[2026/03/19 14:10] Sonja Bikergrrl: Neopli: injured. Joe: injured. Gwen: badly injured.
[2026/03/19 14:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: There's a third wave of goblin forces inbound.
[2026/03/19 14:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: Your allies are very badly injured and Dr Voss is out of heals.
[2026/03/19 14:11] Sapphire: that sounds problematic
[2026/03/19 14:11] Sapphire: i think gwen has... -one- lay on hands left?
[2026/03/19 14:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: and with that recap out of the way: GGGRRREEEEEEETTTIINNGGSSSS Adventurers! Other players get epic boss fights with dragons, you get to TPK with goblins armed with sharpened sticks.
[2026/03/19 14:12] Joe: i think i have one lay on hands too, i will use it on Gwen forthwith and post-haste
[2026/03/19 14:13] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me allows both paladins have Lay on Hands (4hp) each
[2026/03/19 14:13] Sonja Bikergrrl: one, now.
[2026/03/19 14:13] Sapphire: what's that get gwen up to, health wise?
[2026/03/19 14:13] Sonja Bikergrrl: oh my, Gwen has a fractured skull
[2026/03/19 14:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: and Joe has a lasting injury too
[2026/03/19 14:14] Sapphire: oh no
[2026/03/19 14:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: oh my, you're worse off'n I thought
[2026/03/19 14:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: :-D
[2026/03/19 14:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: Gwen: any plans on your laying on of hands?
[2026/03/19 14:15] Sapphire: and the fort defenders probably only hold half the wave if we aren't there
[2026/03/19 14:15] Sapphire: who's got the least remaining hp?
[2026/03/19 14:15] Sapphire: Gwen probably tries to heal someone other than herself
[2026/03/19 14:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: Hudson with your metal fire type is literally at the point of death
[2026/03/19 14:16] Sapphire: let's heal Hudson up
[2026/03/19 14:16] Sapphire: that way everyone is loitering around half dead instead of nearly dead
[2026/03/19 14:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: He's slightly less ded now.
[2026/03/19 14:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: Goblins incoming! What's your plan?
[2026/03/19 14:17] Sapphire: how does he react to divine healing?
[2026/03/19 14:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: Happily and gratefully
[2026/03/19 14:17] Sapphire: Ah, the goblins.... "I think I have to go back up to the wall with my bow."
[2026/03/19 14:18] Mecha: Neopti looks at the Goblins and leaps over the wall."Get the people to safety!" She yells
[2026/03/19 14:19] D4: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 1
[2026/03/19 14:19] Sonja Bikergrrl: Let's all roll initiative
[2026/03/19 14:19] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 3
[2026/03/19 14:19] D20: Joe rolls 2
[2026/03/19 14:19] D20: Mecha rolls 14
[2026/03/19 14:19] D20: Sapphire rolls 13
[2026/03/19 14:19] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 3
[2026/03/19 14:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: interesting
[2026/03/19 14:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe: you get to go first
[2026/03/19 14:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: There's what look like eight goblins, slowly advancing, all being -very- careful to stay in cover.
[2026/03/19 14:21] Joe: i have a major neuralgia, must make save vs Con or lose my combat action. My Con is 9. I'm not much use fighting so I am going to have to use brains.
[2026/03/19 14:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: so, you're totally screwed.
[2026/03/19 14:22] Joe: My cunning plan is to shout "Fetch the plague juice" very very loudly a few times, to make the goblins route.
[2026/03/19 14:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: it's not a bad plan, admittedly
[2026/03/19 14:22] Joe: Also some buckets of water from that well to throw at them.
[2026/03/19 14:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: I've heard much worse
[2026/03/19 14:23] Sonja Bikergrrl: from this very party, no less
[2026/03/19 14:23] Sonja Bikergrrl: alright... D20, charisma check
[2026/03/19 14:23] D20: Joe rolls 12
[2026/03/19 14:23] Sonja Bikergrrl: Success. The goblins appear to be holding back and staying behind cover.
[2026/03/19 14:24] Sonja Bikergrrl: Goblins & Hudson go next
[2026/03/19 14:24] Joe: I make damn sure they ca nsee I have a bucket of 'plague juice' ready to throw at them
[2026/03/19 14:24] Sonja Bikergrrl: Goblins: hunkering down, behind cover
[2026/03/19 14:24] Sonja Bikergrrl: Hudson: "Too easy..." takes aim with his firestick...
