@samus It is a ring that plays a single song for any amount of time. An interesting item, but evil for the fact that it plays a song that should never have been created. It is such a horrible thing that I have made it my mission to destroy it.
...Uhmmm... Can you SK me and increase my speed. I don't like the idea that people will think I'm slow... Nuts. Maybe. Slow. No...
A hasted Mummy would be rather scary...
Fear not, that will never ever happen. @Anduin wears Paws of the Cheetah, AND his speed set to 1 in SK, and still arrives last. Unless Improved Haste stacks with something, that's how it will be forever. As it is, it's fine; I always thought it's a bit silly that the squishy casters are put in position first if all group members have the same speed. Now, it's pretty much the way I would like it; the back row party members aren't trying to run ahead and block the path for the frontliners.
so...the party left Candlekeep...haunted by a shadow of "him who should not be named, (but totally not Sarevok)" on their quest to find and destroy the (undoubtedly evil) One Ring of Justin Bieber Theme Songs in the frozen lands behind the Wall. A bit roughed up, but still under the protection of Helm, Lathander and Auto-pause.
The day had been somewhat eventful. After arriving in Beregost and being welcomed by a citizen, Eye of Helm had taken the chance to ask for the most luxurious tavern in the village and recieved the recommendation to visit the Feldepost Inn. When the group had found this place, and successfully convinced an angry man of being a perfectly normal, surface dwelling adventuring party, the beholder had complained that there were by far not enough cockroaches in the building. Samus had simply thrown a cape over him, causing the beholder to immediately fall asleep, and parked him in a corner of the guest room. This distraction had given the group enough time to eat, and Eudaemonium the time to shove several books into the backpack with him to keep himself busy while his mount was sleeping. The mummy had insisted to rent six rooms, with the numbers 4, 8, 15, 16, 23 and 42, and was - yet again - informed that the Inn did not have that many rooms. Since the available rooms were a bit pricy for the group's tight budget, they had decided to wake the beholder and leave, in hopes to find a way to make some money.
And they had been lucky. On a public place, they had met a young man who was looking for mercenaries to hire for his employer. The job was as simple as a job could be - kill three humans - and the offered payment of 300 gold pieces would have been enough to afford the Feldepost Inn. Until the thugs in question showed up, the beholder had been overly keen to get to the killing. Sadly, as soon as the men walked around the corner, he had started babbling about the bushido code and killed the woman who had hired the group instead. It turned out she didn't have 300 gold pieces and neither did the spared thugs.
Accepting defeat, the group had grabbed the belongings of the dead woman and settled for the less luxurious looking tavern near them - only to be attacked by an angry dwarf. It had become painfully obvious that whoever the beholder appeared as to others was a really bad choice. This was the second assassin trying to kill him, carrying a bounty notice. When the Great Mushroom under the ceiling of the world went dark, @Samus, @OneAngryMushroom and @Eudaemonium had taken matters - especially the financial problems of the group - in their own hands. While the myconid distractred @Anduin and @Southpaw with a heated debate about "things that are okay to eat in the wilderness", the drow and the gnome broke into the local Thunderhammy Smithy, robbing every single thing that wasn't magically glued to the floor. Since this was a smithy and not a wizard's hideout, the items magically glued to the floor were limited to exactly zero. After hiding the larger items in a barn, Samus and Eudaemonium returned to the tavern, with enough gold to survive the next few days.
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In the Burning Wizard Inn
"Is my hair white?" OneAngryMushroom asked. The others nodded. "Seriously?" The mushroom reached for his ale and sighed. "Am I Drizzt Do'Urden?" The others nodded. OneAngryMushroom rolled his eyes, reached for the piece of paper on his forehead and threw it on the table. "How original. The ranger from the Underdark is Drizzt... again", he said, visibly bored. "I told you we should have picked Wulfgar this time!" Eudaemonium grumbled. "He would never guess that!" OneAngryMushroom smirked. "The gnome has a point", he admitted. "I would never guess that because so far, you always made me Drizzt. Every single time we play What Celebrity Am I, I turn out to be Drizzt. I was Drizzt last night in the Feldepost Inn three times, and tonight, this is the third round and I've been Drizzt in all of them!" Eudaemonium rolled his eyes, then he returned to study a scroll. The rest of group traded confused glances. "But... you can't be Wulfgar", Anduin explained. "You are a ranger!" The myconid sighed. "Yes, but isn't the point of the game to be someone else and guess it?" "You aren't you, you are Drizzt!" Southpaw protested. "And you guessed it!" The Mushroom That Says Ni waved the waitress for a new ale. "That is the problem, I do not 'guess' it, I 'know' you guys always make me Drizzt. It's boring!" It is? Eye of Helm asked. You mean... It isn't... funny? The mushroom nodded. "That is exactly what I mean."
