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{{holes nav
Apheori (GM): This is getting seriously annoying.
|top=true
Is this thing working and is everyone here?
|previous=Holes/Session 47
Namely frezak. I see names for everyone else.
|next=Holes/Session 49
Ellemerr: He's coming.
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Frezak (GM): Yo.
 
Apheori (GM): FINALLY.
<screenplay>
Ellemerr: O_o
EXT. Woods river - day
Apheori (GM): My internet sucks. And firefox sucks. And I'd bet this sucks too. Put them all together and it's just one big lump of suck.
 
Where even were we?
Greibel is leading the party south through the woods, presumeably in the direction of where they had all mostly agreed to go.
Ganelon: I think Radek was threatening to destroy everything.
 
Gaurav: We have a a faberge meatball full of scotch.
He neglects to mention that at this point he has completely forgotten where anything is and has no idea where he's going.
Apheori (GM): Naw, Greibel fed that to the porridge.
 
But yes, Radek was apparently very upset.
'''''Bear Soup Guy''' (Greibel): Excellent. I've been trying to think of justification for why we went out to do a million other things when we needed the airship. This makes sense now.
Y'all want to continue that conversation, or just head out to the airship and tree, or what?
 
And Gravy's apparently a god.
The party comes out at a river, wide, shallow, and full of stones and rocks.
(http://wiki.zaori.org/wiki/Holes/Session_47)
 
Ganelon: I don't think it needs to be continued. Radek's either angrily shouting at Gravy or rendered catatonic by boredom.
Greibel natures the river. This involves a fair amount of splashing around, and a water balloon. ''(rolled 19 nature)''
Frezak (GM): I could lecture you on shovel techniques if you want.
 
Ellemerr: Oh joy.
Greibel throws the water balloon and narrowly avoids hitting Radek.
Gaurav: He can angrily shout at Gravy as we head towards the airship maybe?
 
Apheori (GM): Does Gravy carry Radek toward the airship?
Rhu looks at the river grumpily, swatting at the insects. A slug falls on his ear.
Ganelon: Either way, it's probably not dialogue that I need write.
 
Apheori (GM): Do you wait for Greibel?
Greibel stands and points silently across the river.
Ganelon: Were we going straight there? I thought there was some kind of arboreal detour planned.
 
Frezak (GM): I'll put him down when he stops looking like he might do something dangerous.
Apheori (GM): The tree is on the way.
Unless you get completely lost.
I suggest taking Greibel with you.
Ganelon: Pfft.
Like we'd need a druid for tree things.
Apheori (GM): ...or navigating deep woods in general.
Gaurav: Or turning into a flock of bees and finding us a way out.
Frezak (GM): Hey, I have... some nature skill.
Bear Soup Guy: Well it's not like he was gonna stay behind
Apheori (GM): Yeah, well, he was the only one who knew where things were in the first place.
Good, good.
Bear Soup Guy: Protip
He no longer remembers :P
Apheori (GM): Greibel comes out and leads you off into the BUSH.
And doesn't tell anyone he has no idea where he's going.
Bear Soup Guy: Excellent
I've been trying to think of justification for why we went out to do a million other things when we needed the airship
This makes sense now
Apheori (GM): You head south.
It's all foresty.
Gaurav: Are there insects?
Apheori (GM): Between Greibel and Gravy, you make a good trail out of basically nothing and then wind up at a river.
There are insects, though not crazy amounts. A fair bit of flying bugs, and various things eating foliage.
It's fairly wet.
Bear Soup Guy:
rolling 1d20+14 Nature the river
(
5
)
+14
=
19
Gaurav: How does one nature a river?
Bear Soup Guy: VERY CAREFULLY
And wearing a wet-suit
Apheori (GM): By taking samples and splashing in it and possibly by throwing water balloons.
Bear Soup Guy: That too
Greibel throws a water balloon that narrowly avoids hitting Radek
Apheori (GM): It's a nice river, very wet, fairly low this time of year, though from the look of it it gets much higher through-put at other times.
Ganelon: A glancing blow wouldn't explode anyways!
Apheori (GM): This looks like it's near the start, or something.
How much DOES Greibel remember?
Rhu looks at the river grumpily, swatting at the insects.
Bear Soup Guy: He remembers that we came out here for some reason
Apheori (GM): A slug falls on Rhu's ear.
Bear Soup Guy: And that there may be treants around
Apheori (GM): D20!
Frezak (GM): IS IT PROPHETIC?
Apheori (GM): It seems to be slimey. Greibel could discover more.
Ganelon: Wasn't that snails?
Apheori (GM): NO.
Frezak (GM): Slug.
Bear Soup Guy: I'm sure that there's plenty of slime to go around between them
Rhu doesn't notice it for a bit.
Apheori (GM): BSG: d20.
Bear Soup Guy:
rolling 1d20
(
19
)
=
19
Oh! I thought that was directed at Rhu,s orry.
Apheori (GM): Ah, sorry.
Gaurav: Rhu gets slugs, not d20s. Actually, it has been a while since Rhu went insane, so ... that's nice.
Apheori (GM): Greibel: You're reasonably sure the treants are on the other side of the river.
Greibel stands and points silently across the river
Frezak (GM): There!
Zulus!
Radek stares at Greibel and sighs.
Radek stares at Greibel and sighs.
Radek: What? What is it now?
 
