a private army entirely consisting of Swedish people was it?
Varus: i seriouslt doubt youmet them
Varus: i imagine she would be highly protected
Igfig: sort of, but instead of swiss people it's just clerics
Blaze: Yar.
Blaze: especially since the swiss dont' exist here.
Blaze: Which is a shame, their meatballs are delicious.
frosty: ...
Igfig: the equivalent of the Swiss would be... the dwarves, probably
Igfig: actually yeah, the dwarves are the literal equivalent of the Swiss in this campaign setting
Blaze: I'm not sure if dwarves seem like a meatball kind of culture though.
Igfig: since it's all a metaphor for Europe around the World Wars
Igfig: the dwarves control the banks
Varus: the dwarves def love meat balls
frosty: oh oh oh what country am i
Igfig: You are from the Elemental Plane of Fire
Varus: so germany?
Igfig: which is roughly equivalent to that island where all the dodos live
Varus: ahahaha
Igfig: nah, Karrnath is Germany
Varus: ben is a dodo
Blaze: I suppose ground beef and the like is similar to crafting stuff though, so yar, I can see them being meatball people.
Varus: ok anyways lets get into the church
Igfig: Breland is England, Aundair is France
Igfig: anyhoo
Blaze: If fire elementals are dodos then what connotations does that have for having flying ship engines powered with them?
Blaze: Scratch that, too much tangent.
Arryn quit.
frosty: 2 much 4 arryn
Igfig: I guess maybe you wouldn't have met your contact, but you know her name: Thradi Ravadanci
Orrin_Torrin: Dead.
Igfig: oh
Igfig: I'll wait for Arryn to get back and then say that again
Varus: what if they never return
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Varus: WELP
Igfig: I guess maybe you wouldn't have met your contact, but you know her name: Thradi Ravadanci
Arryn: Thradi isnt the pope right just a priest or bishop?
Igfig: Just a priest
Varus: alright
Varus: sounds good though
Varus: at least they can get us somewhere
Varus: stepping stones
Arryn: Can we find out where she lives, sneak in live a note for her to meet us somewhere? And put the symbol of the dark lanterns on it so she knows its super cereal
Varus: thats not a bad idea
Varus: though i imagine thatd be a sort of simple thing we wouldnt need to roll much more
Orrin_Torrin: I feel like we could just ask to talk to her.
Orrin_Torrin: And then roll a bunch.
Igfig: Yeah, that's possible. You have a drop site that you use, though it'd probably take a few days for her to check it
Orrin_Torrin: And then talk to her.
Orrin_Torrin: She's a priest.
Varus: we have a few days
Igfig: or you could do some Gather Information to find out
Varus: rent a hotel, let me do more research
Orrin_Torrin: It's not like she's the king or whatever.
Orrin_Torrin: She's a priest.
Orrin_Torrin: Let's just go to fucking Mass and grab her afterwards.
Varus: yeah sure
frosty: if shes a priest cant we just go to confessin
Varus: lets pretend we are part of the holy flame
Igfig: yeah, it wouldn't be too hard of a check to find her, just some Cha checks
Blaze: That's if she is in the confessional.
Orrin_Torrin: *clears throat*
Arryn: Either way
Igfig: and there are a lot of priests here. This is basically the Vatican
Varus: lets just walk around and say "haha hey man did you see where my friend blah went?"
Orrin_Torrin: I'll pose as a convert.
Orrin_Torrin: And tell them I was talking to her abou ttheir faith.
Arryn: Lets just let Orrin talk through it and if we can't make contact, we can use the drop site
Orrin_Torrin: I'm pretty great at talking.
Varus: sure
Varus: lets do it
Orrin_Torrin: I'm actually better at talking that whacking things with hammers.
Igfig: so Orrin you're just going to hide all the Sovereign Host insignia on your armour?
Orrin_Torrin: It might be better for Ben to hang out.
Orrin_Torrin: For a bit.
Igfig: Or just not wear armour I guess
Varus: yeah just
Varus: dont wear armor
Orrin_Torrin: Ideally we're not about to fight.
Varus: thatd be a lil weird anyways
Orrin_Torrin: But I can disguise it.
Orrin_Torrin: Or just not wear it.
Igfig: well, up to you how you want to handle it
Varus: just dont wear it
Igfig: Wearing full plate around in a city is like carrying an assault rifle over your shoulder
Varus: its a CHURCH
Orrin_Torrin: Ah, I'll just go clothes then.
Igfig: you can do it, but they probably won't let you into a chipotle
frosty: so if these people worship flame can i be a god
Blaze: We can be no armor bros, yar.
Orrin_Torrin: Alright, no armor.
Varus: the silver flame
Varus: yo holy shit
Igfig: different flame, buddy
Orrin_Torrin: Just my common clothes.
Igfig: you need some flame dye
Varus: lets combine ben with the silver flame
Varus: once he eats the bead he will probably be strong enough to do it
Blaze: I don't think their church would be keen on that.
Varus: once ben eats the bead he can fuck shit up
Igfig: anyway, let's just get a Persuasion or Deception check, Orrin
Orrin_Torrin: Alright.
Igfig: we don't need to RP through all the question-asking
Orrin_Torrin: So I just approach the nearest priest and blah blah.
Orrin_Torrin: 1d20+7
Fortuna: Orrin_Torrin, 1d20+7: [12] = 19
Orrin_Torrin: There.
Igfig: yeah, that's plenty
Igfig: Yeah, you manage to find out where she lives and where she works easily enough, and without rousing any particular suspicion
Varus: heck ya
Varus: lets go
frosty goes
Varus: ben youre a fire thing you probably shouldnt walk through the streets alone
Arryn quit.
Orrin_Torrin: I think Ben should probably just stay on the boat.
Orrin_Torrin: At least for now.
