[2025/10/09 14:06] Andreas: hello creatures :D
[2025/10/09 14:07] Andreas: I mean hi kittens ^_^
[2025/10/09 14:07] Mecha: Greetings Andreas
[2025/10/09 14:07] Andreas: I'm ready for a chicken bbq :P
[2025/10/09 14:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: heh, I think I affected him deeply
[2025/10/09 14:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: who we expecting
[2025/10/09 14:08] Mecha: smack the little dragon again you may become a barbecue
[2025/10/09 14:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: just Sapphire?
[2025/10/09 14:08] Andreas: hehehe, just because it's little doesn't mean it's helpless or innocent
[2025/10/09 14:09] Mecha: /me makes a not to get you a pet
[2025/10/09 14:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me facepalms
[2025/10/09 14:09] Mecha: *Note even*
[2025/10/09 14:10] Sonja Bikergrrl: let's not bicker and argue over who poured beer on who
[2025/10/09 14:11] Sapphire: /me slinks in
[2025/10/09 14:12] Mecha: *Hugglesmooches*
[2025/10/09 14:12] Sapphire: ♥
[2025/10/09 14:13] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire!
[2025/10/09 14:13] Sapphire: *beep*
[2025/10/09 14:14] Sapphire: Mistress
[2025/10/09 14:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: so.... let's get this TPK bus on the road
[2025/10/09 14:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: I mean... GGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEETTTTINGS, Adventurers! Other players get to fight might dragon BBEGs, you get a cat-sized one as a pet.
[2025/10/09 14:15] Sapphire: is it the TPK bus because someone cut the brake line?
[2025/10/09 14:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: A few days go by. Everyone regains full HP and spells
[2025/10/09 14:16] Sapphire: Trolls and Tribulations you said?
[2025/10/09 14:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: I'm not sure I got these spell lists right...
[2025/10/09 14:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: Lahli: you may pick a 3rd level spell
[2025/10/09 14:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: as may Te'ala
[2025/10/09 14:17] Mecha: this one picked Striking
[2025/10/09 14:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: indeed, I remember that now, why is it not written down
[2025/10/09 14:18] Sapphire: hmmm, the tactically normal choice, of the one that emotionally resonates with Te'ala
[2025/10/09 14:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: because I duplicated it twice.
[2025/10/09 14:19] Mecha: this one just updated her usual sheet
[2025/10/09 14:19] Sonja Bikergrrl: which is, Sapphire....?
[2025/10/09 14:19] Sapphire: Hold Animal is the one that seems more natural for her, but it's so hard to turn down Call Lightning
[2025/10/09 14:20] Sapphire: I think she'd naturally favor Hold
[2025/10/09 14:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: shocking
[2025/10/09 14:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: so... Hold?
[2025/10/09 14:20] Sapphire: but our expected enemy profile are... oh hey it works on a charging horse, wouldn't it?
[2025/10/09 14:20] Sapphire: too bad our enemies are trolls
[2025/10/09 14:20] Sapphire: but still, Hold Animal plus her existing lower level spells
[2025/10/09 14:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me waits stoically so we can begin
[2025/10/09 14:21] Sapphire: oh?
[2025/10/09 14:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: so, Hold Animal?
[2025/10/09 14:22] Sapphire: yeah
[2025/10/09 14:23] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay... it's a few days since you got your new pet.... and you've recovered from the previous adventure and barely have you finished breakfast when... there is a commotion outside!
[2025/10/09 14:24] 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. Once again, we meet "Bartholomew Overcoat," the dapper bugbear who combines elegance with menace!
[2025/10/09 14:25] Sapphire: Oh yeah, the one who previously demanded the town join up with his forces and then we bombarded him with various questions
[2025/10/09 14:25] Sonja Bikergrrl: "Greetings, remember I am an emissary, I claim diplomatic immunity, for I bring you an important message."
[2025/10/09 14:26] Mecha: Is it you're gonna give me your hat?
[2025/10/09 14:26] Sonja Bikergrrl: "I urge you to surrender to the Black Wizard Thargon. His Great Troll Army even now approaches your fair city of Dulyn. You cannot hope to win, and if you resist, you'll be slaughtered to a man. Why not take this chance to submit and live?"
[2025/10/09 14:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: who's going to say what to that?
[2025/10/09 14:27] Mecha: Lahli raises her hand
[2025/10/09 14:27] Andreas: /me "diplomatic immunity and then talking about slaughtering everyone, very kind" shouts at the weirdo and grins
[2025/10/09 14:28] Sonja Bikergrrl: politicians do that all the time
[2025/10/09 14:28] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha?
