[2026/06/21 14:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay, guess we'll start
[2026/06/21 14:02] Sonja Bikergrrl: let's see... last session you spent some time planning to sneak past three kobold, as silence was crucial
[2026/06/21 14:02] Sapphire: ah, yes
[2026/06/21 14:03] Sonja Bikergrrl: some unfortunate rolls saw Sapphires' bottle go AWOL, the alarm raised and kobolds starting to come running in.
[2026/06/21 14:03] Sapphire: and Emily is still in her lantern/flask of smoke
[2026/06/21 14:03] Sonja Bikergrrl: You got a few rounds, probably 3-5, before you're -completely- swarmed.
[2026/06/21 14:03] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire is currently unaware of this.
[2026/06/21 14:03] Mecha: The kobolds with Emilies bottle are they in the direction of the oncoming army?
[2026/06/21 14:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe, Mecha: five minutes to plan in. Decide on a course of action.
[2026/06/21 14:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: And with that recap out of the way.... GGGRRREEETTTTIIINNGGSSSS Adventurers! Other players have awesome rolls, you get eliptical dice and a wonky table to roll on.
[2026/06/21 14:05] Joe: i believe this is where we die gloriously in battle making our last stand
[2026/06/21 14:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: As I keep saying: running away is an option.
[2026/06/21 14:06] Sapphire: do the local kobolds veer towards adorable or monsterous?
[2026/06/21 14:06] Mecha: Talia looks at Joe."If I die today it's so I go to the afterlife and smack whatever deity is messing with us."
[2026/06/21 14:06] Sonja Bikergrrl: You've no idea, Sapphire.
[2026/06/21 14:06] Joe: If you die today I'm keeping your boots.
[2026/06/21 14:06] Mecha: *Okay question. If we are facing the village that is under siege are the kobolds with Emilies bottle in front of us or behind us?"
[2026/06/21 14:06] Sonja Bikergrrl: Three minutes.
[2026/06/21 14:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: That's assuming you know where Sapphires' bottle is in relation to you, and by extention, the settlement
[2026/06/21 14:07] Sapphire: if i might rephrase that question: What can we see to North, South, East, and West?
[2026/06/21 14:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire: in your case: the shiny insides of an iron flask.
[2026/06/21 14:08] Mecha: But I do. the sound of the kobold picking it up had to come from a direction. the question is, which direction
[2026/06/21 14:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: One minute!
[2026/06/21 14:08] Sapphire: and the cluster of pillows she has in there
[2026/06/21 14:08] Joe: village? I thought we were at the edge of an army camp. I missed something
[2026/06/21 14:08] Sapphire: (( Can i ask for a timeout on the countdown? ))
[2026/06/21 14:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: Somewhere to your right.
[2026/06/21 14:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: (( You can, but it was indecision paralysis that ate up last session ))
[2026/06/21 14:09] Sapphire: Is there a reason "What am i able to see in front of or around us" eats an entire minute of the countdown?
[2026/06/21 14:10] Sonja Bikergrrl: Because: 14:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe, Mecha: five minutes to plan in. = now it's 14:10, six minutes.
[2026/06/21 14:10] Sonja Bikergrrl: What's your plans?
[2026/06/21 14:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha, you first?
[2026/06/21 14:11] Mecha: Talia looks to Joe. I have a two part plan. One we get Emily back. Failing that we run like hell. We're really outnumbered."
[2026/06/21 14:11] Mecha: Succeeding we also run like hell
[2026/06/21 14:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me emphasizes "really" in neon highlighter, underlined twice in red, and adds a bleeding dagger
[2026/06/21 14:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe?
[2026/06/21 14:15] Sapphire: also, my NSWE question was *also* meant to be asked for the benefit of Mecha and Joe, even if for Emily it's just the inside of her bottle
[2026/06/21 14:15] Joe: Okay. I'm ready to die a glorious and pointless death but if you think we can escape, lead the way
[2026/06/21 14:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: that's reason number two for sticking to five minutes; there's a limit to how much "kindly ignore Sapphire" I'm prepared to do.
[2026/06/21 14:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe: What is -your- plan?
