The Defiled Shrine
[2024/08/0414:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: I'm just starting up the music
[2024/08/0414:04] Jassie: ah sorry got my ownHJAHA
[2024/08/0414:05] Sonja Bikergrrl deducts 10% of Jassies' XP and gold
[2024/08/0414:05] Kylie: hi
[2024/08/0414:06] Jassie: wow!
[2024/08/0414:06] Jassie: hey kylie
[2024/08/0414:06] Jassie: hey i'm a metalhead ok sonja
[2024/08/0414:06] Jassie: HAHA
[2024/08/0414:06] Sonja Bikergrrl: too low? I can make it 11%...
[2024/08/0414:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: I am now streaming music at: http://81.133.27.194:8000
[2024/08/0414:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: It's either suitable mood music or my ipod library. Feel free to tune in!
[2024/08/0414:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: =^..^= Music now on! =^..^=
[2024/08/0414:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: ....why aren't I hear... Ah.
[2024/08/0414:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: listen, don't listen, you call :)
[2024/08/0414:08] Mecha: brb
[2024/08/0414:08] Jassie: play some cannibal corpse Sonja hehe
[2024/08/0414:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: Kylie... roll the d8 please
[2024/08/0414:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: you got promoted to lvl3
[2024/08/0414:09] D8: Kylie rolls 7
[2024/08/0414:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: Congrats, you have 20hp now.
[2024/08/0414:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: Jassie, d6 please
[2024/08/0414:10] D6: Jassie rolls 3
[2024/08/0414:10] Jassie: woah terrible roll
[2024/08/0414:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: it's average
[2024/08/0414:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: you're at 10hp now.
[2024/08/0414:11] Jassie: isnt 4 usually average?
[2024/08/0414:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: on a d6?
[2024/08/0414:11] Jassie: yea, usually its 1 more than 50%
[2024/08/0414:11] Kylie: i need th hp since i do stupid things
[2024/08/0414:11] Jassie: at least for 5E
[2024/08/0414:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: this isn't even 1E :P
[2024/08/0414:12] Jassie: i know! hehe
[2024/08/0414:12] Jassie: but i'm just guessing hehe
[2024/08/0414:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: the gods love a trier :P
[2024/08/0414:12] Jassie: I have my other Campaign tmw morning
[2024/08/0414:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay... so... the party went to investigate a shine that had been fouled
[2024/08/0414:12] Jassie: i'm playing a 2ft tall kobold artificer XD
[2024/08/0414:13] Jassie: okok, game face,
[2024/08/0414:13] Sonja Bikergrrl: they found an undead girl outside... and managed to bash her brains right out
[2024/08/0414:13] Jassie: did the undead girl attack us?
[2024/08/0414:13] Sonja Bikergrrl: Down into the crypt below, facing all manner of undead... until the final fight in which Diane bust her lantern on a skeleton, setting it on fire.
[2024/08/0414:14] Kylie: Oh because of this my IG videos feed is like 30% D&D vids now
[2024/08/0414:14] Mecha: And i almost died
[2024/08/0414:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: And that is where you are now, deep underground, in a small chamber lit by a burning skeleton... a few smashed skeletons scattered about
[2024/08/0414:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: Yes, Mecha is in a bad way indeed
[2024/08/0414:15] Jassie: we are lvl3 right?
[2024/08/0414:15] Jassie: so now i have 2 spell slots?
[2024/08/0414:15] Mecha: That's right and it was suggested we leave, get healed and bring backup
[2024/08/0414:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: And with that recap out of the way, GGGGGGGGGRRRRREEEEETTTTINGS Adventurers! Other players get bad ass hard metal backing music, you get Louie Armstrongs' mellow voice.
[2024/08/0414:15] Kylie: Backup sounds good to me
[2024/08/0414:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: A bad idea to leave a dungeon half finished.
[2024/08/0414:17] Mecha: bad idea to have a character fully dead
[2024/08/0414:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: That's why you brought a cleric along :)
[2024/08/0414:17] Jassie: mhm!
[2024/08/0414:18] Jassie: how low are u mecha?
[2024/08/0414:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: also... you know you got a lucky cat figurine?
[2024/08/0414:18] Kylie: (Is this song for dead Mecha)
[2024/08/0414:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha is seriously injured
[2024/08/0414:18] Mecha: *think with damage i'm down to five HP*
[2024/08/0414:18] Jassie: whats mecha's max if i can ask?
[2024/08/0414:18] Sonja Bikergrrl never mentions HP...
