Igfig: LAST TIME ON EBERRON
Igfig: After bringing Frosty back to life (albeit still with the dangerous instability in him), you made your way toward the engine room of Chydris
Igfig: on your way there, you met Chain, of all people, who said he'd been hiding in the access tunnels since the purge of the Godforged
Igfig: Varus was suspicious of him
Varus: i still am
Igfig: Oh, and before that, you found some ritual stuff set up in the Forge room and pulled out a piece that you think was like some kind of magical heatsink
Igfig: which you still have
Igfig: You continued into the engine room, which was guarded by the warforged titan, Gorgan
Igfig: who you defeated fairly handily
Igfig: you then destroyed the engine, which started the entire fortress tipping into the sea
Igfig: you headed up the elevator shaft to the roof, and from there made your way surprisingly easily back to the wrecked Frosty (the ship)
Igfig: (unless you have something else you want to do back here first)
Orrin: Nah, I think we should cut ourselves loose immediately.
frosty: nah id rather be far from the rising water
Igfig: while the Lord of Blades marched his soldiers off of the deck to continue to Thronehold walking along the seabed
Igfig: you all leveled up, and Varus used his newly-learned Sending to report in with Admiral Marktaros
Orrin: We bought ourselves like 3 hours at least.
Orrin: Oh shit I forgot to level up.
Varus: how about instead of i magically learned it
Orrin: Because I don't have any PDFs anymore.
Varus: i had ben working on the spelll for a while
Igfig: can you repeat what you said, Varus
Igfig: aye
Varus: and i took that opportunity to try it out and it worked 
Varus: ok
Orrin: Can someone send me the PDFs again? And I'll just level quietly.
Blaze_Half-Elf: You gain 6 hp and have 2 spell slots for level 3 spells now.
Orrin: Boss.
Igfig: some of your notes from your research into that spell were still intact on the ship, and you were able to work off of those
Orrin: I don't know what level 3 spells to take.
Orrin: Because I don't know what the options are.
Varus: "We've sunk the chydris, the warforged are marching across the ocean floor, prepare your forces" [5:18:34 PM] snowy_SkeletEM: and I sent it to the uhh admiral I think is the rank I'm thinking of [5:18:39 PM] snowy_SkeletEM: the guy who was with our little baby navy [5:18:44 PM] snowy_SkeletEM: who went to throne hold
Igfig: also Orrin your proficiency bonus went up to +4
Blaze_Half-Elf: Um, 3rd level paladin spells are Aura of Vitality, Blinding Smite, Create Food/Water, Crusader's mantle, Daylight, Dispel Magic, Elemental Weapon, Magic Circle, Remove Curse, and Revivify.
Orrin: Can you e-mail me that PDF so I can pick? wangchangbackup@gmail.com
Igfig: Admiral Marktaros responds "Acknowledged. Will work with local authorities to prepare defenses. Advise Lord's ETA. Also sending a vessel to pick you up. Flame bless us all.
Varus: can i send another message back or is it only send and recieve once
Igfig: just once... oh, let me retroactively add "if possible" in there
Igfig: the ship will probably have a cleric on it capable of Sending, most of them do
Varus: i mean i could cast sending againt buuuut............... thatd be another use of a spell slot
Varus: that id rather not use
Igfig: anyway, the Frosty is in sorry shape
Varus: lets say ol' cleric shoots a sneding my way and im like "about 3 hours i think??"
Varus: sorry frosty
frosty: i did it
Igfig: the prow is just gone, and the rest of the first third is caved in. The deck is split down the middle, and while the elemental shard housing is still intact, one of the binding struts (that hold the propulsion circle in place) is broken in half
Varus: "all we need is a montage guys"
Orrin: Doesn't have to be pretty, we juist have to get to shore.
Varus: i was told they were sendinga  ship
Varus: so we could just wait here
Varus: take pot shots at the guys under the sea
Orrin: If you have anything you can hit them with that doesn't cost anything.
Varus: i do
frosty: i certainly didnt check before i wrecked
Varus: frost shot
Igfig: well, you could put Frosty in the dragonshard, but he wouldn't be able to maintain a proper circle shape. At best, he wouldn't be able to fly straight; at worst, he'd cut the ship in half
Igfig: also, Frosty make a Con sav
frosty: i did at the end of last sesh
Varus: can he sort of drift us forwards
Igfig: well now you're making another
frosty: aight
frosty: 1d20+9
Fortuna: frosty, 1d20+9: [18] = 27
frosty: huh
frosty: how is it plus 9 now
frosty: oh lvl up
Igfig: your proficiency bonus went up, yeah
Igfig: okay, you're still all right
Varus: lets put frosty into the shard
Varus: and see if he can safely nudge us forwards
Varus: we dont have to go fast
Igfig: but it'll be another save every five minutes
Varus: just at walking pace
arryn: oh sweeet my stealth is +12 now!
Varus: even when he's in the hsard?
arryn: i am ghost
arryn: i am the night
Blaze_Half-Elf: Maybe you should do another suctiony thing to try and slow it down?
frosty: the shard could be shrapenal!!
Igfig: even in the shard, although you might be able to modify it to improve his stability somewhat
Varus: lets shove his ass into the shard then
Varus: over the next hour or so until a ship arrives i can shoot ice at the warforged marching beneath us
Varus: thatd be HILARIOUS
Igfig: they're mostly underwater
Varus: yeah but its like shooting icicles at the them
Varus: well no its more like a ray
Varus: a ray of frost even
Blaze_Half-Elf: And it'd probably hit the water, yar.
Varus: lets drop broken stuff from the frosty then
Varus: like rocks
Varus: broken chairs
Varus: steel bars
frosty: no thats mine
Varus: go to your shard
Igfig: and while you somehow managed to get up here without being spotted, if you shot at them they'd return fire presumably
Varus: with what
Varus: a bow?
Varus: under water??
frosty: harpoon guns
Varus: pft they dont have those
Varus: thatd be SILLY
Varus: besides thatd just clunk into the bottom of a boat
Varus: no problem
Igfig: ok, so are you just waiting around up here or what?
Varus: well a boats coming for us
Varus: not sure what else we can do
frosty: yeah theye coming
Igfig: Oh, I guess with frosty in the shard
Igfig: the propulsion ring appears
arryn: moving would change our positionand their coming
Igfig: but only half of it is ring-shaped
frosty: no
frosty: frosty is not in the shard
Igfig: oh, ok
Varus: frosty gets advantage on not exploding in the shard
Varus: so frosty should get in the fuckin shard
Igfig: only if you modify it
Varus: oh lets mod that shit then
Blaze_Half-Elf: Plus our propulsion ring is broken, he gets in it, ring might screw the ship up.
frosty: yes i am with Blaze_Half-Elf
Varus: then frosty's going to be rolling con every five minutes to not explode
Varus: and will likely explode
Varus: on the ship
Varus: what if he explodes over them
Varus: so his magma drips down through the water at them
Varus: oorrr
Varus: frosty BECOMES AN ISLAND
frosty: ./kick Varus
Igfig: he'd probably just die harder when he hit the water
Varus: well what WILL you do
Varus: your death is even more inevitable now
Varus: gotta do something
Orrin: It's fine. He's not in the shard.
Orrin: He'll roll con with a +9 advantage. If it's a neutral save he literally cannot fail.
Blaze_Half-Elf: Do the siphon thing again?  That may help.
frosty: your death was always inevitable, and you are not constantly panicking for yourself
frosty: #mortality
Varus: well i mean your death in the next like 2 hours is inevitable
Varus: also im a high elf so im gunna live a while
Varus: more than 2 hours at least
Igfig: it's not a DC 10 save, it's actually fairly high I think
Varus: B)
Varus: i can keep siphoning him but thats not gunna help
frosty: not if they dont get here soon
Varus: frosty should do somethign cool 
Varus: how long will they take ig
Igfig: it'll reduce the interval to 10 minutes if you siphon him whenever you can
Blaze_Half-Elf: See, if you keep doing it that doubles the time in between.
Varus: i have nothign else to do so yeah ill do that
Varus: but how long until the boat gets here
Varus: maybe we can get frosty some kind of magical treatment
Blaze_Half-Elf: Well, is there a way we can repair the propulsion circle?
frosty: suck me, Varus
Igfig: and you're not sure, but probably less than half an hour to get here, and half an hour back to Thronehold
Igfig: that's possible
Varus: so thats 6 rolls
Varus: i dont like them odds
Orrin: He has a +9.
frosty: ^
Orrin: If it's a regular save, a one STILL PASSES
Igfig: against a DC you're not sure of
Igfig: it's not a regular save
Orrin: Yeah but he's passed it with like a 13.
Igfig: I just said
Orrin: So it can't be that hig.
Orrin: high.
Igfig: I don't think he has
Varus: can i roll arcana to at least work out the dc
Igfig: sure
Varus: 1d20+7
Fortuna: Varus, 1d20+7: [10] = 17
Igfig: it's DC 17, in fact
Varus: ok
frosty: 1d20 fix boat
Fortuna: frosty, fix boat: [18] = 18
Varus: so he needs to roll an 8
Orrin: Ben did that 9 include the four from me?
