[2026/02/24 14:24] Sapphire: allright
[2026/02/24 14:24] Sapphire: where'd we leave off?
[2026/02/24 14:25] Sonja Bikergrrl: we were about to start some triple ex BDSM
[2026/02/24 14:25] Sapphire: /me beeps, flips through notes franticall
[2026/02/24 14:25] Sapphire: frantically*
[2026/02/24 14:26] Sapphire: I suppose that's one way to interperate an encounter with a betentacled monster....
[2026/02/24 14:26] Sonja Bikergrrl: Oh, that! I totally flamed it
[2026/02/24 14:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: all those mean and antagonistic posts on social media against it
[2026/02/24 14:28] Sapphire: I suppose we'll have to find out if it's left all those messages on Unread
[2026/02/24 14:29] Sapphire: checking dungeons and kittens....
[2026/02/24 14:31] Sapphire: Part 9: http://81.133.27.194/Dungeons&Kittens/logs-2025arm/20260217.html
[2026/02/24 14:32] Sapphire: where'd I leave that statblock....
[2026/02/24 14:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: idk, can't help you there
[2026/02/24 14:34] Sapphire: ok, found it
[2026/02/24 14:38] Sapphire: --- ♠ --- ♠ ---
[2026/02/24 14:38] Sapphire: When last we left our intrepid magi, they were exploring the roads and found hiding in the light of the setting sun, a great armored monster who had begun rolling boulders at Syra and likely soon also Sarah.
[2026/02/24 14:38] Sapphire: Following a rapid climb, and being tumbled back down, Syra responded with a javeline of fire into the creature. Please roll a 1d10 and add 15 to it for your damage, from which it soaks it's Stamina of +4
[2026/02/24 14:39] D10: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 6
[2026/02/24 14:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: 21 points of firey deff
[2026/02/24 14:41] Sapphire: so, subtracting it's stamina and dividing by it's size (7, compared to a base human's 5, or a horses 6) , that's still a good wound... *checks chart*
[2026/02/24 14:43] Sapphire: A Heavy wound!
[2026/02/24 14:45] Sapphire: He is now taking a -5 to most rolls....
[2026/02/24 14:45] Sonja Bikergrrl: most, you say
[2026/02/24 14:45] Sapphire: Alright, let's.... probably want to roll init here since "who goes first" actually matters
[2026/02/24 14:45] Sapphire: Sorry i was skimming the book to check exactly which rolls
[2026/02/24 14:47] Sapphire: ok, it actually does say ALL actions!
[2026/02/24 14:47] Sonja Bikergrrl: ...keep skimming...
[2026/02/24 14:48] Sapphire: I know i know, we're getting back into this late and I'm trying to catch up
[2026/02/24 14:48] Sapphire: please roll Quickness plus a Stress die
[2026/02/24 14:48] Sapphire: Monster also willl.
[2026/02/24 14:48] D10: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 10
[2026/02/24 14:48] Sapphire: oh dear
[2026/02/24 14:49] Sapphire: roll a couple more d10s to check for botch?
[2026/02/24 14:49] Sonja Bikergrrl: 11
[2026/02/24 14:49] D10: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 7
[2026/02/24 14:49] Sonja Bikergrrl: 18
[2026/02/24 14:49] Sapphire: stress die are 0 to 9 rather than 1 to 10
[2026/02/24 14:50] D20: Sapphire rolls 17
[2026/02/24 14:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: sounds like 5e sourcery
[2026/02/24 14:50] Sapphire: /me meant to hid the d10 but can just top the front off
[2026/02/24 14:50] Sapphire: hit*, chop*
[2026/02/24 14:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: must be d10
[2026/02/24 14:50] D10: Sapphire rolls 8
[2026/02/24 14:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: 30% chance it'd be worse, and, of course it was...
[2026/02/24 14:51] Sapphire: the wound penalty is real though, he's only at a 5
[2026/02/24 14:51] Sapphire: Mecha?
[2026/02/24 14:52] D10: Mecha rolls 1
[2026/02/24 14:52] D10: Mecha rolls 6
[2026/02/24 14:53] Sapphire: ok, so Syra avoids botching but still has a 0+1
[2026/02/24 14:53] Sapphire: Sarah hit the double and got a 12
[2026/02/24 14:53] Sapphire: and monster is a 5
[2026/02/24 14:54] Sapphire: Sarah! You find yourself running up to the bottom of a hill to catch up with where your ally has just launched a jet of blue flame up the hill at a monster that looks siginifcantly more melted than it wants to be
[2026/02/24 14:54] Sapphire: How do you intend to respond?
