Igfig: there
Varus: oh
Blaze: Ta da.
Igfig: I had her not go to both rooms
Igfig: okay
Igfig: LAST TIME ON EBERRON
Igfig: You alighted on the Glass Plateau and, using Locate Creature, went to hunt down the mysterious mithral warforged you'd been searching for
Igfig: but nearly ran into a patrol of militaristic warforged, led by a large warforged covered in blades who you identified as The Lord of Blades
Igfig: Frosty invited them onto the airship, then dumped them all off in midair
Varus: +1 to frosty
Igfig: You finally found the guy you were looking for, who turned out to be a cleric of The Becoming God, named Chain
Igfig: he told you about the Becoming God, how a faction among the warforged of the Mournland were trying to build a new god
Igfig: (the quori-bound dragonshards you found back then could have been useful for that)
Igfig: (which is why he wanted them)
Igfig: He also said that the Godforged (as they're called) were allied with the Lord of Blades for this purpose
Igfig: (who was not the guy you killed, it turned out, but that guy's boss's boss)
Blaze: It was revealed that he whom we had assumed to be the Lord of Blades was merely the Colonel of Cutlery.
Igfig: and then he brought you down to their city where it was parked underground: the Mobile Fortress Chydris
Igfig: ah yes that's right
Igfig: so yes, that's where we left off
Varus: "well holy shit"
Blaze: Also I don't think he's dead, just thoroughly savaged and unconscious.
Varus: the guy told us to spare him
frosty quit.
Blaze: And now we, a bunch of fleshies and a fire elemental, have to work our way into a city of fleshy disliking/hating warforged to talk to the extra hating of fleshies warforged boss.
Blaze: And is everyone being really quiet or has my internet gone weird?
Orrin_Torrin quit.
Blaze quit.
Blaze joined #pwot_dnd.
Varus quit.
Igfig quit.
Blaze quit.
Blaze joined #pwot_dnd.
Igfig joined #pwot_dnd.
Blaze: Testing.
Igfig: one two three
Igfig: sorry Fortuna, I think mibbit hiccuped there
Waffle joined #pwot_dnd.
frosty joined #pwot_dnd.
Igfig: okay
Igfig: still missing Erik, but he appears to be offline entirely
Varus: did his crashing break everything
Igfig: shurg
Igfig: anyway, the last thing said was
Orrin_Torrin joined #pwot_dnd.
Blaze: I'm not sure how his crashing would affect our connections to the site.
Igfig: oh hey
Blaze: Hurrah!
Orrin_Torrin: Sorry, Mibbit broke.
Igfig: "And now we, a bunch of fleshies and a fire elemental, have to work our way into a city of fleshy disliking/hating warforged to talk to the extra hating of fleshies warforged boss."
Varus: it sure did
Blaze: It broke for all of us.
Igfig: indeed
Varus: ok
Varus: so we just said that the mythril dude
Blaze: Wait, a quick double check:
Blaze: 1d20
Fortuna: Blaze, 1d20: [1] = 1
Varus: lets just keep going from here
Varus: wow
Blaze: Fortuna is still fine.
Varus: fortuna is pessimistic
Igfig: fortuna is one fiiiiine gal
Varus: ok ok
Igfig: so
Varus: igfig have the thing respond
Varus: since we just said that thing
Igfig: Hm?
Igfig: Oh, you mean Chain
Varus: yes
Igfig: uh let me just check how I had him speak before
Igfig: "Yes. That will be difficult."
Igfig: "Do any of you know any illusions."
Varus: "I dont suppose you can offer us some kind of protection"
Varus: i have minor illusion
Varus: and invisibility
Varus: think we can 
Varus: disguise orrin as a warforged in his full suit of armor
Varus: make one of me or blaze invisible
Varus: and then sustain an illusion on the other?
frosty: i wanna be invisible
Varus: you dont have to be hidden
Orrin_Torrin: I am a master of disguise.
Blaze: I can turn into some kind of animal easily enough, I'm assuming they don't hate cats as much as they hate other humanoids.
Orrin_Torrin: Ben might want to be hidden.
frosty: ^
Varus: no one saw him kill those dudes
Orrin_Torrin: On account of he threw the Lord of Blades out of a moving airship.
Orrin_Torrin: Except the guy we're going to talk to.
Igfig: "The other Godforged would certainly accept you if I asked. But I doubt the Lord of Blades' followers would be so obliging."
Varus: ok lets have blaze be a cat
Varus: "Even if he knows we are here to help?
Igfig: also lemme check minor illusion
Igfig: Minor Illusion can only do objects, I think living beings are too dynamic for it
Varus: hm
Varus: you're right
Varus: could...
Varus: hmm
Varus: with the use of a fate point
Varus: make the illusion move over someone's body
Varus: like say illusion myself to a warforged
Varus: and then have the illusion move as i move
Varus: covering me up
Igfig: also it only lasts one minute
Varus: oh shit
Varus: right
Varus: ok
Varus: disguise orrinill 
Igfig: oh, but it is a cantrip
Varus: duisguise orrin
Orrin_Torrin: Is there any way Chain could secure us some kind of protection before we go in?
Varus: either way i think orrin should get himself a disguise
Igfig: what sort of protection are you thinking
Orrin_Torrin: Just go get a posse of Godforged to escort us in?
Blaze: Or what animal would make the most sense?  I'm thinking most wouldn't in the mournlands.
Varus: that could be true
Varus: work*
Orrin_Torrin: A bunch of jacked robot-dudes.
Varus: not even the baron of blades would risk attacking an escort of the godforged
Varus: he'd kill their alliance
Igfig: "Well. That is hard to say. We need them more than they need us. In all honesty."
frosty: "lol #fleshproblems"
Varus: hm
Igfig: "Keeping you with the Godforged could get you partway there though. Our groups tend to keep apart."
Varus: that will work
Blaze: I'm thinking a rat or a mule would make more sense then a cat.
Varus: it will give us time to gather materials and stuff to disguise orrin
Orrin_Torrin: I don't suppose the Lord of Blades likes music. We could pose as a traveling band.
Varus: a rat would be better yar
Varus: thats a terrible idea orrin
Orrin_Torrin: You mean a great idea.
Varus: no i meant terrible, sorry
frosty: "just burst into eternal flame, its how i do"
Igfig: "In fact. There is a fair chance that they would kill you simply for having seen this."
