[2026/06/14 14:00] Sonja Bikergrrl: So.... you actually managed to somehow rescue Sonja y Ddraig Aur.
[2026/06/14 14:00] Sonja Bikergrrl: You made it to Gloucester and reported to Queen Astrid
[2026/06/14 14:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: You've learnt that the realm seems to be devolving into one huge war, against... well, no one is exactly sure, but, you got a few guesses
[2026/06/14 14:02] Joe: a really bad demon, is my guess
[2026/06/14 14:02] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sonja y Ddraig Aur will assist with the defence of the capital; you're tasked with sorting out whatever is going on in the east of the country.
[2026/06/14 14:02] Sapphire: are we being sent out on our own?
[2026/06/14 14:03] Mecha: yep
[2026/06/14 14:03] Sonja Bikergrrl: There's reports of something up with the orcs in the area. Kobold forces are sieging Milton. There's bands of kobolds scouring the area for something. And word of a dragon-led army coming out of the east.
[2026/06/14 14:03] Sonja Bikergrrl: you've a few things to be getting on with :-)
[2026/06/14 14:04] Sapphire: "Is our mission to to discover what is happening and report, or to solve one of the problems?"
[2026/06/14 14:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: And with that recap out of the way... GGGRRREETTIIINNGGGSSS Adventurers! Other players get rail-roading DMs, you get dumped in a maze without even being wished good luck.
[2026/06/14 14:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: I think the general idea is to solve them all.
[2026/06/14 14:05] Joe: which of the matters is most urgent ?
[2026/06/14 14:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: Good question.
[2026/06/14 14:06] Sonja Bikergrrl: HOw will you figure that one out?
[2026/06/14 14:06] D4: Joe rolls 1
[2026/06/14 14:06] Sapphire: there is both "urgent" and "can we actually do anything about it"
[2026/06/14 14:06] Mecha: Agreed
[2026/06/14 14:07] Sapphire: like a dragon lead army sounds like something big enough we don't want to fight it straight up
[2026/06/14 14:07] Joe: yup
[2026/06/14 14:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay, how will you figure it out?
[2026/06/14 14:07] Sapphire: we're in the war room discussing things, yes?
[2026/06/14 14:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: yep.
[2026/06/14 14:07] Joe: yes
[2026/06/14 14:07] Sapphire: we'll want to mess with their supply lines ortrick their officers into fighting each other
[2026/06/14 14:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: how will you achieve that?
[2026/06/14 14:08] Joe: they're kobolds, they might not have supply lines, it might simply be pillaging their way across the lands
[2026/06/14 14:08] Sapphire: hmmmm
[2026/06/14 14:08] Sapphire: meaning their supplies are *ahead* of the army
[2026/06/14 14:08] Sapphire: are there... "rules" about what is allowed in war?
[2026/06/14 14:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: Yes.
[2026/06/14 14:09] Joe: in effect yes. they steal supplies along their route. Possibly. We don't know for sure
[2026/06/14 14:09] Mecha: Somehow I doubt the kobolds and bad dragons care about the geneva convention.
[2026/06/14 14:09] Sapphire: well, the geneva convention itself is like 700 years out
[2026/06/14 14:10] Sapphire: we'd be dealing with the *traditional* laws and ettiqute of war
[2026/06/14 14:10] Joe: I know about such things from Vlad the Impaler
[2026/06/14 14:10] Sonja Bikergrrl: and the wrong universe
[2026/06/14 14:10] Mecha: okay. First I think we go after the kobolds doing the searching. clear them out, then the kobolds laying siege. if we can find able bodies in that town we can rally them against the army
[2026/06/14 14:10] Joe: he burnt all his own lands and killed all the animals, to starve the invaders
[2026/06/14 14:10] Joe: it worked too
[2026/06/14 14:10] Sapphire: so like, there's traditions about ransoming nobles when captured and how long you can keep your troops out on campaign before they need to attend to their harvests
[2026/06/14 14:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: depending on the era, the setting, the universe, the side
[2026/06/14 14:11] Sapphire: hence my inquiry
[2026/06/14 14:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay, what's the inquiry exactly?
[2026/06/14 14:12] Sapphire: as known to us, residents of this realm, though aside from joe the cynic not particularly militarily trained, what are the prohibitions we would have in terms of messing with the other army?
[2026/06/14 14:13] Sonja Bikergrrl: I'd suggest not fucking the country or the lawful population up, and not Laying Waste the land without pressing need.
