[2026/05/24 13:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: so, tonight, you might actually get to find out wth happened to Sonja y Ddraig Aur
[2026/05/24 13:53] Mecha: you said it and now the dice have decided we wont get to.
[2026/05/24 13:53] Sapphire: with our efforts to get deep enough to find out
[2026/05/24 13:55] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mmhmm?
[2026/05/24 13:55] Sonja Bikergrrl: there's hardly dice involved, just you social misfits with no dice in sight :-P
[2026/05/24 13:56] Sonja Bikergrrl: and no one asked about Barts' eyepatch.
[2026/05/24 13:56] Sapphire: he had one last time, right?
[2026/05/24 13:57] Sonja Bikergrrl: which last time?
[2026/05/24 13:58] Sapphire: when the boat blew up
[2026/05/24 13:58] Sonja Bikergrrl: nope
[2026/05/24 13:58] Joe: so something has happened to him since we last saw him, he has lost an eye, is that correct? Or at least, adopted it as a fashion style
[2026/05/24 13:58] Sonja Bikergrrl: ...why do you think I kept bringing up his sudden new eyepa... never mind *facepalms*
[2026/05/24 13:59] Mecha: *headdesks*
[2026/05/24 13:59] Sonja Bikergrrl: alright... let's start.
[2026/05/24 13:59] Sonja Bikergrrl: Last week: you found Black Bart, about to embark on a scheme to raise wrecks from the deep for free treasure
[2026/05/24 14:00] Sonja Bikergrrl: How? With the aid of nixies, carried in a large tank to where he needs to go.
[2026/05/24 14:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: And with that recap out of the way GGGRRREEEETTTTIIINNNGGGSSS Adventurers! Other players get awesome DMs, you get a DM mentally ruined by... well.. you :-P
[2026/05/24 14:01] Sapphire: I guess I just assumed he got the injury when the ship went down
[2026/05/24 14:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: aye.
[2026/05/24 14:01] Sapphire: seemed rude to point it out
[2026/05/24 14:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: anyway, you've spoken to Black Bart, he's named his price
[2026/05/24 14:02] Sonja Bikergrrl: you spoke to the nixies who were happy to help you rescue Sonja y Ddraig Aur
[2026/05/24 14:02] Sonja Bikergrrl: and we smashcut to Pilton, where you set sail from... about a month ago now.
[2026/05/24 14:02] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire starts us off.
[2026/05/24 14:04] Sapphire: hmmmm
[2026/05/24 14:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: or not...
[2026/05/24 14:05] Sapphire: Pilton, so we're casting off from there?
[2026/05/24 14:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: It's where you started last time.
[2026/05/24 14:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: it's also where Bart has his ship.
[2026/05/24 14:06] Sapphire: He has a new ship now!
[2026/05/24 14:06] Sapphire: awesome
[2026/05/24 14:06] Sapphire: trying to get the logs pulled up
[2026/05/24 14:06] Sonja Bikergrrl: meanwhile... Joe
[2026/05/24 14:06] Joe: bluntly asks "what happened to your eye, Captain Bart? You look like you've seen some... er ... you're looking a little... no i mean to say is, ah damn i don't have the vision to find the optical... optimum .... jeez im just saying it as i see it, okay .. damn , no i meant, well you're a sight for sore eyes anyway. I mean its good to see you again. Um. Now about these Nixies..."
[2026/05/24 14:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: Black Bart glares at Joe. "Well, that's a bit fecking personal, aye???"
[2026/05/24 14:07] Joe: (sorry, i had to jump on it)
[2026/05/24 14:08] Joe: "Aye."
[2026/05/24 14:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: Then he laughs, and says: "Nowt wrong wit the eye." He flips up the patch momentarily to prove this. "I just thought it made me look more dashing."
[2026/05/24 14:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: And yes, he has a ship, the Prydwyn II.
[2026/05/24 14:08] Joe: "I bloody knew it."
[2026/05/24 14:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha?
[2026/05/24 14:10] Mecha: Talia looks around."So do we need anything before we go and do this?"
[2026/05/24 14:11] Jassie: is online.
[2026/05/24 14:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: Bart: "...yer going out to see to rescure the golden one and yer askin' me???"
[2026/05/24 14:11] Sapphire: Had we meant to check in with the nixies about the underwater breathing? I seem to recall it wasn't something they could share outside their own lake.
[2026/05/24 14:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: ...that's why they're in a tank... of their lakewater...
[2026/05/24 14:12] Jassie: sorry all
[2026/05/24 14:12] Jassie: busy day
[2026/05/24 14:12] Sapphire: ooooh
[2026/05/24 14:13] Sapphire: ok, i'd missed that line
[2026/05/24 14:13] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha?
[2026/05/24 14:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: or Joe?
[2026/05/24 14:15] Jassie: so he did take it up as a fashion statement hehe
[2026/05/24 14:15] Mecha: Talia is going to make sure we have enough supplies for the voyage
[2026/05/24 14:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: what supplies do you think you'll need?
[2026/05/24 14:16] Joe: weapons and healing potions and a spare boat
[2026/05/24 14:16] Sapphire: cutting tools to get through chains and wood
[2026/05/24 14:16] Mecha: ... what they said
[2026/05/24 14:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: well, you got weapons, potions aren't usually traded, what cutting tools do you think you'll need?
