[2025/05/22 14:06] Sonja Bikergrrl: who's missing... Sapphire
[2025/05/22 14:06] Andreas: I'm missing few screws 🤪
[2025/05/22 14:06] Sonja Bikergrrl: nothing new there
[2025/05/22 14:07] Martina: giggles
[2025/05/22 14:07] Andreas: maybe that's why I feel good in this collective 🤭
[2025/05/22 14:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: you fit right in
[2025/05/22 14:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: so, what happened last
[2025/05/22 14:10] Sonja Bikergrrl: you're on the way to Mistwood Hollow
[2025/05/22 14:10] Sonja Bikergrrl: which just happens to be in Lough Fathom
[2025/05/22 14:10] Sonja Bikergrrl: and what do you know about Lough Fathom, Mecha?
[2025/05/22 14:11] Andreas: the army of ghosts lead by somebody hmmm a woman I don't remember the name
[2025/05/22 14:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: Kelly An Daergh, a striking red-head
[2025/05/22 14:11] Mecha: Not a smegging thing
[2025/05/22 14:12] Andreas: yes yes that's the one
[2025/05/22 14:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: So, the leprechaun has just vanished, and the road through Lough Fathom beckons... misty and mysterious... inviting and threatening...
[2025/05/22 14:13] Sonja Bikergrrl: and with that, GGGGGGGGGGGRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEETTTTTTIIINNNGGGGSSS Adventurers!
[2025/05/22 14:13] Sonja Bikergrrl: Are we marching into the bog like the brave party of intrepid adventurers you are?
[2025/05/22 14:14] Mecha: Were we heading for a bog? This one thought we were still at the inn making a plan
[2025/05/22 14:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: I'm not sure where you think you met the leprechaun, in that case
[2025/05/22 14:16] Martina: smiles, the little fellas pop up all over the place, usually when you least expect them :)
[2025/05/22 14:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: that must make going to the outhouse rather terrifying
[2025/05/22 14:17] Andreas: /me leprachaun was okay after the Cult of Boredom
[2025/05/22 14:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: Andreas! Are you going to fearlessly lead the party along the bog road?
[2025/05/22 14:17] Martina: giggles again, not sure about 'fearlessly'
[2025/05/22 14:18] Andreas: /me "yeah why not" ... "follow me creatures, time for fun" ... starts walking the road further
[2025/05/22 14:18] Martina: skips along behind Andreas hummin a lil ditty
[2025/05/22 14:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: The road gets more broken and vague, and then rather moister until you are trudging through mud with foul water bubbling either side.
[2025/05/22 14:18] Mecha: Lahli follows along, a little skip to her step
[2025/05/22 14:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: Andreas, roll a d20
[2025/05/22 14:19] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha, roll a d20
[2025/05/22 14:19] D20: Andreas rolls 4
[2025/05/22 14:19] D20: Mecha rolls 18
[2025/05/22 14:19] Andreas: /me I guess I'm gonna have a mud bath
[2025/05/22 14:20] Martina: squelches in the mud and states "Piggy back time" and jumps up on Andreas's back
[2025/05/22 14:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: Andreas gets his foot caught on a sunken root and nearly pitches face-first into the path but just catches himself, arms flailing wildly
[2025/05/22 14:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha, you reach out to grab Andreas to save him from a mud bath and you see...
[2025/05/22 14:21] Andreas: /me lost balance as Martina and they've both splashed into a muddy gobbet
[2025/05/22 14:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: A couple of long-dead skeletons, they seem to have lain there a long, long time... apparantly, judging by the armour and weapons, these were warriors of some kind.
[2025/05/22 14:22] Martina: waves to Sapphire... "Welcome"
[2025/05/22 14:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: What do you do?
[2025/05/22 14:22] Mecha: Eeps and Should this one roll to see if she keeps hold of Andreas?
[2025/05/22 14:22] Andreas: 🤭
[2025/05/22 14:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: You've got him, he's safe.
[2025/05/22 14:23] Sonja Bikergrrl: Martina?
[2025/05/22 14:23] Andreas: /me "hide creatures" whispers. We don't need to pick every fight. Looks around for a bush or tree to hide behind.
[2025/05/22 14:24] Sapphire: /me beep boops, waves
[2025/05/22 14:24] Andreas: /me 👋🤖 Sapphire
[2025/05/22 14:24] Martina: grabs the armour and weapons, bones clinking as they're removed "These might come in handy"
[2025/05/22 14:24] Sonja Bikergrrl: Andreas: Plenty of bushes and trees about, surprisingly
[2025/05/22 14:25] Mecha: There are skeletons in the mud... Glad you two didn't become skeletons as well.