[2026/06/14 14:13] Sapphire: so it is not our place to enact Scorched EArth, that's something for Astrid's Generals to decide
[2026/06/14 14:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: unless you really feel it'll help.
[2026/06/14 14:15] Sapphire: maybe we'd be better off trying to reach Milton
[2026/06/14 14:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: It's a valid goal.
[2026/06/14 14:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: It's also more or less central to the issues
[2026/06/14 14:15] Mecha: Works for me
[2026/06/14 14:15] Joe: the biggest of those problems is the dragons, they can do a lot of damage with fire. We need to take out the dragons.
[2026/06/14 14:16] Joe: As for the armies, we can use fire too. Burning the kobolds is more efficient than sword-to-sword combat.
[2026/06/14 14:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: not all dragons breathe fire
[2026/06/14 14:17] Sapphire: gummy-breath is just as able to disable an army group, yeah
[2026/06/14 14:19] Sapphire: inspecting the map to Milton, what should we expect to have to traverse to get there?
[2026/06/14 14:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: if you go directly, there first: several hundred to several thousand feet of air. You've got permission for Sonja to fly you to one location.
[2026/06/14 14:20] Joe: So agreed, we ask Sonja nicely if she will take us to Milton ?
[2026/06/14 14:20] Sapphire: would we land outside the seige or get dropped off in the milton castle?
[2026/06/14 14:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: Hard to say; nearby, certainly.
[2026/06/14 14:23] Mecha: well then off we go
[2026/06/14 14:24] Sonja Bikergrrl: where to?
[2026/06/14 14:24] Sapphire: We should have some way to prove we're on Astrid's team when we arrive
[2026/06/14 14:25] Sapphire: so the defenders don't just shoot us before we can explain
[2026/06/14 14:25] Sapphire: ....or after we explain, for that matter
[2026/06/14 14:25] Sonja Bikergrrl: That's a good idea, what do you suggest?
[2026/06/14 14:26] Sapphire: a letter of authority or perhaps a warrant? Possibly a decree
[2026/06/14 14:26] Joe: flags of the right colours?
[2026/06/14 14:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: ueen Astrid removes her necklace — not ceremoniously, but decisively — and holds it out to the party. "You saved the realm of Mercia once already. We - I - need you again. Carry my seal, you will speak with my voice when order must be kept and actions must be taken. Save Britainnia, and bring that damned monster Emberclaw to final justice. Do what you can." (Her gaze hardens.) “Do not abuse it. I will know.”
[2026/06/14 14:27] Mecha: Talia: Honestly not sure I would know how to abuse it."
[2026/06/14 14:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: Ready to depart?
[2026/06/14 14:29] Sapphire: Emily nods, though she is a bit nervous to be the one actually carrying it... then she realizes that would mean trusting one or the other two with it, accepting the seal
[2026/06/14 14:30] Mecha: I look at Emily."Good luck with that. Not my bag whatsoever." as she points to the necklace
[2026/06/14 14:31] Joe: "I am oath sworn to the Knights of Wintershard. I could not speak for both Queen Astrid and my Order. It would be a conflict of interest."
[2026/06/14 14:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: ....this I gotta hear, how so?
[2026/06/14 14:32] Sapphire: "I hold no such conflict of interest," she will accept it.
[2026/06/14 14:32] Sapphire: who sponsors the Knightly Order?
[2026/06/14 14:34] Joe: "I wish I knew. They gave me training, an axe and armour, told me to rid the world of demons and don't come back unless its an emergency."
[2026/06/14 14:35] Sapphire: Emily blinks at that, just staring at Joe. Somehow the fact he has no idea how his own Order is organized is both very surprising, and not surprising at all.
[2026/06/14 14:35] Joe: silently contemplates 'emergency' against current affairs
[2026/06/14 14:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: so how do you know there's a conflict of interest? Do you suspect Queen Astrid of demonic descendance?
[2026/06/14 14:37] Joe: no not at all, its simply the Knights have no prior formal arrangement with Queen Astrid to my knowledge. The complexity of forging such an alliance ... my training is in the field, not the court.
[2026/06/14 14:37] Mecha: be fair he suspects this sandwich of demonic descendance.. *kidding*
[2026/06/14 14:37] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay. Valid.
[2026/06/14 14:37] Sonja Bikergrrl: so, moving on?
[2026/06/14 14:37] Joe: "Queen Astrid could you send word to WinterShard castle to tell my brothers of this emergency to the realm? They may be of servies."
[2026/06/14 14:38] Joe: *service
[2026/06/14 14:38] Joe: "They may ask you to fund restoring the west wing in exchange for their blades..."