[2026/03/19 14:24] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 9
[2026/03/19 14:25] Sonja Bikergrrl: Shot wide. So much for "too easy".
[2026/03/19 14:25] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire! you're up next.
[2026/03/19 14:26] Sapphire: Gwen will ask the farmers to all gather their spears and pitchforks and any long tool in case the goblins breach the gates, then head up to the wall, ready with her bow to snipe anyone who looks like they're advancing.
[2026/03/19 14:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: The menfolk are already armed with farming implements, and staying defensively close to their folk.
[2026/03/19 14:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: I forgot the warriors on the wall, didn't I
[2026/03/19 14:27] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 3
[2026/03/19 14:28] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire! D20
[2026/03/19 14:28] D20: Sapphire rolls 14
[2026/03/19 14:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: You draw your bow... but the blinding pain from your skull fracture prevents you doing much else. Tough break.
[2026/03/19 14:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: There's two human soldiers who get to fire arrows...
[2026/03/19 14:29] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 8
[2026/03/19 14:29] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 7
[2026/03/19 14:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: well, they fire arrows.
[2026/03/19 14:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: Neopli! What are you doing?
[2026/03/19 14:30] Mecha: Neopti gets a wild idea seeing the "Plague juice she steps under it to get splashed before charging towards the Goblins
[2026/03/19 14:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me blinks
[2026/03/19 14:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: ...okay...
[2026/03/19 14:31] Sonja Bikergrrl: you're charging the goblins while soaked, am I right?
[2026/03/19 14:31] Mecha: Yep. the theory is if they think Neopti is covered in plague juice she might infect them
[2026/03/19 14:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: charging: I'll allow +2 to hit, you'll do double damage, but, -2 AC for the next round.
[2026/03/19 14:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: 2x D20!
[2026/03/19 14:33] D20: Mecha rolls 12
[2026/03/19 14:33] D20: Mecha rolls 10
[2026/03/19 14:33] Sonja Bikergrrl: 14 and 12.. you hit... AC 6 and 8. One hit. D4+1
[2026/03/19 14:34] D4: Mecha rolls 3
[2026/03/19 14:34] Sonja Bikergrrl: the good news is, you stab one brutally to deff
[2026/03/19 14:34] Sonja Bikergrrl: Roll a D20
[2026/03/19 14:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: see if you get under 12
[2026/03/19 14:35] D20: Mecha rolls 19
[2026/03/19 14:35] Mecha: ... shit
[2026/03/19 14:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: Oh.
[2026/03/19 14:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay.
[2026/03/19 14:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: End of combat round!
[2026/03/19 14:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe! Back to you
[2026/03/19 14:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: hang on
[2026/03/19 14:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: I forgot again
[2026/03/19 14:36] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 1
[2026/03/19 14:36] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 14
[2026/03/19 14:36] Joe: Did i Lay-On-Hands to Gwen yet?
[2026/03/19 14:36] D6: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 5
[2026/03/19 14:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: One soldier drops his bow, the other drops a goblin.
[2026/03/19 14:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: Yes, you did
[2026/03/19 14:37] Joe: I will put the bucket down and try shooting a goblin with bow & arrow
[2026/03/19 14:38] Sonja Bikergrrl: roll a D20
[2026/03/19 14:38] D20: Joe rolls 10
[2026/03/19 14:38] Joe: failed th Con roll
[2026/03/19 14:38] Sonja Bikergrrl: You try, but, you're too wracked with pain to shoot straight.
[2026/03/19 14:38] Sonja Bikergrrl: oh vey.
[2026/03/19 14:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: Goblins: they're watching Neopli with some concern, and seem a bit unsure what to do. They start to reach for rocks to throw, that seems safe.
[2026/03/19 14:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: Hudson: another loud sound from his firestick
[2026/03/19 14:40] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 16
[2026/03/19 14:40] D6: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 2
[2026/03/19 14:40] D6: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 4
[2026/03/19 14:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: A goblin is thrown aside, with a spray of blood!
[2026/03/19 14:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: You might win yet!
[2026/03/19 14:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: Human soldiers...