"Alright, guys, let us just agree to come up with a better celebrity next time", Samus said. "It's Eudaemonium's turn now anyway." The gnome looked up from his scroll. "Simians. Do you think the rightful heir of the Seven Kingdoms has time to play silly games?" In unison, the group nodded. Eudaemonium shook his head. "No, he doesn't... Wait, I am NOT playing with you, you know that, right?" The others quietly shook their heads. The gnome reached for his forehead, realizing he was indeed playing the game. "You didn't make me Elmin..." He looked at the piece of paper and sighed. "Oh come on, guys, seriously? Elminster, AGAIN?"
--- I played Beregost and the 2 maps below (road to Nashkel) last night and forgot to make detailed notes. This is just from memory, so if anyone wants to fill in the gaps - we have Lost style flashbacks:
- Marl quest done; not gone upstairs in Feldepost Inn (since Samus' pickpocket is probably not high enough for Algernon yet) - visited Red Sheaf Inn; attacked by assassin, chatted with Perdue (Samus guessed through the conversation/tested her surface lore to get the sword quest) - done Silke's quest, turned Garrick down - robbed Thunderhammer Smithy; sold everything (and bought Short Bow +1 for Eudaemonium; Sling +1 for Anduin, who also has the Quarterstaff +1 from Silke) - Firebead quest to get Scroll Case (Eudaemonium "borrowed" all books available in Feldepost; then we ran into Firebead on the street and had an awkward conversation, trying to act as if we knew him, leading to the book trade) - currently in Burning Wizard Inn, but not been upstairs and not talked to anyone - not been in any other buildings; but went down road to Naskhel (not straying from path; killed ogrillions and picked up Colquetle's necklace, which Eudaemonium wears; Eye of Hiro insisted on finding Mirianne, thinking she is the dancer; OneAngryMushroom dismissed the RoP +1 as "not the One Ring", Eudaemonium wears that, too - I decorate him a bit to resemble a wealthy merchant from Qarth)
I thought you would be pleased! It is not everyday a Cauliflower reveals that they are on the evil path... I'm on the same side as you... When I am a God, I will shower you in Cabbage Patch Babes with extra large protrusions! Hey, lets even remove the Patch!
How can you serve the Broccoli? Your white? They hate its... blandness...
I am all colours Broccol-I. Put me near a prism and I'll show you... I have the colour, the will and THE WAY to raise vegetables to there rightful place at the top of the food chain... No longer shall we be eaten... WE will eat them! Vegetables of all species and varieties will unite... as... as... Vegetarians! And we will cover ourselves in the blood of the animals that keep us in the mud!
*Niloc, boils in his own fervent dream juices, creating a lovely waft that is just waiting for a spot of gravy*
...Fungus... If your friends with them, your friends with Athletes Foot and Thrush... They should not be tolerated! I will remove them first... WHEN I am god of all vegetables...
So... Broccol-I. Do you stand with me? Will you fight alongside my dream for vegetarian liberty and freedom?
...
NO! I am from a rare sect of Broccoli. I abandon the old ways... I believe in making ourselves seem less appetising so the masses will no longer consume us... I believe we can do this without bloodshed! I believe that man, elf and dwarf can live by meat alone...
I believe for every drop of rain that falls, a flower grows... I believe that somewhere in the great out there, hears every word... I believe for everyone who has gone astray... Some one will come... And show the way!
I believe... I BELIEVE!
Everytime I here a new born baby cry... Or touch a leaf... Or see the sky... THEN I KNOW WHY...
I BELIEVE... THAT YOU SHOULD DIE!
*Broccol-I starts chanting a spell to unleash chain lightening*
Are you NUTS!
Wrong plant Niloc... Prepare to become broth components!
NO WAIT! If you fire that spell in here... You will make @Anduin's head explode!
*Spell fizzle*
Then its time to take control...
*Broccol-I jumps into the command chair and starts sending commands through @Anduin's nervous system*
Oh no you don't!
*Niloc jumps into second chair*
First things first... Wheres the volume control... I am fed up of @Anduin shouting...
*Broccol-I stares at a broken volume knob on @Anduin's dashhead*
Look guys. You don't need to worry! If you die I can bring you back! I am a NECROMANCER!
It actually means dead dancer! I can make you dance again when your dead!
Just tell me if you prefer to come back as a zombie, ghoul or ghast!
