[2026/07/05 14:00] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me puts away the big SoF rewrite and hunts for... the SoF2 chapter we're on
[2026/07/05 14:00] Sonja Bikergrrl: Oh.
[2026/07/05 14:00] Sonja Bikergrrl: Yes.
[2026/07/05 14:01] Sapphire: oh?
[2026/07/05 14:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: Oh, indeed.
[2026/07/05 14:02] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me starts singing under her breath, the song from last weeks' video... "...stupid deaths, stupid deaths...."
[2026/07/05 14:03] Sonja Bikergrrl: so, you're trying to sneak to the tents on the hill.... and you committed Cardinal Sin #1: you've split the party.
[2026/07/05 14:03] Sonja Bikergrrl: I have Mecha 100' from the kobold picket line.
[2026/07/05 14:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: I have Joe in the tent, 100' from the kobold picket line, other side.
[2026/07/05 14:04] Sapphire: we are at least in shouting range...
[2026/07/05 14:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: I have Sapphire 30' from the tent, "circling round"
[2026/07/05 14:05] Joe: we're all within shouting range, the party is not split
[2026/07/05 14:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: you've seen various kobolds, some shouting messages to the human defenders at Milton, to give up.
[2026/07/05 14:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: If I say the party is split - the party is split.
[2026/07/05 14:05] Joe: yes mistress
[2026/07/05 14:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: You've also seen some rather battered humans in the tent.
[2026/07/05 14:06] Sapphire: ooof
[2026/07/05 14:06] Sonja Bikergrrl: Had you fireballed it as you orginally planned... you'd have murdered a dozen defenceless people who might have been on your side.
[2026/07/05 14:07] Mecha: *brb*
[2026/07/05 14:07] Sapphire: in war it's collateral damage, not murder
[2026/07/05 14:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: and with that recap out of the way.... GGGGRRRREEEETTTIINGGSS Adventurers! Other players get to cast Fireball willy nilly, you get friable hostages to consider, forcing ethical dilemmas
[2026/07/05 14:07] Sapphire: but would have been regretable in either case
[2026/07/05 14:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: tell that to the war crimes commission after the war.
[2026/07/05 14:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: I do believe we have not rolled initiative yet
[2026/07/05 14:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: when Mecha is back, I'll allow a brief reminder of your plans, but, since you are separate from each other, nothing that can go on for long or require discussions.
[2026/07/05 14:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire, we'll start with you ;-)
[2026/07/05 14:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: and Joe?
[2026/07/05 14:11] Joe: rescuing the prisoners
[2026/07/05 14:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: how?
[2026/07/05 14:11] Joe: are they tied uo?
[2026/07/05 14:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: you haven't checked yet, but that would seem a reasonable deduction
[2026/07/05 14:12] Sapphire: Sapphire was trying to find a way in, didn't realize that Joe was simply going to cut a hole, and to my knowledge we are all still invisible?
[2026/07/05 14:12] Joe: if their bonds are ropes i will cut them free, if they're chaisn then look for a key
[2026/07/05 14:12] Joe: chains*
[2026/07/05 14:13] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe cut no hole, he simply went in the entrance.
[2026/07/05 14:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: if Sapphire wants in... better hurry
[2026/07/05 14:14] Sapphire: ah, in that case, moving to follow Joe inside
[2026/07/05 14:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: (He may decide a "human" is in fact a demon and run him through.)
[2026/07/05 14:15] Sapphire: They are deceiptful little bastards
[2026/07/05 14:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: when Mecha is back, she can give us her intentions and we'll see how Round 4 pans out.
[2026/07/05 14:15] Mecha: Mecha is holding waiting for the signal
[2026/07/05 14:16] Jassie: is online.
[2026/07/05 14:17] Mecha: well Talia is
[2026/07/05 14:19] Jassie: sorryyy
[2026/07/05 14:19] Sonja Bikergrrl: Jassie, hopefully you can help the party survive the night ;-)
[2026/07/05 14:19] Joe: Jassie!
[2026/07/05 14:19] Sapphire: oh yeah!
[2026/07/05 14:19] Sapphire: support
[2026/07/05 14:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: Jassie, you are close to Mecha; she is invisible, you are not. Kobolds are 100' away; it's the middle of the night.
[2026/07/05 14:20] Jassie: maybe
[2026/07/05 14:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: Quite why everyone voted to do this when kobolds are at their most alert is beyond me... but, here we are.
[2026/07/05 14:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: Are there any actions you want to undertake right now?
[2026/07/05 14:21] Jassie: lol
[2026/07/05 14:21] Jassie: well Bless?