[2026/06/14 14:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: I should think they already know.
[2026/06/14 14:39] Joe: Alls good then. Moving on
[2026/06/14 14:40] Sapphire: I suppose once we've had enough time to recover health (and spells) we head to Milton
[2026/06/14 14:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: we'll handwave the flight away; suffice to say you arrive after a rest and with HP and spells restored.
[2026/06/14 14:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sonja y Ddraig Aur sets you down just outside Milton. Flying across a war zone and into a city under siege is an astonishingly bad idea, but you can probably sneak in safely.
[2026/06/14 14:42] Sapphire: has the seige fully encircled the castle or are they still assembling walls?
[2026/06/14 14:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: It's late evening. You can easily see numerous forces. The kobolds are massing, too many to fight head-on, but a command unit on a low hill may be a viable target to throw the enemy into disarray.
[2026/06/14 14:43] Sapphire: do kobolds have dark vision or low light?
[2026/06/14 14:44] Sonja Bikergrrl: They see much better at night time. Bright light dazzles them.
[2026/06/14 14:45] Sapphire: so ironically maybe the best time to sneak will be mid-day
[2026/06/14 14:45] Sapphire: that said, that's hours away
[2026/06/14 14:45] Sonja Bikergrrl: Hard to say. You'll be sitting on the edge of a large army.
[2026/06/14 14:45] Sapphire: What sort of terrain is Milton's outlying lands? torn up flat fields? rocky terraces? any kind of river in evenidence?
[2026/06/14 14:46] Sonja Bikergrrl: Like most of England: generally flat, with rolling hills, plenty of woods and heathland.
[2026/06/14 14:46] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha?
[2026/06/14 14:47] Mecha: Talia is ready to march down to the command spot and just do what needs to be done.
[2026/06/14 14:47] Sonja Bikergrrl: If you do that, you'll probably walk ito one of the defensive pickets.
[2026/06/14 14:47] Sapphire: how stealthy can we get joe?
[2026/06/14 14:48] Sonja Bikergrrl: hard to say, depends if he decides they're demons
[2026/06/14 14:48] Joe: even i forget im here. it shouldn't be a problem.
[2026/06/14 14:48] Sapphire: better to sever the head then be bogged down in dregs
[2026/06/14 14:48] Sapphire: of the enemy, to be clear
[2026/06/14 14:49] Joe: don't sever my head please. it won't help. I'll scream and gurgle.
[2026/06/14 14:49] Sonja Bikergrrl: It's probably a wise idea to take out a picket, so you got a gap to sneak through
[2026/06/14 14:49] Joe: oh thanks for explaining that
[2026/06/14 14:49] Sonja Bikergrrl: but you'll want to do that silently
[2026/06/14 14:49] Sapphire: sounds like a job for a rogue
[2026/06/14 14:49] Sapphire: /me looks to the left
[2026/06/14 14:49] Sonja Bikergrrl: who's the rogue?
[2026/06/14 14:49] Sapphire: /me looks to the right
[2026/06/14 14:49] Sapphire: hmmmm
[2026/06/14 14:50] Sapphire: our rogue is so stealthy, we have lost track of her
[2026/06/14 14:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: plan B?
[2026/06/14 14:50] Joe: dont look at me im not noticeable anyway
[2026/06/14 14:50] Mecha: You mention how we should do this and this one just knows the dice heard you and are already plotting
[2026/06/14 14:50] Sapphire: do any of the tents look more commanding than the others?
[2026/06/14 14:50] Sapphire: "Have they laid out their camp with any sanity?" she asks Joe
[2026/06/14 14:50] Mecha: Talia looks at Emily. I'm following your lead."
[2026/06/14 14:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: you mean the command tent on the low hill, past the picket?
[2026/06/14 14:51] Joe: is Sonja y draig a fire breathing dragon ?
[2026/06/14 14:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: she is
[2026/06/14 14:51] Sapphire: I'm wondering if we only need to get close enough to ice ball that tent
[2026/06/14 14:51] Joe: why doesn't she torch the command tent from the sky and then flap off out of arrow range?
[2026/06/14 14:51] Sapphire: or make enough ruckus the commander steps out to see what's up
[2026/06/14 14:51] Sapphire: its the "arrow range" that's the tricky part, joe
[2026/06/14 14:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: Probably because she dropped you off and left.
[2026/06/14 14:52] Joe: bloody useless dragon
[2026/06/14 14:52] Sonja Bikergrrl: Also, I may have been unclear on the "do it quietly" part
[2026/06/14 14:52] Sapphire: "We should move quickly to find cover before they think to check out what the dragon was up to."
