[2025/06/18 14:19] Sapphire: /me flips through notes
[2025/06/18 14:19] Sapphire: ......
[2025/06/18 14:19] Sapphire: /me checks underside of notes
[2025/06/18 14:21] Sapphire: .....
[2025/06/18 14:23] Sapphire: Novaya and Robin are... on opposite sides of the big energy shield you guys were tinkering with.
[2025/06/18 14:23] Sapphire: ok, yeah, let's go ahead and get this going
[2025/06/18 14:23] Mecha: oh yeah Robin is in the dome
[2025/06/18 14:24] Sapphire: as was Horizon, while Novaya was on the great Snail Hunt and is outside it at the start of the combat
[2025/06/18 14:24] Sonja Bikergrrl: I better smash this thing off
[2025/06/18 14:25] Mecha: Oh wait, wasn't Robin leaning through the bubble with a length of black rock to bring Novaya
[2025/06/18 14:26] Sonja Bikergrrl: yus
[2025/06/18 14:26] Sapphire: A good plan but still involves a might test to actually get through.
[2025/06/18 14:26] Sonja Bikergrrl: but I still need to get this thing off
[2025/06/18 14:28] Mecha: Then once she does I am going for the reach, just pushing the black rock out should be easy, it passed through effortlessly
[2025/06/18 14:29] Sapphire: Previous session: http://81.133.27.194/Dungeons&Kittens/logs-2025shr/20250611.html
[2025/06/18 14:29] Sapphire: --- -+- ---
[2025/06/18 14:29] Sapphire: When last we left off, the Rubies had been exploring the Shielded Obelisk in the lake, and managed to work their way through the shields, mostly, without losing any limbs, just some hair.
[2025/06/18 14:29] Sapphire: Their random flailing at buttons has now destabilized the shield, but Novaya and Robin are on opposite sides of the big energy shield you guys were tinkering with.
[2025/06/18 14:29] Sapphire: It is at this time the obelisk unleashes a guardian: a long serpentine machine sliding it's way free and extending six arms, three of them bladed... three of them baring energy cannons.
[2025/06/18 14:29] Sapphire: CRISIS INITIATED. Roll Speed better than difficulty 12 to move first.
[2025/06/18 14:29] Sapphire: As for the black rock and getting Novaya in, she will also need to complete a Might test against six... once we know where in turn order she is
[2025/06/18 14:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: I can put 4 points to speed?
[2025/06/18 14:30] D20: Mecha rolls 18
[2025/06/18 14:30] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 19
[2025/06/18 14:31] Sonja Bikergrrl: or... do I need to *GIGGLES*
[2025/06/18 14:31] Sapphire: you seem to have gotten away without spending :)
[2025/06/18 14:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: \o/
[2025/06/18 14:32] Sapphire: Horizon surrounds herself in a concealing mist and avoids the guardian's attention, while Novaya and Robin are moving faster than the bulky metallic serpent, even as it tries training it's cannon arms on each of you. What do you do before it gets a target lock?
[2025/06/18 14:33] Mecha: Going to use vanish
[2025/06/18 14:34] Sonja Bikergrrl: Going to dive in and fuck that thing up
[2025/06/18 14:35] Sapphire: Alright, get through the bubble first
[2025/06/18 14:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: d20?
[2025/06/18 14:36] Sapphire: yes, Might based against 6
[2025/06/18 14:36] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 9
[2025/06/18 14:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: \o/ 9 \o/
[2025/06/18 14:37] Sapphire: You push your way through the gap generated by the chunk of black rock, and find yourself now able to hear the deep humming and turbine whirrs coming from your opponent. Two of your allies have gone into stealth, leaving the trio of energy canons whirling towards you, their maws glowing with a crackling golden power.
[2025/06/18 14:37] Sapphire: your action?
[2025/06/18 14:38] Sonja Bikergrrl: Let's fuck it up
[2025/06/18 14:38] Sonja Bikergrrl: grab a cannon and wrench it loose
[2025/06/18 14:39] Mecha: While the sentry is distracted Robin is going to sneak around to the things back
[2025/06/18 14:39] Sapphire: with your bare hands?