[2026/06/21 14:16] Sapphire: >.>
[2026/06/21 14:16] Sapphire: fair, i 'spose
[2026/06/21 14:19] Sapphire: /me heats up a small tin of leftover mac a cheese to lure our player back to the world of the living
[2026/06/21 14:19] Mecha: You there Joe?
[2026/06/21 14:19] Joe: Talia, how do you propose we get Emily back?
[2026/06/21 14:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay
[2026/06/21 14:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: no plan
[2026/06/21 14:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: We unpause right here then.
[2026/06/21 14:20] Mecha: I'm gonna try to cut the Kobold down you can shoot it with arrows but after that we run. I think we'll have only one shot at this. Maybe two but it will be tight."
[2026/06/21 14:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha, Joe: you're aware of kobolds to the left, right, and front of you. Not many - now - but there's yips and yaps of alarm.
[2026/06/21 14:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: A red light shoots skywards, followed by an orange light.
[2026/06/21 14:21] Joe: within minutes we will be chased by an army. We should save our energy, stand and fight. We cannot outrun them.
[2026/06/21 14:21] Mecha: Yep, which is why we are going to move as fast as possible.
[2026/06/21 14:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: drums are sounding: BOOM-da-BOOM, Boom-Boom, BOOM-da-BOOM, Boom-Boom, BOOM-da-BOOM, Boom-Boom
[2026/06/21 14:22] Sapphire: Can i hear the drums through my bottle?
[2026/06/21 14:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: A horn blows: HOOOOONK
[2026/06/21 14:22] Mecha: "You wanna stay and fight, you stay and fight. It's a suicide mission but if that's what gets you off." as I charge the kobold I think has Emily sword out
[2026/06/21 14:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: You hear shouts from the two kobolds. "Me found something! Iron bottle!" "What in it?" "Not sure! Me open and find out!"
[2026/06/21 14:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: That's to your right.
[2026/06/21 14:22] Joe: see; problem solved. Emily will be along presently.
[2026/06/21 14:22] Mecha: that's where talia is going
[2026/06/21 14:23] Joe: follows Talia
[2026/06/21 14:23] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire: decanted, you'll be aware of the situation in the next round.
[2026/06/21 14:23] Sapphire: oh right, Joe doesn't *know*
[2026/06/21 14:23] Sonja Bikergrrl: Everyone roll initiative.
[2026/06/21 14:23] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 15
[2026/06/21 14:23] Joe: i don't evenm know that i don't know
[2026/06/21 14:23] D20: Mecha rolls 12
[2026/06/21 14:23] D20: Sapphire rolls 7
[2026/06/21 14:23] Sapphire: the effects of Emily being a genie
[2026/06/21 14:24] Joe: you are correct, i do not know anything of this
[2026/06/21 14:24] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe: initiative.
[2026/06/21 14:24] D20: Joe rolls 10
[2026/06/21 14:24] Sonja Bikergrrl: Hidden:
[2026/06/21 14:24] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 14
[2026/06/21 14:25] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire: not currently in play. Decanting takes a round.
[2026/06/21 14:25] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe: you're first. What are you doing?
[2026/06/21 14:26] Sapphire: Smoke of blue and grey flows out of the bottle, resolving into the shape of a humanoid lady with blue skin, arcane spell tattoos spiraling her arms and belly, wearing loose grey pants and a tight wrap top.
[2026/06/21 14:27] Joe: can i see the kobolds unleashing Emily from the bottle, which Talia seems to be concentrating on? Mostly I'm getting ready for an epic battle against an entire kobold army and remembering my training
[2026/06/21 14:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: It's night time. You can't see very much.
[2026/06/21 14:27] Joe: something about making a pile of corpses to gain the high ground or possibly a wall of corpses to protect oneself from archers
[2026/06/21 14:27] Joe: do kobold have nightsight?
[2026/06/21 14:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay... you're not under attack right now
[2026/06/21 14:28] Sonja Bikergrrl: They do. You don't. They see better than you.
[2026/06/21 14:28] Mecha: *hide behind the pile of dead bards*
[2026/06/21 14:28] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha! You next.