Frezak (GM): Thousands of them!
RADEK
Dawn: He wants us to cross.
What? What is it now?
Frezak (GM): Gravy goes and stands on the river.
 
Radek: ...Fine.
DAWN
Apheori (GM): The water? Or a rock?
He wants us to cross.
Ganelon: How deep is the river?
 
Apheori (GM): I need a d20 for the water.
The Gravedigger goes and stands on the river, with Amadi riding his horns.
Ganelon: And how wide, actually?
 
Frezak (GM): The water.
RADEK
I ahve waterwalk boots.
...Fine.
I can just stand on water.
 
Apheori (GM): Oh, you do?
Rhu scratches at his ear, notices the slug, and picks it off his ear and pokes at it.
Okay.
 
Ganelon: I made him waterwalking boots.
Dawn does an uncoordinated running flapping thing over the river and winds up flying headlong into a tree on the other side.
And myself Prestidigitating Digits.
 
Rhu scratches at his ear, notices the slug, picks it off his ear and pokes at it.
Radek constructs a hardlight bridge over the water.
Apheori (GM): It's several meters wide and the deep points are maybe a meter or two deep, but you can just avoid those.
 
Ganelon: Oh, I intend to avoid allll of it.
Radek uses his L6 utility.
Apheori (GM): Ride Gravy!
Ganelon: PHANTOM STRUCTURE
Ellemerr: I'll take the ride, of course.
Apheori (GM): Is Amadi riding Gravy?
Excellent.
Ganelon: Suit yourselves!
Basically Radek makes a hardlight bridge.
Apheori (GM): Dawn does an uncoordinated running flapping thing over it and winds up flying headlong into a tree on the other side.
Dawn: Bridddge.
Gaurav: Does the river look safe to swim? Water not moving too fast and all that?
Ellemerr: You can just use the bridge.
Ganelon: "Choose a square within range and another square within range and within 2+your intelligence modifier(+5) squares of the chosen square. You create a phantasmal bridge between the two squares that lasts until the end of your next turn (sustain minor). The bridge connects the two chosen squares by the shortest path. The bridge has no height, and a creature can pass through the square containing the bridge as though it were normal terrain, even if it normally contains no terrain, difficult terrain, challenging terrain, or hindering terrain."
Gaurav: Oh! And whah.
Rhu puts the slug down on some nearby vegetation and crosses Radek's bridge.
Rhu puts the slug down on some nearby vegetation and crosses Radek's bridge.
Radek appraises his bridge proudly, and with Rhu having conveniently tested its stability, he crosses over as well.
 
Apheori (GM): Does Greibel use the bridge?
DAWN
Ganelon: There was probably no doubt that it would have worked.
(from the ground on the other side)
Gaurav: Rhu's role in this party is striker/religion/lab rat.
Bridddge.
Bear Soup Guy: Greibel turns into a far-too-large-for-this-situation large whale and scales the river
 
Frezak (GM): And HairSpeaker
Radek appraises his bridge proudly, and, with Rhu having conveniently tested its stability, he crosses over as well.
Ganelon: It's probably a good thing Radek is more of a tinkerer than an alchemist.
 
