Lily the Witch:rolling 1d4
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Charles P.:First thing's first.
"The Dragon Slayer" cuts out his eye and shoves a magic replacement into the socket
7th Outpost:ffff
Did you have a 2nd one?
Cause Blix had one of em
"The Dragon Slayer":Blix has two, but was willing to share.
Blix (ambnz):yep, ill give you the invisible seeing one
"The Dragon Slayer":"Now let's go find Princess takers hoard before Manfred gets it."
Blix (ambnz):Also double-checking with the dragon slayer about their whereabouts the last time Blix and lily made a foray to make sure if it was them
7th Outpost:"Got stuff to do at the manor."
Blix (ambnz):"Let me know if you see any...ah...giant, metal, robots?"
"The Dragon Slayer":"It wasn't me. I was squatting in a chicken coop with the kids."
Blix (ambnz):"I suppose we were wise to be careful, then"
"The Dragon Slayer":"What do you need to do?"
"I wouldn't mind finding another clockwork toy to break apart, but the dragon hoard situation has become a bit more urgent now that Manfred set out after it."
Garret Islenton Barrimor, Scion of the House of Barrimor, Gloried be its Name:"I'll need rose bushes."
fffff
Lily the Witch:"I'll need rose bushes."
Blix:(DOPPLEGANGERS EVERYWHERE)
Wizzzargh (GM) tries to remember who ran Garret to fix permissions
Lily the Witch:yeah, please do
I misclicked
"The Dragon Slayer":"I know exactly where some are, in fact. We can grab a few and run them back to town, if that will net me a helping hand with the hoard."
Durk:HP ROLL! 2
"The Dragon Slayer":"Who was it that had a hunting dog?"
Durk:Oof, the combo is finally broken
Blix:"Twas I!"
"The Dragon Slayer" is a level 3 fighter with 11hp, and glares angrily at you
Lily the Witch chuckles. "I had a dog."
"The Dragon Slayer":"Can you bring it along to the estate? That's where the rose bushes were, but I also want to hunt down princess taker if we can, while we're down there."
Lily the Witch:"Princess taker ain't in the estate."
"The Dragon Slayer":"I have some papers that should smell of him."
Lily the Witch:"He's in the tuskmen lands."
Blix:"Ooh, that's smart! I've been working on commands with Mr. Parsley, maybe he can find the ole- rat dragon!"
"The Dragon Slayer":"Buying a hunting dog was smart. I've only ever seen the attack variety around these parts."
"The Dragon Slayer" his buddy, and Honk all head out to get some rose bushes.
Lily the Witch:All right, I just need to know the cost of a shovel
can't find it in the emporium for heck
Durk has a shovel
Blix brings Kitadatapa and Silfie (likely napping in her new gourd home) as well
Lily the Witch:We'll need one for each
Wizzzargh (GM):just call it 5 gold and move on then
Lily the Witch:Gotcha
"The Dragon Slayer":Yeowch.
Lily the Witch:Let's move on into the estate
Wizzzargh (GM):Alright, to Castle Noure then
"The Dragon Slayer":"Let's go visit Neroikos. He had bushes to spare."
Blix:(Dun, dun, DUUNNNN)
Lily the Witch:"Neroikos?"
"The Dragon Slayer" keeps a sharp eye out for clockwork, on the way there.
Blix:"We can, but he may be displeased if we don't bring news of the clone of his beloved.."
"Didn't he want to..um....take your skull last time?"
"The Dragon Slayer":"Not at all. I am a wizard of trifling import."
Lily the Witch:"And I'm no wizard at all."
Lily the Witch she says as we head inside the manor
"The Dragon Slayer":"Although I have learned to cast spells of a higher order, after learning the art of harnessing Sunlight."
Blix:"oooOOOooo"
Lily the Witch:"Just don't point it at me. I have bad feelings about it."
Wizzzargh (GM):Alright, is that erryone?
Possibly missing henchmen are Honk, Hank, and the zombshroom
Lily the Witch:I'm taking zombshroom with me.
"The Dragon Slayer":"Interestingly enough, the moon that hangs above our head generates the same light as the sun! It's no moon at all, but the progenitor of our current sun."
Honk is along.
Lily the Witch:"Were you there when we went to the surface and took mirrors from it?"
Olaf of Refflinghouse:Can I bring Hank?
Wizzzargh (GM):Sure
Hank and Honk will hiss at each other occasionally in goose dominance displays
Blix:(lol the bird drama)
"The Dragon Slayer":"Settle down, boys. I'm the alpha around here."
Lily the Witch:(deep roleplay options)
Lily the Witch moves away from the 'alpha male' and closer to Blix.
Wizzzargh (GM):Other Games: We Have TO Defeat The Dark Lord
Castle Nowhere: wHo is tOp GoOSE???
Lily the Witch:XD
Blix:(Oh and Mr. Parsley came too)
Your party crosses the gardens without incident- your numbers perhaps dissuaded unwanted attention
"The Dragon Slayer":(Also, Honk is a dinosaur now. The clear winner, despite Hank's new nest!)
Blix:(So we're quite the entourage, I think it's Blix+hat+ Mr Parsley, Dragon Slayer+Honk+unnamed thief, Lily+Mushroommonstrosity(?), and Olaf+Hank. Is that all?)
Lily the Witch:This looks scary
"The Dragon Slayer":(Yeah, but are there any clockwork mannequins to beat up?)
Wizzzargh (GM):nay
Lily the Witch:So, um, I was thinking of finding the rosebushes before we ventured into the castle or wherever this is.
"The Dragon Slayer":Four PC's is a bit much. Can I retcon leaving Drodred behind?
Wizzzargh (GM):It appears wossisface was already forgotten
The gates still hang ajar, marred by the (now ratted) dragon's claws. The piles of tables in corners loom in the edges of your torchlight, and scraping, rasping noises come from the exit directly across the ruined entrance hall.
Wizzzargh (GM):Further exits left and right.
"The Dragon Slayer":Excellent. I'm keeping honk tho, he's awesome.(and doesn't suck up a share of treasure.)
Olaf of Refflinghouse:I'm just gonna pretend Hank is Hank Hill in goose form
"The Dragon Slayer":(The exit making noise is the room with a Basilisk?)
Wizzzargh (GM):yup
Lily the Witch:Let's go left I suppose.
"The Dragon Slayer":"Who wants to kill a Basilisk?"
"Show of hands."
"The Dragon Slayer" pulls Honks wing into the air
Olaf of Refflinghouse raises a hand
Lily the Witch:Basilisk turns stuff into stone?
Olaf of Refflinghouse:Yiss
Lily the Witch:Uhm
Oh
lol
you need to look at it
GUESS WHAT DOESN'T HAVE EYES
Lily the Witch grins hard.
Lily the Witch:"Yes, let's off the basilisk. Just one thing: I may be interested in taking the corpse.
Blix:"This is...very exciting!!"
Lily the Witch:"I think I can off it in a safe manner."
"See, my shroom abomination has no eyes. It's got tremorsense. You'd just need to not get in its range cause it can't recognize anyone but me."
Blix shuffles a few feet away from the mushroom
"The Dragon Slayer":"I also want the corpse, for... reasons, but I reckon we can discuss that later."
Lily the Witch:All right, let's off it first.
"The Dragon Slayer":(Can the shroom fit inside?)
Blix:"Is it intelligent? Maybe it's just misunderstood..."
Lily the Witch:"It has the intelligence of a dog. So definitely more than a few clerics I can think of."
Blix and Kitadatapa scoff
"The Dragon Slayer":"I fed the basilisk and it still wanted to eat me, so I reckon it's not too bright."
Wizzzargh (GM):It can.
Just gonna guide it through the doora and have a monster mash?
Olaf of Refflinghouse:Pokemon battle!
Blix:"Ok Mr. Parsley, Heel, keep close just like we practiced..."
Lily the Witch:Yeah, just keep ranged weaponry in check
"The Dragon Slayer":"Lemme try to bait it out, first."
"I've got a bear trap, so maybe we can catch it and burn it without risking the cool pet monster."
"The Dragon Slayer" leaves honk outside, bc he might look at some stuff, then sets up a bear trap outside the Basilisk room
Blix:Blix will hang out with their gang and Honk if no one opposes, but will offer their mirror if someone needs it to view the room without risking the beasts gaze
Lily the Witch not dumb, although fire may damage its feathers.
"The Dragon Slayer" lights up a lantern, but leaves it burning in the entrance room, then enters the basilisk room to start retrieving statues
"The Dragon Slayer":(Eye's closed, ofc)
Wizzzargh (GM):You hear a warning hiss as you fumble your way around- feels like there's a lot more broken stone and metal in here than you remember
"The Dragon Slayer":"Hey there, big guy. Remember me?"
"The Dragon Slayer" hefts his shield in between himself and the noise, and will approach until he hears the skittering of an attack
"The Dragon Slayer":"Lot's of rock around here, eh? So you're not hungry..."
Wizzzargh (GM):At which point you aim to leave the room?
"The Dragon Slayer":(Yup! And quick.)
"The Dragon Slayer" tries honking a greeting, since the witch mentioned feathers
With a his and the scrabbling of many claws... 15 5
Lily the Witch:lol
"The Dragon Slayer":(That's a hit, since I'm taking blind bonuses)
Lily the Witch:(not what I meant)
Wizzzargh (GM):Yargh! As you are blinded, you get a nip on your boot and stumble away, opening your eyes after you turn around so you don't step in your own bear trap, and flee the room. No apparent pursuit.
Lily the Witch:"Anyone knows what's the range on its gaze?"
"The Dragon Slayer":"No luck, then. Let's try the pokemon battle."
"The Dragon Slayer" hurles a molotov blindly inside, to see if he can get a rise 4 8 6
Lily the Witch:"Ffff
"For fuck's sake, what for?! I'll just sick my dog on it!"
Wizzzargh (GM):Fire fills a corner of the room, illuminating heaps of twisted armor and broken statuary.
Those eyeballing it quickly look away, I presume
Lily the Witch:Yeah
Blix comforts Mr Parsley while keeping an ear out
Wizzzargh (GM):No further movement. Send in the shroom?
Lily the Witch:Okay, I'll move the trap away first
Then send the shroom
"The Dragon Slayer":S'up with those rasping noises? Is it on a chain?
Wizzzargh (GM):You dunno
Lily the Witch carefully approaches and moves the trap away
"The Dragon Slayer":Did they get louder as I approached the thing? Was there a rattle when it struck?
"The Dragon Slayer" collects his trap for later reuse
Wizzzargh (GM):Nope
They stopped as you approached
Lily the Witch:Btw, if the shroom dies, it's resurrected as everything else, correct?
"The Dragon Slayer":No, no loop in tbe castle.
Lily the Witch:ah
We're ill-prepared for this. Had I known we were after a basilisk, I'd have prepared much, much better."
"The Dragon Slayer":"That's fair. Let's go see about those roses."
"The Dragon Slayer" moves on
Blix:"I thought the plan just involved running away and getting it to chase us to that sphinx-fellow.."
Lily the Witch:It didn't
"The Dragon Slayer":"It doesn't seem to follow. Just protect it's food."
Lily the Witch:"I'll buy mirrors and make a simplified periscope
For everyone
Then we could deal with it and beasts like it easily
"The Dragon Slayer":"Come along, Honk."
Wizzzargh (GM):Alright, not wanting to risk the beastly battle, you head west, through the (now disabled) shadow room, into the broken statue/vine room...
(To GM)rolling 2d6
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Blix is simultaneously disappointed and glad at the avoidance of violence
Blix:Oh, is the weed in the walls around here?
Wizzzargh (GM):Hard to tell which vines are part if it and what aren't, this wing of the castle is rather overgrown
at least, it does not hail you, or respond if you call for it
Blix:Noted
"The Dragon Slayer":More grue vines to harvest?
Lily the Witch:"They can be cool, though their use is limited."
Wizzzargh (GM):yupm, you can snag 3 if you want them to regrow later, or 6 and clear the place out
Lily the Witch:Just 3 then.
