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[Wed Nov  9 19:31:02 2016] : <font color='#ff8000'>Game connected!</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:31:02 2016] : <font color='#ff8000'>Eadfrid (enter): 19:31</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:31:02 2016] : <font color='#ff8000'>Guthmund (enter): 19:31</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:31:26 2016] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>I'm here but I've only just got in so I'm getting something to eat.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:34:33 2016] : <font color='#ff8000'>Adwulf (enter): 19:34</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:34:38 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'>evenin'</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:34:46 2016] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>Hi</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:36:30 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>Hi</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:37:12 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'>its been a few weeks</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:37:43 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'>Hows everyone?</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:37:51 2016] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>I@m good</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:38:00 2016] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>except for my typing</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:38:23 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'>Hows the job hunting going, David?</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:38:26 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>Not bad thanks</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:39:00 2016] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>Negotiating for a better offer. Waiting to hearr back tonight.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:39:17 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'>aha, good luck!</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:39:21 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>From another company, or your current one?</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:39:29 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>Are you still at CSR?</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:39:40 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>Oh, no it was VMWare</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:39:51 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>?</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:40:13 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>Citrix also rings a bell :-/</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:40:37 2016] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>citrix is where i am.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:40:44 2016] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>nutanix is where I'm trying to go.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:41:36 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'>wtf is Hyperconverged infrastructure??</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:41:37 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>That's a heck of a lot of marketing speak...</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:41:41 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"Nutanix hyperconverged solution simplifies enterprise datacenter infrastructure by integrating server and storage resources into a turnkey platform"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:42:00 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'>"Free shovel with every purchase" :)</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:42:20 2016] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>Oh yes, it's rather silly.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:42:56 2016] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>It's basically servers with distributed storage</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:43:17 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>That didn't look cool enough, or have enough bullshit</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:44:08 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'>I'm sure its a wonderful company though :)</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:44:39 2016] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>The part I'm hoping to join does interesting things with hypervisors.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:46:36 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'>brb</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:48:57 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>I can't say that I know a lot about hypervisors.  I know what they are but I have no practical experience</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:49:13 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>All my VMs have always been on a full host OS</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:50:28 2016] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>In that case the host OS is the hypervisor</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:51:26 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>OK, I had the impression that a hypervisor was a specific very low level OS with minimal footprint and the lowest level of device sharing</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:52:20 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'>back</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:52:21 2016] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>There's type 1 (the minmal, only manages VMs) hypervisors, and type 2 (run a VM in a application on a standard OS) hypervisors.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:52:46 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>OK, thanks for the clarification :-)</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:55:01 2016] : <font color='#ff8000'>DM (enter): 19:55</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:55:04 2016] : <font color='#ff8000'>DM (exit): 19:55</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:55:04 2016] : <font color='#ff8000'>DM (enter): 19:55</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:55:12 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>Evening all</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:55:21 2016] : <b>DM</b>: DM is creating room 'The Stolen Lands.'<br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:55:21 2016] : <font color='#ff8000'>DM (exit): 19:55</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:55:26 2016] : <font color='#ff8000'>Moving to room 'The Stolen Lands'..</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:55:26 2016] : <font color='#ff8000'>Eadfrid (enter): 19:55</font><br />