[2025/06/18 14:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: that, or with that fucking thing stuck to my arm as a hammer
[2025/06/18 14:40] Sapphire: Also good. That'll be a Might Attack against 15, hopefully you have some additional assets to work with
[2025/06/18 14:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: uhm.... no
[2025/06/18 14:40] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 6
[2025/06/18 14:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: A six is good, right?
[2025/06/18 14:41] Sapphire: Unfortunately not so.
[2025/06/18 14:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: d'oh
[2025/06/18 14:42] Sapphire: Your hammer-snail swings and fails to connect, the guardian backing up and then launching bolts of energy at you, Speed vs 12 to dodge it's attack, threatening 6 damage
[2025/06/18 14:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: I can add 4 from Speed?
[2025/06/18 14:43] Sapphire: spending effort? It'd be 3
[2025/06/18 14:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: three it is!
[2025/06/18 14:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: Lucky three
[2025/06/18 14:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: Smile on me!
[2025/06/18 14:43] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 3
[2025/06/18 14:43] Sapphire: :3
[2025/06/18 14:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: 3!!!
[2025/06/18 14:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: a total of 6!!!
[2025/06/18 14:44] Sonja Bikergrrl: and you know what three times six is?
[2025/06/18 14:44] Sonja Bikergrrl: 666
[2025/06/18 14:44] Sapphire: Novaya gets blasted with coruscating plasma bolts and takes 6 damage before armor, and I recall her Might was already pretty low
[2025/06/18 14:45] Sonja Bikergrrl: zero
[2025/06/18 14:45] Sapphire: the overflow rolls to her Speed pool, what's she at?
[2025/06/18 14:46] Sonja Bikergrrl: 11
[2025/06/18 14:47] Mecha: Robin should still have the black rock so she is gonna hit the sentry from behind with it
[2025/06/18 14:47] Sapphire: Might attack vs 15, probably with an asset to attacking from stealth
[2025/06/18 14:48] D20: Mecha rolls 15
[2025/06/18 14:48] Mecha: And how do I do asset again?
[2025/06/18 14:49] Sapphire: Each Asset (or Skill) lowers the difficulty target by 3
[2025/06/18 14:49] Mecha: cool deal yeah gonna do that which means a 15 hits
[2025/06/18 14:50] Sapphire: 15 hits even without asset, the rock counts as a Medium Weapon for 4 damage
[2025/06/18 14:50] Sapphire: The metal dents from the impact, setting up an angry beeping
[2025/06/18 14:51] Sapphire: from the bot.
[2025/06/18 14:51] Sapphire: Novaya! whats your next plan?
[2025/06/18 14:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: I got nothing.
[2025/06/18 14:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: Let's continue with the plan
[2025/06/18 14:51] Mecha: Does the sentry turn towards Robin?
[2025/06/18 14:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: no speed expenditure though. D20?
[2025/06/18 14:52] Sapphire: The sentry looks about to apply it's blade arms to Robin
[2025/06/18 14:52] Sapphire: Novata is just swinging her fists and stuff again?
[2025/06/18 14:53] Sapphire: Novaya* If so, yes d20
[2025/06/18 14:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: "just"? It's about my only option!
[2025/06/18 14:53] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 17
[2025/06/18 14:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: which succeeds :P
[2025/06/18 14:53] Sapphire: you're a Nano, with an attack spell, but so be it
[2025/06/18 14:53] Sapphire: 4 damage before buffs
[2025/06/18 14:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: a what what?
[2025/06/18 14:53] Sapphire: how much bonus damage do you apply?
[2025/06/18 14:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: I have spells?
[2025/06/18 14:54] Sapphire: well, other people call Chemical Onslaught a spell
[2025/06/18 14:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: er... bloodthirsty = +2 to damage
[2025/06/18 14:54] Sapphire: you probably consider it a projector array or something
[2025/06/18 14:54] Sapphire: So 6 damage on top of Mecha's 4
[2025/06/18 14:54] Sapphire: Robins*
[2025/06/18 14:55] Sapphire: The shell and fists add more dents to the robotic guardian, hampering it's joints, but not so hampered it cannot begin spinning and whirling it's bladed arms at you two
[2025/06/18 14:56] Sapphire: Both of you, Speed Defense against 12 to avoid it's whirling attack
[2025/06/18 14:56] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 10
[2025/06/18 14:56] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me got whirled
[2025/06/18 14:56] D20: Mecha rolls 14
[2025/06/18 14:56] Sapphire: 4 damage to those who got it
[2025/06/18 14:57] Sapphire: *hit
[2025/06/18 14:57] Sonja Bikergrrl: this machine control implant might help?