[2026/06/21 14:28] Joe: whispers: thats justa normal friday night back home
[2026/06/21 14:28] Mecha: Coming in swinging with the sword
[2026/06/21 14:28] Sonja Bikergrrl: at who?
[2026/06/21 14:29] Mecha: If I can see them after running to them the one holding Emilies bottle."
[2026/06/21 14:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: Roll D20
[2026/06/21 14:29] D20: Mecha rolls 16
[2026/06/21 14:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: hits AC -3... roll some damage
[2026/06/21 14:30] D8: Mecha rolls 1
[2026/06/21 14:30] Mecha: Come on at least be enough he drops the bottle. Dont have to kill him just get him to let go
[2026/06/21 14:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: A kobold goes down, in a great spray of blood!
[2026/06/21 14:31] Mecha: perfect grabbing the bottle and getting ready to run."RUN OR DIE JOE, YOUR CALL!
[2026/06/21 14:31] Joe: "I am no coward!" I draw my battleaxe and charge at the nearest Kobold, intending to splat it
[2026/06/21 14:31] Sonja Bikergrrl: Kobolds with bottle, as Sapphires' genie forms before them. They back away in obvious surprise and fright. "AH! SAVE ME, SAVE ME!"
[2026/06/21 14:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: Meanwhile, kobolds fling rocks at Joe: 3x
[2026/06/21 14:32] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 2
[2026/06/21 14:32] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 14
[2026/06/21 14:32] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 16
[2026/06/21 14:32] Mecha: Wait the kobold with the bottle was the one I hit.
[2026/06/21 14:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: One rock clocks Joe
[2026/06/21 14:32] D4: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 2
[2026/06/21 14:32] Joe: cusses like a knight
[2026/06/21 14:33] Sonja Bikergrrl: Kobold chases Mecha, stabbing with dagger
[2026/06/21 14:33] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 11
[2026/06/21 14:33] Sonja Bikergrrl: that was effective.
[2026/06/21 14:33] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire: compelled to save kobolds
[2026/06/21 14:33] Mecha: *Time out for a second*
[2026/06/21 14:33] Sonja Bikergrrl: End of combat round.
[2026/06/21 14:34] Mecha: Talia attacked the one with the bottle and got a hit killing the kobold. How does he still have it? to command Emily
[2026/06/21 14:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me just looks at Mecha
[2026/06/21 14:36] Mecha: 14:28] Mecha: Coming in swinging with the sword
[2026/06/21 14:36] Mecha: 14:28] Sonja Bikergrrl: at who?
[2026/06/21 14:36] Mecha: 14:29] Mecha: If I can see them after running to them the one holding Emilies bottle."
[2026/06/21 14:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: How do you know *exactly* which kobold, out of a handful, about twenty, thirty feet away, in the blackness of night, in a pitched battle, bearing in mind you're a normal human being?
[2026/06/21 14:37] Mecha: then you said roll D20 so i am under the assumption because I used movement I ran in that direction as you said roll for intiative and movement rate is what 30 feet?
[2026/06/21 14:37] Sonja Bikergrrl: more than 30', but, same question applies, how do you know *exactly* which kobold?
[2026/06/21 14:38] Mecha: It's not blindingly black they should become clearer as Talia got closer.
[2026/06/21 14:38] Sonja Bikergrrl: The kobolds are not emitting photons.
[2026/06/21 14:40] Sapphire: may I?
[2026/06/21 14:40] Sapphire: or we still in timeout?
[2026/06/21 14:40] Mecha: go for it.
[2026/06/21 14:40] Sapphire: Emily reforms and looks around, realizing she's compelled to save the kobold. "Um, drop the bottle and I'll make them honor your fleeing!" she calls to the relevant kobold, even as she's pondering what she can do to keep things from getting worse.
[2026/06/21 14:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: I'm waiting.
[2026/06/21 14:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: I'm not sure that qualifies as "save the kobolds"
[2026/06/21 14:41] Mecha: it is night, it is dark, even with night vision they still need some torches, plus the possibility of moonlight.
[2026/06/21 14:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: but is that what you're going with?
[2026/06/21 14:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: kobolds do not require external light sources.