[2026/06/14 14:52] Sapphire: to be fair Mistress
[2026/06/14 14:52] Sapphire: when was the last time we were quiet successfully?
[2026/06/14 14:52] Sonja Bikergrrl: also: making a ruckus isn't exactly quiet
[2026/06/14 14:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: you could look at this as an opportunity to learn really fast
[2026/06/14 14:53] Sapphire: what's the picket composed of?
[2026/06/14 14:53] Joe: so we sneak under cover of the midday sun
[2026/06/14 14:53] Joe: im going to pray to my god for awhile
[2026/06/14 14:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: Groups of little figures huddled together.
[2026/06/14 14:54] Sapphire: ...huddled? is it raining or something?
[2026/06/14 14:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: Midday sun: about 18 hrs away.
[2026/06/14 14:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: Soldiers huddle.
[2026/06/14 14:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: It's what they do.
[2026/06/14 14:54] Sapphire: around their dice games and soup pots, one imagines
[2026/06/14 14:55] Joe: could we, hey pst! and then clobber them as they investigate ... one huddle at a time?
[2026/06/14 14:55] Sonja Bikergrrl: rats on sticks, paintings of koboldesses
[2026/06/14 14:55] Sonja Bikergrrl: idk, could you?
[2026/06/14 14:55] Joe: with my luck, no. not at all.
[2026/06/14 14:55] Mecha: they had better not be looking at pictures of Neopti
[2026/06/14 14:55] Sapphire: "I think we just have to sneak in as close as we can and then mess with the commander."
[2026/06/14 14:56] Sapphire: Oh, Neopti has fanart now?
[2026/06/14 14:56] Sonja Bikergrrl: How do you plan doing that?
[2026/06/14 14:56] Mecha: wouldn't be surprised.
[2026/06/14 14:56] Sapphire: Sneak low to the ground through whatever vegetation is left over
[2026/06/14 14:56] Sonja Bikergrrl: you're going to crawl like snakes?
[2026/06/14 14:56] Mecha: Talia: Okay how is this for a plan."I go pick a fight with the picket members you two do the sneaky sneaky thing and take out their commander?
[2026/06/14 14:58] Sapphire: "Won't that leave you alone with like... twenty kobolds?"
[2026/06/14 14:58] Sonja Bikergrrl: It'll at least get you a chance of surprise
[2026/06/14 14:59] Mecha: Possibly. but I'm open to other ideas.
[2026/06/14 15:00] Sapphire: "How do we get you back out once we mess up the command tent?"
[2026/06/14 15:00] Joe: surely theres a safer way?
[2026/06/14 15:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: A bigger issue is that's coming under the heading of Splitting Up the Party.
[2026/06/14 15:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: That's extremely unwise to do.
[2026/06/14 15:01] Sapphire: especially in enemy occupied lands
[2026/06/14 15:04] Sapphire: not like we can pretend to be related to any of them
[2026/06/14 15:04] Sapphire: ....even if i am blue
[2026/06/14 15:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: so have you a plan?
[2026/06/14 15:05] Sapphire: my vote is sneaky like snakes up past the pickets without being seen
[2026/06/14 15:05] Sapphire: then if we are seen we blast the command tent best we can and run for it
[2026/06/14 15:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: It's a valid plan.
[2026/06/14 15:05] Mecha: Sounds good, sneak if we can, fight if we must.
[2026/06/14 15:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: That's where your plan falls apart
[2026/06/14 15:06] Joe: We could stay in line of sight of each other, but spaced apart - to make distractions if necessary, so we dont all get caught at once, and to make it look like there are more of us, if we have to break cover, to add to vonfusion.
[2026/06/14 15:06] Sapphire: how long does invisibility last?
[2026/06/14 15:07] Sapphire: i could prepare three copies but then i wouldn't have any Webs
[2026/06/14 15:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: That's not a great plan. If you're discovered, and, you're tripling the chances of that, you're dealing with things alone.
[2026/06/14 15:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: Invisibility: duration, until you make an offensive action
[2026/06/14 15:07] Sapphire: ...it's not like we have any friends in the area?
[2026/06/14 15:07] Sapphire: hmmmm
[2026/06/14 15:07] Sapphire: that's a long duration
[2026/06/14 15:07] Sapphire: we could work with that long of a duration
[2026/06/14 15:08] Sapphire: striking a match is not "offensive action" right?
[2026/06/14 15:08] Joe: who has invisibility?