[2026/05/24 14:17] Mecha: A saw to start
[2026/05/24 14:17] Joe: chainbreakers
[2026/05/24 14:17] Joe: axes
[2026/05/24 14:17] Joe: do axes work underwtaer?
[2026/05/24 14:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: not really
[2026/05/24 14:18] Jassie: its ok, we can chop anyways
[2026/05/24 14:18] Sapphire: levers?
[2026/05/24 14:18] Joe: saws then, what Mecha said
[2026/05/24 14:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: made of what?
[2026/05/24 14:18] Sapphire: saws sound good
[2026/05/24 14:18] Sapphire: um
[2026/05/24 14:18] Sapphire: what can we get?
[2026/05/24 14:19] Sonja Bikergrrl: hard to say, there's a war on, and most things are needed elsewhere
[2026/05/24 14:19] Sonja Bikergrrl: I'm not even convinced a saw is going to help you
[2026/05/24 14:20] Jassie: never know, anything could help
[2026/05/24 14:20] Mecha: can't hurt to try
[2026/05/24 14:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay... a saw... will cost about 20gp
[2026/05/24 14:21] Jassie: ouch
[2026/05/24 14:21] Sapphire: ooof. A big one or more like a handsaw? "Think it'll get through a ships deck planks?"
[2026/05/24 14:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: One for two, and, not really
[2026/05/24 14:22] Mecha: for 20GP it should be able to cut on its own
[2026/05/24 14:23] Sonja Bikergrrl: needs two. See previous comments
[2026/05/24 14:23] Joe: the weight attached to the ship and the dragon, is it tied with chains or ropes? Do we know this for certain?
[2026/05/24 14:23] Sapphire: we saw chains
[2026/05/24 14:23] Sonja Bikergrrl: "unbreakable chains to hold deity-level powers"
[2026/05/24 14:24] Sapphire: hence going at the wood
[2026/05/24 14:24] Sapphire: worst case it's a waste of our money, right?
[2026/05/24 14:25] Sonja Bikergrrl: Absolutely.
[2026/05/24 14:25] Jassie: lol
[2026/05/24 14:25] Mecha: talia is not paying 20 Gold for a saw that wont even cut the wood needed
[2026/05/24 14:25] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay, so, what now?
[2026/05/24 14:26] Sonja Bikergrrl: Jassie?
[2026/05/24 14:26] Jassie: seems a little excessive for sure
[2026/05/24 14:27] Jassie: i think i wasnt here before
[2026/05/24 14:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: you were
[2026/05/24 14:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe?
[2026/05/24 14:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: or Mecha?
[2026/05/24 14:30] Joe: sorry i can think of no answers apart from perhaps asking the Nixie to contact useful sea creatures who can somehow help.
[2026/05/24 14:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: the Nixies aren't going.
[2026/05/24 14:30] Joe: hammerhead sharks, swordfish, stuff like that
[2026/05/24 14:31] Joe: no? I thought we were going to steal a Nixie away in the bath tub
[2026/05/24 14:31] Mecha: Mecha has gotten food and is trying to plan how to unbind Donja, while also taking into account the possibility that Sonja might be out of the chains and kept as a prisoner of that sea going bitch
[2026/05/24 14:31] Sapphire: the nixies staying on shorte in the tub?
[2026/05/24 14:31] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mmhmm.
[2026/05/24 14:31] Mecha: *Unbind Sonja*
[2026/05/24 14:31] Sonja Bikergrrl: it's dangerous out on the sea, you know
[2026/05/24 14:32] Sapphire: we do know....
[2026/05/24 14:32] Sapphire: and these are freshwater nixies
[2026/05/24 14:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: so, what's Sapphires' ideas?
[2026/05/24 14:33] Sapphire: i guess saltwater is bad for them
[2026/05/24 14:33] Sapphire: are they planning to bless us with waterbreathing before we go?
[2026/05/24 14:33] Sonja Bikergrrl: when you're ready to go, and aren't on wild goose chases for carpentry tools
[2026/05/24 14:34] Sapphire: ok :(
[2026/05/24 14:34] Joe: we need to capture us a Nixie, fill up the bath tub with freshwater, put those things on to Captain Barts ship, take the Nixie with us, to enchant us when the time comes
[2026/05/24 14:34] Mecha: we already have those
[2026/05/24 14:35] Sapphire: or keep to our word and gen blessed first
[2026/05/24 14:35] Sapphire: get
[2026/05/24 14:35] Joe: yeah there is that
[2026/05/24 14:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: ....you're in Pilton, with Bart, and several Nixies in a tub of their water
[2026/05/24 14:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: the Prydwyn II is waiting, what are you going to do?
[2026/05/24 14:35] Sapphire: head onboard since it seems the chance to actually come up with plans is closed
[2026/05/24 14:35] Mecha: *Can't stand the Pilton. would rathor stay at the Mariott
[2026/05/24 14:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: so, going?
[2026/05/24 14:36] Sapphire: yeah
[2026/05/24 14:36] Joe: yes
[2026/05/24 14:36] Mecha: yep
[2026/05/24 14:37] Sonja Bikergrrl: The Nixies imbue you with Water Breathing. "Be SURE to be back to the surface air before sundown, or you'll remain below forever."