Gaurav: BSG: show-off.
Greibel, meanwhile, turns into a far-too-large-for-this-situation whale, about as long as the river is wide, and flops down across the river. He proceeds to become quite stuck. ''(rolled 3 athletics)''
Apheori (GM): Greibel: Um... roll athletics.
 
Bear Soup Guy:
The Gravedigger applauds.
rolling 1d20+1
 
(
Dawn sits up and giggles.
2
 
)
Greibel flails for a while before turning back to normal and falling into one of the few deep bits of the river. Then he swims up and spits water out like in a Bugs Bunny cartoon.
+1
 
=
The party goes into the woods once more, now headed west.
3
 
XD
Rasputin wiggles.
Gaurav: The whale fails, flails and wails as it heads downstream to unknown seas.
 
Apheori (GM): Greibel gets stuck.
 
You now have a... rivered whale.
EXT. Woods - day
Frezak (GM): Gravy applauds.
 
Gaurav: Is he near the bridge? Maybe Gravy and Rhu could lasso him and pull him out of whatever he's stuck on/in/against.
At some point Dawn scoots up to Radek.
Apheori (GM): He's about as long as the river is wide.
 
You could probably have used HIM as a bridge.
DAWN
But yeah, he's near it.
So Gravy's a god now.
Gaurav: Darnit. If it'd waited a bit longer, ... yes. That.
 
"Remember that time we crossed Greibel? That was fun times."
Bear Soup Guy: Nobody's ever patient enough for the whale bridge
Gaurav: Hee.
He can probably turn into ducks or something.
Apheori (GM): Does the whale do anything, or does it just sit there?
Frezak (GM): I'm not using any bridge.
I'm doing the Jesus Lizard run.
God Gravy.
Same thing.
Apheori (GM): Also Dawn gets up and giggles.
Bear Soup Guy: Greibel flails for a while before turning back to normal and falling into the river
Then he swims up and spits water out
Like in a Bugs Bunny cartoon
Apheori (GM): This party is so wonderfully uncoordinated.
Y'all head out?
Greibel: Where are you trying to go?
Bear Soup Guy: Toward the treants!
Rhu misses his slug friend.
Frezak (GM): You abandoned hiiiim
To the cruel mercies of the forest
Gaurav: I think we should head for the airship. The treats sound like a random encounter :-/
Apheori (GM): Gaurav: As far as you know, that is where you're going.
Well, maybe. Roll nature.
Gaurav: The last time Rhu took on a pet, it tried to eat us all.
Apheori (GM): Whereas Greibel's brought him truffles.
Rhu:
rolling d20+10 nature check
(
3
)
+10
=
13
Rasputin wiggles
Ganelon: If we encounter hostile treants, I think I can manage fire damage now.
Or, we could count on them being too slow to actually catch us.
And just walk away.
Apheori (GM): Yeah, Rhu has no idea you're going the wrong direction.
Along the way, Dawn scoots up to Radek and says, "So Gravy's a god now."
Radek scoffs and gives Dawn a dismissive swat.
Radek scoffs and gives Dawn a dismissive swat.
Frezak (GM): Well he IS walking on water.
 
Ganelon: I DON'T BELIEVE IN GRAVY
Dawn giggles.
Dawn giggles.
Apheori (GM): Gravy: Nature.
 
Frezak (GM):
The Gravedigger decides they're headed in the wrong direction ''(rolled 15 nature, 19 reality)'', and points in the opposite direction as they'd been going.
rolling 1D20+11
 
(
THE GRAVEDIGGER
4
This way, team!
)
 
+11
'''''Ganelon''' (Radek): Radek is conflicted. He doesn't have faith in Greibel's directional skills. And he doesn't have faith in Gravy's divinity.
=
 
15
''''''Bear Soup Guy''' (Greibel): Honestly Greibel's already probably forgotten where he was going. I think he just files in line behind Gravy.
Gaurav: I need to leave in around 35 mins for class and stuff, but I can be back an hour after that.
 
Apheori (GM): Gravy: You
RADEK
re not sure this is the right direction.
Do I really need to take over basic navigation for us as well?
Frezak (GM): I'll point in a direction that seems more productive.
 