[2026/06/14 15:08] Sapphire: your mage knows the spell
[2026/06/14 15:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: depending, but, maybe not
[2026/06/14 15:08] Joe: awesome. Er... if we are all invisible, can we still see each other?
[2026/06/14 15:09] Sapphire: not really
[2026/06/14 15:09] Sapphire: can kinda see the shadow
[2026/06/14 15:09] Sapphire: or the movement of grass
[2026/06/14 15:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: Note that silence is less useful at night, and, isn't silence
[2026/06/14 15:10] Sapphire: I think we'll have to make a best effort to keep together without stepping into buckets
[2026/06/14 15:10] Joe: are there pebbles around? We could put pebbles on out boots, after turning invisible, so we can see each others pebbles.
[2026/06/14 15:10] Sapphire: the point is to be *not* seen
[2026/06/14 15:11] Joe: perhaps im overthinking this one
[2026/06/14 15:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: probably, it can't be -that- hard to bypass three kobolds in silence, or take them out quietly.
[2026/06/14 15:12] Sapphire: ....threee
[2026/06/14 15:12] Sapphire: did mistress say it was only three earlier?
[2026/06/14 15:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: that's what I said.
[2026/06/14 15:13] Sapphire: i was under the impression of a much more numerous force
[2026/06/14 15:13] Sonja Bikergrrl: there is, just, not -here-...
[2026/06/14 15:13] Mecha: So the picket is three?
[2026/06/14 15:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: groups of three, strung out
[2026/06/14 15:14] Mecha: okay, easier to plan for.
[2026/06/14 15:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: if you can take one group out in silence, you can easily get past
[2026/06/14 15:14] Joe: thats a plan
[2026/06/14 15:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: if you sneak between, you got six kobolds that may notice you
[2026/06/14 15:14] Sapphire: but requires no fighting
[2026/06/14 15:14] Sapphire: except
[2026/06/14 15:15] Sapphire: we're ok at fighting and terrible at sneaking
[2026/06/14 15:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: it will, to a surfeit, if you raise the alarm
[2026/06/14 15:15] Sapphire: do we think we can manage the pure sneak or we need to assasinate the picket?
[2026/06/14 15:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
[2026/06/14 15:15] Joe: lets kill 'em
[2026/06/14 15:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: that's a you problem.
[2026/06/14 15:16] Mecha: do the sneak. if found. we get a fight.
[2026/06/14 15:16] Sapphire: making me the tie breaker
[2026/06/14 15:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: if found, you fight an army
[2026/06/14 15:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: btw, if you fight an army, you won't be winning. Just putting that out there.
[2026/06/14 15:16] Sapphire: so how do we take out threee bolds stealthily
[2026/06/14 15:17] Sapphire: my default answer is knives
[2026/06/14 15:17] Sapphire: invisible up to the picket and then take them out in one shot? costs me three spells to do it that way
[2026/06/14 15:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: you didn't say you memorized three invisibilites. and nothing else.
[2026/06/14 15:18] Sapphire: i have other stuff too
[2026/06/14 15:18] Sapphire: but can't pack six invisiblities
[2026/06/14 15:19] Sapphire: so perhaps we have one person be invisible and try to take out mulitples?
[2026/06/14 15:19] Sonja Bikergrrl: I've got it down you got one.
[2026/06/14 15:19] Sapphire: that's my standard loadout, i could adjust if we know what we're going into
[2026/06/14 15:19] Sapphire: but possibly haven't had titme
[2026/06/14 15:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: How would you know what you're going into, before you get there?
[2026/06/14 15:20] Sapphire: we might actually need to only have one person go up invisible, which then asks... two?
[2026/06/14 15:20] Joe: how are we going to mess up the command tent when we get there?
[2026/06/14 15:20] Joe: one invisible assassin could wreak havoc here
[2026/06/14 15:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: Maybe that's why you need to arrive in a degree of non-detection
[2026/06/14 15:21] Sapphire: I'll hit it with Ice Ball, Web, freeze person, maybe some magic missiles
[2026/06/14 15:21] Sapphire: but i have to get close first
[2026/06/14 15:21] Sapphire: and then get out
[2026/06/14 15:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: well... nice to know you don't give a fuck about captive allies.
[2026/06/14 15:21] Sapphire: ....there could be captive allies, hmmm
[2026/06/14 15:22] Sapphire: we need to know who's actually in there
[2026/06/14 15:22] Sapphire: doesn't make sense to blow up the tent if the general isn't even in there
[2026/06/14 15:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: could be... point is... you don't know -what- is there.