[2025/10/09 14:29] Sapphire: "What would Thargon's rule even be like?" Te'ala asks. She expects 'not great' but Bartholomew should actually say that.
[2025/10/09 14:29] Sapphire: Also, where is the nominal Lord Mayor in all this?
[2025/10/09 14:29] Andreas: /me how far away is he from me and am I facing him or can I get behind him easily (I mean out of his field of view)?
[2025/10/09 14:30] Sapphire: (give you shouted at him he probably knows where you are)
[2025/10/09 14:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: Bartholomew to Te'ala: "I cannot say, but at least you'd be alive to experience it."
[2025/10/09 14:30] Mecha: Two things, one; How do we know you're not full of it. You've talked a good game but each time, we've really seen you, and bits and pieces. This is an excellent showing, to be sure but you told us before to surrender said the army was close. Now a chance to surrender because they're close.. Two.. can I have your hat?
[2025/10/09 14:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: No idea on where the Lord Mayor is.
[2025/10/09 14:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: Andreas: Close, and no
[2025/10/09 14:31] Sonja Bikergrrl: Bartholomew shakes his head. "The Black Wizard Thargons' Great Troll Army is but a days' march from Lough Fathom, before the week is out the Black Wizard will have traversed the swamp and this city of Dulyn will be under the banner of the Black Wizard. Whether you're alive to see it or not is up to you; that depends on whether you surrender without resistance, or if you choose to defy his rule. So, what do you say?"
[2025/10/09 14:32] Mecha: Right but do you have pictures a way for us to see that far out without travelling, and you're ignoring the hat question!
[2025/10/09 14:33] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire? Andreas?
[2025/10/09 14:33] Andreas: /me turns back to the scum, draws his short bow, loads the arrow and turns back and shoots at him
[2025/10/09 14:33] Sapphire: Te'ala, once again, is thinking how they are being asked to rule on a city they are not actually even citizens of, though granted she did have that long talk with Al about the matter. She looks out over the various townsfolk, evaluating their mood before..... oh dear.
[2025/10/09 14:34] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay, roll D20.
[2025/10/09 14:34] D20: Andreas rolls 1
[2025/10/09 14:34] Andreas: LOL
[2025/10/09 14:34] Sonja Bikergrrl: 'k.
[2025/10/09 14:34] Mecha: Lahli throws her hands up and walks away. *mutter mutter* Gonna screw up me getting that hat."
[2025/10/09 14:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: well, there's a loud TWANG as you fumble the shot. The bow clatters to the ground, not that this has much effect on the trajectory of the arrow.
[2025/10/09 14:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire, Mecha, D20
[2025/10/09 14:35] D20: Sapphire rolls 14
[2025/10/09 14:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: And Andreas, D20
[2025/10/09 14:35] Sapphire: so
[2025/10/09 14:35] Sapphire: about those townsfolk
[2025/10/09 14:36] D20: Mecha rolls 18
[2025/10/09 14:36] Sapphire: general mood?
[2025/10/09 14:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: Andreas, D20? :)
[2025/10/09 14:36] D20: Andreas rolls 2
[2025/10/09 14:37] Andreas: hahaha, 100% rigged die
[2025/10/09 14:37] Sapphire: Diplomatic Immunity is no joke!
[2025/10/09 14:38] Sonja Bikergrrl: The arrow whirrs past Te'alas' ear and past Bartholomew and on to the village fountain, where it clatters against the fountain and splashes into the water.
[2025/10/09 14:38] Sonja Bikergrrl: Bartholomew: "Very well, I take that as a no, then. So be it. I shall bid you farewell - and my condolences."
[2025/10/09 14:38] Sonja Bikergrrl: Clue missed!
[2025/10/09 14:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: Bartholomew holds up the umbrella and floats up into the air and flies away, disappearing into the distance quickly.
[2025/10/09 14:39] Mecha: Wait hold up! the idiot doesnt speak for the city. We need to talk to the mayor and city leaders. We've been trying.
[2025/10/09 14:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: Al wanders out. "Indeed, you've been very trying... and seems I better call last orders."
[2025/10/09 14:41] Sapphire: Te'ala sighs, looking at Bart umbrella-flying away.... say, his umbrella is wood, right?