Varus: sorry ben :(
frosty: but it is a flame church :(
Varus: I spawn 8 elementals for him to play with while we are gone
frosty: these are my people
frosty: my fans
frosty: i have +5 to stealth
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Blaze: This is true, he is stealthier then I am.
Igfig: She's basically a scribe for a cardinal, well-placed to intercept relevant messages
Varus: excellent
Varus: lets leave a message in her house like YO COME HERE AT 11PM
Varus: WE'LL BE WAITING
Igfig: okay
Orrin_Torrin: we know where she lives and works.
Orrin_Torrin: Let's just go talk to her.
Varus: well
Varus: id personally rather keep this secret
frosty: stalker
Varus: until we can tell it to the higher ups
Orrin_Torrin: Then we ask her to go to another room.
Varus: not HEY HAHA WE KNOW WHO KILLED THE KING in the middle of mass
Igfig: I think the exact location of her house doesn't matter, but she probably has a house of some sort. Or maybe an apartment?
Orrin_Torrin: It's a public church, we can just go talk to her in her office or whatever.
Varus: orrin plz
Orrin_Torrin: Someone literally told me where to find her so we could do so.
Varus: if we are doing this we are doing this right
Orrin_Torrin: I feel like "quickly" is right when the alternative is robots murdering everyone.
Varus: grumbles
Igfig: And yeah, the town is fairly buzzing with the rumour that Kaius is dead and there might be another war
Varus: Fortuna should we do the sneaky cool route?
Fortuna: Signs point to yes.
Varus: WOO
Orrin_Torrin: Fortuna were you lying just then?
Fortuna: In your dreams.
Orrin_Torrin: Damn.
Orrin_Torrin: Fortuna's stone cold.
Varus: pROOF
Varus: alright we're doign this the cool way
Orrin_Torrin: I still feel like we should move quickly.
Orrin_Torrin: PARTY VOTE.
Igfig: what is the cool way?
Varus: fortuna has SPOKEN
Orrin_Torrin: SOMEONE OTHER THAN ME AND WAFFLE SPEAK.
Varus: FORTUNA IS THE HIGHEST AUTHORITY
Igfig: shush
Varus: sneaking into her house to meet with her at a drop point
Arryn: I would like to plan a secret meetup, I feel like we would bring suspicion otherwise
Igfig: that's two votes for secret meetup?
Orrin_Torrin: BEN PETER.
Blaze: Um, I dunno.
Varus: blaze fortuna has spoken
Blaze: The simple way seems simpler and easier.
Varus: all glory to fortuna
Varus: ben please
Blaze: And would get the ball rolling potentially faster.
frosty: 1d2 sneak/just go
Fortuna: frosty, sneak/just go: [2] = 2
Varus: fine
frosty: just go
Varus: i switch my vote to quick way
Orrin_Torrin: Gotta move my laaaaundry.
Varus: lets go
Orrin_Torrin: Quick way it is1
Varus: !
Varus: alright then we just sort of
Varus: knock on her office door
frosty: hang on pee and laundry breake
Varus: ok
Igfig: Well, she would work in a cardinal's office in the cathedral, probably? The outer office though, I guess
Igfig: let me check how easy it is to just walk into the cathedral
frosty: back
Orrin_Torrin: I, too, am back.
Igfig: I guess you could get into the cathedral's main nave without too much trouble if you posed as pilgrims? But I'm not so sure about getting into the back rooms
Orrin_Torrin: We got it.
Orrin_Torrin: Did I get the name of the person I asked where she worked?
frosty: yes
Orrin_Torrin: I also have this fake duke signet ring.
Orrin_Torrin: That I have yet to use.
Orrin_Torrin: Probably wouldn't be much help here though.
frosty: Thradi Ravadanci
Igfig: that's the one
Orrin_Torrin: No, that's her name Ben.
Igfig: oh
Orrin_Torrin: I meant the name of the person who told me where to find her.
Igfig: ohh
Igfig: uh
Igfig: hmm
Orrin_Torrin: I don't need the actual name.
Orrin_Torrin: I jus twnat to tell the guard that guy told me to talk to her.
frosty: jake
Orrin_Torrin: "Jake told me it was cool, man."
frosty: it was jake
Igfig: a bartender probably? wait no
Igfig: sure let's go with jake
Orrin_Torrin: Oh I thought I was like... asking someone at the Church.
Igfig: yeah taht would make more sense
Igfig: you asked some acolyte
Igfig: an acolyte named Jake I guess
Orrin_Torrin: "Acolyte Jake told me Thrada Radavinci was the one I needed to speak to."
Igfig: oh, found a useful link: https://eberron-hok.obsidianportal.com/wiki_pages/temples-and-shrines-of-the-silver-flame
Orrin_Torrin: Are they impressed with my Acolyte Jake story?
Igfig: let's jsut handle this with another persuasion check or something
Orrin_Torrin: "I was raised in a very religious household, I'm not comfortable talking about this. Thrana was the first person I felt comfortable discussing the Silver Flame with."
Orrin_Torrin: 1d20+7
Fortuna: Orrin_Torrin, 1d20+7: [19] = 26
Orrin_Torrin: EAT MY SHIIIT
Igfig: haha
Orrin_Torrin: Thradi?
Orrin_Torrin: Thradi.
Igfig: "Oh, of course. Right over this way."
Orrin_Torrin: Cha is so useful.
Arryn: Boom
Igfig: and you find the door to her office
Orrin_Torrin: I dont' know why I ever bothered playing a different kind of character.
Orrin_Torrin: I knock on the door.
Orrin_Torrin: ARRYN TAKE IT AWAY.
Orrin_Torrin: Once the door is closed.
Igfig: "Hellooo?"
Orrin_Torrin: We all bundle in and close the door.
