[2026/02/15 14:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay.
[2026/02/15 14:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me coughs, spreads sheets out
[2026/02/15 14:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: Last time you met an Old Friend... you clearly recognized a dragon you knew to be dead and cut to pieces, now animated and in one piece
[2026/02/15 14:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: and in league with kobolds who stole the Daikatana
[2026/02/15 14:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: At the moment, it's a useless metal stick.
[2026/02/15 14:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: BUt the Power Gems... oh, the Power Gems...
[2026/02/15 14:06] Sonja Bikergrrl: I also gave you a Notecard: History of the Daikatana
[2026/02/15 14:07] Mecha: Indeed
[2026/02/15 14:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: You're at Lake Avalon, with your new ally, Meghan. You've recovered hit points, spells, abilities. Your next place to be is the Ramtop Mountains, to see the Ice Queen.
[2026/02/15 14:07] Sapphire: Has Emily ever heard of the Ice Queen before now?
[2026/02/15 14:07] Mecha: Talia is up and ready to go.
[2026/02/15 14:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: And with that recap out of the way GGGRRREEEEEEEEEEEEETTTTIINGGSS Adventurers! Other players get cool games, you get to freeze to death in a snow storm.
[2026/02/15 14:07] Joe: are what remains of the fish people able to quickly get us across the lake? Or are we hiking around the edge of it?
[2026/02/15 14:08] Sapphire: Does the Ice Queen have an embassy or diplomatic relations with our kingdom?
[2026/02/15 14:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: Emily can pick INT or WIS and roll D20
[2026/02/15 14:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: You're staying at the village by the lake, Joe.
[2026/02/15 14:08] Sapphire: Int
[2026/02/15 14:09] D20: Sapphire rolls 10
[2026/02/15 14:09] Sapphire: int of 12!
[2026/02/15 14:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: Emily ponders the Ice Queen. She's a mythical figure, assumed to be a bogeyman - or rather, bogeywoman - used to frighten children. "If you don't eat your tea and go to bed, the Ice Queen will turn you into a frozen popsicle!" Why, the legends go back to the time of King Arthur... when she betrayed the rightful and lawful King of Britannia... she's probably not a Very Nice Person.
[2026/02/15 14:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: Meghan, after breakfast: "So... we ready to go?"
[2026/02/15 14:13] Mecha: Talia thinks about this."DO I need to get my dragon smacking hand ready?"
[2026/02/15 14:13] Sapphire: "I'm worried about asking the Ice Queen for anything...." Emily says, finishing up the breakfast. "Though she might know some magics, getting her to share them seems... difficult. Even before worrying about the Daikatana."
[2026/02/15 14:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe?
[2026/02/15 14:15] Joe: For a Knight of the frozen order of WinterShard, the concept of an Ice Queen is not so scary. Perhaps she can be reasoned with. Cold, snow, ice are something I know about. It may be possible to connect with her on that level of existential experiences. Rather than to fight her.
[2026/02/15 14:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: Interestingly, the party has been to the Ramtop Mountains. It's where you went to meet Blizarra, last year.
[2026/02/15 14:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: Meghan: "I'm sure it won't be so bad. So, we going?"
[2026/02/15 14:17] Mecha: this one remembers that
[2026/02/15 14:17] Mecha: Yes, let us be off... And let's go
[2026/02/15 14:17] Sapphire: How are we traveling?
[2026/02/15 14:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: You no doubt remember how COLD it was, and undoubtedly you bring plenty of furs
[2026/02/15 14:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: Without Sonja y Ddraig Aur, you're walking.
[2026/02/15 14:19] Sonja Bikergrrl: And by the powers invested in me by the ancient School of DMs, we'll just say time passes, you get sore feet, and now you're high up a mountain, as snow falls all round you
[2026/02/15 14:20] Sapphire: Emily is resistant to cold damage, and mostly wears a loose fur cloak.
[2026/02/15 14:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: You're looking for a shrine in the Ramtop mountains. It's easily found, but usually avoided as it is dedicated to a minor (evil) goddess of cold, known as Lady Frostkiss. You can find locals to direct you easily enough.
[2026/02/15 14:21] Mecha: figure stop along the way for furs and old weather garb
[2026/02/15 14:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: Resistant to cold - you take half damage from cold attacks
[2026/02/15 14:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: the weather is merely slightly chilly for Emily, then.