Igfig: what are you trying to do to fix it, Frosty
frosty: that was int 
frosty: to see how
Igfig: that 9 did not, in fact
Igfig: ah
frosty: oh no Orrin
frosty: 27+4
Fortuna: frosty, 27+4: [] = 31
frosty: WOOO
frosty: i got the constitution of granite
Blaze_Half-Elf: See, so even more so as long as he is by Orrin we got that, and if I use the staff I can get a Blessing going to add another 1d4 to each roll.
Igfig: well, the main thing you'd need is to fix the binding strut, but unfortunately, as I said, half of it is gone
arryn: 1d20+5
Fortuna: arryn, 1d20+5: [8] = 13
Igfig: oops we dropped Fortuna for a moment there
Igfig: and you don't know where 20:07	Varus	i dont think we should even try  20:07	Varus	to fix the frosty 20:07	Orrin	I mean we have to do somethign while we wait. 20:07	arryn	1d20+5 search 20:08	Varus	im siphoning  20:08	Varus	not sure how often that is
Igfig: You can't get the interval down to longer than 10 minutes
Varus: i know
Varus: i mean you said if im doing it as often as possible
Varus: and i dont know how often that is
Igfig: it's like birth control, even if you take it every day eventually your period will just happen regardless
Varus: so its hard to judge what i can do
frosty: 1d20+4 search
Fortuna: frosty, search: [14] = 18
Igfig: ah
Varus: so like
Varus: gimme a number here ig
Igfig: I'd say every 5 minutes or so
Varus: ya ok
Varus: so i cant do much
Varus: besides siphon
Varus: and maybe read inbetween
Igfig: every 5 minutes, staggered 2.5 minutes from the con check
Igfig: well, siphoning just takes a round
Varus: so as long as i dont need to hunt ben down on the ship every 5 minutes
Varus: so whatever im doing ben come with me
Igfig: and Arryn and Frosty, the strut is well and truly gone, it must have fallen off many miles back
Igfig: what is everyone else doing while Frosty and Arryn search?
Varus: hrmmm
Blaze_Half-Elf: I suppose I'll check and see what all remains on the ship.
Varus: i can try to mod the shard maybe?
Varus: or just do some house cleaning
Varus: pack the things we want to move to the ship that comes to pick us up
Varus: we can take a bit of stuff
Varus: and then burn the ship
Orrin: Yeah I gather all my stuff.
Varus: i will do the same with whatever bit of my research or experiments remain
Igfig: Frosty finds that some parts of Varus' lab are still... well, not intact, but not destroyed. Just shoved back until they overlap with the rooms behind them
Varus: aw
frosty: aww
Varus: like
Varus: this??
Varus: [[]
Igfig: yes
Varus: ok
Varus: thats good then
Varus: my stuff is saved mostly
Igfig: in addition, the front part of the keel, which has some binding magic of its own going on (mainly for stability), is broken off, but still floating in the front section
Igfig: yeah, your research is still mostly okay
Igfig: any papers or books that were left out are gone, anything that was inscribed on the floor is shattered
Varus: aw
Igfig: likewise anything made of glass
Varus: what about papers that were in drawers
Igfig: but the things that were in your safe, or chest, or bookshelf, or drawers, are 80% intact
Varus: good enough!
Varus: so lets have ben roll 3 con saves for the half hour that passs
Blaze_Half-Elf: I go to find my room and my stuff too.  I stop for a moment looking at my leather armor I kept in my room, with all the Ashbound symbols on it.
arryn: do i find anything?????
Igfig: It turns out not to be that long, they get here in only 20 minutes
Varus: 2 then
Igfig: hmm, where were you looking Arryn? And what for?
Blaze_Half-Elf: Before they get there and after looking at the armor for a bit I cast Produce Flame, and I burn the symbols off of the armor and put it on.
arryn: well idont have a room, so uh
Igfig: also I feel like being up here needs some sad background music from Homeworld, one sec
Igfig: heh, cool Blaze
Blaze_Half-Elf: It's about time I actually wore some armor.
arryn: guess maybe im questioning what happened about everything why he left and crashed
Igfig: you're asking Frosty you mean? Or just questioning in general
frosty: 2#1d20+13
Fortuna: frosty, 1d20+13: [8] = 21; 1d20+13: [9] = 22
arryn: just time passing interrogation
Igfig: Frosty remains ok
Igfig: hasn't even failed one save yet
Orrin: He did fail one when he was talking to Thakashtai.
frosty: yes
Igfig: oh
Igfig: right
Igfig: also, music
Igfig: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyyL_TICbrU
frosty: which is why i am not getting in a shard
Igfig: fair enough
Blaze_Half-Elf: Hey, idea.
Blaze_Half-Elf: That iron thing is a magical heat sink right?  What if we put it in Frosty?
Igfig: ...huh
frosty: yes
Igfig: I did not think of that
Orrin: I like it.
Igfig: haha
frosty: i am for eating things
Orrin: Orrin tries that.
Igfig: hmmmmmmmmmmm
frosty is eater of all
Igfig: okay, I'll say
frosty: performing experiments on myself is my jam
Igfig: it actually settles in quite nicely
Igfig: while it does have other potential functions, while it's in Frosty it'll give him a +5 to his Con saves against this, and advantage on saves against anything else that might mess with his bodily form
Blaze_Half-Elf: Sweet.
frosty: woooo
frosty: other functions???
frosty tries to jump reaaal high
Igfig: like polymorphs, or baleful teleport, or things like that
Varus: heckin right
Igfig: er, that's what it protects against I mean
Varus: thats good
frosty: 1d20+9 jump
Fortuna: frosty, jump: [19] = 28
Igfig: other functions would probably relate to its status as a magical heat sink
frosty: WHEEEEEEEEEEEE
Varus: dont waste your rolls
Varus: lets get onto this boat they sent for us
Igfig: your jump bonus is not +9
Varus: and prepare for an army of warforged to march onto the beach
frosty: acrobatics??
Igfig: Athletics
frosty: ok then
frosty: 19+5
Fortuna: frosty, 19+5: [] = 24
frosty: WHEEEEE
Igfig: pretty good
Igfig: anyway, this means you don't have to make checks any more as long as you're close to Orrin
frosty eats Orrin
Varus: :I
frosty: jk
Varus: annyywaayysss
Orrin: Best buds.
Igfig: but if you get more than 10 feet from him for more than 5 minutes, you'll have to start worrying about that again
arryn stands watch for helping boat i guess
Varus: the boat is here
frosty: oh
Varus: lets just get on and get outa here
Varus: are we burning the frosty?
Varus: viking funeral
Igfig: around the time you get this bright idea, the HSS Silver Star arrives
frosty: can i use that sweet jump to get on the boat
frosty: and Varus if yu try you will die
Igfig: the Lord of Blades' quick and disciplined armies have already disappeared into the depths
Varus: wait even better idea
Igfig: and Chydris is about half submerged
Varus: lets drop the frosty on them
frosty: once again
Igfig: that's hard to do Varus
Varus: WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO WITH IT THEN
Igfig: because it's naturally buoyant
Varus: to frosty i eman
frosty: tie it to the silver star
Varus: like do you just want it to sit there
Varus: that will slow us down
Varus: no
frosty: and take it to get fix
Varus: no
Varus: the silverstar isnt a boat big enough to drag the frosty in a reasonable time
Varus: the frosty will still be floating out here later
Igfig: they're about the same size
Orrin: Antigrav it.
Varus: oh thats true
Varus: i could 
Varus: then we could drag it
Igfig: antigrav only lasts one round unfortunately, I think
Varus: yup
Varus: 1 round
frosty: hang on you said teleport can i teleport
Varus: what
Igfig: You could still drag it, because an airship doesn't have much drag compared to a sea vessel
Varus: thatd slow us down though
Igfig: but it would slow you down
Varus: just make a mark of its location
Varus: and come back to get it later
Igfig: the Silver Star hails you
Varus: it sure does
Varus: we all pack our stuff on it
Varus: do they have naval charts?
Varus: id assume so
Varus: so we can markw here the frosty is floating around
arryn: yeah its not like its gonna get another pilot in the middle of the lake
frosty: :(
Varus: lets just get outa here then
Varus: ollie the heck outie
Varus: get to the beach and prepare for BATTLE
Varus: did mibbit freeze
Varus quit.
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sprocket: did mibbit freeze
sprocket: :IIIIIII
sprocket: something broke
Blaze_Half-Elf: ?
Igfig quit.
sprocket: blaze you're alive
sprocket: its just us nwo buddy
sprocket: now
Blaze_Half-Elf: We're doomed.
sprocket: we'll never beat the lord like this
sprocket: not without a dm
sprocket: fortuna are we fucked?
Fortuna: Mm-hmm.
Fortuna: Oh god, no.
Fortuna: That would be awful.
Blaze_Half-Elf: I'm getting mixed messages there, Fortuna, care to clarify?
sprocket: fortuna please clarify?
Fortuna: Maybe.
frosty: Fortuna am i the best
sprocket: dammi
sprocket: t
Blaze_Half-Elf: Fortuna is Frosty the best?
Fortuna: Ask again later.
Blaze_Half-Elf: Fortuna is it later?
Fortuna: Good night.
arryn: Fortuna is frosty the best?
Fortuna: I think we both know that's not your real question.
Blaze_Half-Elf: This is great.
arryn: hahaha
Blaze_Half-Elf: This is super great.
sprocket: fortuna?
Fortuna: That would be a terrible idea.
Fortuna: But I'm going to say yes anyway.
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sprocket: fortuna fortuna?