Blaze: A traveling band in the middle of the Mournlands?  I'm going to lean more towards Waffle for pratcticality, but more towards you for entertainment value.
Varus: so our idea can be: move with the godforged a bit of the ways, orrin is disguised, i go invisible, and blaze goes rat
Varus: and forsty can just hang around
Blaze: Or mule.
Varus: man you just cant watch anime while playing dnd i completely zone out of the show
Igfig: yeah, frosty can just be himself.
Igfig: that is correct waffle
Varus: ah well
Blaze: Better the show then the game, yar.
Varus: true
Varus: ill have to find something else to occupy mid time
Varus: oh well
Varus: any objections to my plan?
Igfig: So, how do you intend to disguise Orrin?
Varus: with bits of metal and stuff i assume
Varus: he can cover most of himself by wearing the full blown suit of armor
Orrin_Torrin: I'm in full plate so yeah i should be pretty close.
Varus: as we move with the godforged we can pick up materials
Varus: and orrin can work his magic
Orrin_Torrin: i think it's more about the movements and stuff than looking right.
Igfig: "We may be able to get a replacement faceplate from a magewright."
Orrin_Torrin: That oughta do the trick.
Varus: "heck yeah, team put your hands together"
Varus: nah its not the same
Varus: without arryn
Varus: well lets just go then
Igfig: I guess she'll catch up next session?
Varus: get us a group of god forged to mingle into
Varus: yeah
frosty: man if we do get caught up with lord of blades Orrin_Torrin is toast
Varus: true
Varus: but
Varus: also
frosty: cause he impersonatin
Varus: well no also
Orrin_Torrin: I'll talk my way out of it.
Varus: he'll just be fucked
Varus: sure
Varus: be like that one guy in new vegas who thinks hes a goal
Varus: ghoul
Varus: insist youre a warforged
Orrin_Torrin: Yep.
Varus: he may think youre useful as a spy
Orrin_Torrin: I just admire them so much.
Blaze: Alright, so I shift into the form of a rat and scurry up on top of Chain's shoulder for now.
Blaze: Interesting note:  Rats, not stealthy.
Orrin_Torrin: I study Chain's movements so I can try to replicate them.
Igfig: Chain asks you to wait here while he goes and gets some of his comrades
Varus: cat then?
Blaze: I continue to sit on his shoulder.
Varus: yar
Orrin_Torrin: That makes sense. I feel like it's more about being beneath notice than actually sneaking at that point.
Varus: lets use rat then
Varus: so we can just assume youre beneath notice
Blaze: Well, except I'm sitting on Chain's shoulder, but yar.
Igfig: "You may wish to conceal yourself in my pocket. Blaze. It was Blaze correct. You have a name like a warforged."
Varus: i didnt think warforged wore clothes
Blaze: Hmm, can I talk as a rat?  I'm thinking rat would be a form I can talk in.
Blaze: I hop in to his pocket at his suggestion though.
Igfig: they don't usually, but they often wear a harness or pack or something to provide them with pockets
Varus: oh alright
Igfig: Sure, you can talk a bit as a rat
Varus: like ratatoulie
Blaze: "Blaze isn't my real name, but it is the one I prefer."
Varus: teach us how to cook blaze
Igfig: it's not easy though, so short words
Blaze: I probably am the one who cooks actually.
Varus: true
Blaze: Ah, I shall adjust.
Blaze: "Not real name, but one I like better."
Varus: ok
Varus: im going to hold off on casting invisibility
Varus: until we need it
Varus: for now we can hide in the group of godDORKS
Igfig: "That is also like a warforged. Our names are ones we choose for ourselves."
Igfig: "Why did you choose the name you did."
Varus: hehe
Varus: "he likes burning stuff"
Blaze: "New path, also fire."
Varus: can we assume we are having this conversation while walking 
Igfig: Okay I changed my mind, you can talk in full sentences because this makes conversations a lot more difficult
Blaze: Hurrah, now I can really be ratat I don't remember how to spell it and I'm too lazy to look upwards.
Varus: ratatouile????
Varus: who cares
Blaze: yar, that one.
Igfig: also okay sure, we can say he got the others and brought them back while you were planning, and now you're all on your way
Igfig: so Varus, stealth check
Igfig: and Orrin, disguise check
Varus: so lets do perception checks to find materials to build orrins disguise with
Varus: and yar ok
Igfig: or I guess bluff
Varus: do i have advantage cause we are blending into a crowd of godforged
Igfig: No advantage or disadvantage, Varus
Varus: alrighty
Orrin_Torrin: 1d20+7
Fortuna: Orrin_Torrin, 1d20+7: [16] = 23
Igfig: Orrin has disadvantage on his check until he finds more stuff
Orrin_Torrin: Lookin' good, Orrin.
Varus: 1d20+1
Fortuna: Varus, 1d20+1: [11] = 12
Orrin_Torrin: Dammit.
Orrin_Torrin: 1d20+7
Fortuna: Orrin_Torrin, 1d20+7: [14] = 21
Orrin_Torrin: Oh good.
Varus: still not bad
Igfig: aright
Varus: im also going to roll a perception to find some stuff for orrin
Varus: err
Varus: search
Blaze: How about I do that while peering from Chain's pocket?
Varus: 1d20+6
Fortuna: Varus, 1d20+6: [2] = 8
Varus: aw
Blaze: 1d20+6
Fortuna: Blaze, 1d20+6: [13] = 19
Igfig: probably would have to be perception unless you're going actively searching around
Blaze: I'm not trying to hide as much so it is easier for me to look around.
Igfig: You see a couple things that might be useful, but it's actually pretty tidy in here
Igfig: right
Varus: dang
Varus: should i roll another as perception then/
Igfig: anyway, let's continue that conversation you and chain were having
Igfig: I think if your roll was perception it would just be even worse, varus
frosty: 1d20+3
Fortuna: frosty, 1d20+3: [14] = 17
Igfig: so what were you saying Blaze
Varus: it would have been yar
Blaze: Alright, shall I redo the last phrase?  Yar.
Igfig: aye
Blaze: "I blaze a new trail for myself, also, fire has a certain allure to it."
Blaze: Oh, also:
Igfig: "A new trail. In what way."
Blaze_Rat: I remembered in time this time.