[2026/06/21 14:42] Sapphire: um, I'll also turn to find where Joe and Talia are and start telling them to let the kobolds go.
[2026/06/21 14:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: you can't do two actions in one round.
[2026/06/21 14:42] Mecha: thought Talia might see them better as she got closer but, fine."
[2026/06/21 14:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe! You next.
[2026/06/21 14:43] Sapphire: in which case going with my first, and watching to see if the kobolds actually bite on the plan
[2026/06/21 14:43] Sapphire: should i roll or?
[2026/06/21 14:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: No
[2026/06/21 14:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: it's Joe now
[2026/06/21 14:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: BTW: about 18 kobolds are in the field of battle now.
[2026/06/21 14:45] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe! You with us?
[2026/06/21 14:46] Joe: did I arrive at the nearest kobold yet?
[2026/06/21 14:47] Sonja Bikergrrl: ....you haven't moved...
[2026/06/21 14:47] Joe: i did too so ner
[2026/06/21 14:47] Joe: 2:31 PM Joe: "I am no coward!" I draw my battleaxe and charge at the nearest Kobold, intending to splat it
[2026/06/21 14:47] Sonja Bikergrrl: There are ten kobolds near you. And about fifteen near Mecha
[2026/06/21 14:47] D20: Joe rolls 13
[2026/06/21 14:48] Sonja Bikergrrl: looks like you hit one, so, damage?
[2026/06/21 14:48] Sapphire: ah crud
[2026/06/21 14:49] Sonja Bikergrrl: ?
[2026/06/21 14:49] D8: Joe rolls 4
[2026/06/21 14:49] Sonja Bikergrrl: One dead kobold, you killed 10% of those facing you - this round.
[2026/06/21 14:49] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha is next
[2026/06/21 14:50] Mecha: Can Talia pinpoint the kobold holding the bottle this time?
[2026/06/21 14:50] Mecha: She heard his call to be saved froma closer distance
[2026/06/21 14:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: There's twelve around you, three were there previous round, so, you got a choice of one in three.
[2026/06/21 14:51] Mecha: Okay wherre is Emily because she should be right next to the one with the bottle
[2026/06/21 14:52] Sonja Bikergrrl: Again: to be clear: you are in melee in a chaotic situation in very poor lighting.
[2026/06/21 14:52] Sonja Bikergrrl: I do not know how you can pinpoint the -exact- kobold under these situations.
[2026/06/21 14:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: All you can tell for sure: Sapphire nearby, angry yapping, fearful yips.
[2026/06/21 14:53] Mecha: True yet again it is not magical darkness so even on a moonless night you can see things. So I look for the Emily shape and pick the kobold next to her.
[2026/06/21 14:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: Give that, what are you doing?
[2026/06/21 14:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay, d20
[2026/06/21 14:53] D20: Mecha rolls 7
[2026/06/21 14:53] Mecha: lucky cat
[2026/06/21 14:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: why? That's a hit.
[2026/06/21 14:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: Or did you want to miss?
[2026/06/21 14:54] Mecha: Oh then never mind on the lucky cat
[2026/06/21 14:54] Sapphire: are the kobolds running or actively fighting from what emily can tell?
[2026/06/21 14:54] D8: Mecha rolls 3
[2026/06/21 14:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: Down goes a kobold.
[2026/06/21 14:54] Sapphire: ....I think Emily's forced to use spells to try and save whos left
[2026/06/21 14:54] Mecha: If it is THE kobold does the bottle drop?
[2026/06/21 14:55] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire: you can feel -compelled- to protect the kobold holding your flask. You can see a terrified kobold near by. You can see shadowy figures running forwards, yipping and yapping angrily.
[2026/06/21 14:56] Sapphire: my turn?
[2026/06/21 14:57] Sonja Bikergrrl: kobold holding bottle: sees his friend hacked down, and he -screams-, flings the bottle aside, turns tail and flees at his full movement rate. He knocks two kobolds over in his haste to flee. "Save me! Save me, nice blue lady!"
[2026/06/21 14:57] Sonja Bikergrrl: Eight kobolds fling rocks at Joe: they need 16 or more to hit.