[2025/10/09 14:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: the handle certainly is
[2025/10/09 14:41] Sapphire: Gonna have to remember that next time he's in range
[2025/10/09 14:42] Sapphire: and not under diplomatic immunity
[2025/10/09 14:42] Andreas: /me "what idiot, turns at Lahli?" smiles innocently
[2025/10/09 14:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: one diplomatic immunity violation isn't enough?
[2025/10/09 14:42] Mecha: Lahli grits her teeth and bows her head."Traveler give me patience.."
[2025/10/09 14:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: Al: "Seems to me all the clues point to Kelly An Daerg as someone you might want to talk to. But if what he says is true - you really don't have much time."
[2025/10/09 14:44] Mecha: then that is what we will do"
[2025/10/09 14:44] Sapphire: "Those trolls are going to have to traverse the swamp. This town has a week to make that traversal suck for them. Lancet traps in the mud, raids in the dark mist..." She considers. "Might see if I can't plant some seeds from those carnivorous flowers."
[2025/10/09 14:45] Sonja Bikergrrl: Al: "Good plan! SEE YOU later!"
[2025/10/09 14:45] Sapphire: "So, I take it you're evacuating the town, stashing supplies in every hidden hole you can think of?"
[2025/10/09 14:46] Sonja Bikergrrl: so... time to hit the road?
[2025/10/09 14:47] Sapphire: is... Al's opinion the only one we're getting?
[2025/10/09 14:47] Sonja Bikergrrl: Who else are you going ask?
[2025/10/09 14:47] Mecha: Lahli looks at Al."I hate to say this but with our track record you might want to plan for the worst case scenario and If I don't see you again. It was great to know you and prank people."
[2025/10/09 14:48] Sapphire: i'm just trying to look at people's faces!
[2025/10/09 14:48] Sapphire: that's not a "non action" that is "inspect" it is trying to gain information
[2025/10/09 14:49] Sonja Bikergrrl: I'm not sure exactly what you're trying to determine, or how?
[2025/10/09 14:49] Andreas: /me "diplomatic immunity ... pfff .... time to get ready and figure out the plan .... we may need a troll or two"
[2025/10/09 14:49] Mecha: Lahli looks at him."we already got one."Before she starts walking off
[2025/10/09 14:50] Sapphire: how are the townsfolk reacting to this? are they upset, are they worried, are they drunkenly vacant, are they stoicly grim, is everyone scattering to their home or grouping up and plotting?
[2025/10/09 14:51] Andreas: /me "mhmmm well, I should find one myself then" looks at Te'ala
[2025/10/09 14:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: idk... usual reactions you'd expect to hearing an army is coming to cause violence and destruction in your street. Probably not happy.
[2025/10/09 14:51] Sapphire: my idea of "usual" is probably different from yours so that's why i was asking
[2025/10/09 14:52] Sonja Bikergrrl: idk. This is a part you get to fill in the blanks yourself.
[2025/10/09 14:52] Sapphire: .....
[2025/10/09 14:52] Andreas: /me "I shall move out of the town to find a troll, they must have a spy or someone around, that's for sure." looks at Lahli, Te'ala and shrugs
[2025/10/09 14:52] Sonja Bikergrrl: I don't know what answer to give you.
[2025/10/09 14:54] Mecha: Lahli comes marching back to Al."Um where do we find that Kelly An Daerg you mentioned?"
[2025/10/09 14:54] Sapphire: ( one moment, Andreas )
[2025/10/09 14:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: Al: "Traditionally, she's in the middle of Lough Fathom. She doesn't get out much, then again, she died a hundred years ago."
[2025/10/09 14:55] Sapphire: "Andreas," Te'ala looks back to him. "Might I ask what you were thinking back there?"
[2025/10/09 14:56] Andreas: /me "what do you think am I thinking? Get one Troll, kill it, skin it, dress it, infiltrate their army and hopefully sabotage them or so, at least get some intel on them" looks at Te'ala and smiles innocently "war has no rules, as far as I know"
[2025/10/09 14:57] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me blinks
[2025/10/09 14:57] Sonja Bikergrrl: ...well for one, trolls are the size of houses
[2025/10/09 14:57] Sonja Bikergrrl: for two, they're unstoppable killing machines
[2025/10/09 14:58] Sapphire: "No, i mean shooting the diplomat."
[2025/10/09 14:58] Sonja Bikergrrl: for three.... there's about a thousand, but, they're in a group some distance away
[2025/10/09 14:58] Andreas: /me "what diplomat? he came to announce our death ... that's not diplomacy"
[2025/10/09 14:59] Sapphire: "Also, you would be wrong about there being no rules in war. Because acting like their are no rules makes everyone act far, far more brutally."