Igfig: also I'm thinking this for the soundtrack
Igfig: http://labs.echonest.com/Uploader/index.html?trid=TRZQWKI1427B5C08BF
Blaze_Rat: "A different path from the teachings I was raised on, seeing the world as it comes with no judgement ahead of time."
Igfig: "That is an unusual philosophy for a druid. You are a druid are you not."
Igfig: actually I have an even better idea for how this conversation works: Chain cast Speak With Animals
Varus: yesss
Blaze_Rat: "I was raised by them.  The Ashbound, who spurn magic and the technology that has been built from it.  But in my travels I've seen good come it, alongside the evils that were taught."
frosty: on just chain or the whole group
Igfig: It's a self-only spell
Blaze_Rat: "So in my time I've found the world less black and white as they depicted it."
Igfig: so you hear Blaze just in his squeaky barely-words voice
Varus: haaaah
frosty: aight cool
Varus: orrin still looking out for like trash cans and stuff to make more warforgedy/
Varus: ?
Varus: welp
Igfig quit.
frosty: ?????
Varus: they all died ben
Varus: its just us
Orrin_Torrin quit.
frosty: rip errrone
Igfig joined #pwot_dnd.
frosty: 1d1 Fortuna?
Fortuna: frosty, Fortuna?: [1] = 1
Blaze_Rat joined #pwot_dnd.
Igfig: aw damn, I wrote another line of dialogue and then it got lost
Igfig: "What does your path tell you about nature and civilization. This is a question close to my heart."
Igfig: "Metaphorically speaking."
frosty: mibbit suuucks
Igfig: sorry
Igfig: normally it's way better than this
Varus: please hit enter blaze tell me it didnt happen again
Blaze_Rat: "I think they can co-exist at the least, maybe be good for each other as well.  But it isn't there yet, civilization needs to work towards it, and it'd be helped along if people like the Ashbound didn't want to keep nature so separate from it."
Blaze_Rat: Sorry, was thinking over my words.
Varus: ok
Varus: das ok
Varus: orrin is still gone
Orrin_Torrin joined #pwot_dnd.
Orrin_Torrin: Mibbit why
frosty: speaok of the devil
Igfig: nobody knows
Varus: so like i said are we still looking out for orrins cosplay
Blaze_Rat: Yeah what a day for Mibbit to be terrible.
Igfig: Yeah, you found a bit of stuff but not much because it's pretty tidy here actually
Blaze_Rat: Even with my 19?  I suppose Warforged would keep a clean ship though.
Varus: yar
Blaze_Rat: More easily then other races.
Varus: not like they have much trash
Igfig: also there appear to be small crablike constructs lurking around that grab pieces of trash, wad them up, and carry them off somewhere
frosty: follow the crabs
Orrin_Torrin: Awesome.
Igfig: they've got little spikes on their backs, they just impale the trash on them and carry it around
Blaze_Rat: ?
frosty: follow the crabs Orrin_Torrin
frosty: it is your destiny
Varus: actualy
Varus: make the rat follow them
Varus: he can move unseen better
Blaze_Rat: But I am comfy in Chain's pocket having discussions.
frosty: the rat is having a chat
Varus: no one else can go
Varus: orrin may be able to but his disgusie
Varus: aw fuck
Varus: i have invisiblity
Igfig: "I ask because of things like this. The beginnings of a construct ecosystem. However simple. If something is artificial can it not also be natural."
Varus: ok ill do it
Varus: "Chain, sorry to interrupt, but where do those trash crabs go"
Igfig: "Too many would call this 'fake'."
frosty: just follow them Varus
Varus: well i want to make sure i wont be running into a crowd of warforged trash compactors
frosty: litter, then follow the cleanup
Igfig: "Ah. They are creations of the Lord of Blades. Or possibly one of his artificers. They bring their scavenge to storage warehouses. Where it is melted down or recycled as necessary."
Varus: "I see, so i suppose if I follow one of those I'm gunna find a pretty neat place for disguise materials eh?"
Igfig: "That is probably correct yes. Would you like to bring an escort."
Varus: "Do I really need to? I'd think I could move around better invisible on my own, and I can shoot a message your way if I happen to get lost on the way back"
Varus: duration is 1 hour i should be good
Igfig: "By all means. As long as you do not reveal yourself. You may meet us near the chapel."
Blaze_Rat: "Do you really want to wander around by yourself in a city full of Warforged who dislike fleshy people?"
Varus: "Could you point out the chapel poking out of the roof so I can find it?"
Blaze_Rat: Also doesn't invisibility end when you interact with something.
Varus: "That rat is squeaking at me"
Varus: it ends if i attack or cast a spell
Blaze_Rat: Oh, well that isn't so bad then.
Igfig: He gestures in the direction the group is walking. It doesn't look very chapel-like. All strange angles, very earth-modern architecture
Igfig: it looks like it's probably portable to some degree
Varus: "That's..... okay sure it won't be hard to miss"
Varus: I cast invisibility on myself and squeeeeeeeze out of the group of godforged
Igfig: I should explain a bit about how this area is laid out actually
Varus: hmm
Varus: now to make some litter
Varus: sure yeah
Igfig: the areas the group is walking through and toward are not on the mobile fortress, but rather a sort of shantytown surrounding it
Igfig: well, shantytown doesn't describe it right
Igfig: more like... the kind of thing a nomadic group would use
Igfig: yurts made of scrap, you might say
Varus: like teepeers?
Varus: like teepees?
Igfig: Sure, but not teepees because they don't really need chimneys
Varus: alright
Igfig: because they don't need fire for much except forging
Igfig: so yurts
Igfig: but well-crafted ones
Orrin_Torrin: Robot yurts.
Igfig: ayup
Varus: well alright then
Varus: i begin moving through the yurts
Varus: i need to find some trash
Varus: to re-litter
Varus: i should just break in to someones house and take something then toss it on the ground
Varus: oh!
Varus: i take out my alchemical bag and throw some copper wires on the groun
Igfig: this appears to be the Godforged part of town. You do see occasional LoBsters (there really isn't a good name for his followers), recognizable by their extreme discipline and walking in formation everywhere
Varus: ohhhh my god
Varus: fucking lobsters
Varus: way to ruin my mental image of them
Varus: its just downhill from here
Igfig: the LoBster part of town is the mobile fortress, of course
Blaze_Rat: Maybe just call them Blades since he is the Lord of Blades?