[2026/06/14 15:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: simply lobbing destructive magic is an excessive use of force with no concept of colateral damage
[2026/06/14 15:22] Mecha: but we also can't let lack of knowledge cause indecision. We need a plan and we need to stick to it. So 3 of us against a possible army...
[2026/06/14 15:23] Sapphire: So maybe one person goes invisible, scouts ahead, and reports back. But then they're screwed if they get detected
[2026/06/14 15:23] Sapphire: Ok, who thinks they can take out three kobolds while invisible before they can raise an alarm?
[2026/06/14 15:23] Sonja Bikergrrl: that's already a chancy plan
[2026/06/14 15:24] Mecha: moment the attack, they turn visible. so Talia volunteers
[2026/06/14 15:24] Sapphire: does joe have a bow?
[2026/06/14 15:24] Joe: yes and 20 arrows
[2026/06/14 15:24] Sonja Bikergrrl: he even has arrows
[2026/06/14 15:25] Joe: oh so we cant have invisible assassin anyway
[2026/06/14 15:25] Sapphire: so Tallia on sword work, Jow on Arrow work, and I'm in reserve to blast stragger if needed.
[2026/06/14 15:25] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me said "silently" three times now
[2026/06/14 15:25] Joe: ooh we were stupid, we could have asked the Queen for some poison for the kobold armys water supply
[2026/06/14 15:26] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me facepalms
[2026/06/14 15:26] Sapphire: bit slow for work at this speed
[2026/06/14 15:26] Sapphire: and part of the "avoid laying waste" rule i suspect
[2026/06/14 15:26] Sonja Bikergrrl: Do I need to point out that the use of poison is invariably an evil act
[2026/06/14 15:26] Joe: alright how feasible is it to sneak, as we are, no invisibility, to the tent, and escape again ?
[2026/06/14 15:27] Sapphire: we have -one- invisibility
[2026/06/14 15:27] Sapphire: sounds like Talia will use it
[2026/06/14 15:27] Sapphire: to get in close and melee
[2026/06/14 15:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: there are -three- kobolds
[2026/06/14 15:27] Mecha: yes yes there are
[2026/06/14 15:27] Sapphire: but we aren't stealthy enough for all three of us to get in stab range
[2026/06/14 15:28] Sapphire: Emily could try i suppose
[2026/06/14 15:28] Sapphire: and joe only needs arrow range
[2026/06/14 15:28] Joe: DEX rolls, right? for sneaking
[2026/06/14 15:28] Sapphire: and I'm pretty sure magic mssile is not very quiet
[2026/06/14 15:28] Sapphire: Sneaky first, invisibility in a pinch? or pre-cast?
[2026/06/14 15:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: Any spell with a verbal component isn't silent
[2026/06/14 15:29] Sapphire: so we need to do it while decently far away
[2026/06/14 15:29] Sapphire: so i can whisper cast it
[2026/06/14 15:29] Joe: We would need to one-shot kill all 3 at the same time, one target each
[2026/06/14 15:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay who's going to be invisibled
[2026/06/14 15:29] Sapphire: Talia
[2026/06/14 15:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: Talia: Invisible.
[2026/06/14 15:30] Mecha: "Wish me luck"
[2026/06/14 15:30] Sapphire: Emily will be behind Talia and doing her best to sneak, soft wizard clothing hopefully good at sneaky
[2026/06/14 15:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: What are you intending to do?
[2026/06/14 15:30] Sapphire: "Good luck"
[2026/06/14 15:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: how close will Emily follow?
[2026/06/14 15:31] Mecha: gonna sneak up to them. of the three are any of them holding something they could use to alert others?
[2026/06/14 15:31] Sonja Bikergrrl: And Emily is where?
[2026/06/14 15:31] Sapphire: sneaking up as well, ready to support, but using normal stealth techniques
[2026/06/14 15:32] Sapphire: wait a minue
[2026/06/14 15:32] Sapphire: I'll turn into smoke and return to my bottle
[2026/06/14 15:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me waits
[2026/06/14 15:32] Joe: with my arrow notched and ready to fly, im sneaking with the others
[2026/06/14 15:32] Sapphire: that Talia is carrying
[2026/06/14 15:32] Sapphire: then i don't have to roll
[2026/06/14 15:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay. Takes a round to de/re smoke.
[2026/06/14 15:32] Sapphire: i think i can make that work
[2026/06/14 15:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: Talia: DEX check.
[2026/06/14 15:33] Mecha: too bad you cant bring Joe into the bottle with you for this
[2026/06/14 15:33] D20: Mecha rolls 20
[2026/06/14 15:33] Sapphire: and mingle our smoke?