Fortuna: Ha. No.
frosty: Fortuna can we go on sans ig? 
sprocket: fortuna blaze arryn frosty?
Fortuna: You're asking the wrong question.
frosty: oh
sprocket: ok
sprocket: where did we leave off
sprocket: before the breakdown of society
Igfig: Fortuna are you okay?
Fortuna: I sure hope so.
Igfig: that's not reassuring
Orrin: Hahaha.
arryn: Fortuna am i ok?
Fortuna: In your dreams.
arryn: :(
Igfig: Okay, you all gather up whatever stuff you had left on the Frosty, and board the Silver Star
arryn: did i have things?
Igfig: I dunno, did you?
arryn: do i have things?
sprocket: can i stealthily launch a fire blast at it to burn things
Igfig: if you want, but you'd need at least a level 2-3 spell to start a proper fire
frosty: i can stealthily burn you
sprocket: oh well never mind
Orrin: We have a fire elemental
sprocket: frosty wouldnt notice
Orrin: If we really wanna burn things.
sprocket: i want to give the frosty a viking funeral
Igfig: The captain, an older guy who somehow manages to look grizzled even in the Thrannish Navy's spotless white uniform
frosty: and you will die
frosty: this is how it will go
sprocket: im like 90% sure i could beat frosty in a fight
Igfig: welcomes you aboard, and immediately calls for full speed toward Thronehold
arryn: "Hello"
sprocket: onwards!
sprocket: oh wait im still sprocket
Igfig: sprocket couldn't beat anyone
Varus: :(
Varus: can me and orrin do the titanic thing on the front of the boat
frosty watches the frosty shink in the distance
Igfig: if you like
Varus: frosty
Igfig: you have about half an hour to prepare
Varus: i mean orrin
Varus: lift me
Igfig: well, I guess this is the time you take to level up and have your short rest
Igfig: but yeah
Varus: yeah
arryn: "Captain, what are the defenses?"
Varus: and for orrin to lift me like on the titanic
Igfig: "Not as much as anyone would like, that's fer sure."
Varus: fuck
Varus: rlly
Varus: r l l y
Varus: so we have like 2 hours to muster some kind of defense
Varus: i thought we had an ADVANTAGE FOR ONCE
Blaze_Half-Elf: that was silly.
Varus: very siilly
Igfig: "They've been preparing since we sent word..." how long ago was it that you realized that Chydris wasn't headed for Flamekeep?
Varus: it could easily turn into a siege situation
Varus: that was actually a while ago
Varus: like
Varus: almost 8 ish hours?
arryn: 2 hours from when we left thrane
Varus: its not been 2 hours
arryn: no shit
Varus: we'd have to check the logs
Varus: cause  i remember it was a looooong time travelling to intercept
Varus: with our little navy
Igfig: it took you 2 hours to get from your ambush point to here
Igfig: oh wait
Igfig:  5 hours
Varus: + half hour just on the frosty
Varus: yeah
Varus: see
arryn: we realized the error 2 hours after we eft thrane
Igfig: and an hour on Chydris
Varus: and we spent an undetermined amount of time running around the shio
Varus: so six and a half horus
Igfig: by the time you get there, it'll be seven hours
Varus: thats actually good time
Igfig: "They've been preparing since we sent word sixish hours ago, but that still ain't much time."
Varus: to actually muster forces
Varus: its better than id thought tbh
Orrin: Yeah that's pretty reasonable.
Varus: to bring troops from around the city and have them armed and ready at the very least
Orrin: Yeah we foiled their plan, so now it's just a big fight basically.
Varus: to prepare siege wands and stuff, not so sure
Orrin: Nobody is prepared.
Varus: as long as throne keep has a big wall
Varus: there'll be lots of people doing things
Varus: civilians evacuating and stuff
Igfig: "I don't know much details, but Thronehold doesn't have much in the way of troops. It's a neutral zone, right."
arryn: "right"
Varus: "Surely someone could say 'hey guys we need everyon to cooperate to prevent the city from being destroyed"
arryn: "six hours to send word to neighbouring cities and have them at hold?"
Igfig: "They're evacuating whoever they can, and everyone else is holed up in Thronekeep I think."
Igfig: (that's the castle)
Igfig: (I think that's what it's called)
Varus: ok
Varus: well thats good
Varus: as long as we have some defense
Varus: its like orrin said
Varus: no one is prepared really at least its even
Varus: does thronehold have big walls?
Igfig: It's right on the sea, so no not really
Varus: well a city on the sea can still have walls
Varus: defenses for a naval attack
Varus: its not just sitting there open
Igfig: I think it was built specifically to be the capital of Galifar, so it wasn't expected to get invaded
Orrin: Yeah even moderate defenses are going to be very effective seeing as they'll not really be able to bring any siege equipment of any kind.
Igfig: but then I suppose whoever held it during the Last War would have erected defenses to keep it out of the other nations' hands
Varus: id really think itd have moderate defenses
Varus: even thin walls
Varus: even if just to make sure trade goes properly
Varus: so people arnet walking in and out freely
Blaze_Half-Elf: I'm trying to find a map thing of Thronehold but I'm not having much luck.
Igfig: so yeah, it does have walls and such, and there are definitely walls between the various districts
Igfig: yeah, no maps at all that I could find
Igfig: but I get the feeling that the main harbour would have had some of the walls broken down to widen the available entry for ships
Igfig: to make it more accessible to trade, in theory
Varus: got a map
Varus: i think at least
Varus: http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f81/Roc254/Fairhavencopy.jpg
Varus: it showed up in a search for thronehold
Varus: but it might not be
Igfig: that's fairhaven
Varus: ok
Igfig: it's in aundair
Igfig: nice city though
Varus: wait
Varus: god it
Varus: got it
Varus: for real
Varus: source is page 95 of "the forge of war"
Varus: http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/ForgeWar_Maps/105890.jpg
Igfig: I saw a map, but it was just a fanmade thing that was a copy of some city in italy
Igfig: oh?
Igfig: Ah! Fantastic
Varus: so those look to be walls with walkways on top
Orrin: That says Throneport, is that the same thing?
Varus: and towers at certain segments
Varus: look on the left it has thronekeep
Igfig: Yeah, I think I got some names wrong
Igfig: The island and the castle are named Thronehold, but the city is Thronekeep
Igfig: er
Varus: the walls are only open at what looks to be a port district on the right
Igfig: Throneport
Igfig: and a couple gates
Varus: yeah
Varus: so they could muster their forces at the ports unless they come up on a beach for some reason
Varus: a nice choke point
Igfig: yeah, the port on the right would be the most vulnerable area
Igfig: they're coming from the SSE, so that would be the most convenient direction as well
Varus: i dont want them to like
Varus: suddenly appear on the beach
Varus: and be behind us
Varus: cause thats exactly the kind of shit igfig would pull
Varus: so ill just ask the admiral if he knows where the city has troops stationed to defend
Igfig: Well, the Lord of Blades is actually pretty tactically canny, despite being rather, uh, unsubtle interpersonally
Varus: yeah
Varus: so he would do that
Varus: appear on the beachh
Varus: so the best idea would be to defend from the gates
Varus: but the majority of the force would still be best at that large opening
Varus: because the lord would like to be unseen for as long as possible
Varus: especially wiht so many troops
Varus: coming out of the sea suddenly is the best plan for him
Varus: i also think that since they are walking under the sea, the cit ywould have its navy in scions sound
arryn: what lives in the lake
Varus: so that it can shoot at them as they emerge
Varus: hopefully another giant squid
Varus: like last adventure
Igfig: He says that he thinks the plan was for everybody to hole up in Thronehold proper, to let the Lord of Blades take the city itself
Blaze_Half-Elf: Yes and no, if we are waiting for him at the port what happens if they march to the other side of the city and clamber up the walls right into the keep?
Varus: thats a bad plan
Varus: the point of it is blaze
Igfig: and the navy would be waiting in scion's sound, yeah
Varus: look at the little circle things
Varus: and look at the scale
Varus: they have watch towers
Varus: if the lord emerged somewhere else there'd be plenty of time to spot an entire army on the move
Varus: and thronekeeps army would be able to reposition better from inside the city
Igfig: Thronehold! Thronekeep is not an actual name
Varus: throneport*
Varus: motha fucka
Varus: anyways my point stands
arryn: hang on which parts of them are wood
Igfig: it is half a mile from the water to the wall, which is what?
Varus: inside
Igfig:  5280/2 feet
Fortuna: Igfig, feet: [] = 2640
Varus: like surrounded by armor
Varus: their core
Igfig:  2640 / 60 rounds to cross
Fortuna: Igfig, rounds to cross: [] = 44
Igfig:  44/10 minutes
Fortuna: Igfig, minutes: [] = 4
arryn: because that wood is now wet?