[2025/05/22 14:25] Sonja Bikergrrl: You grab the stuff, Martina, but the weapons are just sticks of rust and the leather just cracks and splits as you touch it
[2025/05/22 14:25] Martina: examines the bodies to try to see how they met their muddy end
[2025/05/22 14:25] Sonja Bikergrrl: Roll d20, Martina
[2025/05/22 14:25] Martina: oh well, was worth a try
[2025/05/22 14:25] D20: Martina rolls 4
[2025/05/22 14:25] D10: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 7
[2025/05/22 14:26] D10: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 10
[2025/05/22 14:26] Martina: oh jeez here we go again with the dodgy dice
[2025/05/22 14:26] Andreas: =)
[2025/05/22 14:26] Sapphire: Te'ala follows at a calm walk, setting her hands on the local trees and roots to evaluate what sort of land they're in
[2025/05/22 14:26] Sonja Bikergrrl: The skeletons appear to be as much as 120 years old, as best you can make out. And, by the looks of it, they died by having axes slami into their backs.
[2025/05/22 14:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: Te'ala: The haunted bog where Kelly An Daergs' forces met their end, a century ago
[2025/05/22 14:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: Now what do you do/suggest/say?
[2025/05/22 14:28] Martina: well, at least they died a warriors death and their killers will also be long dead by now, nothing strange about this
[2025/05/22 14:28] Martina: lets move on
[2025/05/22 14:28] Sonja Bikergrrl: so, moving on?
[2025/05/22 14:28] Andreas: /me "we should watch our back, I guess" looks at those still dead skeletons
[2025/05/22 14:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: Very well. You trudge, or rather, squelch along the road... as it submerges under water, and rises up... and sinks back down...
[2025/05/22 14:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire, Martina, roll d20
[2025/05/22 14:29] D20: Martina rolls 16
[2025/05/22 14:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha can roll for Sapphire on this one
[2025/05/22 14:30] D20: Sapphire rolls 9
[2025/05/22 14:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: or not
[2025/05/22 14:31] Sonja Bikergrrl: Martina - as you pass under a tree, behind Andreas, a branch sweeps back and slaps you full in the face with a stinging, wet, sticky *smack*
[2025/05/22 14:31] Martina slaps Martina's face hard... "Ouch! That's gonna bruise"
[2025/05/22 14:31] Sonja Bikergrrl: At about the same time, something comes barrelling out of the bog and hurtles towards Martina
[2025/05/22 14:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: Everyone roll d20 for initiative, highest goes first
[2025/05/22 14:32] D20: Mecha rolls 2
[2025/05/22 14:32] D20: Martina rolls 18
[2025/05/22 14:32] D20: Andreas rolls 16
[2025/05/22 14:32] Mecha: Not gonna be Lahli
[2025/05/22 14:32] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 19
[2025/05/22 14:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: oh vey
[2025/05/22 14:33] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire
[2025/05/22 14:35] D20: Sapphire rolls 4
[2025/05/22 14:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: creature goes first!
[2025/05/22 14:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: A black body with wide black wings and a huge sharp pointed beak hurtles to Martina
[2025/05/22 14:35] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 8
[2025/05/22 14:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: it -narrowly- misses Martina, and hurtles past, banking so it arches round to come back to attack again
[2025/05/22 14:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: Martina!
[2025/05/22 14:37] Sonja Bikergrrl: what do you do?
[2025/05/22 14:38] Martina: duck and hide behind a tree, grab the branch that smacked me whack the thing as it comes down
[2025/05/22 14:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: whacking it with your staff?
[2025/05/22 14:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: Roll d20, let's see if you hit
[2025/05/22 14:39] D20: Martina rolls 11
[2025/05/22 14:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: Oooh. Missed, narrowly! You swipe at the creature but it squawks angrily and flips a wing, slipping under the swipe of the staff.
[2025/05/22 14:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: Andreas, what do you do?
[2025/05/22 14:40] Andreas: /me looks at the creatures and starts making noises like a chicken and makes chicken gesture with his arms pretending to fly.. Than jumps behind the closest tree to hide.
[2025/05/22 14:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: so, hiding... okay... I think the chickens gave you PTSD...
[2025/05/22 14:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire! What do you do?
[2025/05/22 14:41] Andreas: /me I thinks so too =X
[2025/05/22 14:41] Sapphire: This is one creature, black and beaked, how large?
[2025/05/22 14:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: Roughly cat sized.
[2025/05/22 14:42] Sapphire: "Creature of the bog, I bid you desist in your attack," she announces, before repeating herself in the druid-speak and in the language of the forest. She keeps one hand ready to cast i*faerie fire* f it fails to relent in it's blows.
[2025/05/22 14:42] Sapphire: if *
[2025/05/22 14:44] Sonja Bikergrrl: The creature caws angrily as it sweeps round in a wide arc. It now starts to glow. It clearly is cat-sized, and resembles a flying penguinm with a long sharp beak stretched out in front, which it appears to want to impale one of you with.