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[Wed Nov  9 19:55:27 2016] : <font color='#ff8000'>DM (enter): 19:55</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:55:34 2016] : <font color='#ff8000'>Attempting to assign the role of PLAYER to (8) Eadfrid...</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:55:38 2016] : <font color='#ff8000'>Guthmund (enter): 19:55</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:56:24 2016] : <font color='#ff8000'>Adwulf (enter): 19:56</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:56:31 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'>Hi Henry</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:57:34 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>Evening Bert.  How's things, everyone?</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:57:41 2016] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>good</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:58:15 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'>chilly, but good</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:58:58 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>Chilly here as well.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:59:00 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>Are we ready?</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:59:35 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'>as I'll ever be</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:59:39 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>:)</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 19:59:54 2016] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>yep</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:00:14 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>GAME START</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:00:19 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc it's been a couple of weeks...</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:00:27 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'>ooc recap?</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:01:19 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>At Jhod Kavken's request, you found the abandoned temple to Erastil, deep in the forest.  It was guarded by an insane grizzly bear, that you defeated; this turned out to be the cursed former priest of the temple.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:01:59 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>Jhod was able to translate the pictograms and inscriptions on the  cave wall; they told the story of how the former keeper had lost faith and sacrificed a bear to "anything that would listen".</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:02:19 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>The temple is no longer cursed, and is quite a pleasant clearing, with a pool of fresh, clear water.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:02:39 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc FYI: I'm keeping campaign notes here http://wiki.davidvrabel.org.uk/wiki/The_Stolen_Land</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:03:24 2016] : <b>Jhod</b>: <font color='#008000'>"What will you do now?  I... I think I will stay here a day; this place deserves better than to be forgotten."</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:03:45 2016] : <b>Jhod</b>: <font color='#008000'><i>Jhod no longer looks quite as world-weary as when you first met him at Oleg's.</i></font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:04:06 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"Would you need us to escort you back?"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:04:19 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"We could explore this area and return for you"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:05:02 2016] : <b>Jhod</b>: <font color='#008000'>"I do not think I would <i>need</i> it, but the company would be welcome."</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:05:42 2016] : <b>Jhod</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc Exploring a forest hex takes two days, but you've already spent some of the time in this area.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:05:48 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'>ooc what time of day is it?</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:06:38 2016] : <b>Jhod</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc it's getting late in the day: dusk will arrive soon.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:06:54 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"If you wish company and can spare time to spend longer here, we ideally need a few days"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:07:14 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'>"Its getting late we should make camp here and explore tomorrow"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:07:33 2016] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>"Yes."</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:07:58 2016] : <b>Jhod</b>: <font color='#008000'>"I will wait here.  The forest will not trouble me."</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:08:08 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>Are you setting up camp for the night?</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:08:16 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'><i>Adwulf begins setting up camp</i></font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:08:52 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>Who's on watch?</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:08:53 2016] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>Eadfrid takes first watch</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:09:16 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'>Adwulf takes last</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:10:00 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>ooc hmm, which do I take ;-)</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:10:06 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'><dice result='1'>[1d2<i>(1)</i>] = 1</dice></font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:10:20 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>Guthmund takes second, and Jhod offers to take a third watch.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:11:08 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'><dice result='2'>[1d4<i>(2)</i>] = 2</dice></font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:11:20 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>Halfway through Guthmund's watch... Perception check, please!</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:11:57 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'><b>Perception:</b> <dice result='21'>[1d20<i>(16)</i> + 5] = 21</dice></font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:12:46 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'><i>Guthmund watches, weapons close to hand</i></font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:12:50 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>Through the increasing rain, Guthmund spots a large shape, lumbering through the forest.  It is the size of a bear, but its arms are... strange.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:13:18 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>It stands up on its hind legs, huge eyes staring at the dying fire, and reaches out to each side.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:13:38 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>Feathers below its arms reveal it to be an owlbear; it stares at Guthmund but does not approach.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:14:07 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'><b>Wild Empathy:</b> <dice result='13'>[1d20<i>(14)</i> + -1] = 13</dice></font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:14:23 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'><i>Guthmund attempts to appear friendly</i></font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:14:55 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>The owlbear stares back at Guthmund.  It's in the edge of the trees, around 60' away, but it's not moving any closer.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:15:46 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'><i>Guthmund picks up his weapons and moves into shadow</i></font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:15:50 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'><b>Stealth:</b> <dice result='18'>[1d20<i>(16)</i> + 2] = 18</dice></font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:16:02 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'><dice result='19'>[1d20<i>(7)</i> + 12] = 19</dice></font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:16:33 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>The owlbear continues watching Guthmund, its head turning to follow him.  