[2026/07/05 14:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: standing waving your arms and chanting will get attention
[2026/07/05 14:22] Jassie: oh
[2026/07/05 14:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: also who you blessing? you can see no party members
[2026/07/05 14:22] Jassie: good point, keep quiet for now
[2026/07/05 14:22] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay... let's see.... Joe, Sapphire, DEX check - roll d20, must roll under your DEX scores.
[2026/07/05 14:23] D20: Joe rolls 17
[2026/07/05 14:24] Joe: screw these dice
[2026/07/05 14:24] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire?
[2026/07/05 14:25] D20: Sapphire rolls 17
[2026/07/05 14:25] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me takes a deep breath.
[2026/07/05 14:25] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe rolled first.
[2026/07/05 14:26] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe moves to see how these people are bound; turns out to be ropes round the wrists. Unfortunately, he steps on someones' hand. The guy bucks and yells out "FFFUUUUCCCKKKK!!"
[2026/07/05 14:26] Sonja Bikergrrl: Everyone stares at him. A kobold yaps "Humens! You quiet!"
[2026/07/05 14:27] Joe: please say that does not count as an 'action' which would remove the invisibility
[2026/07/05 14:28] Sonja Bikergrrl: Nearest human leans over and hisses "Dafuq is wrong with you???" The first guy hisses back "Some jackass stood on my hand!" Other guy: "Yeah? Musta been one of these little idiots." First guy: "Yeah? Well that's one fucking fat kobold, then."
[2026/07/05 14:28] Jassie: can they see me?
[2026/07/05 14:29] Jassie: if they can, i will do the quiet sign, finger on lips
[2026/07/05 14:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: While everyone is distracted by this, a kobold wanders out of the tent, grinning and chuckling. "Me got good one!" He blunders right into Sapphire and trips, falling flat on his face. He yips loudly in alarm.
[2026/07/05 14:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: the kobolds look to see a cursing kobold getting up, looking around in all directions.
[2026/07/05 14:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha: you hear a yell of "FFFUUCCKKK!".
[2026/07/05 14:30] Sapphire: Sapphira glances to her arm and backs up, checking if that broke her invisibility
[2026/07/05 14:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: Jassie: I think they're far away.
[2026/07/05 14:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: No hostile actions undertaken, invisibility hasn't been broken. That's not the same as no one knowing you're there.
[2026/07/05 14:31] Sonja Bikergrrl: End of round... next round.
[2026/07/05 14:31] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire, Joe?
[2026/07/05 14:31] Joe: What sort of people are the prisoners? How much can we tell so far by looking att hem How many are there?
[2026/07/05 14:32] Jassie: can i slowly shuffle closer to where i heard the commotion?
[2026/07/05 14:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: They look like guys in leather, who have been somewhat roughed up. You see half a dozen.
[2026/07/05 14:32] Sapphire: Moving through the tent and looking for any sort of papers, orders, or maps that are worth snagging, once again wishing she'd learned an ice mist from that queen.
[2026/07/05 14:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: You can, Jassie, but you'll almost certainly be seen.
[2026/07/05 14:33] Sonja Bikergrrl: I'm not sure kobolds use human type maps or documents.
[2026/07/05 14:33] Sonja Bikergrrl: although an interesting question is about to raise itself - how do either of you know where the other is?
[2026/07/05 14:34] Sonja Bikergrrl: so, actions, Joe, Sapphire?
[2026/07/05 14:34] Joe: sneak out of the tent
[2026/07/05 14:34] Sapphire: Well, this is a... command tent, right?
[2026/07/05 14:34] Sapphire: but it's full of prisoners
[2026/07/05 14:34] Sapphire: this isn't adding up
[2026/07/05 14:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: you're... leaving the tent?
[2026/07/05 14:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: are you sure?
[2026/07/05 14:35] Sapphire: so are you saying it's obvious to me that that there are no useful papers in this tent?
[2026/07/05 14:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: It's a big tent by kobold standards
[2026/07/05 14:35] Joe: i imagine its very soon going to be full of kobolds also.
[2026/07/05 14:35] Jassie: (ok nvm then)
[2026/07/05 14:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay.... what do you think kobold papers might look like?
[2026/07/05 14:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: (I already know what they look like, from studying the MM)
[2026/07/05 14:36] Sapphire: um.... flat, writing, we've found orders from emberclaw before! so stuff liekt hat
[2026/07/05 14:36] Sapphire: like that*
[2026/07/05 14:37] Sonja Bikergrrl: You see no parchments or scrolls lying about looking tempting.