Varus: no lobsters is funnier
Igfig: which is all solid military-style architecture from the Last War
Blaze_Rat: Much funnier, yar.
Igfig: Blades would be a better term though, yeah
Igfig: annnnyhoo
Varus: lameeeeeeeeeeee
Igfig: yeah, dumping copper wire on the ground is plenty
Varus: also not overly suspicious
Igfig: After a few minutes, one of the crabs approaches, picks up the copper wire, and winds it around its spikes to hold it in place
Varus: i hunker down
Varus: completely prone
Varus: and begin following it
Varus: crawling like a baby
Igfig: it does not appear to notice you
Igfig: uh, it is faster than you crawling though
Varus: aw
Varus: i guess i stand up
Varus: slightly dissapointed i cant act commando
Varus: and i just sort of follow it
Varus: walking around
Igfig: stealth check with advantage, ok
Varus: i assume it eventually leads me to the recycling plant
Varus: alright
Varus: 2#1d20+1
Fortuna: Varus, 1d20+1: [20] = 21; 1d20+1: [11] = 12
Varus: AYYYY
Igfig: damn
Igfig: yeah, you are well able to shadow it without running into anybody
Igfig: uhm
Igfig: should we split the chat?
Blaze_Rat: Preparing the music for Waffle's crab shadowing.
Varus: i dont think itll take much for me to sneak in adn take some metal
Blaze_Rat: Wow that is a lot of loops.
Varus: unless you have dastardly plans
Blaze_Rat: http://labs.echonest.com/Uploader/index.html?trid=TRGVVEK1489AB84330
Igfig: Well, the recycling area appears to be on Chydris
Igfig: near the back
Igfig: so there'll be a lot of lobsterblades there
Varus: oh fuck
Varus: ok lets split
Varus: also fucking grunty industries
Igfig: also wow that is a lot of loots
Igfig: er loops
Varus: how do you join the other chat again?
Varus: i set my threshold to 7
Varus: it works better there
Blaze_Rat: At 15 too, all of that at 15 similarity threshold.
Igfig: it's just /join #pwot_dnd2
Igfig: although I gotta restart Fortuna, one sec
Varus: is your faith in my ability to prevent comedic disaster that low
Igfig: there we go
Blaze_Rat: It is just the song that seemed right with someone following a small robotic crab.
Blaze_Rat: Think of it as the crab's theme if you like.
Varus: that works
Igfig: and I guess we can continue that conversation with Chain, if you wanna keep going
Blaze_Rat: Ah right, I think the last thing he said was how many would call this place artificial and fake right?  right.
Varus: he said too many call it that
Blaze_Rat: Yup.
Blaze_Rat: So I suppose a potential question would be how aware am I of natural/primal/something like that spirits?  The spirits of stuff.
Igfig: "I ask because of things like this. The beginnings of a construct ecosystem. However simple. If something is artificial can it not also be natural." "Too many would call this 'fake'." is what he said
Igfig: and hmm, that's actually a really good question
Igfig: I feel like that's the sort of thing where there isn't actually an objective answer
Blaze_Rat: Yar, I mean I'd expect most of the mournland to be pretty barren of them after what happened here.
Igfig: especially in Eberron, where there's not even any real proof that most of the gods exist
Igfig: you're pretty sure that wind spirits are a thing because of all the happy wind-coincidences you encounter
Igfig: but that's indirect evidence, you know what I mean>
Igfig: So this is more a matter of your own judgement
Igfig: do you think there are spirits in this stuff?
Blaze_Rat: Very true, yar, being raised by druids and that there is a pretty good chance that I'd believe there are spirits.
Blaze_Rat: Especially since I do have a pretty good relationship of sorts with the wind.
Blaze_Rat: Hmm...  speaking of which.  I raise myself up out of his pocket a bit to get a feel for the winds.
Igfig: Down here, not much 
Igfig: only real movement in the air is from people walking around
Igfig: we're underground, after all
Blaze_Rat: Oh right, I forgot about that.
Varus: however
Varus: if its such a huge city
Varus: then just the wind coming in from the opening would be enough to, over time
Varus: create clouds and stuff high up
Igfig: it's not thaaat big
Varus: that would generally cause windidge
Varus: well ok then
Igfig: you'd estimate that Chydris can hold maybe 1500 people? Maybe somewhat more if they're warforged, who don't take up much space
Blaze_Rat: "I wish I could give a more definitive answer, but you and these are made of the world, so it would make sense that you are just as much a part of it."
Igfig: well I guess quite a lot more warforged potentially, but who knows how it'd handle the weight
Orrin_Torrin: Magic.
Orrin_Torrin: Presumably.
Igfig: and the Godforged burbs are another 500-1000 people maybe
Varus: you know
Varus: if we could
Varus: somehow
Varus: turn them against each other
Varus: we could get a pretty solid hit against the lord of blades
Orrin_Torrin: it doesn't seem like Chain would be willing to do that. He asked us to spare that one guy who was straight trying to kill us.
Blaze_Rat: Or potentially better if we could turn the Lord of Blades himself and then see who follows.
Igfig: well that'd be interesting to try
Blaze_Rat: Less screw fleshies and more as the world turns.
Blaze_Rat: But yeah this whole place is smaller then the city I live in, which isn't hard, since property wise this city can fit waaaay more people then there are that live in it.
Varus: turn the lord of blades into a god forged?
Varus: that could create a religious zealot and that may be more dangerous
Orrin_Torrin: I'd settle for just "less of an asshole."
frosty: i like him
Blaze_Rat: As far as we know he's already a zealot, doesn't need religion for that.
frosty: he's got some good ideas
Orrin_Torrin: Yeah I don't know how wanting to make a God would be any more dangerous than wanting to murder literally everything.
Orrin_Torrin: It's not really a worldview with a lot of wiggle room.
Igfig: "Yes. That is how I also see it. We are a new type of life. But still life. And so nature is to be re-found even in the deadest of places."
Igfig: "This is my dream."
Varus: well he could create the god to aid in his murder everything plot
Varus: then we'd literally have to fight a god
Orrin_Torrin: Rad.
frosty: not murder everything
frosty: that is inconsiderate phrasing
Igfig: He speaks with the same lack of expression common to all warforged, but you can recognize the passion in his voice nonetheless
frosty: typicle fleshbags
Blaze_Rat: Yar, bit with Frosty on that one, it isn't murder everything, it was murder humans, elves, dwarves, half-elves, those kind of people.