It stands there watching for almost an hour, then walks off into the forest.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:18:00 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'><i>Guthmund resumes his watch, keeping an eye for its return</i></font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:18:03 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>The rest of the night passes without incident, and a slow light breaks through the steady rain.  It's a cold, wet morning, but it is morning.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:18:46 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'>"Well Guthy, it didn't come back"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:18:55 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>ooc remind me not to try to make a wild animal friendly again - at a DC20 check with -1 mod all I can do is piss them off</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:19:02 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc :)</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:19:16 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"Guthy?"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:19:28 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'>"No?"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:19:31 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"I was galled Gudda in my youth"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:19:53 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'>"Gudda it is then"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:20:06 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>ooc Guthy is not very Norse/Anglo Saxon :-P</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:20:11 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc is that as in "Fat Gudda"?</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:20:16 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc :-p</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:20:57 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"Anyway, it did not seem interested in us"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:21:04 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"So I let it be"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:21:08 2016] : <b>Jhod</b>: <font color='#008000'>"A peaceful night.  When will you return?"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:21:20 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>Also, Knowledge: Nature checks, please.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:21:21 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'>"Not sure I would've had the nerve for that"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:21:23 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'><b>Knowledge Nature:</b> <dice result='20'>[1d20<i>(16)</i> + 4] = 20</dice></font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:21:31 2016] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>"Two days, is that acceptable?"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:21:36 2016] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'><b>Knowledge: Nature:</b> <dice result='2'>[1d20<i>(1)</i> + 1] = 2</dice> (untrained: <dice result='2'>2</dice>)</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:21:43 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'><b>Knowledge Nature:</b> <dice result='10'>[1d20<i>(8)</i> + 2] = 10</dice></font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:21:46 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"I'd say 4 days Eadfrid"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:21:57 2016] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>"Ok"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:22:01 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>Guthmund knows that owlbears are bloodthirsty killers, and it would be unusual for one <i>not</i> to attack.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:22:05 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"That gives us time to look at the forest to the Soth"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:22:13 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>South</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:22:27 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>ooc I guess I forgot that last night</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:22:52 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc :)</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:23:00 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'><i>Guthmund does not mention the fact to his companions, lest they think him a total greenhorn</i></font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:23:30 2016] : <b>Jhod</b>: <font color='#008000'>"I will see you in four days, then.  If the owlbear did not attack, perhaps this is a safe place."</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:23:53 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc when you're  ready, move the mini - remember South is down and right on this map, if that's the way you're going.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:24:00 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"You may want to ensure that it cannot get to you overnight"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:24:12 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"It may have been scared by our numbers"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:24:50 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>ooc I meant the bottom two green hexes</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:24:54 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc OK</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:26:23 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>The ground slopes downhill, and the terrain is not easy.  A steady rain continues to fall, though it is not as heavy as it was in the early morning.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:26:53 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>As you explore, the forest is...</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:26:56 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'><dice result='9'>[1d100<i>(9)</i>] = 9</dice></font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:27:32 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>... quiet, though you hear a lot of rustling in the undergrowth.  Something, at least, is not deterred by the rain: but it is not immediately hostile.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:28:37 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'><b>Perception:</b> <dice result='17'>[1d20<i>(12)</i> + 5] = 17</dice></font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:28:40 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>You find nothing of particular interest the first day, but you do see that the forest thins out to the south, and the hilly terrain continues without trees.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:28:55 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>Are you camping in the forest or in the open overnight?</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:29:30 2016] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>"Camping in the open seems safer to me."</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:29:53 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'>"I agree"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:30:00 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc same watch order as last night?</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:30:04 2016] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>ooc yes</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:30:33 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'><b>Survival:</b> <dice result='18'>[1d20<i>(13)</i> + 5] = 18</dice></font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:30:45 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>ooc I have no idea, does Guthmund?