Wizzzargh (GM):Into the room with the Tree of Man and it's odd half-face flowers and larger flower-mimic that conceals its little nectar-coffin.
"The Dragon Slayer" farms the flowers as well
Lily the Witch:How many?
Wizzzargh (GM):3 of those
As you take your time picking flowers...
(To GM)rolling 1d6
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Wizzzargh (GM):You become slightly tired- it was a long walk here to do all that. Rest, drink, or snack? Drinking the nectar would inflict 4 drunkenness.
Rest is just a 10 minute break, mind you
7th Outpost:"I'm ill at ease trying to take roses from here. The gardens are much safer, even if it takes one time to find roses there."
"The Dragon Slayer":"There's a garden close by where we could find some snacks."
Blix:"Well while we're here though, we should try to find the Crow-Witch that Neroikos spoke of. There's a mystery there I'm eager to solve.."
"The Dragon Slayer":"With benches to rest."
(The crow witch left. She's in town right now)
Wizzzargh (GM):Nah, she stayed here with some of the crew
Blix:(No I asked, they said that her and some other members are still here in the castle. What WIzz said)
Wizzzargh (GM):according to the thieves, anyway
"The Dragon Slayer" doesn't see any takers, so he has some wine and sucks it up to keep gardening.
Blix:Yeah Blix will just rest, chatting with Kitadatapa and others if they want for the 10 minutes
Wizzzargh (GM):Righto
(To GM)rolling 1d6
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"The Dragon Slayer":(Ah, so they aren't a huge faction anymore, but still around.)
Lily the Witch:"So, who do you want us to take the roses from?"
Wizzzargh (GM):Flowers collected and spirits refreshed, you carry on, pop-fungus on the doors exploding with loud POPS as they burst into spores... you care inside a room with a waterwheel (inoperative) four large pipes from the walls and ceiling that could be linked to each other (though they all appear dry) and two exits- one across, and one a collapsed bit of wall on the same wall.
"The Dragon Slayer":"Neroikos."
Wizzzargh (GM):Just gonna use the mushroom to symbolize the party to make carting around tokens less of a hassle
Lily the Witch:ok
"So, who's this neroikos?"
"The Dragon Slayer" collects some pop shrooms
Wizzzargh (GM):4 can be snagged
Recalling the path the weed in the walls led you through once before, you travel through the collapsed wall, past an old stone coffin, through an empty room and a larger room that has a smaller room inside, sealed off by doors, and two exits
"The Dragon Slayer":"An ancient wizard capable of casting spells above the highest order that a living man might summon."
Lily the Witch:"Does he deal in necromancy?"
Blix:"Well, according to the Kumokumo-something of a Wizard of Legend. Powerful Mage and consort to one of the Legendary Witch-Queens. She sacrificed herself to save her people, and he spent his days trying to find ways to save her...."
Wizzzargh (GM):The closest exit is a stone arch with knives jammed into the mortar, beyond, someone in a big witchy hat, a beaked mask, and a crowfeather cape sits crosslegged before 5 doors.
"The Dragon Slayer" is interested in the smaller door
Wizzzargh (GM):The 'room inside this room' has 2 smaller doors leading inside- one north, one south.
Lily the Witch approaches the hatted individual. "A fellow witch?"
"The Dragon Slayer":"What's in the little room?"
Fellow Witch, Presumably: Mhmm. Plant monsters. I wouldn't open it it I were you.
Her voice is creaky and calm.
"The Dragon Slayer":"The kind in pots?"
Lily the Witch extends her hand. "May I have your name? I'm Lily."
Olaf of Refflinghouse hobbles about in the background
Witch: STOP!
Blix:Blix waves, friendly "We appreciate the warning! I'm called Blix. You wouldn't happen to be the one they call Crow-Witch, would you?"
Witch: Extend that hand any further and you'll lose it!
Lily the Witch retracts the hand. "On a second thought, maye you shouldn't shake my hand. Been feeling under the weather lately."
Lily the Witch:"Yap."
Witch: The name's Aefel, though.
Lily the Witch:"Glad to meet you."
Witch: Indeed I am.
"The Dragon Slayer" lights up a molotov
Lily the Witch:lol
"The Dragon Slayer":"I'm gonna open it anyway."
Olaf of Refflinghouse hobbles up to TDS with his blunderbuss in hand
Blix:"A pleasure then, Madame Aefel!! It's..ah..somewhat awkward, but you wouldn't happen to have a clone of Neroikos' beloved by any chance, would you? He's asked us to retrieve it. Seemed awful grumpy bout something."
"The Dragon Slayer":"Seriously, witch. What do you know about the monsters? Are they the spell casting kind or something else?"
Lily the Witch:"Ey, bud, show a little respect."
Aefel: They're plants.
I'm sure you can burn them, hee...
"The Dragon Slayer" examines the door to see how he can open it from a distance
Aefel: The clone is behind these doors, soulless and no matter how he tries, Agayba is long gone. That Neroikos should just give up and die, like he should have centuries ago.
Wizzzargh (GM):The doors open outwards, loooks like, so a rope affixed to the handle.
"The Dragon Slayer":Is it wood?
Wizzzargh (GM):It is.
"The Dragon Slayer" lights up a torch and sets it at the base of the door
Blix:"I see. Perhaps though he simply needs closure?"
Lily the Witch:What's she look like, this Agayba?
Aefel: Perhaps. But he won't ever get it.
High cheekbones, long black hair, green eyes. Very queenly, as befits a queen, i suppose.
Lots of the plants look like her thanks to his meddling.
Blix:Blix will whisper to his compatriots to be careful, and how in their search for rumours it was apparent that the Crow-Witch had a signature spell called Gate of the Knife
Wizzzargh (GM):There are a LOT of knives jammed into the door she is behind.
*doorframe
The door finally ignites.
Wizzzargh (GM):Nothing unusual happens, TDS
"The Dragon Slayer":"A signature spell??? Mind sharing it?"
Aefel: What's in it for me?
"The Dragon Slayer" talks but keeps his eyes on the door, ready to toss a molotov at anything that moves
Lily the Witch:"Speaking of witch-queens, I know there was once a woman who tried to become one. Quite recently in fact. Former student of Granny Grey. Do you know of her?"
"The Dragon Slayer":"The standard five hundred gold coins for a transcription fee is quite beyond me, I suppose."
Blix:"Would you perhaps be willing to..trade, somehow, Miss Aefel? What's the soulless clone worth to you? The spell as well? Have you any want of favors, quests? Between us all we have a fair bit of coin as well, should that spark your interest."
Aefel: Sounds local, I don't know anyone local.
Lily the Witch nods.
Aefel: I plan to take the clone for myself, you see. I'm getting old.
"The Dragon Slayer":"Actually, I would really love to project Lumars light into that corpse. Once more, if you don't mind."
Aefel: 500 gold is quite excessive, but 500 silver and a spell of your own seems fair.
Olaf of Refflinghouse:(I gotta go. Just pretend like I wasn't even in on this session I guess)
Wizzzargh (GM):(Alrighty)
Olaf of Refflinghouse:(Too many distractions at the moment to participate)
Lily the Witch:"Have you dealt with corpses much? Or necromancy?"
"The Dragon Slayer":(Cya!)
Wizzzargh (GM):(Yup, always next time)
Aefel: Nope, though you'll find both in abundance here. She sounds repulsed at the notion.
Lily the Witch:"Would you know where Neroikos is now then?"
Blix:"Well....do you need Agayba's clone specifically? Would there be any chance of a suitable replacement?"
Aefel: Oh sure, just a few rooms to my left, mouldering and mumbling.
Lily the Witch:"Ah well, I'll try to talk to him, unless you mind."
Lily the Witch moves in the pointed direction.
Aefel: I suppose any clone will do, but this way I get to torment a wicked wizard. It seems like a win-win-
STOP!
Lily the Witch:"Oh?"
Will you go through the beknifed door?
Lily the Witch:I'll, need to move through it to get there?
"The Dragon Slayer":"I mispoke, I meant to say that the silver fee was beyond me."
Wizzzargh (GM):Yup, you need to pass through the witches room to go the direction she mentioned.
Blix mumbles something about how much better the world would be if wizards were nicer to each other
Kitadatapa Mumbling back: Neroikos was very wicked, from what I've heard though...
Lily the Witch:"Aefel, I'd like to speak with Neroikos. I can swear to you I will not tell him of where you keep the clone. Could you point me down a path that wouldn't require me going through your room or otherwise your turf?"
Blix:"Oh yea"
Aefel: It won't do you any good to speak to that withered old monster, but if you insist... head east, then north, then northwest upstairs to the rooms with all the paintings and purple carpets, then west until you find a big circular room, then south.
Lily the Witch bows. "Thank you."
Lily the Witch:I'll follow her directions slowly and carefully, testing the ground with my polearm, the shroom shambling behind.
Blix:"Many thanks for the directions, Miss Aefel. Oh, was your mentor named Cawwwrla by any chance?"
Aefel: That's right.
Wizzzargh (GM):There's a fat lot of nothing happening with the burning door, btw
"The Dragon Slayer" will wait for the door to burn
"The Dragon Slayer" kicks it down 3
It's empty
Aefel: Oh dear. That's probably not good..
Lily the Witch:what even is life
"The Dragon Slayer":"Probably."
"The Dragon Slayer" heads east, according to instruction
Wizzzargh (GM):Alright next room- a woman is strung up in vines, which go through her body as well.
"Finally done chattering, eh? Cut me down, will ya?"
She is dressed as a Noure maidservant.
There is an exit north, through which weird grunting clicks can be heard
Lily the Witch:"Oh, calamity. What happened to you?"
"The Dragon Slayer":"Yeah, sure."
Maid: Vines are alive.
Lily the Witch makes sure the shroom's between her and the maid.
"The Dragon Slayer" pulls a knife and approaches-
Blix:(Anything invisible? :P) Blix nods to themself. "I think we're going now. It really was a pleasure to meet you. Oh! If you ever venture out of here, I'll be hosting a high-stakes game of...ah...'poker' that your welcome to attend. Tell the other Feather's that they're welcome to attend as well, but there's a fairly pricey buy-in" Blix winks and follows the rest
"The Dragon Slayer":"Wait what?"
Aefel: They'll probably show up, though I won't.
Maid: What what?
"The Dragon Slayer":"Are they gonna try to eat me if I climb them?"
Maid: Naaahhh....
Lily the Witch:pffff
THere is no blood where the vines have grown through the maid's flesh.
Blix:"My oh my that's quite grisly.."
Lily the Witch:"How?"
Maid: Oh yeah.
Ow, for sure.
"The Dragon Slayer" shrugs and goes to climb the vines
"The Dragon Slayer":"Stay back, Honk."
Wizzzargh (GM):They're tough and support your weight, but you can cut through em easily enough.
"The Dragon Slayer":Not at all, I'm cutting the female's head off.
Lily the Witch:"The hell?"
Blix:"the HeLl!?"
Lily the Witch:"Wait a moment, I think garnering a bit goodwill with the deranged nobles might be of use."
Wizzzargh (GM):Snicker snack. There is no blood as the head falls to the floor.
Lily the Witch:fff
"The Dragon Slayer" picks it up by the hair
"The Dragon Slayer":"You're welcome."
Lily the Witch:Is she still moving?
Wizzzargh (GM):Nope.
Lily the Witch:"What the hell was that?"
"Have you seen those before?"
"The Dragon Slayer":"Nope."
Lily the Witch:"So you decided to destroy valuable resource of information just like that?"
"The Dragon Slayer":"We already know where the rose bushes and dragon hoard are."
"The Dragon Slayer" heads north
Lily the Witch:Okay, is he heading in a different direction than me?
Wizzzargh (GM):nope
Lily the Witch:fuck
I'd like to go ahead of him in case he breaks more loot.
Likely won't be able too cause plate tho
The next room is small and sparse. A hulking beetle-man wielding a great two-handed sword is swinging it again and again, little grunt-clicks of air hissing from the carapace which each time.
Wizzzargh (GM):Exits across, and west
"The Dragon Slayer":(D12 damage?)