[2026/05/24 14:38] Sonja Bikergrrl: The crew of the Prydwyn II are a rather rougher, more rascally sort, but Bart keeps them behaving with a glare and a curse.
[2026/05/24 14:38] Sonja Bikergrrl: Bart: "So. Want to hear another story of the sea?"
[2026/05/24 14:39] Jassie: /me nids at the Nixies, "thank you for the help,would my own water breathing be able to extend it if needed?" I ask them
[2026/05/24 14:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: If you can cast as a zombie, sure.
[2026/05/24 14:39] Sapphire: "Thank you very much for your blessings," she assures the pixies, still quite stressed about the whole situation, feeling like theyir venture is doomed and underequipped.
[2026/05/24 14:39] Mecha: Sure."I'm up for a good story."
[2026/05/24 14:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: Bart: This story is not told loudly. It’s shared between sailors, late at night, when the lamps burn low and the sea can be heard breathing beyond the harbor walls. “Once there was a merchant vessel called the Wraithship. Fast. Well-built. Laden with treasures from distant shores. She was captained by Elara — a woman known for her courage and an iron will that storms themselves seemed to respect.”
[2026/05/24 14:40] Joe: Thank you delightful Nixies (is all starry eyed for them again)
[2026/05/24 14:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: (Bart is telling the story, the nixies are staying on land)
[2026/05/24 14:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: A pause. “One night, while sailing waters thought to be safe, a storm gathered where none should have been.” Bart's voice drops. “The sky went black. The wind screamed like a dying thing. And the sailors knew — too late — whose waters they had crossed. The Tempest Witches came riding the storm.”
[2026/05/24 14:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: Bart: “The first — the Lady of Lightning — split the mast with a single blinding strike. The second — the Weight of the Abyss — opened the sea itself, whirlpools clawing at the hull. The third — the Wind Siren — shrieked into the gale, tearing sails to rags and stealing the crew’s sense and breath. Elara fought. Gods know she fought. But courage cannot steer against a storm that wants you dead.”
[2026/05/24 14:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: Bart: “Caught in a maelstrom of the coven’s making, the Wraithship was torn apart. In a final, thunderous strike, she broke — and was swallowed by the sea.” Silence, then: “They say the sea remembers that night. On moonless evenings, sailors swear they’ve seen her — the ghostly outline of the Wraithship, rising from the depths. Trapped in an endless storm that never moves, never fades. A warning. The witches still guard their domain. And their storm still waits.”
[2026/05/24 14:44] Mecha: Talia looks at Bart."If by some chance that happens to us it's not our fault."
[2026/05/24 14:44] Sonja Bikergrrl: Bart: "Aye? Well. We're here."
[2026/05/24 14:44] Joe: looks around. "You sure?"
[2026/05/24 14:45] Sonja Bikergrrl: Bart just looks at Joe. Mutters under his breath.... "...damn landlubber..."
[2026/05/24 14:45] Sapphire: Sapphira looks out over the water. "Straight in? Or we hold onto the anchor rope?"
[2026/05/24 14:45] Jassie: you shouldnt say super ominous things like that just before we go off, imagine what could happen to this, she looks around at the new ship.
[2026/05/24 14:45] Sonja Bikergrrl: Bart isn't dropping anchor.
[2026/05/24 14:46] Joe: "At least one of us should stay on deck."
[2026/05/24 14:46] Sonja Bikergrrl: Bart isn't going down.
[2026/05/24 14:46] Joe: (has visions of coming back up to find no ship here)
[2026/05/24 14:46] Mecha: What time of day is it right now?"
[2026/05/24 14:46] Sonja Bikergrrl: About 10AM
[2026/05/24 14:46] Sapphire: since we were told to be back by sundown
[2026/05/24 14:47] Sonja Bikergrrl: You have about eight hours
[2026/05/24 14:47] Mecha: Talia jumps in, letting her armor drag her down. She knows the spell is cast and she has until sundown.
[2026/05/24 14:47] Sapphire: With an ominous chill up her spine, Emily follows
[2026/05/24 14:47] Sonja Bikergrrl: Talia sinks like a stone. She will hit bottom in.... two rounds
[2026/05/24 14:47] Sonja Bikergrrl: Emily will take five rounds.
[2026/05/24 14:48] Sapphire: so we're still on the continental shelf
[2026/05/24 14:48] Sonja Bikergrrl: it's a mere hundred foot depth
[2026/05/24 14:48] Sapphire: surprised he doesn't want to drop anchor
[2026/05/24 14:48] Joe: I am leaving my armour on the ship and entrusting it to Captain Bart. I ask him to look after it for me. I carefully watch how he responds, looking for any possible sign of betrayal.
[2026/05/24 14:48] Sonja Bikergrrl: and wind up anchored to a cursed temple? How insane is your character?
[2026/05/24 14:49] Sonja Bikergrrl: Going armourless? A bold move. AC 10.
[2026/05/24 14:49] Sonja Bikergrrl: It'll also take you five rounds
[2026/05/24 14:49] Sonja Bikergrrl: Jassie?