Blaze_Rat: I don't think they'd go out of their way to murder a bunny rabbit.
frosty: thank you Blaze_Rat
Blaze_Rat: I shall just sit in silence for a bit on that thought, and probably groom my whiskers.
frosty: one of the good ones
Igfig: So you arrive at the chapel area without incident, although I guess the guy made of fire gets some odd looks
frosty: ;)
frosty: so hot, turning all the heads
Blaze_Rat: Teehee.
Orrin_Torrin: 2 seconds, bathroom.
Orrin_Torrin: Did Mibbit die again or are we just waiting
Orrin_Torrin: ?
Blaze_Rat: Nope.  Just waiting.
frosty: chillin
Varus: oh you're waiting alright
Varus: just pay attention to the horizon
Igfig: yeah sorry, Varis is doing something interesting so I've been focusing on him
Orrin_Torrin: No worries, I just wanted to make sure.
Igfig: The godforged are all fairly friendly, or at least not unfriendly.
Igfig: You're introduced to an artificer, called, uh, Hone
Orrin_Torrin: Where my Hones at.
frosty: whattup, hones
Orrin_Torrin: Money, Hones, cars and clothes is all a playa knows
Igfig: who goes about modifying Orrin's armour to make it look a bit more like a warforged's plating
Igfig: you're still a dwarf of course, so you make for a very short and wide warforged
Igfig: but weird warforged like that are not unknown. Cannith artificers did a lot of experiments on the basic warforged model during the war.
Varus: will this be any sort of upgrade to his armor?
Orrin_Torrin: I doubt anything this guy could do would upgrade Blessed Plate.
Varus: ah true
Blaze_Rat continues to groom himself.
frosty fart
Blaze_Rat: Do we want to make any bets on what Waffle is doing?  I suppose we could just look in the other chat, but yar.
Varus: yeah dont do that
frosty: my guess is dead
Blaze_Rat: Don't make bets or don't look in the other chat?
frosty: Varus is not a tough cookie
Varus: well
frosty: dead or dying
Varus: potentially tbh frosty
frosty: "how you doin?"
Blaze_Rat: So if Varrus dies does he need to roll up a new character or will we be finding some way to resurrect him?
Varus: ill prob just roll a new character if i manage to fuck this up badly enough
Varus: sorry this is taking so long
Blaze_Rat: No problemo, I'm just curious as to what is happening.
Varus: well essentially
frosty: Varus is dying
Varus: i figured we'd need some sort of distraction to help us sneak in
Varus: so 
Varus: im creating one
frosty: sneak in?
Blaze_Rat: I've checked, Reincarnate is still a spell, but it is a 5th level and I'd need to be level 9 to have access to it.
frosty: have we leveled yet
Varus: we could only get far enough into this place thanks to the godforged
Varus: we are making orrin the armor so we can get in further
Varus: into the city itself
Blaze_Rat: I don't think we have, and I don't think we are going to be hitting level 9 in this campaign.
Blaze_Rat: Also reincarnate is less hilarious in potential then some older stories I heard involving it, it can only turn a person into one of the playable races now.
frosty: laaaame
frosty: 'playable races'
Blaze_Rat: Yup, no chance of being a squirrel.
frosty: playable racists
Varus: aw
frosty: so how long has this been gamewise?
frosty: cause Varus said an hour
Varus: not long i would think
Igfig: Sorry for the delays guys
frosty: sall good
frosty: just hangin i the church
Igfig: You get a Message from Varis
Igfig: *Varus
Igfig: "get ready to catch me from the roof buddies"
Varus: one of u best get ur butts up there
Orrin_Torrin: Is the time for secrecy past?
Orrin_Torrin: Because I feel like I can't really move too fast in this disguise.
Blaze_Rat: I think secrecy is still a thing.
Blaze_Rat: Frosty can catch him.
frosty: wait what
frosty goes to roof
Varus: id prefer someone who isnt going to do additional damage
Varus: please
frosty ;)
Varus: welp
Blaze_Rat: Frosty has those shinguards to stop that damage doesn't he?
Varus: oh yes plese put them on fast like right now
frosty: did i bring them idk
Varus: well i wouldnt imagine you putting them down
Igfig: yeah, I imagine you wear them most of the time by default
Varus: alright then
frosty: cool cool
Orrin_Torrin: You had them last session, I assume you still do.
frosty: yeah
frosty is still on roof
Igfig: Varus appears on the roof, unconscious
Varus: well
Varus: above the roof
Igfig: and starts to roll down the side
Varus: i only saw the chapel
Igfig: yeah
Varus: oh yeah
Igfig: ...frosty
Igfig: FROSTY HE IS ROLLING TOWARDS THE EDGE
Blaze_Rat: OH SNAP.
Varus: oohhh my god frosty
Varus: dont do this now
Igfig: FROSTY WHERE ARE YOU
frosty: THE EDGE the edge THE EDGE the EDGE
Varus: does that mean you catch me
Igfig: Are you catching him?
frosty runs in front of rolling varus
Varus: oohhh thank god
Igfig: Give me a Dex check Frosty
frosty: 1d20+4
Fortuna: frosty, 1d20+4: [18] = 22
Varus: yessss
Orrin_Torrin: Hot.
Igfig: PHEW
Igfig: okay
frosty: i stop the hell out of Varus
frosty: still at my feet
Igfig: you catch Varus before he goes rolling off the edge onto a 20-foot drop that very easily could have killed him
Igfig: he does not look good
frosty leans over and pokes Varus
frosty: "hello?"
Igfig: he is super pale, but all of his veins are standing out and kind of black looking
Orrin_Torrin: Did you do the dimension door thing again?
Varus: well hey i cant tell you that
Igfig: he's unconscious
Varus: varus is unconscious
Blaze_Rat: I should have been a mule.
Igfig: actually wait
Orrin_Torrin: I suppose we ought to heal him.
Varus: thatd be useful
frosty picks him up
Igfig: I forgot to actually check how much damage that was
Igfig: one sec
Varus: ok
Blaze_Rat: Dun dun duns.
