[2025/09/14 13:49] Sonja Bikergrrl: g'day Joe
[2025/09/14 13:49] Sonja Bikergrrl: you're in the right place ;)
[2025/09/14 13:50] Joe: hi everyone
[2025/09/14 13:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: think there's... eight of us?
[2025/09/14 13:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: gonna need more chairs :)
[2025/09/14 13:52] Joe: is this voice session or text ?
[2025/09/14 13:52] Sapphire: usually text
[2025/09/14 13:52] Joe: cool, easier
[2025/09/14 13:52] Sonja Bikergrrl: Just text, otherwise the log-keeping requires very fast typing
[2025/09/14 13:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: plus we're from all over and voice is rarely always ideal
[2025/09/14 13:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: I'm from UK, Mecha and Sapphire are from USA... and we got one from Malaysia
[2025/09/14 13:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: so, we span quite a few timezones :)
[2025/09/14 13:54] Joe: Wales
[2025/09/14 13:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: Wales! :)
[2025/09/14 13:55] Sonja Bikergrrl: brings back happy memories of my favourite DMPC
[2025/09/14 13:55] Sonja Bikergrrl: a red dragon named Sonja y Ddraig Goch
[2025/09/14 13:57] Mecha: Also Greetings ####.. or do you prefer ####?
[2025/09/14 13:59] Joe: hi Mecha, everyone calls me snake but i prefer joe
[2025/09/14 14:00] Mecha: Indeed, feel free to call this one Mecha
[2025/09/14 14:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: So you know, I usually allow ten minutes for everyone to show. After that.... they're reading logs to catch up
[2025/09/14 14:02] Jassie: heyaa
[2025/09/14 14:02] Mecha: Hi Jassie
[2025/09/14 14:03] Mecha: Greetings Andreas
[2025/09/14 14:03] Sonja Bikergrrl: I think... that's everyone I expect...
[2025/09/14 14:03] Sonja Bikergrrl: Martina hasn't shown in a week....
[2025/09/14 14:03] Sonja Bikergrrl: Christina is away
[2025/09/14 14:03] Sonja Bikergrrl: so, we're all here :)
[2025/09/14 14:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: Thank you all for coming, probably just be a session zero & sort out characters and expectations and answer a few questions if there are any
[2025/09/14 14:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: being a one shot, I got premade characters
[2025/09/14 14:05] Jassie: okie
[2025/09/14 14:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: I think ... Joe? You wanted a paladin
[2025/09/14 14:06] Joe: yes please
[2025/09/14 14:06] Sonja Bikergrrl: there we go
[2025/09/14 14:06] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire... is away
[2025/09/14 14:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: Andreas, you prefer thieves... I actually got two, a scout or an actual thief ;)
[2025/09/14 14:07] Andreas: yes please
[2025/09/14 14:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: heheh. "Scout" or actual thief?
[2025/09/14 14:07] Andreas: Thief
[2025/09/14 14:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: there you go... enjoy ;)
[2025/09/14 14:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: Jassie? I got cleric, fighter, mage...
[2025/09/14 14:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: Doesn't matter if any double up, so to speak
[2025/09/14 14:09] Andreas: thank you Sonja ^_^
[2025/09/14 14:09] Jassie: mage
[2025/09/14 14:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: there you go
[2025/09/14 14:09] Andreas: Sonja, you made me a dwarf, that's because I've shared your pic today I know that's the reason :D
[2025/09/14 14:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha?
[2025/09/14 14:09] Jassie: ty
[2025/09/14 14:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: hahahahahaha
[2025/09/14 14:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: Yes it is :P
[2025/09/14 14:10] Mecha: Mistress?
[2025/09/14 14:10] Sonja Bikergrrl: ....which character you prefer :)
[2025/09/14 14:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: right now got fighter and cleric going free
[2025/09/14 14:11] Mecha: Surprise this one. She could use a challenge and the surprise will be fun
[2025/09/14 14:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: Hmmm
[2025/09/14 14:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: well you've tended to play fighters
[2025/09/14 14:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: so cleric it is :)
[2025/09/14 14:12] Mecha: You made this one a Tabaxi? Cool
[2025/09/14 14:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: and by that logic, Sapphire defaults to fighter
[2025/09/14 14:13] Mecha: kidding
[2025/09/14 14:13] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay... if you're not happy with your characters.... tough.... jay kay, jay kay!
