(Well if this collapses, at least I have already stated that Iradon walked out, though he is also carrying the lute and is almost as good at playing it as Burt)
As Iradon stalks out of the cave, TBK begins beating on the walls with his candlesticks while Greg locks into the rhythm with a few exploratory plings and plongs. Burt's knees creak as he searches his pack for the Lute he's been neglecting all campaign. And then it all comes together.
The ground quakes, the cave shakes and the roof gives way, earth that had been caked and wattled to hide a pair of beams in the ceiling vibrating loose. As the thunderous groove continues, cracks spread causing those beams to give way, allowing several heavy-sounding sacks to fall down and hit the floor with a reassuring clink.
The crack continues across the ceiling, hitting the cave-mouth itself, which then collapses on itself.
Iradon, roll a con save vs DC 10 to avoid coughing lightly as the dust kicks up around you.
Greg, TBK, Burt - you're sealed in a dark cave. If you don't have darkvision you can light a torch, but bear in mind that torches burn up oxygen. Let me know if you continue to rock out, I didn't want to assume you stopped.
Are you trying to break through the rubble with the power of Rock?
**** it, as long as none of you get yourselves pregnant, it's not the worst thing I've allowed to happen in a game on this site. BUT, and I stress this - you must between you choose a song that can be played on only the candlesticks, the Lute and the whatever Greg has. That song must not suck. And you must choose a lead performer - that guy gets to name the band and make the primary performance roll. The DC to bust out using the same messing that got you into this mess is 20. The other band members can grant advantage on that primary roll by beating a DC 15 performance test. If you get out, henceforth the other 2 must recognise the band leader as the groups leader and give them the prerequisite respect that goes with that - first pick of the groupies, interviews with the Red Larch Gazette, their face on a new line of Crumblecake. But bear in mind that air is running out and those performances need a lot of oxygen.... you get 3 goes before things get awful stuffy!
Iradon, I don't want you to feel left out. There's an annoying mosquito buzzing around your head. Swat him with a DC 12 Athletics check!
Ok, Burt has an extra horn (besides the one attached) that Greg can play, and he suggests "We Will Rock You" for obvious reasons, with the main beat being provided by the candlesticks, the bass line provided by Greg, and the sweet solo from The Man Himself, Burt "Brian May" Macklin. He'll also provide vocals as well, obviously.
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Greg has, and is proficient in, the bass, thank you very much. It was there in post 359 (p18, 8 September). If you need a poncey medieval name, the bass lute, gallichon, or mandora will do, but they all mean a bass instrument played like a guitar. So Burt can blow his own horn, and play his instrument too.
Obviously Burt is the leader, unless he fails and one of us takes over. He was going to get all the groupies anyway, and Greg prefers his own species or other fey (not that there is anything wrong with humanoids, just not his yum) Greg calls him boss already, even if he sometimes means it in a patronizing way.
Before we strike the power chords, though, Greg wants to check out the heavy clinky bags that fell from the attic - he'll light a torch, then put it out quickly thereafter. There ought to be hours of air in a cave big enough four the four of us plus a corpse (that is not a zombie). On a big metal tube under water with 130 people and malfunctioning air purification, even when the O2 levels get too low to light a pipe there is still enough air left to get hooked on cigarettes. Hypothetically.
But once we are ready to rock, and have been saluted, the Hoofmonger will try to give that above-mentioned support, coming in when Keith Moonless Knight counts out four
Iradon doesn't have to see the leader of the band as leader of the group. He also decides not to use strength to swat the mosquito but to use speed (acrobatics, 6) but fails miserably. I will try again once they try again
You are correct - Iradon is very definitely excluded from the Band Effect. You are incorrect about resisting the mosquito with Acrobatics. Because... stuff. At best, Acro would let you avoid it but would not eliminate the bzzzzzzzzzzing threat. And that would be on a successful roll which that clearly wasn't. Oh no! It's landed on your arm - it's looking for a tender spot to spike with it's probiscus - flick it! Quick! (an unarmed attack roll, if you please. You can use a weapon if you want but don't miss...)
Greg - in the brief moments of light you can see a tantalising coppery glint from those bags. There could be hundreds of them.... maybe even thousands! Also there's something you might recognise as a swimming hat sitting on the top of one of the bags, but as I can't find a single reference to a municipal pool anywhere in the source book, you don't.
Stomp-Stomp-Clap!
Stomp-Stomp-Clap!
Stomp-Stomp-Collapse!
As Fred Durst once said, "Guilty, your honour" "Keep on rollin', baby!"