Igfig: oh, he left the other chat
Igfig: I'll roll it here
Igfig:  10d6 necrotic
Fortuna: Igfig, necrotic: [6, 5, 3, 1, 2, 3, 5, 2, 6, 2] = 35
Varus: THATS EXACTLY HOW MUCH HP I HAVE
Igfig: haha
Varus: well
Varus: -1
Varus: so im at -1 hp
Orrin_Torrin: Not too terrible.
Orrin_Torrin: Do you have any resists?
Varus: no
frosty: is Varus dead then?
Orrin_Torrin: Or an ability you could use?
Igfig: nah, he's unconscious
Blaze_Rat: Nah he's just unconscious.
Orrin_Torrin: He's unconscious.
Varus: no if i go to -17 id be dead
Orrin_Torrin: If we don't heal him, he might die.
Igfig: buuuut make a death save Varus
Orrin_Torrin: But we'll be just fine on that front.
Varus: 1d20
Fortuna: Varus, 1d20: [3] = 3
Varus: oohhh shit
Igfig: oh no
frosty: well
Orrin_Torrin: Hahahaha.
Igfig: somebody stabilize him fast
frosty carries him downstairs
Orrin_Torrin: How far away are they? If we've arrived I'll just dump my Lay on Hands on him.
Varus: we're just on the roof
Varus: frosty has to get me down there fast
frosty: "IS THIS ONE DEAD?"
Igfig: they're on the roof. I don't know how Frosty got up there exactly
frosty: the stairs
Igfig: okay, there're stairs
frosty: unless you want to retract me being there
frosty: thats cool too
Igfig: nah, you're there
Igfig: and so okay I guess the others are too by now
Orrin_Torrin: Alright, I can give him back 35 HP with my Lay on Hands.
frosty carries slowly tho
Orrin_Torrin: But that's all of it.
Varus: thats all my hp
Orrin_Torrin: So Blaze will have to do any healing that comes later.
frosty: cuase i dont want to shake him
Igfig: actually Orrin
Orrin_Torrin: Oh I know, i just won't be able to heal again until later.
Varus: as long as you can stabalize me
Igfig: remember, healing only heals for half in the Mournland
Varus: but we'll need to act fast if we hear an explosion
Orrin_Torrin: Wuuuy.
Orrin_Torrin: okay.
Orrin_Torrin: So I can get you to 17.
Varus: that'll be enough to invisible myself so we can go quickly
Orrin_Torrin: I'd prefer to have you in fighting shape when we get inside.
Igfig: also you don't actually go below 0 hp, so you have one (useless) point of lay on hands left
Orrin_Torrin: alright, so I use my Lay on Hands and get you to 17.
Igfig: And also remember, you can spend HD during a short rest
Igfig: so you can use that to get the rest of the way up
Igfig: Varus looks a lot better now
frosty pokes again
Varus: i slap my hand up
Varus: and knock away frosty
Igfig: and yeah, the effect looked a lot like he did when he did that dimension door thing earlier
frosty: "rude"
Varus: "anyone hear an explosion?"
frosty: "see if i catch you next time"
Orrin_Torrin: "Not yet."
Varus: "fuuuckk"
Igfig: but the thing is, his veins are still faintly visible as a blackish tracery under his skin
Varus: ew
Igfig: didn't go all the way away this time
Orrin_Torrin: "Varus you look gross af."
frosty: ew
Igfig: and nope, there has been no explosion
Varus: i guess constantly throwing my magic around and dying-ish is taking its toll
Varus: "I got the mask it's in my backpack"
Varus: "itll work perfectly"
Orrin_Torrin: "Thanks dog." I put the helmet on like Iron Man.
Orrin_Torrin: With lots of clanking.
Igfig: also, maybe trying to channel magic into 18 different dragonshards at once is maybe a little beyond your abilities
Varus: you said there was 3
Igfig: no
Igfig: I said there were three circles of nodes
Varus: oohhhh
Varus: shit
Varus: ok
Igfig: haha
Varus: welp
frosty: hahaha
Varus: i got the mask that was the minimum
Igfig: that is why I was so skeptical
Varus: just failed the optional objective
Varus: ok lets take a short rest then before we get going
Blaze_Rat resumes grooming himself in Chain's pocket after Varus is talking again.
Varus: or even an extended rest
Varus: theres no reason to not take an extended
Blaze_Rat: I don't think we can stay here long enough for an extended rest.
Orrin_Torrin: Unless the godforged have somewhere we can lay low this seems like a bad place for that.
Igfig: yeah, an extended rest would be risky here
Varus: alright then we can take 15 minutes to breath and discuss strategy
Varus: cause tbh
frosty: we are still on a roof
Blaze_Rat: And potentially blow Orrin's cover.
Varus: i forget why we are breaking in to the city
frosty: me too rlly
Orrin_Torrin: Chain was going to take us to someone who can tell us about the king of Karnath.
Varus: riihgghhththghght
Varus: thank you orrin
Blaze_Rat: To talk to the Lord of Blades to get info from him in regards to that king dying, I think it was the Lord of Blades, might have been someone else around here.
Igfig: yeah, he didn't specifically say the lord of blades but that is probably who he meant
Varus: good thing orrins doing the talking
Blaze_Rat: Might be the Premier of Pitchforks.
Igfig: Okay, so
Igfig: I think if we're going to keep going tonight, I'm going to have to take a moment here to go eat and drink something
Igfig: to keep my awakeness levels up
Varus: i see no reason to stop we havent done toooo much
Varus: i just wasted a lot of time getting the mask
Igfig: aye
Varus: and its still early for msot o fus
Igfig: So I'm going to call a short break now
Blaze_Rat: So yar, take a break and continue sounds good to me.
Varus: ok
Igfig: soundtrack for the break: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-jN3vH26NQ
Varus: my kind of soundtrack
Varus: i am readyu
Igfig: okay, I think I'm ready too now
Igfig: actually wait I goota pee
Orrin_Torrin: I made rice.
Igfig: then I'll be ready
Igfig: okay
Igfig: let's roll
Blaze_Rat: Whoooooo.
Varus: ok
Varus: so short rest
Varus: 4d6
Fortuna: Varus, 4d6: [5, 4, 3, 5] = 17
Varus: ayy
Varus: okay
Igfig: so you have 3d6 left?
Varus: yeah
Blaze_Rat: I think you only get 8 cause half down?