The Gravedigger: This way, team!
The Gravedigger ignores Radek and hums in a merry fashion, now leading the party east.
Apheori (GM): d20
 
Frezak (GM):
DAWN
rolling 1D20
Oh, they just don't agree on where we're going, that's all.
(
Where were we going?
19
 
)
RHU
=
(to Dawn; pointing)
19
Thataway, I think.
Apheori (GM): You wind up going the exact opposite direction Greibel chose.
 
Now fight.
DAWN
Gaurav: o.0
But why? What's there? Do you know?
Ganelon: ...
 
Gaurav: Maybe we should just roll a d360 and head in whatever direction it points us to.
RHU
Ganelon: Radek is conflicted.
(he shrugs)
Bear Soup Guy: Rock'em Sock'em Robots!
Anywhere but here would be fine by me. Preferably somewhere with hot water and an internet connection.
Ellemerr: Amadi is still riding Gravy.
 
Ganelon: He doesn't have faith in Greibel's directional skills.
THE GRAVEDIGGER
And he doesn't have faith in Gravy's divinity.
We are going... TO ADVENTUUUUUUURE.
Bear Soup Guy: Honestly Greibel's already probably forgotten where he was going
 
I think he just files in line behind Gravy
DAWN
Radek: Do I really need to take over basic navigation for us as well?
(to Gravy)
Dawn: Oh, they just don't agree on where we're going, that's all.
Do you... mind that I'm following you around? Is that polite?
Frezak (GM): I'm going to ignore Radek and hum a in a merry fashion.
 
Dawn: Where were we going?
Dawn follows after Gravy as well.
Dawn: Do you... mind that I'm following you around? Is that polite?
Gaurav: (to Dawn) Thataway, I think. points
The Gravedigger: We are going....
TO ADVENTUUUUUUURE
Ganelon: Hey.
Apheori (GM): Gaurav: I assume that was in character, and which way did you point relative to the others?
Ganelon: May I see the map?
Gaurav: My last was IC, sorry.
Ganelon: OOC, I mean.
Apheori (GM): Did anyone actually write down the map?
http://wiki.zaori.org/wiki/File:Holes_dorgin_area_map.jpg
Ganelon: Okay, good, my memory was pretty accurate.
Radek: If Greibel's testimony is to be believed, to the wreckage of a crashed airship north of Dorgin.
Ganelon: Didn't remember the name Dorgin, though.
Amadi gives Dawn a look of astonishment (though it might not be genuine).
Amadi gives Dawn a look of astonishment (though it might not be genuine).
Amadi: What did you just say?
 
Apheori (GM): Neither did I.
AMADI
You're all heading back the way you came.
What did you just say?
Gaurav: Rhu pointed in the direction we were headed previously. Maybe. This forest is confusing.
 
DAWN
I don't know. I mean, what am I doing? Should I be doing something?
 
RADEK
If Greibel's testimony is to be believed, to the wreckage of a crashed airship north of Dorgin.
 
The Gravedigger leans over Radek.
The Gravedigger leans over Radek.
The Gravedigger: Aaaadventuuuuuure
 
Dawn: (to Amadi) I don't know. I mean, what am I doing? Should I be doing something?
THE GRAVEDIGGER
(to Rhu) But why? What's there? Do you know?
Aaaadventuuuuuure.
Gaurav: Can we see the really big tree from where we are?
 
Rhu shrugs
DAWN
Dawn: Nope.
I don't think you're going where you think you're going.
ooc
 
Rhu: Anywhere but here would be fine by me. Preferably somewhere with hot water and an internet connection.
RHU
Dawn: I don't think you're going where you think you're going.
...go on.
Rhu: ... go on.
 
Dawn: You're on the wrong planet. Maybe even the wrong universe. Even in layers, the onion is infinite.
DAWN
But I'm just saying that because I don't actually know. you don't know either, you know.
You're on the wrong planet. Maybe even the wrong universe. Even in layers, the onion is infinite. But I'm just saying that because I don't actually know. You don't know either, you know. Isn't it nice not knowing?
Isn't it nice not knowing?
 