I don't do ghosts as they are too fiddly... Mummies take a bit of time as well... Liches are only for the soul-in-a-can fraternity... Although, I know a few people if your interested...
No, no, Eyelar's actual body is somewhere else (presumably shapeshifted into the mayor of Nashkel), and mentally pretty much a vegetable... However, Eye of Hiro is on the verge of developing a brain tumor, so vegetable status will apply soon enough.
*flashback to the "discussion" on what can be eaten in a forest* "For the last time @Anduin. NO! Don't eat the red ones with white spots, those are amanitas, they are incredibly poisonous, and even if they weren't I have enough mushrooms to rescue off of you as is. I don't need more propagating on you."
"Oh yeah, what makes you the leading expert on mushrooms?"
"Thank you, @Southpaw. And unless there is something about mind-flayer anatomy that I don't know, yes, you can eat all the wolf brains you want."
What is wrong with this party.
@Anduin, Sir, it seems that the cauliflower you carry around is making schemes that involve my imminent destruction. I would be more worried if it were just about anything other than a cauliflower, but I have to say. Don't believe anything it says about mushrooms or mushroom-like people, especially if it's about spores. And, now for something completely different. Can I have the various mushrooms growing on you? Please?
Yes. Its a pleasure to say No to one as devoted to slaves. All living creatures you stow it with fungal infections. Go pick your own mushroom such as yourself...
No, no, Eyelar's actual body is somewhere else (presumably shapeshifted into the mayor of Nashkel), and mentally pretty much a vegetable... However, Eye of Hiro is on the verge of developing a brain tumor, so vegetable status will apply soon enough.
He'll just get cured by a heavenly vision of his mother.
"Why in the world did you do that?" Samus looked at the beholder, who hovered above a meatpile/previously young half elf woman. "I don't know", Eye of Helm admitted, apparently puzzled by his own actions. "What a waste of a perfectly good brain!" Southpaw added. "Eh, whatever." Eudaemonium poked the meatpile with his quarterstaff. "Looks like it wasn't for nothing. There's a bag with gems, and we could really use some money. I'm also taking this staff, looks a lot better than mine." He tossed his staff aside, picked up the blood smeared staff from the ground and wiped it clean with the tattered robes the woman had worn. "I don't think it was such a big deal anyway", OneAngryMushroom shrugged. "You killed her in broad daylight and no-one seems to care." Eudaemonium let the robes fall back to the ground and looked at his brand new quarterstaff. "Yes, this is much better than the old staff..." he said. "These robes are also better than my old bandages!" Anduin proclaimed, picking up the tattered, bloodstained robes the gnome had just thrown away. "We shouldn't stay here", Samus reminded the group, pointing at the dead body. "I suggest we go to Nashkel. I heard rumors in the tavern last night. The mayor there seems to have a whole lot of trouble. He'll surely have work for a group of perfectly normal, surface dwelling adventurers."
--- Hmmm, I really didn't plan to kill any NPCs, except maybe Eldoth, should Eye of Hiro see him as a threat to the dancer. But I couldn't accept Neera in the group temporarily, or pickpocket the gem bag. The encounter would have made nice roleplay material, but the gem bag was a bit more essential, so Eyelar got his way.
Next chapter will be our first visit to Nashkel, Eye of Hiro deciding to go to the carnival and stop a certain Samuel Sullivan from changing the past (*echem* getting a second wizard robe for Eudaemonium) and our encounter with Dorn. That's how far I played - stupid question: I thought I'd find a Katana +1, but I was wrong. So... where can I find "Kensei's sword"? I plan on getting Vascona, and switch weapons with personalities; Varscona being Sylar's ice/blue whatever power, and a katana for Eye of Hiro. Do I have to randomly travel around and hope to get an ogre mage or is there an enemy with a drop (I can take with a level 1 party, - Samus leveled up in Dorn's cutscene, everyone else is far from level 2)?
No, no, Eyelar's actual body is somewhere else (presumably shapeshifted into the mayor of Nashkel), and mentally pretty much a vegetable... However, Eye of Hiro is on the verge of developing a brain tumor, so vegetable status will apply soon enough.
He'll just get cured by a heavenly vision of his mother.
WTF happened to Heroes after season 1?
@Eudaemonium: I actually understood it as a successful surgery, with the whole "put on trial in his mind" thing being symbolic for him fighting the tumor (and shamelessly bringing back Adam Munroe for an episode because popular). What I can't get over, ever, is: How did Daphne use her ability WITH MATT PARKMAN? Hell, Nathan complained about him being too heavy when flying, but I buy it that he could at least lift him and then *magical anti gravity ability*. But Daphne couldn't lift and start running with any adult person on her back.