[2026/03/19 14:41] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 16
[2026/03/19 14:41] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 10
[2026/03/19 14:41] D6: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 5
[2026/03/19 14:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: Whittling the goblins down!
[2026/03/19 14:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire
[2026/03/19 14:42] Sapphire: Taking cover, and trying again to draw her bow against the goblins from the top of the wall
[2026/03/19 14:42] D20: Sapphire rolls 17
[2026/03/19 14:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: ...
[2026/03/19 14:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: if only... why do the dice mock us so
[2026/03/19 14:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: it was a good plan. Just... not with a fractured skull.
[2026/03/19 14:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: Neopli!
[2026/03/19 14:44] Sapphire: so is fractured skull stopping everything?
[2026/03/19 14:44] Sonja Bikergrrl: "On a failed save, you lose your action until the start of your next turn."
[2026/03/19 14:44] Sonja Bikergrrl: unfortunately so
[2026/03/19 14:44] Sonja Bikergrrl: I don't know how -both- you and Joe got such similiar injuries, but, here we are
[2026/03/19 14:44] Mecha: Going to shake to spray the remaining goblins with the "Plague juice" before attacking the next one.
[2026/03/19 14:45] D20: Mecha rolls 14
[2026/03/19 14:45] D20: Mecha rolls 4
[2026/03/19 14:45] Sonja Bikergrrl: I'm not sure that'll work, Mecha - you're not a dog
[2026/03/19 14:46] Mecha: Since kind of amutant Neopti does have hair on head and wet clothes
[2026/03/19 14:46] Joe: 1st edition D&D "kobold are dog-like"
[2026/03/19 14:46] Joe: not reptiles
[2026/03/19 14:46] Joe: has to be mentioned
[2026/03/19 14:46] Sonja Bikergrrl: but in any case, you're not soaked like a sponge.
[2026/03/19 14:46] Mecha: True but it was cleared that this one was a mutation. was discussed at creation.
[2026/03/19 14:46] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me has given two "Are you sure"s here
[2026/03/19 14:46] Mecha: fair enough but still attacking
[2026/03/19 14:47] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay... strength or dex check, then, your call which, and roll a D20
[2026/03/19 14:47] Mecha: dex
[2026/03/19 14:47] D20: Mecha rolls 2
[2026/03/19 14:48] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me tries to figure the next roll... d12, maybe, to be generous.
[2026/03/19 14:48] Sonja Bikergrrl: must roll over... 8
[2026/03/19 14:48] D12: Mecha rolls 1
[2026/03/19 14:48] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me facepalms
[2026/03/19 14:48] Mecha: /me facepalms as well
[2026/03/19 14:48] Sonja Bikergrrl: You manage to flick water for a distance of 1'.
[2026/03/19 14:48] Sonja Bikergrrl: I tried.
[2026/03/19 14:49] Sonja Bikergrrl: D20, Mecha
[2026/03/19 14:49] D20: Mecha rolls 18
[2026/03/19 14:49] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me rests her elbows on the table, face in her hands
[2026/03/19 14:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay.
[2026/03/19 14:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: Failed 2nd perception check.
[2026/03/19 14:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe! Your go, roll D20, Perception check.
[2026/03/19 14:50] D20: Joe rolls 19
[2026/03/19 14:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: >.<
[2026/03/19 14:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay, what are you going to do?
[2026/03/19 14:51] Joe: slosh a bucket of plague juice all over the area in front of the main dors, while shouting 'Plague Juice!' - then go refill the bucket
[2026/03/19 14:52] Sonja Bikergrrl: the goblins don't seem to be attacking, though. Are you sure?
[2026/03/19 14:52] Joe: yes
[2026/03/19 14:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay... the ground before the gates is now mud.
[2026/03/19 14:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: Goblins: lost 1/2, check morale
[2026/03/19 14:53] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 12
[2026/03/19 14:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: Failed. Goblins scatter, screaming the goblin equivalent of "Fuck this!"
[2026/03/19 14:54] Joe: Hooray!
[2026/03/19 14:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: It's too early to celebrate, though. In the middle of the compound, four mounds of earth are rising, as if giant moles are surfacing.
[2026/03/19 14:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire: any bright ideas for this?
[2026/03/19 14:56] Sapphire: "Surround those mounds!" she calls out to the people in the camp, turning around, ready to fire on whatever comes out.
