[2025/03/27 14:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: do you want to "clone" your character from Scales of Fate?
[2025/03/27 14:04] Andreas: yes if I can than sure
[2025/03/27 14:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: it's up to you :)
[2025/03/27 14:04] Andreas: if I can, than yes please
[2025/03/27 14:05] Andreas: I may look like a flying trash can, but ! Don't underestimate me
[2025/03/27 14:06] Sonja Bikergrrl: roll a d4 please
[2025/03/27 14:07] Andreas: please unrig the dices
[2025/03/27 14:07] D4: Andreas rolls 2
[2025/03/27 14:07] Andreas: hmm okay 2 out of 4, at least it's not 1
[2025/03/27 14:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay... the card is very bare bones but it'll start you off
[2025/03/27 14:09] Sapphire: boop beep!
[2025/03/27 14:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire and Mecha are ready, and, that makes you ready too
[2025/03/27 14:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: so.... we about ready to begin? :)
[2025/03/27 14:09] Andreas: looks great thank you Sonja
[2025/03/27 14:10] Andreas: hi Sapphire
[2025/03/27 14:10] Sapphire: /me waves
[2025/03/27 14:10] Sapphire: how is everyone?
[2025/03/27 14:10] Andreas: /me Friday soon
[2025/03/27 14:11] Sapphire: sooooon
[2025/03/27 14:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me cracks knuckles
[2025/03/27 14:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: Trolls & Tribulations
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Welcome to the game! This is canonically set just after the events of Scales of Fate. However, Sonja y Ddraig Goch doesn't feature in this game.
[2025/03/27 14:13] Andreas: 😭
[2025/03/27 14:13] Sonja Bikergrrl: Trolls and Tribulations
In a realm where shadows linger and ancient curses weave through the forest, adventurers face the daunting challenges of their fate - battling trolls that feast on the fears of the unwary, while navigating the treacherous trials that test their mettle and resolve.
[2025/03/27 14:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: Gather your party and prepare for a quest filled with monstrous foes, daunting obstacles, and the promise of glory or despair. Will you conquer the trolls that threaten the land, or will you succumb to the tribulations of your journey? The path is perilous, but the rewards for bravery and skill are legendary.
Prepare for the adventure of a lifetime, where every decision could be your last, and every victory could bring you one step closer to triumph!
[2025/03/27 14:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: And you should be -well- fired up now :)
[2025/03/27 14:15] Andreas: 🔪🛡🐉
[2025/03/27 14:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: You are all on the docks at the small coastal village of Watchet. It's in the South of Mercia, out to the West; on a clear day you can see the shores of Cymru. The sailing ship "Seawind" awaits you, bound for a distant shore. You've all been hired by a gnomish mage, Fizzlegear Cogsworthy, to sail West to find the land of Iwerddon and bring back lumber from the fabled soarwood trees that can be found there. Now is a good time to introduce yourselves, as you will.
[2025/03/27 14:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: Fizzlegears' instructions still ring in your ears. "Buy, steal, beg, or chop down a soarwood tree, but bring me back a plank of soarwood!"
[2025/03/27 14:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha... what are you doing?
[2025/03/27 14:17] Mecha: Hiiiii, I'm Lahli. I'll be your cleric. I hope everyone is having a good day." A bubbly but not bubble headed cleric waves to everyone.
[2025/03/27 14:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: ditto Sapphire, Andreas
[2025/03/27 14:19] Andreas: /me looks around and looks at others "Seems there is a reason why this group been gathered. My name is Andreas, I'm something like a spy, I hide in a shadows and take things when they are needed." grins innocently
[2025/03/27 14:20] Sapphire: Hailing from the north, Te'ala of White Pine is one of the rarely-seen elves. She moves stiffly, a bark-clad shield strapped to one arm, her hair cut short and decorated with bundles of pine needle. She's armored in the leathers of boiled bristleboar. and creaks on occasion as she walks. "You simply... -tell- people that you are like a spy? Does this make people trust you more?"
[2025/03/27 14:20] Mecha: Lahli is standing looking at the ship.
[2025/03/27 14:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: The ships' captain leans over the rails, she's got slightly elfish features under a tricorn hat. "Ye landlubbers gettin' aboard, aye?"
[2025/03/27 14:23] Andreas: /me "Te'ala, I'm hired to do job that's all. When I need to get somewhere and get something for whoever pays me, I do it and I'm good at it. I'm not fancy, I live for an adventure and my life is an adventure."
[2025/03/27 14:23] Sapphire: Frowning as they stride up the plank, the full elf runs their hand along the railing, heart torn by the silence of the planks.
[2025/03/27 14:24] Mecha: Lahli heads up as well."Sounds more mercenary to me, but who am I to judge?"