[2026/05/24 14:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: Meanwhile... perception checks from all
[2026/05/24 14:51] Jassie: oh sorry sure
[2026/05/24 14:51] D20: Sapphire rolls 8
[2026/05/24 14:51] D20: Mecha rolls 1
[2026/05/24 14:51] Sapphire: Emily is pretty much always unarmored
[2026/05/24 14:51] Jassie: i guess since Talia jumps in with armour, Jassie will do the same
[2026/05/24 14:51] D20: Jassie rolls 10
[2026/05/24 14:51] D20: Joe rolls 12
[2026/05/24 14:52] Sonja Bikergrrl: You all think suddenly that something is wrong.
[2026/05/24 14:52] Sonja Bikergrrl: Talia *knows* something is wrong, four entities are closing in!
[2026/05/24 14:52] Sonja Bikergrrl: Roll initiative
[2026/05/24 14:52] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 17
[2026/05/24 14:52] D20: Mecha rolls 18
[2026/05/24 14:53] D20: Sapphire rolls 19
[2026/05/24 14:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: Jassie, Joe
[2026/05/24 14:53] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 1
[2026/05/24 14:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: ooouf
[2026/05/24 14:54] D20: Jassie rolls 9
[2026/05/24 14:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe?
[2026/05/24 14:55] Joe: weapons out! looking around for the danger
[2026/05/24 14:55] Joe: my spear
[2026/05/24 14:55] Sonja Bikergrrl: D20, initiative
[2026/05/24 14:55] D20: Joe rolls 16
[2026/05/24 14:55] Joe: i should note that i left my battleaxe with my armour
[2026/05/24 14:55] Sonja Bikergrrl: well... let's hope you roll so well in combat
[2026/05/24 14:56] Sonja Bikergrrl: They go first. One attacks each of you.
[2026/05/24 14:56] Sonja Bikergrrl: Let's start with.... Emily....
[2026/05/24 14:56] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 18
[2026/05/24 14:56] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 9
[2026/05/24 14:56] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 12
[2026/05/24 14:56] Jassie: warhammer and shield out
[2026/05/24 14:56] Sapphire: ouch
[2026/05/24 14:56] Sonja Bikergrrl: oh dear.... three hits in a row
[2026/05/24 14:57] D6: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 3
[2026/05/24 14:57] D6: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 1
[2026/05/24 14:57] D6: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 2
[2026/05/24 14:57] Sonja Bikergrrl: 4 points of damage, roll D20: save vs paralyzation
[2026/05/24 14:57] D20: Mecha rolls 19
[2026/05/24 14:57] Sonja Bikergrrl: (Sapphire to save)
[2026/05/24 14:59] D20: Sapphire rolls 18
[2026/05/24 14:59] Sonja Bikergrrl: Saved.
[2026/05/24 15:00] Sonja Bikergrrl: Next one attacks Joe
[2026/05/24 15:00] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 9
[2026/05/24 15:00] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 9
[2026/05/24 15:00] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 6
[2026/05/24 15:00] Sapphire: "Guck!" she bubbles, swimming away while preparing a spell
[2026/05/24 15:00] Sonja Bikergrrl: only two hits
[2026/05/24 15:00] D6: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 4
[2026/05/24 15:00] D6: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 4
[2026/05/24 15:00] Sonja Bikergrrl: 4 damage & Joe saves vs paralyzation
[2026/05/24 15:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: D20, Joe
[2026/05/24 15:02] D20: Joe rolls 13
[2026/05/24 15:02] Sonja Bikergrrl: also saved
[2026/05/24 15:02] Sonja Bikergrrl: next is Jassie
[2026/05/24 15:02] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 5
[2026/05/24 15:02] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 8
[2026/05/24 15:02] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 3
[2026/05/24 15:02] Sonja Bikergrrl: *GIGGLES* all missed
[2026/05/24 15:03] Sonja Bikergrrl: Talia
[2026/05/24 15:03] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 10
[2026/05/24 15:03] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 10
[2026/05/24 15:03] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 15
[2026/05/24 15:03] Sonja Bikergrrl: One hit
[2026/05/24 15:03] D6: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 4
[2026/05/24 15:03] Sapphire: how many entities are these?
[2026/05/24 15:03] Sapphire: is this a dozen attackers or four people with triple-attacks?
[2026/05/24 15:03] Sonja Bikergrrl: 2 damage, Talia must save vs paraylzation
[2026/05/24 15:03] D20: Mecha rolls 6
[2026/05/24 15:03] Mecha: ...of course
[2026/05/24 15:03] Sonja Bikergrrl: Oh dear.
[2026/05/24 15:03] Jassie: (wow this is harsh
[2026/05/24 15:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: You see Talia go limp and start to drift downwards.
[2026/05/24 15:04] D6: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 1
[2026/05/24 15:04] D6: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 2
[2026/05/24 15:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: Jassie! You are next. What you see is some horribly waterlogged and bloated half rotten corpse, trying to claw and bite you. It bears the ghostly visage of a sailor — decayed flesh stretched tight over a skeletal frame. Barnacles cling to exposed bone, seaweed trailing like funeral shrouds. Across the brow of its ruined cap: HMS WRAITHSHIP.
[2026/05/24 15:06] Jassie: turn undead!
[2026/05/24 15:06] Sonja Bikergrrl: go for it
[2026/05/24 15:07] Jassie: erm d20 right?