[2026/06/21 14:57] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 6
[2026/06/21 14:57] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 11
[2026/06/21 14:57] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 17
[2026/06/21 14:57] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 2
[2026/06/21 14:57] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 3
[2026/06/21 14:57] Mecha: *A heads up this one will need to leave for Roommate pick up @4:05 SLT*
[2026/06/21 14:57] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 3
[2026/06/21 14:57] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 17
[2026/06/21 14:58] D20: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 18
[2026/06/21 14:58] Sapphire: She grimaces, not able to see her friends through the chaos, and claps, "That you might survive the day," and then casts Invisibility on the kobold who holds her bottle.
[2026/06/21 14:58] Sonja Bikergrrl: Three hit.
[2026/06/21 14:58] D4: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 2
[2026/06/21 14:58] D4: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 1
[2026/06/21 14:58] D4: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 4
[2026/06/21 14:58] Sapphire: or held, i suppose
[2026/06/21 14:58] Sonja Bikergrrl: 7 damage total.
[2026/06/21 14:58] Sonja Bikergrrl: 10 attack Mecha
[2026/06/21 14:58] Sonja Bikergrrl: they need a 14 or higher to hit
[2026/06/21 14:59] Mecha: *Expects 5 nat 20s*
[2026/06/21 14:59] Sonja Bikergrrl: statistically, three are expected to hit so I'll save time.
[2026/06/21 14:59] D4: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 4
[2026/06/21 14:59] D4: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 2
[2026/06/21 14:59] D4: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 1
[2026/06/21 14:59] Sonja Bikergrrl: More kobolds are charging up, the number of kobolds just doubled.
[2026/06/21 15:00] Sonja Bikergrrl: End of round.
[2026/06/21 15:00] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire! You're next.
[2026/06/21 15:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: Technically, "ownership" of your bottle hasn't changed. Equally technically, no kobolds are giving you orders.
[2026/06/21 15:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: What are you going to do?
[2026/06/21 15:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: (invisibility has been cast)
[2026/06/21 15:02] Sapphire: going to try to find where Joe and Talia are (apparently cutting through kobolds) and direct them to where my flask landed.
[2026/06/21 15:03] Sonja Bikergrrl: Reading your character sheet... I'm surprised you aren't going with something different
[2026/06/21 15:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: Do you still want to go with that?
[2026/06/21 15:05] Mecha: too bad you can't make it bright so it can be seen
[2026/06/21 15:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: Ah, the good old "light" spell... so useful
[2026/06/21 15:05] Sapphire: um
[2026/06/21 15:06] Sapphire: do i...
[2026/06/21 15:06] Sapphire: ...do i even have the light spell?
[2026/06/21 15:06] Sonja Bikergrrl: nope.
[2026/06/21 15:06] Sonja Bikergrrl: but you have other abilities.
[2026/06/21 15:07] Sapphire: do the kobolds look like I could be them without violating my last orders?
[2026/06/21 15:07] Sapphire: Web*
[2026/06/21 15:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: Do you want a DM inspiration?
[2026/06/21 15:07] Sapphire: that would be deeply appreciated right now
[2026/06/21 15:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: two possibilities leap to mind.
[2026/06/21 15:08] Sapphire: *listening*
[2026/06/21 15:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: 1. You're resistant to cold. You have Ice Storm, which inflicts 3d10 damage. Cast on yourself, you -should- survive unless you get a string of exceptional rolls. The surrounding kobolds will not.
[2026/06/21 15:08] Sapphire: oooh, the Danger Close strat
[2026/06/21 15:09] Sapphire: I was under the impression that attacking the kobolds would be in violation of my compulsion
[2026/06/21 15:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: 2. You have Levitation as an innate ability. You can rise up, then Ice Storm, for no chance of damage (but you'll be 30' in the air)
[2026/06/21 15:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: Read what I said.... cast Ice Storm -on yourself-. That's not attacking kobolds.
[2026/06/21 15:10] Sapphire: ..... :)
[2026/06/21 15:10] Sonja Bikergrrl: Or on the ground as you levitate, or on Mecha
[2026/06/21 15:10] Sonja Bikergrrl: I'm sure she'll forgive you.