[2024/08/0414:19] Sonja Bikergrrl: "serious" = Less than half original HP
[2024/08/0414:19] Jassie: bloodied in 5e, got it
[2024/08/0414:20] Jassie: are we not allowed to know the max hp of a character sonja?
[2024/08/0414:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: Generally? No.
[2024/08/0414:20] Jassie: ok understood
[2024/08/0414:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: how many hit points do I have?
[2024/08/0414:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: I dunno.
[2024/08/0414:21] Jassie: 100
[2024/08/0414:21] Mecha: lol
[2024/08/0414:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: but, now is a Good Time to cast a healing spell. You've yet to meet the BBEG.
[2024/08/0414:22] Mecha: Any way, I'm hurt and bleeding.a lot
[2024/08/0414:22] Jassie: yup i want to grab her shoulder and cast a cure wounds
[2024/08/0414:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: roll 1d6
[2024/08/0414:22] D6: Jassie rolls 3
[2024/08/0414:22] Jassie: ewww
[2024/08/0414:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha is now injured
[2024/08/0414:23] Sonja Bikergrrl: as opposed to seriously injured, to be clear :)
[2024/08/0414:23] Jassie: yup!
[2024/08/0414:23] Jassie: ah well its something
[2024/08/0414:23] Sonja Bikergrrl: There is another portcullis in the chamber, with another passage leading downwards.
[2024/08/0414:24] Jassie: are u ok there mecha?
[2024/08/0414:24] Mecha: Wait before we do anything i suggest a short rest. we lock up any doors or block them and rest for an hour to get back some health
[2024/08/0414:25] Jassie: oh, shoulda done that before my cure wounds hehe
[2024/08/0414:25] Sonja Bikergrrl: There's no short rest in D&D... but you can rest a bit, get your breath back... who's got a light source?
[2024/08/0414:25] Kylie: I think that is a good idea looks for something to block the enterences
[2024/08/0414:25] Jassie: let me check me items
[2024/08/0414:25] Sonja Bikergrrl: You got torches.
[2024/08/0414:26] Jassie: yea i'll light 1 up instead of using a spell
[2024/08/0414:26] Sonja Bikergrrl: you now have 5 torches and a light source.
[2024/08/0414:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: Kylie, remember you have a magic axe, it's +1 to hit & damage.
[2024/08/0414:28] Sonja Bikergrrl: That's in addition to your +1 for strength.
[2024/08/0414:28] Kylie: Yes the magic axe that hits nothing
[2024/08/0414:28] Sonja Bikergrrl: so... who's going to crack open that portcullis?
[2024/08/0414:29] Mecha: I'm going to sit down for a moment and catch my breath and wrap any open wounds. No extensive medical knowledge but gonna try
[2024/08/0414:29] Jassie: i'm holding my torch and shield, so maybe a little hard?
[2024/08/0414:30] Kylie: I will open the portcullis
[2024/08/0414:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: d20, must roll under 14
[2024/08/0414:30] D20: Kylie rolls 11
[2024/08/0414:30] Kylie: yay!
[2024/08/0414:31] Sonja Bikergrrl: With loud squeals and scrapes, you lift the portcullis and wedge it open.
[2024/08/0414:31] Jassie: uses the torch to light the way up
[2024/08/0414:31] Sonja Bikergrrl: The passage down looks dark... cold... and evil.
[2024/08/0414:31] Sonja Bikergrrl: Ready to head on down? :D
[2024/08/0414:32] Mecha nods
[2024/08/0414:32] Jassie: i hold my holy symbol asking for Selune's guidance
[2024/08/0414:33] Sonja Bikergrrl: Down you go... to an underground chamber... The subterranean crypt clearly lies deep beneath the earth, the air is damp and stale, filled with the musty scent of decay. Flickering shadows dance along the stone walls, where ancient carvings tell tales of sorrow and despair. Scattered bones and tattered remains litter the floor, remnants of gruesome feasts. The chilling silence is occasionally broken by the soft skitter of rats, which scurry through the shadows, ever wary of the evil's insidious presence.
[2024/08/0414:33] Sonja Bikergrrl: You are not alone...
[2024/08/0414:34] Kylie: Search the bones for valuables that might have been left with them
[2024/08/0414:34] Sonja Bikergrrl: In the gloom, a figure lurks, lurching about the central area which is dominated by a makeshift throne of bone and grave dirt where mischief and madness are plotted, its gaunt figure blending seamlessly with the darkness, eyes glowing faintly like embers. The creature moves with a predatory grace, driven by an insatiable hunger for the living. It snarls: "Adventurers! You were warned to stay away! Now, you DIE!" It then charges forward, a gaunt, emaciated frame with rotting skin covered by tarnished, rusty armour adorned with faded lion figures. It reaches with elongated claws, the eyes burning with hatred for the living."