[2026/02/15 14:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: You come across the shrine easily, you can see it from afar. The shrine is a simple affair, an octagon of columns and lintels, arranged around a central altar. "The Shrine of Lady Frostkiss: The sacred site dedicated to Lady Frostkiss exudes an aura of chilling majesty. At its heart stands an octagon of weathered stone columns, each carved from glacial-blue granite that seems to shimmer faintly under the pale mountain sun. The columns are tall and slender, roughly 15 feet in height, their surfaces etched with intricate, frost-rimed runes that pulse faintly with a sinister cold energy."
[2026/02/15 14:23] Sonja Bikergrrl: The first problem is of course that the shrine is defended by a squad of kobolds. They are huddled against the cold around the altar, apparantly playing cards.
[2026/02/15 14:23] Sapphire: "Shall we surprise them?" Emily asks the team quietly.
[2026/02/15 14:24] Joe: (how many kobolds?)
[2026/02/15 14:24] Sonja Bikergrrl: Hard to say at this distance. More than a few, but not a lot.
[2026/02/15 14:24] Joe: "We could challenge them to a game of cards?"
[2026/02/15 14:25] Sapphire: She nods in agreement with this plan
[2026/02/15 14:26] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha?
[2026/02/15 14:27] Mecha: Just gonna watch for a moment. Trying to not just run into a fight
[2026/02/15 14:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: so, you're going to approach?
[2026/02/15 14:27] Joe: "To retain some element of surprise we should have a word which any of us can say, which means 'attack" and a different word which means "run away" - in case anything goes wrong with the plan of playing cards with them."
[2026/02/15 14:29] Sapphire: "Pine, to attack, and Cedar to run away."
[2026/02/15 14:30] Joe: Smiles at Emily
[2026/02/15 14:30] Mecha: Talia shrugs and nods."Sounds good."
[2026/02/15 14:31] Sonja Bikergrrl: The TPK is going to be sooner'n I thought
[2026/02/15 14:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: You approach, the snow muffles and deadens the sound of your approach. You hear the kobolds yipping and yapping, occasionally hitting each other as one plays six aces.
[2026/02/15 14:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: “Skritch speaks wrong things.” “He doubts the Great God.” “He would not cheat at cards.” “No honour. Bad scaley.”
[2026/02/15 14:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: Talia, Joe, Emily?
[2026/02/15 14:33] Mecha: Talia is just watching letting Joe and Emily take the reigns on this
[2026/02/15 14:35] Sapphire: Emily stays behind joe, letting him take lead on this.
[2026/02/15 14:35] Joe: gee thanks
[2026/02/15 14:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe?
[2026/02/15 14:35] Joe: okay I approach the kobolds looking all friendly "hallo there old chaps, I hear this is the place where th best card players are to be found, we seek t ochallenge you to a friendly game of cards."
[2026/02/15 14:36] Joe: do i get to make a Charisma test?
[2026/02/15 14:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: There's a pause as one of the kobolds insult the other kobolds' mother. Then one says: "Guys...? Who said that...?" There's another pause and they look round. "HUMENS!" They dive for cover, scrabbling for weapons.
[2026/02/15 14:37] Sonja Bikergrrl: no, you get to roll Initiative - all of you :-)
[2026/02/15 14:37] D20: Sapphire rolls 3
[2026/02/15 14:37] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 10
[2026/02/15 14:37] D20: Joe rolls 8
[2026/02/15 14:37] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 17
[2026/02/15 14:37] D20: Mecha rolls 20
[2026/02/15 14:38] Sonja Bikergrrl: Emily goes first!
[2026/02/15 14:40] Sapphire: How many Kobolds?
[2026/02/15 14:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: Eight.
[2026/02/15 14:41] Sapphire: She incants words of eldritch power, then claps her hands together and launches out a spread of Magic Missiles, distributed one each
[2026/02/15 14:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: you got four missiles
[2026/02/15 14:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: there's four fiddling with tubes, and four trying to cover them
[2026/02/15 14:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: so, which four?
[2026/02/15 14:44] Sapphire: the tubular kobolds
[2026/02/15 14:44] Sonja Bikergrrl: gimme 4d4
[2026/02/15 14:44] Mecha: Are they totally Tubular?
[2026/02/15 14:45] Jassie: heya
[2026/02/15 14:46] D4: Sapphire rolls 1
[2026/02/15 14:46] D4: Sapphire rolls 3
[2026/02/15 14:46] D4: Sapphire rolls 4
[2026/02/15 14:46] D4: Sapphire rolls 3
[2026/02/15 14:47] Sonja Bikergrrl: One kobold screams in agony as an arrow of force slams into him. The other pitch over, dead before they hit the snow.
[2026/02/15 14:47] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe!