[2026/03/19 14:56] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha! What are you going to do, as the goblins flee and shouts of alarm come from the fort?
[2026/03/19 14:57] Mecha: As long as their gone Neopti runs back for the camp
[2026/03/19 14:57] Sonja Bikergrrl: They're clearly fleeing. Seems to be 9/10s of what you want.
[2026/03/19 14:57] Sonja Bikergrrl: What's coming up, isn't giant moles....
[2026/03/19 14:59] Sonja Bikergrrl: ....it's four alien creatures, the size of large dogs, with claws, fangs and razor-sharp spikes and glowing orange eyes. You've seen these before: what Dr Voss called "Zerglings". Easy when encountered singly... more dangerous when multiple are enountered.
[2026/03/19 14:59] Sapphire: and four is multiple....
[2026/03/19 14:59] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe, four of them are clambering out of the earth, hissing and snarling loudly and glaring in all directions
[2026/03/19 15:00] Sonja Bikergrrl: Yes, the goblins were a decoy... and you failed three perception checks in a row.
[2026/03/19 15:00] Sonja Bikergrrl: What's Joe going to do?
[2026/03/19 15:01] Joe: attack ?
[2026/03/19 15:01] Joe: fire arrows
[2026/03/19 15:01] D20: Joe rolls 18
[2026/03/19 15:01] Joe: utterly fail my con test
[2026/03/19 15:02] Sonja Bikergrrl: o_o
[2026/03/19 15:02] Sonja Bikergrrl: don't hate on the DM if this is a TPK.
[2026/03/19 15:02] Sonja Bikergrrl: goblins: fled
[2026/03/19 15:02] Sonja Bikergrrl: Zerglings: split, two for Joe, two for Gwen
[2026/03/19 15:02] Sapphire: we got any potions or bombs? "Hudson? got something for a squad?"
[2026/03/19 15:03] Sapphire: bwaa!
[2026/03/19 15:03] Sonja Bikergrrl: Hudson: "I'm out!" (He only carried two, standard load)
[2026/03/19 15:03] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 18
[2026/03/19 15:03] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 16
[2026/03/19 15:03] Sonja Bikergrrl: ....fuck
[2026/03/19 15:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe, this might sting
[2026/03/19 15:04] D4: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 2
[2026/03/19 15:04] D4: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 2
[2026/03/19 15:04] D6: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 6
[2026/03/19 15:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: 10 damage, from being clawed and bitten
[2026/03/19 15:04] Joe: now I have -1 HP
[2026/03/19 15:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: hopefully we can save the day here...
[2026/03/19 15:05] Joe: hey i get +2 Save did you factor for that ?
[2026/03/19 15:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: human wariors let loose a bunch of arrows. Hope there's no 1s.
[2026/03/19 15:05] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 6
[2026/03/19 15:05] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 2
[2026/03/19 15:05] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 2
[2026/03/19 15:05] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 12
[2026/03/19 15:05] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 12
[2026/03/19 15:05] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 10
[2026/03/19 15:05] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 4
[2026/03/19 15:05] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 5
[2026/03/19 15:06] Sonja Bikergrrl: well, they can't shoot for shit
[2026/03/19 15:06] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe: Save is for magic attack, not being shredded by claws and fangs.
[2026/03/19 15:06] Sonja Bikergrrl: talking of which: Gwen is targetted too
[2026/03/19 15:06] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 1
[2026/03/19 15:06] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 11
[2026/03/19 15:06] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 10
[2026/03/19 15:06] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 12
[2026/03/19 15:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: Two rush up to Gwen and flail about wildly!
[2026/03/19 15:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: Firestaff time!
[2026/03/19 15:07] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 12
[2026/03/19 15:07] D6: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 2
[2026/03/19 15:07] D6: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 4
[2026/03/19 15:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: well, one gets knocked down.
[2026/03/19 15:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire! Save the day!
[2026/03/19 15:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: You got this.
[2026/03/19 15:08] Sapphire: so first i make a con save?
[2026/03/19 15:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mhmm
[2026/03/19 15:08] Sapphire: "Ashes in the eyes of my foes," she prays.
[2026/03/19 15:08] D20: Sapphire rolls 19
[2026/03/19 15:08] Sapphire: Gwen does not got this
[2026/03/19 15:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: Neopli has.