[2026/05/24 15:07] Sapphire: get rotated, specter
[2026/05/24 15:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: technically, no
[2026/05/24 15:07] Jassie: cant remember how it works in 2nd
[2026/05/24 15:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: roll 2D6
[2026/05/24 15:07] D6: Jassie rolls 3
[2026/05/24 15:07] D6: Jassie rolls 4
[2026/05/24 15:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: The power of your goddess flows out, illuminating the sea with a bright intense light. The four creatures scream as they dematerialize.
[2026/05/24 15:09] Jassie: woo
[2026/05/24 15:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: Talia, though, is still sinking fast, unmoving.
[2026/05/24 15:09] Jassie: well, im sinking too prob at same speed
[2026/05/24 15:09] Mecha: *moving enough to flip off the dice*
[2026/05/24 15:09] Jassie: since im in chain
[2026/05/24 15:10] Sonja Bikergrrl: pretty much
[2026/05/24 15:10] Sapphire: how long does Mage Armor last again?
[2026/05/24 15:10] Sonja Bikergrrl: The light dims, your ears pop, and everything gets green and shadowy. You feel your joints compressing and your bones starting to creak.
[2026/05/24 15:11] Mecha: *Be right back, gotta microwave dinner*
[2026/05/24 15:11] Jassie: (okie mecha)
[2026/05/24 15:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: Do you mean Armour?
[2026/05/24 15:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: Armor lasts until a set amount of damage is reached
[2026/05/24 15:12] Sapphire: ...Emily was trained in probably Oxford or something so yeah
[2026/05/24 15:13] Sapphire: I would like to have that up before the next fight
[2026/05/24 15:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: Meanwhile - you "land" in what seems to be a sandy desert, with rocks jutting up here and there.
[2026/05/24 15:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: Armour is a spell you can cast under water. Do you want to, now?
[2026/05/24 15:14] Sapphire: yes, better to have it ready
[2026/05/24 15:14] Jassie: oh boy, does it look like its an underwater desert?
[2026/05/24 15:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: Armoured.
[2026/05/24 15:15] Sapphire: "It's... so quiet down down here," she comments after she finishes wrapping her body in defensive magics
[2026/05/24 15:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: it does indeed seem like a deserted desert
[2026/05/24 15:16] Sapphire: sweet!
[2026/05/24 15:17] Jassie: weirrdd
[2026/05/24 15:17] Mecha: back
[2026/05/24 15:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: So, going to start searching?
[2026/05/24 15:17] Sapphire: yeah. "Spiral out? Try to find where she went?"
[2026/05/24 15:17] Jassie: is talia still paralyzed?
[2026/05/24 15:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: not now, no
[2026/05/24 15:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: d20, Sapphire
[2026/05/24 15:18] Sapphire: Emilyw ill go pick up talia, since she's bouyant down here
[2026/05/24 15:18] D20: Sapphire rolls 15
[2026/05/24 15:18] Sapphire: oh
[2026/05/24 15:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: You see rocks.
[2026/05/24 15:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: who else is searching?
[2026/05/24 15:19] Jassie: i will as well
[2026/05/24 15:19] Mecha: /me raises hand
[2026/05/24 15:19] Sonja Bikergrrl: d20
[2026/05/24 15:20] D20: Jassie rolls 5
[2026/05/24 15:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: Ah! You find.... rocks.
[2026/05/24 15:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha?
[2026/05/24 15:21] D20: Mecha rolls 7
[2026/05/24 15:21] Mecha: talia is searching around as best she can
[2026/05/24 15:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: ....NOW it gets interesting.
[2026/05/24 15:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: You see a stone arch... a woman’s silhouette stands on it, watching. No features can be seen, just a female figure with a robe or a cloak drifting in the currents. Then it just fades from view.
[2026/05/24 15:24] Sonja Bikergrrl: It would appear you found the sunken temple...
[2026/05/24 15:24] Mecha: Think this means we have a direction to go.
[2026/05/24 15:25] Sonja Bikergrrl: The temple is a huge octagon of basalt pillars with eroded, ancient sigils carved into the stonework, but now these are so eroded and covered by barnacles and seaweed, they are totally illegible. The pillars are 30' apart with massive lintels linking the tops, and a low carved stone plinth or platform as an altar or focus. Chained to the central altar stone, is Sonja y Ddraig Aur, tugging at the chain looped around her neck. "Humans! You made it! Just in time, release me from this chain! The key is right here, but I can't handle it - but you can."
[2026/05/24 15:25] Sapphire: Does it look like Sonja's arms are unable to reach the key?
[2026/05/24 15:26] Jassie: is that actually Sonja?
[2026/05/24 15:26] Sonja Bikergrrl: you'll have to define "arms" in relation to a dragon
[2026/05/24 15:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: Who else? The Black Wizard Thargon, awaiting the Great Troll Army?
[2026/05/24 15:27] Sapphire: (brb )
[2026/05/24 15:27] Sapphire: (it's storming and now ater is dripping through my ceiling
[2026/05/24 15:27] Jassie: haha
[2026/05/24 15:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: What are you all going to do?
[2026/05/24 15:29] Joe: swim over to the group
[2026/05/24 15:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: what group?
[2026/05/24 15:30] Sapphire: Emily will head over to that key
[2026/05/24 15:30] Mecha: Talia will swim to Sonja as well
[2026/05/24 15:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: And what's everyone else doing?