[2026/02/15 14:47] Joe: I shout "oaks" and charge forward to behead some kobolds
[2026/02/15 14:47] Sonja Bikergrrl: roll d20
[2026/02/15 14:47] D20: Joe rolls 14
[2026/02/15 14:48] Sonja Bikergrrl: Hit! Roll d8
[2026/02/15 14:48] D8: Joe rolls 7
[2026/02/15 14:48] Sonja Bikergrrl: holy moly, that's that one ded
[2026/02/15 14:49] Joe: grins like a maniac
[2026/02/15 14:49] Sonja Bikergrrl: Meghan plays a tune on her lute. Everyone gains +1 to AC.
[2026/02/15 14:49] Sonja Bikergrrl: Kobolds next; three fling rocks at Joe
[2026/02/15 14:50] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 2
[2026/02/15 14:50] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 5
[2026/02/15 14:50] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 20
[2026/02/15 14:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: ohfuck
[2026/02/15 14:50] D4: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 3
[2026/02/15 14:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe: roll 2D10
[2026/02/15 14:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: and take 3 damage :-)
[2026/02/15 14:53] D20: Joe rolls 8
[2026/02/15 14:53] Joe: sorry thats was 1d20
[2026/02/15 14:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: lol.... 2D10
[2026/02/15 14:53] D10: Joe rolls 10
[2026/02/15 14:53] D10: Joe rolls 2
[2026/02/15 14:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: oh no
[2026/02/15 14:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: oh no no no no no no
[2026/02/15 14:55] Sapphire: o.o
[2026/02/15 14:55] Sonja Bikergrrl: You get the stone squarely in they eye. *SQUISH*. You now have one functional eye, and, a bloody hole in your face.
[2026/02/15 14:55] Mecha: O.O
[2026/02/15 14:56] Joe: little shits
[2026/02/15 14:56] Sapphire: oh right, nastty crits
[2026/02/15 14:56] Joe: do i get to choose which eye ?
[2026/02/15 14:56] Sonja Bikergrrl: I think that's the least I can allow :-)
[2026/02/15 14:57] Sonja Bikergrrl: technically the least is nothing, but, I like to go one better
[2026/02/15 14:58] Joe: -sulking-
[2026/02/15 14:58] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha!
[2026/02/15 14:58] Sonja Bikergrrl: wait
[2026/02/15 14:58] Sonja Bikergrrl: one kobold left
[2026/02/15 14:59] Sonja Bikergrrl: levels the tube at Sapphire and BANG!
[2026/02/15 14:59] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire, roll DEX!
[2026/02/15 14:59] D6: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 6
[2026/02/15 14:59] D6: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 2
[2026/02/15 14:59] Sapphire: Dex 10
[2026/02/15 14:59] D20: Sapphire rolls 11
[2026/02/15 15:00] Sonja Bikergrrl: Whoops. You take the full blast of gravel and fire.
[2026/02/15 15:00] Sonja Bikergrrl: Fortunately you're over 20' away, so, you only take half the rolled damage - 4 damage
[2026/02/15 15:00] Sonja Bikergrrl: Now Mecha
[2026/02/15 15:01] Mecha: Since Talia has natural regeneration from her wish she hands Joe her ring of regeneration."Put that on." Before attacking a kobold with her sword
[2026/02/15 15:01] D20: Mecha rolls 11
[2026/02/15 15:02] Mecha: With the pluses It's a 12
[2026/02/15 15:02] Sonja Bikergrrl: ...
[2026/02/15 15:02] Sonja Bikergrrl: just go with the THAC0 it's easier than reverse engineering
[2026/02/15 15:03] Sonja Bikergrrl: hit a kobold, roll D8
[2026/02/15 15:03] Mecha: It ties the thaco
[2026/02/15 15:03] D8: Mecha rolls 3
[2026/02/15 15:03] Mecha: 3+2 so, 5
[2026/02/15 15:03] Sonja Bikergrrl: ...
[2026/02/15 15:03] Mecha: Long Sword "Green Cat" - THACO 12, DMG 1d8+2
[2026/02/15 15:03] Sonja Bikergrrl: this is how easy THAC0 is. You rolled 11. THACO is 12. Your hit AC -1.
[2026/02/15 15:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: 1, not -1. That 3E nonsensqnce is confusing as fuck
[2026/02/15 15:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: You hack a kobold to deff.
[2026/02/15 15:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: End of combat round!
[2026/02/15 15:04] Joe: Joe puts the ring of regeneration on and contemplates how compassionate and amazing Talia is. It is perhaps the kindest thing anyone has ever done for him. He is now experiencing 'puppy dog' feelings toward her.