[2026/02/24 14:55] Mecha: Sarah looks at Syra. Need help?
[2026/02/24 14:57] Sonja Bikergrrl: Syra: "Yes, I haven't got my order of a cheese bigmac with extra fries and banana milkshake arrive yet."
[2026/02/24 14:57] Sapphire: ( *blinks* )
[2026/02/24 14:58] Mecha: Sarah shrugs and casts obliteration of the metallic barrier on this things armor
[2026/02/24 14:58] D10: Mecha rolls 7
[2026/02/24 14:59] Mecha: that would be a 29
[2026/02/24 14:59] Sapphire: what level is that spell? It's a Perdo Terram spell, yeah?
[2026/02/24 15:00] Mecha: /me nods (pe(re)te 20)
[2026/02/24 15:00] Sapphire: ah ha, found it
[2026/02/24 15:00] Sapphire: "Shatters a barrier of stone or metal and deals +10 damage to anyone on the other side of it."
[2026/02/24 15:01] Sapphire: and your casting roll was a 17
[2026/02/24 15:01] Sapphire: 7*
[2026/02/24 15:01] Sapphire: so 7+10 -4 ... divide by size....
[2026/02/24 15:02] Sapphire: The shattering of the monsters armor drives shards into it's body to apply an additional medium wound
[2026/02/24 15:02] Sapphire: Now suffering from -8 to all it's actions.... the monster turns around and flee.s
[2026/02/24 15:02] Sonja Bikergrrl: Oh, no, you fucking don't
[2026/02/24 15:04] Sapphire: you giving chase? Back up the hill?
[2026/02/24 15:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: Damn straight. Pilum of Fire into its' cowardly, noncommunicative ass
[2026/02/24 15:06] Sonja Bikergrrl: d10?
[2026/02/24 15:06] Sapphire: so it's attempting to get out of sight.... i think you could fast cast this to get a shot in but otherwise you have to get up the hill first
[2026/02/24 15:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: whichever means I fry its' ass
[2026/02/24 15:07] Sapphire: *flips through book*
[2026/02/24 15:08] Sapphire: minus 10 to your casting score and +2 botch dice if you roll a 0
[2026/02/24 15:08] Sapphire: though you do have a high base amount
[2026/02/24 15:09] D10: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 6
[2026/02/24 15:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: 26?
[2026/02/24 15:11] Sapphire: hmmmm, enough though barely.
[2026/02/24 15:11] Sapphire: oh right
[2026/02/24 15:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: 20 + 6, isn't it? But what about the +41
[2026/02/24 15:11] Sapphire: it's wound penalty applies to it's defense roll
[2026/02/24 15:12] Sapphire: well, it'd be the 6 from the die plus your 41, minus the 10 penalry, which is... 37, 20 of which is paying for the spell itself... then 17 would be left to penetrate the monsters Might.... plus your penetration ability
[2026/02/24 15:14] Sapphire: ( sorry i'm flipping back and forth between tables in the core book, um pages 83 for fast casting, 171 for general combat )
[2026/02/24 15:15] Sapphire: your Penetration ability is less than 3, right
[2026/02/24 15:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: yus?
[2026/02/24 15:16] Sapphire: Ok, your icy blue flame launches up to the monster again, heating and deflecting off the edge of it's armor as it gets behind the ridge, the hillside giving enough cover to protect it from the initial blast.
[2026/02/24 15:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: Time to give chase!
[2026/02/24 15:17] Mecha: Sarah hears this and shrugs before following Syra
[2026/02/24 15:17] Sapphire: roll your Quickness + Atheletics
[2026/02/24 15:17] D10: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 1
[2026/02/24 15:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: 4
[2026/02/24 15:18] Sapphire: 1 is the "roll again and double" number
[2026/02/24 15:18] Sapphire: in Ars
[2026/02/24 15:18] D10: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 9
[2026/02/24 15:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: 21?
[2026/02/24 15:18] Sapphire: /me :O
[2026/02/24 15:18] D10: Sapphire rolls 6
[2026/02/24 15:20] Sapphire: Having made this climb before, Syra launches herself upwards to the top of the hill, and sees two things of interest. The first is the steaming puddle of blood left behind by the injured monster from flame and shrapnel. The second is trail of thrown dirt where the monsters is making it's best speed towards a forested copse of trees.
[2026/02/24 15:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: Syra: Scoops up a handful of blood and smears two horizontal lines on one cheek, two on the other cheek. "The hunt is ON, muthafugga!"
[2026/02/24 15:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: D10 time again?