Varus: do you mean from the shore to the wall
Varus: thats a good point
Varus: the wood would be wet
Varus: and lets hope they rust a little
Varus: at least a lil
Varus: and are bogged down
Varus: like -1 dex
Igfig: I don't think the wood being wet would hurt too much
Varus: if its their inside frame
Igfig: but maybe, we'll see
Varus: it would make them heavier
Varus: harder to move
Varus: i dont like the plan of having the lord take the city then siege the castle
arryn: rotten
Varus: if anything itd be better to hold him at the wall and retreat as necessary
Varus: troops would be spread more thin but itd be better to be able to blockade key parts of the city
Varus: using the walls between districts as another barrier he has to march through
Varus: and the defenders know the streets better than the lord does
Igfig: I was wrong, if you look at the map
Igfig: there aren't any walls at all between the districts
Varus: i thought those thick ones were the walls
Varus: but okay i guess not
Igfig: nah, just wide roads
Varus: the rest of its still valid though
Varus: blockadesin the streets
Varus: spikes to corral them
Varus: troop movements through the alleys give better control
Varus: archers on rooftops
Varus: etc
Igfig: okay, well
Igfig: as you're discussing all this, you arrive at the city
Igfig: The Thrannish Navy, or what's available of it, is arranged around the coast, but mostly in Scions Sound
Igfig: how many ships did we say you had with you before?
Varus: we only brought like 8
Varus: since it was meant to be a distraction
Blaze_Half-Elf: And I think we lost at least 1 or 2.
Varus: and we didnt want to go toe to toe with the chydris
Igfig: I think there were 5, and you lost one
Varus: thered be scouts along the north and south shores in case of landfall along there
frosty: 5
Varus: flares ofc to signal 
Igfig: Two more have managed to join up with the squadron, though
Igfig: bringing the total of ships to 6
Varus: thats just ours though right
Igfig: that's what's on your side, yes
Igfig: six Thrannish vessels
Igfig: The city itself is, well, mostly empty
frosty: they should all drop anchor at the same time and take out a few warforge
Varus: tahtd be funny
Varus: what if they climbed the anchors
Igfig: all the civilian ships in the harbour have left
Igfig: and basically nobody is left in the main city
Varus: theres always that old guy who refuses to leave
Igfig: it looks like they aren't being quite as turtly as you heard; they do have people stationed around the city walls, and especially in the harbour
Varus: thats good
Blaze_Half-Elf: I've lived in this hut at the waters edge all my life, and I ain't budgin for no warforged whatsits or guards.
Varus: orrin is idle
Igfig: but it looks like all the siege weapons have been moved back to around the main keep
Varus: exactly blaze
Orrin: I'm here.
Varus: that sounds reasonable
Orrin: Just haven't had anything to contrivute.
Varus: i doubt this place has a large enough army to hold the whole thing around
Varus: man i wish i had the meteor spell
Varus: MAN I WISH ID GRABBED CLOUDKILL
Igfig: You land in the harbour and are asked to go to Thronehold to report to the, uh, the folks in charge
Igfig: the council of war I guess?
Varus: i hope the guy said that word for word
Igfig: he did not
Varus: can we take a brief break before we do that
Blaze_Half-Elf: Darn.
Varus: i want to get snacks before the caf closes
Igfig: any unsureness in this situation is my own
Igfig: sure
Blaze_Half-Elf: Like how long are we talking here?
Igfig: Five minute break for snax
Varus: 10 mins max
Igfig: I need to pee anyway
Blaze_Half-Elf: Right, not long enough for my idea then.
Varus: well
Varus: i could get a burger
Varus: whch would take longer
Varus: what do you want to do
Blaze_Half-Elf: I wanted to go get a burrito, I haven't actually paid attention to how long it takes if I drive there.
Varus: oh lets not risk that then
Blaze_Half-Elf: Well it'd be quick, yar, it takes me 15-20 minutes I think for walking there.
Varus: *peter on his phont stuck in a traffic jam*
Blaze_Half-Elf: And back.
Blaze_Half-Elf: I can see the place from the corner of my street.
Varus: oh
Varus: sure then i
Varus: guess
Varus: yeah ok
Varus: ill get a burger then
Blaze_Half-Elf: I'll get going on that burrito as quick as I can then.
Igfig: okay
Orrin: Who's back.
Igfig: I am
Blaze_Half-Elf: And time.
Blaze_Half-Elf: 12 minutes, so that was close.
frosty: 85+72
Fortuna: frosty, 85+72: [] = 157
frosty: cool cool
Varus: ok
Varus: so everything decided to take as long as possible
Varus: but i did the thing
Varus: burger has been retrieved
Igfig: very good
Varus: and fuckin vitamin water lemonade ayyy ayy ay ay ay AYYYY AYYYYYYYYYYYYY
Igfig: eh
Blaze_Half-Elf: Dun dun duns.
Igfig: so shall we get started again
Varus: hold up
Varus: we cant now
Varus: igfig dissed lemonade vitamin water
Blaze_Half-Elf: But I was about to say tallly ho Waffle.
Varus: ....
Blaze_Half-Elf: I never get to say tally ho.
Varus: fine
Varus: go ahead
Varus: garrumph
Blaze_Half-Elf: Tally ho!
Igfig: Aright!
Varus: huffs
Igfig: So as I was saying, the city is mostly empty, but the mood is very tense
Igfig: music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt-U3etIpMQ
arryn: 93+78
Fortuna: arryn, 93+78: [] = 171
arryn: SWARMERS
Orrin: LET'S GET IT ON
Varus: i have better music
Igfig: There are not very many defenders; about half are wearing the livery of the Tribunal forces (which are basically like UN peacekeepers, except even less effective on an international scale)
arryn: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKPoHgKcqag
arryn: ?
Varus: ye hecked up
Varus: somehow
arryn: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKPoHgKcqag
Igfig: and the other half is wearing Deneith blues
arryn quit.
arryn joined #pwot_dnd.
Varus: so not the best fighting fore
Varus: force
Varus: not exactly a rough and/or tough group 
Igfig: that is, the Throne Wardens of House Deneith, the mercenary house
Igfig: the house with the Mark of Warding, I think it is
Igfig: Deneith soldiers can range from decent to excellent, but these are probably near the lower end
Blaze_Half-Elf: You know what, it'd probably have been more in our favor if they had attacked Flamekeep.
arryn: how high can you cast ice
Varus: this is true blaze
Varus: me?
arryn: can you freeze the see
arryn: sea
Varus: up to level 5 with my cantrip
Varus: no
Varus: i cannot
Varus: if id gotten cone of ice then maybe with a fate point
Varus: how long until the lord shows?
Varus: can we have people sort of spotting in the wter
Varus: so we know which direction he is going
arryn: can we oilspill the water and burn it
Varus: oil burns on the surface
frosty: yes
Blaze_Half-Elf: They have to go through the surface to get out of the water, yar.
arryn: but they have to cross the surface
Varus: igfig how long until they get here
Varus: yes but our boats are on that surface right onw
Varus: now
Varus: this is a terrible idea
Varus: igfig
Orrin: They have to get in shallow water.
Orrin: So.
Orrin: They'll have to come into vision long before they're all out.
Varus: if we put oil anywhere in the wter itll just go all over
Varus: so
Varus: if we have oil PREPARED
Varus: then yeah we could do it
Varus: once they start marching out
Varus: how are we going to corner the lord of blades on his own
Orrin: Challene him, maybe.
arryn: we will set fire to the water
Orrin: challenge*
Varus: im not sure he will accept a direct challenge
frosty: fire is better than water
arryn: he is prideful
arryn: call him a loser
Varus: and i definitel dont want to rely on him doing anything according to ou pans
Varus: plans
Varus: i have major image
Varus: we could use that somehow
Orrin: I doubt what's his name would allow it, but if Jaela wanted to be bait we could get him to come out.
arryn: "lob come here if youre not a whiny pissbaby"
Igfig: Sorry, I was checking something
Blaze_Half-Elf: I don't think Jaela is anywhere near here, she's probably back at Flamekeep.
Igfig: aye
Varus: ok so ig how long till they get here about
Igfig: Anyway, you get to Thronehold, and are shown right into the very heart of the keep: The Tribunal of Thronehold
arryn: do they have oil here
Varus: i have fight music prepared for the lord
Blaze_Half-Elf: That makes three of us.
Varus: from something we havent used yet
Varus: hows that blaze
Varus: a new form of media
Blaze_Half-Elf: ?
Igfig: all the representatives are gone, but the leaders of the defenders have formed their council here
Igfig: the room is much, much bigger than they need
arryn: "Hello"
Varus: "Gentlemen"
Igfig: a circle of ten desks and seats, looking inwards, at the middle; many more seats in the gallery around
arryn: gentlemen?
Igfig: almost like a small amphitheatre
arryn: ecuse u
Igfig: Only three of the seats are occupied
frosty sits
Varus: im near frosty
Varus: to keep draining him
frosty: ;)
Varus: man how much would it suck if ben blew up rn
Blaze_Half-Elf also sits.
Orrin: Maybe he'd just like... melt this time. And we could run.
Igfig: One, by a heavier man dressed in the whites of a Thrannish admiral, who you recognize as Admiral Marktaros; another, by a hard-looking woman in the colours of a Deneith scion; and a third, by an anxious-looking man in the Tribunal's colours
Varus: huh i dont think infinite jukebox is working
Varus: im getting silence 
Blaze_Half-Elf: That sounds weird.
Igfig: maye your sound's off, I'm not having a problem
Varus: well id be anxious too
Igfig: anyway, they turn as you speak up
Blaze_Half-Elf: Actually I just started up one of the infinite jukebox tabs I have open and it is being silent as well, weird.
Igfig: oh, huh
Blaze_Half-Elf: Even after refreshing.
Varus: ok
Varus: i got mine going
Varus: just re upload it i guess
Igfig: "Ah, hello," says the Admiral. "I'm glad to see you all came back alive. Report, please?"
