Session Start: Sat Jul 19 20:34:33 2003
Session Ident: #pvpexaltedrp
[20:34] * Now talking in #pvpexaltedrp
[20:34] * Topic is 'Exalted: Under the eyes of the Almighty Ones they unleashed their fury.'
[20:34] * Set by Mayumi on Sat Jul 19 16:16:15
[20:51] <Werlynn_AFK> Oh, before i go afk, how much xp for the last 2 games (the 2 games w/ all Tala's investigating)
[20:51] <Storybastard> 5 each
[20:51] <Werlynn_AFK> k
[20:53] <Storybastard> anyhow we can start... whenever
[20:53] * Storybastard is now known as Storyteller
[20:55] * Vanal drums his fingers on his desk
[20:55] <Jynaru> (*busts in, slaughters a housefly that would exalt anathema, and disappears*)
[20:56] * Vanal blinks
[20:56] <Vanal> "I thought I'd quit dirnking ?"
[20:58] <Storyteller> Tabius and Tala are also there. You are discussing what is left for you to do in malkors guard before leaving and where you are going to go.
[20:59] <Tabius> "We have taken care of the Cicada issue, lets list what we have left to do?"
[21:03] <Vanal> "Bentharr."
[21:05] <Storyteller> it is a quiet morning. everyone is still asleep, though you can see the guards posted and the morning peasantry wandering around.
[21:05] <Tabius> "What is the low down on him then?"
[21:06] <Vanal> "Well, there's the demons following him."
[21:07] <Werlynn_AFK> [b]
[21:07] * Werlynn_AFK is now known as Tala
[21:07] <Tabius> "Oh my, demons you say. Following him or in him?"
[21:08] <Tala> "And what became of her?" Tala says, concern in her voice.
[21:09] <Tala> "The demons were following him, and he knew they were there."
[21:09] <Tala> "The wards in the hidden area of the temple were whole save that against demons.
[21:09] <Tala> "
[21:10] <Tabius> "Most insteresting, but were they substantial or incorporial?"
[21:11] <Tala> "They were incorporial."
[21:12] <Tabius> "How odd, its my understanding that most demons once in creation greatly prefer to be substantial."
[21:13] <Vanal> "Maybe it has something to do with the stuff we found under the city ?
[21:13] <Tabius> "Yes, there are summoning circles of all types down there, and something I do not know as well."
[21:13] <Vanal> "I could take another look...I've ah...been boning up on my occult knowledge."
[21:14] <Tala> "I would like Tabius to examine the prison chamber first."
[21:14] <Tabius> "Either way, I am good."
[21:17] * Vanal nods
[21:19] <Tabius> "What else do we have yet to do here?"
[21:19] <Vanal> "Nothing."
[21:23] <Tabius> "So we take care of Mr B and we are good to get out of this place, excellent" 
[21:23] <Tabius> "Lets get down to that prison place."
[21:24] <Vanal> "Amen to that."
[21:24] * Tala nods
[21:24] * Tabius follows Tala to the prison area and takes a look from the enterence.
[21:25] <Storyteller> the prison chamber? in the temple?
[21:28] <Vanal> gues so
[21:28] <Tabius> (*Doesn't know for sure, but is assuming thats what they are talking about*)
[21:28] <Storyteller> allright, back to the immaculate temple in the woods.
[21:29] <Storyteller> It is mostly closed down, and the staircase is walled off so that no-one can get into the basement.
[21:29] <Vanal> "I can get rid of that in a hurry."
[21:29] <Storyteller> you see that it's been cleaned up and superficially repaired but noone has taken care to maintain it continuously for a very long time."
[21:29] * Vanal unsheathes shakel
[21:30] <Vanal> "Stand back, Hurricane Vanal is comin' through."
[21:30] <Tala> "Wait"
[21:30] * Vanal blinks and stops, in mid-swing
[21:31] * Tala steps up to the barrier and checks to see if anyone has opened it
[21:32] <Tala> (i'm pretty sure i had set something so i could hopefully tell if it got opened)
[21:32] <Storyteller> per + awe
[21:32] <Tala> (I know i thought of the idea)
[21:32] <Storyteller> (er, investigation)
[21:32] <Tala> [Wouldn't it be investigation, since Investigation covers searches?]
[21:32] <Tala> [k, thanks]
[21:33] <Tala> !ex 9 (adding 2 dice w/ charm, periph essence, 1m)
[21:33] * *Tala (9)*  1, 6, 10, 7, 7, 9, 7, 4, 10, Successes : 8
[21:33] <Storyteller> Noone has been here since you left!
[21:33] <Vanal> yikes
[21:33] <Vanal> "May I ?"