[2025/10/09 14:59] Andreas: /me well I thought the trolls are smaller, I mean as usually +/- human size
[2025/10/09 15:00] Andreas: /me looks at Te'ala, "he had been clear about his intentions if you don't remember"
[2025/10/09 15:02] Mecha: His intentions were to give us the chance to surrender
[2025/10/09 15:02] Sapphire: "Yes. To inform and allow us to talk." She sighs. "If you'd actually gotten him I'd be far less disturbed by this."
[2025/10/09 15:02] Andreas: /me "are there any small trolls? Or something they have in their army I could use to infiltrate them?"
[2025/10/09 15:02] Sonja Bikergrrl: Meanwhile, moving on from diplomats and facial recognition, are you going to go out of town and try and find Kelly An Daergs' spirit?
[2025/10/09 15:03] Mecha: Yes
[2025/10/09 15:03] Sonja Bikergrrl: You can probably find them south and west of Dulyn.
[2025/10/09 15:03] Sapphire: "You will never pass for a troll. you'd be better off putting on a servants dress and pretending to be their slave."
[2025/10/09 15:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: well, you've walked this path a few times... it's long and goes up and down and through a forest
[2025/10/09 15:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: who guesses what happens in the forest?
[2025/10/09 15:04] Andreas: /me "ye ye, we can pray, it may help, but it's not my zone .... well, I rather dress up as their servant and get to that scum again under the shadow of the night"
[2025/10/09 15:05] Andreas: /me "who knows, maybe Kelly could have an advice or help us" shrugs
[2025/10/09 15:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: Maybe.
[2025/10/09 15:06] Sonja Bikergrrl: If you're guessing that as you pass some trees, you see a towering figure standing at nearly eleven feet tall, with a sturdy build covered in a coat of soft, mossy green fur that blends seamlessly with the forest surroundings. His large ears, slightly pointed and tufted at the tips, twitch in the slightest breeze, enhancing his keen senses. His gentle, wise brown eyes reflect his deep connection to nature, revealing a soul that is as nurturing as it is protective, then, award yourself 5% extra XP
[2025/10/09 15:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: Giant: "Once again, you trespass on our lands, adventurers."
[2025/10/09 15:07] Sapphire: ( The trolls are gonna have to come through here as well, yes? )
[2025/10/09 15:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: (Once they pass the swamp, probably)
[2025/10/09 15:09] Mecha: Lahli sighs and doesn't look at him."Once again we are helping a village we don't actually live in." I'd say more but it would involve words that may anger the Traveler."
[2025/10/09 15:09] Sapphire: "I do apologize for this transgression upon your lands. I do wish to inform you, that the wizards army of trolls have announced they will be coming through this way in the next week or so. I doubt they will be even half as respectful as us."
[2025/10/09 15:10] Andreas: /me "We came to warn you, there will be more trespassers in a week and they won't be friendly and they are many"
[2025/10/09 15:10] Sonja Bikergrrl: Giant: "We're still looking for our Sun Bush. Have you seen it?"
[2025/10/09 15:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: (Sapphire carries the Dayberry Bush)
[2025/10/09 15:15] Andreas: /me "Have you seen Kelly An Daergs?" looks at the tall figure with pointy ears "ehm, I'm sorry, I'm Andreas, we're looking for Kelly An Daergs to warn her about the trespassers"
[2025/10/09 15:15] Sapphire: "I have done my best to keep this in good health," she says, pulling her pack around. "It was called a Dayberry by the ones who knew of this."
[2025/10/09 15:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: Giant, to Andreas: "We know nothing of anyone by that name."
[2025/10/09 15:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: Giant, to Te'ala: "That! That is our Sun Bush! How did you come by it?"
[2025/10/09 15:19] Sapphire: "In the upper ritual chamber of a once great wizard tower," she paraphrases, rather than meaning to decieve. "There were several odd happenings around it."
[2025/10/09 15:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: Giant: "The old necromancer? No one has come or gone from there in almost a century."
[2025/10/09 15:21] Mecha: Woot! We broke a record
[2025/10/09 15:21] Andreas: /me "yeah he ran like a scared rabbit" makes a gesture like it was only his victory
[2025/10/09 15:22] Sapphire: "Us, and a... either an apprentice or a dabbler were also exploring there."
[2025/10/09 15:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: Giant: "Hmm. Well. You found our bush, and you return it to us?"