[2026/03/19 15:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: Neopli has -totally- got this
[2026/03/19 15:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: Neopli!
[2026/03/19 15:09] Mecha: Is there a way into the camp? Neopti was outside
[2026/03/19 15:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: well... you could try the gate...
[2026/03/19 15:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: ...a -heartless- DM would say "dex save for mud"
[2026/03/19 15:09] Mecha: through the gate, going claws first
[2026/03/19 15:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: I take it you're coming out fightin'? D20, x2
[2026/03/19 15:09] D20: Mecha rolls 12
[2026/03/19 15:09] D20: Mecha rolls 10
[2026/03/19 15:10] Sonja Bikergrrl: Eh.... you wave daggers about, startling one.
[2026/03/19 15:10] Sonja Bikergrrl: Fluffles has this!
[2026/03/19 15:10] Sonja Bikergrrl: (D20 for Fluffles)
[2026/03/19 15:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha AFK? Probably chugging whiskey. Joe! Roll that D20
[2026/03/19 15:12] D20: Joe rolls 14
[2026/03/19 15:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: Fluffles bites at one! We have a hit!
[2026/03/19 15:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: Roll 2D4
[2026/03/19 15:13] Sonja Bikergrrl: (Joe or Sapphire)
[2026/03/19 15:13] D4: Joe rolls 4
[2026/03/19 15:13] D4: Joe rolls 1
[2026/03/19 15:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: Bitten -nearly- to deff, but, it's still up and trying to disembowel Gwen
[2026/03/19 15:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: Soldiers get 2nd wave of arrows
[2026/03/19 15:14] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 14
[2026/03/19 15:14] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 5
[2026/03/19 15:14] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 9
[2026/03/19 15:14] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 1
[2026/03/19 15:14] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 20
[2026/03/19 15:14] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 9
[2026/03/19 15:14] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 1
[2026/03/19 15:14] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 11
[2026/03/19 15:14] D6: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 5
[2026/03/19 15:14] D6: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 1
[2026/03/19 15:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: Two down.... one remaining
[2026/03/19 15:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: you might just survive yet!
[2026/03/19 15:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: End of combat round, back to the top.
[2026/03/19 15:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe: death save, must roll under 9
[2026/03/19 15:16] D20: Joe rolls 9
[2026/03/19 15:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: -whoa!-
[2026/03/19 15:16] Joe: teetering on the edge
[2026/03/19 15:16] Mecha: *apologies got called to grab dinner
[2026/03/19 15:16] Joe: does that include 9 ?
[2026/03/19 15:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: You feel yourself bleeding, but, you're sure it's just a scratch.
[2026/03/19 15:16] Joe: i've had worse
[2026/03/19 15:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: if your DM is kind, yes. But, you got me.
[2026/03/19 15:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: Monster goes next, flailing at Gwen wildly
[2026/03/19 15:17] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 19
[2026/03/19 15:17] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 3
[2026/03/19 15:17] D4: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 1
[2026/03/19 15:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: ...that really is, just a scratch
[2026/03/19 15:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: Man with firestick
[2026/03/19 15:18] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 20
[2026/03/19 15:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: ...where have YOU been hiding all night?
[2026/03/19 15:18] D6: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 4
[2026/03/19 15:18] D6: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 3
[2026/03/19 15:18] Sapphire: X_@
[2026/03/19 15:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: That last Zergling goes down in a welter of blood and flailing limbs.
[2026/03/19 15:19] Sonja Bikergrrl: Dr Voss: stabalizes Joe. Back with 1hp. Look after it!
[2026/03/19 15:19] Joe: thanks Dr V
[2026/03/19 15:19] Sonja Bikergrrl: well... you survived... and it's been chaos and carnage in equal measure
[2026/03/19 15:21] Sapphire: how?!?!?!
[2026/03/19 15:21] Sapphire: Gwen literally never got a turn
[2026/03/19 15:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: uhm
[2026/03/19 15:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: you were there
[2026/03/19 15:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: Argue about it later, if or when you survive the next bunch of goblins.
[2026/03/19 15:23] Sonja Bikergrrl: The sargeant is looking out over the wall hopefully. He's a lot less hopeful when he sees scores of goblins, hobgoblins, and a lot of various creatures featuring vicious claws, fangs and spines. "We ain't gonna hold against -that- lot!"