[2026/06/21 15:10] Sonja Bikergrrl: maybe.
[2026/06/21 15:11] Sapphire: Emily will take a deep breath, and then begin the gesturings and incantations for the Ice Queens Storm around herself, such that quite a lot of the kobolds are caught in the ensueing cloud
[2026/06/21 15:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay... Roll D100 for resistance - must roll under 50.
[2026/06/21 15:12] D10: Sapphire rolls 8
[2026/06/21 15:12] D10: Sapphire rolls 5
[2026/06/21 15:12] D10: Sapphire rolls 5
[2026/06/21 15:12] Sapphire: 85....
[2026/06/21 15:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: D'oh Sapphire!
[2026/06/21 15:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: Save vs Spells
[2026/06/21 15:13] Sonja Bikergrrl: must roll over 10 on D20
[2026/06/21 15:13] Sapphire: Rod/Staff/Spell: 10
[2026/06/21 15:13] Sonja Bikergrrl: yep
[2026/06/21 15:13] D20: Sapphire rolls 3
[2026/06/21 15:13] Sapphire: double doh
[2026/06/21 15:13] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me just stares at Sapphire
[2026/06/21 15:13] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay... 3D10 please
[2026/06/21 15:13] Sapphire: i started all this at full hp, yes?
[2026/06/21 15:13] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mmhmm
[2026/06/21 15:13] D10: Sapphire rolls 2
[2026/06/21 15:13] D10: Sapphire rolls 5
[2026/06/21 15:13] D10: Sapphire rolls 4
[2026/06/21 15:14] Sapphire: 11
[2026/06/21 15:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire: reduced to half hit points from cold damage.
[2026/06/21 15:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha: you see Talia guesturing and chanting, and sparkly lights fill the air, just before ice shards slam into the ground
[2026/06/21 15:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: Roll saving throw: must roll over 13 on D20
[2026/06/21 15:15] Mecha: Sparkly lights that should light up where the bottle is
[2026/06/21 15:15] D20: Mecha rolls 8
[2026/06/21 15:15] Mecha: this time lucky cat
[2026/06/21 15:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: re-roll
[2026/06/21 15:15] D20: Mecha rolls 11
[2026/06/21 15:15] Mecha: better but not enough
[2026/06/21 15:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: uh oh. 11 damage.
[2026/06/21 15:16] Mecha: Also thankfully not a crit fail
[2026/06/21 15:16] Mecha: Fine Talia can take it
[2026/06/21 15:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: All around, ice shards slam into the ground. Kobolds are battered and flung aside. There are numerous screams of agony!
[2026/06/21 15:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: (29 kobolds slain)
[2026/06/21 15:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe!
[2026/06/21 15:17] Joe: i had followed Talia ... to where the kobold holding the bottle was ... have i been caught in that ice blast?
[2026/06/21 15:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: then, yes, roll D20
[2026/06/21 15:18] D20: Joe rolls 20
[2026/06/21 15:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: ....
[2026/06/21 15:18] Joe: hahahha!
[2026/06/21 15:18] Mecha: think that counts as a save
[2026/06/21 15:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: For the crit, I think we'll say you take 0 damage.
[2026/06/21 15:18] Sapphire: shield catches it, gets coated in ice
[2026/06/21 15:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: Now what are you doing, Joe?
[2026/06/21 15:19] Joe: alrighty! for once the dice gods are laughing. Now watch me drop my axe as I splat the next nearest kobold
[2026/06/21 15:19] Sonja Bikergrrl: well... they're all dead, in a radius of... think it's 40'
[2026/06/21 15:19] Joe: assuming any are left after the ice blast
[2026/06/21 15:19] Joe: ok. Let's go home
[2026/06/21 15:19] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe: Fleeing. Wise choice.
[2026/06/21 15:20] D10: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 8
[2026/06/21 15:20] D10: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 8
[2026/06/21 15:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: Kobolds: dive for cover.
[2026/06/21 15:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: More kobolds are coming, to the accompaniment of flashes of red, orange, loud honking and the pounding of drums.