Varus: "the chydris is sunk, the warforged are resilient however, and are marching along the sea floor in this direction"
Blaze_Half-Elf: I uploaded these songs back when we first making our way for the Chydris.
Varus: "the waters are deep and we lost them on the way here
Varus: huh
Varus: maybe they timed out
Blaze_Half-Elf: There it goes now.
Varus: "it would be best to have scouts
Blaze_Half-Elf: Just had to refresh it a second time.
Igfig: ?
Varus: to have scouts in the water so we know where they are
Varus: boats
arryn: "a few thousand remain marching, slowed by the mud"
Orrin: Yeah I mean... it'll be a long time from the first time one is visible beneath the waves to the time the army is out and ready.
arryn: how big are the sea tides and such
arryn: theyll be fighting the undertoe
Varus: isnt it undertow
Orrin: It is.
arryn: yes
arryn: but the e and w keys are by eachother
Igfig: "That's just what I was trying to convince these two to do, as it happens. Not everyone agrees."
Igfig: says the woman
Varus: "Yes its a terrible idea to know where our enemy is, I perfectly understand their view"
arryn: "And what are your suggestions?" to the dumb people
Varus: my sarcasm is like fine wine
Varus: dripping over them
arryn slaps Varus 
Blaze_Half-Elf: Aged in elven wine cellers for centuries?
Varus: of course
arryn: vinegar
Igfig: "We don't know their capabilities well enough! I can't risk my ships that far out from shore. If they outflank us, we'll be missing far too many of our defenders."
Igfig: says the Admiral
Varus: "We need ONE ship with a flare you idiot!"
Igfig: Everybody looks at you.
Varus: good
arryn slaps harder
Blaze_Half-Elf: "Varus, to make a proper net of scouting would require more then one ship."
Varus: "we know the direction they are coming"
Varus: https://40.media.tumblr.com/3e93f4f1fe295d6fa19ab6ea3332aa21/tumblr_nhm7llOLEh1tf5llao1_1280.jpg
Varus: thats my reaction btw
Varus: to the slap
Varus: "slowed by the mud they cant maneuver well
Blaze_Half-Elf: "We know the location they started at, that is all."
Varus: "or communicate orders very well too"
Varus: "It's unlikely they changed course"
Varus: "Even then, just a few ships are necessary"
Varus: "not a whole ring risking like 30 ships"
Igfig: "I'ill ignore that outburst, in recognition of your great valor just now," says the admiral. "I won't ignore the next."
Varus: aha
Blaze_Half-Elf: "The Lord of Blades seemed perfectly capable of communicating with others without using his voice."
Varus: yeah fuck this guy
Varus: "How would they communicate marching orders under water? Sound doesnt travel underwater well at all"
Varus: "Itd be a silly chain of warforged hand holding"
frosty: are there no airships in the capital
Varus: oh
Varus: yeah
Blaze_Half-Elf: "Without using his voice like I just said."  Also sound travels like super great underwater.
Varus: that too
Igfig: No airships here at the moment, no
Blaze_Half-Elf: That's why whales can talk to eachother from miles away.
Varus: not verbal sound
Varus: yeah but the lord is not a whale
Varus: he cant shout that loud
Igfig: are you sure about that
Blaze_Half-Elf: It isn't the loudness, water carries sound.
Blaze_Half-Elf: Why do you think an empty glass is quieter then a glass of water when you ping it?
Igfig: airships tend to be owned by House Lyrandar or civilians, and they bugged out as soon as they heard the city was coming under attack
Varus: ???? an empty glass is louder
Varus: it makes the nice ding sound
Blaze_Half-Elf: Yar, actually that last bit I said wasn't right I think.
Blaze_Half-Elf: Or maybe it is.
Varus: im sure it isnt
Blaze_Half-Elf: But either way no, sound travels super great through water.
Igfig: Drums work pretty well underwater, in any case
Varus: does he have drums?
Blaze_Half-Elf: Such as perhaps marching orders.
Igfig: you don't know
Varus: blaze itd be better to say low frequency travels well underwater
Varus: not voices
Blaze_Half-Elf: I was saying sound, not voices, Blaze himself was saying how the Lord of Blades was totally communicating with someone when we met him without actually talking to them in the room.
Varus: that was most likely telepathy 
Blaze_Half-Elf: So my argument was a tangent really.
Varus: of some kind
arryn: oh reallllyy waffle
Varus: also another point
Varus: the water is deep
Varus: so boats on top arent in much danger
arryn: thats nothing like blaze was saying this whoe time
Igfig: "The benefits of scouting outweigh its risks in this case, Markandros," says the woman
Blaze_Half-Elf: But it also means the warforged would be harder to spot through the water.
Varus: we'll be looking for them
Varus: thats much easier 
Orrin: Also, they could see the boat long before they could like... attack it.
arryn: did anyone take the orb
Orrin: From the bottom of the ocean.
arryn: the location orb
Varus: RIGHT
Varus: man we can rely on ben huh
Blaze_Half-Elf: I think it was on the Frosty when the Frosty got busted?
Varus: id assume we'd take that
Varus: thats kind of a useful artifact
Igfig: "I'm Sian d'Deneith, by the way. I command the Throne Wardens here."
arryn: but did anyone take it
arryn: "Arryn"
Igfig: Let's assume that yes, you didn't forget the priceless magic item when you left
Varus: ^^
Varus: so lets use that right now
arryn: i certainly did
Varus: well actually thats less us and more me
Varus: so i use that
Varus: "This is a location stone, we can use it to know where the lord of blades is"
Varus: "presumably he will be with his army"
Varus: "he doesnt know about this either so he cant seperate and trick us"
Varus: "well he could but he doesnt know to do that'
Varus: i think it was arcana to use it?
Igfig: Yeah
Varus: 1c20+
Varus: 1d20+7
Fortuna: Varus, 1d20+7: [14] = 21
Varus: 1c20
arryn: but Igfig presumably they searched the frosty after they captured it
Varus: i wouldnt say they had time
frosty: i did tell them useful things were on it
Varus: also they could have assumed everythign was busted
frosty: 'some stuff on my ship you might want' i said
frosty: something like that
arryn: smh
Varus: they also could have just thought you were lyng
Varus: you did just smash a ship into them
frosty: they didnt
Igfig: They probably should have, yeah, but I completely forgot to have them do that which is why all of Varus' stuff was still there too
Igfig: "I don't know if it would be entirely helpful to—"
Igfig: but then you've activated the orb
Varus: i dont like the way you did that narration
Orrin: THEN YOU DO IT
Igfig: "—do that just yet. Well." the admiral finishes.
Varus: no i mean
Varus: it bodes ill
Varus: "relax bruh i can do it a bunch of times"
Igfig: The Lord of Blades is on the sea floor about two hours undersea march to the SSE
Igfig: exactly as expected
Varus: also i just realized does anyone else have a visual of what they think this thing looks like
Igfig: what thing
Varus: i imagine a big stupid pink crystal ingot
Varus: the location stone
Igfig: the orb of location?
Igfig: I told you way back when you got it
Varus: oh
Varus: well that was a long time ago
Varus: leave my pink ingot headcanons alone
Varus: can i tell which direction he is going
Blaze_Half-Elf: Pink ingot?
Varus: if hes going around somewhere or something
Varus: yeah
Varus: like literally a crystal
Varus: ingot shape
Varus: like iron ingots in minecraft
Varus: and then just
Varus: pink
Igfig: it's a clear crystal orb, about a foot and a half across, but the inside is kind of reflective so you can't see out the other side quite
arryn: can we drop quick setting concrete on the army
Igfig: That's a neat image, but I'm afraid not
Varus: to me or arryn
Igfig: both
Varus: aw
Varus: "Well i can see he is about 2 hours out, ill wait a bit and use it again"
Igfig: you know the orb only works once per day, right?
Orrin: Wamp wamp./
Varus: NO I DIDNT
frosty: yes
Varus: i thought it was once every few hours
frosty: he said
Igfig: that's been the rule since the very beginning
Varus: yeah i knew there was a break
Orrin: Yeah it's pretty much always been that way.
Varus: but i forgot it was a day
Orrin: It's fine.
Varus: "well guys looks like we'll need another plan
Orrin: They're traveling by foot underwater.
Orrin: 2 hours is not that far out.
Varus: i toss the orb behind me onto a chair
Varus: also that^^
Orrin: Distance-wise.
Varus: if they wereaiming for landfall somewhere else theyd be going in a significantly changed direction
Igfig: yeah, they are travelling directly for Throneport right now
Igfig: "I, I still think we should stay as close in around the keep as possible," says the anxious-looking man
Varus: so just like we thought
Varus: "Thats cause you're a coward"
Varus: Varus shrugs
arryn punches
Varus: "It's a much better plan to hold the city and retreat as needed"
Varus: "It makes it harder for him to enter and we have advantage in the city"
Varus: "if we immediately end up in a siege situation they are WARFORGED they will outlast any mortal fleshy race"
Igfig: "My duty is to protect, protect the people of Throneport as best I can."
Varus: "By letting them get trapped surrounded by unsleepign un-eating un-drinking hell bent on murder steel warriors"
arryn: what does insight do again
Orrin: You determine people's intentions.
Blaze_Half-Elf: "We can get airdrops, if we did get stuck in a siege that gives time for a proper army to arrive."