Blix:"Oh! Hello, are you a friend?? I'm Called Blix!"
Beetle-man: I am Shrimp-Leg, Called-Blix.
Have you seen a silver sword?
"The Dragon Slayer":"Sounds expensive."
Lily the Witch:"A silver sword, or specific silver sword?"
Wizzzargh (GM):(also yeah, it'd be d12)
Blix:"Pleasure to meet you, Shrimp-Leg! And I'm sorry but I haven't, I have a silver dagger which isn't all the same but would be like a sword if you were much smaller!"
Beetle-man: The pommel is that of a nude human, the guard is that of the human's wings.
Lily the Witch:"So very specific."
"We'll look for it for you later if you let us through for now."
"The Dragon Slayer":"You're on a quest to find the sword too? There was a caterpillar doing the same."
Beetle-man: Yes. My fellow disciple.
The beetle-man puases the swings of the sword.
Beetle-man: Pass, then.
"The Dragon Slayer":"Hey, I see you're practicing. Care to duel?"
Lily the Witch bows and passes by, shroom in tow.
Beetle-man: Perhaps... later. Do you reside in the human hive?
I will seek you there.
"The Dragon Slayer":"I do, yes."
"The Dragon Slayer" passes through, taking the NW exit
Wizzzargh (GM):The next room is filled with black roses. Passing through will scratch the unarmored for a point of damage.
Lily the Witch:Ah, nice.
Blix:Blix does the same, nodding and following Lily. "My apologies if we interrupted your practices, Sire Shrimp-Leg! May the gods see fit to let us meet again, I would so enjoy seeing you two fine knights test each other's mettle!"
The horned head inclines, and once you pass, the swings resume.
Lily the Witch:"Aye, the golden one and you. Two fine knights."
"The Dragon Slayer":(Hey wizz, since the current moon is Lumar, does that mean I'd use the Sunlight spell or the Moonlight spell to capture it? My guess is Sunlight, bc lore.)
Wizzzargh (GM):Correct
"The Dragon Slayer" brings the head to eye level, and speaks to it
"The Dragon Slayer":"So... You dead?"
Lily the Witch:lol
The unnaturally long tongue I forgot to mention earlier wobbles from the open mouth...
Wizzzargh (GM):But that's just your arm movement.
Blix:"Eugh"
Lily the Witch gets to diggin' on those rose bushes, avoiding getting pricked by em.
Kitadatapa: Eugh
Wizzzargh (GM):Some searching through the mess finds the roses are growing in abundance from pots
Lily the Witch:ooh
Wizzzargh (GM):SO you can simply pick up a pot (50 pounds) and have a bush
Lily the Witch:How many would fit into my greenhouse?
"The Dragon Slayer" sets the head down, and begins to drill a hole into the forehead
Wizzzargh (GM):Hmm... did you want the greenhouse to be all-glass or just wood with a glass roof?
"The Dragon Slayer":"You guys ever hear of Lumar?"
Wizzzargh (GM):Just 1 if all glass, but up to 4 if roofed.
Lily the Witch:Um, it looks to me like it's supposed to be just roofed?
"The Dragon Slayer" works his knife in circles, worrying away the bone
Wizzzargh (GM):alright then.
Oh, 50 pounds or 5 inventory slots, since iirc you switched
Lily the Witch:I mean, would it be a big difference btw?
"The Dragon Slayer":"How about the third eye?"
Wizzzargh (GM):Just the roof seems fine.
Kitadatapa: You're not gonna eat that, are you...
The little spider clicks in disgust
Lily the Witch:Ok, so I'll get 4 of these. I think both me and the shroom should be able to haul em, though I wouldn't mind somebody's help.
Wizzzargh (GM):The shroom's hopping will definitely send the pots flying off to break, sooner or later
"The Dragon Slayer":"Nah, I eat hearts, but I hardly beat this thing in glorious combat..."
Lily the Witch:Hmmm
Okay, then I'll skip it hauling. I should be able to tie up with rope and haul like 2 reasonably
Oh, wait, no
"The Dragon Slayer":"Well, anyway..."
Lily the Witch:I want to leave the rope long enough for the shroom to pull on it without pulling up and damaging the pots.
I have 50ft, should be fine
"The Dragon Slayer" waits until the brain matter has been revealed, then casts Sunlight to the brain
Lily the Witch:I'll be heavily encumbered, making it back home slowly
"The Dragon Slayer":"It'll make a cool lantern, at the least."
Wizzzargh (GM):You can drag the pots yourself, but the hopping, jerky movement of the shroom will again knock them over or shatter them as it blindly hops
Lily the Witch:Okay, if I can drag them myself, then I'll try to.
Blix, help?
So we can move a bit faster.
Wizzzargh (GM):The moonlight of the Moon of Day illuminates the brain.
Looks a bit shrivelled, honestly.
Blix:"Sure! " Blix has about 5.5 slots free
"The Dragon Slayer" holds up his new target lantern and harvests maximum roses
Lily the Witch:We'll be slow but it's just about getting it up a bit faster.
Wizzzargh (GM):(To GM)rolling 1d6
(
1
)
=1
Blix:"Dragon Slayer, that's the grossest lantern I've ever seen..."
Wizzzargh (GM):As you work on the skull lantern, carry pots, and collect roses...
(To GM)rolling 1d20
(
17
)
=17
A swarthy man in a turban peeks around the far corner...
???: Hey... hey you...
In the market for trinkets?
Lily the Witch:"What sorta trinkets?"
"The Dragon Slayer":"Well, the hope was that the light of Lumar would replace it's soul and cause the brain to function again. No such luck."
Lily the Witch Lily asks as she keeps going.
Blix:"Oh! are you one of Sahib's children? What's your name, sire?"
Lily the Witch:"Souls aren't magically creatable, last time I checked."
Ibn Hanut: Call me Ibn Hanut. I am indeed the son of my illustrious father, Sahib Hanut...
"The Dragon Slayer":"They're indistinguishable from Light, as far as I can tell."
Blix:"Pleasure to make your acquaintance, Ibn Hanut! I'm called Blix. And yes, we're certainly always on the lookout for interesting buys!"
Wizzzargh (GM):He unpacks a sack to reveal...
75 Silver each or trades for trinkets of your own.
Poison - deals 1d6 per turn (10 minutes).
Smoke Bomb - Causes cloud of smoke to form 5' radius
Hallucination Herb - May be burnt to cause smoke which induces Save vs hallucination
Incendiary Firework - target with 10’ must save or catch on fire
Wizzzargh (GM):Binding Tome - Counts as 100 gold for binding spirit beings, though lacks complete knowledge.
Banishment Idol - shatter to force spirit being to roll morale
Tome of Lore - 2 in 6 chance of having answer about relevant subject, takes a day to consult, may stack multiple to increase chance by 1 to 5 in 6 chance. Only exhausted once an answer is found, but are definitely a bit of a gamble of an investment. Summoning and Binding rituals for the Ifrit cannot be found in these tomes, one must consult the Tower or seek out rogue sorcerers in the wild.
Fassulian Seed- Heal/Grow stalk/Barrier/Entanglement of plants.
Lily the Witch:That binding tome
How'd you bind spirit beings with gold?
Is it a spell?
Ibn Hanut: I am afraid this tome does not explain the details- it was acquired from a sorcerer slain by foreign agents in my homeland, but alas, I am not a sorcerer myself.
Blix:I'll take that tome of lore if no one else wants it. I've got cash (jewel?) for it
Lily the Witch:I'll take binding tome.
"The Dragon Slayer":"Hey, I'm broke, but I've got a magic disc and some cavesight potions, if you're interested."
Wizzzargh (GM):He is! A disc or 2 potions, he'll trade for anything he has.
Lily the Witch:I should have 2 potions
I'll hand him over those
You know what potions I'm handing
I have, in fact, 3
1 extra
my dear friend
Blix:75 Silver for the Tome of Lore for me then
Lily the Witch:They're potions that can increase your strength.
For a time, of course
Does he accept?
"The Dragon Slayer":I'll trade off my stuff for two of those seeds
They heal?
Wizzzargh (GM):They're untested as of yet
But he'll take the deal, yeah
Lily the Witch:Nice
"The Dragon Slayer":"How do they work?"
Ibn Hanut: Simply plant them, and concentrate on the action you would like them to take. It may be expedient to carry some earth in a pot for those purpses
Wizzzargh (GM):brb burning food
v
Lily the Witch:Ahhh
Wizzzargh (GM):b
Lily the Witch:So they obey you
Not dumb
"The Dragon Slayer":"And they can heal me?"
Lily the Witch:Themselves prolly
Ibn Hanut: A strong word, obey... I would describe them as highly responsive to prayers.
"The Dragon Slayer":"Sounds neat."
Lily the Witch:Do they breed more seeds upon nurture, or is it a one-time deal?
"The Dragon Slayer" goes back to picking roses
Ibn Hanut: Alas, the trees they come from will not grow outside of Fassulia.
Lily the Witch:"And the seed does not grow a tree. All right."
Wizzzargh (GM):Deals concluded, he takes his leave. From the next room you hear 'Ah, Shrimp-Leg! Would you be interested in some strength-enhancing potions for your quest of vengeance?"
Lily the Witch:OH SHIT NO
NOT SHRIMP LEG DON'T DRINK THEM
Blix (ambnz):(lol thebugs are on a vengeance quest)
Wizzzargh (GM):It's not cannibalism if a bug drinks them!
Lily the Witch:ah
Wizzzargh (GM):Roses collected- carry on?
Lily the Witch:Yap
Blix (ambnz):(no wonder everyone hates Lily hahahahhahah) yeah carry on
Lily the Witch:they love me now
"The Dragon Slayer":How many roses got?
Wizzzargh (GM):More like 'your peasant rep is slightly improved...'
You can fill your inventory with them if you like- 5lbs make a dose
"The Dragon Slayer":Neat.
Wizzzargh (GM):A room with a table upon which, lesee...
Aha, a bottle of wine labeled "Immortal Wine of Fassulia"
'For Chronia Noure- Adventurers, please do not touch!'
There is an exit west, north,m an stairs up
"The Dragon Slayer":"We got the roses, so... We no longer need to visit neroikos."
Lily the Witch:Chronia Noure
Blix (ambnz) flips up the eyepatch to see if the wine is magic out of curiosity
Lily the Witch:"Oh, no, I'm just ensuring the roses get home."
"I still want to visit him later."
Wizzzargh (GM):Very much so- glows bright pumpklin poran
*orange
Lily the Witch:*pomegranarange
Wizzzargh (GM):With a hint of purple at the center. Curious.
"The Dragon Slayer":"Right then. Why are we still headed towards Neroikos?"
Lily the Witch:Uh, I assumed we were backing away
I want to be retreating now.
Blix:Ah yes, the color of magic, pumpklin poran. xD "As much as we are.well, theives here let's be honest, I say we leave the wine, though it is curiosly magic. Something else is wrong with it I can't put my finger on"
"The Dragon Slayer":"Yeah
Blix:Blix is fine to haul back with as many roses as can carry
Lily the Witch:"Let's just move back. No reason to stick around here for now."
"The Dragon Slayer":"My experience with dungeons so far has been that every single living thing and object of value will kill you, and is a waste of time."
"The only thing worth our time is decorations and trash."
Wizzzargh (GM):Galaxy-brained looting procedure
"The Dragon Slayer" hauls his armfulls of weeds and decorative plants back to town
Lily the Witch:Okay, let's first get to town
Blix:Yeah lets
"Wait@!! Did we want to see if princess-taker rat is nearby?"
"The Dragon Slayer":"Oh crap! Yeah."
Lily the Witch:Oh, no, we can come back for him after the haul's done.
"The Dragon Slayer" pulls out some papers with a hole in them
Lily the Witch:I'll for certain be coming back into the manor.
"The Dragon Slayer":"Here! Give your dog a sniff"
The (much better trained these days) hound gives the papers a sniff, then starts snuffling around- no scent trail picked up here.