[2026/02/15 15:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire
[2026/02/15 15:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: oh no....
[2026/02/15 15:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: and I included dragon romance rules. That was a waste of time x_x
[2026/02/15 15:05] Joe: not romance; trauma bond, entirely different
[2026/02/15 15:06] Sonja Bikergrrl: get a room later.
[2026/02/15 15:06] Sapphire: How many kobolds are still up?
[2026/02/15 15:06] Sonja Bikergrrl: I count 3
[2026/02/15 15:06] Mecha: Has Jassie rolld initiative?
[2026/02/15 15:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: Jassie is delayed along the route.
[2026/02/15 15:07] Sapphire: Emily will run for a good supply of cover, tossing a snowball at the person trying to reload the tube to get snow in it
[2026/02/15 15:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay, D20
[2026/02/15 15:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: And after that it's Joe, aye?
[2026/02/15 15:08] Jassie: im here reading though
[2026/02/15 15:09] Mecha: Aye... eye see what you did there
[2026/02/15 15:10] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire! D20. Joe! What you doing.
[2026/02/15 15:10] Joe: I'm seeing if the ring of regeneration has fixed my eye so i have full 20/20 vision again yet
[2026/02/15 15:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: Won't be instant.
[2026/02/15 15:11] Jassie: im going fire cleric
[2026/02/15 15:11] Jassie: divine fire
[2026/02/15 15:11] D20: Sapphire rolls 13
[2026/02/15 15:11] Sapphire: back, sorry about that delay
[2026/02/15 15:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: *plop*
[2026/02/15 15:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe?
[2026/02/15 15:13] Joe: there are kobolds left standing?
[2026/02/15 15:13] Sonja Bikergrrl: Three
[2026/02/15 15:13] Joe: i try to attack the closest one
[2026/02/15 15:13] Sonja Bikergrrl: d20
[2026/02/15 15:13] D20: Joe rolls 16
[2026/02/15 15:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: hits AC -2
[2026/02/15 15:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: roll d8
[2026/02/15 15:14] D8: Joe rolls 4
[2026/02/15 15:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: you get 2nd attack, d20
[2026/02/15 15:15] D20: Joe rolls 17
[2026/02/15 15:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: getting gud
[2026/02/15 15:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: d8
[2026/02/15 15:15] D8: Joe rolls 6
[2026/02/15 15:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: Last surviving kobold charges forward, screaming "FOR EMBERCLAWS!" there's a -ching- as he pulls a ring from his armour and a HISS.... Mecha! What do you do?
[2026/02/15 15:17] Mecha: He's running at us. Gonna grab him and throw him like a weight in track and field away from us
[2026/02/15 15:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: roll..... hmm. Attack roll, must hit AC 10
[2026/02/15 15:17] D20: Mecha rolls 4
[2026/02/15 15:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me facepalms
[2026/02/15 15:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: ......acktually....
[2026/02/15 15:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: success
[2026/02/15 15:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: You grab him. Roll d20, strength check
[2026/02/15 15:18] D20: Mecha rolls 10
[2026/02/15 15:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: You fling him .... let's call it 16 feet away, when BOOM!!!
[2026/02/15 15:19] Sonja Bikergrrl: Dex check!
[2026/02/15 15:19] D6: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 2
[2026/02/15 15:19] D6: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 1
[2026/02/15 15:19] D20: Mecha rolls 9
[2026/02/15 15:19] Sonja Bikergrrl: *GIGGLES*
[2026/02/15 15:19] Sonja Bikergrrl: 1 damage.
[2026/02/15 15:19] Sonja Bikergrrl: Meghan: "Seems we have defeated the kobolds."
[2026/02/15 15:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: Jassie arrives, after taking the scenic route.
[2026/02/15 15:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: now what you doing?
[2026/02/15 15:21] Jassie: oh hello, sorry about that, i say panting, with the 7 zombies kobolds scooting behind me
[2026/02/15 15:21] Jassie: forgot the ""
[2026/02/15 15:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: zombies move slow, it's why you're late
[2026/02/15 15:21] Jassie: mhm
[2026/02/15 15:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: next time, animate longer legged minions
[2026/02/15 15:22] Jassie: "what did i miss?"
[2026/02/15 15:22] Sapphire: Emily starts bandaging up her blunderbus injuries
[2026/02/15 15:22] Mecha: So.. Are we out of Pine? Can we just skip Cedar?
