[2026/02/17 14:41] Sapphire: /me thinks
[2026/02/17 14:41] Sapphire: so last you'd left off was on the road with the merchants you found, bullying them into paying you to guard them
[2026/02/17 14:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: we did not bully
[2026/02/17 14:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: I simply negotiated hard
[2026/02/17 14:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: and we stopped at a shrine
[2026/02/17 14:42] Mecha: And SArah was just anxious begin travel
[2026/02/17 14:42] Sapphire: yes yes
[2026/02/17 14:44] Sapphire: /me prepares. "you ok with timeskipping to the evening?"
[2026/02/17 14:45] Sonja Bikergrrl: I thought it was the eveninig
[2026/02/17 14:45] Sapphire: to camping for the night then
[2026/02/17 14:45] Mecha: *Yep timeskip away.. or should it be a jump to the left.. then a step to the right?
[2026/02/17 14:46] Sonja Bikergrrl: will we be skipping the sex?
[2026/02/17 14:46] Sonja Bikergrrl: or skipping to the sex
[2026/02/17 14:46] Sonja Bikergrrl: asking for Mecha
[2026/02/17 14:46] Mecha: /me blinks
[2026/02/17 14:47] Sapphire: ooooh?
[2026/02/17 14:47] Sapphire: is that in your plans?
[2026/02/17 14:48] Sonja Bikergrrl: <.<
[2026/02/17 14:48] Sonja Bikergrrl: >.>
[2026/02/17 14:48] Mecha: O.o
[2026/02/17 14:48] Sonja Bikergrrl: idk... any of these drivers hunky?
[2026/02/17 14:49] Sapphire: Hmmmmm.
[2026/02/17 14:49] D10: Sapphire rolls 8
[2026/02/17 14:49] Sapphire: One of them is, though you'd have to talk them into it
[2026/02/17 14:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me cracks knuckles and rolls charisma
[2026/02/17 14:50] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 8
[2026/02/17 14:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: alright
[2026/02/17 14:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: Meanwhile...?
[2026/02/17 14:51] Sapphire: this is Ars, so it'd be a 1d10 plus your... Presence and your Charm
[2026/02/17 14:52] Sapphire: still, 8 is a good roll
[2026/02/17 14:54] Sapphire: --- ♦ --- ♦ --- ♦ ---
[2026/02/17 14:54] Sapphire: --- ♦ --- ♦ --- ♦ ---
[2026/02/17 14:54] Sapphire: It's somewhat later in the evening, the merchants have gotten their wagons up to a bend in the road near a small creek, suitable for watering the donkeys and the stewpot. An hour of effort gathering sticks and fallen branches has supplied the campfire.
[2026/02/17 14:56] Mecha: Sarah works to help with the fire and the stew. "Is there anything else I can assist with?"
[2026/02/17 14:58] Sapphire: Some subtle whispers and motion of hips from Syra has lured one of the burlier merchants, his name Francois, over to her own.... you guys did bring your own tents or are you needing to borrow from these folks?
[2026/02/17 14:59] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me eyes Francois. "One of us has to watch out for acid spitting monstrosities. I'll take first shift." And, walks out to look up and down the road.
[2026/02/17 14:59] Mecha: Sarah didn't at her size tents are hard to find she she has a bed roll and can find a tree to rest against
[2026/02/17 15:01] Mecha: if not just rest by the fire
[2026/02/17 15:02] Sapphire: "Making sure no one bothers us during the night, I suppose. Or at least no one dangerous," The leader of them answers, considering the question. "We usually keep a watch up, you're welcome to join on that."
[2026/02/17 15:02] Mecha: Sarah: I'll take second
[2026/02/17 15:02] Sapphire: Francois seems hurt by being led on and then dumped so swiftly, hesitating if he's supposed to come with or not. After a minute, he gets up and decides to follow Syra.
[2026/02/17 15:03] Sapphire: Sarah, sounds good.
[2026/02/17 15:03] Sonja Bikergrrl: Bitches are gonna bitch.
[2026/02/17 15:05] Sapphire: Syra! Roll... Perception + Awareness + Stress Die
[2026/02/17 15:05] Sapphire: your roll?
[2026/02/17 15:06] D10: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 5
[2026/02/17 15:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: 6?
[2026/02/17 15:07] Sapphire: Francois comes up behind you, Syra, while you're patrolling the road. "Better for two of us to be looking, just in case," he asserts.
[2026/02/17 15:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: Syra nods. "You take that end. I'll take the other. Keep 'em peeled."
[2026/02/17 15:10] Sapphire: He blinks, and then nods. "Alright," he agrees, walking alongside her. "How did you get into..." he pauses, "What you do?"