[2026/06/21 15:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: I'd say the distraction is such that you can either Run Away, or, try to make it for the command tent up on the hill (Risky)
[2026/06/21 15:21] Mecha: Talias turn?
[2026/06/21 15:21] Sapphire: Emily shudders, and starts levitating upwards. Surely the general has heard all this and moved to respond. Hopefully the general is the one wearing the fanciest hat?
[2026/06/21 15:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: Technically Sapphires'
[2026/06/21 15:22] Mecha: okay
[2026/06/21 15:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: wait
[2026/06/21 15:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: we skipped Mecha, how did we do that
[2026/06/21 15:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha
[2026/06/21 15:24] Mecha: Sparkly lights with the spell, see the bottle, grab the bottle and run like hell."Let's GO!"
[2026/06/21 15:24] Sonja Bikergrrl: Which way?
[2026/06/21 15:25] Mecha: Away from the oncoming army if there is a forest preferably there so we can hide.
[2026/06/21 15:25] Sonja Bikergrrl: so, running away, not up the hill?
[2026/06/21 15:25] Mecha: That's Talias plan
[2026/06/21 15:25] Sonja Bikergrrl: ....which? Away?
[2026/06/21 15:27] Mecha: away
[2026/06/21 15:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe, I take it you're following?
[2026/06/21 15:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire: technically along for the ride.
[2026/06/21 15:28] Sapphire: despite levitating? am I leashed and being pulled along?
[2026/06/21 15:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: Actually that's an interesting question.
[2026/06/21 15:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: If you're levitating, you're risking being left floating above a kobold army, which.... is the situation everyone was trying to avoid at the start
[2026/06/21 15:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: remember levitation isn't flight
[2026/06/21 15:30] Mecha: Emily! Let's go!
[2026/06/21 15:30] Joe: I'm following Talia
[2026/06/21 15:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: once the bottle is a mile away, you'll start to feel increasingly negative effects
[2026/06/21 15:30] Sapphire: Do I see a target that looks promisingly like a general?
[2026/06/21 15:31] Sapphire: "I'll keep them distracted and smoke back!" she shouts back down, annoyed at needing to reveal her position like that
[2026/06/21 15:31] Sonja Bikergrrl: and since you aren't "leashed" to the bottle - it's entirely possible for the bottle to be removed from you to the point your demise is guaranteed
[2026/06/21 15:31] Sapphire: ....does turning into smoke and returning have a range limit?
[2026/06/21 15:31] Sapphire: ...i suppose I haven't tested that
[2026/06/21 15:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: .... I know we talked about this at the start
[2026/06/21 15:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: I didn't write it down as it seemed an absurd situation
[2026/06/21 15:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: but... eh. I over-estimated y'all :-P
[2026/06/21 15:32] Sapphire: oh right, i have a day cooldown on returning
[2026/06/21 15:34] Sonja Bikergrrl: Since it's dark, and the hill is some distance away, and you don't even know there -is- a general (although this is a reasonable assumption) I'm going to suggest you see no one of obvious importance beyond a rapidly closing sea of little creatures
[2026/06/21 15:34] Sonja Bikergrrl: but if you stay levitated - you're at easy target.
[2026/06/21 15:34] Sapphire: Ok, no visibility. Will start making my way back to Talia and joe, dropping levitating slowly enough to not break anything
[2026/06/21 15:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: Now, running away!
[2026/06/21 15:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: The lights, the honks, the drum-beats and the angry yapping soon fade. The kobolds won't give chase, they have a siege to maintain, but, they are aware of your presence and will therefore be on their guard.
[2026/06/21 15:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe, Mecha, roll D20
[2026/06/21 15:36] D20: Joe rolls 11
[2026/06/21 15:36] D20: Mecha rolls 6
[2026/06/21 15:37] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe: you run face-first into a golden scale breastplate. And it's definitely a breastplate.
[2026/06/21 15:37] Sonja Bikergrrl: It's worn by a rather tall comely blonde woman, with amber eyes, wearing golden scale armour, and with a golden sword at her hip
[2026/06/21 15:38] Sonja Bikergrrl: "Hey! What are you running from!"
[2026/06/21 15:38] Sapphire: I feel like we met this lady at one point
[2026/06/21 15:38] Mecha: Kobold siege army."