Arryn: Good evening Thradi
Arryn: You don't know me directly but I come from the dark lanterns
Arryn: and I'll flash the insignia
Igfig: Thradi is a plump, freckeld woman with curly red hair
Varus: "It's time for you to do your job"
Orrin_Torrin: Sounds like my type.
frosty: "Hi"
Igfig: I thought Arryn was your type
Arryn: I act jealous
Orrin_Torrin: Have you met Orrin?
Varus: that was wayyyy back
Varus: on the train
Orrin_Torrin: Everyone's my type.
frosty: ;)
Varus: arryn is not interested in orrin at all 
Varus: in case you needed that o be said
Orrin_Torrin: Also Arryn did stab me a lot and then punch me in the face.
Orrin_Torrin: Oh she is.
Orrin_Torrin: Deep down.
Orrin_Torrin: She's warmed to my charms.
Varus: deep
Varus: deep
Varus: deep down
Orrin_Torrin: Where it counts the most.
Igfig: I intentionally left it ambiguous
Varus: so deep it may as well not be there
Igfig: anyway
frosty: so deep 
frosty: lick my dick
frosty: *like
frosty: heh
Orrin_Torrin: Hah.
Igfig: "Well hel-lo there! What're you all doing here?"
Arryn: Good evening Thradi
Igfig: "A Dark Lantern? Are you... Arryn?"
Arryn: "Aye" and I will bow
Varus: more like
Varus: ayerrn
Orrin_Torrin: Sounds like Arryn is Thradi's type.
Igfig: "Ohh, it's so nice to finally meet you!" She comes around her desk and gives you a hug
Arryn: I will uncomfortably hug her back
Varus: we're trying to be intimidating here :C
Igfig: or at least tries, I dunno if you—ah, ok
frosty: we are?
Arryn: "We come to you with important news"
Igfig: "This is so exciting! What's happening now?"
Igfig: She's whipsering, but like stage-whispering
frosty: "death"
Igfig: I don't think frosty is here?
frosty: am too
Varus: "Actually a king is dead and we know who killed him and we need to get to the top of the chain of the silver flame and tell them to prevent another horrific world war from breaking out"
Blaze: Me and him could be hanging out and seeing the town, checking out the flames if he doesn't want to stay on the ship.
Igfig: "You know who killed Kaius? But I thought—wait, didn't your people do it?"
Orrin_Torrin: Oshit.
Orrin_Torrin: These rumors are out of control already.
Igfig: "I heard the Lanterns assassinated him."
frosty: <Blaze> Me and him could be hanging out and seeing the town, checking out the flames if he doesn't want to stay on the ship. aight
Varus: "That's... god no that is not what happened"
frosty: can do
Varus: i guess me and orrin are masquarading as blakc lanterns
Igfig: "And who're all your friends here?"
Arryn: "No Thradi, no did not"
Varus: "We are also black lanters but it doesn't matter"
Igfig: Dark Lanters
Igfig: *Lanterns
Varus: yeah thats what i said
Igfig: you keep saying Black Lanterns
Varus: idk what you're talking about
Arryn: Im not exactly sure how we all came to be together so someone else can respond to her lol
Blaze: And last I checked we aren't undead space guys.
Varus: i dont get that reference
Varus: anyways
Varus: "We need a meeting with the bishop"
Orrin_Torrin: I don't know why we can't be honest.
Igfig: in darkest night
Varus: well
Varus: personally
Orrin_Torrin: She can't exactly rat us out.
Varus: varus wants to seem cool
Orrin_Torrin: On account of she's a traitor to her country.
Blaze: Unless she was a double agent the whole time and is really good at bluffing how excited she is right now.
Orrin_Torrin: 1d20 insight
Fortuna: Orrin_Torrin, insight: [5] = 5
Orrin_Torrin: Damn.
Orrin_Torrin: Somebody better than me at Wis roll insight.
Orrin_Torrin: Because I'd just as soon not confuse her any more than we have to.
Blaze: I'm not sure if I am here or with Frosty in town.
Orrin_Torrin: If Frosty is in town you probably ought to be with him.
Arryn: 1d20+2 insight
Fortuna: Arryn, insight: [17] = 19
frosty: hey!
Varus: 1d20+2
Fortuna: Varus, 1d20+2: [1] = 3
Varus: aw
Orrin_Torrin: There, Arryn got it.
Igfig: "Ah... I dunno about the bishops, but I could poke my head into the other room and ask Cardinal Neskus for a minute of his time."
Varus: as long as we eventually end up at the top of the chain
Orrin_Torrin: Are Cardinals lower than bishops in this church?
Varus: this is kind of some important shit
Igfig: cardinals are higher
Orrin_Torrin: Because in Catholicism Cardinals are like... highest of the high.
Orrin_Torrin: Oh good.
Orrin_Torrin: Go talk to that guy, yeah.
Varus: aah
Varus: well thats good
Igfig: it's just that she's this cardinal's scribe/secretary/whatever
frosty: cardinals are all like potential popes
Orrin_Torrin: Well, not all of them.
Arryn: "Thradi, why do you think the Dark Lanterns were part of this?"
Igfig: And Arryn, she is either entirely sincere or very good at bluffing
Orrin_Torrin: But yeah popes are almost always selected from among the Council of Cardinals.
Igfig: "Oh, that's just what I heard on the streets. Some people think it was the Houses that did it, but I know what I believe."
Orrin_Torrin: *X-files theme*
Varus: "so its all just rumour mongering"
Varus: "oh well, go get the cardinal"
Igfig: "And well, a lot of people are worried that we did it for some reason and don't want to say so. But I really hope that's not true."
Igfig: "Sure, I'll go have an ask."
Orrin_Torrin: "It isn't. We know who it was, and we need to let everyone know as fast as possible."
Blaze: But we don't really know still?  We know what the Lord of Blades said in regards to it, and we know that he didn't do it himself, but we still don't know who actually did it.
Varus: we can say it was the lord of blades
Orrin_Torrin: It was robots.
Igfig: she knocks on a side door and calls out "Cardinal? You awake?"
