[2025/07/31 14:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: We ready to begin?
[2025/07/31 14:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me opens up NCs and notes and .... where are the notes
[2025/07/31 14:09] Andreas: plz unrig the dice first
[2025/07/31 14:09] Mecha: Indeed
[2025/07/31 14:09] Sapphire: /me sets out a bowl of popcorn and then lights it on fire as a snacrifice to the dice!
[2025/07/31 14:10] Sonja Bikergrrl: so.. last week... you got a bunch of stuff and a journal from the druids' long-abandoned and very overgrown grove
[2025/07/31 14:10] Sonja Bikergrrl: you then fled from a giant you met before, to wind up in a country inn where you stayed the night.
[2025/07/31 14:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: It's the next morning. Your quest: Find the druid Irenicus and see if he will let you have some berries from his Daybush
[2025/07/31 14:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: And with that out of the way.... GGGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRREEEEETTTIINNNNGGGSSSS Adventurers! Other players get TPK'd by mighty demons or powerful sorcerers, you get beaten by drunks in a bar.
[2025/07/31 14:12] Sapphire: At least when you lose to drunks you just end up with bruises and an acidic smell on your boots
[2025/07/31 14:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: It's morning, the tavern has a number of patrons, the barkeep is polishing a glass with a dirty rag
[2025/07/31 14:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: Everyone, roll d20.
[2025/07/31 14:13] D20: Mecha rolls 2
[2025/07/31 14:13] D20: Sapphire rolls 12
[2025/07/31 14:13] D20: Andreas rolls 10
[2025/07/31 14:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: You all notice: there's about a score of patrons in the tavern, mostly rough, burly types. And at the end of the bar, a guy in a brown robe, seated where it's rather darker than the rest of the bar, smoking a pipe.
[2025/07/31 14:16] Sapphire: Te'ala walks her way over to the dark corner, nodding to the guy in the brown robe and seeing if she can get a better look at who he is.
[2025/07/31 14:17] Andreas: /me walks to a bar and asks for morning beer
[2025/07/31 14:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: The guy is a shortish fellow, with a stubbly beard round his chin, with a large reddish nose. He nods vaguely, and continues smoking his pipe.
[2025/07/31 14:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: Barkeeper: "One silver, or ten coppers, to you."
[2025/07/31 14:19] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha?
[2025/07/31 14:19] Sapphire: He look anything like someone we know?
[2025/07/31 14:19] Andreas: /me pulls his pouch and counts twenty coppers, passes it to barkeeper "and a breakfast, whatever you have, thank you".
[2025/07/31 14:19] Sonja Bikergrrl: roll d20, Sapphire
[2025/07/31 14:19] D20: Sapphire rolls 10
[2025/07/31 14:20] Mecha: Lahli is going to order breakfast before looking at the hauls from the day before
[2025/07/31 14:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: Beer, and a plate of fried potato for Andreas. Breakfast is important.
[2025/07/31 14:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: Te'ala does not recognize the guy (never seen him before), looks like a typical farm-hand/drinker
[2025/07/31 14:21] Andreas: /me nods to barkeeper, sips the beer and moves towards Te'ala to find a seat
[2025/07/31 14:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: What you looking at, Mecha?
[2025/07/31 14:22] Mecha: The berries
[2025/07/31 14:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: They look like tightly bound bundles, weighty enough to fly true if thrown
[2025/07/31 14:22] Sapphire: Any good seats free?
[2025/07/31 14:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: There's quite a few places to sit
[2025/07/31 14:23] Andreas: /me wants to sit close to the figure in cape, but not the same table as him
[2025/07/31 14:24] Sonja Bikergrrl: Plenty of room!
[2025/07/31 14:24] Andreas: /me "we should find out who the tall figure was last night, looks at Mecha"
[2025/07/31 14:24] Sonja Bikergrrl: By "tall", read "about a dozen feet"
[2025/07/31 14:24] Mecha: Lahli looks up."Which one? Last night was a complete caravan wreck."