[2026/02/24 15:22] Sapphire: Syra: you now have an Arcane Connection to the monster you are hunting
[2026/02/24 15:22] Sapphire: Mecha, you chasing as well?
[2026/02/24 15:23] Mecha: giving chase but not doing the blood thing
[2026/02/24 15:23] Sonja Bikergrrl: Pfft. Get used to the blood thing.
[2026/02/24 15:24] Sapphire: Sarah, Qik + Athletics?
[2026/02/24 15:25] D10: Mecha rolls 4
[2026/02/24 15:25] Sapphire: Also Sarah, you would be aware from your magical theory training that keeping the blood in a vial is perfectly valid for use during casting with it. Putting it on the cheeks just for the intimidation factor
[2026/02/24 15:25] Mecha: Oh indeed but Syrah seems to have this in the bag
[2026/02/24 15:25] Sonja Bikergrrl: That, and it looks cool.
[2026/02/24 15:26] Sapphire: Sarah, you'll get up there a bit behind Syra. The monster is trying to evade and get out of sight. Syra! More fire?
[2026/02/24 15:26] Mecha: Also it would seem after adjustments I have a 2
[2026/02/24 15:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: Definitely more fire. It's going DOWN
[2026/02/24 15:27] D10: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 10
[2026/02/24 15:27] Sapphire: oh dear
[2026/02/24 15:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: 30?
[2026/02/24 15:27] Sapphire: that's a botch threat
[2026/02/24 15:28] Sonja Bikergrrl: so....?
[2026/02/24 15:28] Sapphire: per page 87 (Dangers of magic) , roll... 2d10 and check if any come up 0s
[2026/02/24 15:29] D10: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 3
[2026/02/24 15:29] D10: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 10
[2026/02/24 15:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: it does! \o/
[2026/02/24 15:30] Sapphire: Ooops
[2026/02/24 15:30] Sapphire: so first, gain 1 Warping Point, note this on your sheet
[2026/02/24 15:32] Sapphire: You're skilled enough with fire magic that it still manages to go off, blue flame targeted through the blood on your face to go hunt down the monster. It races forwards, wrapping the monster in a wreath of flame..... racing downwards to start incinerating the spilled blood on the ground, ..... and racing backwards to set your hand and the blood on your cheeks on fire as well.
[2026/02/24 15:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: HELLRAISER FTW!!!
[2026/02/24 15:32] Sapphire: As I recall.... Syra... you have greater immunity to fire, yes?
[2026/02/24 15:33] Sonja Bikergrrl: Greater Immunity?
[2026/02/24 15:33] Sonja Bikergrrl: also it's not Hellraiser
[2026/02/24 15:33] Sapphire: would be in the Virtues and Flaws section
[2026/02/24 15:33] Sonja Bikergrrl: GHOSTRIDER!!!
[2026/02/24 15:33] Sonja Bikergrrl: yep, that's it there
[2026/02/24 15:33] Sapphire: This is very fortunate for you. You take no damage. Significantly less fortunate for your wizardly robes. Which, much like the monster, take 20 damage.
[2026/02/24 15:34] Sonja Bikergrrl: They were constructs of the patriarchy.
[2026/02/24 15:34] Sonja Bikergrrl: Female witchcraft needs no robes
[2026/02/24 15:34] Sapphire: At least during spring
[2026/02/24 15:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: Meh. Seasons are social constructs
[2026/02/24 15:36] Sapphire: ah right, the monster takes 20 damage plus it's current wound penalty, so 28, minus stamina to 24, ...divided by it's size... a second heavy wound.
[2026/02/24 15:36] Sapphire: putting it's wound penalty up to 13
[2026/02/24 15:37] Sonja Bikergrrl: still not penalized enough
[2026/02/24 15:38] Sapphire: it'll go to dead if you can get a damage total of 33 on it. Which, with a penalty of 13 to it's defenses...
[2026/02/24 15:38] Sapphire: So of course it's trying to tunnel through the ground to get away before that happens.
[2026/02/24 15:39] Sapphire: It's acidic tools are helping it carve a deep pit
[2026/02/24 15:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: it's gonna die in a fit of agony first
[2026/02/24 15:39] Mecha: Going to cast wall of protecting stone to block or slow it's escape enough so Syra can get another shot in
[2026/02/24 15:39] D10: Mecha rolls 9
[2026/02/24 15:40] Mecha: 9+35 = 44
[2026/02/24 15:40] Sapphire: you'll need line of sight to make that one happen, running up to the edge of the pit and casting around the monster?