[2026/05/24 15:31] Joe: the other characters
[2026/05/24 15:31] Sonja Bikergrrl: Jassie following too?
[2026/05/24 15:31] Jassie: yea i guess so
[2026/05/24 15:31] Jassie: though still keeping watch
[2026/05/24 15:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: Peals of laughter come from all sides as the illusion drops. You're face to face with a giant crab, and he doesn't seem friendly! Roll initiative!
[2026/05/24 15:32] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 15
[2026/05/24 15:32] D20: Mecha rolls 9
[2026/05/24 15:32] D20: Joe rolls 19
[2026/05/24 15:32] Jassie: i knew it!
[2026/05/24 15:32] D20: Jassie rolls 6
[2026/05/24 15:33] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire?
[2026/05/24 15:33] Jassie: mean Sonja!!
[2026/05/24 15:33] Jassie: i fucking knew it haha
[2026/05/24 15:33] Mecha: *Remember she had to be afk for leaking roof*
[2026/05/24 15:33] Sonja Bikergrrl: and then said "head to key"
[2026/05/24 15:33] Jassie: (oh no! its bad?)
[2026/05/24 15:34] Mecha:
[15:27] Sapphire: (brb )
[2026/05/24 15:34] Mecha:
[15:27] Sapphire: (it's storming and now ater is dripping through my ceiling
[2026/05/24 15:34] Sonja Bikergrrl:
[15:30] Sapphire: Emily will head over to that key
[2026/05/24 15:34] Jassie: (oh no dear!! i hope it gets better
[2026/05/24 15:34] Sonja Bikergrrl: like I said.
[2026/05/24 15:36] D20: Sapphire rolls 16
[2026/05/24 15:37] Sapphire: ( Back. Having to dart around and check for drips off and on. )
[2026/05/24 15:37] Sonja Bikergrrl: Jassie goes first
[2026/05/24 15:37] Sapphire: ( it seems to only leak when the wind is blowing hard. )
[2026/05/24 15:37] Sonja Bikergrrl: What are you going to do?
[2026/05/24 15:38] Jassie: hmmm
[2026/05/24 15:38] Jassie: spiritual hammer
[2026/05/24 15:39] Sapphire: if only we had garlic butter
[2026/05/24 15:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay, you can cast that
[2026/05/24 15:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: d20, +2 to hit
[2026/05/24 15:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: ie., you need to roll 11+
[2026/05/24 15:42] D20: Jassie rolls 2
[2026/05/24 15:42] Jassie: LOL
[2026/05/24 15:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: ...
[2026/05/24 15:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay
[2026/05/24 15:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha
[2026/05/24 15:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: what are you going to do?
[2026/05/24 15:42] Jassie: at least i have it out!
[2026/05/24 15:42] Jassie: haha
[2026/05/24 15:43] Mecha: war hammer. Gotta try and crack the shell before putting the blade in
[2026/05/24 15:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: Roll d20, -2 to hit
[2026/05/24 15:43] D20: Mecha rolls 1
[2026/05/24 15:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: ...
[2026/05/24 15:44] Mecha: Actuall Talia walks right into the crabs claws and waits for the inevitable
[2026/05/24 15:44] Sonja Bikergrrl: Giant crab snaps at Jassie
[2026/05/24 15:44] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 17
[2026/05/24 15:44] Sapphire: what sort of sea floor did you say we were on again?
[2026/05/24 15:44] Sonja Bikergrrl: hits AC 0...
[2026/05/24 15:44] D4: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 2
[2026/05/24 15:44] D4: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 3
[2026/05/24 15:44] Sonja Bikergrrl: Jassie snapped at for 5 damage
[2026/05/24 15:44] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 1
[2026/05/24 15:44] Jassie: ok
[2026/05/24 15:44] Sonja Bikergrrl: Critical fail when snapping at Talia
[2026/05/24 15:45] Sonja Bikergrrl: The sort of floor you find at the bottom of the sea: rocks and sand
[2026/05/24 15:45] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire is next
[2026/05/24 15:47] Sonja Bikergrrl: what is Sapphire doing?
[2026/05/24 15:49] Sonja Bikergrrl: Also Joe
[2026/05/24 15:49] Sapphire: hmmmm
[2026/05/24 15:50] Sapphire: Can i target Freeze Person in the giant enemy crab?
[2026/05/24 15:50] Sapphire: *on
[2026/05/24 15:50] Joe: Sticking a spear into a crack in the crabs armour somewhere in its facial region
[2026/05/24 15:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: let's see
[2026/05/24 15:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: Yes.
[2026/05/24 15:51] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 7
[2026/05/24 15:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: Failed save.
[2026/05/24 15:52] Sonja Bikergrrl: giant crab is encased in ice... and slowly... starts to rise up, like a hot air balloon
[2026/05/24 15:52] Joe: pulls my spear back out of him quickly
[2026/05/24 15:52] Sapphire: Emily cackles upon seeing this
[2026/05/24 15:52] Sonja Bikergrrl: it's removed from your sphere of influence
[2026/05/24 15:53] Sapphire: That crab is now someone elses problem
[2026/05/24 15:53] Sapphire: So what's left of the temple down here?
[2026/05/24 15:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: Something drifts into view. Two figures emerge sideways, not forward — as if the water itself slid them into place. They do not swim. They float, robes trailing unnaturally.