Radek: No.
RADEK
Bear Soup Guy: XD
No. And if you want to end up in another universe, I may be able to assist you.
Radek: And if you want to end up in another universe, I may be able to assist you.
 
Dawn: No? You want to know it all? You want to... keep knowing?
DAWN
I don't think you know what you think you want.
No? You want to know it all? You want to... keep knowing? I don't think you know what you think you want.
Rhu: A city, then. Somewhere with people, not some tiny little village in the middle of nowhere surrounded by charming wizard towers with dragons in them. Somewhere like Arah, maybe. Arah was nice.
 
Shame about the arch.
RHU
And the giant.
A city, then. Somewhere with people, not some tiny little village in the middle of nowhere surrounded by charming wizard towers with dragons in them. Somewhere like Arah, maybe. Arah was nice.
Dawn: And the future.
Shame about the arch. And the giant.
Rhu: And that lady who's house we burned down.
 
Ellemerr: Sorry, I got a phonecall. >.>
DAWN
Radek: I could do without knowing many things, but this is a problem I need to solve.
And the future.
Apheori (GM): I should get an award for worst DM.
 
Dawn: Oh, alright, then. Just as long as you don't destroy yourself.
RHU
Apheori (GM): Dawn almost sounds like she cares. Almost.
And that lady who's house we burned down.
Also you get back to the river again. I assume Gravy just walks over it again.
 
Rhu remembers his dream about being destroyed and shudders.
RADEK
Frezak (GM): Yep.
I could do without knowing many things, but this is a problem I need to solve.
Apheori (GM): This time Dawn just copies him and walks over it too.
 
Does Radek do another bridge or what?
DAWN
Frezak (GM): How long was it since we last crossed it?
(sounding almost like she cares)
Apheori (GM): Like an hour.
Oh, alright, then. Just as long as you don't destroy yourself.
Ganelon: It's a daily.
 
Ellemerr: Poor Radek.
 
Apheori (GM): You could also do acrobatics to just use the rocks to walk/jump across.
EXT. Woods river - day
It has a lot of rocks.
 
Ganelon: It's not even that good of a daily, I just thought it would be better than some combat thing
About an hour after they'd crossed it before, the party comes back to the river again, this time needing to cross it in the opposite direction.
Acrobatics would be...
 
Well, he's an old man.
The Gravedigger just uses his boots to walk right over it again.
Frezak (GM): Gravy could just carry people.
 
He could be.. the ferryman.
This time Dawn copies him and walks across the water as well.
Gaurav: Or we could make another whale bridge.
 
Frezak (GM): I don't want to impose on the druggie.
Radek just stops at the river's edge and stares down at the water. It's like 2cm deep there.
he might it wrong and give us leeches instead.
 
*might get it wrong
Radek then digs a small sphere out of his things and tosses it into the center of the river, then explodes it in a blast of massive coldness, freezing over the river in the immediate vicinity.
Bear Soup Guy: Or sea urchins!
 
Radek just stops at the river's edge and stares down at the water.
He crosses it carefully as more water from upstream begins to flow over the uneven sheet of ice. ''(rolled 19 acrobatics)''
Apheori (GM): At the edge it's like 2cm deep.
 
Most of it is really not very deep, though it does have a bit of current.
Rhu follows after. By now there's a layer of flowing water entirely across the ice, making it even harder to use, but he makes it across fine as well. ''(rolled 25 acrobatics)''
Ganelon: Oh, I know.
 
Gaurav: or we could turn around again and do the treants first.
Greibel, meanwhile, splashes through the water further down from the ice, getting as wet as possible in the process.
Radek digs a small sphere out of his things and tosses it into the center of the river.
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Ganelon: He uses Runic Resistance, which is a pretty weird power.
 