[2026/02/15 15:23] Jassie: looks around at the ded kobolds on the ground, "Oh, seems like i missed a whole battle. is everyone ok? need some heals?"
[2026/02/15 15:23] Sonja Bikergrrl: Meghan approaches the altar. "This looks like it! The shrine to Lady Frostkiss! Lady Frostkiss is petty, cruel, and jealous."
[2026/02/15 15:23] Sapphire: "Is she a good kisser?"
[2026/02/15 15:24] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe?
[2026/02/15 15:24] Mecha: Talia looks to Jassie."Keep an eye on Joe. He um might need glasses."
[2026/02/15 15:24] Jassie: oh no!
[2026/02/15 15:25] Joe: "Its just a scratch."
[2026/02/15 15:25] Sonja Bikergrrl: At this rate, Joe will be out of body parts before th campaign ends.
[2026/02/15 15:26] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire? Mecha?
[2026/02/15 15:26] Mecha: Search the bodies. See if Talia can find any of those explosives
[2026/02/15 15:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: Are you sure you want to do that?
[2026/02/15 15:27] Jassie: checks on Joe, does he require any healing?"
[2026/02/15 15:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe currently needs an eye
[2026/02/15 15:27] Jassie: yea, is it something i can heal back?
[2026/02/15 15:28] Jassie: with serious wounds
[2026/02/15 15:28] Sapphire: Emily also moves to help out Joe as best she can
[2026/02/15 15:28] Sonja Bikergrrl: you could heal back his missing 3 hit points
[2026/02/15 15:28] Jassie: the priest heals 2d8+1 points of wound or other injury damage to the creature's body
[2026/02/15 15:29] Jassie: is it considered injury damage?
[2026/02/15 15:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: I'm not even sure what "other injury damage" means.
[2026/02/15 15:30] Jassie: no clue
[2026/02/15 15:30] Jassie: an inujury, aka missing an eye
[2026/02/15 15:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: unfortunately, no
[2026/02/15 15:30] Jassie: damn
[2026/02/15 15:31] Jassie: I help to give him an eyepatch
[2026/02/15 15:31] Sapphire: "Think any of the kobold eyes would fit?"
[2026/02/15 15:31] Joe: "I could do with a back rub though."
[2026/02/15 15:31] Jassie: now u look like a pirate
[2026/02/15 15:31] Sonja Bikergrrl: What about gaining access to the Ice Queen?
[2026/02/15 15:31] Joe: I have been giving that issue some consideration
[2026/02/15 15:31] Sonja Bikergrrl: Aye?
[2026/02/15 15:32] Joe: I think she just needs some warming up. A little bit of proper loving.
[2026/02/15 15:32] Joe: That's as far as my contemplation went
[2026/02/15 15:32] Mecha: Talia hears this and just raises an eyebrow
[2026/02/15 15:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: so what are you all going to do?
[2026/02/15 15:32] Sapphire: Emily moves back over to the Frostkiss shrine, checking out the inscriptions.
[2026/02/15 15:33] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire: d20
[2026/02/15 15:33] D20: Sapphire rolls 8
[2026/02/15 15:33] Mecha: Sorry for the delayed response but yes Talia does want to do this
[2026/02/15 15:33] Sonja Bikergrrl: It looks like there is a three part ritual; as best you can make out: Souls of the Frozen Dead: Offerings of spirits or remnants of those who perished in the cold, to strengthen her influence over death and despair.
[2026/02/15 15:33] Sonja Bikergrrl: Talia: d20, disadvantage, DEX check
[2026/02/15 15:34] D20: Mecha rolls 8
[2026/02/15 15:34] D20: Mecha rolls 12
[2026/02/15 15:34] Sapphire: She moves over to the kobold bodies and starts dragging them through the snow over to the ritual cite.
[2026/02/15 15:34] Sapphire: site*
[2026/02/15 15:34] Mecha: Disadvantage lowest roll so 8 and so yes success
[2026/02/15 15:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: disadvantage, worst roll, 12, so, fail
[2026/02/15 15:35] Mecha: Aw dangit
[2026/02/15 15:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: You fiddle with a kobold, but, something seems to be caught on something *chink* and you hear a HISS
[2026/02/15 15:35] Mecha: Toss this body away from everyone.
[2026/02/15 15:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire: completes 1/3 of the ritual, her part done.
[2026/02/15 15:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: Talia: STR check
[2026/02/15 15:36] D20: Mecha rolls 18
[2026/02/15 15:36] Mecha: Still made it. *Whew*
[2026/02/15 15:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: You fling it and it promptly explodes. BOOM!!!! you get the full force in your face.