[2025/06/18 14:57] Mecha: Robins got an idea. but for Mecha, plase explain how the density module works
[2025/06/18 14:57] Sapphire: It very well might, let me look that up
[2025/06/18 14:58] Sapphire: The Density Module attaches to a weapon and increases it's effective damage by... I think it's level
[2025/06/18 15:00] Sapphire: So the Machine Control Implant, when used, splits into two parts. You affix one end to the machine in question, the other to your character, and then you can control the machine at long range for ten minutes per ithe cyphers level (in your case for half an hour)
[2025/06/18 15:00] Sonja Bikergrrl: let's do this shit!
[2025/06/18 15:01] Sapphire: Alright, to get the device connected to the gaurdian is a Speed test against 12
[2025/06/18 15:01] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 5
[2025/06/18 15:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me fails, miserably.
[2025/06/18 15:02] Sapphire: fortunately this does not expend the implant
[2025/06/18 15:02] Sonja Bikergrrl: gott sei dank
[2025/06/18 15:02] Sapphire: Robin?
[2025/06/18 15:02] Mecha: Gonna put the density module on the rock and take another swing Spending 3 from the might pool
[2025/06/18 15:03] Sapphire: Alright, the effor spend reduces the difficulty to 12
[2025/06/18 15:04] Sapphire: roll it!
[2025/06/18 15:04] D20: Mecha rolls 7
[2025/06/18 15:04] Mecha: spend 6 more.. yeah that's the ticket
[2025/06/18 15:05] Sapphire: that's more than you can spend in one go at this tier... though this system does let you spend XP to reroll
[2025/06/18 15:05] Mecha: how much xp?
[2025/06/18 15:05] Sapphire: 1xp per reroll
[2025/06/18 15:05] Mecha: done and done
[2025/06/18 15:05] D20: Mecha rolls 9
[2025/06/18 15:06] Mecha: -,-
[2025/06/18 15:06] Sapphire: ooof!
[2025/06/18 15:06] Sapphire: the density module does last for a whole ten minutes at least
[2025/06/18 15:07] Sapphire: *checks*
[2025/06/18 15:07] Sapphire: Oh, it last 28 hours, nice
[2025/06/18 15:07] Sapphire: Ok, keeping the miss rather than spending further I presume
[2025/06/18 15:08] Sapphire: Alright! And I think that's back to the guardian's turn?
[2025/06/18 15:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: yus
[2025/06/18 15:09] Sapphire: The robot slithers its way out of melee, climbing up the side of the obelisk and aiming it's energy cannons from above.
[2025/06/18 15:09] Sapphire: it aims for.... Novaya, evens or odds?
[2025/06/18 15:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: odd, like me
[2025/06/18 15:09] D8: Sapphire rolls 2
[2025/06/18 15:10] Sapphire: It aims for Robin, Speed 12 threatening 6 energy damage
[2025/06/18 15:10] D20: Mecha rolls 18
[2025/06/18 15:11] Sapphire: The bolts melt the mud below as Robin evades the blast
[2025/06/18 15:12] Sapphire: Your quarry has climbed up a wall, what do?
[2025/06/18 15:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: Machine Control Implant time
[2025/06/18 15:13] Mecha: is there an opening in the Obelisk?
[2025/06/18 15:13] Sapphire: There is indeeed an opening in the Obelisk that the robot exited through
[2025/06/18 15:14] Sapphire: Novaya, do you by chance have any skill in jumping or climbing?
[2025/06/18 15:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: ......no
[2025/06/18 15:16] Sapphire: The Speed 12 to press the implant to it has been raised to 15 by it's superior position on the wall
[2025/06/18 15:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: let's roll that die, I'm feeling good!
[2025/06/18 15:16] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 20
[2025/06/18 15:16] Mecha: Robin is going to offer her hand to Novaya and if taken use fleet of foot to get in the opening also using herflex skill which is still jumping to get them close to, if not inside teh Obelisk
[2025/06/18 15:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: BWAH HAH HA!!!
