{"id":4906,"date":"2014-01-20T12:43:06","date_gmt":"2014-01-20T18:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emifail.com\/ocs\/?p=4906"},"modified":"2021-12-27T00:25:52","modified_gmt":"2021-12-27T06:25:52","slug":"rite-of-passage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emifail.com\/ocs\/qdnd\/rite-of-passage","title":{"rendered":"rite of passage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>ireth turns into coins, havi &amp; dahlia get trapped, jojo surfs on sand<\/em><\/p>\n<pre>[<strong>emily<\/strong>]: i have message!!! i can send it to someone i'm familiar with\r\n[<strong>shad<\/strong>]: *gasps* we're friends!!!!!\r\n[<strong>ben<\/strong>]: who would you like to send the message to?\r\n[<strong>shad<\/strong>]: we're friends!!!!!\r\n[<strong>emily<\/strong>]: joaquin<\/pre>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<pre><strong>havi<\/strong>: *shuffles over to joaquin*\r\n<strong>havi<\/strong>: hey so\r\n<strong>havi<\/strong>: we should talk to jojo ... about his battle strategies?\r\n<strong>joaquin<\/strong>:\r\n<strong>havi<\/strong>: and how they don't work\r\n<strong>joaquin<\/strong>:\r\n<strong>havi<\/strong>: and by we i mean you\r\n<\/pre>\n<hr \/>\n<p>the group approaches a statue of a drow god. jamal knows beyond the door lies an entrance to the trials, a rite of passage for the drow. jamal is being played by jay tonight.<\/p>\n<pre><strong>jamal<\/strong>: we gotta go through this, dude<\/pre>\n<p>there are two doors, both magically locked.\u00a0<strong>havi<\/strong> determines the way to open them involves invoking aspects of the god. (wealth and power)<\/p>\n<pre><strong>havi<\/strong>: *places a gold coin in the palm of one of the statue's hands*\r\n<strong>caranthir<\/strong>: *goes up to the statue and starts doing push-ups*<\/pre>\n<pre><strong>caranthir<\/strong>: alright someone needs to punch someone else in the face\r\n<strong>jojo<\/strong>: i can hit tanum!\r\n<strong>havi<\/strong>: WHY WOULD YOU HIT TANUM\r\n<strong>havi<\/strong>: <em>HOW WOULD THAT HELP US<\/em><\/pre>\n<p>jojo tries to move the statue around. no one knows why. <strong>havi<\/strong> reads jamal&#8217;s mind. <em>jamal is kind of hungry? needs a nap. that&#8217;s a good-looking wolf<\/em><\/p>\n<p>jojo tells <strong>havi<\/strong> to cast offensive magic on the staff in the statue&#8217;s other hand. he casts a fire spell, and the statue glows. the doors are unlocked!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>dungeon time<\/em><\/p>\n<p>another door in front of them is very large with a face carved into it. its mouth is a hole. dahlia has detected there is a magical trap on the door.<\/p>\n<pre><strong>joaquin<\/strong>: is there anything living we can put through there\r\n<strong>jojo<\/strong>: tanum do you wanna see what's through the door???\r\n<strong>tanum<\/strong>: well i mean i really do but is it safe???\r\n<strong>jojo<\/strong>: WHO KNOWS\r\n<strong>havi<\/strong>: it's not. there's a trap.\r\n<strong>tanum<\/strong>: well, i know there's a trap, but we can't go back!\r\n<strong>dahlia<\/strong>: wait, tanum, you know a lot about magic artifacts, right? can you tell us anything about this?\r\n<strong>tanum<\/strong>: i know an awful lot about magical artifacts, but i am just out of my league here!!!<\/pre>\n<p>ireth gets bored and decides to just crawl through the mouth. as soon as she does, her body turns into a bunch of tiny gold coins. kayla hands ben her character sheet. shad cries<\/p>\n<p><strong>havi<\/strong> can sense her soul is still there, so she isn&#8217;t dead. <strong>tanum<\/strong> walks through the door (opening it, not crawling through the hole) and is just fine. he nudges at the ireth-coins. the group finds that putting ireth back through the mouth-hole turns her back to normal.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>we approach quicksand. dahlia almost gets stuck. <strong>havi<\/strong> casts air walk on himself. joaqun ties a rope to dahlia, and <strong>havi<\/strong> attempts to lift her across the sand. everyone realizes <strong>havi<\/strong> could have cast his spell on someone strong, instead of himself.<\/p>\n<p><strong>havi<\/strong> and dahlia cross some of the quicksand. once they get across, dahlia runs off on her own. havi follows, but a wall slams down and traps them both. they are separated from the party.<\/p>\n<pre>[<strong>emily<\/strong>]: i have message!!! i can send it to someone i'm familiar with\r\n[<strong>shad<\/strong>]: *gasps* we're friends!!!!!\r\n[<strong>ben<\/strong>]: who would you like to send the message to?\r\n[<strong>shad<\/strong>]: we're friends!!!!!\r\n[<strong>emily<\/strong>]: joaquin<\/pre>\n<p><strong>havi<\/strong> casts message, telling that joaquin him and dahlia are trapped. he\u00a0can feel an eye-roll in response.<\/p>\n<p>dahlia and <strong>havi<\/strong> can hear stone grinding together coming from the room in front of them. dahlia can see there are statues moving towards them, and they prepare for an encounter.<\/p>\n<p>caranthir says he also has air walk. the larger group is able to make it over the quicksand to the wall.<\/p>\n<pre><strong>dahlia<\/strong>: havi if we survive this, i'll never steal from you\r\n<strong>havi<\/strong>: ... you've stolen from me???\r\n<strong>dahlia<\/strong>: i didn't say AGAIN<\/pre>\n<p><em>roll for initiative!<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<pre>[<strong>emily<\/strong>]:AW I LEFT MY MONEY IN THE HAND<\/pre>\n<p>jojo attempts to surf on the quicksand with his shield and faceplants. <strong>havi<\/strong> casts dispel magic on the door, but nothing happens. caranthir casts a lightning spell on the door, opening it. jojo is on magic fire? <strong>havi<\/strong> casts dispel magic on jojo.<\/p>\n<p>jojo is trying to be cautious due to joaquin lecturing him about his battle strategies. joaquin nags him for this because we actually NEED HELP NOW<\/p>\n<p><strong>havi<\/strong> misses all of his physical attacks<\/p>\n<p>they defeat the statues! and continue exploring the dungeon.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>caranthir happens upon someone chained up in another room. it looks like lia. shad cries? <strong>havi<\/strong> is able to discern it&#8217;s actually a succubus, and urges the group along.<\/p>\n<p>after arguing about whether or not to pursue further, the group exits the trials.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; ireth turns into coins, havi &amp; dahlia get trapped, jojo surfs on sand [emily]: i have message!!! i can send it to someone i&#8217;m familiar with [shad]: *gasps* we&#8217;re friends!!!!! [ben]: who would you like to send the message to? [shad]: we&#8217;re friends!!!!! 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