Varus: "if they own the city they could easily prevent that, with siege wands and such"
arryn: 1d20+2 insight on the person who agrees with varus
Fortuna: arryn, insight on the person who agrees with varus: [16] = 18
Blaze_Half-Elf: "If they had siege wands we wouldn't be stuck in a castle under siege cause they'd break through."
Igfig: "That means not risking any lives I don't have to. The, the castle walls are the best defense we have, and we should focus on those."
arryn: any weapons they have will be hella sandclogged
Varus: swords
arryn: swords are not seige weapons
Varus: oh no i mean the siege weapons in throneport
Varus: like any storage they couldnt move or something
Varus: things along the walls 
arryn: that is for Blaze_Half-Elf 
arryn: hang on Blaze_Half-Elf 
Blaze_Half-Elf: I'd assume all that stuff is already in the keep.
arryn: you ever seen a long distance bird
Igfig: Admiral Marktaros is still frowning at Varus and his continued lack of respect (albeit to the other man this time), but he admits "He does have a point, General. We need to exploit every advantage we can. We need to win, not just survive."
Varus: they may not have had time, or they had ballistaes and stuff on the walls
arryn: like albatrss or w/e
Varus: "thank you admiral'
Blaze_Half-Elf: Probably seen one.
arryn: so turn into one in an hour and go looking
Igfig: "We have defensive siege weaponry on the walls, but, but I've ordered it withdrawn to around the keep. If the invaders captured our weapons on the city walls, they, they'd be able to use them against us."
Varus: "Well that's good but we still cant just sit there and take pot shots at them from inside the walls"
Varus: "we should make them fight for every inch"
frosty: "have you any oil???"
Igfig: "I agree." Marktaros and d'Deneith say in unison. They glance at each other, all like "hey, don't do that"
Igfig: this is not a time to be playing the jinx game
Varus: varus begins shipping it
Igfig: "We have oil, but not an enormous amount." says d'Deneith.
Igfig: "But if you're suggesting what I think you're suggesting, it'd damage our own ships more than the invaders."
Varus: "We should save that for maintenance on machines"
frosty: maybe we should just surrender, i mean a life w/out flesh wouldnt be that bad
Varus: this is why bringing frosty was a bad idea
Varus: we should have left him dead
Igfig: "Just who is that, exactly?" asks Marktaros
Orrin: "Your ships can stay away from the beach."
arryn: "Our driver"
frosty: "Your what"
frosty: (oh shit guys)
Blaze_Half-Elf: "Oh, uh, introductions.  I am Blaze, the elf who has been talking a lot is Varus, our fine dwarven friend is Orrin, the skillful lady is best to introduce herself if she wants to, and the big guy made of flames is Frosty."
Igfig: "The lady Sien d'Deneith has already introduced herself," says Admiral Marktaros, "But General, if you would...?"
Igfig: "Oh. Yes. I'm, I am General Pol Morrus of the Tribunal Forces."
Varus: "great, okay so back to what actually matters, preventing the deateh of all fleshy beings"
frosty rolls eyes i am not sure i have
Varus: actually does frosty have eyes?
Blaze_Half-Elf: I dunno, also I don't think the Lord of Blades would bother killing fish.
Orrin: I don't think he has a face as cuh,.
Varus: YOU DONT KNOW THAT
Orrin: as such*
Varus: i actually think he WOULD kill fish
Blaze_Half-Elf: Fleshy humanoid races yar totally, everything else maybe less so.
Orrin: We had this conversation when waffle spent an hour deciding whether or not he could make mouse sounds.
Orrin: He only hates sentients.
Varus: right that is true
Varus: lets continue
arryn: which is why Blaze_Half-Elf should albatross it up and scout when they get closer
Varus: why not fish it up
Varus: glub glub
arryn: fish cant see them if theyve left the water
Varus: he watches them in the water
Varus: then turns to a bird
Varus: whats the point of us being here anyways
Blaze_Half-Elf: I'd consider that more if I didn't think I'd be needing those transformations for the actual siege.
Varus: can they not decide what to dowith their troops
arryn: to annoy the council
Varus: that is ture
Varus: lets continue doing that 
arryn: you are doing well
Igfig: They can, but I thought you would A. enjoy getting to plan the defense of the city
Varus: aah
Varus: well i highlighted my entire plan earlier
Varus: i think its perf
Varus: can i re highlight it to them?
Igfig: B. probably be able to make a better plan than I would by myself
Igfig: C. me setting up a defensive plan and then puting it up against my offensive plan would be pretty boring
Blaze_Half-Elf: And D, roleplaying opportunities a fair bit.
Igfig: aye
arryn: that last one sounds like a personal problem
Varus: hah
Varus: anyways
Igfig: and sure. Maybe I should resummarize their perspectives too
Blaze_Half-Elf: That works on some fun levels that does.
Varus: sure
Varus: do that
Igfig: well, I guess I haven't summarized them yet
Igfig: Okay, so General Morrus wants to turtle up on the keep. He thinks that he can best protect people that way, minimize casualties
Igfig: Admiral Marktaros wants to be more spread, putting more focus on the harbour where he can make better use of his ships. Chokepoint at the harbour, then fall back all the way to the keep. He thinks this would let him use the range advantage on his ships to maximum effect
Igfig: (He also doesn't want to risk his ships unnecessarily, considering them a huge tactical advantage)
Varus: that seems counter productive to his plan
Varus: "alright gentlemen you want a plan I GOT you a plan"
Varus: "hows this sound"
Varus: and so i detail my plan from earlier
Varus: which is basiclaly
Varus: boats bomb the troops as they come to the shore, and fire at them as they march in from a distance to stay safe
Blaze_Half-Elf: The third lady probably has a third plan he hasn't detailed for us yet.
Varus: ground troops use barricades and stuff on theys home turf
Igfig: Lady d'Deneith (I don't remember the Deneith ranking system) wants an aggressive approach, sending the ships out to scout, and doing... well, it's pretty close to your plan
Varus: to corral the armies into choke points we can bomb them in with arrows and mages on the roofs
Varus: we make tactical retreats as they march forwards until we get to the keep and then hold up in there and recuperate as we enter a siege situation
Igfig: yeah
Igfig: The one drawback to her plan, she admits, is that they just don't have very many soldiers
Varus: yeah
Varus: thats why i think we shouldnt gather all around the walls
Blaze_Half-Elf: Yar, so problem I see with the General's plan is once the warforged are within the city the navy is much less useful.
Varus: and just have it at the harbor
Igfig:  500 soldiers, and another two hundred or so civilian militia 
Varus: however
Varus: the navy can then dock and go around
Varus: refer to the map, theres plenty of ways back to the keep
Igfig: so if you were to cover the city well, the keep would be almost emptied
Orrin: I mean we're gonna kill a lot more warforged if we man the outer walls, it's not hard to retreat in a city built like this.
Varus: with the ground troops keeping them occupied and making it harder for them to reach the keep
Varus: the navy could get right back to the keep easily
Varus: also what orrin said
Blaze_Half-Elf: I am thinking we keep the ships near the city, yar, we have 6 ships right?
Igfig: that's right
frosty: we should make chlorine gas!!!
Blaze_Half-Elf: They don't breath.
Varus: they dont breath
frosty: then theyll rust in seconds
frosty: chlorine rusts like whaaaaat
Igfig: that's similar to cloudkill
Varus: does chlorine gas rust stainless steel?
Igfig: they'll take half damage, basically
Igfig: it won't be as strong as cloudkill though
Varus: hmm
Varus: tbh not a bad idea
Igfig: also how do you make chlorine gas
Varus: chlorine and amonia
frosty: idk
Orrin: It does, Waffle.
frosty: ^
Igfig: I don't know how much of those we're likely to have
Orrin: You still have to rinse stainless steel equipment used in chlorinating pools and whatnot.
Orrin: Or it'll rust it through.
Varus: hmmm
Varus: igfig
Blaze_Half-Elf: Well all we need is a  lot of people who can pee for the amonia, though I'm not sure there is enough of that in pee to make a whole lot, even with 700 people's worth of it.
Varus: can we assume i have both of those in my component pouch?
frosty: can you conjure chlorine
Varus: could i then just take cloud kill instead of telekinesis and fate point it into chlorine gas instead
Igfig: a little tiny bit, ure
Igfig: and I'd say that cloudkill basically is concentrated chlorine gas
Varus: huh
Varus: can i just
Varus: take that then
frosty: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorine#Occurrence
Varus: i havent used telekinesis and i wasnt sure about it even then
Varus: also cloud kill si rad
frosty: 1.9% sea water is chlorinated
Igfig: its area isn't too huge though, only 20 ft radius
Varus: it rolls though
Varus: every round
Varus: if they are marching i could push it right through them
Igfig: that is true
Igfig: slowly
Varus: fast enough
Varus: cutoff their retreat into any side roads
Varus: roll thar right rhough them
Varus: thats solid damage
Varus: what do you guys think
frosty: yes
Varus: SO ANOTHER PLAN DEPENDANT ON VARUS...........
frosty: i came up with it it is good
Varus: yeah
Varus: it is good
Varus: nice job frosty
Varus: second question
Varus: can chrloine gas be lit on fire
frosty: no
Orrin: Not with fire.
Varus: incorrect
Varus: it is flammable
Varus: but not with fire
Orrin: But it will explode when exposed to some chemicals.