[2026/02/17 15:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: Syra: "I solved a murder that an incompetent officer let slip by, then joined the force and rose through the ranks. Now they have me solving eldritch mysteries of monsters that can dissolve you in no seconds nothing."
[2026/02/17 15:15] Sapphire: "Wow. I never heard of something like that before," he answers, as a rumbling sound starts up from the nearby hillside.
[2026/02/17 15:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me waits to see if this is the monster or something else
[2026/02/17 15:22] Sapphire: There is a large boulder rolling down the hill towards you!
[2026/02/17 15:23] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me gives Francisco a good -shove- and uses the reaction to jump back!
[2026/02/17 15:24] Sapphire: shoving *towards* the boulder?
[2026/02/17 15:24] Sonja Bikergrrl: wait, better to just shove him and roll through with him
[2026/02/17 15:24] Sonja Bikergrrl: ...perpendicular to the boulders' travel, you wally!
[2026/02/17 15:25] Sapphire: you did say "bitches were gonna bitch" , so i was checking
[2026/02/17 15:25] Sonja Bikergrrl: bitches are gonna bitch, not go full pyscho!
[2026/02/17 15:26] Sapphire: Ok, roll... Strength + Dodge against a difficulty of 7 to get clear of it. Stress Die
[2026/02/17 15:26] Sapphire: strenght since you're hauling him too
[2026/02/17 15:26] D10: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 1
[2026/02/17 15:26] Sonja Bikergrrl: 5?
[2026/02/17 15:27] Sapphire: stress dies roll again on 1s
[2026/02/17 15:27] D10: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 2
[2026/02/17 15:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: \o/ 7!!! \o/
[2026/02/17 15:27] Sapphire: roll again and double, so 9 actually
[2026/02/17 15:28] Sonja Bikergrrl: \o/ 9!!! \o/ \o/ 9!!! \o/
[2026/02/17 15:28] Sapphire: syra shoves her candidate fling to the ground, and falls down with him, while the large boulder tumbles and bounces towards you, hitting just enough of a rock to kick over your boots and then crash into the other side of the path, bending the tree that it hits.
[2026/02/17 15:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: "That's it. Someone is responsible, and I hope they didn't overeat their supper tonight." *rises, clenching hands into fists*
[2026/02/17 15:31] Sapphire: At the top of the hill, barely visible in the fading light, is some sort of squamous creature with tendrils, moving to grab another boulder and send it rolling your way. The setting sun behind it makes it difficult to make out details.
[2026/02/17 15:33] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me is up and running. "Franciso! Get help! Find a book and pull that doofus Sarah from it! Alert the others!" And, as for the creature tossing rocks: "I hope you left enough room for my fist because I'm going to ram it into your stomach and break your goddamn SPINE!"
[2026/02/17 15:36] Sapphire: Francois makes a Brave check....
[2026/02/17 15:36] D10: Sapphire rolls 10
[2026/02/17 15:36] Sapphire: biffs it
[2026/02/17 15:37] Sapphire: "Aaaaah!" and then he starts scraming and running back to camp
[2026/02/17 15:37] Sonja Bikergrrl: Syra: "Close enough." Charges up the hill to get closer to this thing
[2026/02/17 15:38] Mecha: Assuming Sarah hears the screaming of Francois?
[2026/02/17 15:39] Sapphire: With a burst of speed, she soon finds herself at the bottom of the hill, just barely in shouting range, the hill itself a mix of grass and loose rocks. Above, another boulder is being set to roll her way.
[2026/02/17 15:39] Sapphire: Sarah, roll... perception, beat a 3
[2026/02/17 15:39] Sapphire: perception + awarness, rather
[2026/02/17 15:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: Syra: waits to see where it goes
[2026/02/17 15:40] D10: Mecha rolls 6
[2026/02/17 15:41] Sapphire: Syra, the boulder starts tumbling towards your left side.
[2026/02/17 15:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: Time to go right!
[2026/02/17 15:43] Sapphire: Alright, you move to the right to avoid this boulder, are you advaning up, casting a spell, something else?
[2026/02/17 15:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: I need to get up close and see what this thing is
[2026/02/17 15:43] Sapphire: Sarah! That muscular Fran kid runs screaming back to camp, blubblering about evil snails.
[2026/02/17 15:44] Mecha: Sarah looks at him. Evil snails? where?"
[2026/02/17 15:44] Sapphire: Alright, so Syra is charging up the hill. You'll get there in two turns, but can reduce it to one with a successful Quick plus Athletics (running) check against 7
[2026/02/17 15:45] Sapphire: stress die
[2026/02/17 15:45] D10: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 3
[2026/02/17 15:45] Sonja Bikergrrl: 6
[2026/02/17 15:47] Sapphire: She gets half way up, her boot sudden catching in a muddy rabbit warren and slowing her town. There's a hissing screech as the monster moves to line up another boulder to roll down at her
[2026/02/17 15:49] Sonja Bikergrrl: Time to keep running. "You think you're smart? Better start communicating, fast!"