[2024/08/0414:34] Jassie: do i get any presence of Selune with me?
[2024/08/0414:34] Sonja Bikergrrl: I'm not wholly sure how you mean?
[2024/08/0414:34] Jassie: oh nevermind lol
[2024/08/0414:35] Jassie: as it cherges forward i will grab my holy symbol aka my shield, lifting it up and use turn undead
[2024/08/0414:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: This would appear to be the falled warrior, Tharok. Who's doing what?
[2024/08/0414:35] Mecha: Swinging the hammer for his charging form
[2024/08/0414:36] Kylie: I am going to swing the magic axe at it
[2024/08/0414:36] Jassie: 2d6 right Sonja?
[2024/08/0414:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: Roll initiative first
[2024/08/0414:36] Jassie: yup ofc
[2024/08/0414:36] D20: Mecha rolls 19
[2024/08/0414:36] D20: Jassie rolls 20
[2024/08/0414:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: d20, highest goes first
[2024/08/0414:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: oh my!
[2024/08/0414:36] D20: Kylie rolls 13
[2024/08/0414:36] Jassie: damn there goes my 20
[2024/08/0414:36] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 11
[2024/08/0414:37] Sonja Bikergrrl: Jassie, roll 2d6
[2024/08/0414:37] D6: Jassie rolls 4
[2024/08/0414:37] D6: Jassie rolls 6
[2024/08/0414:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: 10. Successful Turn attempt; the creature roars and throws it's arms up in front of it's face and backs off. The Turn will not last long - and is ended upon an attack on it. Use this time wisely!
[2024/08/0414:39] Jassie: the symbol on my shield glows as that happens
[2024/08/0414:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha?
[2024/08/0414:41] Mecha: Hammer swing. Sadly was commited to it before the turn undead thing happened, so...
[2024/08/0414:41] D20: Mecha rolls 16
[2024/08/0414:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: It's a good solid hit. Turn broken! Roll d6 for damage.
[2024/08/0414:41] D6: Mecha rolls 2
[2024/08/0414:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: 2+3 = 5 points of damage. The creature staggers under the blow and glares at Mecha, cursing and spitting black blood.
[2024/08/0414:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: Kylie!
[2024/08/0414:43] Kylie: I swink the magic axe at it
[2024/08/0414:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: d20
[2024/08/0414:43] D20: Kylie rolls 18
[2024/08/0414:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: bloody hell
[2024/08/0414:43] Kylie: yay!
[2024/08/0414:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: d6 :)
[2024/08/0414:43] Kylie: this a magic
[2024/08/0414:43] D6: Kylie rolls 5
[2024/08/0414:44] Sonja Bikergrrl sighs and tosses her books over her shoulders
[2024/08/0414:44] Sonja Bikergrrl: didn't even get to use the lair tricks and traps I had cooked up.
[2024/08/0414:44] Sonja Bikergrrl: The axe smacks into the creature and down it goes.
[2024/08/0414:45] Jassie: well, well done ladies
[2024/08/0414:45] Sonja Bikergrrl: My poor BBEG! Never even got a chance to TPK you :(
[2024/08/0414:45] Mecha: Woohoo We got him. that was... unexpected.
[2024/08/0414:45] Sonja Bikergrrl is sulky and full of bad grace now
[2024/08/0414:45] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mmhmm. You got him.
[2024/08/0414:46] Kylie: polishes the lucky magic axe and puts it away
[2024/08/0414:46] Sonja Bikergrrl: A glowing light comes from the passage way you came down, lighting up the area as it approaches
[2024/08/0414:46] Mecha: Keep the hammer at the ready
[2024/08/0414:46] Sonja Bikergrrl: It's the spirit of the undead girl you killed ... rekilled? from the shrine up above. "You;ve broken the curse!"
[2024/08/0414:47] Jassie: hey, we were rolling shit for awhile ok
[2024/08/0414:47] Sonja Bikergrrl: Meanwhile, a similar glowing spirit rises from the creatures' body. That would be Tharok himself, now a spirit. "You've freed us!"
[2024/08/0414:48] Mecha: Umm Happy to help
[2024/08/0414:48] Sonja Bikergrrl: you'll be rolling with -5 penalty for a while I think :P
[2024/08/0414:48] Sonja Bikergrrl: Tharok says, as a wall fades to reveal a lion standing there: "Adventurers, you have prevailed! Take my sword, may it serve you well, it has great power." Lion: "Aleena, Tharok, it is time for you to leave this mortal world at last. Your place in the afterlife awaits."