"The Dragon Slayer":Do the grue vines and Tree of Man Blossoms also weigh five lbs to the dose?
Wizzzargh (GM):yup
Lily the Witch:I recall some things were in fact 1lb/dose, though.
Wizzzargh (GM):Yeah, it's usually 1/5/10
Lily the Witch:Also, who's taking them? TDS or communal?
"The Dragon Slayer" heads back to the entrance, and will check out the snail room
Wizzzargh (GM):Bit optimistic on the travel there, lesee
(To GM)rolling 4d6
(
3
+
4
+
1
+
5
)
=13
"The Dragon Slayer":We can probably pack them onto the shroom.
Lily the Witch:Yeah
I meant in the end
Wizzzargh (GM):Yeah, the violent hopping won't do herbs harm
As you backtrack, you enter the room of pipes where the flea-demon used to reside...
Wizzzargh (GM):(To GM)rolling 1d20
(
14
)
=14
"The Dragon Slayer":We can split up loot after the session log is up.
Lily the Witch:woah, woah
Lion Masked Noble: Oho! Looters, eh?
Lily the Witch:for fuck's sake
he's the only one who went ther
I'm going straight to entrance
With or without blix
Wizzzargh (GM):That is straight to entrance....
"The Dragon Slayer":"You know it." shoots the guy
(What's the to-hit bonus on a pistol?)
Wizzzargh (GM):+2
Blix looks aghast
"The Dragon Slayer":20
(Damage?)
Wizzzargh (GM):d12
"The Dragon Slayer":7
Wizzzargh (GM):(To GM)rolling 4d8
(
1
+
1
+
1
+
6
)
=9
Lily the Witch sighs
Wizzzargh (GM):The noble staggers, blood staining their coat... but they whip out a pistol! "Knave! You face the undying Sir Moy!" 7 1
Lily the Witch:ah, pistol
how about fuck you buddy
The pistol misfires with a sad sizzle
Lily the Witch:
Lily the Witch attacks with Embrace the Inferno
Attack
hits AC 6
Damage
2
rolling 1d6
(
6
)
=6
"The Dragon Slayer" bull rushes the guy
"The Dragon Slayer":17
Wizzzargh (GM):Lily splashes TDS for 6 fire damage as the cramped quarters fill with flame
Lily the Witch:oof
shouulda waited
Wizzzargh (GM):save v dragon breath
Lily the Witch:Does the noble get hit as well tho?
Wizzzargh (GM):Nope
Lily the Witch:aw
Blix:Blix hesitates, not wanting to engage in a brawl with all the fire about
"The Dragon Slayer":That leaves me at 0hp. How do death saves work, again?
Wizzzargh (GM):none yet, though if you fail v dragon breath your powder and shot bag explodes
at which point you'll roll a save v death ray with a penalty equal to damage below 0
"The Dragon Slayer":Oooh... I thought the save was for people avoiding splash damage, not me. Oops.
Dragon's Breath
"The Dragon Slayer" Saving Throw
Success: N(0)/Y(1))
1
Lily the Witch:Nice
Mind that it's crit
Wizzzargh (GM):Alright, lily does not blow up the party
TDS tackles the noble
Lily the Witch:Nice
"The Dragon Slayer" puts him in a head lock
Lily the Witch:"Drop the gun and give up and we won't hurt you."
Wizzzargh (GM):Already wounded, he's not got much strength to resist and he feebly taps out against TDS's brawny arm
"The Dragon Slayer" lets him go
Blix:(we immediately shot you and set you on fire on sight is the "stabs as a warning" of adventuring huh)
Lily the Witch takes the noble's gun.
Lily the Witch:if she can
"The Dragon Slayer":"Well then... Nice to meet you Sir Moy. I'm the slayer of Princess Taker."
Wizzzargh (GM):TDS is probably mad that the nobles did the same to him last they met lel
Blix mumbles some half-hearted apologies and thanks for the gun but does recall the unpleasant round of fire on the poor Yuban that took place right outside
"The Dragon Slayer":"Gimme the gun, cuz I'm a looter, and all."
Lily the Witch:Did I manage to take the gun?
Sir Moy: S' a piece of Wheeze junk anyway...
Lily the Witch:"Why, thank you."
"The Dragon Slayer":"Yeah, looks like it."
Lily the Witch stoves the gun into her pocket.
"The Dragon Slayer":"Undying, you say?"
"The Dragon Slayer" places the gun in his pocket
Lily the Witch:uh
who has it?
wiz
"The Dragon Slayer":"How'd you manage that?"
Wizzzargh (GM):Dragon slayer since he tackled I suppose
Lily the Witch:ok
Sir Moy: The curse... wheeze has become my strength!
Blix nods, pitying the delusional man.
Sir Moy: So long as wheeze my will is strong, I will always... wheeze return...
"The Dragon Slayer":"It uh... It doesn't work in here, I don't think."
"The castle interior seems exempt."
Sir Moy: I..wheeze am... chosen...
Wizzzargh (GM):He goes limp, the bullet through his lung catching up to him.
Lily the Witch:Fuck
Okay, healing potion
into his mouth
"The Dragon Slayer":"Ouch. That looks bad."
Lily the Witch:2d8
The potion revives him!
Sir Moy: Gasp!
Lily the Witch:I don't want him revived though
Not too hard
I'll stop giving it to him
"The Dragon Slayer":"Welcome back."
Sir Moy: Oho, see, I told you!
Lily the Witch:when he's breathing
"Moy, I need to ask you some questions."
Sir Moy: Whatever tortures you have in store are futile, fiend! I'll never talk!
"The Dragon Slayer":"Questions like..."
Lily the Witch:"Oh, I've got no tortures. I just want to talk like friends."
"The Dragon Slayer" raises the head
Lily the Witch:"I'll heal you up but I don't want you attacking us."
"The Dragon Slayer":"Know this chick?"
Blix:Rubs their temples and shakes their head. "They don't want to torture you, they just saved your life!! Even if they did attack you on site, which, as an aside, we do have to work on our manners in the future..."
Lily the Witch nods
Sir Moy: Who, the armored witch?
Oh, the head.
"The Dragon Slayer":"Both."
Sir Moy: One of Ceanogul's minions.
Lily the Witch:"Ah, Seagull. Ambrose's beloved."
Sir Moy: I don't mind answering questions about other enemies of the house!
"The Dragon Slayer":"Tell me about her, and him, eh?"
Sir Moy: Ceanogul isn't even her real name! A vile undead being, she. Ambrose is just a vile living being, of course.
Lily the Witch:"Do you know anything about the witch that was part of the original curse? Once taught by Granny Grey, they say."
Sir Moy: Oho! The maid in black. She and I have clashed many times, she and her flying log.
Lily the Witch:"Flying log?"
"Broomstick?"
Sir Moy: No, it's a whole log.
Lily the Witch:"Fuck."
"Do you know where to find her? What capacities she posesses?"
"Let's say I want her dead."
"The Dragon Slayer":"Oh ha, that chick. Ithink I saw you kill her once."
Blix:"He definitely know Ambrose..."
Sir Moy: That's right! You're from that island.
Leave the dead in peace, you knave!
Well, she can fly on a log.
And knows a lot of Alf-spells.
"The Dragon Slayer":"Yeah. I ended up taking like, a belt from down there, and those alfspawn had already stolen itanyway."
Sir Moy: Tricks on the mind, and golden arrows. Not honorable at all.
Lily the Witch:"You never downed her?"
Sir Moy: She always come back from the dead, just like me.
"The Dragon Slayer":"Hey bro. I happen to have a thing for cutting off witch heads. Think you can help me find her?"
Lily the Witch:"But you've killed her at least once?"
Sir Moy: Like all the original party guests.
Aye, and drug her sorry hide to the clocktower, though it didn't work. Peasant superstition, that place.
Lily the Witch:"It doesn't work on original accursed."
Blix:"Wait hold on, so the original accursed really are* immortal then???? What is with this place..."
"The Dragon Slayer":"Ceonagal's head too, does she know magic?"
Lily the Witch:"They are. For now. I'm looking for a way to undo it."
Sir Moy: I've no idea where she is, I'm afraid. Somewhere out in the Gardens, snuffling about for witchy herbs.
No, Ceanogul's no mage, just a monster.
Lily the Witch:"Say, you want her dead, don't you? What about an alliance?"
Blix:(LOL)
Sir Moy: Never! You are all knaves, while I am a knight. It will never work.
Wizzzargh (GM):(To GM)rolling 1d6
(
3
)
=3
Blix:"Member of one of the lesser noble houses myself, actually. But you're probably right anyway"
Lily the Witch:"You misunderstand, nobleman. I want her dead more than I want gold. I want her suffering and wreathing in pain. I want her dead more than I want life."
"Do you understand?"
Blix jaw drops at Lily's sudden wrath
"The Dragon Slayer":"Dark."
Sir Moy: Yes, I do! I feel the same way about all who threaten my oath to defend this place.
He sounds much more casual than Lily does, tbh...
Lily the Witch:"Then for hell's sakes, all I do is to destroy her in the end. I care only about that. I'll return whatever I took from the manor once the deed is done."
"I'll aid you rid of her, you aid me rid of her. I'll stay off the mansion from then on out."
"The Dragon Slayer":"Yeah, uh... Anyway. How about I give you this gun back so you can keep shooting the witch, and we agree to work together to slay monsters and witches and such?"
"The Dragon Slayer" holds up the head to prove a point
Sir Moy: Not likely! I hear that Saresaren merchant is selling the baubles of the house to every corner of the earth.
Wizzzargh (GM):Though perhaps...
He taps his chin
Sir Moy: If you drop all your looted shrubbery and leave, I might be convinced that your knavishness is not irredeemable!
Lily the Witch sighs. "I'll do it under one condition."
Lily the Witch:"Tell me where to find all the original accursed. As best as you know."
"And who they were."
"I must speak with them to understand the nature of this curse."
"The Dragon Slayer":"We can leave the pots and bushes, but I don't see any reason not to keep the weeds and some cuttings."
Sir Moy: I mean, they wander through the grounds or the house. I could at least provide summaries of them.
They are not YOUR weeds!
Lily the Witch:"I can reimburse the house for them."
"The Dragon Slayer":"They're invasive, just like the monsters."
The real monster was property rights all along...
"The Dragon Slayer" waves the head around
"The Dragon Slayer":"I don't know why youlet them grow at all."
Sir Moy: I do not presume to know Lord Noure's thoughts on the matters. The fact you want those weeds is proof they have value, after all.
He nods firmly.
"The Dragon Slayer":"Oh, bugger off, you fop."
Sir Moy: Yuban knave!
Lily the Witch:"They have value to us. Not to Lord Noure."
"As I've said, I can reimburse him."
Blix:"Up to you, Lily. If you ask me though, you bested him and he's not very nice, so just take his gun so we can sell it in town. I don't think he's one of the sane ones...."
Lily the Witch:"We'll leave, but give me the summaries of the first accursed."
"There are rose bushes aplenty outside the manor."
"The Dragon Slayer":"I'm keeping your gun, you Obstructive Object!"
Sir Moy: This is a matter of honor, not mercantile haggling! Harrumph!
He turns up his nose in haughty disdain for these proceedings.
"The Dragon Slayer":"Have fun fighting the flying witch."
Lily the Witch:"I'll leave the bushes. Tell me about the accursed."
"I'll ensure he leaves the bushes as well. Just ignore him for now."
"The Dragon Slayer":"You can get honorably killed from now on, or honorably hide in the ponds like a little fish, Sir Coy!"
Sir Moy: My pistol as we- that does it!
Blix:(hah, GOTTEM)
Fisticuffs have ensued between him and TDS
Lily the Witch:Hmmm
"The Dragon Slayer":(It's a sorry show, no doubt.)
Wizzzargh (GM):Yeah, TDS will knock him the heck out in short order with a hook to the jaw, knocking his mask off
Ignore the kid in the picture
"The Dragon Slayer" steals his fancy mask and clothes
Wizzzargh (GM):Aight, +1 Lion outfit (needs repairs, has bloody bullet hole)
Lily the Witch:Wiz, you okay with PVP?