[2026/02/15 15:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: Roll DEX
[2026/02/15 15:36] D20: Mecha rolls 15
[2026/02/15 15:37] D6: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 4
[2026/02/15 15:37] D6: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 3
[2026/02/15 15:37] Sonja Bikergrrl: 7 damage.
[2026/02/15 15:37] Sonja Bikergrrl: please say you'll check another :-D
[2026/02/15 15:37] Mecha: there is a ringing in Talias ears.. thankfully she is nowhere near them
[2026/02/15 15:37] Sonja Bikergrrl: Anyone else going to help Emily with the ritual?
[2026/02/15 15:38] Jassie: me
[2026/02/15 15:38] Joe: yes
[2026/02/15 15:38] Sonja Bikergrrl: d20
[2026/02/15 15:38] D20: Jassie rolls 3
[2026/02/15 15:39] Mecha: Talia tries to help but yeah a boom in the face slows her down
[2026/02/15 15:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: Jassie: it's just a lot of carvings and shizz. No idea what that means
[2026/02/15 15:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe, D20
[2026/02/15 15:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: Talia, D20 too
[2026/02/15 15:40] D20: Mecha rolls 10
[2026/02/15 15:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: very fitting for you.... Dark Ice: Pieces of black or enchanted ice, imbued with dark magic or memories of suffering, offered as tokens of her power and as a means to gain her favor.
[2026/02/15 15:41] D20: Joe rolls 13
[2026/02/15 15:42] Mecha: Talia shares this because She does not have ice like that and is unsure what that would entail.
[2026/02/15 15:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: Fitting for Joe: Cold Winds and Snow: Rituals that invoke winter storms, such as whispering prayers into the wind or creating snow sculptures dedicated to her, symbolizing her control over winter’s fury.
[2026/02/15 15:42] Joe: Somewhere around here is a frozen eyeball, that's a tale of suffering in the form of ice
[2026/02/15 15:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: Talia: you just had a kobold explode in your face. I'd call that suffering, and, the smoke has blackened the snow and ice near you
[2026/02/15 15:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: What's Joe going to do with his clue?
[2026/02/15 15:43] Joe: I'm going to make a snowball and throw it at the shrine
[2026/02/15 15:44] Sonja Bikergrrl: The snowball splatters
[2026/02/15 15:44] Jassie: Im going to touch her and do a cure light wounds
[2026/02/15 15:44] Joe: the moving of the air around the snowbal sculpture counts as a wind ?
[2026/02/15 15:44] Sonja Bikergrrl: D8, although, she'll regenerate it in ten minutes
[2026/02/15 15:44] Jassie: oh really?
[2026/02/15 15:44] Jassie: then we'll leave it then
[2026/02/15 15:44] Sonja Bikergrrl: Oooohhhh good one joe :-)
[2026/02/15 15:45] Sonja Bikergrrl: That's 2/3 of the ritual.... Mecha?
[2026/02/15 15:45] Mecha: Fair enough Talia collects some of that snow, even wiping it over her face to collect a bit more of the char before placing it
[2026/02/15 15:45] Sonja Bikergrrl: The runes on the columns flare, frost racing along the stone like living veins. The altar cracks — not breaks — and a vertical seam of darkness opens within it, rimmed with drifting ice crystals. Cold pulls rather than blows, like the slow inhale of something patient and hungry.
[2026/02/15 15:46] Sonja Bikergrrl: Your breath starts to cloud as the temperature plummets
[2026/02/15 15:46] Jassie: looks at this like... hmm not sure if this is the best idea
[2026/02/15 15:46] Sonja Bikergrrl: Megan: "you are leaving the world of warmth."
[2026/02/15 15:47] Mecha: So we're going to my dating life." Talia quips
[2026/02/15 15:47] Sonja Bikergrrl: Megan: "I'm not going, sorry... I'll stay here with your zombies and make sure no one sneaks up on you."
[2026/02/15 15:47] Jassie: hmm
[2026/02/15 15:48] Jassie: looks around for something to light on fire
[2026/02/15 15:48] Sonja Bikergrrl: Other than yourselves, there's not much.
[2026/02/15 15:49] Sonja Bikergrrl: so, stepping into the portal?
[2026/02/15 15:49] Mecha: Talia will
[2026/02/15 15:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: I'll assume everyone else is going too (Except Meghan)
[2026/02/15 15:50] Jassie: well, I guess i will go with Talia, she might need me
[2026/02/15 15:50] Jassie: yea, but i'm taking the zombies!