[2026/05/24 15:53] Jassie: what do they look like?
[2026/05/24 15:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: like robed figures, vaguely feminine
[2026/05/24 15:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: 1st figure: “Mmm. You reached for the golden one so eagerly.” She gestures lazily at the altar. “Always the helpers. Always so willing.”
[2026/05/24 15:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: 2nd figure: “Did you believe her?”
[2026/05/24 15:55] Jassie: /me "I will say i knew it wasnt her!"
[2026/05/24 15:55] Mecha: "Admittedly I had my doubts."
[2026/05/24 15:56] Sonja Bikergrrl: 1st figure cackles. “The golden one screams so prettily.”
[2026/05/24 15:56] Sonja Bikergrrl: 2nd figure: “You're late. Almost out of time.”
[2026/05/24 15:56] Jassie: spiritual hammer flies at them
[2026/05/24 15:56] Sapphire: "We're here now."
[2026/05/24 15:56] Sonja Bikergrrl: A peal of laughter and the figures vanish.
[2026/05/24 15:57] Joe: decides with certainty I do not enjoy being underwater
[2026/05/24 15:57] Sonja Bikergrrl: "Such a same we didn't have a deal. You'd have her back by now.... but.... now we do things the hard way."
[2026/05/24 15:58] Sapphire: Emily frowns, granded she probably wouldn't have trusted such deals...
[2026/05/24 15:58] Sonja Bikergrrl: There's a sudden sound... more -felt- than heard, a low rumble that rises to a peak of furious agony and fades out.
[2026/05/24 15:58] Sonja Bikergrrl: Everyone roll D20!
[2026/05/24 15:58] D20: Sapphire rolls 17
[2026/05/24 15:58] Mecha: Talia keeps moving forward."Have to admit putting the crab on ice was brilliant." Before pausing and growling."Tell ya what how about we show you the hard way."
[2026/05/24 15:58] D20: Joe rolls 9
[2026/05/24 15:58] D20: Mecha rolls 14
[2026/05/24 15:59] D20: Jassie rolls 19
[2026/05/24 15:59] Sonja Bikergrrl: It's perhaps just as well that Talia fails her perception check.
[2026/05/24 16:00] Sonja Bikergrrl: To Talia and Jassie.... that's got a curiously -familiar- quality to it
[2026/05/24 16:00] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe... well, you weren't there
[2026/05/24 16:00] Sonja Bikergrrl: Emily....
[2026/05/24 16:00] Sonja Bikergrrl: You heard this before - your mind goes back to when you were hunting Sonja y Ddraig Goch, and she was shot down by a ballista bolt. It's the -exact- same sound!
[2026/05/24 16:00] Jassie: hmmm, sounds like a cragon?
[2026/05/24 16:01] Sapphire: "That way" Emily indicates, swimming towards the sound of the agonized dragon
[2026/05/24 16:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: There's a declivity at the edge of the temple, it seems to go down into a wide area lined with coral
[2026/05/24 16:02] Sonja Bikergrrl: Heading that way?
[2026/05/24 16:02] Mecha: Talia moves in the direction Emily indicated.
[2026/05/24 16:02] Jassie: yea why not
[2026/05/24 16:02] Jassie: lets go bag a dragon
[2026/05/24 16:03] Sapphire: indeed
[2026/05/24 16:03] Sonja Bikergrrl: Left: Shackled to what looks like the deck of a ship torn free from its hull - railings, mast stumps, splintered planks still intact - is Sonja y Ddraig Aur. Heavy chains bind her limbs to the deck. A massive ballista bolt juts from her side, the shaft cracked, the head buried deep. You see wounds that weren’t there before. Cuts. Blunt trauma. Old blood that wasn’t there last time.
[2026/05/24 16:03] Sonja Bikergrrl: Eyes with pupils the size of dinner plates focus on you. "What... what now? What is it this time?"
[2026/05/24 16:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: Right: To your right: An identical scene. Another Sonja y Ddraig Aur. Another shattered deck. Another set of chains. This Sonja snaps, sharp and urgent: “Don’t fall for that trick a second time! That’s an illusion!”
[2026/05/24 16:04] Jassie: oh boy
[2026/05/24 16:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: What you going to do?
[2026/05/24 16:04] Mecha: Talia growls and moves forward." Let's go free our friend." before stopping and looking at both
[2026/05/24 16:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: Which one?
[2026/05/24 16:05] Joe: Frowns. "Why don't we go for both of them at once?"
[2026/05/24 16:05] Mecha: You don't split the party
[2026/05/24 16:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: Because, Joe, you can't be in two places at once.
[2026/05/24 16:06] Sonja Bikergrrl: Left Sonja: (watching quietly, drawing back as if expecting.... bad things)
[2026/05/24 16:06] Sonja Bikergrrl: Right Sonja (angrier, desperate): “Release me from these chains! Quickly!”
[2026/05/24 16:07] Mecha: Okay Sonja we will rescue you. I don't want to tell your three kids you're dead it will break their heart."
[2026/05/24 16:07] Sapphire: "What's under the illusion?" Emily asks.
[2026/05/24 16:08] Jassie: sigh
[2026/05/24 16:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: Left Sonja:(eyes widen, with surprise): "You... shouldn't -be- here..."