[2026/07/05 14:37] Sonja Bikergrrl: so, last call for Joe/Sapphires action in round 5
[2026/07/05 14:38] Joe: avoiding walking into anyone (invisible but not blind), dodging out of peoples way, i plan to lurk outside untll the commotion dies down again
[2026/07/05 14:38] Sonja Bikergrrl: ok... doesn't seem overly logical or wise... but if you're sure...
[2026/07/05 14:38] Sapphire: i guess I'm just confused why my attempts to search are auto failing
[2026/07/05 14:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: I'm confused by what you expect to find
[2026/07/05 14:39] Sapphire: oh, i missed one of your messages
[2026/07/05 14:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: what you said you're looking for... isn't there
[2026/07/05 14:39] Sapphire: Alright, in that case, how many humans are tied up here? a dozen?
[2026/07/05 14:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: Think I said half a dozen
[2026/07/05 14:40] Sapphire: anyone i recognize?
[2026/07/05 14:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: unless you're from the area: no
[2026/07/05 14:40] Sapphire: they seem more like commoners or they have that nobel bearing, height, and good teeth?
[2026/07/05 14:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: As far as you can tell: typical woodsmen, archers, skirmishers.
[2026/07/05 14:41] Sapphire: soldier folk then
[2026/07/05 14:41] Sonja Bikergrrl: that seems likely
[2026/07/05 14:42] Sapphire: gonna try to untie them, since being outnumbered is gonna suck, and with some of them freed, it may suck less
[2026/07/05 14:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: good plan
[2026/07/05 14:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha, Jassie, plans?
[2026/07/05 14:42] Sapphire: eeep
[2026/07/05 14:43] Mecha: second verse, same as the first
[2026/07/05 14:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: Jassie? Still holding quiet for now?
[2026/07/05 14:43] Jassie: i dont have inivisibility
[2026/07/05 14:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe, Sapphire... D20, DEX check time
[2026/07/05 14:44] Jassie: so better to just keep quiet and watch for any movements or anything and react accordingly
[2026/07/05 14:44] Sapphire: would a knife on the ropes break invis? I'll use that if I can avoid breaking invise, manually untying other wise
[2026/07/05 14:44] D20: Sapphire rolls 13
[2026/07/05 14:44] Sonja Bikergrrl: right now if you had Sanctuary... not as good as invisibility but it's close.
[2026/07/05 14:45] Jassie: (yea i took it off as well)
[2026/07/05 14:45] Sonja Bikergrrl: let's see what Joe rolls...
[2026/07/05 14:45] D20: Joe rolls 16
[2026/07/05 14:46] Sonja Bikergrrl: it's just not your night.
[2026/07/05 14:46] Joe: its never my night
[2026/07/05 14:47] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe exits the tent, and walks into the cursing kobold with the tin cone, sending him sprawling on the ground again, with more angry yipped curses. Everyone turns to look.
[2026/07/05 14:48] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire cuts a bond - and the guys' hand, causing him to yell out in pain. The nearest kobold glares at him. "You! Humen! Silence! Say... are you not tied up?"
[2026/07/05 14:48] Sapphire: hmmmmm
[2026/07/05 14:48] Sonja Bikergrrl: The guy glares at the kobold. "Of course I'm tied up, you dolt! If I wasn't, I'd be strangling the life out of you!"
[2026/07/05 14:48] Mecha: Does Talia hear the screams?
[2026/07/05 14:49] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha: you hear long clangs, curses, a cry of pain, some yipping and someone shouting in reply.
[2026/07/05 14:49] Sonja Bikergrrl: End of round five...
[2026/07/05 14:49] Sonja Bikergrrl: and you're still alive! :-D
[2026/07/05 14:50] Jassie: amazingly
[2026/07/05 14:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: Round 6: Sapphire, you've gotten the guys untied. They're maintaining the pretence of being tied, but are clearly confused as to what is going on.
[2026/07/05 14:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire, Joe... what are you doing?
[2026/07/05 14:51] Sapphire: Any other tools or equipment around in this tent?
[2026/07/05 14:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: Are you looking for something specific?
[2026/07/05 14:52] Jassie: can i just keep a watch on the outside to watch whats going on without being seen?
[2026/07/05 14:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: you sure can.
[2026/07/05 14:53] Sapphire: not so much specific as potentially useful for something. At worst, anything usable as weapons, but I'm still unclear on what it actually looks like in here
[2026/07/05 14:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: crude low tables, bits of bark, little barrels, a few crates, piles of leaves, some rope, a few roasted rats on skewers
[2026/07/05 14:55] Sonja Bikergrrl: you are generally MUCH better off with your own weapons, as opposed to improvization with junk.