[2025/03/27 14:25] Sonja Bikergrrl: One of the seamen shows you to your quarters. A fairly large part of the hold, amongst the barrels and ropes and crates, where hammocks hang.
[2025/03/27 14:26] Andreas: /me moving up the board with bit of hesitation "Well I hope we won't sail for too long, I get bored at sea" ... gulps while pretending to be firm.
[2025/03/27 14:26] Sapphire: "Thank you," she says softly to the sailor, making note of the location and setting down her pack on a hook or support beam.
[2025/03/27 14:26] Sonja Bikergrrl: It should be a 2-3 day trip.
[2025/03/27 14:27] Sapphire: Do the winds seem to favor our travels?
[2025/03/27 14:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: Broadly, yes.
[2025/03/27 14:28] Andreas: /me "2-3 day trip hmmm we'll need wine, do you have wine don't you or what sailors are drinking?"
[2025/03/27 14:28] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me is far from expert in sailing.
[2025/03/27 14:28] Sonja Bikergrrl: "Arrr, we got grog, aye?"
[2025/03/27 14:28] Sonja Bikergrrl: A loud commotion up above, shouted orders, and ropes are cast off. It's time to set sail!
[2025/03/27 14:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: The ship sets sail, and everyones' mood is buoyant and optimistic, the salty air filled with the sound of creaking wood and waves lapping against the hull. Gradually, the land of Britannia falls behind, and there's nothing but sea all around. The captain and the crew know their work, and they skillfully swing the Seawind northwards and westwards. It's only a day or two to Iwerddon, a trip that is not very problematic.
[2025/03/27 14:30] Mecha: Lahli moves to an unpicked hammock and sits in ti taking her backpack off and looking around as she begins rummaging through it
[2025/03/27 14:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: Everyone, roll d20 - CON save
[2025/03/27 14:30] D20: Mecha rolls 15
[2025/03/27 14:30] Sapphire: Te'ala, being a land elf, seeks only to stay out of the way of the crew, finding a forwards-looking patch of railing to lean on. Having heard the stories, she made sure to eat nearly nothing for breakfast today.
[2025/03/27 14:30] D20: Sapphire rolls 16
[2025/03/27 14:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: Andreas?
[2025/03/27 14:30] Sapphire: Con 9
[2025/03/27 14:31] D20: Andreas rolls 5
[2025/03/27 14:31] Sonja Bikergrrl: well Andreas
[2025/03/27 14:31] Sonja Bikergrrl: you are in the company of two -very- seasick ladies.
[2025/03/27 14:31] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me nearly asks for a DEX check to avoid being puked on.... ;)
[2025/03/27 14:32] Sapphire: is why she's already at the railing and even more green than usual
[2025/03/27 14:32] Andreas: /me ehm "yeah grog you said?" ... they are not the only one who is seasick ...
[2025/03/27 14:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: The sailor passes a mug of grog, but frowns
[2025/03/27 14:33] Sapphire: "How can you stand to be drinking right now?"
[2025/03/27 14:33] Andreas: /me "grog anyone? It's good for seasickness, wen you drink a lot you won't know why you're throwing up and everything will spin and move like you're sailing on a boat".
[2025/03/27 14:34] Sonja Bikergrrl: What is problematic, though, is the sudden storm that engulfs the Seawind. As the storm raged above, the "Seawind" heaves and bucks like a wild stallion on the churning waves, its sturdy hull straining against the onslaught of wind and rain. The sky twists into a maelstrom of dark clouds, flashes of lightning illuminating the ship’s battered deck, where frantic crew members fight valiantly to secure torn sails flapping like the wings of a monstrous bird. Thunder roars overhead, drowning out their desperate shouts as icy sea spray lashes into their faces.
[2025/03/27 14:34] Mecha: Lahli lays back on her hammock, Hoping to get her sea legs
[2025/03/27 14:34] Sonja Bikergrrl: good luck!
[2025/03/27 14:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: Just as hope dwindles to despair, a monstrous wave, seemingly summoned from the depths of the abyss, surges towards the "Seawind," crashing down with cataclysmic force, snapping the mast like a twig and dragging the proud vessel under the roiling depths, leaving naught but wreckage in its wake.
[2025/03/27 14:35] Sapphire: Te'ala looks up into the swirling clouds, listening intently to the wind and rain, still preferring to be above deck rather than below and surrounded by dead resin.
[2025/03/27 14:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: Everyone roll a d20 again!
[2025/03/27 14:35] D20: Mecha rolls 6
[2025/03/27 14:36] Andreas: /me "moves towards the front, ending up at the tip of a boat while drinking grog and trying not to fall. Eh what a nice weather"
[2025/03/27 14:36] D20: Andreas rolls 19
[2025/03/27 14:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: oooohh...!