Varus: we arent wrong
Orrin_Torrin: We know enough to prevent a war.
Igfig: no answer, so she opens the door and goes inside
Blaze: And suddenly I wonder if the church of the Silver Flame does gregorian chanting.
Igfig: yes definitely
Arryn: I will follow her
Igfig: if you have a good gregorian chant, we should play it now
Blaze: To youtube probably!
Igfig: unless there's one on the infinite jukebox
Blaze: there is actually.  Checking it out.
Orrin_Torrin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXpXAQEba9A
Blaze: Wait a second, this one on the jukebox is clearly techno, or electronic, maybe house, I'm not familiar enough with them to know the differences.
Igfig: Behind a huge desk is a very old man with very bushy eyebrows in a cardinal's robe
Igfig: DEAD
Varus: WHAT
Varus: FUCK
Orrin_Torrin: God dammit.
Igfig: not really, jsut asleep
Varus: GOD 
Orrin_Torrin: Hahahahaha.
Varus: DAMN
frosty: hahahhaha
Varus: Fortuna is igfig a jerk?
Fortuna: Probably.
Orrin_Torrin: She has spoken.
Igfig: Thradi goes up to the cardinal and taps him awake
Igfig: "Cardinal? These folks would like to have a word with you."
Varus: so like
Varus: what do we actually say to this dude
frosty: 'we are all gonna die'
Igfig: He blinks his eyes open. "I thought, I thought I told you never to bother me when I'm... working."
Orrin_Torrin: "Cardinal, I'm sure you know by now that King Kaius of Karrnath was killed in Thrane."
Blaze: Hey Frosty, we should see if we can buy some of those powders that make the fires burn different colors.
Varus: hey yeah do that thatd be neat
Orrin_Torrin: "We were tasked by the city guard with finding out who did it and preventing war between your two nations."
Igfig: "You utter—hmm?"
Varus: "wake up you old fart"
Igfig: "Thradi who are these rude people"
Orrin_Torrin: "We know who did it. It wasn't the Dark Lanterns. It wasn't Thrane. It wasn't criminals. It was a plot by the Lord of Blades to cause strife between the humans while he mounts an attack that will wipe us all out."
Blaze: Varus how old are you?  He's probably younger then you.
Varus: "Actually I'm just the rude one"
Varus: oh yeah I'm an elf
Varus: something like 180
Blaze: Yeah you're totally older then this guy.
Orrin_Torrin: "So we need you to tell whoever needs to know so we can avert a war and prepare our nations for an attack by homicidal maniac robots."
Blaze: Young for an elf maybe, but older then him.
Varus: yeah
Orrin_Torrin: "And if we have to be rude to do that, that's what we're going to do."
Igfig: "I... what?" He straightens up in his chair and rubs his eyes.
Varus: "It may cause problems for your church also seeing as they are going to make a god with our puny fleshy corpses and souls"
frosty: i dont know if i actually have money, Blaze
Orrin_Torrin: "Basically, we need to talk to the highest-ranking person you can put us in touch with, and we need to do it now or a lot of people are going to die for no reason."
Orrin_Torrin: "And then a warforged God will march to your cathedral and stomp it to bits."
Varus: man this guy is half awake
Varus: and we just slapped him with this
Orrin_Torrin: I hope he has a heart attack.
Igfig: "What in the thirteen planes are you talking about? What kind of story is this?"
Blaze: Don't worry Frosty, I've got money, probably more then plenty for getting a hold of the powders.
Igfig: "What are you even doing in my office."
Varus: can we just be like "we recap what we did and saw"
Orrin_Torrin: "The best kind: one that's true."
frosty: ok then, SIDE MISSION
Orrin_Torrin: "Hopefully saving the world, but if you don't wake up and help we're still going to be trying to explain this to you when the warforged roll into town and cut us all to bits."
frosty: turn frosty clolrs
Igfig: "Why do you think this is even remotely believable?"
frosty: .......
Igfig: "A robot god?"
Varus: we have little pieces of evidence
Varus: like the fireball from the mournlands in the sock
Varus: the mask orrin has that i picked up
frosty: 'evidence'
Orrin_Torrin: We have the research papers about the Docent, as far as I know.
Varus: oh that too
Orrin_Torrin: Ig can you boot Arryn? He dced but it won't let him back in while he has one open.
Igfig: are you showing them to him?
Igfig: sure
Varus: yeah
Arryn was kicked by Igfig.
Varus: lets just say we took the docent papers from the lord of blade's castle?
Varus: unless it has a seal or something on it
Igfig: what?
Arryn2 joined #pwot_dnd.
Igfig: the lord of blades has no 'docent papers'
Varus: no i mean
Orrin_Torrin: Varus wants to lie.
Varus: lets tell that to the guy
Orrin_Torrin: To make our story more convincing.
Varus: i have a +5 deception
Varus: how about you orrin
Orrin_Torrin: I have +7.
Varus: alright you go for it
Orrin_Torrin: To both that and persuasion.
Igfig: "So this is a sock that you say is holding a fireball, but you can't open it or it'll explode. And a warforged's face."
Igfig: "Very persuasive, yes."
Varus: "oh I can open it, want me to open it?"
Orrin_Torrin: Cast a spell of truth then.
Orrin_Torrin: Or whatever.
Varus: "You say the word and I'll open it"
Orrin_Torrin: "I'll swear before my god AND yours.
Orrin_Torrin: "I'll do whatever it takes."
frosty: dear god wafll dont open the sock
Varus: can I just open and close it quickly so in that split second tons of heat escapes
frosty: you will kill the cardnia
frosty: l
Varus: and us
Orrin_Torrin: I don't see how a sock full of fire would prove anything.
Varus: true
Igfig: "No I don't want you to open it. What would it prove in either case?"