[2026/07/05 14:55] Joe: I want to wander further into the camp in the opposite direction to the way we came and see if I can't make myself useful somehow
[2026/07/05 14:55] Sapphire: Hmmmm... rope at least. I'm thinking how we get the prisoners armed up, but i suppose i can pass them my spare daggers
[2026/07/05 14:56] Sonja Bikergrrl: you want a length of rotten old yucky rope?
[2026/07/05 14:56] Sapphire: i don't have a plan for it at the moment
[2026/07/05 14:56] Sapphire: but it's not nothing
[2026/07/05 14:57] Joe: Are there any kobolds i can cause to trip over by lying down in front of them as they walk? Would that non-action count as an action?
[2026/07/05 14:57] Sonja Bikergrrl: then why take it... it's an unneccessary encumbrance
[2026/07/05 14:57] Sonja Bikergrrl: jesus christ, Joe
[2026/07/05 14:58] Sonja Bikergrrl: I've never head anything so ridiculous or idiotic - or in line with the rule of cool. No, that would not necessarily break invisibility.
[2026/07/05 14:58] Joe: this is my cunning plan to create distractions
[2026/07/05 14:58] Sonja Bikergrrl: Bear in mind you'll be prone and the center of attention.
[2026/07/05 14:58] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire?
[2026/07/05 14:59] Second Life: Unable to eject member 'Femkeneu Resident' from the group '*XO*'. You do not have the eject member action.
[2026/07/05 14:59] Jassie: haha
[2026/07/05 15:00] Sapphire: it does seem like trying to keep invisibility is increasingly doomed, but i can whisper to the prisoners. "This is a rescue but the window to get out is closing. Do you know anyway to get the army looking the wrong way for us?"
[2026/07/05 15:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: I'll take it that Mecha and Jassie are holding put for now
[2026/07/05 15:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire: DEX 10, Joe: DEX 14.
[2026/07/05 15:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: stealth isn't your long suit
[2026/07/05 15:02] Mecha: Yep, wait does Talia see Jessie?
[2026/07/05 15:02] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe: you lie down outside. The cursing kobold shrugs and stamps back into the tent, having forgotten what he was going to shout.
[2026/07/05 15:02] Sapphire: with how much skin this outfit shows, all my suits are short suits
[2026/07/05 15:02] D20: Sapphire rolls 11
[2026/07/05 15:03] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire: you sure can whisper to them, but the kobolds are getting increasingly vigilant and suspicious. The answers you get, seem to be along the lines of "Let's just make a break for it and run for the city gates - to the left, there's a door."
[2026/07/05 15:03] Jassie: I mean i could try to go out, but i'll probs be seen lol
[2026/07/05 15:04] Sonja Bikergrrl: Jassie: I'm assuming you're taking a basic approach to Not Being Seen - you're crouched by a bush
[2026/07/05 15:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: and that's the end of Round 6
[2026/07/05 15:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: Round 7! Joe, Sapphire?
[2026/07/05 15:05] Joe: trippin up the kobolds by lying in the dirt
[2026/07/05 15:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: Are you sure?
[2026/07/05 15:05] Joe: causing a distraction to provide cover for the others
[2026/07/05 15:06] Joe: yes im sure
[2026/07/05 15:06] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire?
[2026/07/05 15:06] Joe: what possibly could go wrong?
[2026/07/05 15:06] Sapphire: they know the situation about as well as I do
[2026/07/05 15:06] Sapphire: i'm thinking we make the break for it
[2026/07/05 15:06] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay... it lacks subtlty.... but... given the party, it tracks.
[2026/07/05 15:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire, Joe.. you know what i say next.... DEX checks
[2026/07/05 15:07] D20: Joe rolls 12
[2026/07/05 15:07] D20: Sapphire rolls 8
[2026/07/05 15:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: jammy bastard
[2026/07/05 15:07] Joe: :p
[2026/07/05 15:07] Sapphire: just keeps stepping in it
[2026/07/05 15:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: jammy gyndroid
[2026/07/05 15:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: With loud shouts, the humans rise up and charge out of the tent. Joe sees them running out and rolls aside just in time. Sapphire charges out and manages not to trip over Joe.
[2026/07/05 15:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha, Jassie, you see a bunch of guys charging out of the tent and to your right.
[2026/07/05 15:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: round seven done and dusted!
[2026/07/05 15:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: Now what?