[2024/08/0414:49] Jassie: i say a prayer for them as it happens
[2024/08/0414:49] Sonja Bikergrrl: Who's going to take the sword? Not Jassie, forbidden to clerics
[2024/08/0414:49] Kylie: MEcha? I have my Lucky magic axe
[2024/08/0414:50] Mecha: Sure, good to have variety
[2024/08/0414:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: I knew I made this too easy :/
[2024/08/0414:51] Kylie: MAybe the old room was cursed?
[2024/08/0414:51] Mecha: Does the sword have a sheath?
[2024/08/0414:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: It does, so you can carry it easily.
[2024/08/0414:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: A quick search of the area reveals... nothing you want to touch, other than the sword. Time to head back!
[2024/08/0414:52] Jassie: got it
[2024/08/0414:52] Mecha: Agreed
[2024/08/0414:52] Kylie: Leads the way out gloating of defeating the monster
[2024/08/0414:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: Returning to the surface, you find the waters of the stream now flow clear again. There's still black rot and blight - but it's fading slowly, now the evil is gone.
[2024/08/0414:53] Jassie: Jassie is happy to see that for sure
[2024/08/0414:54] Mecha: Same here
[2024/08/0414:54] Mecha: Let's head back
[2024/08/0414:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: No trip back to the city is complete without an appearance from our ultimate BBEG, it's not long before you see Sonja y Ddraig Goch flying low over the trees. Oh... and Mecha gets to roll a d20
[2024/08/0414:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: Perception check, must roll under 11
[2024/08/0414:54] Jassie: ohhh here shes comes again
[2024/08/0414:55] D20: Mecha rolls 12
[2024/08/0414:55] Sonja Bikergrrl: Nothing seems out of the ordinary. Other than the dragon lurking up ahead, that is.
[2024/08/0414:55] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sonja y Ddraig Goch: "Well, if it isn't the heroes."
[2024/08/0414:56] Mecha: I just raise an eyebrow
[2024/08/0414:56] Jassie: "heroes is a strong word."
[2024/08/0414:57] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sonja y Ddraig Goch: "It was that or klutzes. I was being kind! Or, was it, sarcastic..."
[2024/08/0414:58] Mecha: Column A, column B... bestest buddy.
[2024/08/0414:59] Jassie: "well at least you've helped us out a couple timesnow."
[2024/08/0415:00] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sonja y Ddraig Goch pulls a tree out of the ground and reaches back, to scratch between her wings. "I'm glad you noticed...." her eyes flick to Mecha "...best buddy."
[2024/08/0415:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: Kylie? :)
[2024/08/0415:03] Kylie: Looks confused
[2024/08/0415:03] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha? Jassie?
[2024/08/0415:03] Sonja Bikergrrl: (Mecha is no longer Charmed. You might have missed that)
[2024/08/0415:03] Jassie: "what are you getting from always checking up on us, if I may ask?"
[2024/08/0415:04] Mecha: Btw not smiling as she said bestest buddy
[2024/08/0415:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sonja y Ddraig Gochs' mouth curls up at the corners, revealling a mouthful of teeth like swords. "Amusement."
[2024/08/0415:05] Kylie: Contimplates knocking out a tooth with her majic axe to keep as a necklace
[2024/08/0415:05] Kylie: but remembers how starting something ended up at the inn
[2024/08/0415:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: That'd be bigger'n you are.
[2024/08/0415:06] Mecha: Anyway, what brings you our way?
[2024/08/0415:06] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sonja y Ddraig Goch starts muttering some mystic syllables (under her breath, which means only creatures in fifty yards radius can hear)
[2024/08/0415:07] Jassie: can i try to figure it out?
[2024/08/0415:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: who's saying or doing what?
[2024/08/0415:08] Mecha: Gonna try to kick some dirt to try and interrupt the spell
[2024/08/0415:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: d20, must roll under 15, Jassie
[2024/08/0415:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: d20, Mecha
[2024/08/0415:08] Mecha: Anything bigger than dirt might cause a fight we can't win
[2024/08/0415:08] D20: Mecha rolls 17
[2024/08/0415:09] D20: Jassie rolls 6
[2024/08/0415:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: You kick dirt, but, it has no effect that you can tell.
[2024/08/0415:09] D20: Kylie rolls 2
[2024/08/0415:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: Jassie: It's a magic spell!