</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:30:54 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>ooc brb</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:31:11 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc Guthmund can see arguments either way.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:31:16 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>During Eadfrid's watch...</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:31:21 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>Perception check, please!</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:31:33 2016] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'><b>Perception:</b> <dice result='15'>[1d20<i>(8)</i> + 7] = 15</dice></font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:32:58 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>Eadfrid sees a man watching the party.  He's making no effort to hide, but he's not coming any closer; he seems wary.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:33:15 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>It's dusk, but the rain has cleared, so visibility is OK.  Not great, but  OK.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:33:38 2016] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'><i>Eadfrid raises a hand in friendly greeting.</i></font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:33:56 2016] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>ooc what does he look like?  armed? armor?</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:34:11 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc he has a bow on his  back, and is not heavily armoured.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:34:26 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>The man waves back, and takes a cautious step forward.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:34:34 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>"A good evening to you!" he calls.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:34:42 2016] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>"Welcome!"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:34:57 2016] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>"Are you out here hunting?"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:35:16 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>"I am.  Might I join you?"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:35:19 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>ooc presumably as it's only dusk we are all awake, but perhaps preparing food etc.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:35:23 2016] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>"Sure."</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:35:36 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc yes, and with these two shouting at each other you're definitely awake now ;-)</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:35:51 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>The man walks over, and sits on a nearby rock.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:36:12 2016] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>"Are you familar with this area?"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:36:21 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'>"What are you hunting?"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:36:35 2016] : <b>Vekkel</b>: <font color='#008000'>"More than some, less than others, I'd guess.  Name's Vekkel.  Who are you lads?"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:37:07 2016] : <b>Vekkel</b>: <font color='#008000'><i>Now that he's close, you see that Vekkel is older than most people live to in the wilderness: his hair and beard are more grey than white.</i></font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:37:21 2016] : <b>Vekkel</b>: <font color='#008000'>"I'm out for Tuskgutter.  You know the story?"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:37:46 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'><b>Knowledge Nature:</b> <dice result='14'>[1d20<i>(10)</i> + 4] = 14</dice></font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:37:53 2016] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>"Eadfrid.  I've not heard of Tuskgutter."</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:37:58 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"It doesn't sound familiar"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:38:13 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'>"Do tell"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:38:30 2016] : <b>Vekkel</b>: <font color='#008000'>"It's a boar, but not just any boar.  Bigger, and meaner, than most."</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:38:41 2016] : <b>Vekkel</b>: <font color='#008000'><i>He looks at you, each in turn</i></font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:38:57 2016] : <b>Vekkel</b>: <font color='#008000'>"Those faces say you've seen boars before, if I'm reading them right."</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:39:23 2016] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>"Aye.  Even regular boars are fierce."</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:39:35 2016] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>"Not sure I'd want to meet a meaner one."</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:39:59 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'>"Can rip you open with a shake of their head"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:40:02 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"Would this be a dire boar?"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:40:13 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"Like... something primal?"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:40:16 2016] : <b>Vekkel</b>: <font color='#008000'>"Then keep to the north; I've been tracking him and I think his lair's south."</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:40:44 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"We are trying to map this region"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:40:50 2016] : <b>Vekkel</b>: <font color='#008000'>"I don't think so.  Just a bigger, meaner one.  Like you meet bigger, meaner men: don't mean they're all orcs."</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:41:00 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"How much further South?"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:41:16 2016] : <b>Vekkel</b>: <font color='#008000'>"You've got a job on you, then, and I hear the swamps to the west change every time it rains."</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:41:28 2016] : <b>Vekkel</b>: <font color='#008000'>"He's no more than five mile from here."</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:42:56 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'>"We're going no further south for now"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:43:00 2016] : <b>Vekkel</b>: <font color='#008000'>"You can do some of your mapping, but I'm not guaranteeing you won't blunder into him.  Best come back in a month; I'll be  dead or he will."</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:43:26 2016] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>"Good luck in your hunt!"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:44:00 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'>"We'll keep our wits about us. Thanks for the warning"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:44:32 2016] : <b>Vekkel</b>: <font color='#008000'>"Then good luck in yours."</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:44:46 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'>"Good hunting, Vekkel"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:44:59 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>The old hunter wanders off into the dusk, to make his own camp.