[2026/06/21 15:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: Indeed, you last saw her in Queen Astrids' hall, agreeing to fly you to... well, here.
[2026/06/21 15:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: "Kobolds? You're running from kobolds? Heh." (Her lips curl upwards)
[2026/06/21 15:40] Mecha: Well yeah there are a couple thousand and there are Three of us. we were a little outnumbered."
[2026/06/21 15:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: "Shouldn't you have thought of that earlier?"
[2026/06/21 15:41] Sapphire: tell me when Emily catchs up to this
[2026/06/21 15:41] Mecha: Should have done a lot of things earlier
[2026/06/21 15:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: You just caught that.
[2026/06/21 15:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: "Well, perhaps you can catch up and make up for your incompetence! I don't even know why we're friends."
[2026/06/21 15:42] Sapphire: Emily runs up, breathing hard and resting her hands on her knees. "WE..." she looks up. "....I thought we were minions."
[2026/06/21 15:43] Joe: I apologise to the golden breasted lady for faceboobing her less than ladylike bosom.
[2026/06/21 15:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: "That can't even handle kobolds? I've made some mistakes in my time but this..." (She shakes head and turns to walk away)
[2026/06/21 15:44] Mecha: It's not a handful of kobolds. It's a fucking army and we don't have fire breath and extra powers. I can't just pull a Tarrasque out of my ass to save us."
[2026/06/21 15:44] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire? Joe?
[2026/06/21 15:45] Joe: I look at Talia's ass to verify her claim
[2026/06/21 15:45] Mecha: *Talia looks serious.. Mecha chuckles*
[2026/06/21 15:46] Joe: Having witnessed a smoky blue ice lady pulled from a bottle I'm not so sure of any such thing at the moment
[2026/06/21 15:46] Sonja Bikergrrl: speaking of blue smokey lady.... Sapphire?
[2026/06/21 15:48] Sapphire: "we rushed in without a plan. that was on us." Emily says. "I think, we need to do a lot more scouting and mapping out the camp. Finding a way to... mess with their supplies. Make them regret laying the seige." She shudders. "and not lose my bottle any more times."
[2026/06/21 15:49] Mecha: I sigh on that."Yeah, I take full responsibility for that Emily, sorry."
[2026/06/21 15:49] Sonja Bikergrrl: "Try not to get yourself killed doing it. I got important matters to attend to." (With a dismissive wave of her hand, steps past a clump of trees clustered together)
[2026/06/21 15:51] Mecha: HEY!
[2026/06/21 15:51] Mecha: Talia yells at the retreating form
[2026/06/21 15:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: She's out of sight behind the clump of trees
[2026/06/21 15:53] Mecha: Talia falls back on her ass. "I can't do this."
[2026/06/21 15:53] Sapphire: Emily rubs her wrists, and stands up straight again, turning to look behind them and see if the Kobold army is on their tail.
[2026/06/21 15:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: They've given up. They have positions to maintain.
[2026/06/21 15:55] Sonja Bikergrrl: Last comments before we call Cliff Hanger?
[2026/06/21 15:56] Joe: "What is she doing, lurking about around here, while we bumble around antagonising the kobold army like a bunch of fools?"
[2026/06/21 15:56] Sonja Bikergrrl: Good question.
[2026/06/21 15:57] Joe: I lay on hands whoever needs it, before next session
[2026/06/21 15:57] Sonja Bikergrrl: do it next time
[2026/06/21 15:58] Mecha: Talia shakes her head."None of this is right. Not a single thing."
[2026/06/21 15:58] Sonja Bikergrrl: think Mecha needs to be gone and so do I.... good game, escaped a TPK by the skin of your teeth :-)
[2026/06/21 15:58] Joe: thanks you DMsonja
[2026/06/21 15:58] Sonja Bikergrrl: same time, same Table next week :-)
[2026/06/21 15:59] Sapphire: I wonder if that invisible kobold will remember us
[2026/06/21 15:59] Sonja Bikergrrl: and you still have to get into Milton
[2026/06/21 15:59] Sonja Bikergrrl: how, is beyond me :-)