[2025/07/31 14:25] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me assumes you meant the "tall" roughly 12-foot tall humanoid...
[2025/07/31 14:25] Sonja Bikergrrl: (ie., the one you ran away from)
[2025/07/31 14:25] Andreas: /me yes that one
[2025/07/31 14:25] Sapphire: Ask around, surely?
[2025/07/31 14:26] Andreas: /me looks at the guy in a cape "they are saying there is a tower where Necormancer lives, is it truth sir?"
[2025/07/31 14:26] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire: d20
[2025/07/31 14:27] D20: Sapphire rolls 20
[2025/07/31 14:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me facepalms
[2025/07/31 14:27] Sapphire: Is that good?
[2025/07/31 14:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: crit fail.
[2025/07/31 14:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: Last big guy told you to tell everyone that he's there.
[2025/07/31 14:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: As you remember it, anyway...
[2025/07/31 14:28] Sapphire: Makes sense, how else would people know it's a defended area?
[2025/07/31 14:28] Mecha: Lahli looks at Andreas."Ever notice we say anything even something innocent people get mad at us?"
[2025/07/31 14:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: So, who's doing what?
[2025/07/31 14:31] Mecha: Lahli examines the berries, sniffing them. Being smart enough to NOT taste it.
[2025/07/31 14:31] Andreas: /me sips beer "yeah so the necromancer is a fairytale ... exactly as I thought ... the other guys lied ... stupid drunk guys"
[2025/07/31 14:32] Sapphire: So yeah, Te'ala will inquire about the big guy and rumors of any druids
[2025/07/31 14:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: The berries don't particularly smell of anything
[2025/07/31 14:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: Barkeeper: "Druid? What druid. No druid in these parts."
[2025/07/31 14:33] Sapphire: "For truth? How unusual."
[2025/07/31 14:33] Mecha: Was there one in the past?
[2025/07/31 14:34] Sonja Bikergrrl: Barkeeper: "Not really. We're simple country folk, got no need or use for one."
[2025/07/31 14:34] Sonja Bikergrrl: Barkeeper: "Not that I remember."
[2025/07/31 14:35] Mecha: Lahli shows the berries. "Do you have any idea what these are?"
[2025/07/31 14:37] Sonja Bikergrrl: Barkeeper: "old dried berries. You plan making tea with them?"
[2025/07/31 14:39] Mecha: What kind of dried berries? BUt some hot water for tea would be lovely."
[2025/07/31 14:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: Barkeeper: "How am I supposed to know?" *shakes head, mutters under his breath*
[2025/07/31 14:40] Sapphire: With the Bartender unlear, Te'ala will softly inquire with the pipe smoking guy
[2025/07/31 14:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: Robed guy, puffing on pipe, looks at you, and moves away a little
[2025/07/31 14:42] Sapphire: "Something I said?"
[2025/07/31 14:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: Robed guy just looks at you and shakes his head.
[2025/07/31 14:43] Andreas: /me "so what are we up to? Shall we go for a walk?"
[2025/07/31 14:44] Sonja Bikergrrl: Any suggested directions, Andreas?
[2025/07/31 14:44] Mecha: Lahli goes back to the table and begins to eat her breakfast. there was other stuff found
[2025/07/31 14:44] Sonja Bikergrrl: (Robes and a heart-shaped bottle of clear liquid)
[2025/07/31 14:45] Mecha: Sniff the liquid
[2025/07/31 14:45] Sonja Bikergrrl: You're going to open the bottle?
[2025/07/31 14:46] Sapphire: Alright, she'll leave him be then.
[2025/07/31 14:46] Mecha: /me nods, keeping away from the others
[2025/07/31 14:46] Andreas: /me bites his breakfast and sips his bear "well we can have a walk and maybe we find the tower"
[2025/07/31 14:47] Sonja Bikergrrl: It's not been opened in ages. You finally twist the top off... there's a faint fragrance of damp earth and blooming night flowers.
[2025/07/31 14:48] Sonja Bikergrrl: Andreas: so, walking back to Gloomleaf Clearing?