[2026/06/14 15:33] Mecha: fucking knew it
[2026/06/14 15:33] Sapphire: let me guess
[2026/06/14 15:33] Sapphire: the kobolds laid out bear traps
[2026/06/14 15:33] Sonja Bikergrrl: give me a few minutes....
[2026/06/14 15:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me is back after laughter
[2026/06/14 15:35] Mecha: would be mad but let's face it this one saw it coming
[2026/06/14 15:36] Sapphire: Emily loiters cross-legged in her bottle, hoping this all goes well....
[2026/06/14 15:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: So. You get about 40' away, when... you trip over a root and slam into the ground with a loud crash, clatter, as armour and weapons slam off each other. There's even a faint roin-roin-roin sound of an iron flask bouncing somewhere.
[2026/06/14 15:37] Sonja Bikergrrl: The nearest kobolds are alert -instantly-. "'ere, what was that? Humens! Alarm! Alert our breathen!"
[2026/06/14 15:37] Mecha: i pop the cork on the bottle
[2026/06/14 15:37] Sonja Bikergrrl: The kobolds to either side call out "What that? Humens? Where?"
[2026/06/14 15:37] Joe: am i able to fire an arrow at the kobold ?
[2026/06/14 15:37] Mecha: "Everybody up the gods hate us.
[2026/06/14 15:38] Sonja Bikergrrl: What bottle?
[2026/06/14 15:38] Mecha: where Sapphires smoke is
[2026/06/14 15:38] Sonja Bikergrrl: It's not where you think it is.
[2026/06/14 15:38] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe?
[2026/06/14 15:39] Sapphire: Emily is rolling around on the ground somewhere, isn't she?
[2026/06/14 15:39] Joe: i want to shoot the noisy kobol before it alerts the others
[2026/06/14 15:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: a bold move
[2026/06/14 15:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: Roll D20
[2026/06/14 15:39] D20: Joe rolls 10
[2026/06/14 15:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: Roll damage
[2026/06/14 15:40] Joe: whats that for arrows?
[2026/06/14 15:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: D6
[2026/06/14 15:40] D6: Joe rolls 3
[2026/06/14 15:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: The loudest kobold is impaled by an arrow, and goes tumbling over. The two kobolds near him cling to each other and scream "WE'RE UNDER ATTACK! HUMENS!"
[2026/06/14 15:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: The kobolds either side start rousing. "Humens! We under attack! Get 'em!"#
[2026/06/14 15:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe: you got a second attack with the bow.
[2026/06/14 15:41] D20: Joe rolls 11
[2026/06/14 15:42] D6: Joe rolls 6
[2026/06/14 15:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: I guess you're shooting the nearest kobolds
[2026/06/14 15:42] Joe: yes
[2026/06/14 15:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: That's another kobold down.
[2026/06/14 15:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: idk... maybe shoulda led with bow fire.
[2026/06/14 15:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: let's see now... Mecha, Joe, D20
[2026/06/14 15:42] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 17
[2026/06/14 15:43] D20: Joe rolls 7
[2026/06/14 15:43] Sapphire: *wiggle wiggle*
[2026/06/14 15:43] D20: Mecha rolls 7
[2026/06/14 15:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: oh, this is going to go amusing
[2026/06/14 15:44] Sonja Bikergrrl: Well. Mecha is rising, brushing dirt off herself.
[2026/06/14 15:44] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire has no idea what is going on.
[2026/06/14 15:44] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe, you're at the back, flushed with success at dropping two demons
[2026/06/14 15:44] Joe: kobolds, not demons
[2026/06/14 15:44] Sonja Bikergrrl: These next two actions take place simultaneously
[2026/06/14 15:45] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha: intention?
[2026/06/14 15:46] Mecha: going to find the bottle to let Emily out since Joe is kicking butt with the arrows.
[2026/06/14 15:46] Sonja Bikergrrl: also Joe, intention?
[2026/06/14 15:47] Sonja Bikergrrl: You'll need to spend an action searching. You're also looking for a small object in the datk.
[2026/06/14 15:47] Joe: more arrows fly
[2026/06/14 15:47] D20: Joe rolls 5
[2026/06/14 15:47] Sonja Bikergrrl: aaaaaaaaaand it starts to go south
[2026/06/14 15:47] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sure you're going to search, Mecha?
[2026/06/14 15:47] Sapphire: don't let that kobold make more noise
[2026/06/14 15:48] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire: you can't hear any kobolds making noise.