[2026/02/15 15:50] Sapphire: Emily follows her lantern through the portal.
[2026/02/15 15:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: You arrive in looks like an old store room. It's extremely cold down here! There's some empty crates and barrels, and a few dead kobolds. There are seven loud *thunks* of collapsing bodies.
[2026/02/15 15:51] Mecha: Talia looks for the direction of said thunks
[2026/02/15 15:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: There's a single passway that offers further progress
[2026/02/15 15:51] Jassie: what kinda collapsing bodies?
[2026/02/15 15:52] Sonja Bikergrrl: Talia sees seven -extremely- dead kobolds stretched out on the grown behind her
[2026/02/15 15:52] Mecha: Talia shrugs."Sucks to be them. Let's make sure it doesn't suck to be us."
[2026/02/15 15:52] Joe: empty -wooden- crates and barrels ?
[2026/02/15 15:52] Sonja Bikergrrl: crates and barrels are often made of wood
[2026/02/15 15:53] Joe: so are bonfires :)
[2026/02/15 15:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: No one checking the other dead kobolds?
[2026/02/15 15:53] Sapphire: "I think a fire would be an insult to our host"
[2026/02/15 15:53] Sapphire: she puts a hand on Joe's shoulder when she notices him about to mess with the wood.
[2026/02/15 15:53] Mecha: talia will. What's one more explosion in her face.
[2026/02/15 15:53] Jassie: checks my kobolds, all ok?
[2026/02/15 15:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: You find a scroll!
[2026/02/15 15:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: Jassie: your kobolds are no longer animated.
[2026/02/15 15:54] Mecha: Talia checks it out
[2026/02/15 15:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: Talia: "Squad 2: make sure locals don't get up to funny business. Me and Squad 1 go see Ice Queen. Keep ears open for call. For our god Emberclaw! Zephyx."
[2026/02/15 15:54] Mecha: Wait. These were Jesses kobold zombies? Thought Meghan was gonna watch them
[2026/02/15 15:55] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me sighs... as said... when you arrived, there were three dead kobolds
[2026/02/15 15:55] Jassie: and 7 more
[2026/02/15 15:55] Jassie: i knew it
[2026/02/15 15:55] Sapphire: "why would Emberclaw and the Ice Queen work together?
[2026/02/15 15:55] Sonja Bikergrrl: And Jassie brought her zombies along, but, you've crossed a boundary
[2026/02/15 15:56] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire: Why indeed
[2026/02/15 15:56] Jassie: u just wanted to get rid of them @ sonja lol
[2026/02/15 15:56] Mecha: Talia reads the scroll to the others. "Someone remember the name Zphyx if we havent already. Sorry, exploding kobold can make me a bit forgetful
[2026/02/15 15:56] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me already dropped ... at least ONE clue, maybe two
[2026/02/15 15:56] Jassie: well i'll have to make more in future
[2026/02/15 15:57] Mecha: *be afk for a couple minutes. be right back
[2026/02/15 15:57] Sapphire: only one path ahead?
[2026/02/15 15:57] Mecha: *
[2026/02/15 15:57] Sonja Bikergrrl: unless you brought mining equipment, yes
[2026/02/15 15:59] Joe: is it well lit?
[2026/02/15 15:59] Sonja Bikergrrl: No, it's quite dark underground.
[2026/02/15 15:59] Sapphire: "well, we're guests." She says. "Let us not delay. Those kobolds were probably guarding the entrance for their bosses."
[2026/02/15 16:00] Sonja Bikergrrl: moving forwards?
[2026/02/15 16:00] Jassie: yes
[2026/02/15 16:01] Jassie: is there any torches on the walls? or sticks of sorts
[2026/02/15 16:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: It leads to a larger area. Passage straight and left. Also, an obvious shaft with ropes dangling, a chain that leads up and a lever connected to a rope. And no, no torches on walls.... who's carrying your light source?
[2026/02/15 16:02] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me assumes Joe
[2026/02/15 16:02] Joe: I have no torches, i do have tinderbox and a flask of oil
[2026/02/15 16:02] Jassie: I get the feeling sonja doing this on purpose, since i took out light for now
[2026/02/15 16:02] Jassie: lol
[2026/02/15 16:03] Sonja Bikergrrl: Jassie - I'm sure you can lend Joe a torch
[2026/02/15 16:03] Sonja Bikergrrl: Now what? Anyone.... *rubs hands and grins* ...gonna pull the lever?