[2025/03/27 14:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: (Is that a good Oooooh or a bad Oooooh?)
[2025/03/27 14:36] Andreas: I don't have a good feeling when you say such things :D
[2025/03/27 14:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire, d20
[2025/03/27 14:36] Sapphire: "May the rage of this storm pass us by, washing over us as rain and it's wrath gust past."
[2025/03/27 14:36] D20: Sapphire rolls 5
[2025/03/27 14:37] Sonja Bikergrrl: You, and you, and, just about, you - you grab various beams, barrels and other assorted flotsam and are tossed about on the churning surface. You aren't sure when you lose conciousness, but you have a fleeting sensation of being flung against a stony beach, of dragging yourselves, coughing and spluttering, from the icy waves, of collapsing, and just seeing out of the corners of your eyes, figures approaching, holding torches aloft to light the way. "Over here! Survivors!" And with that, you lose conciousness.
[2025/03/27 14:38] Sapphire: How far out of port were we?
[2025/03/27 14:38] Sonja Bikergrrl: well, you made it to Iwerddon.
[2025/03/27 14:38] Sonja Bikergrrl: Far enough to get shipwrecked.
[2025/03/27 14:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: I'm sure you'll be fine.
[2025/03/27 14:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: Nothing... TOO bad.... is going to happen.... yet.
[2025/03/27 14:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: You awaken in a cozy tavern bedroom bathed in the soft morning light filtering through thick, lace-curtained windows. The room is adorned with rustic wooden beams and walls lined with faded, colorful tapestries depicting local legends. A small wooden table holds an oil lamp sputtering with the remnants of last night’s glow, alongside a pitcher of water and two chipped ceramic mugs. The air is tinged with the lingering scent of roasted meats and herbs from the tavern’s kitchen below. In the corner, a weathered wardrobe leans slightly, its doors slightly ajar to reveal a collection of mismatched clothing, while a rickety wooden chair sits invitingly near the hearth, where a few embers still glow in the fireplace's ash.
[2025/03/27 14:40] Sapphire: Te'ala moves and sits up stiffly with a creak, tilting the shield on her arm to inspect it for damage or blood.
[2025/03/27 14:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: The shield is -fairly- dry.
[2025/03/27 14:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: No signs of blood.
[2025/03/27 14:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: ....someone is coming upstairs....
[2025/03/27 14:41] Sapphire: And then checking for the rest of her clothing and gear. She'd left her backpack in the cabin....
[2025/03/27 14:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: Your rather damp backpack is at the foot of the bed.
[2025/03/27 14:42] Mecha: Lahli Wakes up, rubbing her eyes. She is not sure what is going on as she sits up. Hearing the preson coming up She quickly falls back down, pretending to be out cold still
[2025/03/27 14:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: The door handle rattles.
[2025/03/27 14:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: The door creaks open and you see a plump woman in her late thirties with warm, amber eyes that seem to sparkle with a mischievous light. Her sun-kissed skin is smudged with flour and spices, a testament to her skill in the kitchen, while her long, wavy chestnut hair is tied back with a simple leather cord. She carries a tray, bearing wooden bowls of gruel. "Ah! You're awake. Welcome to your new life as slaves."
[2025/03/27 14:43] Andreas: /me looking for anything what could be drink, alco or non-alco. His belly is making funny sounds. Checks he has all limbs (seems he has). "where's my stuff?!" he tries to shout but his dry throat doesn't allow him. He made a funny voice instead.
[2025/03/27 14:44] Sapphire: "Slaves. To whom?" She looks up, frowning, attempting to stand up. Is her mace still at hand?
[2025/03/27 14:44] Sonja Bikergrrl: it is
[2025/03/27 14:44] Mecha: /me sits up "what do you mean slaves?"
[2025/03/27 14:44] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha?
[2025/03/27 14:45] Sonja Bikergrrl: The woman laughs uproariously, or rather, screeches, like a murder of crows being, well, murdered
[2025/03/27 14:45] Sonja Bikergrrl: "HAW HAW HAW! The look on yer faces!"
[2025/03/27 14:45] Sonja Bikergrrl: She puts down the tray, there's three bowls of gruel on it. "We found you washed up on the beach. Shipwrecked, were ye?"
[2025/03/27 14:47] Sapphire: "The skies released their screams and wrath upon our vessel," she confirms. "The waves rejected us from their depths."
[2025/03/27 14:47] Sonja Bikergrrl: The woman passes Sapphire a bowl of gruel and a spoon
[2025/03/27 14:47] Andreas: /me "hey slave, I need a water or something to drink"
[2025/03/27 14:47] Sonja Bikergrrl: "Aye, the seas are rough out these parts."