[2025/05/22 14:44] Sonja Bikergrrl: Attacks vs creature are now +2
[2025/05/22 14:44] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha?
[2025/05/22 14:45] Mecha: If it tries to pass Lahli in that Arc Lahli is gonna try to bonk it with her mace
[2025/05/22 14:45] Sonja Bikergrrl: Roll d20
[2025/05/22 14:45] D20: Mecha rolls 3
[2025/05/22 14:46] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me facepalms
[2025/05/22 14:46] Mecha: *Expletive deleted*
[2025/05/22 14:46] Sonja Bikergrrl: You swing wildly at the flying glowing honking thing. It flips a wing and corkscrews away and arcs round once more
[2025/05/22 14:46] Sonja Bikergrrl: New combat round. It hurtles towards the last one to threaten it - Lahlia.
[2025/05/22 14:46] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 9
[2025/05/22 14:47] Sonja Bikergrrl: It slams into Lahlia and claws scrabble, but it fails to gain a hold, and it flies off again, cawing furiously, and arcs round for another pass
[2025/05/22 14:47] Sonja Bikergrrl: Martina
[2025/05/22 14:49] Martina: grabs her shield from the backpack and tries to block the flying beast as it aims for her
[2025/05/22 14:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: you have a spell shield, but, not an actual shield, I think?
[2025/05/22 14:50] Martina: shield spell^^
[2025/05/22 14:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: Right. Now AC 2 vs missiles, AC 4 vs melee attacks.
[2025/05/22 14:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: Andreas!
[2025/05/22 14:51] Andreas: /me picks a stone about the size of a fist, peaks from behind the tree and throws it full force at the creature
[2025/05/22 14:51] D20: Andreas rolls 14
[2025/05/22 14:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: d20
[2025/05/22 14:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: and d4 for damage
[2025/05/22 14:51] D4: Andreas rolls 2
[2025/05/22 14:52] Sonja Bikergrrl: THUNK! the stone smashes into the creatures' face, and it squawks furiously.
[2025/05/22 14:52] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 5
[2025/05/22 14:52] Sonja Bikergrrl: It's still flying, and, still attacking. Sapphire?
[2025/05/22 14:54] Sapphire: checking options....
[2025/05/22 14:54] Sapphire: Loading a sling with a rock, and spinning it up, the weapon thrumming the air before she aims and releases, trying to hit the bird
[2025/05/22 14:54] D20: Sapphire rolls 1
[2025/05/22 14:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: d20
[2025/05/22 14:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: ...
[2025/05/22 14:55] Sapphire: Darn bog!
[2025/05/22 14:55] Sonja Bikergrrl: you fling a stone, it smacks into the bog at your feet. *splish*
[2025/05/22 14:55] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha!
[2025/05/22 14:56] Mecha: Gonna go for another bonk, hoping to slam it into the mud to get it stuck
[2025/05/22 14:56] Sonja Bikergrrl: d20
[2025/05/22 14:56] D20: Mecha rolls 19
[2025/05/22 14:56] Sonja Bikergrrl: a solid hit! d6
[2025/05/22 14:56] D6: Mecha rolls 3
[2025/05/22 14:57] Sonja Bikergrrl: A loud CAW! as the mace hits and the creature is flung far to one side, cartwheeling lifelessly before splashing some distance away into the bog.
[2025/05/22 14:58] Sonja Bikergrrl: Well. You seem to have won that one.... onwards?
[2025/05/22 14:58] Martina: cheers, how can one little crow be so difficult to take out?
[2025/05/22 14:58] Sonja Bikergrrl: roll d20, Martina
[2025/05/22 14:58] D20: Martina rolls 12
[2025/05/22 14:58] Sapphire: Te'ala splashes over to the injured bird to inspect the body.
[2025/05/22 14:59] Sonja Bikergrrl: Good question. Maybe it's one of the Black Wizard Thargons' familiars?
[2025/05/22 14:59] Sonja Bikergrrl: Te'ala: d20
[2025/05/22 14:59] D20: Sapphire rolls 6
[2025/05/22 14:59] Martina: resting? this bird is deceased!
[2025/05/22 14:59] Mecha: It's not deceased, it's pining for the Fjords
[2025/05/22 15:00] Martina: This bird wouldn't pine if you put 5,000 volts through it
[2025/05/22 15:00] Sonja Bikergrrl: Te'ala knows what this creature is. Common to bogs and places where things tend to die and rot, this ghastly creature is a stirge, famous for ramming it's beak into victims... and then draining them of blood...
[2025/05/22 15:00] Andreas: /me leans from behind the tree "stupid chickens or whatever it was" looks at Te'ala "you're not take it with you or are you? I mean we don't have the BBQ sauce" looks at Lahli.