[2025/07/31 14:48] Andreas: /me "I guess that's one of the options, to walk to Gloomleaf Clearing" looks at Lahli and Te'ala "what do you think?"
[2025/07/31 14:49] Sapphire: Te'ala turns her head at that scent. "Where did you find such a thing?"
[2025/07/31 14:49] Mecha: Lahli closes the bottle and looks at the others."Te'ala care to check this stuff out? Maybe you can figure it out."
[2025/07/31 14:50] Sapphire: She nods, inspecting the label and bottle
[2025/07/31 14:51] Mecha: Lahli offers teh bottle and the berries but opens and inspects the robes."Andreas maybe we should check this stuff out before we go anywhere. it might be helpful."
[2025/07/31 14:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: The label has long since faded to whiteness. The bottle is heart shaped, the liquid glows faintly, swirling with deep indigo and silvery flecks that seem to dance like stars.
[2025/07/31 14:52] Andreas: /me "Lahli, you still have the book, don't you?"
[2025/07/31 14:52] Sonja Bikergrrl: The robes look fine, ornate... and rather old
[2025/07/31 14:53] Sapphire: "Amazing...." She studies the liquid, suspecting it's too valuable to use trivially.
[2025/07/31 14:53] Mecha: Lahli: Oh yeah good thinking." AS she offers the book as well."
[2025/07/31 14:56] Sapphire: "Ah, where did you recover this?" She moves to sit and pocket the bottle for safekeeping.
[2025/07/31 14:57] Mecha: There was a clearing in the woods with a small altar / pedistal and these were in it. I left some coins as a trade. Don't want to piss off what is in there so equal trade.
[2025/07/31 14:59] Sapphire: Te'ala will proceed to read through the book, looking for the hidden clues known only to druids
[2025/07/31 15:00] Sonja Bikergrrl: The guy sure loved his badgers, and didn't much like the necromancer he wrote about. There's mention of a bear and a few sketches of some bizarre plants.
[2025/07/31 15:03] Sonja Bikergrrl: Now what?
[2025/07/31 15:03] Sapphire: Bear isn't surprising, What do the bizzare plants seem to be about?
[2025/07/31 15:03] Sonja Bikergrrl: roll d20
[2025/07/31 15:04] D20: Sapphire rolls 11
[2025/07/31 15:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: they're bizarre, weird-looking, and probably unnatural.
[2025/07/31 15:06] Sonja Bikergrrl: Andreas?
[2025/07/31 15:07] Andreas: /me nods
[2025/07/31 15:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: what are you going to do?
[2025/07/31 15:07] Mecha: Lahli sits and finishes her food as Te looks over stuff before bringing her dish to the bar. and asking the barkeep for some tea. handing over the silver coin to pay
[2025/07/31 15:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: Barkeeper takes the coin and returns a little later with some dried leaves in boiling water.
[2025/07/31 15:09] Sapphire: Hmmmmm.... not sure our best move at the moment
[2025/07/31 15:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: Reminder: your quest is to find the druid Irenicus and ask him for some of the berries from his Daybush
[2025/07/31 15:09] Andreas: /me sips a beer and bites a breakfast ... pulls the potion and shows it to Lahli, "anything about this thing?"
[2025/07/31 15:10] Mecha: Lahli looks at the Bartender. Did we ask about a tower that might be nearby last night?
[2025/07/31 15:10] Mecha: Lahli looks at teh bottle and shrugs
[2025/07/31 15:10] Sonja Bikergrrl: Barkeeper: "No, and don't know nuffin' 'bout no tower."
[2025/07/31 15:12] Mecha: *Be right back, gotta heat up some dinner*
[2025/07/31 15:13] Sonja Bikergrrl: Meanwhile, outside, the sun climbs higher and higher in the sky as time passes
[2025/07/31 15:15] Sapphire: "So what are our options from here?"
[2025/07/31 15:15] Sapphire: "I imagine heading back out to explore more is one of the better ones."