[2026/07/05 15:09] Joe: so much for sneaking out
[2026/07/05 15:10] Jassie: oh boy
[2026/07/05 15:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: this isn't even the worst, Jassie... you won't believe what you've missed
[2026/07/05 15:11] Mecha: Talia is taking that as the signal. lighting a bottle and throws it a fair distance in the opposite direction. Away from the running humans
[2026/07/05 15:11] Sonja Bikergrrl: Are you sure?
[2026/07/05 15:11] Mecha: And away from Talia
[2026/07/05 15:12] Jassie: is anyone actually visible at this point in the party?
[2026/07/05 15:12] Sonja Bikergrrl: Jassie is visible.
[2026/07/05 15:12] Jassie: i will keep crouching and wait for a moment haha
[2026/07/05 15:13] Sapphire: good luck getting to the castle in the chaos
[2026/07/05 15:13] Sonja Bikergrrl: one last "Are you sure" for Mecha
[2026/07/05 15:14] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire, Joe?
[2026/07/05 15:15] Sapphire: need to get a message to our allies, that we're making a break for the castle
[2026/07/05 15:15] Sapphire: But they're *invisible*
[2026/07/05 15:15] Sapphire: oh, the consequences of our actions
[2026/07/05 15:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: one of the guys running can probably do that.
[2026/07/05 15:15] Sonja Bikergrrl: wait, you didn't tell them
[2026/07/05 15:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: hurry - you might be able to catch one.
[2026/07/05 15:16] Mecha: *Hates the are you sure* No not yet, need to see the reaction. no need to throw them if the others are getting away
[2026/07/05 15:16] Joe: what are the kobolds doing ?
[2026/07/05 15:16] Sapphire: Gonna try to catch them and get them up to speed, yes
[2026/07/05 15:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: if I say "Are you sure" i'm trying to hint "You've missed something important."
[2026/07/05 15:16] Sonja Bikergrrl: right now? Kobolds are standing staring in surprise.
[2026/07/05 15:17] Sonja Bikergrrl: This will not last long.
[2026/07/05 15:18] Sonja Bikergrrl: also, Joe? Jassie?
[2026/07/05 15:18] Jassie: hmmm
[2026/07/05 15:19] Joe: Kobolds will probably chase the fleeing prisoners. Are there any water barrels or a well in this camp? I want to search for their water source
[2026/07/05 15:19] Sonja Bikergrrl: reminder: your ultimate goal is to get into Milton.
[2026/07/05 15:19] Sonja Bikergrrl: Are you going to take the time to go look?
[2026/07/05 15:19] Jassie: would i be able to sneak through in the chaos?
[2026/07/05 15:19] Mecha: Testing
[2026/07/05 15:19] Sapphire: mecha!
[2026/07/05 15:19] Sonja Bikergrrl: Hard to say, Jassie - but I'd suggest they're as distracted as they're likely to get
[2026/07/05 15:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: Again: that will NOT last.
[2026/07/05 15:20] Mecha: If they are distracted then maybe we should get moving while invisible.
[2026/07/05 15:20] Sonja Bikergrrl: Maybe.
[2026/07/05 15:21] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe? Jassie?
[2026/07/05 15:21] Sapphire: book it!
[2026/07/05 15:22] Joe: looking for kbold camp water supply
[2026/07/05 15:22] Joe: camp kobold
[2026/07/05 15:23] Sonja Bikergrrl: Are you Sure?
[2026/07/05 15:23] Joe: yes its too good an opportunity to miss
[2026/07/05 15:23] Jassie: oh boy
[2026/07/05 15:23] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay, Jassie?
[2026/07/05 15:23] Jassie: im gonna cast light on a stone and throw in beyond the kobolds, try to distract them and then run
[2026/07/05 15:24] Sonja Bikergrrl: that is two actions.
[2026/07/05 15:24] Mecha: Again does Talia see Jessie?
[2026/07/05 15:24] Sonja Bikergrrl: Jassie is not invisible, so, unless you haven't been eating your carrots, yes
[2026/07/05 15:24] Sonja Bikergrrl: Jassie: are you running, or casting Light?
[2026/07/05 15:25] Mecha: Talia looks at Jassie and from her invisible self say."Run for the town"
[2026/07/05 15:26] Jassie: sigh.. casting light first
[2026/07/05 15:26] Jassie: "one sec Talia!"
[2026/07/05 15:26] Sonja Bikergrrl: are you sure?
[2026/07/05 15:27] Jassie: fuckkk
[2026/07/05 15:27] Jassie: okok just run!