[2025/05/22 15:00] Sonja Bikergrrl: Might be an idea to move on before more come.
[2025/05/22 15:01] Andreas: /me "move creatures, we don't have whole day" grins
[2025/05/22 15:01] Mecha: Lahli is down for that
[2025/05/22 15:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire, Andreas, d20
[2025/05/22 15:01] Martina: lets rock....
[2025/05/22 15:01] D20: Andreas rolls 10
[2025/05/22 15:01] D20: Sapphire rolls 20
[2025/05/22 15:03] Sonja Bikergrrl: The path comes to a fork. A signpost reads "Mistwood Hollow" and points to what looks like a ruined house some distance away. As you look, you nearly trip on a small rock (or skull....) lying under the water, you stumble but luckily don't fall.
[2025/05/22 15:03] Sonja Bikergrrl: Martina, Mecha, d20 each
[2025/05/22 15:03] D20: Mecha rolls 20
[2025/05/22 15:03] D20: Martina rolls 17
[2025/05/22 15:03] Sapphire: Te'ala considers, and then collects the most valuable part of the stirges body for use in spells. "Stirges area ghastly being, but part of the order of decay. I have not heard of anyone eating them, but if you wish to experiment, I would love to take notes on the results, Andreas."
[2025/05/22 15:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: A wizened, hunched figure in ancient, rusty, decayed armour lurches out of the mist. It glares at you, and seems to be muttering something.
[2025/05/22 15:04] Sapphire: are a*
[2025/05/22 15:04] Sapphire: Armor in a swamp.... curious. Many would fear to sink.
[2025/05/22 15:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: Roll d20.
[2025/05/22 15:05] D20: Sapphire rolls 15
[2025/05/22 15:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: Everyone, that is. Initiative :)
[2025/05/22 15:05] D20: Mecha rolls 19
[2025/05/22 15:05] D20: Martina rolls 6
[2025/05/22 15:05] Andreas: /me looks at Te'ala "we don't have the sauce" shrugs
[2025/05/22 15:06] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 5
[2025/05/22 15:06] Sonja Bikergrrl: Andreas - d20
[2025/05/22 15:07] D20: Andreas rolls 13
[2025/05/22 15:07] D4: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 2
[2025/05/22 15:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: It lumbers and lurches towards Andreas. You can clearly see it is wizened, dirty.... dead.... it's eyes filled with hate as it grumbles and growls... "...betrayed... BETRAYED!!!" It reaches out to grab Andreas with wickedly long and very evil looking claws
[2025/05/22 15:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha, you're first. What do you do?
[2025/05/22 15:09] Mecha: Turn undead
[2025/05/22 15:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: And what do you do to turn undead?
[2025/05/22 15:10] Mecha: Lahli grabs her holy symbol and looks at him."Go on now, shoo. You heard me, shoo shoo."
[2025/05/22 15:10] Sonja Bikergrrl: Roll 2d6, must roll under 9
[2025/05/22 15:10] D6: Mecha rolls 2
[2025/05/22 15:10] D6: Mecha rolls 1
[2025/05/22 15:10] Sonja Bikergrrl: or was it over
[2025/05/22 15:10] Andreas: /me "🤭"
[2025/05/22 15:11] Mecha: /me blinks
[2025/05/22 15:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: Eh. Only a dick of a DM would correct that, we'll go with my mistake.
[2025/05/22 15:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: The creature SHRIEKS and falls back, then shambles away quickly.
[2025/05/22 15:11] Sapphire: The armored creature?
[2025/05/22 15:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: The Turn won't last long. You'll want to act quickly before it decides to come back.
[2025/05/22 15:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: Yep, should've been over but I think after that Turning, rule of cool dictates suckcess
[2025/05/22 15:13] Martina: time to move again, quickly
[2025/05/22 15:13] Mecha: Lahli looks around.Now would be a good time for ideas*THink she has to concentrate to keep it going, right?
[2025/05/22 15:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: No, no need. You channelled your deities' power and "scared it off" - for now.
[2025/05/22 15:14] Andreas: /me jogs away from the creature towards the house
[2025/05/22 15:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: Meanwhile... you finally make it to the Mistwood Hollow Estate. It's clearly very badly ruined, long ago... it's little more than a mound of collapsed rubble and rafters. Looking around, one can see various rooms in signs of imminent collapse; there's what once was a kitchen, a dark and forbidding entrance yawning to the depths of a cellar, and what looks like it might've been a drawing room. There's a crumbling desk, a bookcase on the verge of collapse with what might have been books smeared on the shelves... and what looks like a rather intact leather-bound book...