Igfig: yeah
Varus: "You'll just have to take our word for it, we've gone through lots of trouble to get here to tell you this surely that's worth something"
Varus: "It's either you believe us, or at the very least check things out to prove it, or you take the risk you dont believe us and we turn out to be right and we all die"
Blaze: Hey Igfig, where is the market in this town?  I'm assuming they'd have those powders readily available for sale since people have shrines to the flame in their own homes.
Igfig: "Why should I take your word for it? Who are you even?" He looks at Thradi, who looks unsure
Orrin_Torrin: "We may not share faiths, but you have my word as a Paladin of Kol Korran that we are telling you the truth."
Varus: arryn show your insignia
Varus: or are we in thrane
Igfig: Uh, I think it's in the NE corner of the city
Varus: that prob wouldnt be a good idea
Igfig: and yeah, probably not too hard to come by those powders
Varus: especially if rumours are abound that they killed the guy
Orrin_Torrin: "We're the ones who found Kaius, and who Thrane asked to investigate his death and prevent war between your nations. So if you like not being at horrible war and, even more importantly, not being eviscerated by robots, you should probably take our word for it."
Blaze: Another question then is where are the sky docks?  I'm guessing that bunch on the west end of town?
Igfig: let's have a Persuasion check first of all. A difficult one, because your story is still pretty unlikely
Varus: "surely you've heard of the people who found the body, especially in your position"
Varus: i think we should put a fate point into this 
Varus: maybe A STORY WORTH TELLING?
Varus: since we're literally telling a story
frosty: is it worth it
Orrin_Torrin: Yeah that seems pretty reasonable.
Orrin_Torrin: To convince this guy to listen to us and help us prevent a war? Yeah probably.
Igfig: it's "a story I can sell" isn't it?
Varus: like we could go to someone else
Varus: but this would be a lot of wasted time
Igfig: but yeah, you're trying to sell this story pretty hard
Orrin_Torrin: Yeah, but I imagine if I can sell it I can convince this old guy of it.
Blaze: The real question Frosty, is if we put these powders into you how long will you change color?
Orrin_Torrin: 2#1d20+7
Fortuna: Orrin_Torrin, 1d20+7: [14] = 21; 1d20+7: [8] = 15
Varus: until the powder evaporates
Varus: 21 isnt bad
Igfig:  21 is decent
Varus: i thought you said you had +8
Blaze: he said +7.
Varus: oh ok
frosty: lets just try it and see blaze!
frosty: trial by fire
Blaze: Literally.
Igfig: hmm, I'm going to make an int check for him to see what he actually knows about the incident
Igfig:  1d20+2
Fortuna: Igfig,  1d20+2: [17] = 19
Varus: thats actually good for us
Igfig: you're in luck, he's pretty well-informed
Varus: thank you fortuna
Fortuna: You're welcome.
Varus: ily fortuna
Igfig: NOTE add ily and ilu to keywords
Fortuna: Noted.
frosty sprinkles self in blue color
Blaze: I don't think I've paid for any yet.
Varus: frosty get silver
Varus: we might be able to sell you as an avatar of the silver flame
Blaze: We'll be getting all the colors we can, really.
Igfig: "I... do remember hearing about a paladin of Kol Korran and some others being taken in for questioning in Aruldusk in connection to the murder..."
Varus: ad surely you heard about a mysterious fire??
Varus: do you remember info about the FIRE ELEMENTNAL
Orrin_Torrin: Ben was on the ship for that.
Varus: oh
Orrin_Torrin: He was watching a movie.
Varus: imagine i never said that
Orrin_Torrin: I think a rom-com.
Blaze: No he was in the house with us.
Orrin_Torrin: With Thakashtai.
Blaze: He left for the ship instead of being taken in though.
Igfig: you didn't put it in quotes, so you didn't actually say it Varus
Varus: oh ok good
Orrin_Torrin: Oh yeah we convinced the sergeant to let him walk back.
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Orrin_Torrin: Bye Frost.
Orrin_Torrin: y
Varus: "So you see evidence of our truth"
Igfig: "And then they were arrested, for... something."
Igfig: "I don't recall what."
Orrin_Torrin: "We got that all ironed out."
Varus: "Well its just because we were there and it was suspicious"
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Varus: "We got that ironed out and they sent us to see what we could find out"
Igfig: "Hmm."
frosty: yo
Orrin_Torrin: "We were attempting to meet the owner of the house in which Kaius was found, and we stumbled upon his body instead."
Orrin_Torrin: "But now we're working with Thrane to avert disaster."
frosty: anyway, as i was about to say, pretty sure turning myslelf silver would be sacrilage or blasphemy
Varus: good
Varus: you will be a god more powerful than the silver flame
Blaze: Maybe maybe not, depends on how touchy these guys are.
Blaze: For all we know they might summon fire elementals and turn them silver for some reason.
Varus: oh well
Varus: doesnt matter too much
Igfig: "Well, even if you are working on behalf of the... Aruldusk City Guard... the rest of your story is very far-fetched."
frosty: i mean calling myself god is good, because i am, but calling myself someone elses god is less good, because i am not
Orrin_Torrin: "I stand before you, a semi-wanted criminal and a follower of a rival god, unarmed and unarmored because this is quite literally the most important thing in the world right now."
frosty: let them worship me
frosty: not someone i am pretending to be
Orrin_Torrin: "All we ask is that you put us in touch with the most important people you can."
Varus: i do a sort of "Yeah thats true" face
Varus: "If there is even a slight chance of a threat this great it needs to be acted against"
Varus: "there are many mysteries in our world surely this is not so farfetched as some that have come to be true"
frosty turns blue
Varus: your elemental friends i summoned ooh and aah
Igfig: He laughs. "There is literally no chance that High Cardinal Krozen would believe you. Keeper Jaela probably would, but she would believe you if you said the Dragon Below itself were reawakening to devour us all."
frosty: i am ;)
Igfig: "And there is no way anyone would let you see her, in any case."