[2024/08/0415:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha: d20, save vs spells.
[2024/08/0415:09] Jassie: wow...
[2024/08/0415:09] D20: Mecha rolls 16
[2024/08/0415:10] Sonja Bikergrrl: Must roll under 16
[2024/08/0415:10] Sonja Bikergrrl: Hmm.
[2024/08/0415:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: I think it's that number OR lower.
[2024/08/0415:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: Saved! The spell has no effect.
[2024/08/0415:12] Mecha: I just tilt my head at her
[2024/08/0415:12] Kylie: Tries to charm the dragon by complementing it.
[2024/08/0415:13] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sonja y Ddraig Goch narrows her eyes and breathes in, which is loud and goes on a long time, before she snaps the tree she was using as a back scratcher and tosses the two ends aside. Her breath rumbles out, full of frustration, heat and the overwhelming smell of volatile chemicals. With a loud ROAR she flaps her wings and takes off, quickly flying away.
[2024/08/0415:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: well. I guess you make it to the city again, alive and unincinerated and uncharmed
[2024/08/0415:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: Would you like to know what the sword is?
[2024/08/0415:15] Jassie: that dragon is really trying to get us somewhat isnt it
[2024/08/0415:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: well... she IS the main antagonist :)
[2024/08/0415:15] Jassie: haha
[2024/08/0415:15] Mecha: Yes please
[2024/08/0415:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: The wizard Wyatt identifies the sword as The Green Cat. It's somewhat corroded, giving it a green hue; but it's a +2 sword. It also has strong magic that will come into effect if you are facing death.
[2024/08/0415:17] Mecha: Sounds goo I will strap it to my side and keep the hammer on my back, but I have a question for Wizard Wyatt
[2024/08/0415:17] Kylie: oh so it is good mecha took it
[2024/08/0415:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: Ask away!
[2024/08/0415:18] Jassie: yup, that should give her much more power in combat
[2024/08/0415:18] Mecha: Sonja is the villain, but why? What caused her to be the villain?
[2024/08/0415:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: Wyatt: "Because she's an evil dragon...!"
[2024/08/0415:19] Mecha: But what turned her evil. Are you saying she hatched that way?I just came out of being charmed by her and am kinda pissed about it, but I am curious
[2024/08/0415:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: Wyatt: "Some dragons are good, they are rare. Some dragons are evil, they are common. Sonja y Ddraig Goch happens to be evil incarnate."
[2024/08/0415:21] Jassie: so she was born that way i guess?
[2024/08/0415:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: You might as well be asking why dwarves are short....
[2024/08/0415:22] Mecha: Not the best comparison but okay
[2024/08/0415:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: I'm not wholly sure what else to say :S
[2024/08/0415:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: Evil creatures are evil.
[2024/08/0415:23] Mecha: *I still think there is more but will let the matter drop.*
[2024/08/0415:24] Sonja Bikergrrl: Probably, but does Wyatt know? Is he hiding something? Who knows?
[2024/08/0415:25] Jassie: bonks him on the head to spill some info!
[2024/08/0415:25] Jassie: kidding XD
[2024/08/0415:25] Mecha: No!
[2024/08/0415:25] Mecha: This bot does not have a physical heart but almost had a heart attack!
[2024/08/0415:25] Sonja Bikergrrl: alright... I think you had a definite "win" there... you went through my mini boss like he was nothing, you shrugged off Sonja y Ddraig Goch... and you're acquiring considerable power
[2024/08/0415:25] Kylie: perhaps you should learn a truthtelling spell
[2024/08/0415:26] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay, so, at this point I ask... "What would you like next time?"
[2024/08/0415:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: a bit more hack 'n slash? To find another Clue/Item to help defeat the forces of Evil? Something else?
[2024/08/0415:27] Mecha: Yes plus maybe some social interaction if possible.
[2024/08/0415:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: in what way?
[2024/08/0415:28] Jassie: something to help with boosting my healing maybe
[2024/08/0415:28] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay
[2024/08/0415:29] Mecha: Talking to the townsfolk, having a drink without it becoming a fight, maybe a bit of something that works with character backstory
[2024/08/0415:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: well, -you- guys caused the fight last time :P
[2024/08/0415:29] Jassie: no more fights please lol
[2024/08/0415:30] Kylie: yeah
[2024/08/0415:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: alright, I'll figure something out, meanwhile, great game :) sorry it was short, I figured that'd be a bigger challange
[2024/08/0415:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: but, you rolled and played good, so, you earnt the win :)