[2025/09/14 14:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: we got all week to edit them if you prefer something else. Backstory is just a guide, go with it, or don't, it's fine
[2025/09/14 14:14] Jassie: whats THACO?
[2025/09/14 14:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: I've tried to make them fairly standard adventurer types, without biasing them too much and given a few things that might be interesting.
[2025/09/14 14:15] Joe: To Hit Armour Class 0 (zero)
[2025/09/14 14:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: Spot the AD&D 3.5 player :)
[2025/09/14 14:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: The sheets -should- have all you need, stats, saves, equipments, and a brief summary so you know what's what. They may even be right
[2025/09/14 14:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sample alignments are given, again as a guide
[2025/09/14 14:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: And yes, THACO = To Hit Armour Class 0
[2025/09/14 14:16] Jassie: no clue
[2025/09/14 14:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: makes for a very easy calculation, you roll the d20, if you have a THACO of say 15, and your roll a 14, straight away you know you hit AC 1.
[2025/09/14 14:17] Jassie: lolol
[2025/09/14 14:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: if you're completely unfamiliar with it, just roll the D20 and I'll calculate it
[2025/09/14 14:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: ....dice... there's six on the table
[2025/09/14 14:18] D20: Andreas rolls 1
[2025/09/14 14:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: I scripted the dice, we've used them, i've tested them statistically, they are fair
[2025/09/14 14:19] Jassie: sureeeeee
[2025/09/14 14:19] Andreas: yes they are very fair, statistically
[2025/09/14 14:19] Sonja Bikergrrl: i admit when you roll a stream of <5 results, it don't -seem- like it :)
[2025/09/14 14:19] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 3
[2025/09/14 14:19] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 5
[2025/09/14 14:19] Andreas: =)))
[2025/09/14 14:19] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 3
[2025/09/14 14:19] Andreas: here we go
[2025/09/14 14:19] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 9
[2025/09/14 14:19] Sonja Bikergrrl: *GIGGLES*
[2025/09/14 14:19] D20: Sapphire rolls 8
[2025/09/14 14:19] D20: Mecha rolls 9
[2025/09/14 14:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: I'll give you a tip... give it a second or two between rolls. -seems- to give different results then.
[2025/09/14 14:20] Jassie: see what i mean
[2025/09/14 14:20] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 17
[2025/09/14 14:20] Jassie: fair my arse
[2025/09/14 14:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: there you go, a solid 17.
[2025/09/14 14:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: it's a Halloween one shot.... the chances it'll end in a TPK are fairly high
[2025/09/14 14:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: so far all my one shots have ended in TPKs
[2025/09/14 14:21] Jassie: excellent
[2025/09/14 14:21] Mecha: not the first one.. there was one survivor
[2025/09/14 14:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: and this one... eh, I realized after that... well, it's the playing that counts, right :)
[2025/09/14 14:21] D20: Andreas rolls 15
[2025/09/14 14:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: and as someone once said... maybe the players will surprise me :)
[2025/09/14 14:21] Andreas: /me non rigged dice 0 :D
[2025/09/14 14:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: you'll notice a stat... Sanity
[2025/09/14 14:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: It's a horror themed game
[2025/09/14 14:22] Jassie: ah cosmic horror
[2025/09/14 14:22] D20: Mecha rolls 16
[2025/09/14 14:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: if something happens that would unsettle/scare your character, there'll be a Sanity check
[2025/09/14 14:23] D8: Joe rolls 4
[2025/09/14 14:23] Sonja Bikergrrl: a "boo" might cost you 1 sanity. A beholder suddenly bursting out of your friends' head might cost you 50 sanity
[2025/09/14 14:23] Jassie: if it reaches 0, we run off clutching our head and screaming into the enemies
[2025/09/14 14:23] Jassie: ?
[2025/09/14 14:23] Sapphire: /me flips through sheet to figure out what their name is
[2025/09/14 14:24] Sonja Bikergrrl: well, if it reaches 0, you're permanantly insane, and out of play
[2025/09/14 14:24] Jassie: yup, i'm correct, goes AHHH! and runs off
[2025/09/14 14:24] Sonja Bikergrrl: pick your own name, the space is right at the top
[2025/09/14 14:25] Sonja Bikergrrl: having a high Sanity helps, but, you can still go insane. lose 20% of your current Sanity too quickly - and you go temporarily insane.
[2025/09/14 14:25] Jassie: woohoo
[2025/09/14 14:25] Sapphire: in a style of insanity based on the thing that pushed you?