Blix:"Oh, good idea... Just so everyone knows, normally I'd be opposed to wanton bloodshed like this but that particular specimen was a classist jerk, 'immortal' my ass..."
Wizzzargh (GM):Indeed, my sick fetish is killing players with wandering monsters after they weaken each other
Charles P.:"Hmph."
"The Dragon Slayer":*
"What a jerk."
"Right then, let's go find that rat."
Lily the Witch:Okay
"The Dragon Slayer" pulls his pack off of his tenderized flesh and begins to rumage around
Lily the Witch:Oh, wait
I should still have, what, glue
Blix:"Good call, come along Mr. Parsley"..
Lily the Witch:or at least glue ingredients, let's see
"The Dragon Slayer":"Lemme drink a health potion real quick. The "Witch," almost killed me with that molotov..."
Lily the Witch:oh, nvm, milk
"The Dragon Slayer" continues to rumage around in his pack, back turned.... At 0hp...
Lily the Witch:lol
Lily the Witch stabs TDS while he rummages the back
"The Dragon Slayer":"I know I left it here somewhere..."
Lily the Witch:
Lily the Witch attacks with Polearm
Attack
hits AC 21
Damage
6
Wizzzargh (GM):ayy
Lily the Witch:rolling 1d10
(
9
)
=9
Blix:"WHAT THE HELL"
Lily the Witch:eh
Wizzzargh (GM):crit for max, save v death at -10 TDS
"The Dragon Slayer":That's a guaranteed failure, I believe. I save vs death ray at 12.
Oh right, nat 20's
13
Wizzzargh (GM):ripperoni in pepperoni, TDS is skewered
Lily the Witch:Undeath rules tho?
Wizzzargh (GM):HONK ATTACC
Lily the Witch:oh well
shroom cmere
Wizzzargh (GM):8 3
"The Dragon Slayer" doesn't even get any cool last words
Wizzzargh (GM):A goose nibbles at Lily's plate
Lily the Witch:I have nothing against the goose.
Kitadatapa: Blix, what should we do?
Blix runs, flowers and hats in tow
Lily the Witch has the shroom hold the goose away
Kitadatapa: I agreeeeee
Lily the Witch:The noble's dead?
"The Dragon Slayer":Unconciou look
Maybe?
Wizzzargh (GM):Yeah, just KO'd
The shroom can throttle the goose, but not hold it at bay
Lily the Witch:hell
Wizzzargh (GM):fine manipulation and nuance of intent aren't really it's thing
Lily the Witch:I'll add heartrace to a bottle of alcohol real quick and try to spray it over the goose if possible.
"The Dragon Slayer":Eat another attack then! 12
Lily the Witch:doesn't go over
Honk:In Avian You killed my father. Prepare to die!
Wizzzargh (GM):Your stolen plate is pretty good at keeping the goose at bay, and you finish shaking up the potion
Lily the Witch:Uh, if it can understand me, I want to explain to it that I want to rez its father right back.
But I'll use the potion as well.
Wizzzargh (GM):save vs poison, honk
Lily the Witch:(it's just calm animal)
Hank:???
Wizzzargh (GM):Not you Hank
you hang out with Olaf
you can also choose to fail the save and have Honk calm down if you like
Hank:I need permissions for honk.
Wizzzargh (GM):fix'd
Honk saves vs poison! 5 vs 16
Wizzzargh (GM):Honk calms down and instead mourns TDS instead of attacking Lily
Lily the Witch:Okay
Blix:(AWWWWWW)
Lily the Witch:Damn
Honk:"HONK."
Lily the Witch:(awww so much tho)
Okay, now, what can raise people?
Moon, what else?
Wizzzargh (GM):not moon
very not moon
the skull moon raises monsters, not people
Lily the Witch:Moon makes corpses walk
Okay
Can I think of anything that raises people?
Wizzzargh (GM):altars at allgods chapel tho
that's the default raise ded
Lily the Witch:Where?
Charles P.:TDS has already been raised by Kispiritis before.
Wizzzargh (GM):^
backin town
Lily the Witch:Okay
Piece of shit
Gonna rez you
Wizzzargh (GM):oho
Lily the Witch:XD
Wizzzargh (GM):there is also the Tree of Man tho
2 rooms over
Lily the Witch:Huh
How'd it rez?
Wizzzargh (GM):reborn all mutated
that's how Honk became a dinosaur in the first place
Lily the Witch:Do the kispirits raise dead for money or something?
Wizzzargh (GM):yup
Lily the Witch:How much?
Wizzzargh (GM):2000s
Lily the Witch:Oh
Sorry buddy
Okay, first get his stuff as a punishment. What has he got?
Wizzzargh (GM):sheets should be public
Lily the Witch:their contents aren't
cause that's 'editable' for X people
only the bio+info is
Blix:(Can I get an exasperation roll in as I runaway?)
Wizzzargh (GM):sure
Blix:5
Wizzzargh (GM):see discord tor inventory
tho it might not be up to date after the merchant encounter
Lily the Witch:(btw, no hard feelings as a player and person, but you just don't stand between Lily and her vengeance quest)
Charles P.:Negative two cavesight and the disc, plus two seeds
Blix:Lily falls over as Blix makes their exit
Wizzzargh (GM):quite thrilling
Speaking of, will Blix be heading back to town now?
Lily the Witch:Taking all the potions, disc, shield, bottle, pistols and molotovs, as well as pistol ammo
Blix:Yea, a bit terrified that Lily will try and axe murder them or something
Charles P.:Oh, and the magic eye that sees the unseen.
Lily the Witch:Nah, imma leave the eye
You're gonna need it lol
Charles P.:Amd Moy's pistol, so 2 of those.
Lily the Witch:(I'll let you get em back later if ya help me)
Okay, tying Moy up.
Legs and hands both.
Charles P.:No disc, and no cavesight potions. Those were traded for Fassulian seeds.
Lily the Witch:Oh, all righty.
Charles P.:2 of them.
(From Lily the Witch): slipping him the coin while I'm at it
(From Lily the Witch): moy I mean
Lily the Witch:Aaaand hauling yaboi to the tree of man.
Wizzzargh (GM):Splop
Lily the Witch:Does it take some time to rez or is it immediate?
Wizzzargh (GM):Some time... Will TDS be returning to the land of living, charles? If so, roll 1d1000
Charles P.:After a nap...
56
Lily the Witch:1000
not 100
Charles P.:Oop 357
Wizzzargh (GM):now a d4
Charles P.:3
Wizzzargh (GM):How long will you wait, lily
Lily the Witch:No time at all
I'm slipping the hp potion back into his pocket
Also writing him a note if it's possible
"Stop fucking up and help me on my quest instead of constant hindrance, and I'll give you your shit back."
Wizzzargh (GM):then what will you do
Lily the Witch:Taking the roses and having shroom take tied-up Moy.
Gonna have some interrogation to do.
I'll also need to find Blix and talk to her.
about this
Wizzzargh (GM):Unsurprisingly, Blix is long gone by the time your slow overencumbered form finishes all this and leaves the castle.
Lily the Witch:I mean back at the village.
Blix:Yeah Blix is heading straight to town to tell the Sheriff bout the murderer if nothing impaired their journey
Lily the Witch:Ooof
All righty
How's the law look like around here?
Sheriff Sandwide Back In Town:
Wizzzargh (GM):I heard Lily likes potions
Well lucky for her I got a whole gourd of Yee-haw juice right here
Western noises
Lily the Witch:lol
Wizzzargh (GM):the law is basically mob rule, with Granny and Sheriff and so on being unofficial leaders
the hamlet is like 50 people and there's no known settlement for a 100 miles
Blix:(Same respect as a player bit but also that's prob just what blix would do since they've adventured more w/ Dragon-Slayer)
Lily the Witch:Yeah, this is fine
Wizzzargh (GM):Anyway
you interrogating Moy outside the castle gates?
Lily the Witch:No, I want to have an idea of what's the punishment for offing a guy and rezzing him the same day.
Wizzzargh (GM):There's no official law on anything and Sandwide seems like a big ol softie
Sandwide would probably sit you both down over tea and ask TDS what he reckons should be done
probably
Lily the Witch:Eh
Okay, picking up TDS then
Returning to the place ofc, gonna leave shroom guarding.
Wizzzargh (GM):No random encounters spice up the wait.
TDS awakens with leaf-hair that flakes off frequently, leaving the occasional leaf-behind
Charles P.:(I was expecting... more.)
Lily the Witch:So was I tbh
Blix:(so was I haha)
"The Dragon Slayer" wakes up, climbs out of the vat, and looks around
Wizzzargh (GM):as is the roll was just flaky skin
Lily the Witch:"Waky waky, motherfucker."
Wizzzargh (GM):dud mutation tbh
"The Dragon Slayer":"What happened?"
Lily the Witch:"What do you think happened? A stray bullet hit ya. Looks like our nobleman bud had more in his fray."
Honk:"HONK!"
Lily the Witch chuckles.
"The Dragon Slayer":"Right... Did they get Blix too?"
Lily the Witch:"I'm fucking with you, bud. I jabbed you for messing with me. Didn't realize I'd jab you that hard."
"I had it in the back of my mind this place brings people back."
"The Dragon Slayer":"Yeah... easy mistake to make."
"Got my stuff?"
Lily the Witch:"You know what, fuck it. Have it back. I'll keep the shield until you do something nice for me and we'll be even."
"Deal?"
"The Dragon Slayer":"Sure. Sounds more than fair." nods with a smile
Lily the Witch gives all but the guns and the shield back. "I don't trust you having guns around me for shit, though. Not yet."
"The Dragon Slayer":"Understandable.... Let's head back to town, then."
Lily the Witch:"All right. I fully expect the sheriff to try to off me. We'll see how it looks. Oh, and I'll be interrogating Moy in my shack. He knows stuff I need."
"The Dragon Slayer":(What's my HP situation?)
Wizzzargh (GM):1
"The Dragon Slayer":(No clockwork on the way back, then :(
Wizzzargh (GM):well uh
you have "Half The Light Of the World" right
Lily the Witch:No rez effect
oh
"The Dragon Slayer":"That sounds like something a sane person would do..."
Blix:(big Mecha boi?????!)
Lily the Witch:"Help me drag the roses, I'll hand you one of the guns when we're home. Gonna keep the other for now though and give you back the shield."
"I don't want you able to off me in seconds yet."
"The Dragon Slayer":"Ok, thanks, Lily."
As you exit the estate, you see, past the towers in the sky, standing in the distant reservoir lake, a towering clockwork figure. By the angle of its barn-sized head and, it appears to be staring directly at the castle gates.
"The Dragon Slayer" takes back his shield, and straps it to his back, so he can carry a rose pot
Wizzzargh (GM):Or even less charitably, you lot exiting said gates.
Lily the Witch:or being dragged out of them
Wizzzargh (GM):Alright, you stagger back to town at a snails pace...
(To GM)rolling 2d6
(
4
+
2
)
=6
Wizzzargh (GM):(To GM)rolling 1d20
(
12
)
=12
Wizzzargh (GM):(To GM)rolling 1d6
(
1
)
=1
Wizzzargh (GM):Hah, just some big dead birds (of the sort that attacked the mushroom), smoking from a heat lightning strike.
Lily the Witch:Btw, what's the approach to noblefolk in the village?
I mean specifically from noure manor
Wizzzargh (GM):They're all assumed to be murderous psychopaths at least semi-responsible for a curse at best
Lily the Witch:Great
I don't want anyone lynching him yet tho
Gonna leave the roses somewhere I can pick em up, then heading straight to the sheriff with Moy.
And TDS ofc
Wizzzargh (GM):Alright, as you leave the estate, you will meet said Sheriff along the road to the hamlet.
Lily the Witch:I'll hail him from the distance.
Wizzzargh (GM):Blix, you wanna be with him?
Blix:Blix would probably have accompanied the sheriff yea
Sandwide, to Blix: That your murdered friend with her? Could be this is all a big misunderstanding, I reckon...