[2025/03/27 14:48] Sapphire: She accepts it in sedate manner, though frowns at the spy
[2025/03/27 14:48] Sonja Bikergrrl: "Ye'll be out on the streets in a minute, young fella-me-lad!" She passes Andreas a bowl of gruel and a spoon
[2025/03/27 14:49] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha likewise gets offered a bowl of gruel and a spoon
[2025/03/27 14:49] Mecha: She smiles."Thank you.. So wait. We're not slaves?
[2025/03/27 14:50] Andreas: /me "drink I need a liquid like water or wine slave, I can't drink gruel" looks angry at the woman like she can't understand the word he's saying
[2025/03/27 14:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: "HAW HAW! Of course not, yer numpty! Yer my guests, until you get up on your feet. You've been out of it all day. Eat that gruel, then, if you got the strength and can handle something more filling, come on downstairs."
[2025/03/27 14:50] Sapphire: "Slaves would not be permitted weapons," Te'ala points out, before taking a few spoonfuls of boiled grain to her mouth
[2025/03/27 14:51] Mecha: /me Lahli sets her gruel on the floor and pounces the lady."That was a wonderful prank. I like you" as she hugs her
[2025/03/27 14:52] Sonja Bikergrrl: "Oh! I should be telling ye where ye are. Yer in my establishment, the Hotel California... where guests check in, but can never leave." She pauses, looking at each of you in turn.
[2025/03/27 14:53] Sapphire: Te'ana looks back with a wooden, but attentive expression
[2025/03/27 14:53] Mecha: Lahli breaks the hug and sits down with the gruel, smiling
[2025/03/27 14:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: Andreas?
[2025/03/27 14:54] Andreas: /me "where's my water?"
[2025/03/27 14:54] Mecha: Didn't you get enough after the storm?
[2025/03/27 14:55] Sonja Bikergrrl: Just kiddin'! Ha ha! You can leave any time. I'm Allie, tradespeople call me Miss Cohol, but to my friends, I'm just called Al, this is The Hook, Line & Sinker Tavern. You didn't drink enough water in the sea? Ha, I thought you were going to be sleeping until the Black Wizard Thargon arrived with his Great Troll Army."
[2025/03/27 14:55] Andreas: /me "that was salty, I'm dry like a desert and this slave can't bring me a water. Am I dead and in purgatory or what?"
[2025/03/27 14:55] Sapphire: Te'ala moves to her backpack, pulls out a waterskin, and chucks it directly into the annoying mans head. "Here, water."
[2025/03/27 14:56] Mecha: Lahli looks over at the guy calling others slaves and narrows her eyes, before writing a note to herself for later.
[2025/03/27 14:57] Andreas: /me opens it up not saying anything and starts drinking ... when it's nearly empty he stops and passes it back to Te'ala. "good, I'm feeling better now"
[2025/03/27 14:57] Sonja Bikergrrl: "But don't worry about that Black Wizard now, you concentrate on getting better. I'll be down in the tavern when you're feeling like getting up and getting about. Well, until then - SEE YOU later!"
[2025/03/27 14:57] Mecha: Say Al can I talk to you outside for a moment?
[2025/03/27 14:58] Sonja Bikergrrl: Al smiles and looks at Mecha, her head slightly to one side. "Aye?"
[2025/03/27 14:58] Mecha: Nice, let's go and chat
[2025/03/27 14:58] Sonja Bikergrrl: "Aye, about what?"
[2025/03/27 14:59] Mecha: *Sending it in PM*

[2025/03/27 14:59] Mecha (alicia.frakture): Once outside, Lahli smiles at Al."You like to prank? That guy in there needs a good pranking. So if you're willing we chain him to the bed and when he wakes tell him there was a earrant for him and you plan to collect.
[2025/03/27 14:59] Mecha (alicia.frakture): er warrant
[2025/03/27 15:00] Sonja Bikergrrl: Al cackles wildly. "Ye like to prank, do yer?"
[2025/03/27 15:00] Mecha (alicia.frakture): Lahli smiles."It's part of who I am. I just hope he likes it." As she points up to the sky
[2025/03/27 15:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: Al gives a rather wide grin, revealing many teeth
[2025/03/27 15:02] Mecha (alicia.frakture): Oooooohhhh very cool
[2025/03/27 15:02] Mecha (alicia.frakture): All right I will leave you to it. That gruel smelled really good. thank you again
[2025/03/27 15:03] Sonja Bikergrrl: She gives a conspiratorial wink before bustling off

[2025/03/27 14:59] Andreas: /me takes the gruel and starts eating it ... "Miss Cohol, is the army with Black Wizard just staying for a night, you know, like your guests?" ... makes a gesture with the spoon, spills a bit at Te'ala
[2025/03/27 15:00] Sapphire: "Good. You should probably carry more than one waterskin," she says, returning the empty one to the set of four she has, before opening her pack and checking her rations for water damage.