Varus: yeah
Varus: if we have turpentine
Varus: that can make it explosive 
frosty: we dont want to burn the rust cloud
Varus: at the end i mean
Varus: then we completley cut off retreat
Varus: a wall of fire behind the
Varus: m
frosty: 20ft wall of fire
Varus: "Hows this plan sound to you guys?"
Igfig: how long is wall of fire?
frosty: is not complete cutoff
Varus: cloudkill is 20 feet
Varus: wall of fire is
Varus: also 20 feet
Blaze_Half-Elf: I'd have to double check.
Igfig:  60 feet long
Varus: okay
Varus: can we also launch the fire ball through them with thunderwave again
Varus: thatd be fun
Orrin: Bringin' back the old ways.
Blaze_Half-Elf: So hey, how big is that harbor opening actually?
Varus: do you still have the map?
Igfig: about half a mile
frosty: also that chlorine thing was ooc i never said it out loud
Varus: so a bit more than 20 feet
Varus: yeah but we made the plan
Varus: lets just assume we discussed it
Varus: hmm
Varus: igfig
frosty: cause i mean fuck if frosty could think that up
Varus: 2 hours until they show up
Igfig: yep
Varus: it takes an hour to cast an unprepared spell
Blaze_Half-Elf: Are there any places where 100 feet of stone wall would help create a chokepoint?  Cause while I initially was leaning towards grabbing Conjure elemental for more fire buddy fun, Wall of Stone could be really handy.
Varus: can i put two cloud kills into scrolls
Varus: and cast 3 at once two with scrolls and once from my spellbook
Varus: to createa  60 foot cloud
Blaze_Half-Elf: I think concentration would still be involved, you might with a fate point.
Varus: now thats something i can do
Varus: varus is ALL ABOUT that 
frosty: DOOMSDAY
frosty: althou
Blaze_Half-Elf: More specifically the fact that normally you can only have one concentration spell active at a time.
Varus: no not doomsday this time
frosty: it is more anti-doomsday
Igfig: writing a scroll takes a lot more than just casting a spell as a ritual
Varus: could i get one?
Igfig: you could probably get some lower-level scrolls. Cloudkill is pretty high level for Eberron
Varus: perhaps with
Varus: OBSESSIVE ANALYST
Varus: or INTENSE MULTITASKER
Igfig: to write a scroll, first of all you have to expend the spell slot of the spell you're putting on the scroll
Varus: oh hey
Varus: its a 20 foot sphere
Varus: if i cast it as a wall 
Varus: itd be much wider
frosty: radius or diameter or circumfrence
Igfig: and then you have to write it out in a different form, using some very expensive arcane inks
Varus: 20  foot radius
Varus: so 40 feet total
Varus: i may not actually have to do that
Igfig: and I don't think you can just cast a sphere spell as a wall
Varus: i could fate point it
Varus: turn it into an 80 foot wall 10 feet thick
Igfig: okay yeah, that wouldnt' be unreasonable
Varus: would it deal the same damage?
Blaze_Half-Elf: I forget, how many feet are in a mile?
Varus: 1200 or something stupid
Igfig:  5280
Orrin: 5,280.
Blaze_Half-Elf: So the half a mile harbor opening is about 2640 feet then.
Varus: yes
Varus: 80 feet is a good number to blast through
Varus: itd hurt a good portion
Varus: if i send it through where the lord is
Varus: all the better
Varus: i dont think the lord would line his men up horizontally
Varus: thatd be silly
Varus: its just like the olden days fights
Varus: tight lines thick
Varus: one falls another takes its place
Varus: besides you dont want to spread out too thin
Varus: but also not too tight
Varus: point is
Blaze_Half-Elf: Also cloudkill moves 10 feet away from you each turn, yar.
Varus: an 80 foot wall of chrloine is a good idea 
Varus: yeah thats what i mean
Varus: it rolls
Varus: ig would it deal same damage
Blaze_Half-Elf: Yar yar.
Igfig: well, soldiers in eberron don't fight toooo tight, because they know what happens if you're tight and you get hit by a fireball
Varus: yeah
frosty: FORM SQUARE
Igfig: it would deal the same damage
Varus: perfect
Varus: thats the plan then
Varus: part of it at least
Blaze_Half-Elf: Also, there is still the problem of the warforged are taking half-damage due to poison resistance?  And then they can roll their saves for half of the half damage.
Varus: can we maybe find some other wizard among the troops
Varus: who could be a high enough level for me to review the spell wiht?
Varus: and they could cast it too
Igfig: There are some other wizards amongst the defenders, but not very powerful ones
Varus: yeah i wouldnt think so
Varus: what if they all work together
Varus: eragon style
Igfig: I haven't read eragon, and also that's not how that works
Varus: ok so never mind that then
Blaze_Half-Elf: Probably have access to 3rd level spells they do?
Varus: ill just launch a cloud out and look better than them
Igfig: you can do rituals together, but casting a spell is casting a spell
Varus: do they have thunder wave?
Varus: cause man
Varus: a line of wizards suddenly launching thunder wavfe
Varus: thatd be amazing
Orrin: That would be hilarious.
Blaze_Half-Elf: It is a first level spell, I'd hope they can, yar.
Igfig: I'd say one or two of them have level 3 spells
Igfig: there are not a ton overall though, I'll say
Igfig:  2d6
Fortuna: Igfig,  2d6: [3, 6] = 9
Varus: ok
Igfig:  9 wizards
Varus: so thunderwave is a 15 foot radius
Varus: 30 feet total
Varus: if we launched them via catapult into the mass 
Varus: and had them cast it
Varus: perfection
Igfig: two level 5, three level 3, four level 1
Varus: two level 5s?
Blaze_Half-Elf: I don't think they'd survive being catapulted in?
Varus: they could have cloudkill then
Igfig: no, that's the level of the wizard
Blaze_Half-Elf: Nah that means they have access to lvel 3 spells.
Varus: oh ok
Blaze_Half-Elf: level*
Varus: ok ok
Varus: ya
Igfig: also, Arryn has slipped out at some point during all of this
Varus: gdi arryn
Igfig: Arryn, make a Perception check while you're out
Varus: maybe not catapult
Varus: how about
Blaze_Half-Elf: I should have noticed she hadn't slapped you for a bit.
Varus: via grappling hook we quickly lower the into the troops
Varus: from a building
Varus: they use the spell
Varus: we yank them back up
Varus: repeat
Varus: they should have a few casts of thunder wave
Varus: that would seriously disorient the march
Varus: IM NOT HEARING OBJECTIONS TO THIS PLAN
Varus: wizards are great you guys
Orrin: Imagine them just tumbling all over each other.
Igfig: the wizards are a little worried about getting that close to the enemy
arryn: 1d20+6
Fortuna: arryn, 1d20+6: [19] = 25
Varus: orrin can you inspire them at all
arryn: woot woot
Igfig: huh
Varus: alternatively
Igfig: well Arryn
Orrin: Yeah I'll try to talk them into it.
Varus: alright
Varus: get 'em orrin
Blaze_Half-Elf: Oh wait, what save does thunderwave take to resist?
Igfig: you don't see any warforged scouts out and about
Varus: con
Varus: but either way they take damage
Varus: and for every 1 that goes flying
Igfig: just the sea birds wheeling overhead
Varus: that will knock over like 4 mroe
Orrin: Wouldn't the impact of the shockwave be increased by the water, as well?
arryn: aight
Varus: i mean they are in the streets
Igfig: except huh, that one isn't a seagull, is it
Orrin: Oh yeah.
Varus: but if you think itd work better in the water then sure
Blaze_Half-Elf: Wuh woh.
Orrin: No this makes more sense.
arryn: !!!!!!!!!!
Varus: alright
Igfig: that's... a raven? Weird.
arryn: didnt someone have a raven earlier
Orrin: "My friends, you cannot be afraid. Your friends, your families, are depending on you. Look these metal bastards in the face, and say 'Get out of my city.' And then blast them out, just to make the point."
Orrin: 1d20+8 Persuasion
Fortuna: Orrin, Persuasion: [11] = 19
Varus: I strike a post
Varus: "cmon guys im a super powerful wizard, When you get as strong as me, you dont make mistakes"
arryn: can i do an insight roll on the raven
Igfig: they look a little less unhappy about the idea after Orrin's speech, but they're still, like, our role is to maintain communications and snipe high-priority targets
Igfig: sure if you like
arryn: 1d20+2
Fortuna: arryn, 1d20+2: [6] = 8
Orrin: "There's only one high-priority target. And he's mine."
arryn: raven looks fine
Igfig: as far as you can tell yeah it's a normal raven
Orrin: But it must've ridden here on the fortress.
Varus: "You guys can snipe high priority targets while on the roofs"
Orrin: I ALREADY ANSWERED THAT.
Varus: "where you can also be dropped down and explode thunderwave out"
Varus: oh
Orrin: The only target that's not a regular warforged is LoB.
Varus: "the ability to adapt to any situation is a wizards strongest aspect"
Orrin: And we need to kill him as fast as possible.
Varus: well hey if they can weaken him
Varus: hell ya
Igfig: that's not actually true Orrin
Orrin: Who else is left? We killed the Titan.
Igfig: about the LoB being the only not-regular warforged
Varus: theres going to be captains ands tuff
Varus: its still an ARMY
Varus: the colonol of cultery
Orrin: I guess he has those dudes like the one what he set on fire.
Blaze_Half-Elf: Yeah, the Colonel of Cutlery is definitely going to be around.