[2026/03/19 15:24] Sapphire: Gwen looks to the sky. Is dawn approaching?
[2026/03/19 15:24] Sonja Bikergrrl: it's late afternoon. You'll have to wait about fifteen hours. But, you do see three things approaching from the West.
[2026/03/19 15:26] Sapphire: Gwen peers at them, leaning on the wall, one hand carefully holding her injured head.
[2026/03/19 15:26] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me waits to see if Joe is doing anything other than ogling Dr Voss' bust... or if Neopli is doing anything
[2026/03/19 15:28] Joe: no, oggling Dr Voss bust is the perfect therapy i need right now
[2026/03/19 15:28] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me agrees.
[2026/03/19 15:28] Sonja Bikergrrl: Did I mention she's blonde?
[2026/03/19 15:28] Mecha: Neopti sees the goblins and shakes her head." Gaular. See you soon." before she heads for the door. She can not see over the wall so she doesn't see the arrivals
[2026/03/19 15:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: well... that's... optimistic :-P
[2026/03/19 15:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: The three things turn out to be... three rather large red dragons.
[2026/03/19 15:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: Either it's a firey TPK, or, a deus ex dragon.
[2026/03/19 15:30] Sapphire: Is our king known to use dragons?
[2026/03/19 15:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: They sweep down and dive to the approaching assortment of goblins et al, and straf them while spraying fire.
[2026/03/19 15:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: No.
[2026/03/19 15:30] Mecha: Neopti steps out of the gate and looks at them."Who's..." She sees the dragons."First?"
[2026/03/19 15:31] Sonja Bikergrrl: The field outside is a literal sea of fire. Those that aren't incinerated where they stand flee in all directions, burning merrily and collapsing in writhing heaps.
[2026/03/19 15:31] Sonja Bikergrrl: (You held three waves, just. Help has finally arrived.)
[2026/03/19 15:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: The dragons land and tall, thin, gaunt figures dismount, wielding gleaming swords. There's not much for them to fight, though.
[2026/03/19 15:33] Sapphire: Gwen watches this and begins fervently praying thanks to her deity. "Mistress of hearth and flame, thank you for delivering our enemies into your firery clutches. I plead what little energy I have that your flames remain where they hinder my foes and only warm my friends."
[2026/03/19 15:33] Mecha: Oh... shit.*
[2026/03/19 15:34] Sonja Bikergrrl: Only Mecha is dismayed at rescue.
[2026/03/19 15:34] Sonja Bikergrrl: The one who seems to be in charge approaches the fort.
[2026/03/19 15:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: Githyanki: "We heard you needed help."
[2026/03/19 15:36] Sapphire: Gwen finishes her prayer, then rises to greet the strange, alien creature riding a dragon. "Indeed so. We would not have held against the goblin armies full might had you not arrived and consigned them to ashes and flame."
[2026/03/19 15:37] Mecha: Neopti sees this, and looks in awe."Yes, we... Um we did." as she backs up from the Githyanki
[2026/03/19 15:37] Sonja Bikergrrl: Githyanki: "You helped us, some time ago, and so we helped you. But it clear to see - this dar is infected, this dar has contaigion from beyond stars."
[2026/03/19 15:38] Joe: Joe manages to mumble "...demons..." inaudibly
[2026/03/19 15:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me pauses for Gwen or even Neopli to pipe up
[2026/03/19 15:41] Mecha: Neopti can't pipe up. She is in awe of the Githyanki
[2026/03/19 15:42] Sapphire: "Infected. Do you mean this strange monsters, unlike any i have even read about?" she indicates the ones that popped up in the middle of the fort. "Somehow thee goblins were controlling them."
[2026/03/19 15:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: Githyanki: "These creatures are from beyond the stars. They are the least of the contagion. Where they go, death follows. We war against them, since time immemorial, even to Githyanki."
[2026/03/19 15:44] Mecha: "I.. I have heard stories." She finally says. "Of the Githyanki. The ones who ride with the dragons." As she drops to her knees
[2026/03/19 15:46] Sonja Bikergrrl: Githyanki: "The dragons are our honoured allies. Fight with us. We teach you ways to destroy contagion, help you defend your dar, help Githyanki win war. Is deal?"