[2025/03/27 15:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: "Yer in my bed, I'd say we're friends - call me Al. And no, the Black Wizard is said to be sweeping the land slaughtering everyone with his army of trolls."
[2025/03/27 15:03] Mecha: Lahli comes back in the room and smiles as she picks up the gruel and eats it
[2025/03/27 15:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: Al gives you all a smile and heads downstairs.
[2025/03/27 15:04] Andreas: /me "Well so are you waiting to be slaughtered? Who else is waiting with you? And what could you lost in worse case except life?" he makes a funny gesture again with spoon and spills bit of gruel at Lahli
[2025/03/27 15:04] Sapphire: Te'ala picks up her pack and heads downstairs, where the company is hopefully less tedious
[2025/03/27 15:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: Al: "Come down when you're ready, and talk then!"
[2025/03/27 15:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: All going down?
[2025/03/27 15:05] Mecha: Tsk, wasting food."Lahli says as she eats."Waiting to be what now?" She looks at Te'ala."Is he waterlogged or something?"
[2025/03/27 15:07] Sapphire: "Perhaps his skull was dented by a rock," she surmises on the way down the stairs.
[2025/03/27 15:07] Andreas: /me "do you have a wine or something, well maybe a chicken actually? Downstairs?" looks around bit confused and takes his stuff, accidentally spills rest of gruel at AI ... "oh I'm so sorry, my bad ... I'm still bit clumsy"
[2025/03/27 15:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: As you enter the warm, bustling inn, Allie, the charming and plump tavern keeper of The Plot and Hook Tavern, greets you with a broad grin, a twinkle in her warm, amber eyes. "Hey, adventurers! Good to see you. You know, just earlier, A human, an elf, and a dwarf ordered an ale each of them, but, as the fates would have it, three flies happen to land... each one separately into each drink! The elf pushed his tankard away in disgust, unable to drink such a tainted brew. The human picked the fly out of his, shrugged and began heartily downing the ale. Meanwhile, the dwarf reached into his tankard and picked out the fly. Then, holding it by its wings over the top of his ale, he screams, "Spit it oot, you little bastard! Spit it oot!!!" She laughs raucuously.
[2025/03/27 15:08] Mecha: Lahli moves to clean it up." Messy messy." before bringing her bowl downstairs
[2025/03/27 15:09] Sapphire: Te'ala nods sagely in agreement with this tale. "You said this tavern is the Hook and Sinker? Which shore are we on?"
[2025/03/27 15:09] Andreas: /me "bloody fly" grins ... "so where's the ale?"
[2025/03/27 15:10] Sonja Bikergrrl: Al: "This is the port city of Dulyn in the land Iwerddon. Yer from Britannia?"
[2025/03/27 15:11] Sapphire: "The ship I was on set sail from there. My home is further north."
[2025/03/27 15:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: Al: "We got Bog Grog, Ciderella, or, we got Coala."
[2025/03/27 15:13] Sapphire: *further west
[2025/03/27 15:14] Mecha: Um, Gosh I'm not a big drinker. Got any thing non alcoholic. I mean I can party but just not feeling it right now
[2025/03/27 15:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: Al: "And if ye be hungry, we got Dragon Eggs, or Spicy Jambalaya."
[2025/03/27 15:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: Al: So, Coala for you? six coppers."
[2025/03/27 15:14] Mecha: ohh Jambalaya? I'm in.
[2025/03/27 15:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: Al: "Six coppers."
[2025/03/27 15:15] Andreas: /me "What is the most popular? And is there anything you'd like me to help you with?" ... swings the spoon like it's a sword and grins at Al while looking at Lahli as she's cleaning up th gruel
[2025/03/27 15:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: "Ye might like Ciderella. Six coppers, and, yes, there is something I need a hand with. A job, if you will."
[2025/03/27 15:17] Sapphire: She moves to stand by the bar, not taking a seat but getting out of the walkway. "We are already pledged to one job. Retrieving Soarwood for a tinkering in exchange for his alchemy."
[2025/03/27 15:17] Sapphire: Tinkerer*
[2025/03/27 15:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: Al: "Aye? And ye thought the soarwood tree grows on the sea floor? HAHAHAHHAAAAA!"
[2025/03/27 15:18] Mecha: okay, ciderella and a jambalaya please. as she gets out a GP to pay
[2025/03/27 15:18] Sapphire: ( Don't you mean an SP? ))
[2025/03/27 15:19] Mecha: *She only has GP at the moment, nothing smaller*
[2025/03/27 15:19] Sonja Bikergrrl: Al just stares at the coin. "What is that? I don't take that. Sorry, no, house rule. You'll have to go to the gnome down the street, he'll change it for you."