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:45:39 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>Nothing troubles you overnight; you hear the normal sounds of the wilderness: your horses shuffling in their sleep, an owl hooting and its mate responding, and then the birdsong before dawn.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:46:14 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>The sun rises, and the hills rising to the east are backlit in gold.  It looks like being a beautiful day.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:46:17 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"After the trouble we had with boars previously, let's hope that we avoit this beast"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:46:30 2016] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>"West into the swamps?"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:47:16 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'>"Towards them anyway"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:48:14 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>As you continue west, the ground sinks lower, and starts becoming soggy underfoot.  It's not a true swamp, not yet, but it is definitely wetter than the rest of the  forest.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:48:34 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'>"At least its not still raining"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:48:42 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>ooc did we finish the last hex?</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:48:56 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc close enough for government work ;-)</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:49:27 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'><i>Guthmund tries to remember everything he learned about swamps, bogs, marshes and fens</i></font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:49:30 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'><b>Survival:</b> <dice result='16'>[1d20<i>(11)</i> + 5] = 16</dice></font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:50:17 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'><b>Survival:</b> <dice result='14'>[1d20<i>(14)</i> + 0] = 14</dice></font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:50:20 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>There are small puddles in between tree roots; Guthmund points out that where there are full-sized trees, there are unlikely to be any patches so soft as to be dangerous: unless you have to run fast, in which case the mud can be slippery or slow you down.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:51:08 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>As the forest thins, you see a pair of ruined buildings.  The stone walls around the edges still stand, but there are no roofs, and the doors have long since rotted.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:51:32 2016] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'><i>Eadfrid takes a cautious look around the buildings.</i></font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:51:42 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'>"I wonder how people lived in the swamp"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:51:43 2016] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>"What did these used to be?  Homes?"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:52:42 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>As you approach the buildings, a frog-like humanoid steps out in front of you.  It holds its hands up, one a badly-healed, mangled mess.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:52:56 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>In accented Common, it croaks "Truce!  Truce!"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:52:58 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"Maybe it was not always so wet"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:53:15 2016] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>"Truce."</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:53:18 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'><i>Guthmund looks appraisingly at it</i></font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:53:19 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'><i>Adwulf looks around for others</i></font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:53:46 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc I'm not sure which Knowledge  skill for Monstrous Humanoids, so give me something you think is realistically applicable.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:54:15 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'><b>Knowledge Dungeoneering:</b> <dice result='18'>[1d20<i>(12)</i> + 6] = 18</dice></font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:54:22 2016] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'><b>Knowledge: Dungeoneering:</b> <dice result='7'>[1d20<i>(6)</i> + 1] = 7</dice></font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:54:37 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'>ooc closest I can think of</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:54:39 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'><b>Knowledge (Untrained):</b> <dice result='7'>[1d20<i>(7)</i> + 0] = 7</dice></font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:54:51 2016] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>"What hurt you?"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:55:19 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'><b>Knowledge Nature:</b> <dice result='13'>[1d20<i>(9)</i> + 4] = 13</dice></font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:55:26 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>ooc it's nature apparently</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:56:08 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>The boggard looks at Eadfrid, not understanding.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:56:08 2016] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'><b>Knowledge: Nature:</b> <dice result='16'>[1d20<i>(15)</i> + 1] = 16</dice> (untrained: <dice result='10'>10</dice>)</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:56:11 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>"You go."</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:56:55 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'>ooc I've no Nature training so wouldn't know it</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:57:11 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>"Me."  <i>The boggard points at the buildings and the patch of swamp, and repeats himself:</i> <b>"ME."</b></font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:57:18 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc one moment</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:57:29 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'>"This is your home?"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:57:34 2016] : <i><b>DM</b>:  (whispering): <font color='#008000'><font color='#008000'>Eadfrid recognises the creature as a boggard: they are typically cruel and violent, even to each other.</font></font></i><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:57:43 2016] : <i><b>DM</b>:  (whispering): <font color='#008000'><font color='#008000'>They live in swamps, and are effective hunters.</font></font></i><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:57:59 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>"You go."</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:58:11 2016] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>(quietly to the others) "Boggards are cruel and violent even to their own kind."