GAWD JUST PLAY IT RIGHT! I assume I'm waiting for these guys to roll high enough to try for mine? I mean....waiting for these guys to play it right before I come in...
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Ruven Gilrel (Level 4 Bladesinger)- The Shattered Obelisk
"Hey, Burt, seen any Leg Mimics lately?" TBK asks the agent, then pulls his candlesticks out and giving the nod to the band, and then this happens... (Major Drum Assistance for Burt: 24 )
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GAWD JUST PLAY IT RIGHT! I assume I'm waiting for these guys to roll high enough to try for mine? I mean....waiting for these guys to play it right before I come in...
I think you have to roll "WWRY" attempt without advantage. But we can try 3 songs. We both got pretty close to 15. If only there was some way we each could have gotten a small bonus to our choice of roll in say a ten minute period. But, no, better to complain about it.
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I haven't said whether those rolls passed or failed so I mean anything could happen. Anything..... especially things that stipulate that they can happen after a roll but before the result is declared....
Pertonius, mah boy! Roll up a character and jump on in! Burt yells through the rocks. Also, he feels SO inspired by the above posts, that he decides to actually use that inspiration to inspire the others because obviously he didn't forget that bardic inspiration was a thing. Sooo yeah. They have bardic inspiration now. Congrats.
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Kellen Rivian(Level 12 Lore Bard)- Ghosts of Saltmarsh (cbaer8)
Ruven Gilrel (Level 4 Bladesinger)- The Shattered Obelisk
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(I can see two possible histories, depending on the Will of Dee'emm, praise be unto His Wisdom)
(1) With the first wailing lute solo, Burt's chops inspire Greg to greater virtuosity, and his slightly above average bassline to WWRY becomes better 14 total
or
(2) Their first song being slightly disappointing, the Heartbreakers try to kick it up a notch with the second, and Stumpy tries to rock steady the unsteady rocks away
What is the second song? I can't read the setlist in the dark, plus we don't have a setlist.
(technically by declaring a DC in advance you have declared they failed... I mean... Burt using his abilities? Never)
Unarmed. 13 for 2 damage
Look, I know we all want him to die, but stop forcing my hand. Let it happen naturally. I was trying to be nice!
(but point taken - I know I'm so natural and talented that it's hard to believe it (:P) , but I haven't a ******* clue what I'm doing and I appreciate the steers!)
Hey, sorry to just jump in and stuff but are applications still accepted? I'm kinda looking for a campaign at the moment.
Yeah, go for it, why not! Do you want to be with the group dying in the cave or the group outside the cave not giving a shit or doing anything of value?
Ira - Your mighty flick sends that mosquito flying against the rubble blocking the cave mouth. It shudders slightly, almost as if you could move it if you could be arsed preventing your friends acquaintances colleagues those other lads from dying.
Hmm if you are recruiting, and need another player on the non-rocking side of the obstruction. I can probably roll up some sort of escaped previously enslaved character with miners skills and a pick. I have only read pages 1,2 and this one in this thread so am happily oblivious to any level of incompetence on the part of myself or the ghostly, wailing spirits of the (near) dead on the far side of the pre-gravel pile.
Cheers
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(Well if this collapses, at least I have already stated that Iradon walked out, though he is also carrying the lute and is almost as good at playing it as Burt)
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As Iradon stalks out of the cave, TBK begins beating on the walls with his candlesticks while Greg locks into the rhythm with a few exploratory plings and plongs. Burt's knees creak as he searches his pack for the Lute he's been neglecting all campaign. And then it all comes together.
The ground quakes, the cave shakes and the roof gives way, earth that had been caked and wattled to hide a pair of beams in the ceiling vibrating loose. As the thunderous groove continues, cracks spread causing those beams to give way, allowing several heavy-sounding sacks to fall down and hit the floor with a reassuring clink.
The crack continues across the ceiling, hitting the cave-mouth itself, which then collapses on itself.
Iradon, roll a con save vs DC 10 to avoid coughing lightly as the dust kicks up around you.
Greg, TBK, Burt - you're sealed in a dark cave. If you don't have darkvision you can light a torch, but bear in mind that torches burn up oxygen. Let me know if you continue to rock out, I didn't want to assume you stopped.
Strix, Shifter Shadow Monk in Lost Mines of Phandelver ¦ Sihegiall Human Soulknife Rogue in In Search of Molly McGuffin
17. Iradon would say I told you so, but needs LoS to telepathically speak. So instead he will wait for them to get out
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"Seems darker eh?", says TBK as he continues to keep the rythym.
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Are you trying to break through the rubble with the power of Rock?