Lily the Witch:(gaslighting at its finest)
Blix:Blix confused, nods. "I'd hope so but...he didn't have hair like that before. Could be a weird spell? Or maybe even a changeling??? I saw some in the forest just last week.."
Sandwide, to Blix: Hmm, better stay sharp then.
Wizzzargh (GM):He responds to Lily's hail. "Lily the Witch? You stabbed your pardner in the back, I hear."
Lily the Witch:"We had a friendly dispute, sheriff. It looked significantly worse than it was. I fixed him right up once we shook, too bad my healing methods tend to have iffy sideeffects.
"On the other hand, we've captured a violent criminal, and would like to interrogate him at a later date."
Lily the Witch nods at Moy.
Lily the Witch:"If you believe you could keep him safe from lynching in the town prison, that'd be amazing."
Sheriff Sandwide: Well, let's see em...
He starts walking up to you
Wizzzargh (GM):Blix comes with I assume.
Sheriff Sandwide: Ah yeah, that's one of the Nobles. Buncha
He pauses and sniffs the air.
"The Dragon Slayer" violently shakes his head no
Sheriff Sandwide: Lily, you smell...
"The Dragon Slayer":"Officer, what my friend here, who is wearing platemail is saying..."
"Is that she subdued this man with her two loaded pistols..."
Blix:Yeah
I come with sorry
"The Dragon Slayer":"...and wishes to interrogate him."
Sheriff Sandwide: That smell is... that plate is...
"The Dragon Slayer":"I reckon we should help her along."
He looks at the moon.
Lily the Witch nods at shroom. "I deal with my bud and keep him around, but he smells like rot. Gotta wash him tonight."
Blix shakes their head "Somethings weird about this"
Growling SHeriff Sandwide: Not... Rot... What... have.. you...
"The Dragon Slayer":"Shit..."
Wizzzargh (GM):Welp, looks like I never get to use Sheriff's Musical theme
Actual theme in discord
"The Dragon Slayer" drops his pot and casts a spell on a blanket
Lily the Witch:"I got the plate off a shady black market guy, off in the castle. Who did it belong to?"
"He set it up for me as well. Thought it was a sweet deal."
He staggers, back, clutching his face.
Lily the Witch:"Sheriff, are you all right?"
Sandwide: They're not coming... it's too late... dead... all...
Lily the Witch:"Sheriff?! Who? Who's dead?!"
Blix:"What's wrong?????"
Sandwide: You... My... FRIEEEEEEEEN
Sandwide bursts out of his clothing with a horrifying screech.,
Lily the Witch:ffff
"The Dragon Slayer":"What the fuck?"
Blix:"WHAT THE HELL WHAT THE HELLLLLL"
There is a beast in in place, a dog, or a man.
"The Dragon Slayer" barks
"The Dragon Slayer":(You good bro?)
Sandwide: In Canine FRIENDS DEAD! I CAN'T CONTROL IT ANY LONGER!
The creature howls and turns towards Lily, growling murderously.
"The Dragon Slayer" barks further
"The Dragon Slayer":(Hold her buddy! I'll take care of you both)
The veins of the creature writhe beneath it's furred skin, and it takes a step forward, weight crushing the repeating corssbow sandwide wielded under its paw.
Lily the Witch stands behind shroom.
"The Dragon Slayer":(Dangit. There goes the loot.)
Wizzzargh (GM):The gears are intact at least
Lily the Witch:"For fuck's sake, man! I'll give you back the plate! What's wrong with you?!"
"The Dragon Slayer":(How big is the shroom? Larger or smaller than a winter blanket?)
Wizzzargh (GM):800 lbs, it's quite large
Lily the Witch:I think larger
Yeah
The shroom and sandwide impact each other\
"The Dragon Slayer":"Damnit all."
Blix:"Sheriff!! sheriff are you alright!! Damn it!??"
Wizzzargh (GM):21 12
Your hound is outta there Blix
(if you even brought it here)
"The Dragon Slayer" sets down the folded blanket and breaks out the molotovs
Wizzzargh (GM):The beast has a +9 to hit- it starts shredding the mushroom
Great gobs of undead mushflesh flyig left and right
"The Dragon Slayer":"Oh shit, nevermind..."
Wizzzargh (GM):4
Lily the Witch:I'm watching out for what TDS does first.
take into account it shoulda been 2d2 if I'm correct
since it got used to the body
"The Dragon Slayer" goes back to holding his blanket on standby, after seeing that the dog needs no help
Wizzzargh (GM):50
A lucky tendril snaps 'Sandwide's' neck.... but with a horrible cracking sound, the beastly head realigns itself seconds later.
Lily the Witch:"Fuck!"
Wizzzargh (GM):Apparently no worse for wear.
Blix:Nah hound is gone but I wouldve kept Kitadatapa and Silfie. Blix looks on helpless and horrified
"The Dragon Slayer":"Blix... What the heck."
Kitadatapa: It's moon-accursed- silver! Silver!
Lily the Witch:Oh, well
Wizzzargh (GM):TDS's action was mucking about with the blanket
so just lily and- ah yeah, Honk is outta here too
"The Dragon Slayer" understands completely
Lily the Witch:I think I'm just running away, maybe gonna have shroom retreat as well.
Blix:Blix takes out their silver dagger "should I try knocking him out, Kitadatapa? Or should any silver help??"
"The Dragon Slayer":"No, don't fight that thing. I think I can handle it."
"Come with me!"
Blix complies
"The Dragon Slayer" runs with Lily
Wizzzargh (GM):Back towards the clocktower, into the mountains N, or to the lake?
Lily the Witch:"The hell?"
Into the mansion
"The Dragon Slayer":(I'm gonna drop her down a 20 foot pit now.)
Wizzzargh (GM):You're a few hours from there
Blix:Blix is not going towards the mansion, hovering about and fretting to see what the dragon Slayer does
Lily the Witch:"Split up for fuck's sake!"
"The Dragon Slayer" unfurls his blanket
Wizzzargh (GM):An chanting yer spell no doubt
Lily the Witch:if he's chanting a spell, I'm yeeting molotov
"The Dragon Slayer":I already cast it as soon as it looked like combat.
Lily the Witch:The moment I saw him chanting a spell I'd have thrown a molotov so
"The Dragon Slayer":Cast a spell on a blanket, see above^
Blix:"No, don't hurt him!!!!!! Sheriff, PLEASE!!!?!!!"
Lily the Witch:
Lily the Witch attacks with Embrace the Inferno
Attack
hits AC 6
Damage
0
rolling 1d6
(
6
)
=6
eh
then just throwing it the moment I see him fucking with it
Wizzzargh (GM):Guess he got it off before you could light it up
Lily the Witch:all right
Wizzzargh (GM):Lily tumbles into a shadow-pit cast by the blanket! 8 fall damage
Lily the Witch:all right
Throwing a molotov at him if I still can do anything.
"The Dragon Slayer" moves the blanket away to trap her.
Wizzzargh (GM):that'll be next round
so throw the molotov first
Lily the Witch:
Lily the Witch attacks with Embrace the Inferno
Attack
hits AC 6
Damage
0
oh
the roller broke
nice
Wizzzargh (GM):yeah these sheets are garbage
"The Dragon Slayer":"Now just wait for the thing to finish off the shroom."
7th Outpost:roll again or just take it?
Wizzzargh (GM):no, roll again
Lily the Witch:
Lily the Witch attacks with Embrace the Inferno
Attack
hits AC 16
Damage
3
rolling 1d6
(
3
)
=3
Wizzzargh (GM):splash damage, save v death
The blanket is on fire and burning
"The Dragon Slayer":14
And I'm dead again...
Wizzzargh (GM):nah, y'all ain't even remember how it works
"The Dragon Slayer":?
Wizzzargh (GM):TDS's hands shrivel- he cannot grasp things without intense pain. The blanket is destroyed and the pit vanishes- Lily is beneath the earth.
Lily the Witch:oof
Wizzzargh (GM):32 12
"The Dragon Slayer":"Well fuck. That was the whole plan. Let's get the hell outta here."
Lily the Witch:oh well
The mushroom is torn to shreds... Sandwide seems berserk and probably faster than anyone here, and he turns to TDS next
Wizzzargh (GM):any plans?
"The Dragon Slayer":"Figures."
Lily the Witch:btw, do I roll death save, or just die or what?
oh wait
i'm undead
"The Dragon Slayer" howls at the sky to appeal to the dog god
Wizzzargh (GM):Nah, you're just buried until someone digs you up
Might want to roll a new char
Blix:"Sheriff!!!! Sheriff, are you in there?!?!!!!"
Lily the Witch:don't need to breathe I guess
Wizzzargh (GM):in the meantime
"The Dragon Slayer":(Yeah, you're good.)
Wizzzargh (GM):since idk if anyone here is keen on digging you up
Lily the Witch:fffffuck
that was his plan all along
Wizzzargh (GM):or will survive the session, lel
Lily the Witch:holy shit why didn't you whisper to me motherfucker
XD
"The Dragon Slayer":There wasn't really time.
Blix:Blix will dog out the disk of confusion and pass it to the dragon slayer
Wizzzargh (GM):6 morale
Blix:Dig* but ironic
Wizzzargh (GM):ayy
"The Dragon Slayer":(I get a cha bonus if it matters :)
Blix:"Use this if you have to!"
Wizzzargh (GM):No response- Sandwide has been lost to whatever curse has been afflicting him
Explains the wolf Olaf saw in his shack that one time tho
and the silver chain
anyway... the disk is wrapped in cloth to prevent it triggering on touch
"The Dragon Slayer":"My hands are ruined, use it!"
Blix:(how close is the sheriff? Is he on tds or will he be in a moment?)
"The Dragon Slayer":"Actually, don't. JUST RUN!"
Wizzzargh (GM):He will be in a moment, yeh
"The Dragon Slayer" casts light to the eyes!
Wizzzargh (GM):17
You don't manage to finish the spell before the beast pounces!
Blix:"Ahhh!!! SILFIE GET READY! IF YOURE ASLEEP I MAY NEED YOU IN A MOMENT!!!"
Silfie: Gzzz... let the dog out yerself blex....
"The Dragon Slayer":I've got my fingers crossed for a seven or less...
Wizzzargh (GM):(ie, it made the save..)
Blix, slap Sandwide with the confuse disc, with Silfie standing by to poof you?
Blix:Yepp
"The Dragon Slayer":(A seven or less for it's attack roll so it doesn't kill me!
Wizzzargh (GM):The spirals slide out from the unwrapped disc and onto sandwide and the creature... 12
3
Staggers away in confusion to the northeast!
Blix:Runrunrunrunrun
"The Dragon Slayer" accompanies
Wizzzargh (GM):If you have anything heavy, I recommend dropping it as you all flee back to the hamlet
Or, the clocktower
Blix:Nah I would've left the flowers back in town, rest of my regular gear is light (less than half light encumbrance)
"The Dragon Slayer":The pot was all that was weighing me down.
Wizzzargh (GM):righto
4
You've made it back to town, and are briefly incredibly thankful for Manfred's paranoid palisade
As you hoot and holler to be let inside
Lily the Witch:Will it be possible for me to dig myself out eventually on my own?
Blix:"Listen, Dragon Slayer, I don't know what that was ABOUT, but if anyone else found out about the Sheriff....I think we need to wait and see if he turns up. Normal. And let him explain himself."
Wizzzargh (GM):Afraid not, the earth is used to seal the dead for a reason.
Lily the Witch:Hmmm
"The Dragon Slayer":"Yeah. Maybe we can help with his problem somehow... He seems like a good man."
"OPEN UP!!!"
Wizzzargh (GM):Eventually some peasant lets you inside.
"The Dragon Slayer":"Let's go speak with Granny Grey."
Wizzzargh (GM):Alright, do you wanna call session and have the talk in tavern, or continue and have it here?
"The Dragon Slayer":"Can you feed me my Health Potion?"
(I definitely am down to continue, if Blix is.)
Wizzzargh (GM):Actually!
Blix:"Yes of course!!"