Yes. Its a pleasure to say No to one as devoted to slaves. All living creatures you stow it with fungal infections. Go pick your own mushroom such as yourself...
Me: ಠ_ಠ Samus: ಠ_ಠ KidCarnival: ಠಠಠ_ಠ_ಠಠಠ Eudaemonium: ಠ_ಠ Southpaw :ಠ_ಠ Everyone in the bar: ಠ_ಠ Boo, while inside Minsc's pack all the way in Nashkel: ಠ_ಠ
"...don't hestitate to ask for anything. We are a resourceful group and know the surf... area well. We won't give you any trouble and happily help with any problems your lovely town may have", @Samus assured the surface dweller welcoming the group in Nashkel. Eyelar rolled all his eyes. Oh͢ ̶of̢ c̛o͢ùr͜se, ̶M̵ŕ.͝ Ti̡n ͡Ca͞n, ̀w͏e ̷ar͝e so nor͘m͢al, we ̵are ́so͏ ord̡ina͢ry, we̕ a̢r͘e tot͜a͢ll͜y̶ n͡ot͜ ̢s̸p̷e̵cial.͘.̴.̨ ҉COU͝LD͞ YO̷U ̀ST͝O̶P҉ T̶H͢A̵T? Samus pushed the beholder toward the tavern. "Shut up, that tin can guy is still nearby!" she said. @OneAngryMushroom pushed the tavern door open. "Good place to lay low", he noted. "Doesn't look as crowded as the taverns in Beregost."
The group entered, but before they could reach a table, a woman approached them. "Ah, how good to see you!" she grinned and pulled her weapon. "Because now, you are all going to die!" Wait, why are you doing this? the beholder tried to stop her. "Because there is a bounty on your heads and I desperately need a new armor!" the stranger explained. "Damn, probably a friend or relative of the woman you killed in Bere..." @Southpaw began, but was interrupted by the stranger's first hit. "You won't get out of here alive!" she yelled. "Damn Underdark freaks!" A quick snap of Southpaw's tentacles later, she was on the floor, drooling and babbling about her planned purchase of a nice two-story shrubbery. "How did she know we are from the Und... Undrentide?" @Eudaemonium asked after she was dead. "Hand me that strange helm..." OneAngryMushroom picked up the woman's helm and gave it to the gnome, who studied it for a moment. "Hm, this thing seems to be enchanted", he said. "I wonder..."
"No! What are you doing?!" Samus yelled, but it was too late. Eudaemonium had put the helm on the beholder's center eyestalk. "Great." Samus sighed. "An enchanted helm could have been useful. If it does anything now, it's bound to make things worse... The eyeball is confused enough as it is. Give me the helm." Eudaemonium shrugged and tried to remove the helm from the eyestalk. "Umm... I think... it's stuck", he admitted.
"Hey, where did the mummy go?" OneAngryMushroom asked. The others looked around, but couldn't find the necromancer anywhere. A trace of bandage pieces and dried blood lead back to the door. "You go ahead", Southpaw said. "I'll clean up the mess here." His tentacles snapped in the general direction of the barkeep and the two patrons.
Outside the tavern, the group followed the bandage/blood trace across the bridge and to the other side of the river. "I am on my way, friends!" they heard @Anduin yell. "I will free you from the unforgiving grasp of the earth you are stuck in!" He tumbled toward a farm further down the river and when the group came closer, they saw that there was a cauliflower field. As soon as the mummy reached it, he went down on his knees and began digging out cauliflower after cauliflower, throwing them in the air. "You are free, my friends! Fly! Fly to a new life!"
---- Found Eyes of Truth helm, obviously on Eye of Helm. Anduin also dug out the Ankheg armor, now worn by OneAngryMushroom. From the assassin in the tavern, we also got a Plate Mail for Southpaw. Samus (sweet)talked to the mayor, and we got some more information - and the hope to make some money - about the Iron Crisis. She also talked to Oublek and decided it's safer to not claim to be Greywolf, seeing we have enough trouble to manage our current disguise.
@KidCarnival - you'll get the only katana+1 in the Cloakwood mines. The invisible ogre mage holds it.