[2025/10/09 15:23] Mecha: Lahli looks at them and smiles."You three talk I'm going to step by that tree and pray... excuse me." before going 15 feet away and kneeling down
[2025/10/09 15:25] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me waits for Sapphire and Andreas
[2025/10/09 15:26] Andreas: /me "We should find Kelly sooner rather than later, time is ticking and it's not in our advantage"
[2025/10/09 15:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me pokes Sapphire
[2025/10/09 15:30] Sapphire: "Of course. I would not deny a plant it's proper place."
[2025/10/09 15:30] Sapphire: She also nods to Andrea's comment
[2025/10/09 15:31] Sonja Bikergrrl: Giant takes the bush. "You are still not welcome here, but perhaps my magic may aid you... this spell will grant you a better protection from undead, and these berries, these will cure your ailment - crush three berries and mix with some New Moon Water. Conclude your business and go in peace, and please keep our presence secret, friends."
[2025/10/09 15:32] Sapphire: "Of course, gentle sir."
[2025/10/09 15:33] Sonja Bikergrrl: Players gain +2 AC vs undead and they stay 10' away, with -1 to THACO.
[2025/10/09 15:33] Sonja Bikergrrl: The giant backs in amongst the trees, and you lose sight of him
[2025/10/09 15:34] Sonja Bikergrrl: so, moving on? I hear the bog is a quite nice place to be.
[2025/10/09 15:35] Andreas: /me "let's move on, he'll find out in a week or so that we're really the good ones" grins at Lahli and Te'ala "chop chop ladies"
[2025/10/09 15:36] Mecha: Lahli rises to her feet from prayer and turns to the group
[2025/10/09 15:36] Sapphire: we had dragon bones to go talk to, yes?
[2025/10/09 15:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: It's a little stroll to the bog.... and... got some die rolls....
[2025/10/09 15:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: What dragon bones?
[2025/10/09 15:40] Sapphire: isn't Kelly An Dargh dead for a hundred years?
[2025/10/09 15:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire?
[2025/10/09 15:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: Apparantly so, yes
[2025/10/09 15:40] Sapphire: did you need a roll from me?
[2025/10/09 15:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: she is not, however, as far as you know, a dragon.
[2025/10/09 15:40] Mecha: Kelly, not Sonja
[2025/10/09 15:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sure, why not, a D20
[2025/10/09 15:41] D20: Sapphire rolls 2
[2025/10/09 15:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: A 2...
[2025/10/09 15:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: well, as you step into the bog itself and follow the pathway....
[2025/10/09 15:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: A dark green gas rises from the swamp. The gas spreads 25 feet in all directions.
[2025/10/09 15:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: Everyone roll D20, save vs Poison +2 bonus
[2025/10/09 15:43] D6: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 3
[2025/10/09 15:44] D20: Mecha rolls 1
[2025/10/09 15:44] Sonja Bikergrrl: Oh dear.
[2025/10/09 15:45] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire, Andreas?
[2025/10/09 15:45] D20: Andreas rolls 5
[2025/10/09 15:45] Andreas: sure
[2025/10/09 15:45] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me facepalms
[2025/10/09 15:45] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire?
[2025/10/09 15:45] D20: Sapphire rolls 17
[2025/10/09 15:45] Sonja Bikergrrl: well, Te'ala saved
[2025/10/09 15:46] D4: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 3
[2025/10/09 15:46] Sapphire: Te'ala covers her mouth with a sleeve and grabs Laeli to pull her out of the gas.
[2025/10/09 15:46] Sonja Bikergrrl: Lahli and Andreas lose 3hp, choking on the foul gas
[2025/10/09 15:47] Andreas: /me "cough cough" ... HP: 3 , Lvl 1 =(
[2025/10/09 15:47] Sonja Bikergrrl: Not the worlds' -best- start... but, could get worse :)
[2025/10/09 15:49] Sapphire: Do any of us recognize this gas?
[2025/10/09 15:49] Sonja Bikergrrl: I think we'll leave it there for this week, I'm sure next week you get to complete this chapter. And the BBEG boss fight is coming up soon!
[2025/10/09 15:49] Sonja Bikergrrl: It's a foul marsh gas.
[2025/10/09 15:49] Sonja Bikergrrl: Possibly even fowl marsh gas.
[2025/10/09 15:50] Andreas: sounds okay to me, I have to wake up early to tame Purple Lion ... =X
[2025/10/09 15:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: Enjoy!
[2025/10/09 15:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: And, until next week :)
[2025/10/09 15:50] Andreas: 👋🤖