Wizzzargh (GM):We should have a break for food n stuff even if people do want to continue
since we been going for a while
"The Dragon Slayer":And for 7th to roll a new char.
Wizzzargh (GM):ye
Lily the Witch:I wanna know if Lilz is gonna be dropped. As in, if you're telling Grey she's evil or whatnot
Cause that'll likely change my char idea.
"The Dragon Slayer":Yes, although Granny Grey already seems to know.
Wizzzargh (GM):convo can continue in the breaktime
Blix:(will be around but might be double-queing/distracted for a bit. But I'm here!! This is INTENSE!)
Wizzzargh (GM):tho i'll be in and out
"The Dragon Slayer":Alright, I'm gonna eat and shower.
Wizzzargh (GM):getting food and so on
"The Dragon Slayer":Hour break?
Lily the Witch:I can't be off 1h
Actually need to be going cause got another game going
Wizzzargh (GM):righto
Lily the Witch:yall do your stuffs.
Wizzzargh (GM):so sure, hour
Lily the Witch:cyall
Charles P.:Alright, we can chat in Tavern, cya
Blix:hour is good, see ya!
Charles P.:Y'all alive?
Blix (ambnz):Yep!
def traumatized by near-death-by-werewolf
Wizzzargh (GM):7th wants to scour the internet for character ideas
and won't be joining us for part 2
Charles P. heads over to Granny Grey's
Wizzzargh (GM):Outside the palisade, you come to GG's house.
Blix comes along
Wizzzargh (GM):Assuming a quick honest rundown of the situation to get her up to speed that we need not go over
Blix:"Kitadatapa, I'm going to go talk to Granny Grey about all this...do you want to come along? You seemed to know something of the..curse."
Wizzzargh (GM):correct me if there's any deception to be done
Kitadatapa: Werewolves and similar are moonspawn of the blood moon- though that moon has been dead for generation, thankfully.
Silver is their bane... that's all I know, honestly. But where I'm from, the rhyme taught to children warning of the major moons still includes Blood, so...
Charles P. drops a quick honest rundown of the situation on Granny Grey
"The Dragon Slayer":*
*
Granny Grey: I can't say I'm surprised. Vengeance is a dark path...
"The Dragon Slayer":"We could dig her up, but she's fully insane, at this point, and also long dead."
Granny Grey: Mmm.
"The Dragon Slayer":"I'm more worried about whether or not we'll be able to recover Sheriff Sandwide."
Blix:"Ya, it wasn't his fault...."
Granny Grey: Without his friends from the Sanguine Church to manage his bloodline curse, my hopes aren't high. Poor young man.
"The Dragon Slayer":"Also these..."
"The Dragon Slayer" holds up his ruined hands
Granny Grey: Play with fire, get burnt...
But her expression soften.
Granny Grey: Still, you can't feed the geese like that. Let me check my stocks.
Blix:"Is there anything we can do at all?? He is a good man, regardless of the curse"
Granny Grey: It sounds like he lost control emotionally- he could withstand moonlight, usually.
I know there's a silver chain at his place that can bind him but his mental state is likely to worsen as a beast, not improve.
She sighs, rattling through her clay pots and dried lizards.
"The Dragon Slayer":"Then we should get it, and give it a shot. He might have some control left, if we act quickly enough."
Blix:"Absolutely agreed"
"The Dragon Slayer":"You should be able to survive, Blix. I'll distract him, and you can carry the chain up to his back, in your air elemental form."
"Even if it doesn't work, you can fly to the top of a tall tree, and wait him out."
She produces an orange potion. "This can graft new hands onto your own. But I don't want to hear about anyone stumbling around with no hands, you hear? Take them from a beast or one of the immortals of estate."
Wizzzargh (GM):Blix can't carry anything in gas form, alas...
"The Dragon Slayer":"Thank you."
"The Dragon Slayer" places the potion into his pack with some difficulty
"The Dragon Slayer":"Let's go search Sandwide's home, Blix."
Blix:"Mhmm. Thank you, Granny Grey. I....you've been very kind, and I'm thankful."
"The Dragon Slayer":"You can carry not even a single chain?"
Blix:"I don't believe so. Clouds don't have mass, at least not significantly."
Granny Grey: Oh, just don't get yourself killed and waste my potion. She waves you off
"The Dragon Slayer" walks through town
Wizzzargh (GM):Sandwides home, next to the stables, is unlocked as usual.
"The Dragon Slayer":"Well, at least you should be able to escape, if we can't get the chain on him."
Wizzzargh (GM):Searching the place finds typical house stuff- pots, clothing etc,
"The Dragon Slayer":Healing potion! 10
Wizzzargh (GM):As well as a bag of powder and shot, the silver chain, and, in a cupboard a silver bullet engraved with "For Sandwide, My Friend -Leeman"
"The Dragon Slayer":"I'll distract, you fasten the chain, since my hands are useless."
"We should bring the bullet too, you'll can use it if the first plan doesn't work."
Blix:"That's so sad...."
"The Dragon Slayer":(Must be a big bullet, to fit all that writing...)
Wizzzargh (GM):Ayup
Actually, it is too large to fit inside a pistol
It's a slug to be fired out of a blunderbuss, you assume
"The Dragon Slayer":(I guess we'll leave it for Olaf, then.)
Blix:"Wait..doesn't Olaf have a blunderbuss?? Hold on....."
(BRAIN BLAAST)
"OH My GoOdNEsS!"
"The Dragon Slayer":"Yeah, Olaf's a thief."
Kitadatapa: I don't get i- ooooooooh.
"The Dragon Slayer":"I wonder if it will do too much harm to have a night's rest. I could surely use my spells if we find him."
Kitadatapa: I could soothe your wounds, but I fear I will not be of much help on this quest....
But should you require my aid, I will not falter!
Blix:"Yeah I got to go find Mr. Parsley, he may be able to help. I'm just....I feel so guilty...I didn't know Lily was..and that the Sheriff was...." Blix begins crying "Thank you Kitadatapa. You've been quite brave. "
Kitadatapa: There there... Kita taps Blix's head soothingly with a lil claw
Wizzzargh (GM):Sounds like some rest first, then.
To find the hound and get an extra d6+1 hp to TDS
"The Dragon Slayer" looks for Blix' tracking dog
Blix:Yep yep
"The Dragon Slayer":Neat. I'm only 1hp shy of full though. My HP rolls have been not stellar.
Wizzzargh (GM):The dog is found, the sleep is slept
"The Dragon Slayer" preps some light and shadow spells, and we're off!
"The Dragon Slayer":Oh hey, let's not forget about the Fassulian seeds!
"The Dragon Slayer" also brings two gourds of dirt
Blix:I'll bring silfie but not sure if Kita is suited for this quest as they said
"The Dragon Slayer":Let's go see what we can see at the scene of the crime.
Blix:Yep yep . I'll also bring Mr. Parsley as well
"The Dragon Slayer" brings his lad, but only so he can transport a rose bush back to town for Granny grey.
Some Lad: I thought you had forgotten about me. Thanks... uh... you...
"The Dragon Slayer":Hey! We can have Honk do aerial surveillance, since we're not indoors!
You two nameless ones stare awkwardly for a moment then move on
Blix:(lol)
Wizzzargh (GM):Alright, the crime scene has bits of fur, a shredded mushroom, a broken crossbow with unharmed gears you could snag to finish your own schematic
Oh, and some mangled remains of Sir Moy
1
just two boots with feet still inside, yeuch
Blix:Oooof
"The Dragon Slayer":Can any of the loot be reclaimed?
Wizzzargh (GM):One of the bushes looks ok
"The Dragon Slayer" sends some lad packing with the bush
Wizzzargh (GM):the herbs have been scattered and trampled- the returs for them would not be worth the time, probably
"The Dragon Slayer":"Alright, Honk, take to the air, and we'll try to track Sandwide from the ground"
Blix:"Come, Mr Parsley, I know your scared but we need your help.."
"The Dragon Slayer" barks courage at the dog
Blix:lol do you speak hound?
Wizzzargh (GM):ayup
"The Dragon Slayer":"Yes, it's not an uncommon skill in Yuba."
"I've got the language of geese down pretty well, too."
Blix shakes their head in amazement. "I thought it might be, seems on par for Jackal-Followers. Fascinating skill, though"
Wizzzargh (GM):Wossisface wanders off muttering that 'shrubberies aren't adventure' and is forgotten... the shaking dog start leading you north
Into the mountains
Travel is slow, as there's no road to follow and the beast scrabbled up cliff faces that you have to find ways around.
Wizzzargh (GM):(To GM)rolling 3d6
(
6
+
1
+
5
)
=12
"The Dragon Slayer":Ooor... Blix can airlift a rope up there?
Wizzzargh (GM):Wanna try?
"The Dragon Slayer":I've got a rope and grapple, and an air elemental should be able to at least extend a throw.
Depending how long the detours will take.
Wizzzargh (GM):(blix does not have high hopes that they'll accomplish anythign but spontaneously disrobement)
*awful spelling/format
Blix:"Sure, but Silfie is...easily bored. Let me wake her to see if she's willing. Mostly I just want to make sure not to tire her out in case of an emergency"
"The Dragon Slayer":Nevermind then. I reckon the perks of being an air elemental have been largely lost, except for momentary immunity to kinetic damage.
""*
"The Dragon Slayer" works around
Hours later...
Honk comes flying from a nearby mountain peak Mr Parsley has been leading you towards. It seems the beast is atop that grey peak.
Blix:"Seems to be it..." Blix gulps and holds up the chain, inspecting it and looking up at the mountain
Nothing will impede your journey up along the ridgeline- perhaps all the local wildlife has fled.
"The Dragon Slayer" approaches the peak
Blix follows
The mountain is flat-topped, with various rocky outcroppings providing 5-10 foot tall pillars here and there.
Sandwide has scraped the rocks here and there, leaving clawmarks. The scent of the beast is strong and...
Wizzzargh (GM):4
It is only thanks to TDS's words in Canine and Avian that the animals stick with you, shivering.
Deep shadows behind the pillars of stone and pale moonlight atop them... and a black form atop one.
Charles P.:"Right. Let's send the animals home now, actually."
Blix:"Should we maybe leave the animals behind?? OH good call yes."
"The Dragon Slayer" gives a few instructions to that effect.
"The Dragon Slayer":"They'll *suur
Wizzzargh (GM):Off they trot
Blix:"Honk, please keep Mr. Parsley safe!!"
"The Dragon Slayer":"They'll survive, at least."
Honk: quiet hiss
"The Dragon Slayer" picks a nice big rock to turn into a pit trap, and casts shadow.
Blix:"Silfie...I know you're quite tired, but please wake up? Pretty please? It's all quite dangerous and I may need you at a moments notice"
"The Dragon Slayer":"Alright. We'll go bother him and see what we see, but the main plan is for you to climb on top of him and get that chain secured."
Wizzzargh (GM):The fairy yawns and emerges from her gourd, fluttering by your side, the pale hints of blue in her wings bleached to white in the moonlight.
"The Dragon Slayer" trots towards the dog, shield up, and kopesh sheathed
Blix:"Got it. If something goes wrong....well, let's hope nothing goes wrong. Thank you Silfie, you look very pretty in the moonlight!"
Silfie: Of course I do...
Wizzzargh (GM):(To GM)rolling 2d6
(
6
+
3
)
=9
The hulking werewolf Sandwide has become rises to all fours as you approach, TDS
"The Dragon Slayer":"Sheesh..."
Looking down from the pillar and snarling, but not attacking... yet...
Wizzzargh (GM):Durn dog ears/nose
Durk:So I stole a blunderbuss from a werewolf. yeet.
"The Dragon Slayer":Hi Durk. We're just committing suicide real quick.
Wizzzargh (GM):durk, feel free to show up witha blunderbuss loaded with a silver bullet from the shadows at any time
Or not, if you want to live
Blix:"Sheriff?? We have something from your friend, Leeman. I know you are angry, but the townspeople need you. We need a Sheriff"
"The Dragon Slayer":(How high up is he, on that nice rock?)