</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:58:53 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'>"We just want to look around a bit and then we will leave"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:59:09 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>"You go."</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:59:18 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'><i>Guthmund scowls at being ordered by this ugly creature</i></font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:59:20 2016] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>"Look, then go."</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:59:26 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>The boggard does not act as if he understands your words.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 20:59:38 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>"You go.  Me.  Boggard.  Me."</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:00:02 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'>"Who has the healing wand?"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:00:39 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'>"Perhaps if we heal its hand it will let us map the region"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:00:49 2016] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>"Anyone speak boggard?"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:00:50 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc I'm assuming it's the one of you who can use it - i.e. Guthmund</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:01:11 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"Why would it do that"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:01:21 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"And why would we do that?"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:01:46 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"Eadfrid, that's a no from me, disgusting thing"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:02:04 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'>"So we leave or fight it then?"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:02:11 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc you can try using Bluff to communicate via sign-language, etc., or you can attack, or you can leave, or you can come up with some new approach that I haven't thought of yet :-)</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:02:35 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'>ooc I forgot Craig was playing an asshole :)</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:02:51 2016] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'><i>Eadfrid puts his hand on his sword hilt and moves agressively forward.</i></font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:02:56 2016] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'><b>Intimidate:</b> <dice result='20'>[1d20<i>(15)</i> + 5] = 20</dice></font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:03:27 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc I've got to work out what the DC should be... one moment.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:03:58 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'><i>Adwulf takes Eadfrids lead and nocks an arrow, but does not aim</i></font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:04:20 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc Aid Another check please, Adwulf</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:04:52 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'><b>Shortbow:</b> <dice result='4'>[1d20<i>(1)</i> + 3] = 4</dice>, <b>Damage:</b> <dice result='5'>[1d8<i>(5)</i> + 0] = 5</dice> HP.   </font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:05:08 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'><b>Intimidate:</b> <dice result='13'>[1d20<i>(8)</i> + 5] = 13</dice></font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:05:18 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'>oco sorry, wasn't thinking</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:05:38 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc normally this requires a minute of conversation, according to the rules, so I'm going to apply a -4 penalty; the boggard gets a +4 bonus because he's defending his home, and the base DC is 13 (10 + WIS + HD)</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:05:53 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc so with the assistance from Adwulf, that's (barely) a success.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:06:13 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>The boggard steps back, out of the way, though he glares at Eadfrid.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:06:19 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>ooc I don't think I'd help</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:06:35 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>"Truce die."</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:06:48 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>The croak, as much as a croak can be, is a sullen mutter.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:06:53 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"Truce or you die"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:07:01 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>ooc brb</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:07:44 2016] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'><i>Looking around to asses numbers, defenses and anything of value/use.</i></font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:08:58 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>As Eadfrid walks between the two surviving buildings, he sees a large toad-like creature; it is almost the size of a horse, with huge tusks jutting from its upper jaw.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:09:14 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>A noxious slime exudes from its back, but it just watches him.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:09:35 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>The boggard croaks at it, clearly speaking, but it continues to watch.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:09:35 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'><i>Guthmund examines the area</i></font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:09:45 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'><b>Perception:</b> <dice result='14'>[1d20<i>(9)</i> + 5] = 14</dice></font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:10:03 2016] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'><b>Knowledge: Nature:</b> <dice result='13'>[1d20<i>(12)</i> + 1] = 13</dice> (untrained: <dice result='10'>10</dice>)</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:10:14 2016] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'><b>Perception:</b> <dice result='9'>[1d20<i>(2)</i> + 7] = 9</dice></font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:10:28 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>Eadfrid recognises the creature as a slurk; they are often found in swamps, and some boggards use them as mounts.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:10:29 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'><i>Adwulf keeps an eye on the Boggard</i></font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:11:08 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>Neither Guthmund nor Eadfrid sees anything of interest; just a solitary boggard and its pet living in a swamp.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:11:37 2016] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>"Nothing here. Shall we leave?"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:11:42 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>The boggard stomps off into the smaller building.