[2025/03/27 15:20] Sapphire: "Gnome, you say?" She considers this. They probably don't all talk to each other, but they might have a method.
[2025/03/27 15:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: "Aye. Only charges five percent."
[2025/03/27 15:21] Andreas: /me "I'll listen to what job you'd like me to do for you when you let me taste bit of the Cinderella, before Lahli gonna go to exchange with gnomes" ... smiles innocently at Al.
[2025/03/27 15:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: Al: "Hey. I'm not as think as you drunk. Copper first, then drink!"
[2025/03/27 15:22] Sapphire: What time of day is it?
[2025/03/27 15:23] Sonja Bikergrrl: It's early evening, just before it starts to get dark.
[2025/03/27 15:24] Mecha: Lahli stands up."Better get while the gettings good then. I will be right back. Which way do I turn once out the door?"
[2025/03/27 15:24] Andreas: /me "from what direction you said the Black Wizard with this toll army is coming Al?"
[2025/03/27 15:24] Sonja Bikergrrl: Al: "Just turn right, go down the street about fifty paces, can't miss him."
[2025/03/27 15:24] Sapphire: Te'ala will move to with with Lahli
[2025/03/27 15:25] Sonja Bikergrrl: Al: "Ah, the Black Wizard. Somewhere south and west of here."
[2025/03/27 15:25] Sapphire: "How did he come by that name?"
[2025/03/27 15:26] Andreas: /me looks at Te'ala and Lahli ... "be careful and chop chop, I'm thirsty and this lady seems firm" ... grins at them and smirks at Al
[2025/03/27 15:26] Sonja Bikergrrl: Outside: it's early evening, most townsfolk are heading home, a few groups of kids are playing games. A man on a horse trots by.
[2025/03/27 15:26] Sonja Bikergrrl: Al calls out to Mecha and Sapphire: "SEE YOU later!"
[2025/03/27 15:26] Mecha: Lahli looks at him."Considering we're getting this for us. You're gonna be outta luck." As she heads for the door.
[2025/03/27 15:27] Sapphire: Te'ala just nods in agreement. Her coin is her own, not to subsidize some jerks drinking addiction.
[2025/03/27 15:28] Mecha: See you later as well
[2025/03/27 15:28] Sapphire: She does wave to Al though
[2025/03/27 15:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: The gnome is exactly where says, in a small shop. His name is Fizzwiggle Goldspinner.
[2025/03/27 15:29] Andreas: /me "looks at Al, see it's not easy with these two. So tell me about the Black Wizard at least, what is he after?
[2025/03/27 15:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: Al: "The Black Wizard is after one thing - conquest. He wants to bring all Iwerddon under his rule."
[2025/03/27 15:30] Sapphire: Gold *spinner*. She raises one eyebrow and approaches the entrance of the shop, knocking on the doorframe. "May the Evening bring calm breezes."
[2025/03/27 15:31] Sonja Bikergrrl: Fizzwiggle looks over his desk. "Aye, how can i help ye?"
[2025/03/27 15:32] Mecha: We were told to come here and make change for our coin?
[2025/03/27 15:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: Fizzwiggle: "Aye, what coin ye changing?"
[2025/03/27 15:33] Mecha: Lahli brings out two gold pieces, not sharing that she has more
[2025/03/27 15:33] Sapphire: "Britannian crowns for the local coins." She watches for not, not yet revealing her own supply.
[2025/03/27 15:33] Sonja Bikergrrl: Fizzwiggle does a quick calculation. "A hundred and ninety coppers."
[2025/03/27 15:33] Andreas: /me "and how long is he on the conquest? And what about his powers? If you want help you with defense than you should tell me what to expect. But I'm not gonna get a sip of Cinderella, so hard to tell what you can tell me about Black Wizard. Or maybe you have spare hands to defend this place, who knows."
[2025/03/27 15:34] Sonja Bikergrrl: Al: "*tchoh*! I'm a barkeeper in Dulyn, what do you think I know of black wizards and trolls from the south? Maybe go ask him, aye?"
[2025/03/27 15:36] Sapphire: Te'ala does the math in her head, and then pulls out her own pair of gold. "A fair rate."
[2025/03/27 15:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: You both swap handfuls of coin.
[2025/03/27 15:37] Sonja Bikergrrl: Fizzwiggle: "Come again, aye?"
[2025/03/27 15:38] Mecha: Thank you :)
[2025/03/27 15:38] Andreas: /me "you've greeted us like slaves, you try to scare us with Black Wizard and you don't want me to try Cinderella, you don't need help here nor you're looking for somebody who could make a job for you. That's how it sounds to me. Who found us and brought us here anyway?"
[2025/03/27 15:38] Sapphire: "Hopefully so," she agrees. "By chance, do you know of the Cogsworthies?"