Varus: "Then we can go to keeper jaela we are LITERALLY trying to prevent the extinction of all biological races"
Varus: "we'll take what we can get"
Orrin_Torrin: I'm confused, is Thrane a theocracy?
Igfig: yeah. Well, mostly.
Orrin_Torrin: Can't he just like... put us in touch with a king's secretary or something?
Igfig: Technically there is a queen, but she doesn't hold any real power
Orrin_Torrin: If she has access to this Keeper person, it still might be worth talking to her.
Orrin_Torrin: If that's the best he can do.
Igfig: she's like, the queen of any european country that still has a monarch today and isn't England
Blaze: So hey Igfig, how much money for how much powder and what all colors do they have?
Igfig: The Keeper of the Flame is the real leader of the country
Varus: what if we could somehow talk to her
Igfig: and because she's not nearly of age, High Cardinal Krozen is de facto in charge
Varus: then lets talk to the keeper
Igfig: "No, I don't think you understand. You wouldn't even be able to get to the Keeper without going through Krozen first. He's the one who decides who she sees."
frosty: hahahaha
Igfig: oh sorry blaze
Igfig: let's see
Varus: hmmmm
Varus: igfig I have major illusion
frosty: "can you just take us to the child leader of you country"
Varus: could I convince the keeper that krozen let us see her
Varus: if i illusion him
Varus: recreate the illusion
Igfig: There's an official number for the price, Blaze, but I don't have the book handy
Igfig: But it's probably like a gp or so for a day's worth for a normal fire?
frosty: normal?
Varus: like a hearthj
Igfig: a small shrine-type fire
Blaze: So yeah, pretty pricey, understandable considering how religiously relevent it is.
Igfig: it's probably mostly powdered silver, with some kind of alchemcial treatment on it
frosty: ooooo could i sprinkle diff colors on dif parts of me
Varus: lgbt+ elemental
Igfig: yay
Igfig: anyway sorry, back to the rest of you
Igfig: "I can't just take you to her, no. I could ask Krozen on your behalf—I'm not saying I will—but he'd say no."
Varus: "we can try"
Igfig: uhmmm
Igfig: hmm
Igfig: I'm not quite sure how I want to handle this next bit
Igfig: can I call a break for snacks hee
Orrin_Torrin: Just let us in to talk to her and save the world?
Igfig: *here
Varus: sure
Varus: hey you guys wanna threaten this guy
Varus: look for some blackmail in his office while he's gone?
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frosty: am i pinged out again?
Varus: nope
Varus: ig is getting snacky snacks
frosty: aha
Igfig: okay I'm back I guess
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Varus: woop woop
Varus: figure things out
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Varus: ?
Igfig: damn, poor arryn and the bad internet
Igfig: Somewhat
Igfig: not really
Arryn: That time I didn't dc, i thought I had but no one was talking! =P
Igfig: you did disconnect
Igfig: briefly
Igfig: anyway
Varus: igfig can we assume the girl left
Varus: and when this guy leaves can i search for some good ol' fashioned black mail 
Igfig: Girl? She's all woman, baby
Varus: whatEVER
Igfig: uh I think she's still here
Igfig: nobody has any intention of leaving you alone in a cardinal's office
Orrin_Torrin: She believes us, though.
Varus: figured
Orrin_Torrin: Maybe she'd just let us.
Igfig: anyway, the thing is
Varus: now is a chance
Varus: ?
Igfig: looking at all this from a metagame perspective, I don't want this to be just a continuing series of "tell your story to another person, keep talking until you convince them to let you through, repeat"
Igfig: because that'll be pretty boring and repetitive
Igfig: so I am going to tell you in no uncertain terms that Krozen will not believe you no matter what
Varus: hm
Varus: okay
Varus: then 
Varus: lets have that guy leave to ask him
Varus: then I'll use major illusion to feign him calling the girl out and to just leave us there
Varus: and then we'll serach for blackmail
Varus: blackmail is the way to go
Igfig: okay, uh
frosty: what
Arryn: I think we need to somehow get more evidence of what is happening
Varus: that too
Arryn: Otherwise we are just going to look sketch
Varus: but for now maybe we should just do enough to prevent the war 
Varus: at least have no one willing to order to attack
Varus: until we can get out and prove stuff
Igfig: you ask Cardinal Neskus to at least ask
frosty: Blaze did you get the powder yet
Igfig: and after some huffing he says fine and sends Thradi off with your request
Blaze: I was going to ask what all colors are there, just silver, blue, and red or do they have other ones as well?
Orrin_Torrin: Diiick.
Igfig: "Really, that was entirely useless. There is no way he'll let you into the Keeper's wing. You're just continuing to waste everyone's time."
Varus: "Maybe not, right now all we need is to make anyone unwilling to send an order to attack"
Varus: "We can go out and find evidence"
frosty: red? dont waste money on turning fire red
Varus: "If you can just prevent a battle breaking out for a few days we can our thing"
Varus: "You sent her to ask so at the very least yo uthink there is a small small chance we aren't lying
Igfig: Look up what colours you can make fire burn with common materials, and that's probably available
Igfig: I think you can make fire green with copper and white with magnesium
frosty: yes
Orrin_Torrin: It's also blindingly bright with magnesium.
Orrin_Torrin: Which would actually be kind of awesome.
Igfig: that too
Igfig: magnesium isn't so easy to refine though, is it
Varus: actually i dont think its too hard
Orrin_Torrin: It's just a metla.
Orrin_Torrin: metal*
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Orrin_Torrin: You can mine it as ore.
frosty: http://www.compoundchem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Metal-Ion-Flame-Tests.png
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Blaze: Ooooh, but we don't really need to do repeating colors.
frosty: not all are common too
Orrin_Torrin: Sean's giving up, he says he'll be here next week.
Varus: ok
Blaze: So I'm thinking the dark red, the purple, the green, the blue, and the silver.