**** it, as long as none of you get yourselves pregnant, it's not the worst thing I've allowed to happen in a game on this site. BUT, and I stress this - you must between you choose a song that can be played on only the candlesticks, the Lute and the whatever Greg has. That song must not suck. And you must choose a lead performer - that guy gets to name the band and make the primary performance roll. The DC to bust out using the same messing that got you into this mess is 20. The other band members can grant advantage on that primary roll by beating a DC 15 performance test. If you get out, henceforth the other 2 must recognise the band leader as the groups leader and give them the prerequisite respect that goes with that - first pick of the groupies, interviews with the Red Larch Gazette, their face on a new line of Crumblecake. But bear in mind that air is running out and those performances need a lot of oxygen.... you get 3 goes before things get awful stuffy!
Iradon, I don't want you to feel left out. There's an annoying mosquito buzzing around your head. Swat him with a DC 12 Athletics check!
Strix, Shifter Shadow Monk in Lost Mines of Phandelver ¦ Sihegiall Human Soulknife Rogue in In Search of Molly McGuffin
Ok, Burt has an extra horn (besides the one attached) that Greg can play, and he suggests "We Will Rock You" for obvious reasons, with the main beat being provided by the candlesticks, the bass line provided by Greg, and the sweet solo from The Man Himself, Burt "Brian May" Macklin. He'll also provide vocals as well, obviously.
Ready to DM and chew bubblegum. And I'm alllll outta bubblegum.
Kellen Rivian (Level 12 Lore Bard)- Ghosts of Saltmarsh (cbaer8)
Ruven Gilrel (Level 4 Bladesinger)- The Shattered Obelisk
Greg has, and is proficient in, the bass, thank you very much. It was there in post 359 (p18, 8 September). If you need a poncey medieval name, the bass lute, gallichon, or mandora will do, but they all mean a bass instrument played like a guitar. So Burt can blow his own horn, and play his instrument too.
Obviously Burt is the leader, unless he fails and one of us takes over. He was going to get all the groupies anyway, and Greg prefers his own species or other fey (not that there is anything wrong with humanoids, just not his yum) Greg calls him boss already, even if he sometimes means it in a patronizing way.
Before we strike the power chords, though, Greg wants to check out the heavy clinky bags that fell from the attic - he'll light a torch, then put it out quickly thereafter. There ought to be hours of air in a cave big enough four the four of us plus a corpse (that is not a zombie). On a big metal tube under water with 130 people and malfunctioning air purification, even when the O2 levels get too low to light a pipe there is still enough air left to get hooked on cigarettes. Hypothetically.
But once we are ready to rock, and have been saluted, the Hoofmonger will try to give that above-mentioned support, coming in when Keith Moonless Knight counts out four
Lay down that heavy bottom 11
And if "We Will Rock You" doesn't do it, could I suggest "Going out in Style"? Maybe that's our third try?
Galanodel Deacon Tosh - Less-than-Half-Elf Bard - & - Flitterbug - Pixie Sorceress : Meanwhile in the Westwoods
Amadow 'Tug' Rioux - Human Psionic Palooka : Revenge Heist - - - Gofer Bayut - Bugbear Paladin Messenger : Shrouded Sky
Iradon doesn't have to see the leader of the band as leader of the group. He also decides not to use strength to swat the mosquito but to use speed (acrobatics, 6) but fails miserably. I will try again once they try again
After joining more my signature got out of hand so I am now a proud member of the extended signature club!! :)
You are correct - Iradon is very definitely excluded from the Band Effect. You are incorrect about resisting the mosquito with Acrobatics. Because... stuff. At best, Acro would let you avoid it but would not eliminate the bzzzzzzzzzzing threat. And that would be on a successful roll which that clearly wasn't. Oh no! It's landed on your arm - it's looking for a tender spot to spike with it's probiscus - flick it! Quick! (an unarmed attack roll, if you please. You can use a weapon if you want but don't miss...)
Greg - in the brief moments of light you can see a tantalising coppery glint from those bags. There could be hundreds of them.... maybe even thousands! Also there's something you might recognise as a swimming hat sitting on the top of one of the bags, but as I can't find a single reference to a municipal pool anywhere in the source book, you don't.
Stomp-Stomp-Clap!
Stomp-Stomp-Clap!
Stomp-Stomp-Collapse!
As Fred Durst once said,
"Guilty, your honour""Keep on rollin', baby!"Strix, Shifter Shadow Monk in Lost Mines of Phandelver ¦ Sihegiall Human Soulknife Rogue in In Search of Molly McGuffin
GAWD JUST PLAY IT RIGHT! I assume I'm waiting for these guys to roll high enough to try for mine? I mean....waiting for these guys to play it right before I come in...