[2026/02/24 15:40] Mecha: YEs
[2026/02/24 15:42] Sapphire: Sarah moves up and sets a wall of protecting stone underneath the screeching monster, trapping it, but also giving it a chance to lash back at you with it's many claws and fangs.
[2026/02/24 15:42] D10: Sapphire rolls 3
[2026/02/24 15:42] Sapphire: 3 plus 4 minus... 13.... can you roll better than a negative 6 on your defense?
[2026/02/24 15:43] D10: Mecha rolls 10
[2026/02/24 15:43] D10: Mecha rolls 5
[2026/02/24 15:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: suggested answer: no
[2026/02/24 15:44] Mecha: think this one still is better than negative 6
[2026/02/24 15:45] Sapphire: its a 0 in that case, which is still better than negatives
[2026/02/24 15:45] Sapphire: Sarah, as you dodge back from the claw swipes you trip onto your butt in the pile of loose dirt
[2026/02/24 15:45] Sapphire: Syra
[2026/02/24 15:45] Sonja Bikergrrl: Time to werf some moar flammen!
[2026/02/24 15:46] Sonja Bikergrrl: Another dose of Pilum of Fire
[2026/02/24 15:46] D10: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 9
[2026/02/24 15:46] Sonja Bikergrrl: 50
[2026/02/24 15:46] Sonja Bikergrrl: stitch that
[2026/02/24 15:47] Sapphire: The pit fills with blue flame, and the screeching wails of the monster crescendo... then fade to the creaking and melting of it's metallic shell
[2026/02/24 15:47] Sonja Bikergrrl: Syra: "Oi! U ded?"
[2026/02/24 15:48] Sapphire: It does not respond.
[2026/02/24 15:48] Sonja Bikergrrl: Syra: "Still not communicating, huh? It's only going to go worse for you."
[2026/02/24 15:48] Mecha: Sarah gets to her feet."I think that is confirmation."
[2026/02/24 15:49] Sonja Bikergrrl: I need to get a branch
[2026/02/24 15:49] Sapphire: There's a tree perhaps twenty feet away, though your robe sleeves are still on fire.
[2026/02/24 15:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: Syra ignores the fire and gets to work wrenching a branch off the tree.
[2026/02/24 15:50] D10: Sapphire rolls 5
[2026/02/24 15:51] Sapphire: The tree is mildly singed and wilted in the process of you stealing a branch from it
[2026/02/24 15:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: the tree will be fine
[2026/02/24 15:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: Syra pokes the creature, to check for signs of life or animation
[2026/02/24 15:54] Sapphire: A smell of meat boiling in vinegar wafts from the monster. You've been on enough hunts to know that a magical creature usually has some organ where it's magic is most concentrated
[2026/02/24 15:55] Sonja Bikergrrl: Hmm. I give it a sharp smack with the branch, to see if it reacts to that
[2026/02/24 16:00] Mecha: Sarah is just watching
[2026/02/24 16:00] Sapphire: There is a sudden crack and a shift of the metal shell towards the edges of the bit
[2026/02/24 16:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: Syra holds the branch ready to defend, or give a smack with
[2026/02/24 16:02] Sapphire: You stand there watching the beast for a few minutes to be sure. Francois finally makes his way up the hill, walking over to see what's going on, stopping in his tracks when he sees Syra.
[2026/02/24 16:03] Sonja Bikergrrl: Can I take the branch and flip it over, see if anything looks wrong underneath?
[2026/02/24 16:04] Sapphire: it being the monster?
[2026/02/24 16:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: yus, Francois is a he, Sarah a she
[2026/02/24 16:06] Sapphire: You turn the thing in it's pit, the flames petering out to more of a mundane yellow. The smell is... not pleasant, whatever acid this thing is made from is spoiling the meat, enough to turn a lesser man's stomach. Roll Magic Lore + Perception.
[2026/02/24 16:06] D10: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 9
[2026/02/24 16:06] Sonja Bikergrrl: 10
[2026/02/24 16:09] Sapphire: This seems like a dead magical beast, the sort mages some times go hunting for it's magical parts. The fact the metallic shell is holding together best suggest that may be where it was storing it's magic, and the shards could be usable in crafting magical items. You're only mostly sure this is an adult of its kind, as this... Screeching Devourer as the common folk were calling it seems to be a new or unique sort of creature, even though you could imagine people confusing it for the much more dangerous dragon.
[2026/02/24 16:10] Sapphire: "Um. Did you...." Francois stammers for a bit before realizing the polite thing to do would be to avert his gaze from the formerly robe'd lady. "Did you get it?"