[2025/09/14 14:25] Sonja Bikergrrl: I think the rest of the sheet is fairly clear
[2025/09/14 14:25] Sonja Bikergrrl: Probably, yes, depending.
[2025/09/14 14:26] Sapphire: i have blacksmithing profficiency!
[2025/09/14 14:26] Sonja Bikergrrl: so I've yapped enough... questions?
[2025/09/14 14:26] Jassie: engineering and herbalism here
[2025/09/14 14:26] Jassie: and spellcraft
[2025/09/14 14:26] Sapphire: yes, this sheet doesn't seem to list name or gender
[2025/09/14 14:26] Mecha: Can Andreas get a pet chicken?
[2025/09/14 14:26] Jassie: whats spellcraft?
[2025/09/14 14:26] Andreas: Mecha ! 🤭
[2025/09/14 14:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: told you, pick your name... gender is optional
[2025/09/14 14:27] Mecha: Hehehe
[2025/09/14 14:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: Spellcraft: Gives you an ability to determine what spell is being cast as it's cast, or, an ability to determine if magic is being performed
[2025/09/14 14:27] Andreas: surely I'm always Andreas, I keep it simple and I'm already insane so that's that, no need to roll 😇
[2025/09/14 14:27] Sapphire: oooh, i can set gender as the null gender... fascinating
[2025/09/14 14:28] Jassie: ok, i really donno what PPDM, RSW, PP, BW is
[2025/09/14 14:28] Sonja Bikergrrl: Saving throws
[2025/09/14 14:28] Jassie: so confusing
[2025/09/14 14:28] Sonja Bikergrrl: Paralyzation, Poison, Death Magic and Rods, Staves, Wands
[2025/09/14 14:28] Sonja Bikergrrl: Petrification and Polymorph... Breath Weapon
[2025/09/14 14:29] Jassie: faints haha
[2025/09/14 14:29] Sapphire: ah, yeah, those are very deeply abbreviated
[2025/09/14 14:29] Jassie: i'll just roll a 0
[2025/09/14 14:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: Old hands who played proper, 2nd Ed AD&D are used to the DM saying "Save PPDM"
[2025/09/14 14:29] Jassie: i'll stick to unproper 5e
[2025/09/14 14:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: I failed the DC check to learn that
[2025/09/14 14:30] Sapphire: is that the first 5e or the second 5e, jassie?
[2025/09/14 14:30] Jassie: either is fine
[2025/09/14 14:30] Sapphire: my bug-girl dnd game i just got into, the gm had to say "DnD 2014" because "5e" is ambigous now
[2025/09/14 14:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: Any other questions?
[2025/09/14 14:31] Sonja Bikergrrl: so... important session zero stuff
[2025/09/14 14:32] Mecha: /me shakes her head as she is working on name, and fine tuning her characters backstory
[2025/09/14 14:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: we're all adults, it's an adult game, so... no ragequitting :P
[2025/09/14 14:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: there's probably nothing worse than you'd hear in a Call of Duty lobby
[2025/09/14 14:33] Sonja Bikergrrl: I need to set up a place for logs, it'll be somewhere on www.dungeons-and-kittens.com
[2025/09/14 14:34] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sexual stuff... romancing NPCs isn't exactly suitable for a one shot, and in any case, more'n a kiss results in "fade to black"
[2025/09/14 14:34] Sonja Bikergrrl: and a hard rule is NO sexual assault.
[2025/09/14 14:34] Jassie: 1hour later
[2025/09/14 14:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: As for the game itself... strange rumours and happenings are taking place at a village
[2025/09/14 14:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: you're going to investigate.
[2025/09/14 14:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: There are going to be surprises :)
[2025/09/14 14:35] Andreas: /me sneaking around checking anything interesting/valuable what could caught my attention
[2025/09/14 14:36] Jassie: this sounds like the bloody beginning of strahd lolol
[2025/09/14 14:36] Sapphire: how do we know each other?
[2025/09/14 14:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: you got your own motivations, I'm sure
[2025/09/14 14:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: some of you are sent by your army outpost or church
[2025/09/14 14:36] Jassie: did we happen to receive a well written letter by a certain well written gentleman?