[2026/02/17 15:50] Sapphire: Roll Agility + Dodge ( or Brawl (Dodge)) against it's next attack roll with the boulder
[2026/02/17 15:51] Sapphire: 1d10+5
[2026/02/17 15:51] D10: Sapphire rolls 5
[2026/02/17 15:51] Sapphire: 10!
[2026/02/17 15:52] D10: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 10
[2026/02/17 15:52] Sonja Bikergrrl: 12!
[2026/02/17 15:53] Sapphire: You avoid the boulder, which rolls on past you, and make it to the top of the ridge. Now the form of the creature is more obvious. A bulky shell armored with patchy metal, and long appendages reaching out from the bottom of it, several halfway through with grabbing another boulder as it wheels to face you.
[2026/02/17 15:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: Syra: "Speak up, you ugly fuck, what do you want here!"
[2026/02/17 15:54] Sapphire: Fran answers in a pannic. "Back there! It's fighting with Syra! Nearly crushed us with a giant rock!"
[2026/02/17 15:55] Mecha: Sarah nods sighs and then takes off
[2026/02/17 15:55] Mecha: What did you do?" Sarah mutters to absolutely no one as she heads towards the problem
[2026/02/17 15:56] Sapphire: The armored snail snarls and swings one of it's long appendages at Syra, trying to knock her back down the hill.
[2026/02/17 15:56] D10: Sapphire rolls 1
[2026/02/17 15:56] D10: Sapphire rolls 5
[2026/02/17 15:56] Sapphire: 15....
[2026/02/17 15:57] Sonja Bikergrrl: ....ah? is that good?
[2026/02/17 15:58] Sapphire: it's good for the monster!
[2026/02/17 15:58] Sapphire: you will have to beat 15 with your dodge to avoid getting thrown back down the hill
[2026/02/17 15:58] D10: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 7
[2026/02/17 15:58] Sonja Bikergrrl: an 11 wins, right?
[2026/02/17 15:59] Sapphire: Syra finds herself battered in the gut and shoved back down the hill, rolling and tumbling.
[2026/02/17 16:00] Sonja Bikergrrl: That's it, it had its' chance to negotiate. Kill it with fire!
[2026/02/17 16:00] Sapphire: You're halfway down the hill but still in Shouting range.
[2026/02/17 16:00] Sapphire: How much fire are you planning to throw?
[2026/02/17 16:00] Sonja Bikergrrl: how much can I?
[2026/02/17 16:01] Sapphire: refer to the spells you know
[2026/02/17 16:01] Sapphire: you would also, as a trained mage of a militant house
[2026/02/17 16:02] Sapphire: know that the smaller spells are better at penetrating through magical defenses
[2026/02/17 16:02] Sonja Bikergrrl: Ball of Abysmal Flame!
[2026/02/17 16:03] Sapphire: Alright, it should have a casting bonus by it. You will want to roll a stress die, add that casting bonus, and try to get within at least 10 of the spells level, in this case 35
[2026/02/17 16:03] Sonja Bikergrrl: sounds like Palm of Flame is better
[2026/02/17 16:05] Sapphire: Palm ofFlame is touch range i think
[2026/02/17 16:05] Sapphire: Pilim of Fire is the classic midrange ooption
[2026/02/17 16:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: Pilum of Fire then
[2026/02/17 16:05] D10: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 3
[2026/02/17 16:05] Mecha: Let this one know when Sarah arrives
[2026/02/17 16:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: 44 > 20 suckcess
[2026/02/17 16:06] Sapphire: so 24 overage plus your penetration skill
[2026/02/17 16:06] Sonja Bikergrrl: 26
[2026/02/17 16:07] Sapphire: *flips through notes*
[2026/02/17 16:08] Sapphire: *flips more, could have sworn*
[2026/02/17 16:11] Sapphire: Your spell penetrates, what does Syra's version of Pilum of Fire look like to onlookers?
[2026/02/17 16:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: a big spear of fire plunging in?
[2026/02/17 16:11] Sapphire: the classic then. Bright orange or an exotic color?
[2026/02/17 16:12] Sapphire: Pilum says it deals 20 damage?
[2026/02/17 16:12] Sapphire: 15, ah
[2026/02/17 16:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: let's go with ice blue
[2026/02/17 16:13] Sapphire: Sarah, from the side of the hill, you see a sudden eruption of ice blue flames spearing into a massive snail of metal, and a horrible scream of pain as it takes a Medium Wound
[2026/02/17 16:13] Sapphire: And with that.... cliff hanger?
[2026/02/17 16:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: I'll fix its' hash next week