Varus: and perfectly went to max health
Varus: oh
Igfig: yeah
Varus: fuck
Varus: yeah
Igfig: you might want to spend some more HD
Varus: hmmmmm
Varus: yeah
Varus: ill just fully heal
Varus: 3d6
Fortuna: Varus, 3d6: [3, 2, 1] = 6
Varus: arghhh
Varus: 30
Varus: good enoguh
Blaze_Rat: 11 total then.
Varus: so we need to get going
Varus: orrin needs to make his disguise check?
Igfig: yeah
Igfig: no disadvantage now
Igfig: oh, uh, here's a question
Igfig: how long does wild shape last
Blaze_Rat: Half my level in hours.
Orrin_Torrin: 1d20+7
Fortuna: Orrin_Torrin, 1d20+7: [13] = 20
Blaze_Rat: So 3 hours.
Varus: we went about a half hour, plus a 15 minute break
Varus: 2 1/4 left
Igfig: okay, so you're both fine then
Igfig:  15 minutes?
Igfig: A short rest is 1 hour
Igfig: but yeah, hour and a half left
Blaze_Rat: So yar.
Varus: oh alright
Igfig: okay, so
frosty: whattup
Igfig: "All right. I told you I would bring you to someone who could tell you more about your dead king. And now I will."
Varus: "who is it?
Igfig: "Actually there are two people who might know something."
Igfig: "One is of course the Lord of Blades. If his followers put a dead king in my house after I left. He was probably aware of the fact."
frosty: the dude who killed him probably knows shit about the murder
Orrin_Torrin: "Is there anyone who WON'T try to murder us on sight that might know anything?"
Igfig: "The other is Scimitar. One of his generals. The one who came to retrieve me. She would be the one to have personally placed the dead king."
Varus: as in
Varus: the one we killed
Igfig: "No. There is not anybody like that."
Varus: or knocked out
Varus: the colonol of cutlery themself?
frosty: the one blaze melted?
frosty: why'd we come all this way then
Varus: so its either
Igfig: "No. I don't know who that was. He was not a very important person. One of the Lord of Blades' juggernauts."
Varus: oh alright
Varus: excellent
Orrin_Torrin: I'd lean toward the less important one, if possible.
Varus: hmmm
Varus: yar
Varus: thats what id think
frosty: lets go to the lord
Varus: buuuuttttt
frosty: all the way to the top
Varus: yeah
Varus: im with frosty
Varus: all the way to the top
Varus: we just have to act humble
Varus: or
Varus: orrin does
Orrin_Torrin: to the top it is.
Orrin_Torrin: Started from the bottom, now we here.
Varus: i have no specific reason
Varus: i just think we'd get a better answer
Varus: alternatively die faster
Blaze_Rat: I shall call her the Shiekh of Scimitars.
Varus: so lets make sure orrins disguise is perfect
Igfig: it's about as good as you can get it
Varus: i cant add an illusion to it at all?
frosty: "lets off then! to the lord"
Varus: well not while invisible
frosty: "how do we get there?"
Igfig: "I bring you."
frosty: "PERFECT"
Varus: alright
Varus: enter disguise
Varus: do you actually just wanna recast wild form blaze
Varus: how many would you have left
frosty just walks normally, arms swinging, head high"
Blaze_Rat: Nah, we've got an hour and a half and I might need the second shift, though actually we just rested while I was in form, so I'm not sure how that works.
Blaze_Rat: Cause I regain my form changes after taking a rest.
Varus: huh
Varus: lets say you werent trnasofmred then
Igfig: I think you get back all your uses with a short rest, yeah
Varus: man i butchered that word
Orrin_Torrin: frosty walks up in the club like "whatup I got a big cock."
Blaze_Rat: So yar, I suppose I have my two form shifts again, but we've got time, I'll stick with this one for now.
Igfig: club has a sign outside "no fire dicks"
Varus: DANG
Varus: BURNED
frosty: CLUB CANT EVEN HANDLE ME RIGHT NOW
Igfig: not with his patented shinguards
Igfig: All right, so with Chain you head on back to Chydris
Varus: yar
Varus: orrin disguised
Varus: me invisible
frosty: ALL OUT ITS SO RIDICOLOUS
Varus: and fire rat hidden
Igfig: aye
Blaze_Rat resumes grooming.
frosty: THEY WATCHIN I KNOW THIS
Igfig: You make your way through the burbs and through a perimeter, and suddenly there are regiments of warforged drilling everywhere
Varus: oh boy
Varus: back straight orrin
Varus: we're relying on you
Igfig: just marching, swording, all that shit
Igfig: they don't even glance at the fire guy, they're that disciplined
Varus: dang
Varus: d a n g
frosty starts marchin, like them
Varus: we gotta do something to stop these guys from killing the world
Igfig: "Yes, that would not be pleasant."
frosty: not in line with them, just in their style
frosty: "says you"
Igfig: You go up a ramp guarded by numerous well-armed sentries, and pass through a gate into the fortress proper
Igfig: which looks like this, if you recall:
Igfig: http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090108212855/eberron/images/e/e6/Argonth.jpg
Blaze_Rat: AKA pretty awesome.
Igfig: for some reason there are no large pictures of this place, only 500px
Blaze_Rat: That's a terrible shame.
Igfig: luckily Chain evidently commands some respect, and is permitted inside with you
frosty: lucky for the guards
Igfig: you ascend through more checkpoints, going up to... I feel like the Lord of Blades would probably put his 'throne room' in the squarish tower at the top of the front half?
Blaze_Rat: Makes sense to me, like a captain's bridge of sorts only the actual bridge is probably in one of those lower parts.
Igfig: well... actually, that might well be the bridge
Igfig: unlike a spaceship, you actually need to have direct visuals
Igfig: can't just have a video screen
Blaze_Rat: Well there is that part on the front though that looks kinda like a helmet visor, that's where I was thinking.
Varus: in that case itd be the main command bridge i imagine
Varus: hey does that mean
Varus: that this is a battle ship??
Igfig: that is possible, but I was thinking that having an all-around view is more important
Blaze_Rat: Actually on second thought it doesn't look too much like a visor at all really, but there is that one window thing.
Igfig: yes, it's kind of a floating land battleship
Varus: lets blow it up
Blaze_Rat: That is true, but with a ship that big they might require multiple eyes and a communication system to work better.
frosty: nahhh
Igfig: "It really is very difficult having the Lord of Blades as an ally. His resources are invaluable. But the desire to conquer all of the fleshy races is very inconvenient."