[2026/06/14 15:48] Mecha: Fine gonna jump and try to take out all her frustrations on the kobod.
[2026/06/14 15:48] Sonja Bikergrrl: As far as you're concerned everything is going perfectly
[2026/06/14 15:49] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay.... that's allowable...
[2026/06/14 15:49] D20: Mecha rolls 1
[2026/06/14 15:49] Sonja Bikergrrl: Roll D20
[2026/06/14 15:49] Sonja Bikergrrl: ...
[2026/06/14 15:49] Mecha: No, no it's not
[2026/06/14 15:49] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay this really isn't going well for you
[2026/06/14 15:49] Mecha: that's twice
[2026/06/14 15:49] Sonja Bikergrrl: Might be time to get out buttus intactus
[2026/06/14 15:50] Mecha: Hold it.
[2026/06/14 15:50] Mecha: Lucky cat lets me re-roll
[2026/06/14 15:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: You attack, you critically fail... and... you drop invisibility
[2026/06/14 15:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: You use the lucky cat. You use the new roll.
[2026/06/14 15:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: D20
[2026/06/14 15:51] Mecha: can't be worse than crit fail
[2026/06/14 15:51] D20: Mecha rolls 4
[2026/06/14 15:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: it's not much better, though.
[2026/06/14 15:51] Mecha: see still shit, but not a crit fail
[2026/06/14 15:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: Kobold stabs at Mecha
[2026/06/14 15:51] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 2
[2026/06/14 15:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: this proves ineffective
[2026/06/14 15:52] Sonja Bikergrrl: Two kobolds from sides charge in from both flanks, screaming blood thirsty cries. They're attacking Joe
[2026/06/14 15:52] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 3
[2026/06/14 15:52] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 15
[2026/06/14 15:52] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 15
[2026/06/14 15:52] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 8
[2026/06/14 15:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: Luckily Joe is in metal armour, or, that could've gone bad.
[2026/06/14 15:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: Two kobolds running up. They need to roll under 12.
[2026/06/14 15:53] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 3
[2026/06/14 15:53] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 11
[2026/06/14 15:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: Oh well.
[2026/06/14 15:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe! last bow attack.
[2026/06/14 15:54] D20: Joe rolls 6
[2026/06/14 15:54] Joe: is a miss?
[2026/06/14 15:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: Who wants an epic and blood curdling cliffhanger?
[2026/06/14 15:54] Sapphire: *wiggle wiggle?*
[2026/06/14 15:55] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me waits for replies from all
[2026/06/14 15:55] Joe: yes please mistress
[2026/06/14 15:55] Mecha: sure, why not
[2026/06/14 15:55] Sonja Bikergrrl: yeah, why not
[2026/06/14 15:56] Sonja Bikergrrl: You hear shouts from the two kobolds. "Me found something! Iron bottle!" "What in it?" "Not sure! Me open and find out!"
[2026/06/14 15:56] Sonja Bikergrrl: And you'll find out what happens.... next week!
[2026/06/14 15:57] Mecha: ...
[2026/06/14 15:57] Joe: hooray!
[2026/06/14 15:57] Sapphire: welp
[2026/06/14 15:57] Sapphire: had to happen eventually
[2026/06/14 15:58] Sonja Bikergrrl: what a cliffhanger!
[2026/06/14 15:59] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay, I better run, been getting zero sleep this weekend and I got work tomorrow
[2026/06/14 15:59] Joe: thanks DM Sonja
[2026/06/14 15:59] Mecha: Sleep well Mistress
[2026/06/14 15:59] Sonja Bikergrrl: and next time? Swords vs sorcery, Joe and Mecha vs Sapphire
[2026/06/14 15:59] Sonja Bikergrrl: who will win? :-)
[2026/06/14 16:00] Mecha: *Sigh*
[2026/06/14 16:00] Sonja Bikergrrl: just remember, running away *is* a valid choice
[2026/06/14 16:00] Sapphire: also
[2026/06/14 16:01] Sapphire: the kobolds don't know what spells i know
[2026/06/14 16:01] Joe: now she tells us
[2026/06/14 16:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: they don't need to...
[2026/06/14 16:01] Mecha: *Grumbles* Better dice is a valid choice too
[2026/06/14 16:01] Sapphire: depends how well i can fast talk them
[2026/06/14 16:02] Sonja Bikergrrl: not from my understanding.... but you got a week to construct a convincing argument :-)
[2026/06/14 16:02] Sonja Bikergrrl: sweet dreams, y'all :-D