[2026/02/24 16:10] Sonja Bikergrrl: Time to get hacking! There's bound to be valuable stuff here and Syra feels lucky
[2026/02/24 16:11] Sapphire: He turns to the side just as Syra says that
[2026/02/24 16:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: Syra: "Yes. *I* did. But then I ain't yellow."
[2026/02/24 16:12] Mecha: "Enough Syra. We can be sure if they could they would. If he knew he would not win he acted appropriately."
[2026/02/24 16:12] Sapphire: He pales, realizing that his chances with the lady are totally scorched at this time, and starts to slink back to the edge of the hill.
[2026/02/24 16:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: Syra: "Yeah yeah yeah. Where were you, bookface?"
[2026/02/24 16:15] Mecha: I was reading then the call came and I showed up.. Are you trying to say you actually needed me?
[2026/02/24 16:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: Syra (with a glare): "No. I totally had it, but, some back-up and solidarity would be nice, y'know?"
[2026/02/24 16:19] Mecha: And upon my arrival you received it."
[2026/02/24 16:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: Syra: "Well, now you've arrived you can help me receive whatever this thing has to offer up. Grab a knife and get cuttin'."
[2026/02/24 16:21] Mecha: SArah nods and begins to figure out where the best location for the magic would be. Grabbing shell fragments to start before yelling back to Francois."Go let your group know this happened. We will return shortly."
[2026/02/24 16:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me rolls her eyes but gets to the creature. There's bound to be -something- here
[2026/02/24 16:23] Sapphire: An Intellego Vim spell to detect which parts of the creatre are magical would be quite useul for that
[2026/02/24 16:24] Sonja Bikergrrl: Not sure I can cast that
[2026/02/24 16:24] Sapphire: you have a rank of at least 0 in both
[2026/02/24 16:24] Sapphire: but spont casting is under pretty harsh penalties true
[2026/02/24 16:24] Sonja Bikergrrl: rank 1 in Vi confirmed
[2026/02/24 16:24] D10: Mecha rolls 9
[2026/02/24 16:25] D10: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 6
[2026/02/24 16:25] Sonja Bikergrrl: makes a 7?
[2026/02/24 16:25] Mecha: 13
[2026/02/24 16:26] Sapphire: It takes some climbing down in there and touching things, but you're able to determine that the metal shell holds a measure of Vis within, while the meat is not particularly worth keeping. It's about 2 and a half Stone of weight to haul around in it's current form.
[2026/02/24 16:27] Sapphire: "Um..." Fran hesitates, wanting to be helpful with a knife instead, before deciding he has no chance with Syra anyway, and turns to follow orders. He makes it a few steps, then Francois yelps and starts sliding down the rocky hill, turning around to try and grab on.
[2026/02/24 16:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: Syra: probably should have kept Francois around for the haulling, but, eh.
[2026/02/24 16:27] Sapphire: You all know what that is..... a cliffhanger!
[2026/02/24 16:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: Syra: "Yeah, ball-less beta."
[2026/02/24 16:28] Sapphire: Ok, so stepping back a bit, you guys plan to gather and haul the loot over the next few hours, planning to still escort these merchants to their destination or bail on them and head back to the castle?
[2026/02/24 16:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: Ideally, yes
[2026/02/24 16:29] Mecha: We made an agreement
[2026/02/24 16:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: we'll bury what we can't haul and come back for it
[2026/02/24 16:31] Sapphire: *nods*
[2026/02/24 16:31] Sapphire: we might montage time over a lot of that
[2026/02/24 16:31] Sapphire: any particular place you want to pick up at next time?
[2026/02/24 16:31] Sapphire: Considering giving you guys another season of downtime to refine your magic and let you do labwork
[2026/02/24 16:31] Sapphire: maybe two seasons...
[2026/02/24 16:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: a few shots of me shifting earth, a shot of me drinking from a waterskin, a shot of me looking into the camera
[2026/02/24 16:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: there's labwork now?
[2026/02/24 16:32] Mecha: Leave that decision to you. Sarah needs to expand her skills and with this job accomplished she has a lab to work on things
[2026/02/24 16:33] Sonja Bikergrrl: and I need to get some rods and nuts and bolts
[2026/02/24 16:33] Sonja Bikergrrl: but, right now, I better turn in
[2026/02/24 16:33] Sapphire: labwork is how you make magic items , learn new spells
[2026/02/24 16:33] Sapphire: bind familiars, make casting talismens
[2026/02/24 16:34] Mecha: Sleep well Mistress. Hope you have a good day tomorrow
[2026/02/24 16:34] Sonja Bikergrrl: I'll see you both tomorrow
[2026/02/24 16:35] Sapphire: rest well, Mistress