[2025/05/22 15:15] Mecha: "I swear if there is a ten foot tall statuesque woman with long nails here... It was nice knowing you I'm staying." Lahli said jokingly
[2025/05/22 15:15] Sapphire: ( Are we actually inside it already? )
[2025/05/22 15:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: Outside, looking in. It looks very likely to collapse at a moment, it's clearly been ruined.... a LONG time
[2025/05/22 15:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: But, you do see that leather bound book on what was once a desk.
[2025/05/22 15:16] Andreas: /me looks at the leather book "I have enough reading and writing for today and the place looks very clunky"
[2025/05/22 15:17] Martina: guess I need to risk it then, starts carefully into the house to get the book
[2025/05/22 15:17] Sapphire: "Somehow I am unsurprised by your opinion on literacy."
[2025/05/22 15:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: Timbers groan and stones clatter, but, you got the book.
[2025/05/22 15:18] Martina: gingerly retraces her steps, backing oiut to the others
[2025/05/22 15:19] Sapphire: "Perhaps the back is more sturdy."
[2025/05/22 15:19] Andreas: /me looks at Te'ala "somehow you still looks bit worn off from the conversation with the Cult of Boredom" chuckles
[2025/05/22 15:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: The house has literally collapsed to be little more than an artifical cave, consisting of the remains of the study, which looks ready to collapse any moment now.
[2025/05/22 15:20] Mecha: Lahli is not going in there
[2025/05/22 15:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: no need, Martina already braved it and retrieved the book
[2025/05/22 15:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: ...anyone want to know what the book is about?
[2025/05/22 15:22] Mecha: Can we check it out somewhere else?
[2025/05/22 15:22] Sapphire: Does it say on the cover? "We should find somewhere dry to read this."
[2025/05/22 15:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: you could, but, don't you want to know if this is what you're after?
[2025/05/22 15:22] Andreas: /me "I'm not reading it" stepping away from Martina as she's holding the book.
[2025/05/22 15:22] Martina: its safe here in the open, examines the cover for detail as to whats inside
[2025/05/22 15:23] Sonja Bikergrrl: Evie: "what harm ever came from reading a book?"
[2025/05/22 15:23] Sonja Bikergrrl: Martina: d20
[2025/05/22 15:23] D8: Martina rolls 4
[2025/05/22 15:23] Martina: sorry, wrong dice
[2025/05/22 15:23] D20: Martina rolls 2
[2025/05/22 15:23] Andreas: /me we're cooked
[2025/05/22 15:23] Martina: NOOOOO, can I have the first oen :)
[2025/05/22 15:23] Sonja Bikergrrl: This leather bound book looks in AMAZING condition. Its' as if someone just took it out of the library.
[2025/05/22 15:23] Martina: I did ;p
[2025/05/22 15:24] Sonja Bikergrrl: Title: "A Newe Northen Dittye of ye Ladye Greene Sleves" - this IS the book you're after!
[2025/05/22 15:24] Sonja Bikergrrl: Written by: "Edric Windstrider"
[2025/05/22 15:24] Sonja Bikergrrl: Dated: About 150 years in the past.
[2025/05/22 15:24] Sapphire: "It's the damp I'm worried about. Not good for the parchment."
[2025/05/22 15:24] Sonja Bikergrrl: The book details various versions of Greensleeves, written by various authors in the preceeding centuries, and variations of the ballad, including a currently unknown version.
[2025/05/22 15:25] Sapphire: Te'ala looks through the window for any other promising books to rescue.
[2025/05/22 15:25] Sonja Bikergrrl: You read the lyrics of this unknown version of Greensleeves. As you do, you get the feeling you are being watched.... "Greene Sleeves is worne awaie, Yellow Sleeves Comme to decaie, Blacke Sleeves I holde in despite, But White Sleeves is my delighte" ...and you look up. Just the bog... bushes.... trees.... and nothing else as far as you can tell... apart from a cloaked figure lurking near a tree, watching you
[2025/05/22 15:26] Sonja Bikergrrl: Just piles of sodden filth, Sapphire
[2025/05/22 15:27] Mecha: Lahli holds on to her mace as she sees the cloaked figure
[2025/05/22 15:28] Andreas: /me steps behind Lahli "pitty we don't have the sauce"
[2025/05/22 15:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire? Martina?
[2025/05/22 15:29] Sapphire: She waves to the cloacked figure. "Hail, traveler."
[2025/05/22 15:29] Mecha: "Then you should bring the sauce... Wait are you talking about this Barbecue sauce?"
[2025/05/22 15:30] Martina: We need to get this book back to the Clerics fast
[2025/05/22 15:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: Cloaked Figure: "Ohshit" - turns and starts to run away
[2025/05/22 15:31] Andreas: /me "yes Barbecue sauce" chuckles behind Lahli
[2025/05/22 15:31] Sonja Bikergrrl: Anyone going to do anything about this?