[2025/03/27 15:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: Al: "*rolls eyes* Think i might just have ye thrown back in the sea!"
[2025/03/27 15:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: Fizzwiggle: "Nay, never heard of them. They from the clan in Sligeach, maybe?"
[2025/03/27 15:40] Sapphire: "Britannia, as it happens. One of them hired us to track down a plank of soarwood."
[2025/03/27 15:41] Mecha: Lahli shrugs."I'll let you two discuss this I have jambalaya waiting."Also would you know of any temples outside the city?"
[2025/03/27 15:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: Fizzwiggle: "Soarwood, eh? Eee." He strokes his beard. "Good luck, I guess."
[2025/03/27 15:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: Fizzwiggle: "Outside the city? What's wrong with the one in the town square, in the city?"
[2025/03/27 15:42] Mecha: Well I guess I can check it out but tomorrow or something. Jambalaya calls" AS she walks out smiling. She was really in a good mood as she heads back
[2025/03/27 15:43] Sapphire: "You are familiar with the wood? Or know of it from tales?"
[2025/03/27 15:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: Fizzwiggle shrugs. "It's a rare thing, indeed. Maybe look for something easier to find, like unicorns' teeth?"
[2025/03/27 15:47] Andreas: /me "smiles at Al, well maybe you should or maybe we're just lucky. Thank you Al and see you sooner or later. I come back to repay your kindness. Just in case, what was the job need help with?" takes his stuff getting ready to leave the tavern.
[2025/03/27 15:48] Sapphire: She sighs. "Even if I thought they would work, i cannot bring myself to harm a unicorn just to address my woes."
[2025/03/27 15:49] Sonja Bikergrrl: Al: "Get your strength up first, and when you're all here, I'll tell ye all then."
[2025/03/27 15:50] Mecha: Lahli comes in and hands Al the required copper for the food and drink with 4 extra for a tip before sitting down.
[2025/03/27 15:52] Andreas: /me looks at Al "you know, women can be complicated, hopefully they will find a way back or maybe I'll have to find them" shrugs
[2025/03/27 15:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: Al smiles and disappears, returns with a tall glass of Coala, a mug of Ciderella, and a plate with a very well cooked steak on it. She places them down before you."
[2025/03/27 15:53] Sapphire: After a few more minutes to see if the gnome has anything more to say on her quest, she makes her way back to the tavern before dark.
[2025/03/27 15:53] Mecha: Lahli looks at the steak. Does Jambalaya have a different meaning here?"
[2025/03/27 15:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: Fizzwiggle wishes Sapphire luck, but can give no further information.
[2025/03/27 15:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: Who you asking?
[2025/03/27 15:56] Sonja Bikergrrl: (Mecha?)
[2025/03/27 15:56] Mecha: Al
[2025/03/27 15:56] Andreas: /me smiles at Al "you're amazing, thank you for you kindness, I hope those two will be able to make it back and didn't get lost or are not looking for a unicorns"
[2025/03/27 15:56] Sapphire: Te'ala will also inquire what "Spicy Jambalaya" is
[2025/03/27 15:57] Sapphire: "As I told the gnome, I would never harm a unicorn just to save myself," she tells Andreas
[2025/03/27 15:58] Sonja Bikergrrl: Al stares at the plate for a minute. "Oh. Sorry, simple mis-steak." She takes the plate away, and returns a few minutes later with a bowl of spicy jumbalaya.
[2025/03/27 15:58] Mecha: Lahli laughs at that."I walked right into that." As she takes a bite.
[2025/03/27 15:59] Sonja Bikergrrl: It's quite nice.
[2025/03/27 15:59] Sonja Bikergrrl: Whos drinking the Coala?
[2025/03/27 16:00] Mecha: No clue, but I am sure it is a Coala-ti beverage
[2025/03/27 16:00] Andreas: /me looks at Te'ala while chewing a steak ... "you won't harm a unicorn when you look at it. And you wont' see any, coz they are not real. They are myths and legends." ... "you rather gonna try the Coala"
[2025/03/27 16:00] Sonja Bikergrrl: Coala - a Dwarven invention, this black bubbly drink tastes like grinded coal with sugar, but also makes you feel reinvigorated and less tired.
[2025/03/27 16:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: Who's drinking the Ciderella?
[2025/03/27 16:01] Sapphire: Te'ala stares at Andreas for a bit. "So that is what the humans tell themselves. It is tragic your kind have forgotten so much."
[2025/03/27 16:02] Sapphire: Te'ala inspects what the Jambalaya actually looks like.
[2025/03/27 16:03] Mecha: Lahli looks at her."Wanna taste? Careful, it's spicy."