[2026/07/05 15:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: *GIGGLES*
[2026/07/05 15:27] Sonja Bikergrrl: okay... D20 from everyone
[2026/07/05 15:27] D20: Joe rolls 18
[2026/07/05 15:27] D20: Sapphire rolls 9
[2026/07/05 15:27] D20: Mecha rolls 1
[2026/07/05 15:27] Mecha: First roll of the night
[2026/07/05 15:28] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe: you hunt about and fail to find any sources of water of any note on the hillside. You do however notice there are a lot of kobolds coming from all sides. It's a confused chaotic mass - for now. But the kobolds are recovering quickly. "Get the humens!"
[2026/07/05 15:28] D20: Jassie rolls 4
[2026/07/05 15:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha: you run into a kobold, and literally trample him into the dirt. You hear angry, agonized yaps.
[2026/07/05 15:29] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire, you chase after the guys. they're running faster. Increase your rate of locomotion.
[2026/07/05 15:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: Jassie: a kobold nearby yips excitedly, pointing at you. "Humen!"
[2026/07/05 15:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: end of round eight and boy is this getting exciting!
[2026/07/05 15:30] Sonja Bikergrrl: Now what?
[2026/07/05 15:31] Mecha: Keep running
[2026/07/05 15:32] Sapphire: Huff, puff, huff.... these guys do more cardio than I do!
[2026/07/05 15:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: good plan
[2026/07/05 15:32] Jassie: I mean at this point yea
[2026/07/05 15:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: you can do it, Sapphire!
[2026/07/05 15:32] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe?
[2026/07/05 15:32] Joe: it's time to make a hasty exit from camp kobold
[2026/07/05 15:33] Jassie: drag her along with me haha
[2026/07/05 15:34] Sonja Bikergrrl: D20s from all!
[2026/07/05 15:34] D20: Sapphire rolls 20
[2026/07/05 15:34] Sonja Bikergrrl: let's see a 2... oh.
[2026/07/05 15:34] Sapphire: um
[2026/07/05 15:34] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me slowly facepalms
[2026/07/05 15:34] D20: Mecha rolls 9
[2026/07/05 15:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe, Jassie?
[2026/07/05 15:35] D20: Jassie rolls 19
[2026/07/05 15:35] Jassie: oh boy
[2026/07/05 15:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: oh dear.
[2026/07/05 15:35] D20: Joe rolls 19
[2026/07/05 15:35] Sonja Bikergrrl: oh no.
[2026/07/05 15:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: well... news.
[2026/07/05 15:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: The guys are running ahead, yelling and creating quite the commotion.
[2026/07/05 15:36] Sonja Bikergrrl: Kobolds thing they're under attack.... from the settlement. They're not expecting anyone -behind- them.
[2026/07/05 15:37] Sonja Bikergrrl: From the settlement: "It's our lads! Archers! Release!" A volley of arrows come raining down to the sides, to give cover.
[2026/07/05 15:38] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe: you run into a kobold. You both go down in a tangle of arms, legs, and tail, with many yips and yaps.
[2026/07/05 15:38] Sonja Bikergrrl: Jassie - guess what.
[2026/07/05 15:38] Sonja Bikergrrl: If you guessed you trip on a branch and sprawl face down in the mud, you'd be right.
[2026/07/05 15:39] Jassie: shit
[2026/07/05 15:39] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sapphire: the news is slightly worse. You successfully catch an arrow, but, you catch it with your torso.
[2026/07/05 15:39] D6: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 1
[2026/07/05 15:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: it's but a scratch, but, now you got an arrow stuck in you. This puts a crimp on your marathon running abilities.
[2026/07/05 15:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: I'm sure you got this. I'm sure you got some fantastic and fiendish plan.
[2026/07/05 15:40] Sonja Bikergrrl: End of round 9... round 10, what are you going to do?
[2026/07/05 15:41] Mecha: Anyone on the ground near Talia?
[2026/07/05 15:42] Sonja Bikergrrl: You're way in front. Even Jassie won't slide -that- far.
[2026/07/05 15:42] Sapphire: adding to inventory, +1 arrow (used)
[2026/07/05 15:42] Joe: thats a win for positive thinking
[2026/07/05 15:42] Sapphire: "Fuck" she cannot help but emit, zig zagging ore erratically
[2026/07/05 15:42] Sapphire: more*
[2026/07/05 15:42] Mecha: Keep running
[2026/07/05 15:43] Jassie: lol can i get up and try to continue running but helping Sapph
[2026/07/05 15:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: the party is very spread out... Mecha in front, Joe on the hill... prone... surrounded by kobolds...
[2026/07/05 15:43] Joe: but still invisible?
[2026/07/05 15:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: you can get up but Sapphire is invisible.