[2025/07/31 15:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: Stay and feel your asses grow, or go back to where you were.
[2025/07/31 15:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: or quit the quest and go back to town.
[2025/07/31 15:16] Sapphire: Te'ala isn't likely to quit this quest. Finding the missing druid is very key to her interests.
[2025/07/31 15:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: then, shouldn't you be at his grove?
[2025/07/31 15:17] Sapphire: Yeah, let's get back out there. Te'ala will back her stuff up and head out.
[2025/07/31 15:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: Everyone else going?
[2025/07/31 15:19] Mecha: Lahli will follow."Say Te'ala Do you remember us runing into a bit guy before, something about trespassing?
[2025/07/31 15:19] Sapphire: ...
[2025/07/31 15:19] Sapphire: "Hmmmm. Somewhat."
[2025/07/31 15:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: roll d20
[2025/07/31 15:20] D20: Sapphire rolls 14
[2025/07/31 15:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: yep, big guy, dozen feet tall, told you to not trespass, found you interesting.
[2025/07/31 15:21] Sapphire: "I think we can talk it over with them. We should bring offerings."
[2025/07/31 15:21] Mecha: Yeah we ran into... and ran away from him last night
[2025/07/31 15:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: so, heading off?
[2025/07/31 15:23] Sapphire: Yes, that's the plan. Unless there's some obvious place to pick up a tribute in town.
[2025/07/31 15:23] Sonja Bikergrrl: It's a crossroads with a tavern and a cottage or two.
[2025/07/31 15:24] Sonja Bikergrrl: Heading to Gloomleaf Clearing?
[2025/07/31 15:24] Mecha: /me nods
[2025/07/31 15:25] Sapphire: yeah
[2025/07/31 15:26] Sonja Bikergrrl: It's a two hour hike, and, the sun is high in the sky when you get to the overgrown grove. Close to the swamp, yet, it's quiet... and in the distance, you can see the tower rearing up some distance away, a trail leading in that direction from the grove, although, it's rather overgrown
[2025/07/31 15:29] Sapphire: ( We already explored the grove or only part of it? )
[2025/07/31 15:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: Pretty much, yes, there's certainly nothing obvious, it's an overgrown and abandoned grove.
[2025/07/31 15:30] Mecha: head carefully to the tower
[2025/07/31 15:31] Sonja Bikergrrl: carefully you go... and aren't gone far when you run back into the big guy again, standing by a tree, leaning against his staff. "You, again. I'm not angry, but, I am disappointed."
[2025/07/31 15:32] Sapphire: Yeah, time to check the tower out, and looking for any... terretory markers
[2025/07/31 15:33] Sapphire: "Apologies for bothering you sir," she says, looking at the detail work on the staff. "I do not intend to trespass but I do wish to engage in discussion."
[2025/07/31 15:33] Sonja Bikergrrl: Big guy: "And I'd rather not. You're not welcome here, not even at the best of times, which this is not."
[2025/07/31 15:34] Sonja Bikergrrl: As for the staff: intertwined vines... or snakes?
[2025/07/31 15:34] Sapphire: "The blight of undead upon the marsh, I take it?" She bows. "If I may introduce myself, I am Te'ala of White Pines, from the elven enclave across the sea to the east of here."
[2025/07/31 15:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: "The blight of the undead is bad enough, but some... -human-... stole our Suntree. We need it back."
[2025/07/31 15:35] Sapphire: She retrieves her wine skins from her belt, "if I may present an offering of food and drink, in... tribute for our previous and current trespasses."
[2025/07/31 15:36] Mecha: Can we help in finding it?
[2025/07/31 15:37] Sonja Bikergrrl: Big guy: "Your gesture is appreciated, but I'll not deprive you of your sustenance. All I want is the Suntree - and to be left in peace."
[2025/07/31 15:37] Sonja Bikergrrl: "If you find it... we would owe you our gratitude."
[2025/07/31 15:38] Mecha: Any clues?