[2025/03/27 16:03] Sonja Bikergrrl: Jambalaya is a savory rice dish that consists mainly of meat and/or seafood, and vegetables mixed with rice and spices.
[2025/03/27 16:04] Mecha: * https://cookingwithclaudy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/20240321114237_IMG_6935.jpg *
[2025/03/27 16:04] Sapphire: "Sure." She's rather curious how they managed to get rice out here for only six coppers.
[2025/03/27 16:04] Andreas: /me looks at Lahli and Te'ala ... "ladies if you can focus for a moment, Al would like to tell us about a job she's looking help with. You're always thinking about food" bites a steak and his eyes are obviously smiling
[2025/03/27 16:06] Sonja Bikergrrl: Who's drinking the Ciderella?
[2025/03/27 16:06] Mecha: Yeah, for one where did you get that steak?
[2025/03/27 16:06] Mecha: *Lahli*
[2025/03/27 16:06] Sapphire: Te'ala will ask for the Jumble-Liar and wine.
[2025/03/27 16:07] Andreas: /me looks at Lahli "well while you've been chasing unicorns I've been productive" *grins*
[2025/03/27 16:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: the Ciderella is just sitting there ignored?
[2025/03/27 16:08] Mecha: *No, Lahli is drinking it*
[2025/03/27 16:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: Al comes back. "We got Coala, Ciderella, or Bog Grog."
[2025/03/27 16:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha: d20
[2025/03/27 16:09] D20: Mecha rolls 12
[2025/03/27 16:09] Sapphire: "Is the Ciderella made from apples?"
[2025/03/27 16:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: Ciderella - a sweet apple cider, considered “a girls drink”, but even the toughest bloke will begin giggling like a little girl after a few drinks....
[2025/03/27 16:10] Sonja Bikergrrl: You drink the Ciderella, and can clearly hold your drink.
[2025/03/27 16:10] Andreas: /me bites a stake and looks at Te'ala "no it's made of unicorns" *grins*
[2025/03/27 16:10] Andreas: *steak
[2025/03/27 16:11] Mecha: She sets it down and tries to not drink to fast as she goes back to the food. Ideas filling her head.
[2025/03/27 16:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: As for the "job"....
[2025/03/27 16:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: Al leans in conspiratorially and says, "Ah, adventurers! I have a bit of a, uh, peculiar problem, if you’re up for it. You see, my cellar has become overrun with a rather cheeky pack of rats. They may look harmless, but they’ve been causing mischief! Clear them out, and I’ll ensure you have some of my finest ale and a few coins? What say you?”
[2025/03/27 16:12] Andreas: /me taps Lahli's shoulder from the other side than he's sitting and while she turn her head, he takes her beer and sips
[2025/03/27 16:13] Sapphire: "Ciderella will suffice, then." She considers. "Would the local cats not be better than us at chasing the rodents?"
[2025/03/27 16:13] Mecha: Lahli smiles."I'm in. before looking away, before looking at Al."I'm not paying for his steak."
[2025/03/27 16:13] Sonja Bikergrrl: Al: "You think cats won't be worse'n rats?"
[2025/03/27 16:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: Al smiles to Lahli. "Excellent! Well, the cellar door is just over there... and... I'll SEE YOU later!"
[2025/03/27 16:14] Sapphire: She simply raises her eyebrow incredulously at Al
[2025/03/27 16:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: And on that note, I got to see you later, too.... time I was gone, sadly
[2025/03/27 16:14] Andreas: /me looks at Lahli "don't be too poshi, it's not unicorn" ... looks at Te'ala with very pitiful look
[2025/03/27 16:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: sooooo.... quick show of paws.... who expected anything like that?
[2025/03/27 16:15] Mecha: * Was honestly surprised but it was fun
[2025/03/27 16:15] Andreas: /me nods
[2025/03/27 16:15] Andreas: yeah the foreplay is good, Sonja =)
[2025/03/27 16:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: but, more importantly... who liked it?
[2025/03/27 16:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: foreplay? the whole campaign is like this :P
[2025/03/27 16:16] Mecha: This one liked it
[2025/03/27 16:17] Sapphire: pretty good, yeah
[2025/03/27 16:17] Andreas: yeah I liked it too and I'm looking forward for Te'ala hunting the rats 🤭
[2025/03/27 16:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: well, I'm up in five hours... and as for the rats... that's for next week! ;)
[2025/03/27 16:17] Sapphire: i'm not gonna hunt rats with a mace
[2025/03/27 16:18] Sapphire: that's a job for felines
[2025/03/27 16:18] Sapphire: or possibly spike traps
[2025/03/27 16:19] Andreas: /me yeah unless the rats will steal your jewellery or so *giggle*
[2025/03/27 16:19] Sonja Bikergrrl: well, I got to sleep - see you tomorrow, Saturday :)