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:11:50 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'>"Ok"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:12:22 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'><i>Guthmund looks after the Boggard to see what it is up to before following the others</i></font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:12:25 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'><b>Perception:</b> <dice result='19'>[1d20<i>(14)</i> + 5] = 19</dice></font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:12:46 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>The boggard has gone to fetch a weapon, but when it sees you leaving, it does not attack.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:12:54 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>"You GO!" it croaks, loudly.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:13:49 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'><i>Adwulf keeps glancing back as they leave</i></font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:14:02 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"Touchy fellow for someone with nothing"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:14:22 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc "Those who have nothing often have the most to lose."</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:14:37 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc /Mysterious Old Man.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:14:57 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'>ooc brb</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:15:00 2016] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>ooc heh</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:15:54 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>Camping overnight?  I'll need Survival checks, please, to find a suitable campsite.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:16:07 2016] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'><b>Survival:</b> <dice result='16'>[1d20<i>(17)</i> + -1] = 16</dice></font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:16:50 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'><b>Survival:</b> <dice result='25'>[1d20<i>(20)</i> + 5] = 25</dice></font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:17:01 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>Eadfrid finds somewhere dry, and points out water marks that indicates any flash-floods are likely to bypass the site.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:17:37 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>Guthmund notices that there's a rotten tree right next to the site, that could fall over in a strong wind, and soon you find somewhere  similar that's even safer.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:17:57 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'>"We should be on alert tonight. That Boggard was not happy with us"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:18:08 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>Perception checks for each watcher, please.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:18:11 2016] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>"Yes."</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:18:12 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'><dice result='1'>[1d3<i>(1)</i>] = 1</dice></font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:18:14 2016] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'><b>Perception:</b> <dice result='8'>[1d20<i>(1)</i> + 7] = 8</dice></font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:18:21 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'><b>Perception:</b> <dice result='13'>[1d20<i>(9)</i> + 4] = 13</dice></font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:19:12 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'><b>Perception:</b> <dice result='10'>[1d20<i>(5)</i> + 5] = 10</dice></font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:19:22 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>None of you notices anything overnight.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:19:29 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>The night is cold, without cloud cover, but at least it is dry.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:19:32 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'>ooc I said ALERT!</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:19:58 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>ooc alert and perceptive are not the same thing!</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:20:10 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>In the morning, you wake to find a late frost everywhere, and your horses are shivering badly from the cold.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:20:38 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>The animals are in no fit state to be ridden.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:20:50 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'>ooc well we dont have an Alertion skill</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:21:00 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc lol</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:21:04 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>Guthmund kicks himself for his inability to spot basic weather and its effects on their animals :-P</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:21:23 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'>"Can we walk them for a while?"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:21:25 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc I'm guessing he was cold and didn't notice the  horses suffering</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:21:42 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>Adwulf: Handle Animal check, please.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:21:53 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'><b>Handle Animal:</b> <dice result='19'>[1d20<i>(18)</i> + 1] = 19</dice></font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:21:55 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>ooc I don't have mind and reality warping magic, but that stuff should be my bread and butter</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:21:59 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'>ooc untrained</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:22:04 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>ooc I should at least get a check</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:22:16 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'>ooc I was asking Gudda</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:22:23 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'><b>Handle Animal:</b> <dice result='11'>[1d20<i>(9)</i> + 2] = 11</dice></font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:22:31 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc yeah, true, but it's not a serious penalty for failure, so I'm not going to be too picky ;-)</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:23:20 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>The horses warm up with gentle exercise, their breath forming clouds in the cold air, and by late morning you are exploring again.  You complete your maps, and head back to the northeast to find Jhod still at the old temple.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:23:50 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>ooc eviscerated</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:24:09 2016] : <b>Jhod</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc ...?</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:24:13 2016] : <b>Jhod</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc that came out of nowhere!