But all you really have to know in this case it that the thingy explodes in a burst 1 (so 15ft diameter) and does 2d6+int of an element of my choice.
{{holes nav
I choose cold.
|previous=Holes/Session 47
Apheori (GM): How cold is it?
|next=Holes/Session 49
Ganelon shrugs.
}}
Ganelon: 2d6+Int cold?
That's an average of about 12 damage.
Apheori (GM): Okay.
It freezes.
You cross?
Ganelon: Yes.
Apheori (GM): Acrobatics to not slip.
Gaurav: Not going to send the guinea pig first?
Ganelon: ...Damn.
Apheori (GM): Yeah, you make it fine.
Ganelon: Well I still thought it was a clever solution.
rolling 1d20+3 Acro
(
16
)
+3
=
19
Apheori (GM): Rhu follows? Greibel? What's Greibel doing?
River water is starting to spill across the ice.
Rhu:
rolling d20+11 acrobatics check to not slip while crossing Radek's Other Bridge
(
14
)
+11
=
25
Apheori (GM): Rhu makes it too.
Gaurav: Hang on. Is Radek's old bridge still around here somewhere? We could have used that.
Apheori (GM): Though it's a lot slicker now.
Ganelon: No, it expires within seconds without his maintenance.
Gaurav: Ah, never mind then.
Rhu is plenty slick himself.
Apheori (GM): Funny.
Ganelon: He could have technically maintained it for the entire hour we spent walking back and forth.
But he did not.
Apheori (GM): Apparently BSG died, so I'ma just say Greibel splashes through the water away from the ice getting as wet as possible.
NEENER.
YOU ALL CONTINUE.
AND GET PLACES.
YES.
Ellemerr: Delightful.
Apheori (GM): Today's episode of getting needlessly lost in the woods brought to you by... uh... deltas in Africa.
Gaurav: Okay, I need to leave now so I don't miss my class! I'll be back in an hour + 10 mins or so if anybody's still around, but if you need Rhu to do anything in the meantime, here is his character sheet: https://www.dropbox.com/s/xjkxvp8qxl5tgoy/Rhu.pdf?dl=0
See you all next time (next Wednesday?)
Apheori (GM): Right, probably.
Ellemerr?
Ellemerr: Yes?
Apheori (GM): When do you need to go?
Ellemerr: In an hour. Ish.
Apheori (GM): Okay, uh, should we just get to the point next time or what? >.>
Ellemerr: It's your summertime making everything wonky.
Apheori (GM): THIS IS NOT SUMMER.
Ganelon: It's daylight savings time being utterly stupid, is what.
Apheori (GM): That.
Ganelon: I hate it enough just by virtue of existing.
Ellemerr: With two players missing, stopping is probably wise.
Ganelon: I didn't even realize that the clocks change on different dates based on your country.
Drastically different ones, apparently.
Frezak (GM): Witches.
Ganelon: I've been an hour early for all of my D&D campaigns for weeks now because of you easterners.
Apheori (GM): Even within the same country it can vary.
Ganelon: UGH.
ENOUGH
SAY NO MORE.
Apheori (GM): And there's even one state here is actually intelligent and doesn't have it.
So, yeah, next week.
Ganelon: See you then.
Bear Soup Guy: I was in the bathroom, sorry!
But yes, next Wednesday should be cool
Gaurav: You've got an hour! You should go on! And I should stop chatting in the middle of lecture. Yes.
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Session 48 (raw log) (Overview)
EXT. Woods river - day
Greibel is leading the party south through the woods, presumeably in the direction of where they had all mostly agreed to go.
He neglects to mention that at this point he has completely forgotten where anything is and has no idea where he's going.
Bear Soup Guy (Greibel): Excellent. I've been trying to think of justification for why we went out to do a million other things when we needed the airship. This makes sense now.
The party comes out at a river, wide, shallow, and full of stones and rocks.
Greibel natures the river. This involves a fair amount of splashing around, and a water balloon. (rolled 19 nature)
Greibel throws the water balloon and narrowly avoids hitting Radek.
Rhu looks at the river grumpily, swatting at the insects. A slug falls on his ear.
Greibel stands and points silently across the river.
Radek stares at Greibel and sighs.
RADEK
What? What is it now?
DAWN
He wants us to cross.
The Gravedigger goes and stands on the river, with Amadi riding his horns.
RADEK
...Fine.
Rhu scratches at his ear, notices the slug, and picks it off his ear and pokes at it.
Dawn does an uncoordinated running flapping thing over the river and winds up flying headlong into a tree on the other side.
Radek constructs a hardlight bridge over the water.
Rhu puts the slug down on some nearby vegetation and crosses Radek's bridge.
DAWN
(from the ground on the other side)
Bridddge.
Radek appraises his bridge proudly, and, with Rhu having conveniently tested its stability, he crosses over as well.
Greibel, meanwhile, turns into a far-too-large-for-this-situation whale, about as long as the river is wide, and flops down across the river. He proceeds to become quite stuck. (rolled 3 athletics)
The Gravedigger applauds.
Dawn sits up and giggles.
Greibel flails for a while before turning back to normal and falling into one of the few deep bits of the river. Then he swims up and spits water out like in a Bugs Bunny cartoon.
The party goes into the woods once more, now headed west.
Rasputin wiggles.