[2025/06/18 15:18] Sapphire: With the power of rage and muscles, Novaya launches them self up the wall and manages to slap the beings forehead with the machine control implant, the device extending wires and prongs through the armor of the robot.
[2025/06/18 15:18] Sapphire: Novaya.... where on your body do you put *your* half of the implant?
[2025/06/18 15:19] Sonja Bikergrrl: presumeably it goes to my head too
[2025/06/18 15:19] Sapphire: it's flexible but the head is popular. Forehead or temple or?
[2025/06/18 15:19] Sonja Bikergrrl: temple
[2025/06/18 15:21] Sapphire: There's a soft *click* and Novaya feels her mind expanding. The robot seizes up and twitches, while Novaya can feel herself having eight arms (two of them her originals), and a long tail full of hydraulics
[2025/06/18 15:21] Mecha: Then never mind. Seeing the success Robin just goes on her own
[2025/06/18 15:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: where in the obelisk do we want a door?
[2025/06/18 15:21] Sapphire: It appears to already have one
[2025/06/18 15:21] Sapphire: it opened up so the guardian could come out
[2025/06/18 15:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: does it actually be a door going anywhere? I got three cannons as keys
[2025/06/18 15:22] Sapphire: the passageway appears to have slide open
[2025/06/18 15:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: so the robot is redundant? Let's waste it.
[2025/06/18 15:23] Sapphire: Also, this moment of success seems like a good time to grant the backlog of XP. +6 XP from the various adventures I forgot to previously give it for, and +6 each for resolving this boss fight
[2025/06/18 15:24] Sonja Bikergrrl: Is this a good time to stop before next time?
[2025/06/18 15:24] Mecha: *So this one has 21 of 16 - the 1 for a re-roll turns to 20 of 16
[2025/06/18 15:24] Sapphire: yes, depending if you want to do level up stuff now or next time.
[2025/06/18 15:25] Sonja Bikergrrl: we can do that now, I got 21 / 16 XP
[2025/06/18 15:25] Sapphire: And I think you already took an advancement or two already?
[2025/06/18 15:25] Sapphire: I want to say someone added to their pools
[2025/06/18 15:26] Sonja Bikergrrl: sounds familiar
[2025/06/18 15:26] Sapphire: was there a second or just the one?
[2025/06/18 15:26] Sonja Bikergrrl: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
[2025/06/18 15:26] Sonja Bikergrrl: I thought three...
[2025/06/18 15:27] Sapphire: "Increase Pools" is a package of like +4 points
[2025/06/18 15:27] Sapphire: ## Spending
[2025/06/18 15:27] Sapphire: - For 4 XP, a player may purchase one of ( +1 Edge, +4 pool points, +1 Effort Threshold, Learn a Skill, Learn an Ability, add 2 to your Recovery, reduce armor penalty). Within a given Tier, these may not be repeated. Your Tier increases after the fourth of these permanent purchases.
[2025/06/18 15:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: hmmmm I got +2 to the pools
[2025/06/18 15:29] Sapphire: In your case since you keep wanting to punch things, some Might Edge might be useful for you. (Each Edge discounts the cost of abilities and spending effort for that pool)
[2025/06/18 15:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: yus
[2025/06/18 15:30] Sapphire: Learning a Skill might be good as well
[2025/06/18 15:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: might look at that later
[2025/06/18 15:32] Sapphire: there's not a specific skill List, so you can be free-form about it
[2025/06/18 15:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: sorry... just finding it hard to stay awake
[2025/06/18 15:32] Mecha: I need to think about it as I can not think of any skills or abilities off the top of my head
[2025/06/18 15:32] Sapphire: and then when you Tier up that'll come up with automatic stuff as well
[2025/06/18 15:32] Sapphire: but let's do that next time, since everyone seems a bit worn down
[2025/06/18 15:33] Sonja Bikergrrl: sorry
[2025/06/18 15:33] Sapphire: /me huggles.
[2025/06/18 15:34] Mecha: /me huggles."No, this one gets it.
[2025/06/18 15:34] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me distributes hugs