[21:33] * Vanal gestures to the wall with his blade
[21:35] <Tala> "It opens easily enough."
[21:35] <Vanal> "No smashy-smashy ?"
[21:35] * Tala opens up the barrier, showing how it has been rigged to do so."
[21:36] <Tabius> "Nice."
[21:36] <Vanal> "You're no fun whatsoever."
[21:36] <Tabius> "But its cleaner this way."
[21:37] <Tala> "And we can reclose it after. A little cover up and none will be the wiser."
[21:38] <Vanal> "Yeah, yeah..."
[21:41] <Storyteller> Down you go into the depths of the mysterious cavern. It is quiet here, and it feels like nothing has moved for centuries.
[21:41] * Tabius thinks that its so unfortunate that its not true.
[21:43] <Storyteller> it is also dark. One of you activates your anima for light. The hole remains, and it has been clearly examined more than once, but nobody filled it in.
[21:44] <Storyteller> it seems next to nothing has changed since you were here a year ago.
[21:44] * Tabius starts examining it once again, this time with his mastery of the Celestial Arts of Sorcery and his understanding of the spell used here things should go more smoothly thanm previously.
[21:45] <Tabius> "So what do you want me to be looking for?"
[21:45] * Tala hands Tabius her blindfold.
[21:45] * Vanal blinks
[21:46] <Tala> "See what your knowledge of sorcery and such can glean from the details this will provide you."
[21:46] <Vanal> "I've got a bad feelign about this..."
[21:47] * Tabius wraps the bindbold around his eyes and starts attuning to it.
[21:49] <Tala> [no cost]
[21:49] <Storyteller> there is nothing to attune to tabius. As soon as you put the blindfold on you acn see the arcs of essence and powe rin this room, the essence attuned to Vanal's direlance; you can see Shakel's face looking out to him from the flat of his blade
[21:49] <Tala> [even mortals can use it]
[21:50] * Tabius starts looking around the entombment utilizing the magnification of essential elements that the blindfold provides.
[21:52] * Tabius as he sees the essence flows, paths, and streams he passes a finger, a hand, and sometimes his face right through them feeling them move and change and flow thhough him in various ways."
[21:53] <Storyteller> you can see several occult spells still in effect, ancient spells, spells you think you might be able to change only with your most powerful sorcery.
[21:55] * Tabius whistles in slight amazement as he proceeds to catagorize the spells and divine their purpose.
[21:56] <Vanal> "What is it ?"
[21:57] <Tabius> "There is some powerful ancient magic here, this could take a bit."
[21:58] <Storyteller> roll per + awe
[21:58] <Storyteller> er
[21:58] <Storyteller> occult
[21:59] <Storyteller> per + occult tabius.
[22:00] <Tabius> !ex 18 +wp
[22:00] * *Tabius (18+1)*  2, 6, 3, 7, 6, 10, 5, 3, 7, 6, 10, 3, 3, 10, 8, 8, 8, 2, Successes : 12
[22:00] <Storyteller> heh....
[22:00] <Tabius> (*There area few things that Tabius is really good at and then there is Perception+Occult ;-)
[22:01] * Vanal scowls
[22:01] <Vanal> "Why do I get the impression I should've brought a book ?"
[22:01] <Storyteller> ok, there are various wards here. you recognize some of them from the heptagram; there were secret wards to keep out prying eyes and spells, wards that none could ever pass through.
[22:02] <Storyteller> A few of the wards you simply don't recognize, because you were never told they exist.
[22:02] <Storyteller> But you see that only one of the wards is broken; it is the kind of ward that keeps out all demons, but most importantly, it would also keep third circle demons out.
[22:02] <Storyteller> even so it is not torn asunder, you could fix it with time and effort.
[22:03] <Tabius> "The majority of these are wards, all of which are intact and working well except as Tala suggested the ones that keep out demonsm very powerful demons.
[22:04] <Tabius> "Its possible for me to reintegrate the ward agains demons, but it will take considerable time and effort."
[22:05] * Tala looks around the room
[22:05] <Tala> "Do you think it is worth that effort?"
[22:05] <Tala> "What is left here to protect?"
[22:05] <Storyteller> this is probably the safest room in creation, sans that ward.
[22:06] <Vanal> "Wait..."
[22:06] <Vanal> "You said Benny was being tailed by Demons, right ?"
[22:06] <Tabius> "eh?"
[22:07] <Vanal> "Probably protectors."
[22:07] <Tabius> "Besides I think the heart of the Imperial Manse, this is the safest room in all of the Blessed Isle, if that war is reistablished.
[22:07] <Vanal> "If we wanted to take out Bentharr...we couldn't take all those demons AND him."