Wizzzargh (GM):But if durk was around I assume y'all would have given him the engraved bullet fitted for a blunderbuss and all
Blix:Yup
Wizzzargh (GM):8 feet
Olaf of Refflinghouse hobbles around in the shadows
Wizzzargh (GM):10
The werewolf responds to that name! "Lee... Man..."
Blix:"Yes you remember!! He's a friend, and so are we! We want to help you!!"
A claw tightens, half fist, half paw.
Sandwide: Leeman.. dead... Witch...
"The Dragon Slayer":"He gave you something to help, though. Come down to us, and we'll help."
"The Dragon Slayer" drops all his equipment on the ground, to lighten his load
Blix:"Yes, she's gone!! She was a bad person and you did good by helping us end her. But it's time to come home. That's what Leeman would want, right?"
"The Dragon Slayer":(A pack and a crossbow, mostly)
The beast jumps down and snarls reflexively, then stops... but stands still, muscles and fur trembling with barely restrained bloodlust. What will you do?
"The Dragon Slayer" walks to the flank opposite Blix and raises his hands
Blix:I'll hold out the chain, approaching carefully, hands up. "Can I give this to you, please?!" Blix moves to put the chain on the beast
"The Dragon Slayer":"Just look at me buddy. This'll all be over in a minute."
"The Dragon Slayer" gives a little bark to try and draw the things attention
Wizzzargh (GM):The beast looks at TDS and a low whine emerges... and starts turning into a growl. Blix, roll to grapple if you wish to affix the chain while he stares at TDS
Blix:Ok. What modifiers? D20+ str+attack bonus? Anything for surprise?
"The Dragon Slayer":(And maybe a +2 flank bonus?)
Wizzzargh (GM):Yeah to all
surprise being +4
Blix:10
Nooooo
"The Dragon Slayer":(Woooow...)
You get ready to throw and catch the chain and then
Silfie, flying right into your face: Sooooo, is there anyone you like, like-like?
Damn all alfspawn!
"The Dragon Slayer" practically roars his bark as he tackles the dog 5
Blix:Yes, but later!!!?! I can't tell you if I'm dead!?
The Dragon-Slayer trips on a pebble and howls as he lands on his burned and twisted hands!
Wizzzargh (GM):Go on durk, make a sneak attack to put down old yeller
I wanna see three crit fails in a row XD
"The Dragon Slayer":(I guess this is going to be one of those battles.)
Olaf of Refflinghouse hops out and yells "GOTCHA!"
Olaf of Refflinghouse:
Olaf of Refflinghouse attacks with Sandwide's Blunderbuss
Attack
hits AC 22
Damage
11
"The Dragon Slayer":Welp. I guess it was his fate.
The beast lunges, eyes filled with madness, hot jaws on The Dragon Slayer's nape of his neck...
Blix:(Olaf the superthief)
BOOMM
Wizzzargh (GM):12 save vs nemesis-bullet
"The Dragon Slayer":Lol
"The Dragon Slayer" snarls
"The Dragon Slayer":"dog noises"
Moments before TDS loses their head, Olaf blows Sandwide away
"The Dragon Slayer":"Holy shit!"
the sound of a gunshot echoes down the side of the mountains... Sandwides broad chest and naked form lie a few feet away, their chest stained red.
Wizzzargh (GM):o shit
I didn't even need to roll for boolet
forgot about doule sneak attacc
*double
"The Dragon Slayer" cuts off his hands
Blix:"Dragon Slayer!! Health potion!? Do you have any??"
Blix runs to see if he's alive
"The Dragon Slayer":(C'mon, lycanthropy! Big money big money... no whammy no whammy... STOP!)
"Like gods damn Olaf. That shit was epic."
Wizzzargh (GM):Sandwide is alive but dying- he pushes away any proferred health potions. "I'm... Too... dangerous'..
Sandwide: Olaf... I... ha... knew it was you...
"The Dragon Slayer":"Oh shit! You're alive."
Sandwide: You put that ol gun... to good use...
Blix:"Sheriff...sandwide, that's NOT true......we need you!!!"
Sandwide: It's... okay... you have... him. Watch the town for me... Sheriff...
"The Dragon Slayer":"Yeah, uh... Why don't you just wear the chain all the time?"
Blix:"There has to be something here worth staying for, right???? Something worthwhile to fight the curse???"
His hand flops towards Olaf in a thumbs up, and his eyes glaze over.
"The Dragon Slayer":"Wow. I guess Olaf is sheriff now."
"The Dragon Slayer" gives a salute
Blix:"DAMNSHITFUCK" Blix looses a string of curses and sobs "I thought...I thought we could save him..."
"The Dragon Slayer":"Dumb fairy."
"Dumb hands."
"Dumb tripping over pebbles."
Olaf of Refflinghouse waddles over to Sandwide and gazes into the wound
Olaf of Refflinghouse:"Yep, got him pretty good..."
"The Dragon Slayer":"Can somebody cut our hands off and switch them out for me?"
"The Dragon Slayer" drinks an orange potion
Olaf of Refflinghouse:"I ain't got no knife."
"The Dragon Slayer":"Just a blunderbuss and a sack full of lead."
Blix:Blix complies with the grisly request, happy to help but still sobbing as the saw through the tendon and bone best they can with a silver dagger. "If..if you've got a s...sword..." Sniffles
"The Dragon Slayer":"Those giant brass balls don't get heavy, bro?"
"I don't think you even needed to use the special bullet, you got him so good."
"Anyway, yeah, I've got a sword."
Silfie: Wow, read the mood you two.
Anyway Blix, about your eventual firstborn child...
Blix:Blix continues sobbing as they hack away, covered in blood
Silfie: What happened to talking about it later? Yeesh...
The little fairy flies back into the gourd.
"The Dragon Slayer":obceneties in four languages
Wizzzargh (GM):Alright, Sandwide's hands are now your hands.
"The Dragon Slayer":Save vs lycanthropy?
Wizzzargh (GM):Bold of you to assume you'd know anything's wrong prior to going wolf and ruining everything...
Anyway, the miserable scene is concluded, You can get a pretty good lay of the land from up here...
euuuch, rip map quality
but you can see into the desert of the tuskmen for miles up here
Blix:"I think we need to take his corpse back for a proper funeral. Dragon Slayer, still got that paper? We can make a good map from here...."
Wizzzargh (GM):Dragon slayer might be a little quiet as he looks around with Half The Light of the World
Blix:"Dragon Slayer?? Are you listening to me???"
"The Dragon Slayer":"Hold on a sec while the Dungeon Master tells us what I see."
Olaf of Refflinghouse hobbles around looking at Sandwide from different angles and giggling
Olaf of Refflinghouse:"Got him good!"
"The Dragon Slayer":"Er.. while I process what I see!"
"Is what I meant to say..."
Wizzzargh (GM):Maybe just ignore that Olaf was named next shriff lel
Olaf of Refflinghouse:Oh no, I might retire him and doom the hamlet to his corruption and psychopathy.
Wizzzargh (GM):Oh boy
the reign of WORST SHERIFF
i love it
"The Dragon Slayer":Do it. A moment that epic deserves getting NPCd. He has peaked, and you might as well roll with it.
Wizzzargh (GM):in anycase, TDS sees 5 of the invisible clockwork titans looming in the distances- one in the desert, one in the mountains, one in the forest, one in the bog, and one in the reservoir lake
"The Dragon Slayer":"So... We're going to need to check those things out, as some point."
Blix:Meanwhile Blix will ask Saint Bridget to look over the Sheriff to a happier afterlife, unsure how or if it will work but eager enough to ask on behalf of any favor the hero-god might have for Blix.
"There's more of the things?!?? Damn."
"I asked around town and they thought I was on something. Maybe Hespy or the Clockwork Master might know something?"
Olaf of Refflinghouse:"I'm the sheriff!"
"ME!"
"HAHAHAH!"
Olaf of Refflinghouse jumps up and down
"The Dragon Slayer":"Right then. Let's go bury Sandwide, and get supplies to go after Princess takers hoard finally. I'm less worried about deities than I am about gold."
Blix:(if Blix ever gets the "cure insanity" or "make sociopaths feel again" results on leveling I know who I'm using it on)
"Well a map would likely help regardless, should we bother with one while here???"
"Maybe we can sell it or something, even"
"The Dragon Slayer":"Yeah, sure."
(Session end? I'm good for about another hour, is all.)
Wizzzargh (GM):Yeah, this definitely seems to be an appropriate time to end it
Blix:Yup
Wizzzargh (GM):pushing on will end with a whimper compared to Olaf's bang
Blix:(booooo)
Olaf of Refflinghouse is retired as an adventurer and now a sleazy sheriff
"The Dragon Slayer":Olaf's story ark was beautiful, Durk. You can't plan that stuff.
Scribe Elmyr:It is now the era of ye olde scribe
"The Dragon Slayer":"Gotcha," will be a phrase villagers learn to fear.
Wizzzargh (GM):Elmyr's pic is just like "how do you do, fellow sun-worshippers"
Anyway, hit me with them downtimes
"The Dragon Slayer":Building a repeater crossbow, then visiting the Builder to ask about the giants, and hopefully a new schematic.
Wizzzargh (GM):the new schematic requires three clockwork instances, and is a prosthetic limb (arm or leg)
"The Dragon Slayer":And also, how can I get a new name? Can I just steal Lee Mans? He's not using it anymore.
Wizzzargh (GM):You'd have to steal Lee Man's identity too, or it'd be pretty much the same as your current fragile nickname
Scribe Elmyr:Steal Olaf's cane and become The Cane Devil
Blix:Whew I had a lot planned. So it's "carousing with some stipulations" blix will help fund a nice funeral for the former sheriff, and will work to setup a high stakes (sexy) poker game, securing a location in town, paying for security and to spread the word to adventurers with gold. Only thing I'm not willing to lose in all this is the magic eye and maybe like 20 gold set aside, so 4000 silver in all spent on everything together
Wizzzargh (GM):didn't olaf want to make a gambling den at some point
or was that leah
Scribe Elmyr:Olaf
Wizzzargh (GM):boom
Scribe Elmyr:He'll help fund it too.
Blix:Yeah I'll work with the new sheriff haha
Wizzzargh (GM):Blix has the aide of the new sheriff to embezzle funds to fuel a casino
Blix:Also by sexy the intent is more "innocent and playful exhibition" than full on "eyes wide shut" orgies but blix makes bad decisions when turned on so who knows
Wizzzargh (GM):I'm sure the moral degradation of the hamlet will be gradual
"The Dragon Slayer":The nobles will be flocking in to spend thier gold. It'll be great for the economy.
Muffled noises of Our Lady of Gardens clutching her pearls in dismay on a higher
Wizzzargh (GM):And maybe with this new altar of gambling, these accursed rolls will improve with the favor of T'liki
I'm pretty sure this campaign has definitely had the trashest rolls
Scribe Elmyr:So we have a new gambling den.
"The Dragon Slayer":Well, I'll take Lee's name anyway, since it's less annoying than what I've got. I need a forgotten peasant with no identity to get a name from, so I can really own it.
Blix:Lol no kidding about the rolls Blix is gonna have to have a chat with Silfie and maybe Granny Grey on how to speed through a pregnancy with magic cause taking off that many months would suck
Scribe Elmyr:If Scribe Elmyr lives long enough there will be an observatory in town perhaps. The closest thing possible in this day and age, at least.
Just a place to study LE STARS
Err, LE SUN
Wizzzargh (GM):Le stars too
and even le moons
this ain't the noonlands, you'll take what celestial bodies you can get
even if you scowl at them through the telescope
Lee:Did Sandwide's crossbow cover the whole mechanism, or did it consume the gears "Lee," had as well?
Wizzzargh (GM):Yeah, yer back down to 0 clockworks, alas
anyway thanks for playin all, session log will be up in an hour or so, as well as an edit to other posts on account of there being a new sheriff in town
"Lee,":Cya
Blix:Damn good game, thanks so much!
Wizzzargh (GM):358.3333333333333