Anyway, I half await the next fight (I assume for example Zordal (in the Nashkel Carnival area) to look like this : a) Zordal starts threatening others b) the group readies to fight c) Zordal starts casting and the group starts arguing about the concept of witches and whether we are for or against withes and @Samus was interested if she can get the witches' swatch watches... d) ... after some unsuccessful attempts, Zordal runs out of spells, while the party still argues, completely ignoring him. Except for @Anduin, who sits on the ground and talks to a cauliflower, ignoring the angry mage AND the rest of the party. e) Zordal leaves, annoyed. The witch rolls her eyes and leaves after a while too. Right before the party unanimously decides, that we are pro-witches she better explains the stuff with the watches everyone was talking about...
Doesn't the Shoal ogre mage have a katana? Not that I think it's a good idea to tackle the Lighthouse maps with a level 1 party, but it would be possible long before Cloakwood. Or what about the Firewine ogre mage (also not a good idea at level 1)? Doesn't have to be a +1 katana, any will do.
So far, I broke 3 Long Swords (keeping some in my backpack from the hobgoblins north of Nashkel) and we really didn't fight much.
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It is a ring that plays a single song for any amount of time. An interesting item, but evil for the fact that it plays a song that should never have been created. It is such a horrible thing that I have made it my mission to destroy it.
A bit roughed up, but still under the protection of Helm, Lathander and Auto-pause.
Where are they headed now? Let's go to Camelot!
The day had been somewhat eventful. After arriving in Beregost and being welcomed by a citizen, Eye of Helm had taken the chance to ask for the most luxurious tavern in the village and recieved the recommendation to visit the Feldepost Inn. When the group had found this place, and successfully convinced an angry man of being a perfectly normal, surface dwelling adventuring party, the beholder had complained that there were by far not enough cockroaches in the building. Samus had simply thrown a cape over him, causing the beholder to immediately fall asleep, and parked him in a corner of the guest room. This distraction had given the group enough time to eat, and Eudaemonium the time to shove several books into the backpack with him to keep himself busy while his mount was sleeping.
The mummy had insisted to rent six rooms, with the numbers 4, 8, 15, 16, 23 and 42, and was - yet again - informed that the Inn did not have that many rooms. Since the available rooms were a bit pricy for the group's tight budget, they had decided to wake the beholder and leave, in hopes to find a way to make some money.
And they had been lucky. On a public place, they had met a young man who was looking for mercenaries to hire for his employer. The job was as simple as a job could be - kill three humans - and the offered payment of 300 gold pieces would have been enough to afford the Feldepost Inn. Until the thugs in question showed up, the beholder had been overly keen to get to the killing. Sadly, as soon as the men walked around the corner, he had started babbling about the bushido code and killed the woman who had hired the group instead. It turned out she didn't have 300 gold pieces and neither did the spared thugs.
Accepting defeat, the group had grabbed the belongings of the dead woman and settled for the less luxurious looking tavern near them - only to be attacked by an angry dwarf. It had become painfully obvious that whoever the beholder appeared as to others was a really bad choice. This was the second assassin trying to kill him, carrying a bounty notice. When the Great Mushroom under the ceiling of the world went dark, @Samus, @OneAngryMushroom and @Eudaemonium had taken matters - especially the financial problems of the group - in their own hands. While the myconid distractred @Anduin and @Southpaw with a heated debate about "things that are okay to eat in the wilderness", the drow and the gnome broke into the local Thunderhammy Smithy, robbing every single thing that wasn't magically glued to the floor. Since this was a smithy and not a wizard's hideout, the items magically glued to the floor were limited to exactly zero. After hiding the larger items in a barn, Samus and Eudaemonium returned to the tavern, with enough gold to survive the next few days.
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In the Burning Wizard Inn
"Is my hair white?" OneAngryMushroom asked. The others nodded. "Seriously?" The mushroom reached for his ale and sighed. "Am I Drizzt Do'Urden?" The others nodded. OneAngryMushroom rolled his eyes, reached for the piece of paper on his forehead and threw it on the table. "How original. The ranger from the Underdark is Drizzt... again", he said, visibly bored. "I told you we should have picked Wulfgar this time!" Eudaemonium grumbled. "He would never guess that!" OneAngryMushroom smirked. "The gnome has a point", he admitted. "I would never guess that because so far, you always made me Drizzt. Every single time we play What Celebrity Am I, I turn out to be Drizzt. I was Drizzt last night in the Feldepost Inn three times, and tonight, this is the third round and I've been Drizzt in all of them!" Eudaemonium rolled his eyes, then he returned to study a scroll. The rest of group traded confused glances. "But... you can't be Wulfgar", Anduin explained. "You are a ranger!" The myconid sighed. "Yes, but isn't the point of the game to be someone else and guess it?" "You aren't you, you are Drizzt!" Southpaw protested. "And you guessed it!" The Mushroom That Says Ni waved the waitress for a new ale. "That is the problem, I do not 'guess' it, I 'know' you guys always make me Drizzt. It's boring!" It is? Eye of Helm asked. You mean... It isn't... funny? The mushroom nodded. "That is exactly what I mean."