[22:07] <Tabius> "Why not take the demons?"
[22:07] <Vanal> "But...what if we repaired that seal...and lured him in here."
[22:07] <Tabius> "What kind are they pray tell?"
[22:07] <Vanal> "Blood Apes and this big serpent thing."
[22:08] <Vanal> "The apes, I'm not worried about."
[22:08] <Vanal> "the SERPENT, I am."
[22:08] <Vanal> "anyways...why fight them AND him...if we have an alternative ?"
[22:08] <Vanal> "Lure him in here, where the Demons can't follow...and take him out."
[22:08] <Vanal> "If worse comes to worse, we seal him in here."
[22:09] <Vanal> "IF the demons fail in their task...they poof away."
[22:09] <Vanal> "2 birds, one stone, simple, easy."
[22:10] <Tabius> "I certainly like it."
[22:10] <Tala> "And if the demons realize they cannot enter and warn him?"
[22:11] <Tabius> "Then we have to fight them all."
[22:11] <Vanal> "We'd have to fight them all ANYWAYS."
[22:11] <Vanal> "Or...one of us shoves him in..."
[22:12] <Jynaru> (psst. Presence. Taunt charms.)
[22:13] <Vanal> (Don't have)
[22:13] <Vanal> "Or, we taunt him in...we're 3 'puny' blooded, who are we to stand against his might ?"
[22:13] * Vanal rolls his eyes
[22:14] <Vanal> "I'm sure between our years of aggravating one another, we can get his blood boiling enough to rush in half-cocked."
[22:15] * Tala frowns.
[22:15] <Tala> "I would rather not gamble on him being rash and hot-headed.
[22:16] <Vanal> "Then give me a goddamn better idea !"
[22:16] <Vanal> "Because *I* don't know what that serpent thing is."
[22:16] <Vanal> "And frankly, I don't want to find out."
[22:16] <Tabius> "I do not see him being rash or hot-headed in the least."
[22:16] <Vanal> "That's a backup plan ANYWAYS."
[22:17] <Vanal> "We just find some way to get him in this room, with the wards up."
[22:19] <Vanal> "That good enough ?"
[22:19] <Tabius> "Then I should repair the wards. Tala, can I keep this for the time being to expidite my repairs?"
[22:22] * Tala nods
[22:25] <Tabius> "Well somebody tell Cicada that I will be out here for a while. Don't tell Renny about this, now shoo shoo off you go and me to my work."
[22:25] <Storyteller> tabius it will take you a while to do. a few days, even.
[22:26] <Vanal> "Will do. and i'll check the library for any info the on the Great Big Serpent."
[22:26] <Tabius> "Good idea."
[22:27] <Vanal> "Good luck, goldenrod."
[22:27] * Tabius whips some paper and a stylus out of his robes and starts scribling notes and arcane diagrams of mystical formula and scripbleings
[22:27] <Tabius> (*Scribblings even)
[22:27] * Vanal heads off to do his errands
[22:28] * Tala leaves with Vanal, sealing up the exit, rigging something to provide a warning to Tabius if it is opend while he is down there.
[22:29] <Storyteller> ok...
[22:29] <Storyteller> allright, everyone leaves you alone. Tabius, it will take some doing to put it back together. you've never done anything on this magnitude before.
[22:30] * Tabius concentrates real hard on the task at hand and takes lots of notes for duplication at home.
[22:31] <Storyteller> is anyone going to do anything while tabius works on this?
[22:32] <Storyteller> guess not.
[22:32] <Storyteller> Tabius, extended int + occult roll
[22:32] <Storyteller> each roll is one day.
[22:34] <Tabius> !ex 11 +wp
[22:34] * *Tabius (11+1)*  2, 10, 9, 3, 8, 7, 9, 5, 2, 1, 5, Successes : 7
[22:34] <Tabius> (*How many do I need?*)
[22:34] <Storyteller> 20
[22:35] <Tabius> (*Take away a success per roll as I am taking detailed notes and stuff, OK?*)
[22:35] <Storyteller> no, i already took that into account.
[22:35] <Tabius> (*AH, excellent :-) *)
[22:35] <Tabius> !ex 11 +wp
[22:35] * *Tabius (11+1)*  4, 9, 8, 10, 10, 8, 1, 1, 4, 7, 9, Successes : 10
[22:36] <Tabius> !ex 11 +wp
[22:36] * *Tabius (11+1)*  2, 10, 7, 4, 8, 9, 6, 2, 4, 1, 1, Successes : 6
[22:36] <Storyteller> you have finished it! you can still make it back to malkors guard before night.
[22:36] * Tabius with the cloud, should be able to.