Varus: besides ben we all dont want the lord of blades to kill all the fleshy beings
Varus: at least disabling the ship could give us time to prepare the countries cause tbh
Varus: they look ready to invade
frosty shrug
Varus: and suddenly having this massive fortress ship bearing down on any castle wouldnt be able to stand against it
Igfig: "Please do not destroy this vessel."
Igfig: "We like it."
frosty: boom
Varus: "wasn't even thinking about it"
Varus: lets do it anyways
frosty: chainboy says dont
Blaze_Rat: It's pretty much their home, yar.
Varus: disabling it so it cant fly
Blaze_Rat: And then their home is stuck in a cave under the mournlands.
Varus: they dont seem to be going anywhere anyways
Orrin_Torrin: I mean they're robots who don't eat or sleep or really need the sun at all.
Igfig: Anyway, eventually you find yourself in front of a pair of heavy, very heavy imetal doors
frosty: i dont eat or sleep :(
Varus: orrin gets me
Orrin_Torrin: You know it bb.
Varus: <3
Igfig: so big you can see rectangular holes in the floor where the teeth of rather large cogs hook in
Blaze_Rat: Also if there is any chance of selling those quori filled dragonshards  it'd be in our best interest to be on good terms with these guys, as it currently stands they are our only prospective buyers.
Igfig: that is, the doors have to be opened mechanically because you can't just push them
Varus: yar
Varus: hm
Varus: that is true
Varus: we are still looking to sell those
frosty: also that special chestplate thing
Varus: what?
Blaze_Rat: We don't have that special chestplate thing, we only read papers mentioning it.
frosty: that we have some map to
Igfig: chestplate thing?
Blaze_Rat: I don't think we even have a map for it.
Igfig: Oh, the docent
Varus: oh yeah
Igfig: you just have a technical document describing some research done on the workings of one
Varus: so we dont need to worry about that yet
Varus: we need to make a timeline of our goals
Varus: our current goal is to prevent that war by proving who killed the king
Varus: which at this rate will still cause one but at least with the right people
Varus: so lets get in that room and leave the ship alone
Igfig: There are a number of juggernauts, all large and bladed, standing guard outside of the doors
frosty wave like tourist do at the buckinham palace guards
Igfig: Chain goes forward and speaks to one. You can't hear what they're saying, but that's probably not too important
Blaze_Rat: Wait!
Varus: my dm senses are tingling
Varus: i walk forwards invisible and listen
Blaze_Rat: I'm in his pocket though last I checked?
Varus: oh
Varus: even better
Igfig: oh yeah
Blaze_Rat: Just been hanging out and occasionally grooming myself, enjoying the simple things.
Igfig: yeah, he's just saying that these two pilgrims have something important they need to talk to the Lord of Blades about
frosty: 2?
Igfig: frosty and Orrin?
Orrin_Torrin: Me and Frosty.
Orrin_Torrin: Are the only ones who are visible.
frosty: oh i thought Orrin_Torrin was dressed to pretend as one of them
Orrin_Torrin: Well yeah.
Orrin_Torrin: But I'm still not somebody who knows.
Orrin_Torrin: he knows*
Igfig: yeah, he's pretty clearly not from around here
frosty: oh ok
Igfig: so yeah, he asks if you can be allowed in to speak with him
Igfig: there's some negotiation
Igfig: the leader of the guards decides that yes okay he guesses you can go in
Igfig: The doors slowly grind open
Igfig: and inside
Igfig: http://cdn.obsidianportal.com/assets/75729/Lord_of_Blades2.jpg
Orrin_Torrin: Fuck yesw.
Orrin_Torrin: yes*
Varus: oh jeez
Orrin_Torrin: Let's join this guy.
Varus: ooohhh jeez
Varus: OOOHHHH JEEZ
Varus: lets not fight him
Varus: this sounds like a typical igfig end point
Orrin_Torrin: He can cleanse the world of my fleshiness any tie.
Orrin_Torrin: time*
frosty: i want to join him
Igfig: yeah, but we've still got time
Igfig: we can keep going if you like
Varus: oh golly
Varus: sure
Orrin_Torrin: Eh, I don't have much longer in me.
Orrin_Torrin: So if nothing important is gonna get done I'd rather just wait.
Varus: well the conversation with teh dude
Varus: is kinda important
Blaze_Rat: Oh wow.
Varus: and its up to orrin too
Igfig: I feel like there hasn't actually been much for most of you to actually do this session, just lots of following people around
Igfig: but yeah, that's a good point
Igfig: Orrin is the one who will be speaking
Igfig: so if he's not up to it
Orrin_Torrin: Oh I know it's important, I just don't think it'll be quick.
frosty: :/
Igfig: hehe
Varus: it will likely not be done before 12 i think
Varus: well 
Varus: it might not go THAT long
Blaze_Rat: This reminds me of the Megas song for airman actually.
Igfig: yeah, the conversation will probably take on the order of an hour
Igfig: link?
Varus: oh man
Varus: it kind of does
Igfig: Airman (airman)
Igfig: Fighter of the earthman (earthman)
Blaze_Rat: Do you know what it's like to be built this way?  With only the power to push others away?
Igfig: Champion of the air
Blaze_Rat: That's the line in specific I was reminded of.
Igfig: He's a master of karate 
Igfig: and friendship
Igfig: for every chair
Blaze_Rat: Like, just look at the Lord of Blades.
Varus: so orrin are u up 4 it
Igfig: No pressure either way
Varus: 100% pressure
frosty pressures
Orrin_Torrin: PUSHIN DOWN ON ME, PUSHIN DOWN ON YOU
Blaze_Rat: Even if he wanted to join society as is it'd be nigh impossible when he is a walking talking flesh shredder.
frosty: i believe in him
Orrin_Torrin: I don't think I'm gonna be awake for another hour, honestly.
Varus: orrin is #lame
Blaze_Rat: A person sees him walking down the street would run instantly.
Varus: but ok
Igfig: all right, then we will wrap up here for today
Orrin_Torrin: Laaaaaame.
Igfig: and next session will be oh my, intense
Orrin_Torrin: GOOD.
Igfig: Good night everybody!
frosty: we got this
Orrin_Torrin: I'm gonna talk this giant death-metal robot's ear off.