[2026/07/05 15:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mmhmm
[2026/07/05 15:43] Sonja Bikergrrl: what you doing, Joe?
[2026/07/05 15:44] Jassie: shit, i guess run for now
[2026/07/05 15:44] Joe: calmly, nonchalantly, walking toward the settlement in my own time, waiting for the arrows to stop falling, not worrying much about the kobolds all around, happily invisible
[2026/07/05 15:44] Sonja Bikergrrl: /me blinks
[2026/07/05 15:45] Sonja Bikergrrl: are you sure?
[2026/07/05 15:45] Sapphire: is he about to start whistling?
[2026/07/05 15:45] Joe: yes i feel confident and full of courage
[2026/07/05 15:46] Sonja Bikergrrl: everyone roll a D20
[2026/07/05 15:46] D20: Joe rolls 4
[2026/07/05 15:46] D20: Mecha rolls 8
[2026/07/05 15:46] Sapphire: confidence? in this party?
[2026/07/05 15:46] D20: Sapphire rolls 13
[2026/07/05 15:46] Sonja Bikergrrl: I got none.
[2026/07/05 15:47] Sonja Bikergrrl: Arrows keep hissing down at the sides, and at the back, keeping kobolds yipping and yapping and unsure what to do. While we wait for Jassie to roll a D20
[2026/07/05 15:47] D20: Jassie rolls 10
[2026/07/05 15:47] Jassie: sorry
[2026/07/05 15:48] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha and the guys: the door by the main gate is open. Guys in chainmail wave you through. "Get in lads!" "There's some invisible guy!" "Where...? I don't see them!"
[2026/07/05 15:49] Sonja Bikergrrl: Jassie manages to catch up!
[2026/07/05 15:49] Sapphire: do they see the levitating bloody arrow making a run for it?
[2026/07/05 15:49] Jassie: yea!
[2026/07/05 15:49] Jassie: "you idiots shot her"
[2026/07/05 15:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: it's not Sapphires' day... you trip and fall flat on your face. A nasty DM would make you roll for damage as you fall on the arrow. But I'm nice.
[2026/07/05 15:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: So I'll roll for you
[2026/07/05 15:50] D6: Sonja Bikergrrl rolls 2
[2026/07/05 15:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: ;-D
[2026/07/05 15:50] Sonja Bikergrrl: let's see... Joe: you're entangled with an angry kobold who yips and yelps. Kobolds start dogpiling on you. You're going nowhere...
[2026/07/05 15:51] Joe: um doing nothing until i can safely make a run for it
[2026/07/05 15:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: Mecha: Jassie - safe. Sapphire - in danger. Joe: you're fucked :-)
[2026/07/05 15:51] Sapphire: "-fuck-" she whines more softly, struggling for breath
[2026/07/05 15:51] Sonja Bikergrrl: Intentions? Sapphire?
[2026/07/05 15:51] Jassie: how far are we from Joe?
[2026/07/05 15:52] Sonja Bikergrrl: Far enough that going back is literal suicide.
[2026/07/05 15:52] Jassie: fuck
[2026/07/05 15:52] Jassie: can i see whats happening to cast a spell?
[2026/07/05 15:52] Sonja Bikergrrl: it's night time and the distance is too great for a spell
[2026/07/05 15:53] Sonja Bikergrrl: all you know for sure is... well, he's invisible.
[2026/07/05 15:53] Jassie: sigh
[2026/07/05 15:53] Sapphire: Trying to finish getting to the gate since i don't want to be outside when it closes
[2026/07/05 15:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: that's a good plan.
[2026/07/05 15:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: well... round 10.... Sapphire, Jassie, Mecha: safely in town. The soldiers crowd around Jassie asking questions.
[2026/07/05 15:54] Jassie: "is there anything you all can do to help our friend there? he's getting piled on by those kobolds" asks the soldiers
[2026/07/05 15:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: Meanwhile, out on the hill....
[2026/07/05 15:54] Sonja Bikergrrl: you can't see what's going on.
[2026/07/05 15:55] Sapphire: Emily will look back tooo... not be able to see whats happening
[2026/07/05 15:55] Jassie: arghh
[2026/07/05 15:55] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe, you're under about a dozen angry kobolds, who are kicking, punching, snapping... mostly at each other, but, they know you're there for a fact. So some are hitting you.
[2026/07/05 15:55] Mecha: Does Talia see the dog pile?. Might not see Joe but
[2026/07/05 15:56] Sonja Bikergrrl: let's call it 6 damage.
[2026/07/05 15:56] Jassie: (try and crawl slowly from underneath maybe?)