EXT. Woods - day
At some point Dawn scoots up to Radek.
DAWN
So Gravy's a god now.
Radek scoffs and gives Dawn a dismissive swat.
Dawn giggles.
The Gravedigger decides they're headed in the wrong direction (rolled 15 nature, 19 reality), and points in the opposite direction as they'd been going.
THE GRAVEDIGGER
This way, team!
Ganelon (Radek): Radek is conflicted. He doesn't have faith in Greibel's directional skills. And he doesn't have faith in Gravy's divinity.
'Bear Soup Guy (Greibel): Honestly Greibel's already probably forgotten where he was going. I think he just files in line behind Gravy.
RADEK
Do I really need to take over basic navigation for us as well?
The Gravedigger ignores Radek and hums in a merry fashion, now leading the party east.
DAWN
Oh, they just don't agree on where we're going, that's all.
Where were we going?
RHU
(to Dawn; pointing)
Thataway, I think.
DAWN
But why? What's there? Do you know?
RHU
(he shrugs)
Anywhere but here would be fine by me. Preferably somewhere with hot water and an internet connection.
THE GRAVEDIGGER
We are going... TO ADVENTUUUUUUURE.
DAWN
(to Gravy)
Do you... mind that I'm following you around? Is that polite?
Amadi gives Dawn a look of astonishment (though it might not be genuine).
AMADI
What did you just say?
DAWN
I don't know. I mean, what am I doing? Should I be doing something?
RADEK
If Greibel's testimony is to be believed, to the wreckage of a crashed airship north of Dorgin.
The Gravedigger leans over Radek.
THE GRAVEDIGGER
Aaaadventuuuuuure.
DAWN
I don't think you're going where you think you're going.
RHU
...go on.
DAWN
You're on the wrong planet. Maybe even the wrong universe. Even in layers, the onion is infinite. But I'm just saying that because I don't actually know. You don't know either, you know. Isn't it nice not knowing?
RADEK
No. And if you want to end up in another universe, I may be able to assist you.
DAWN
No? You want to know it all? You want to... keep knowing? I don't think you know what you think you want.
RHU
A city, then. Somewhere with people, not some tiny little village in the middle of nowhere surrounded by charming wizard towers with dragons in them. Somewhere like Arah, maybe. Arah was nice.
Shame about the arch. And the giant.
DAWN
And the future.
RHU
And that lady who's house we burned down.
RADEK
I could do without knowing many things, but this is a problem I need to solve.
DAWN
(sounding almost like she cares)
Oh, alright, then. Just as long as you don't destroy yourself.


EXT. Woods river - day
About an hour after they'd crossed it before, the party comes back to the river again, this time needing to cross it in the opposite direction.
The Gravedigger just uses his boots to walk right over it again.
This time Dawn copies him and walks across the water as well.
Radek just stops at the river's edge and stares down at the water. It's like 2cm deep there.
Radek then digs a small sphere out of his things and tosses it into the center of the river, then explodes it in a blast of massive coldness, freezing over the river in the immediate vicinity.
He crosses it carefully as more water from upstream begins to flow over the uneven sheet of ice. (rolled 19 acrobatics)
Rhu follows after. By now there's a layer of flowing water entirely across the ice, making it even harder to use, but he makes it across fine as well. (rolled 25 acrobatics)
Greibel, meanwhile, splashes through the water further down from the ice, getting as wet as possible in the process.


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Session 48 (Overview)
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Save point tampering is a mechanic built into the game. This may seem a little nuts, but it makes sense considering the general premise - a premise that is in itself a little nuts.