<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=230321.msg11322793#msg11322793">Quote from: Muse on 05-06-2015, 14:23:29</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/f/f8/03273c0691b49074f7b04bf8024c9424.jpg)</div><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 50pt;">--&gt;<strong>Name</strong> &lt;--</span><br/><strong>HP:</strong> 22 <strong>AC:</strong> 17 <strong>Passive Senses:</strong> <br/><strong>Status:</strong> Uninjured<br/>Character Sheet (https://docs.google.com/document/d/14l7HlbInb7xr3WvDRgRmWZMEepe1pwznkxkyIfkkpQ4/edit)<br/><hr/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/><strong>OOC:</strong>GM teases Muse.<em>Muse, the posting format is there for you to use, and not just post prior to your post without a care for it.</em><br/><br/><hr/><br/><strong>Dialing Back the Hands of Time:</strong>It has been decided that Jord and Anafa were the only Dragons present.  Patch was never in the room.  Patch has been transitioned over to<em>The Lonely Guard.</em>You don't need to alter your posts.<br/><br/><hr/><br/>Falcon grinned at Anafa, leaned back against his chair and dexterously embraced his leg.<br/><br/><em>"Noone can open it?"</em>Anafa asked.<em>"So is it some puzzle box or just sealed up?  I assume you have some reason not to simply break it open?  Or did that not work?"</em><br/><br/>"According to the resources at my disposal," Falcon said slowly and measuredly,  "this box emits a magical aura that glows in the dark with an intense, burning aura, and it cannot be opened by any standard means.  I've tried.  I'm certain that it's opening mechanism is an esoteric incantation from some ancient language.  That's a key that I cannot be prevailed upon to discover.  Lastly, a dead giveaway of its magical nature is that the box is indestructible.  We have tried everything to crack it's shell, but we don't even leave dents."<br/><br/>Falcon hesitated a moment.<br/><br/>"Naturally, you must be curious as to why I won't take this box to Bertram myself."  Here, he produced a facsimile of the box.   "There are...  forces... conspiring to take this from us.  From me.  It is my hope to deceive them for a critical moment.  I will be traveling abroad, carrying this box.  You will carry the real box to Bertram."<br/><br/>Falcon then added:   "I made a promise to Bertram's father that I wouldn't involve him in our affairs.  You must do everything in your power to protect him if anything should happen."<br/><br/>The box itself was incredibly heavy.  It weighed roughly 40 lbs., despite being so small -- no more than four inches cubed.<br/><br/><hr/><br/><strong>Decision time:</strong>The players did not agree on a scenario, and so have left it to chance!  A roll of 1d2 on 1 is for the "social stealth" approach, and a roll of 1d2 on 2 is for the "sewer run."<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Roll Result: PhantomPistoleer rolled: 1d2<br/>Comment: Social Stealth v. Sewer Run<br/>Result: 1, <br/>Total: 1</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Social stealth it is!  Get your dresses and your wigs, boys and gals.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Roll Result: PhantomPistoleer rolled: 1d20, adding 5 to the total<br/>Comment: Disguise Checks<br/>Result: 11, <br/>Total: 16</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Anafa's disguise check.  Both Jord and Anafa now look like caged squares, instead of totally rad Dragons.  It will be difficult to pull this disguise off in front of people who know you.  And Jord is<em>very</em>well-known on account of his appearance.<br/><br/><hr/><br/><strong>At the Dragon's Warehouse:</strong>Jessie also had a familiar bond in turn with Anafa.   "I don't believe you," she said, teasing.<br/><br/><hr/><br/>The Streets of the Four Corners District are dilapidated and poverty-stricken.  When you're wearing a kutte, the swarms of people part like a school of fish in the midst of a shark.  But as ordinary citizens, Jord and Anafa are bumped into, yelled at, hassled, and otherwise disturbed.  Fat washing women and dairy maids fawn over Jord in a most comical way:  "Dat' lady boy would mak' fine consumption!  Would suck the farts from his arse, I would!"<br/><br/>Though Anafa is the more attentive of the two, she has a hard time noticing the tail.  But Jord, by happenstance, was being twirled around by a thick-armed lass, who was just having a jolly grope, when he saw him.  (Natural 20)<br/><br/><div align="center">(http://www.wallpaperawesome.com/wallpapers-awesome/wallpapers-fantasy-fairy-dragon-gnome-knights-princesses-awesome/wallpaper-assassin-creed-fantasy.jpg)</div><br/>It was a man borne in armor, whose face was cowled and hidden from sight.  The people around him did not take view of him and ignored him.  But Jord saw this man, and his presence made Jord's skin crawl.  Not enough to mortify him or demoralize him, but enough for Jord to understand that there was something incredibly amiss about him.  Then, he drew a dagger.<br/><br/><strong>Combat is Initiated.</strong><br/><br/><hr/><br/><strong>OOC:</strong><br/><br/>All right, everyone.  I will roll initiative.<br/><br/>Jord:<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Roll Result: PhantomPistoleer rolled: 1d20, adding 3 to the total<br/>Comment: Iniative Jord<br/>Result: 16, <br/>Total: 19<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Anafa:<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Roll Result: PhantomPistoleer rolled: 1d20, adding 3 to the total<br/>Comment: Iniative Anafa<br/>Result: 6, <br/>Total: 9</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>???<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Roll Result: PhantomPistoleer rolled: 1d20, adding 1 to the total<br/>Comment: Iniative <br/>Result: 1, <br/>Total: 2</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/><hr/><br/>Rules for Encounter:<em>You must survive four rounds.  There is a group of eight city guards in the next street, who will arrive at the end of the fourth round and end combat.  You may use any means to avoid this person.<br/><br/>PLEASE treat all squares near you as difficult terrain.  People are literally all over the place, and when combat starts, will begin to mob up to get away.<br/><br/>Additionally, feel free to go up or down the street, or into alleys.  <br/><br/>ENEMY:  ??? (AC 19, Flat-footed 15);  HP:  44;<br/>Wearing a chain shirt and buckler;<br/>Wielding an oddly shaped dagger;<br/><br/></em><hr/><br/><div align="center">(http://i.imgur.com/BjrnToe.png)</div><br/>