[2026/07/05 15:56] Sonja Bikergrrl: At about this time... the kobolds suddenly all go limp and slump to the ground, snoring.
[2026/07/05 15:56] Joe: recognising the foolish danger of over-confidence, Joe the Paladin decided being invisible is not as much fun as he had previously believed
[2026/07/05 15:57] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe, you're under a pile of sleeping kobolds. You can see feet in golden armour.
[2026/07/05 15:57] Sapphire: overconfidence is a slow and insideous killer
[2026/07/05 15:57] Jassie: (lol that darkest dungeon reference)
[2026/07/05 15:58] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sonja y Ddraig Aur: "Once again, I overestimated you. I -thought- you could handle a few kobolds... second time round..."
[2026/07/05 15:58] Joe: stands up and grins invisibly at Sonja y Ddraig Aur
[2026/07/05 15:59] Joe: Looks around at sleeping kobold army "Hey if you could have done that the whole time, why put us through it?"
[2026/07/05 16:00] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sonja y Ddraig Aur: "You literally nearly died thanks to some scavengers, and all you can do is grin? You should be bowing your head in shame! I'm important, I should be doing important things, not rescuing clumsy insects!"
[2026/07/05 16:00] Joe: "Important to me!" Kicks a nearby sleeping kobold
[2026/07/05 16:00] Sonja Bikergrrl: Meanwhile, kobolds are running all over, alarms are being raised... and Joe wakes up a kobold, who immediately starts yapping
[2026/07/05 16:01] Mecha: Does Talia hear this?
[2026/07/05 16:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sonja y Ddraig Aur: "Quickly, foolish warrior! Take my hand - or stay here and die!"
[2026/07/05 16:01] Sonja Bikergrrl: Distance for Talia to Joe: Over 300 feet. No.
[2026/07/05 16:01] Joe: Takes Sonja y Ddraig Aur's golden hand
[2026/07/05 16:02] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sonja y Ddraig Aur and Joe vanish. For Joe: it's all grey shadows in all directions.
[2026/07/05 16:03] Sapphire: huh
[2026/07/05 16:03] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sonja y Ddraig Aur: "But you can redeem yourself. You're a holy warrior. Bring Justice - these monsters have caused great evil. Kill them all - they're all wicked, evil demons. Spare none of them."
[2026/07/05 16:04] Joe: "I would like to rid the world of them. They have power in numbers. How are we to kill them all?"
[2026/07/05 16:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sonja y Ddraig Aur: "Put them all to the sword, without exception, and -maybe- you'll find favour with me."
[2026/07/05 16:05] Sapphire: i didn't know you could be a paladin of a dragon instead of a god
[2026/07/05 16:05] Sapphire: that's some cool tech there
[2026/07/05 16:05] Jassie: (course u can)
[2026/07/05 16:05] Sonja Bikergrrl: ?
[2026/07/05 16:05] Joe: "Send me back to the field, golden goddess. I shall slay them all."
[2026/07/05 16:06] Sonja Bikergrrl: Sonja y Ddraig Aur: "It's a deal. Heh heh heh."
[2026/07/05 16:06] Mecha: *...damn it*
[2026/07/05 16:06] Sonja Bikergrrl: Joe: you're suddenly in the settlement, some distance away from the others.
[2026/07/05 16:06] Sonja Bikergrrl: You've no idea -how- you got there, but, you're there.
[2026/07/05 16:07] Joe: I recall the golden dragon goddess instructing me to kill every last demonic kobold?
[2026/07/05 16:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: And there we'll leave it for tonight!
[2026/07/05 16:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: Yes. You do.
[2026/07/05 16:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: You recall it all :-)
[2026/07/05 16:07] Sapphire: starting to wonder about backup characters orif we are cursed to be stapled to each other
[2026/07/05 16:07] Jassie: i always have a backup lol
[2026/07/05 16:07] Sonja Bikergrrl: something to think on, Sapphire ;-)
[2026/07/05 16:07] Jassie: or at least an idea
[2026/07/05 16:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: I think you all did well.... ish... mostly... some of you.... maybe....
[2026/07/05 16:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: ;-)
[2026/07/05 16:08] Jassie: i didnt do nothing
[2026/07/05 16:08] Jassie: haha
[2026/07/05 16:08] Sonja Bikergrrl: you didn't die
[2026/07/05 16:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: i'd call that "good"
[2026/07/05 16:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: having fun?
[2026/07/05 16:09] Sapphire: any crash you walk away from
[2026/07/05 16:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: and you're all walking!
[2026/07/05 16:09] Sonja Bikergrrl: or, in Joes' case, being teleported