[2026/02/15 16:04] Jassie: dont have one
[2026/02/15 16:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: indeed not, you got 5
[2026/02/15 16:04] Joe: oh i can lay on hands anyone who needs healing after the kobold fight
[2026/02/15 16:05] Jassie: oh yea i do, normal ones
[2026/02/15 16:05] Sapphire: lever?
[2026/02/15 16:05] Mecha: Talia sighs."Should I risk this lever?"
[2026/02/15 16:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: Lever.
[2026/02/15 16:05] Jassie: keep it joe
[2026/02/15 16:05] Sapphire: Emily will move to check out the lever
[2026/02/15 16:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: it's... it's... oh em gee....
[2026/02/15 16:05] Mecha: Then Talia will let Emily do it.
[2026/02/15 16:06] Sonja Bikergrrl: it's a carefully constructed stick on a plate with a fulcrum so it is stable in one of two states
[2026/02/15 16:06] Sapphire: any label? If not she'll go ahead and pull it
[2026/02/15 16:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: You give the lever a tug. It seems stuck.... but... yes, a second, harder pull, and.... -click-
[2026/02/15 16:07] Jassie: gets everything ready
[2026/02/15 16:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: the rope tugs, the chain starts rattling loudly and there's a sense of wind breezing down the shaft
[2026/02/15 16:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: also sudden high pitched screams, getting louder: "WWWWWWAAAAAHHHH!!!!"
[2026/02/15 16:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: what do you do?
[2026/02/15 16:09] Jassie: can i get an idea of where the screams are coming from?
[2026/02/15 16:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: From above. Wait a second, they'll be on the same level as you.
[2026/02/15 16:09] Sapphire: Emily moves to the side of the room, pressing up against the wall.
[2026/02/15 16:10] Mecha: Talia gets her hammer ready. Feeling a bit smashy at the moment.
[2026/02/15 16:10] Sonja Bikergrrl: You get a brief view of a wooden box suspended by chains hurtling down from the shaft, with two small figures clinging to each other screaming in alarm.
[2026/02/15 16:10] Joe: Joe stands well back from falling screamers
[2026/02/15 16:10] Jassie: cast bless
[2026/02/15 16:10] Jassie: before that!
[2026/02/15 16:10] Sonja Bikergrrl: The next moment SMASH!!!! it impacts on the ground
[2026/02/15 16:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: Wood flies in all directions and the two kobolds bounce like rubber balls, as lengths of chain rattle down on them.
[2026/02/15 16:11] Mecha: Talia looks curiously
[2026/02/15 16:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: Kobold: "Ulg....!"
[2026/02/15 16:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: Silence.
[2026/02/15 16:12] Sapphire: "Oh, hello there. Having a rough day?"
[2026/02/15 16:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: If you expect an answer, I hope you brought an Ouija board
[2026/02/15 16:13] Jassie: you really wanna speak with them?
[2026/02/15 16:13] Jassie: like look at the others?
[2026/02/15 16:14] Mecha: So, I dont think we're going up that way
[2026/02/15 16:14] Sapphire: We did bring one!
[2026/02/15 16:14] Sapphire: Emily looks at Talia
[2026/02/15 16:15] Mecha: Talia looks at Emily."Am I wrong?"
[2026/02/15 16:16] Sapphire: "Fine. We'll save that for the smart ones."
[2026/02/15 16:16] Sapphire: "Looks like we need the stairs now."
[2026/02/15 16:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: Looks that way
[2026/02/15 16:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: but....
[2026/02/15 16:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: At this moment a huge white dragons' head pokes down, you can see a scar alongside the muzzle.... and the white dragon says.... "Cliffhanger!"
[2026/02/15 16:17] Mecha: Hi Cliff. Or should we call you Ms. Hanger?
[2026/02/15 16:19] Jassie: lol
[2026/02/15 16:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: hope you all liked that, aye?
[2026/02/15 16:20] Mecha: Indeed, quite fun. Explosive results
[2026/02/15 16:20] Sapphire: progress!
[2026/02/15 16:20] Sapphire: thanks for the session!
[2026/02/15 16:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: and next time, perhaps you'll find out what a 500yr old ice witch is doing with a red dragon. You've had two Clues :-)
[2026/02/15 16:20] Jassie: i didnt do nothing lol
[2026/02/15 16:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: maybe you'll find more... if you survive
[2026/02/15 16:21] Jassie: except let sonja get rid of my minions hehe
[2026/02/15 16:21] Joe: blinding.
[2026/02/15 16:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: I gotta dash, I'm afraid... see you tomorrow!
[2026/02/15 16:21] Joe: night DM sonja