"Alright, guys, let us just agree to come up with a better celebrity next time", Samus said. "It's Eudaemonium's turn now anyway." The gnome looked up from his scroll. "Simians. Do you think the rightful heir of the Seven Kingdoms has time to play silly games?" In unison, the group nodded. Eudaemonium shook his head. "No, he doesn't... Wait, I am NOT playing with you, you know that, right?" The others quietly shook their heads. The gnome reached for his forehead, realizing he was indeed playing the game. "You didn't make me Elmin..." He looked at the piece of paper and sighed. "Oh come on, guys, seriously? Elminster, AGAIN?"
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I played Beregost and the 2 maps below (road to Nashkel) last night and forgot to make detailed notes. This is just from memory, so if anyone wants to fill in the gaps - we have Lost style flashbacks:
- Marl quest done; not gone upstairs in Feldepost Inn (since Samus' pickpocket is probably not high enough for Algernon yet)
- visited Red Sheaf Inn; attacked by assassin, chatted with Perdue (Samus guessed through the conversation/tested her surface lore to get the sword quest)
- done Silke's quest, turned Garrick down
- robbed Thunderhammer Smithy; sold everything (and bought Short Bow +1 for Eudaemonium; Sling +1 for Anduin, who also has the Quarterstaff +1 from Silke)
- Firebead quest to get Scroll Case (Eudaemonium "borrowed" all books available in Feldepost; then we ran into Firebead on the street and had an awkward conversation, trying to act as if we knew him, leading to the book trade)
- currently in Burning Wizard Inn, but not been upstairs and not talked to anyone
- not been in any other buildings; but went down road to Naskhel (not straying from path; killed ogrillions and picked up Colquetle's necklace, which Eudaemonium wears; Eye of Hiro insisted on finding Mirianne, thinking she is the dancer; OneAngryMushroom dismissed the RoP +1 as "not the One Ring", Eudaemonium wears that, too - I decorate him a bit to resemble a wealthy merchant from Qarth)
I thought you would be pleased! It is not everyday a Cauliflower reveals that they are on the evil path... I'm on the same side as you... When I am a God, I will shower you in Cabbage Patch Babes with extra large protrusions! Hey, lets even remove the Patch!
How can you serve the Broccoli? Your white? They hate its... blandness...
I am all colours Broccol-I. Put me near a prism and I'll show you... I have the colour, the will and THE WAY to raise vegetables to there rightful place at the top of the food chain... No longer shall we be eaten... WE will eat them! Vegetables of all species and varieties will unite... as... as... Vegetarians! And we will cover ourselves in the blood of the animals that keep us in the mud!
*Niloc, boils in his own fervent dream juices, creating a lovely waft that is just waiting for a spot of gravy*
Although we wont be helping them...
*Niloc points a stalk out of @Anduin's ear at @OneAngryMushroom *
...Fungus... If your friends with them, your friends with Athletes Foot and Thrush... They should not be tolerated! I will remove them first... WHEN I am god of all vegetables...
So... Broccol-I. Do you stand with me? Will you fight alongside my dream for vegetarian liberty and freedom?
...
NO! I am from a rare sect of Broccoli. I abandon the old ways...
I believe in making ourselves seem less appetising so the masses will no longer consume us...
I believe we can do this without bloodshed!
I believe that man, elf and dwarf can live by meat alone...
I believe for every drop of rain that falls, a flower grows...
I believe that somewhere in the great out there, hears every word...
I believe for everyone who has gone astray... Some one will come... And show the way!
I believe... I BELIEVE!
Everytime I here a new born baby cry... Or touch a leaf... Or see the sky... THEN I KNOW WHY...
I BELIEVE... THAT YOU SHOULD DIE!
*Broccol-I starts chanting a spell to unleash chain lightening*
Are you NUTS!
Wrong plant Niloc... Prepare to become broth components!
NO WAIT! If you fire that spell in here... You will make @Anduin's head explode!
*Spell fizzle*
Then its time to take control...
*Broccol-I jumps into the command chair and starts sending commands through @Anduin's nervous system*
Oh no you don't!
*Niloc jumps into second chair*
First things first... Wheres the volume control... I am fed up of @Anduin shouting...
*Broccol-I stares at a broken volume knob on @Anduin's dashhead*
Errr... I can explain...