[2025/05/22 15:31] Sapphire: "Hey!" She starts trying to follow the running figure. "We just want to talk!"
[2025/05/22 15:32] Andreas: /me "I'm not running anywhere" gently pushes Lahli little forward
[2025/05/22 15:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha, Martina?
[2025/05/22 15:33] Mecha: Lahli is goingt o follow as well. She has heard of this guy and thinks he is giving the traveler a bad name
[2025/05/22 15:34] Sonja Bikergrrl: The figure glances over their shoulder. "Oh, damn!" They suddenly sprint forwards, faster than a hare. In another round, they'll be out of sight.
[2025/05/22 15:34] Sapphire: how hard is it to keep up with htem?
[2025/05/22 15:35] Andreas: /me "oh dear .... why me ... " starts sprinting as fast he can, try chase the figure
[2025/05/22 15:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: You're running across a watery muddy surface that sucks at your feet. They're running like a hare in a dry field. So, extremely.
[2025/05/22 15:35] Martina: sling time, slow him down as he's clearly not undead
[2025/05/22 15:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: d20
[2025/05/22 15:36] D20: Martina rolls 17
[2025/05/22 15:36] Mecha: "HEy wer're not going to hurt you just stop!... Okay, I'm not
[2025/05/22 15:37] Sonja Bikergrrl: The figure disappears into the swirling mists, as Martina's sling stone hurtles past you. There's a faint -thunk- of a stone hitting something, and an exclaimation of "Mudderfuggen OW!" Then... silence...
[2025/05/22 15:37] Mecha: *Bloom?!*
[2025/05/22 15:38] Sonja Bikergrrl: (Easter eggs are a thing.)
[2025/05/22 15:38] Sapphire: Running up to make sure he doesn't drown
[2025/05/22 15:38] Martina: Got him, quick grab him before he recovers
[2025/05/22 15:38] Sonja Bikergrrl: You run to where you think he was.... but there's no sign of him.
[2025/05/22 15:38] Sonja Bikergrrl: Martina: you're certain you hit the guy but... no one to be seen anywhere
[2025/05/22 15:39] Andreas: /me "seems like we're chasing a ghost" ... catches his breath
[2025/05/22 15:40] Martina: hmmm no footprints or tracks
[2025/05/22 15:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: As you say that, there's a sudden roiling in the mists, and a wave of air breezing past, along with a fading HA! HA HA! HA HA HA!
[2025/05/22 15:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: None that you can see in the water, no.
[2025/05/22 15:41] Mecha: "Can we just get out of here. Whoever this is is just asking for attention now. No one is that bad at hiding."
[2025/05/22 15:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: Probably a good plan, that undead is likely to return, and do you want to spend the night in a haunted bog?
[2025/05/22 15:41] Martina: watery muddy surface.... it would definitely leave tracks unless hes on a hoverboard
[2025/05/22 15:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: so where to, back to the temple and show the book to the clerics?
[2025/05/22 15:42] Martina: yep, makes sense
[2025/05/22 15:42] Mecha: /me nods
[2025/05/22 15:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay... times' getting on so fast forward to the temple
[2025/05/22 15:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: At the temple, the cleric greet you with the usual bland smiles they treat visitors with: "Greetings, how may we serve you?"
[2025/05/22 15:43] Martina: 5 mins, need a midnight snack, brb
[2025/05/22 15:44] Sapphire: "Good evening. We managed to lcoate a traditional document."
[2025/05/22 15:44] Sapphire: *locate
[2025/05/22 15:45] Andreas: /me "sound like a plan, I have to give them the form A38"
[2025/05/22 15:45] Sonja Bikergrrl: Cleric: "Ah, you... it's about this... rock concert.... very well, what have you go?"
[2025/05/22 15:48] Mecha: *Since Martina has the book Lahli looks at teh Cleric."While they get it for you. Have you given any thought to what I said?"
[2025/05/22 15:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: Cleric: "No, tradition must be maintained, what was good for our forefathers is good for us today."
[2025/05/22 15:50] Mecha: BUt even traditions change. To resist change is to stagnate.
[2025/05/22 15:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: Cleric: "What heresy will you spout next, that the stars in the skies above move? That our very Gods are mutable and changeable?"
[2025/05/22 15:52] Sapphire: "Mine certainly are."
[2025/05/22 15:53] Mecha: There are gods that literally change shape. There are deities that cover more than one thing.
[2025/05/22 15:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: The cleric looks at Sapphire, and eyes the various sprouts and twigs, and decides not to say anything
[2025/05/22 15:54] Martina: gets the book from her backpack and starts to recite the words.... Alas my love you do me wrong To cast me off discourteously.... For I have loved you so long.... Alas my love you do me wrong Delighting in your company
[2025/05/22 15:54] Andreas: /me is slowly trying to disappear looking for the brother who gave me the form to fill
[2025/05/22 15:54] Sapphire: "In any case," she gestures to the book.