[22:37] <Tabius> (*Btw, the errata that I got last week has it at 100mph.....? I was wondering what you were using?*)
[22:37] * Vanal has been digging through every book of demon lore he can FIND in town, looking for ANYTHING that resembles this serpent thing
[22:37] * Storyteller foudn teh cloud annoying.
[22:38] <Storyteller> use 100 for now.
[22:39] <Storyteller> Vanal, roll int + lore.
[22:40] <Storyteller> hmm, DT?
[22:41] <Vanal> !ex 6
[22:41] * *Vanal (6)*  4, 1, 8, 9, 5, 5, Successes : 2
[22:42] <Vanal> (sorry...was using the loo)
[22:42] <Storyteller> ah...
[22:43] <Storyteller> it seems to be demon called the Hethingstar, they are generally weak in combat but have the rather distinct advantage of being able to use it's icy-cold breath weapon while dematerialized (-1 to all rolls every time it attacks)
[22:44] <Storyteller> you see a cloud coming from the north!
[22:44] <Storyteller> it looks like tabius' cloud.
[22:45] <Vanal> "Well...that's interesting."
[22:45] * Vanal squints
[22:45] <Storyteller> he's using the loo, I gues.
[22:48] * Tabius is scooting along in a cloud.
[22:52] <Storyteller> Tabius are you going to land on Vanal's barracks?
[22:53] * Tabius or somewhere suitably appropriate.
[22:55] <Storyteller> ok Vanal, Tabius is back.. must mean he's done.
[22:57] <Vanal> "It ready ?"
[22:58] <Tabius> "Yes."
[22:59] <Vanal> "dug up some info about our floating snake friend."
[22:59] <Vanal> "Seems to be first circle...not terrifically dangerous in fight...but it can use this freezing breath thign even when immaterial."
[23:00] <Tabius> "Well that is not good. I have nothing that I know of that can effect immaterial spirits. I think Tala does, do you?
[23:02] <Vanal> "Maybe shak, but I wouldn't wager on it."
[23:04] <Tabius> "Then Tala's first priority would the be the snake thing."
[23:04] <Vanal> "IF the wards don't work out."
[23:04] <Tabius> "Heh"
[23:05] <Tabius> "By the way, how many of apes were there?"
[23:06] <Vanal> "Ask Tala. I'm not sure."
[23:07] <Vanal> (IS benny an exalt ?)
[23:08] <Tala> (she told you yes, and the # of apes)
[23:08] <Vanal> (I can't recall offhand, that's why)
[23:08] <Storyteller> (i think 8)
[23:09] <Vanal> "8"
[23:09] <Vanal> "I REALLY don't want to fight 8 apes, that thing PLUS a Solar."
[23:10] <Tabius> "I can deal with the apes, if you can deal with Mr B and Tala can deal with the serpent thing."
[23:11] <Vanal> "Yeah..."
[23:12] <Vanal> "you'll forgive me if I'm leery of dueling a solar, though."
[23:12] <Vanal> "It's not like I can bring Eleanor to bear."
[23:12] <Tabius> "Come on, Jynaru does it all the time, besides Tala and I will be there after a minute or so."
[23:12] <Vanal> "Want me to get Gehn and a couple of the others in on this ?"
[23:14] <Tabius> "How many people can get get into that room Vanal?"
[23:15] <Vanal> (how many ?)
[23:15] <Vanal> "Not many."
[23:15] <Vanal> "Look, I'm leery of anathema, okay ?"
[23:16] <Tabius> "So are the rest of us. One big question is does the guy have sorcery. He has demons, which would indicate such, but not necessarily."
[23:17] <Vanal> "I have NO idea."
[23:18] <Tabius> "Well its something we might want to find out, yes?"
[23:18] <Vanal> "Yeah..."
[23:19] <Tabius> "Cause it would be a good thing to counter any spells he has up from the start, right?"
[23:22] * L_Jynaru (Fiat@dsc01-ati-ga-2-113.rasserver.net) has joined #pvpexaltedrp
[23:23] <Vanal> "Right."
[23:23] <Tabius> "Lets go look at whatever it is that you wanted me to look at, ok?"
[23:24] * Jynaru (Fiat@dsc01-ati-ga-2-113.rasserver.net) Quit (Ping timeout)
[23:25] <Vanal> (Um, he didn't want tabs to chekc otu anything)
[23:26] <Vanal> (Van himself was gonna dig around in the sewer room)
[23:27] <Tabius> (*Ah.......gotcha..... I seem to remember you wanted Tabs there or something.....? *)
[23:27] <Vanal> (Nope)
[23:28] * Vanal will dig around, using his beginner's occult know-how to try and figure things out a little better
[23:31] <Storytelle