[2025/07/31 15:38] Sapphire: She nods, and looks to the tower. "Do you know which human stole the Suntree? Or a solid lead to them? I would endeavor to retrieve it."
[2025/07/31 15:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: Big guy shrugs. "Some human in robes. Ran in, snatched the Suntree and leapt into the air, laughing like a lunatic. We've no idea where they are now."
[2025/07/31 15:41] Sapphire: "At all?" She considers this. "Did their robes hold any badges or clues to their origin?"
[2025/07/31 15:41] Mecha: How big was the Sun tree?
[2025/07/31 15:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: Big guy: "It's the size of a small bush, but, it's power is very great. You cannot miss it, it has large glowing buds."
[2025/07/31 15:44] Sonja Bikergrrl: Andreas?
[2025/07/31 15:44] Andreas: /me "they've tried to rob a thief ... what a morons"
[2025/07/31 15:46] Sonja Bikergrrl: Big guy: "I must ask that you conclude your business here quickly and leave this area, and never reveal our presence. And if you find out Suntree, please return it to us."
[2025/07/31 15:46] Sapphire: Te'ala pauses, and turns to glare at Andreas.
[2025/07/31 15:46] Andreas: /me grins
[2025/07/31 15:47] Sapphire: "We shall do our best, then. Any advice on where the human might have gone would speed our quest."
[2025/07/31 15:47] Sonja Bikergrrl: Big guy: "We do not know."
[2025/07/31 15:49] Mecha: Lahli looks at the others."This is NOT the work of the traveler before anyone asks."
[2025/07/31 15:51] Sapphire: Te'ala nods, and turns to head back, slowly to ensure her... associates don't do anything even dumber.
[2025/07/31 15:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: so, snails' pace
[2025/07/31 15:52] Sonja Bikergrrl: The big guy steps in amongst the trees and vanishes from sight
[2025/07/31 15:52] Mecha: Lahli is following Te'ala. She is not the brightest fireball in the spellbook but she knows it and tries to do better.
[2025/07/31 15:53] Sapphire: After a bit, she turns to Andreas. "What was that?"
[2025/07/31 15:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: Moving towards the tower still?
[2025/07/31 15:53] Andreas: /me "it's the beer I guess" shrugs
[2025/07/31 15:54] Sapphire: "And so you seek to insult the powerful person who we have already offended?"
[2025/07/31 15:57] Sonja Bikergrrl: While you're having words, a black guy with a huge grin under a moustache, wearing a one piece grey suit, walks towards you. He seems to be singing.
[2025/07/31 15:58] Sapphire: Te'ala pauses from her inter-party disagreement, turning to regard this grinning man, looking for any sign of a Suntree or treaces of it's sap on this man.
[2025/07/31 15:58] Sonja Bikergrrl: "If there's some-fin strange... in the neighbourhood.... and it don't look good... who can you call... CLIFF-HANGER!"
[2025/07/31 15:59] Andreas: 0_0
[2025/07/31 15:59] Mecha: Lahli: I didn't insult nobody.. except that undead thing and that was by accident
[2025/07/31 15:59] Sapphire: ......
[2025/07/31 15:59] Sonja Bikergrrl: Best I could do on the spur of the moment
[2025/07/31 16:00] Sapphire: Darn
[2025/07/31 16:00] Mecha: Actually Mistress that was pretty good
[2025/07/31 16:00] Sonja Bikergrrl: I liked it :)
[2025/07/31 16:00] Sapphire: Ah, I was hoping to actually talk to the guy and see what he knows
[2025/07/31 16:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: but, it's late and I do got work tomorrow
[2025/07/31 16:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: and you are at least back on track.... won't say where it's going... that's for next week
[2025/07/31 16:02] Sonja Bikergrrl: I better dash, I didn't sleep so good last night
[2025/07/31 16:02] Sapphire: /me distributes soft pillows
[2025/07/31 16:03] Sonja Bikergrrl: laters, taters... time for me to get my head down
[2025/07/31 16:03] Andreas: /me pillow time for all I guess