[2025/05/22 15:55] Sonja Bikergrrl: Cleric: holds out a hand: "let me see..."
[2025/05/22 15:55] Martina: hands over the book
[2025/05/22 15:56] Sonja Bikergrrl: The cleric reads the book... then his jaw hits the ground
[2025/05/22 15:56] Sapphire: How much damage does the ground take?
[2025/05/22 15:56] Sonja Bikergrrl: He runs off to the back of the temple. "Father Ted! Father Ted!" There's a rather lengthy hubbub and clerical discussion
[2025/05/22 15:56] Mecha: IT dodges
[2025/05/22 15:58] Sonja Bikergrrl: One of the elders comes out from the back. "Well, strangers, I don't know how you found this, but it seems we owe an apology. I can't believe some of these old ditties have been forgotten, but clearly tradition is, in fact, change. This... rock concert, you call it? - it must go ahead. With our blessing."
[2025/05/22 15:59] Martina: and our reward... I believe it was 50 gold per person?
[2025/05/22 15:59] Sonja Bikergrrl: (Congrats, you all gain Level Four, we'll roll hit points next time)
[2025/05/22 15:59] Sonja Bikergrrl: (No, you're thinking of a different game.)
[2025/05/22 15:59] Sonja Bikergrrl: The concert goes ahead, and, it's a huge success. The people are happier and local business is booming. However, the next day...
[2025/05/22 16:00] Andreas: 0_0
[2025/05/22 16:00] Sapphire: Aw, we don't get to attend the concert itself?
[2025/05/22 16:00] Martina: oh shit yes sorry
[2025/05/22 16:00] Sonja Bikergrrl: Ready to hear what happens the next day?
[2025/05/22 16:00] Andreas: hangover?
[2025/05/22 16:00] Sapphire: waking up in strange hotel rooms?
[2025/05/22 16:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: A figure can be seen floating or flying in the sky towards the town centre. If floats or flies into the central town square; it looks for all the world like a bugbear clad in a snug pinstripe suit, sporting a comically tiny bowler hat and carrying a simple black umbrella, along with a pair of pince-nez spectacles perched on his nose, giving him an air of sophisticated menace. He waves a white handerchief in the air, and speaks surprisingly clear and refined Common without accent. "I am an emissary, I claim diplomatic immunity. I bring you a message."
[2025/05/22 16:01] Martina: we get to clean up all the bottles and cans?
[2025/05/22 16:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: Meet "Bartholomew Overcoat," the dapper bugbear who combines elegance with menace!
[2025/05/22 16:02] Martina: this isnt gonna end well metinks
[2025/05/22 16:02] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me waits for everyone to catch up and/or declare actions
[2025/05/22 16:03] Sapphire: He's floating with his magical umberella?
[2025/05/22 16:03] Sonja Bikergrrl: Floated down to ground where he now stands in the city square
[2025/05/22 16:03] Sonja Bikergrrl: "I bring you a message from the Great Black Wizard, Thargon. He bids you greetings, and demands your immediate and unconditional surrender."
[2025/05/22 16:03] Martina: whats the message and who's it from?
[2025/05/22 16:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: Exactly that, it seems
[2025/05/22 16:04] Sapphire: "Perhaps we'd like to discuss conditions? What protections does Thargon offer to the loyal?"
[2025/05/22 16:04] Martina: surrender for what?
[2025/05/22 16:05] Mecha: Lahli looks at him and falls over laughing.."I swear I'm not *LOL* Laughing at you personally *Wheeze* it's the hat! *Gasp* I am loving the hat after ebing caught by surprise. That hat is fantastic!"
[2025/05/22 16:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: Bartholomew: "No conditions, simply surrender. Or die. That is the only other option."
[2025/05/22 16:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: Bartholomew gives Lahli an incy glare.
[2025/05/22 16:05] Andreas: /me "is he upset because he missed the concert?" looks at the Bartholomew
[2025/05/22 16:05] Sapphire: "Sounds to me like you plan you kill everyone anyway even if they do surrender."
[2025/05/22 16:05] Martina: and why shouldn't we just kill you here and now?
[2025/05/22 16:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: Bartholomew looks shocked. "I warn you now, that all those who have opposed the Great Wizard, they have all been wiped out to a man. Those settlements that resisted were razed to the ground and the survivors slaughtered. Those settlements that surrendered to the Great Wizard were treated fairly and well."
[2025/05/22 16:06] Sonja Bikergrrl: Bartholomew: "Kill a diplomat? From what barbaric land are you from? Are you all savages?"
[2025/05/22 16:06] Martina: and we're supposed to take your word for this>?