[2026/03/19 15:46] Mecha: Neopti can not nod fast enough
[2026/03/19 15:47] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me is sure Joe will have a comment re: demons
[2026/03/19 15:47] Sapphire: "I am eager to learn."
[2026/03/19 15:48] Joe: "All help to purify the world of demons is welcome."
[2026/03/19 15:49] Sonja Bikergrrl: Githyanki: "The meet with us, at our dar near the dar you call Sleepy Hollow. We talk more then."
[2026/03/19 15:49] Sonja Bikergrrl: He turns to go; the other githyanki are all mounting their dragons again. Their work here is done.
[2026/03/19 15:50] Sapphire: ( Do we know where Sleepy Hollow is? )
[2026/03/19 15:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: Probably. It's in the local area, there's been no end of stories and rumours.
[2026/03/19 15:50] Mecha: Neopti nods."We may be slow due to injuries honored Gith."
[2026/03/19 15:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: And if not, you got two guides.
[2026/03/19 15:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: Githyanki: "Then we shall fight the enemy from beyond the stars together." Githyanki & dragons take flight and leave.
[2026/03/19 15:52] Sonja Bikergrrl: Meanwhile, Hudson and Dr Voss are exchanging concerned looks
[2026/03/19 15:53] Sapphire: Gwen looks over to them, waiting to see what they have to add
[2026/03/19 15:53] Mecha: Neopti gets up once they leave and walks to Fluffles."We will be okay, we are in good hands now."
[2026/03/19 15:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: Not much, it seems.
[2026/03/19 15:55] Sapphire: "Have you meet their kind before?"
[2026/03/19 15:55] Sonja Bikergrrl: Dr Voss: "You seem badly injured. You have magic, we have technology. Come with us, we help."
[2026/03/19 15:55] Sapphire: Gwen winces, and sits down heavily.
[2026/03/19 15:56] Sapphire: "Everything hurts...."
[2026/03/19 15:56] Sonja Bikergrrl: Hudson: "About six months ago, yeah. Those bastards shot us down. They threatened to burn your planet."
[2026/03/19 15:58] Joe: Joe sits down next to Gwen. "You too, huh."
[2026/03/19 15:58] Sapphire: "Six months ago? We are still here."
[2026/03/19 15:58] Sonja Bikergrrl: Hudson sighs. "Long story, lot of stuff happened."
[2026/03/19 15:59] Mecha: Neopti looks at Hudson."The honored Gith do nothing without cause and forethought."
[2026/03/19 15:59] Sonja Bikergrrl: Hudson: "Yeah, sure. You coming? We'll give you a ride."
[2026/03/19 16:01] Sapphire: "To be healed? And then SLeepy Hollow after?"
[2026/03/19 16:01] Mecha: I have fluffles." She says as she climbs on."Attend to those more injured. I will travel with."
[2026/03/19 16:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: Hudson: "Sure, why not. Maybe we can tag along."
[2026/03/19 16:04] Mecha: So we are off to healing?*
[2026/03/19 16:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: Looks it! All aboard the small horseless wagon. It's an hour or so to Sleepy Hollow and.... you all get to make a Sanity check!
[2026/03/19 16:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: everyone roll 2D10
[2026/03/19 16:05] D10: Mecha rolls 1
[2026/03/19 16:05] D10: Mecha rolls 1
[2026/03/19 16:06] D10: Sapphire rolls 4
[2026/03/19 16:06] D10: Sapphire rolls 10
[2026/03/19 16:06] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe?
[2026/03/19 16:07] Joe: I tag along, feeling exhausted, battered and on the edge of a crisis of faith considering how useless I am at fighting and what good can a paladin be if they cannot fight the forces of evil?
[2026/03/19 16:08] D10: Joe rolls 10
[2026/03/19 16:08] D10: Joe rolls 7
[2026/03/19 16:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: Something to pray to your deity about.
[2026/03/19 16:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: and, very horror themed ;-)
[2026/03/19 16:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: All sanity checks passed, no sanity lost. The sight is not -that- bad
[2026/03/19 16:09] Sapphire: o.o
[2026/03/19 16:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: You see a huge arrow-head shaped.... it must be a vessel or tower of some kind, except it's made of metal, and at a strange angle. It also looks very damaged.
[2026/03/19 16:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: Hudson: "Our ship."