Igfig: It looks like it might be feasible to do it by treating sea water with lime, hydrochloric acid, and then electrolysis
Igfig: and argh, dammit
Igfig: I guess I can say this now that he's gone
Blaze: So I'll buy 3 days each of those 5 colors then.
Igfig: But I was sort of nudging you all towards getting Arryn to sneak into the Keeper's wing
Varus: whose the keeper again?
frosty: haha
Igfig: since I thought Arryn's first session should have plenty for her to do
frosty: krozen
Orrin_Torrin: Yeah I suggested that to him and we were gonna try it if it didn't work.
Igfig: the keeper is Jaela Daran
Orrin_Torrin: If that* didn't work.
Varus: i honestly have no idea why we would do that what would we gain from it??
Igfig: the eleven year old girl
Orrin_Torrin: Because he could convince her very easily.
Orrin_Torrin: And she can protect him from anyone.
Igfig: and she's still the official head of state
Varus: we could have blaze do it since he can turn into a talking mouse
Varus: thatd be disney enough for her to believe it
Blaze: Do mice have different stat blocks then rats?
Igfig: You don't have to do that though, there are other ways you could make this work
Varus: rats and mice are kinda similar arent they
Blaze: Also me and Frosty aren't with you guys, we just bought a bunch of alchemical powder.
Igfig: Not different enough to matter probably
Varus: i thought you said the girl didnt have any real power though
Varus: since she was not of age
Blaze: More specifically 15 gold worth of alchemical powder.
Igfig: I said that Krozen is de facto in charge
Orrin_Torrin: I think it's more "Krozen keeps people from seeing people, but if she says something it goes."
Varus: i completely misinterprated the situation with those two then
Orrin_Torrin: Keeps her*
Igfig: which is partly why he tries to keep people from seeing her
Varus: cause usually in monarchys the dude in charge just runs the place until the person hits of age then they come in charge but before that they dont have any real power
Varus: because they have not been coronated
Orrin_Torrin: I don
Orrin_Torrin: 't think it's like that.
Igfig: right, I see how you could make that mistake
Igfig: Jaela is still the official leader, and her wisdom is great, but she just isn't experienced enough to run a country yet
Varus: "Here's an idea then"
Varus: "What you say gets around, just from your position"
Varus: "You could begin spreading rumours, with help from dark lantern associates, word would quickly spread of the possibility that the lord of blades is real and is making a move"
Varus: "Once the rumour gets strong enough no one will be willing to make a move"
Igfig: "Dark Lanterns? What?"
Varus: "That gives us time to take care of things or find solid undeniable proof"
Varus: didnt we mention the dark lanterns?
Varus: no wait that was with the girl
Varus: oops
Varus: pretend i didnt say that
Varus: just he spreads rumours
Varus: but we could with the dark lanterns too
Igfig: do you have an aspect I could plausibly exploit to ensure that you did in fact say that
Varus: im
Varus: not really going to help you make me make a mistake so
Varus: no??
Igfig: haha, imma look at your sheet
Varus: actually im looking right now and there actually isnt"
Igfig: yeah, I guess not
Igfig: you need to be more explicitly a huge nerd
Varus: huahuahua
Varus: i actually did think of a way you could do it
Varus: but im not gunna tell you
Varus: "rumours are powerful when done properly"
frosty: "tactically trained" probably means bad at speaking
Igfig: oh yeah it turns out that this guy has an aspect that you accidentally tell him all your secrets whenever you talk to him
Igfig: totally
Varus: dont have that anymore
Blaze: He's like a walking confessional, it's crazy.
Varus: lies and slander
frosty: ummm wouldnt that make anything told to him 100% believeable?
frosty: ???
Varus: fortuna, that guy totally doesnt have the aspect right?
Fortuna: It's complicated.
Igfig: oh no
Varus: darnit fortuna
Varus: help me out here
Igfig: he does not actually have that aspect
Varus: thatd be silly
Igfig: although I probably should consider what aspects the Cathedral itself has
Varus: i kind of want blaze to mouse it into the girls room
Varus: its time to turn this into a disney movie
Varus: but its metagaming cause ig gave us the idea
Igfig: yeah, sorry about that
Varus: haha hey
Varus: i could teleport into her room
Varus: if i knew where it was
Blaze: Yes and no?  I mean, you and I both have pretty good intelligence character wise.
frosty: ig if someone has an aspect like that, then the cardinal would have to believe us or else that wouldnt mesh
Orrin_Torrin: I actually did have that idea.
Orrin_Torrin: I just thought we could talk it out first.
Orrin_Torrin: Because if we get caught we'd probably be in a lot of trouble.
Varus: how about intelligence checks
Igfig: yeah, that's why he doesn't have that aspect Frosty
Varus: int checks for the idea of sneaking in somehow
Varus: or sneaking in with a specific plan 
Igfig: sure, can I get int or wis checks (but not both) from people involved
Varus: 1d20+3
Fortuna: Varus, 1d20+3: [8] = 11
Varus: orrin get 'em
Orrin_Torrin: 1d20
Fortuna: Orrin_Torrin, 1d20: [8] = 8
Orrin_Torrin: Hah.
Varus: dangit orrin
Varus: im gunna 
Varus: use my obsessive analyst trait
Igfig: and I guess Arryn is asleep now
Varus: to really think of a way to get this done
Orrin_Torrin: She had to go to the bathroom.
Varus: just full on brain storm
Orrin_Torrin: With her tiny woman bladder.
Orrin_Torrin: Jimmy Neutron style?
Varus: exactly
Varus: THINK JIMMY THINK
Varus: 1d20+3 THINK
Fortuna: Varus, THINK: [5] = 8
Blaze: and me and Frosty are having fun with colors.