*Meanwhile outside the Brain Cave*
@Southpaw, why is @Anduin spinning on the spot?
~Dunno @Samus . Perhaps his bandages needed tightening?~
....
Oh my god, we're so ******.
It actually means dead dancer! I can make you dance again when your dead!
Just tell me if you prefer to come back as a zombie, ghoul or ghast!
I don't do ghosts as they are too fiddly... Mummies take a bit of time as well... Liches are only for the soul-in-a-can fraternity... Although, I know a few people if your interested...
Then I can make her dance again!
Well... shuffle.
Although, we would save the dancer from a lifetime... Errr... Deathtime of sitting still. Does this count?
Also, consider we have identity crisis Eyelar on our team, is Eye of Hiro trying to save the dancer from a past version of his own split personality?
Mushrooms! He has a fungal brain infection!
...
Alright, maybe I am two vegetables...
"For the last time @Anduin. NO! Don't eat the red ones with white spots, those are amanitas, they are incredibly poisonous, and even if they weren't I have enough mushrooms to rescue off of you as is. I don't need more propagating on you."
"Oh yeah, what makes you the leading expert on mushrooms?"
"... Other than the fact that I am one."
"Jeez @Anduin that was a stupid question."
"Thank you, @Southpaw. And unless there is something about mind-flayer anatomy that I don't know, yes, you can eat all the wolf brains you want."
What is wrong with this party.
@Anduin, Sir, it seems that the cauliflower you carry around is making schemes that involve my imminent destruction. I would be more worried if it were just about anything other than a cauliflower, but I have to say. Don't believe anything it says about mushrooms or mushroom-like people, especially if it's about spores. And, now for something completely different. Can I have the various mushrooms growing on you? Please?
Yes. A pleasure to help one as devoted to all living creatures such as yourself
NO! We can't give away the slaves! How do you think @Anduin's Brain Cave gets cleaned? Do you think it happens by MAGIC?!?
Stow it Fungal Infection, go pick your own mushrooms!
*Meanwhile outside, @Anduin is replying*
Yes. Its a pleasure to say No to one as devoted to slaves. All living creatures you stow it with fungal infections. Go pick your own mushroom such as yourself...
WTF happened to Heroes after season 1?
"Why in the world did you do that?" Samus looked at the beholder, who hovered above a meatpile/previously young half elf woman. "I don't know", Eye of Helm admitted, apparently puzzled by his own actions. "What a waste of a perfectly good brain!" Southpaw added. "Eh, whatever." Eudaemonium poked the meatpile with his quarterstaff. "Looks like it wasn't for nothing. There's a bag with gems, and we could really use some money. I'm also taking this staff, looks a lot better than mine." He tossed his staff aside, picked up the blood smeared staff from the ground and wiped it clean with the tattered robes the woman had worn. "I don't think it was such a big deal anyway", OneAngryMushroom shrugged. "You killed her in broad daylight and no-one seems to care." Eudaemonium let the robes fall back to the ground and looked at his brand new quarterstaff. "Yes, this is much better than the old staff..." he said. "These robes are also better than my old bandages!" Anduin proclaimed, picking up the tattered, bloodstained robes the gnome had just thrown away. "We shouldn't stay here", Samus reminded the group, pointing at the dead body. "I suggest we go to Nashkel. I heard rumors in the tavern last night. The mayor there seems to have a whole lot of trouble. He'll surely have work for a group of perfectly normal, surface dwelling adventurers."
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Hmmm, I really didn't plan to kill any NPCs, except maybe Eldoth, should Eye of Hiro see him as a threat to the dancer. But I couldn't accept Neera in the group temporarily, or pickpocket the gem bag. The encounter would have made nice roleplay material, but the gem bag was a bit more essential, so Eyelar got his way.
Next chapter will be our first visit to Nashkel, Eye of Hiro deciding to go to the carnival and stop a certain Samuel Sullivan from changing the past (*echem* getting a second wizard robe for Eudaemonium) and our encounter with Dorn. That's how far I played - stupid question: I thought I'd find a Katana +1, but I was wrong. So... where can I find "Kensei's sword"? I plan on getting Vascona, and switch weapons with personalities; Varscona being Sylar's ice/blue whatever power, and a katana for Eye of Hiro. Do I have to randomly travel around and hope to get an ogre mage or is there an enemy with a drop (I can take with a level 1 party, - Samus leveled up in Dorn's cutscene, everyone else is far from level 2)?