[2026/03/19 16:10] Sapphire: "It's massive...."
[2026/03/19 16:10] Sonja Bikergrrl: it is! I seem to recall it's 140' x 280' wide x 80' tall, but don't hold me to that.
[2026/03/19 16:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: There's a few other alien humans, but we'll gloss over that for now. The medbay awaits!
[2026/03/19 16:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: Everyone is back to full health, and lasting injuries are healed.
[2026/03/19 16:12] Sapphire: what's it like, going through their medbay?
[2026/03/19 16:13] Sonja Bikergrrl: Bizarrely white and with silver, looking very clean and dustfree, with padded beds that you get very well acquired with.
[2026/03/19 16:13] Sonja Bikergrrl: Many strange devices abound.
[2026/03/19 16:13] Sonja Bikergrrl: Everyone gains .... let's say 750 XP
[2026/03/19 16:13] Sapphire: do we exit wrapped up in bandages?
[2026/03/19 16:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: You aren't reduced to mummified undead.
[2026/03/19 16:14] Sapphire: /me checks how much xp they have, suspects they missed some.
[2026/03/19 16:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: Everyone should have 3,820XP
[2026/03/19 16:14] Sapphire: i missed a lot
[2026/03/19 16:15] Sapphire: need what, 10,000 to reach level 2 ?
[2026/03/19 16:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: just shy of level 3 (this is intentional; there's one lose end to tie up before you join the Githyanki)
[2026/03/19 16:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: pretty sure it's only 4,500 for you
[2026/03/19 16:17] Sapphire: hmmm
[2026/03/19 16:17] Sapphire: my copy of my sheet is only L1
[2026/03/19 16:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: so... a good point to stop
[2026/03/19 16:17] Sapphire: ah, yes
[2026/03/19 16:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: who's liking it so far?
[2026/03/19 16:18] Mecha: it is tense but fun
[2026/03/19 16:18] Joe: certainly not boring
[2026/03/19 16:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: tense is what makes it fun
[2026/03/19 16:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: uhm... praise there somewhere, Joe? :-P
[2026/03/19 16:19] Joe: its fun!
[2026/03/19 16:20] Mecha: Not gonna lie this one thought we were in for it this time
[2026/03/19 16:20] Joe: ^ yup
[2026/03/19 16:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: Actually I thought so too.
[2026/03/19 16:20] Sapphire: surprised you saved us from dying
[2026/03/19 16:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: nope
[2026/03/19 16:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: did not save you
[2026/03/19 16:20] Joe: i thought i was a gonna there
[2026/03/19 16:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: some lucky rolls from your allies there totally swung it
[2026/03/19 16:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: if the dice gods decree a TPK... it's a TPK...
[2026/03/19 16:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: I think the worst kind of DM... okay there's a lot of bad DMs
[2026/03/19 16:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: but one of the worst is the one that "saves" the players
[2026/03/19 16:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: there's no railroad... and it's entirely up to you to live (or die).
[2026/03/19 16:23] Joe: it depends on maturity factors, how well players can handle it
[2026/03/19 16:23] Sonja Bikergrrl: if I now said to you "I totally magicked away half of those monsters", I think you'd feel a bit cheated
[2026/03/19 16:24] Sonja Bikergrrl: sadly I've seen a few who can't, indeed Mecha and I were talking about one earlier :-D
[2026/03/19 16:26] Sonja Bikergrrl: short version: there was a fight with mercenaries taking cover behind wagons. He attacked their spellcaster by running over open ground, got snarky when he got targetted (not downed, targetted), said it was a railroad and ragequit, then defriended.
[2026/03/19 16:28] Sapphire: that's.... not even correct usage of "railroaded"
[2026/03/19 16:28] Sonja Bikergrrl: I did try to tell him that.
[2026/03/19 16:29] Joe: can not use reason with unreasonable people
[2026/03/19 16:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: indeed not
[2026/03/19 16:32] Sapphire: so he became both "out of cover" and "closest" then complained he drew attacks?
[2026/03/19 16:32] Sapphire: wild
[2026/03/19 16:33] Sonja Bikergrrl: yup
[2026/03/19 16:33] Sonja Bikergrrl: I don't even think he got hit.
[2026/03/19 16:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: I better railroad my ass to bed.