[2025/05/22 16:06] Sapphire: "Fairly and well, now that's a condition, see? Being treated fair is a reason to agree, you know.""
[2025/05/22 16:06] Sonja Bikergrrl: Bartholomew shrugs. "You don't really have a choice. The Great Wizard commands the undefeated and invulnerable Great Troll Army. Those who oppose him, shall die. It is as simple as that. Why throw your lives away? Surrender and be treated well. The choice is yours."
[2025/05/22 16:07] Sapphire: Te'ala looks around for who's in charge of this village that they're willing to let random guest adventurers argue for the fate of their town.
[2025/05/22 16:07] Mecha: Lahli slowly gets back to her feet."No insult meant. Your hat surprised me and the decision that I love that hat is what made me laugh. Apologies for the outburst."
[2025/05/22 16:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: There's various townspeople, a blacksmith, a cleric, two city guards and Allie standing nearby. Roll d20, Sapphire
[2025/05/22 16:08] D20: Sapphire rolls 9
[2025/05/22 16:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire: That's one nasty bruise on the side of Als' head.
[2025/05/22 16:09] Sapphire: "I have no quarrel with your Great Wizard," Te'ala relaxes a bit. "if anything, should he prove wise I may have a question for him."
[2025/05/22 16:10] Sonja Bikergrrl: The bugbear bows. "I'll happily take your question, but I must also take your answer to his demands."
[2025/05/22 16:10] Andreas: /me "I have a question for him ... if he's such a Wizard, why did he missed the concert yesterday?" looks sharp at the Bartholomew
[2025/05/22 16:11] Martina: we need to discuss this and the village needs to agree in its entirety so can you come back lnext week for our answer?
[2025/05/22 16:11] Mecha: How about the answer is give the people of this town a day or two to discuss it. YOU just hit them with a major bombshell. You can't expect an instant answer.
[2025/05/22 16:11] Mecha: Or a week from now works too
[2025/05/22 16:11] Sapphire: "I would ask what he knows of the white must and how to treat or cure it. As for his demands, I am not a member of this town, so I only speak for myself. But I as yet have no reason to stand in his way."
[2025/05/22 16:13] Sonja Bikergrrl: Bartholomew bows again. "I shall pass on your question. As to his demands - surely you've heard of the Black Wizard Thargon and his Great Troll Army? I shall pass on your request for time to think about it. I'm sure you'll be allowed -some- time... but mark my words, the Great Troll Army is on the way. You'll have to decide - soon. Farewell for now."
[2025/05/22 16:13] Mecha: I have a question. Where can I get a hat like yours. No fooling here I could rock that look.
[2025/05/22 16:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: Bartholomew holds up the umbrella, floats up into the air and flies away, disappearing into the distance quickly.
[2025/05/22 16:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: Al looks up into the sky. "So... shall I call last orders?"
[2025/05/22 16:14] Andreas: /me "don't forget to ask him why he missed the concert, because if he's a true wizard, he wouldn't!"
[2025/05/22 16:14] Martina: well that went well
[2025/05/22 16:15] Martina: said it wasnt gonna end well... it didnt even start well
[2025/05/22 16:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: And that is the end of that chapter... looks like things are gonna hot up ;)
[2025/05/22 16:16] Andreas: /me "we should invite them for the concert, maybe they change their minds"
[2025/05/22 16:16] Martina: turns to the Cleric, "So, what do you know about this Troll Army and is there any reality ion what he's saying about villages being wiped oput?"
[2025/05/22 16:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: Cleric nods grimly. "Aye. It's true."
[2025/05/22 16:18] Martina: so we have a week to find a way to stop the army or kill te wizard or we surrender and face the consequences.....
[2025/05/22 16:18] Sapphire: "Ah yes, invite them to yesterdays concert, that'll work."
[2025/05/22 16:18] Sapphire: Te'ala is honestly considering surrender as aserious option.
[2025/05/22 16:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me reads ahead and smirks
[2025/05/22 16:18] Andreas: I'm gonna have to go kittens. Thank you for game ^_^
[2025/05/22 16:19] Martina: yeah, getting late
[2025/05/22 16:19] Mecha: Have a good night Andreas
[2025/05/22 16:19] Sonja Bikergrrl: How've you liked this one?
[2025/05/22 16:19] Andreas: it was great Sonja
[2025/05/22 16:19] Andreas: see you later kittens 👋🤖
[2025/05/22 16:19] Sonja Bikergrrl: awesome :)
[2025/05/22 16:20] Mecha: It is fun and this one likes the idea of being silly with Lahli. I dont get to do that aoften
[2025/05/22 16:20] Martina: ok girls, gonna head off to bedfordshire
[2025/05/22 16:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: oh yes, next one will be fun
[2025/05/22 16:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay, I got to go too
[2025/05/22 16:21] Sapphire: Good night Sonja!