Ready to DM and chew bubblegum. And I'm alllll outta bubblegum.
Kellen Rivian (Level 12 Lore Bard)- Ghosts of Saltmarsh (cbaer8)
Ruven Gilrel (Level 4 Bladesinger)- The Shattered Obelisk
"Hey, Burt, seen any Leg Mimics lately?" TBK asks the agent, then pulls his candlesticks out and giving the nod to the band, and then this happens... (Major Drum Assistance for Burt: 24 )
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I think you have to roll "WWRY" attempt without advantage. But we can try 3 songs. We both got pretty close to 15. If only there was some way we each could have gotten a small bonus to our choice of roll in say a ten minute period. But, no, better to complain about it.
Galanodel Deacon Tosh - Less-than-Half-Elf Bard - & - Flitterbug - Pixie Sorceress : Meanwhile in the Westwoods
Amadow 'Tug' Rioux - Human Psionic Palooka : Revenge Heist - - - Gofer Bayut - Bugbear Paladin Messenger : Shrouded Sky
I haven't said whether those rolls passed or failed so I mean anything could happen. Anything..... especially things that stipulate that they can happen after a roll but before the result is declared....
Strix, Shifter Shadow Monk in Lost Mines of Phandelver ¦ Sihegiall Human Soulknife Rogue in In Search of Molly McGuffin
(technically by declaring a DC in advance you have declared they failed... I mean... Burt using his abilities? Never)
Unarmed. 15 for 2 damage
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Using a mystic connection born of common amputation, Greg thinks at Ira with a mocking tone Mr Dee'emm, you forgot to assign homework!
Galanodel Deacon Tosh - Less-than-Half-Elf Bard - & - Flitterbug - Pixie Sorceress : Meanwhile in the Westwoods
Amadow 'Tug' Rioux - Human Psionic Palooka : Revenge Heist - - - Gofer Bayut - Bugbear Paladin Messenger : Shrouded Sky
Hey, sorry to just jump in and stuff but are applications still accepted? I'm kinda looking for a campaign at the moment.
Pertonius, mah boy! Roll up a character and jump on in! Burt yells through the rocks. Also, he feels SO inspired by the above posts, that he decides to actually use that inspiration to inspire the others because obviously he didn't forget that bardic inspiration was a thing. Sooo yeah. They have bardic inspiration now. Congrats.
Ready to DM and chew bubblegum. And I'm alllll outta bubblegum.
Kellen Rivian (Level 12 Lore Bard)- Ghosts of Saltmarsh (cbaer8)
Ruven Gilrel (Level 4 Bladesinger)- The Shattered Obelisk
(I can see two possible histories, depending on the Will of Dee'emm, praise be unto His Wisdom)
(1) With the first wailing lute solo, Burt's chops inspire Greg to greater virtuosity, and his slightly above average bassline to WWRY becomes better 14 total
or
(2) Their first song being slightly disappointing, the Heartbreakers try to kick it up a notch with the second, and Stumpy tries to rock steady the unsteady rocks away
What is the second song? I can't read the setlist in the dark, plus we don't have a setlist.
Second song with inspiration 13
Galanodel Deacon Tosh - Less-than-Half-Elf Bard - & - Flitterbug - Pixie Sorceress : Meanwhile in the Westwoods
Amadow 'Tug' Rioux - Human Psionic Palooka : Revenge Heist - - - Gofer Bayut - Bugbear Paladin Messenger : Shrouded Sky
Look, I know we all want him to die, but stop forcing my hand. Let it happen naturally. I was trying to be nice!
(but point taken - I know I'm so natural and talented that it's hard to believe it (:P) , but I haven't a ******* clue what I'm doing and I appreciate the steers!)
Yeah, go for it, why not! Do you want to be with the group dying in the cave or the group outside the cave not giving a shit or doing anything of value?
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Ira - Your mighty flick sends that mosquito flying against the rubble blocking the cave mouth. It shudders slightly, almost as if you could move it if you could be arsed preventing your
friends acquaintances colleaguesthose other lads from dying.Strix, Shifter Shadow Monk in Lost Mines of Phandelver ¦ Sihegiall Human Soulknife Rogue in In Search of Molly McGuffin
Hmm if you are recruiting, and need another player on the non-rocking side of the obstruction. I can probably roll up some sort of escaped previously enslaved character with miners skills and a pick. I have only read pages 1,2 and this one in this thread so am happily oblivious to any level of incompetence on the part of myself or the ghostly, wailing spirits of the (near) dead on the far side of the pre-gravel pile.
Cheers