</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:24:24 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>ooc Jhod, by the Owlbear</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:24:27 2016] : <b>Jhod</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc oh, right</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:24:31 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'>ooc ahh</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:24:33 2016] : <b>Jhod</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc sorry, completely didn't get it!</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:24:44 2016] : <b>Jhod</b>: <font color='#008000'>"Welcome back!  I was expecting you early in the day, not late, but I do not mind."</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:25:03 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>ooc I guess context is helpful ;-)</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:25:10 2016] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>"No owlbears?"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:25:27 2016] : <b>Jhod</b>: <font color='#008000'>"None that I saw.  There was a wolf, but it just watched for a while."</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:25:48 2016] : <b>Jhod</b>: <font color='#008000'>"That was... two nights ago?  I feel at peace here."</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:26:01 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'>"Perhaps this place has a calming effect on all creatures"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:26:10 2016] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>"Ready to return to Oleg's?"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:26:20 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'>"It would explain the owlbears actions"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:26:25 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"That's a good suggestion Adwulf"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:26:56 2016] : <b>Jhod</b>: <font color='#008000'>"It could be.  Or perhaps it is... well, it is a sacred place to Erastil, and perhaps he now guards it as he did once before."</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:27:05 2016] : <b>Jhod</b>: <font color='#008000'>"I do not think we shall know for sure."</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:27:14 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'>"Perhaps not."</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:27:50 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"Isn't that the same thing, just cause versus effect?"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:28:29 2016] : <b>Jhod</b>: <font color='#008000'>"It could well be, Guthmund."</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:28:46 2016] : <b>Jhod</b>: <font color='#008000'>"I am ready to ride, but I think I should like to return here, some time."</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:29:14 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>The journey back to Oleg's is peaceful, despite another heavy rainstorm.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:29:20 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'>"If you do, it seems you would be safe enough"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:29:43 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>The sight of the trading post, with its sturdy walls and dry roof, is welcome.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:29:55 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'>ooc more rain? are we exploring Ireland?</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:29:55 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"We have the areas to the West to investigate"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:30:16 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>ooc it's more of a continental climate, and spring is the rainy season.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:30:18 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>"We could return here at some point and look to the West"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:30:26 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>As you ride in, though, Svetlana comes rushing out.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:30:47 2016] : <b>Svetlana</b>: <font color='#008000'>"They... came back!" she cries.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:30:58 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'>"Who?"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:31:15 2016] : <b>Svetlana</b>: <font color='#008000'>"They came in the night, the bandits, and they took Oleg!  What are we going to do?!"</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:31:20 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>GAME END</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:31:30 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'>nice! Cheers Henry</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:31:39 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>200xp each for tonight's game</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:31:57 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>(that's 150 for peaceful contact with the boggard, and 50 for exploring 2 hexes)</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:32:04 2016] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>Cliffhangers are mean! ;)</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:32:06 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>Does <a href = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z5UuGgf_ec"> Svetlana suck lemons</a></font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:32:09 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>?</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:32:49 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>I have never seen that before!</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:32:55 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'>me neither</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:34:00 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>It was a cinema advert</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:34:23 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>Ah</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:34:30 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>Clearly missed it :)</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:34:49 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>Also, cliffhangers keep you coming back for more.  I've stopped it here because I'm tired and it's half ten here in Germany.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:35:06 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>(Also because I need to make nodes for next week!)</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:35:19 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>Thanks Henry</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:35:29 2016] : <b>Adwulf</b>: <font color='#8080ff'>hehe, g'night then</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:35:30 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>I have Masterchef to watch :-)</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:35:33 2016] : <b>Guthmund</b>: <font color='#72309c'>Night all</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:35:39 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>There's a chance I'll have to travel on the 23rd, but I'm trying to arrange the trip for the morning.</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:35:39 2016] : <b>Eadfrid</b>: <font color='#a52a2a'>'night</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:35:46 2016] : <b>DM</b>: <font color='#008000'>Night folks - see you next week</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:35:48 2016] : <font color='#ff8000'>Guthmund (exit): 21:35</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:35:49 2016] : <font color='#ff8000'>DM (exit): 21:35</font><br />
[Wed Nov  9 21:35:52 2016] : <font color='#ff8000'>Adwulf (exit): 21:35</font><br />