Varus: the colonols of cutlery*
Igfig: yeah, there're the juggernauts like that guy
Igfig: they all take names that are different kinds of swords
Varus: "butter knife"
Igfig: probably once they run out of good ones, yeah
Varus: hah
Igfig: And there are the chargers
Varus: i wanna meet the guy stuck with butter knife
Varus: ok point s
Varus: is
Varus: they can do both
Varus: thunder waves all over
Varus: and sniping all over
Varus: easy
Blaze_Half-Elf: It means they'll run out of spells a lot quicker though.
Varus: disorienting the army is as important as destroying chain of command
Varus: i dont mind that
Blaze_Half-Elf: And when they run out of spells, they end up useless.
Igfig: nah, they have cantrips
arryn: imma stay out here and keep looking
Varus: yeah
Varus: cantrips
Varus: also if things get bad they can retreat and get a short rest to restore some
Blaze_Half-Elf: Oh right, yar, forgot about that.
Igfig: that's also true
Igfig: well, not all the 'wizards' are actual wizards, some are sorcerers
Igfig: but yeah
Varus: as long as they can cast thunderwave
Varus: if they cant then we can have thunder wavers and snipers
arryn: 1d20+6
Fortuna: arryn, 1d20+6: [17] = 23
Igfig: sorcerers can't change their lists, so some of them won't have thunderwave
Igfig: but yeah
Varus: then its fine
Igfig: Not much else Arryn, except that after a while the raven flies off, out toward the sea
Varus: some snipe some thunderwave
Varus: easy
arryn: i should ask Blaze_Half-Elf, he knows birds
Varus: does anyone else have anything they could add to the plan
Varus: cause right now its extreme wizard game time
arryn goes back to meeting 4 nw
Varus: but itd be good if like
Varus: orrin commanded some knigihts
Varus: blaze rode dragons idk
arryn: " Blaze_Half-Elf"
arryn: "What do ravens eat?"
Blaze_Half-Elf: "Pretty much anything, small animals, berries, mostly what they can find or can forage."
arryn: "fish?"
Varus: *sounds of peter googling*
Orrin: I uh... I got nothing.
Orrin: Inspire people.
Blaze_Half-Elf: It was wikipedia thank you very much.
Blaze_Half-Elf: Though I googled the wiki, yar.
Varus: orrin can inspire people
Varus: or lead knights
Varus: whatever he likes to do best
arryn: "do they eat fish"
Varus: orrin does orrin
Varus: rides chandeliers
Varus: moos at minatours
frosty: racist
Blaze_Half-Elf: "They'd eat fish if it was handy, like the leftovers of someone else's catch, they aren't really equipped to catch fish themselves though."
Blaze_Half-Elf: "Why the sudden interest in ravens?"
arryn: "and they do not rest in the sea i take it"
Varus: "ok seriosuly whatd you see"
Blaze_Half-Elf: "Sounds like she saw a raven go out to see..."
Blaze_Half-Elf: sea*
Varus: "go out to see what"
arryn: "because i just saw one go out to sea, and it didnt look too suspicious, but"
Varus: HAAAHH
arryn: "then it went out"
Orrin: You're all disgusting.
Varus: :O
Orrin: The puuuns.
Varus: but ya does anyone have anythign to add
Varus: blaze could you lead an army of birds
arryn: "what else do birds do"
Varus: "DID YOU SEE A RAVEN DOING SUSPICIOUS STUFF OR NOT"
arryn: "besides eat rest shit and fuck"
arryn: "i dont know, i dont know what is suspicios about ravens"
Varus: "maybe its just a bad omen"
Varus: "or some kind of.... scout i dont know"
Blaze_Half-Elf: "Well, ravens are pretty smart birds."
arryn: "smart enough to spy?"
Varus: "crows are but not ravens"
arryn: "shut it wizard"
Blaze_Half-Elf: Hey Ig I'm gonna roll nature for more information specifically to ravens in this setting, since everything I've done so far has been generalized stuff.
Varus: :C
Igfig: Sure
Blaze_Half-Elf: 1d20+6
Fortuna: Blaze_Half-Elf, 1d20+6: [15] = 21
Igfig: Ravens are pretty normal birds, they do not generally spy for people, and they don't live on islands
Varus: so there IS something weird
Igfig: that raven is definitely suspicious
Varus: i dont trust this here bird
Varus: should have shot it
Varus: what about like
Varus: demon
Varus: ravens
Blaze_Half-Elf: Chain had the nature domain.
Igfig: I dunno, you want to see what you might know about that
Varus: 1d20+7 arcana sure
Fortuna: Varus, arcana sure: [3] = 10
Varus: aw
Igfig: you don't know anything about no raven demons or demon ravens
Varus: 1d20+7 history
Fortuna: Varus, history: [14] = 21
Varus: demon ravens
Igfig: I can't think of any historical events involving demon ravens either
Blaze_Half-Elf: Just all the tengu, or, I think I mean kenku.
Varus: well whatever
Varus: lets hope its chain
Blaze_Half-Elf: Not sure if they are in this setting though, so yar.
Varus: being a dawg
Igfig: yeah, they're quite different though
Igfig: So what is the final plan, with regard to the distribution of your forces?
Varus: what i described earlier with the boats and streets and stuff
arryn: ok but that is enough to go back and see if i can see it while these nerds line people up to die
Varus: + now we added my cloudkill and thunderwaves and sniping
Varus: and blaze will lead an army of birds
Igfig: right, but like, quantitatively
Blaze_Half-Elf: I think we want to harass and wittle their forces down the whole time?  Try and maximize what we can with the navy.
Varus: yeah
Igfig: how many in each area
Varus: thats basically the plan
Varus: what do you mean
Igfig: the keep, the city, the docks
Varus: the whole army sort of moves backwards
Igfig: the city walls
Varus: like a wall
arryn: 1d20+6 just looking while you plan or w/e
Fortuna: arryn, just looking while you plan or w/e: [8] = 14
Igfig: okay, so everybody starts off at the harbour, then falls back to the city, then falls back to the keep?
Varus: ya
Orrin: Works for me.
Varus: (we're gunna die you guys
Varus: theres people in locations like on roofs and the navy and stuf
Varus: but as we fall back and streets behidn clear
Varus: they can move around using streets to reconvene
Igfig: how are the ships distributed?
Varus: rendevouz
Blaze_Half-Elf: Well I don't think everyone at the harbor and then falling back to the keep, that'd be silly.
Varus: but whyyyy
Blaze_Half-Elf: Maybe 300 of the actual soliders at the harbor, we fall back through the other 200, with 200 keeping up the keep in case they don't come from the harbor.
Varus: but then we are significantly weaker
Blaze_Half-Elf: We'll be even more significantly weaker if they just skip right up at the keep while we are all at the harbor.
Varus: we've pretty much determined from their distance and direction that theyre gunna arrive at the harbor
Blaze_Half-Elf: Not really?
Varus: thats why we got them scouts
frosty: can we set logs on fire then roll them down the beacj
Varus: yes thats fun
Varus: lets do that
arryn: 1d20+6
Fortuna: arryn, 1d20+6: [18] = 24
Blaze_Half-Elf: And I'd think 4 ships at the harbor with the other 2 patrolling around the peninsula, one along that western coast and one along the southern.
Igfig: You're still watching the skies, Arryn?
Varus: blaze thats just our little navy
Varus: from flamekeep
arryn: yeah
Varus: throneport has its own ships
Blaze_Half-Elf: Yar I know.
Blaze_Half-Elf: No they don't.
Varus: yes they do
Igfig: nah, throneport only had civilian ships, and they all left
Varus: oh
Varus: well then yes that works
Varus: i like that idea
Orrin: A coastal national capital with no navy.
Orrin: Sounds likely.
Igfig: Arryn notices that the raven is back
Varus: ^^
Varus: SHOOT THE RAVEN
Igfig: or maybe it's a different one
arryn: ?!?!?
Varus: change your thing into a bow
Igfig: it's hard to tell ravens apart
Varus: ITS MORPHING TIME
arryn: i have a bow already
Varus: oh
Varus: shoot it then
Varus: :C
arryn: why
Varus: cause its clearly evil
Varus: suspicious
Igfig: if you do, it's disad for range
Varus: just throw an arrow thataway
Varus: if anything itll make it go away
arryn: can i  intentionally mis
Varus: of course
Igfig: sure
Blaze_Half-Elf: Are we near Arryn this time?
Varus: but if you fail the attack roll you hit it
arryn: no
Igfig: if you want to be
Varus: we're doing plans
arryn: you are still planning
arryn: Blaze_Half-Elf mightve come up tho, idk
arryn: to see the birds
Blaze_Half-Elf: I think I'd might considering the strangeness of the raven, yar.
arryn: ok then
arryn: "see, there"
Varus: maybe then
arryn points
Varus: ya
frosty: i want to be on team burning log roll
Blaze_Half-Elf: I'm guessing I spot the raven pretty easily with her pointing it out.
Orrin: Shoot her with fire.
Igfig: yah, sure
Igfig: your wis is good
arryn: "it went out to sea, now it is back?"
Blaze_Half-Elf: I think if I want to spot anything more identifyable about it though I'll need to roll actually, so yar.
Blaze_Half-Elf: 1d20+7
Fortuna: Blaze_Half-Elf, 1d20+7: [18] = 25
Igfig: It looks just like a raven, but it isn't flying like a raven