[2026/05/24 16:08] Jassie: (i wish i took a zone of truth type spell)
[2026/05/24 16:08] Joe: Detect Evil
[2026/05/24 16:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: Right Sonja: "Go to her and find out when it rips your face off."
[2026/05/24 16:08] Mecha: I hear Sonja on the left then look at Sonja on the right for their response
[2026/05/24 16:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: Oh boy... Joe....
[2026/05/24 16:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe detects evil, three VERY evil things literally just "out of view" and a bit further out, evil entities closing in fast. Also, the whole area radiates a low dull evil.
[2026/05/24 16:10] Sonja Bikergrrl: Left Sonja: "....you're too late... get out of here!"
[2026/05/24 16:10] Sapphire: Question
[2026/05/24 16:10] Sapphire: Magic Missile breaks illusions, right?
[2026/05/24 16:10] Sonja Bikergrrl: Right Sonja: "Quickly! come here and let me out of here!"
[2026/05/24 16:10] Sonja Bikergrrl: not that I'm aware of
[2026/05/24 16:10] Mecha: Talia is going to the left Sonja.
[2026/05/24 16:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: if you think it should: explain how
[2026/05/24 16:11] Sapphire: By imparting enough force to break the shell of the constructed image
[2026/05/24 16:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: I don't see how. It would interact with the illusion in expected ways.
[2026/05/24 16:12] Joe: Im going to the left sonja too
[2026/05/24 16:12] Sapphire: hmmmm
[2026/05/24 16:12] Jassie: getting ready with the spiritual hammer to react
[2026/05/24 16:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: Right Sonja: "“I can’t hold on much longer — PLEASE!”"
[2026/05/24 16:12] Sapphire: staying with the group on the left
[2026/05/24 16:12] Jassie: hanging back for now
[2026/05/24 16:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: Left Sonja: "Oh come ON. I would never beg like that."
[2026/05/24 16:13] Sonja Bikergrrl: You are all close to the left hand Sonja when...
[2026/05/24 16:13] Sonja Bikergrrl: Three shapes emerge from the coral and weed. One near the left Sonja. One near the right Sonja. One drifting slowly between them.
[2026/05/24 16:13] Sonja Bikergrrl: Left figure (mock sympathy): “So touching...”
[2026/05/24 16:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: Right figure (gleeful): “We love reunions!”
[2026/05/24 16:14] Jassie: fair enough, but never know
[2026/05/24 16:14] Sapphire: "Both of them are illusions, aren't they?"
[2026/05/24 16:14] Joe: Theyre both illusions
[2026/05/24 16:14] Joe: bastards
[2026/05/24 16:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: Middle figure (slow, savoring): “And you know what else we love?”
[2026/05/24 16:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: All three, together, cackling: “Rituals!”
[2026/05/24 16:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: Middle figure, leaning forward: “Especially when they hurt!”
[2026/05/24 16:15] D10: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 3
[2026/05/24 16:15] Jassie: throws the spiritual hammer at one of them
[2026/05/24 16:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: You feel the water... -tighten- about you, as powerful magics are about to be unleashed. You don't have long.
[2026/05/24 16:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me glances at the clock
[2026/05/24 16:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: ...what an awesome cliffhanger
[2026/05/24 16:16] Jassie: FUCK
[2026/05/24 16:16] Jassie: whispers: kill them!!
[2026/05/24 16:16] Mecha: EXPLETIVE DELETED!
[2026/05/24 16:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: to do this justive, we'll need time...
[2026/05/24 16:17] Sapphire: how many magic missiles do i get?
[2026/05/24 16:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: but the good news is... you found Sonja.
[2026/05/24 16:17] Sapphire: it's like 4 or something?
[2026/05/24 16:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: I believe it's 4, yes, but we can worry about that next week
[2026/05/24 16:18] Joe: thank you so much DungeonMistress
[2026/05/24 16:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: welcome, who's having fun, anyone on the edge of their seats?
[2026/05/24 16:18] Joe: wetting my pants
[2026/05/24 16:19] Mecha: Having fun and yes on the edge of this ones seat
[2026/05/24 16:19] Jassie: i still have spritual hammer up!
[2026/05/24 16:19] Jassie: gonna use it to hit something once!
[2026/05/24 16:19] Jassie: but yes
[2026/05/24 16:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: sadly no, it expired
[2026/05/24 16:20] Sapphire: thank you for running!
[2026/05/24 16:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: 3r +8r... combat takes a turn, so... nuh uh
[2026/05/24 16:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: well, was the left Sonja the real Sonja, or, are you about to fall victim to another illusion?
[2026/05/24 16:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: Who are these three entities?
[2026/05/24 16:21] Jassie: NOOO
[2026/05/24 16:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: Who is the scratchy voice
[2026/05/24 16:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: and just wtf has happened to Sonja y Ddraig Aur
[2026/05/24 16:21] Jassie: a horrible person
[2026/05/24 16:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: the answers to these, and many more questions, comes next week :-)
[2026/05/24 16:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: See you tomorrow, or next week, or, whenever we see each other ;-)
[2026/05/24 16:22] Jassie: ty so much for the session sonja!
[2026/05/24 16:22] Jassie: hugs
[2026/05/24 16:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me purrs.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸¸(=^･^=)
[2026/05/24 16:22] Joe: stay safe and goodnight