[2025/09/14 14:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: some of you maybe as guards hired by a mercant caravan
[2025/09/14 14:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: Andreas, for the possibility of luchre
[2025/09/14 14:37] Sonja Bikergrrl: or you just happen to be in the area
[2025/09/14 14:37] Sonja Bikergrrl: worst case scenario, you meet in a tavern :P
[2025/09/14 14:38] Sapphire: hmmmmm
[2025/09/14 14:38] Jassie: i will say, for me, i'm here as I heard of rumours that mighty magics or ways to possibly stop death might be possible
[2025/09/14 14:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: That's very possible. The skies being lit up like fireworks and things falling to Earth would need magickal investigation.
[2025/09/14 14:39] Sapphire: i have a commander, do i have a rnak?
[2025/09/14 14:39] Sapphire: rank*
[2025/09/14 14:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: Lance corporal.
[2025/09/14 14:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: Anything else? i must've forgot -something-....
[2025/09/14 14:41] Joe: Paladin is simply wandering around looking for trouble to put an end to it, happens to be in the area at this time
[2025/09/14 14:42] Mecha: Cleric lives in this town or at least the outskirts
[2025/09/14 14:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: Pillars of fire in the sky would seem to qualify. Maybe the gods are angry.
[2025/09/14 14:42] Jassie: I'm gonna be Greg
[2025/09/14 14:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: there could be demons! :O
[2025/09/14 14:42] Jassie: Greg is a good strong reliable name
[2025/09/14 14:43] Jassie: :D
[2025/09/14 14:43] Sapphire: LCpl Novos, here to investigate and survie to report back
[2025/09/14 14:43] Jassie: I'm Greg nice to meetcha XD
[2025/09/14 14:43] Mecha: Beltadona is here keeping the temple clean
[2025/09/14 14:44] Sonja Bikergrrl: so, next week... Session 1. The Sky Weeps
[2025/09/14 14:44] Andreas: nice to meetcha Greg, I'm Andreas, do you have a booze? :)
[2025/09/14 14:44] D4: Mecha rolls 2
[2025/09/14 14:44] Jassie: and then the following week, i'm off to taiwan
[2025/09/14 14:44] Sonja Bikergrrl: Rumours are coming about the strange events at Sleepy Hollow...

> Weird dreams of bleeding eyes, shapeless fungal masses of meat and glistening black husks of creatures.
> Villagers talking backward.
> Animals going missing... strange... -growths- being found.
> A star screams across the sky.
> The land trembling wildly one night.

[2025/09/14 14:44] Mecha: /me tosses Andreas into an AA meeting
[2025/09/14 14:44] Sonja Bikergrrl: I'm sure you'll be fine.
[2025/09/14 14:45] Mecha: She has a lot of work since this is a temple to Iallanis and Beltadona is rather smol
[2025/09/14 14:46] Sapphire: will be worth talking to people
[2025/09/14 14:46] Joe: notif theyre talking backwards
[2025/09/14 14:46] Jassie: nono, Greg is a scrawny dude
[2025/09/14 14:47] Joe: sdrawkcab gniklat
[2025/09/14 14:47] Sonja Bikergrrl: so... that's you nicely set up for next week, and you should be at fever pitch... that's the end of Session 0. (Oh, I'm UK based, so, we play 2-4pm SLT / 10-12pm GMT)
[2025/09/14 14:47] Joe: knaht uoy
[2025/09/14 14:48] Mecha: Emoclew er'uoy
[2025/09/14 14:48] Sonja Bikergrrl: so... shall we leave it there and jump right in next week?
[2025/09/14 14:49] Jassie: 😘
[2025/09/14 14:49] Mecha: Sounds good to this one
[2025/09/14 14:49] Joe: Yes
[2025/09/14 14:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: alrighty... next week I should be done being ill, and, it'll be gloves off and roll them dice ;)
[2025/09/14 14:50] Jassie: awww go rest if you're i'll
[2025/09/14 14:50] Jassie: ill
[2025/09/14 14:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: thanks for coming, I hope you all find it as fun as I did putting it together ;)
[2025/09/14 14:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: yeah, sorry... going away on holiday, I always come back and promptly fall ill
[2025/09/14 14:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: think I'll stop taking holidays
[2025/09/14 14:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: OH. Landmark this place
[2025/09/14 14:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: it routes to the store above, but TP a second time, it brings you here
[2025/09/14 14:51] Jassie: ok
[2025/09/14 14:52] Sonja Bikergrrl: Or ask me for a TP. Either works.
[2025/09/14 14:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: right... I will see y'all next week... stay safe ;)
[2025/09/14 14:55] Joe: good to meet you all