Varus: AW
Igfig: wow
frosty: LEAPING LEPTONS
Varus: an 8 was in each roll
Varus: that adds up to 24
Varus: i think thats a success
Varus: brainstorming is about thinking of ideas together
Igfig: anyway, all you really think is that you probably need more info about the place before you go breaking in
Orrin_Torrin: Is it made of stone?
Varus: "While we wait why don't you tell us more about this place?"
Varus: "It realy is an impressive piece of architecture
Igfig: most of the cathedral is made of stone, yes. DId you read that link I posted earlier?
Orrin_Torrin: Nah I just opened it to have for reference.
Igfig: kay
Orrin_Torrin: Anyway, I have davantage on history checks pertaining to stone.
Orrin_Torrin: And I can't be lost underground.
Varus: awww yis
Varus: thats actually 
Orrin_Torrin: So if that can be of help.
Varus: pretty rad
Varus: knock  on a wall and listen for echos
Igfig: the cathedral is basically the size of a small town
Varus: holy hit
Varus: shit
Igfig: well, the "Cathedral"
Igfig: the main building itself is just cathedral sized
Varus: lets steal the blueprints
Varus: heist movie style
Blaze: But also really tall because of the fire on top of the building shedding enough light 24/7 that the homes nearby never see darkness.
Igfig: but then there are wings off of wings, walls and courtyards and gardens, libraries and side chapels, places for all the various clergy to live, etc
Igfig: it is quite tall yes
Varus: god damn thats huge
Varus: lets get the blueprints
Varus: look for a playroom kind of thing
Varus: teleport my butt in there
Varus: though blueprints arent that specific usually
Varus: so not that
Varus: orrin work your way thrugh the power of stone
Varus: well actually
Varus: the blue print might be that specific
Orrin_Torrin: I'd have to get underground for it to really help.
Varus: since its the voice of the flame
Varus: theyd want a specific place for them
Orrin_Torrin: Though i don't think it allows me to know where I'm going so much as know how to get out.
Orrin_Torrin: I don't suppose she makes many public appearances?
Varus: she may
Igfig: Neskus can point you to her personal wing
Varus: an important figure of the faith
Varus: why would he do that though
Igfig: and she does make public appearances, but not super super often
Igfig: a couple times a month maybe?
Orrin_Torrin: Damn.
Varus: well
Varus: actually in that case we could just wait
Varus: or it could be near it
Varus: itd give me more time to research how to make ben stronger
Orrin_Torrin: Seems like osmething of a gamble.
Orrin_Torrin: If we don't know how soon it is.
Varus: then blaze hoot hoots over there
Varus: or chirp chirps it
Varus: and talks to her
Blaze: Yar I was about to mention I can fly now guys.
Igfig: Also, I don't think there's a single blueprint for the cathedral, but there are individual ones for each new addition
Varus: i like the idea of the public thing better
Igfig: so if you did some research you might be able to find useful things
Igfig: okay
Varus: i want blaze to try out his flying as a pretty bird
Igfig: well, let me just see how long it'll be until her next appearance
Igfig: *scheduled appearance
Igfig:  1d12-1
Fortuna: Igfig,  1d12-1: [5] = 4
Igfig: four days
Varus: hrmm
Varus: thats not bad
Varus: what do you guys say
Varus: i say we go for it
Varus: best bet
Orrin_Torrin: Might be cutting it close.
Varus: they wont shoot a pretty bird
Varus: blaze are you down to risk it
Blaze: Well, maybe you guys should look  up info on the religion, like say if there is any mention of any specific kinds of birds.
Igfig: oh, that'd be a clever idea
Varus: i can research that little bit
Varus: ok so lets leave this dudes office
Igfig: they do have a thing for couatls
Igfig: sure
Varus: "i guess we've wasted enough of your time, we'll make our exit"
Varus: and we ollie outie
Igfig: he says he'll think about what you've said though
Igfig: and then appears to go back to sleep
Varus: igfig we said a month for the experiementing for ben right
Orrin_Torrin: "Thank you, Your Excellency."
Varus: is that made faster by my spell of summoning elementals that i took for level 8
Varus: since i can control conditions of them better
Igfig: when did we say this, Varus? Just trying to remember where
Igfig: was it last session
Varus: ermm
Varus: that or the one before
Igfig: I think it was one month if you had access to elementals
Igfig: a lot longer if you didn't
Varus: ok
Varus: so ive done 2 daysish so far
Igfig: right
Varus: im going to experiment for the next few days we wait
Varus: thats 1/4 of the way there
Igfig: are we waiting?
Varus: appears so
Orrin_Torrin: Without Arryn it seems like our only choice.
Varus: then lets time warp
frosty: ?
Varus: what does everyone do the 4 days?
Orrin_Torrin: I'll hang out on the street. 
frosty: make friends with locals
Orrin_Torrin: Perform, get money and, more importantly, gather rumors and whatnot.
Igfig: I think it's entirely possible that things might happen during these four days, I'll have to look at how the timeline has changed
frosty: "you like flame, i am flame, lets bone"
frosty: repeat
Igfig: so maybe we should actually stop here for tonight
Varus: hmmmm
Orrin_Torrin: I'd be down for that, it's already been like 3 hours.
frosty: aight
Varus: okay 
Igfig: all right. Join us next time, for the further adventures of Team Frosty
Igfig: or whatever your'e called
Varus: team yarrrrrr
frosty: team frosty is good
Varus: taem turn frosty into an all powerful invinsible being of fire
Blaze: I don't think we ever decided on a name for our little band.
Orrin_Torrin: Team Meatbag.
Varus: sure that works
Varus: team meatbag +1
Igfig: Next time on Eberron: "Do you really think you can eat all that pie?"
frosty: team #frosty2014
Igfig: "Why did we even challenge the Lord of Blades to a pie-eating contest?"
Varus: of course we can eat all that pie
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frosty: burn through it
Igfig: "And who is this new, mysterious masked challenger?"
Orrin_Torrin: BYE FRIENDS
Igfig: Bye all!
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