Samus: ಠ_ಠ
KidCarnival: ಠಠಠ_ಠ_ಠಠಠ
Eudaemonium: ಠ_ಠ
Southpaw :ಠ_ಠ
Everyone in the bar: ಠ_ಠ
Boo, while inside Minsc's pack all the way in Nashkel: ಠ_ಠ
"...don't hestitate to ask for anything. We are a resourceful group and know the surf... area well. We won't give you any trouble and happily help with any problems your lovely town may have", @Samus assured the surface dweller welcoming the group in Nashkel. Eyelar rolled all his eyes. Oh͢ ̶of̢ c̛o͢ùr͜se, ̶M̵ŕ.͝ Ti̡n ͡Ca͞n, ̀w͏e ̷ar͝e so nor͘m͢al, we ̵are ́so͏ ord̡ina͢ry, we̕ a̢r͘e tot͜a͢ll͜y̶ n͡ot͜ ̢s̸p̷e̵cial.͘.̴.̨ ҉COU͝LD͞ YO̷U ̀ST͝O̶P҉ T̶H͢A̵T? Samus pushed the beholder toward the tavern. "Shut up, that tin can guy is still nearby!" she said. @OneAngryMushroom pushed the tavern door open. "Good place to lay low", he noted. "Doesn't look as crowded as the taverns in Beregost."
The group entered, but before they could reach a table, a woman approached them. "Ah, how good to see you!" she grinned and pulled her weapon. "Because now, you are all going to die!" Wait, why are you doing this? the beholder tried to stop her. "Because there is a bounty on your heads and I desperately need a new armor!" the stranger explained. "Damn, probably a friend or relative of the woman you killed in Bere..." @Southpaw began, but was interrupted by the stranger's first hit. "You won't get out of here alive!" she yelled. "Damn Underdark freaks!" A quick snap of Southpaw's tentacles later, she was on the floor, drooling and babbling about her planned purchase of a nice two-story shrubbery. "How did she know we are from the Und... Undrentide?" @Eudaemonium asked after she was dead. "Hand me that strange helm..." OneAngryMushroom picked up the woman's helm and gave it to the gnome, who studied it for a moment. "Hm, this thing seems to be enchanted", he said. "I wonder..."
"No! What are you doing?!" Samus yelled, but it was too late. Eudaemonium had put the helm on the beholder's center eyestalk. "Great." Samus sighed. "An enchanted helm could have been useful. If it does anything now, it's bound to make things worse... The eyeball is confused enough as it is. Give me the helm." Eudaemonium shrugged and tried to remove the helm from the eyestalk. "Umm... I think... it's stuck", he admitted.
"Hey, where did the mummy go?" OneAngryMushroom asked. The others looked around, but couldn't find the necromancer anywhere. A trace of bandage pieces and dried blood lead back to the door. "You go ahead", Southpaw said. "I'll clean up the mess here." His tentacles snapped in the general direction of the barkeep and the two patrons.
Outside the tavern, the group followed the bandage/blood trace across the bridge and to the other side of the river. "I am on my way, friends!" they heard @Anduin yell. "I will free you from the unforgiving grasp of the earth you are stuck in!" He tumbled toward a farm further down the river and when the group came closer, they saw that there was a cauliflower field. As soon as the mummy reached it, he went down on his knees and began digging out cauliflower after cauliflower, throwing them in the air. "You are free, my friends! Fly! Fly to a new life!"
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Found Eyes of Truth helm, obviously on Eye of Helm. Anduin also dug out the Ankheg armor, now worn by OneAngryMushroom. From the assassin in the tavern, we also got a Plate Mail for Southpaw.
Samus (sweet)talked to the mayor, and we got some more information - and the hope to make some money - about the Iron Crisis. She also talked to Oublek and decided it's safer to not claim to be Greywolf, seeing we have enough trouble to manage our current disguise.
Anyway, I half await the next fight (I assume for example Zordal (in the Nashkel Carnival area) to look like this :
a) Zordal starts threatening others
b) the group readies to fight
c) Zordal starts casting and the group starts arguing about the concept of witches and whether we are for or against withes and @Samus was interested if she can get the witches' swatch watches...
d) ... after some unsuccessful attempts, Zordal runs out of spells, while the party still argues, completely ignoring him. Except for @Anduin, who sits on the ground and talks to a cauliflower, ignoring the angry mage AND the rest of the party.
e) Zordal leaves, annoyed. The witch rolls her eyes and leaves after a while too. Right before the party unanimously decides, that we are pro-witches she better explains the stuff with the watches everyone was talking about...
So far, I broke 3 Long Swords (keeping some in my backpack from the hobgoblins north of Nashkel) and we really didn't fight much.