Drufle (GM)	also i just realized you guys are technically on the wrong map right now but give me a sec Welcome to Session (mumble mumble number), where things are going to go totally fine.
Sol	Hahahaha
Horanoven A.	TIME FOR CONSEQUENCES WOOOOO
Sol	best intro
Rüsenfeld	AHEM I'm rusenfeld now.
Drufle (GM)	You guys aren't actually in the guild hall at the moment, lemme move you.
Thicket	cough cough Thicket here totally not nervous enough to start lighting fires hahahaha
Wari	Here, i guess
Thicket	Golurk asked a good question where is Roy's book?
Drufle (GM)	The emperor was... less than pleased with the partial destruction of the clergyman's district, and has sent the guild members out of the city for a while so they can deal with the political repercussions.
Thicket	oh they just...sent us away?
Wari	are we going on a magic carpet ride Rose hides torches
Drufle (GM)	No, you are currently in the keep of a local lord, where you have been sent to act as bodyguards for a while.
Thicket	noo, don't hide the only safe thing I can light on fire have mercy
Rose	and no one is taking me on a magic carpet ride, unless you pay first
Wari	reassigned to antarctica, huh
Thicket	seems like it, dear
Drufle (GM)	The party currently is standing in the keep's greeting room, waiting to be seen by the lord.
Thicket	I'm trying to decide if I like or dislike the look of this place
Wari	"I don't know why I got shoved in with the rest of you bozos. I wasn't even there!"
Drufle (GM)	pfffft Rüsenfeld glares silently at everything in general
Thicket	"I can't believe the sent us away after saving the city" Rüsenfeld saves a bit of extra glare for Wari
Thicket	"This is incredibly unfair " Thicket is completely oblivious to Rusenfeld's glares
Wari	"Oi. You got a problem all of a sudden preacher man?"
Thicket	"Now what if something else happens while we're gone? We'll miss out!"
Drufle (GM)	The room you stand in has a granular stone floor, with only a few nice rugs to pad the floor.
Rüsenfeld	"We showe cowardice in the face of unholy powers, and have been judged for it. Babysitting duties seem like a pretty light verdict to me." showeD*
Drufle (GM)	A few lanterns slightly light the room, although the windows let in the light of the setting sun.
Rüsenfeld	I look out the window let's make the GM work today
Thicket	"There are some very severe and important reasons for me to not want to die" "Sorry that I did not feel like walking into a room with a murderous devil"
Drufle (GM)	You see rolling hills, and a few peasants' houses in the distance; the sun glares a bright red down at you, and in the sky you can still see the eerie glow of the moon.
Rüsenfeld	"The Lord has plans even for ones such as you, Thicket."
Wari	"YOU showed cowardice. If I'd been there, I'd have charged right in!" Rüsenfeld eyes the moon warily
Thicket	"-What- plans, Rusendfeld?" "-What- does your great lord do for the fairy?"
Rüsenfeld	"I do not presume to know the plans of The New God... Perhaps today is when we find out." Thicket is just growing more and more frustrated
Rose	I'm no coward, I just value my life more then any one else
Rüsenfeld	thats fair honestly
Thicket	that's...honestly pretty important for fairy
Rüsenfeld	to be frank rusenfeld is just very self-judging an he's projecting it rn
Thicket	its a lot more thought than most fairy give to death, really
Rüsenfeld	hey druf
Drufle (GM)	Mhm?
Rüsenfeld	is there like a door bell or w/e i wanna be impatient can i harass a butler
Drufle (GM)	I mean, you can knock on the door, I guess.
Thicket	I am very tempted to start a fire but the rugs are so nice...
Rose	do you want my torch?
Rüsenfeld	I knock on the door a bit.
Thicket	I mean, if she knew you had any she'd ask
Rose	could I strip and tempt someone to open the door?
Rüsenfeld	"There are others who require our services, if you do not need them any longer."
Drufle (GM)	The heavy wooden door swings open, and what seems to be a servant peeks his head out.
Rüsenfeld	I'm -always- supportive of stripping dew it
Servant Jerry	"Hyessssss?"
Thicket	oh no
Rüsenfeld	"Where is your Lord?"
Thicket	its Jerry
Rüsenfeld	"Evil waits for no man."
Servant Jerry	"He's currently talking to one of the guard captains, we are so dreadfully sorry for the wait, please be patient with us." Servant Jerry shuts the door before you can respond.
Rüsenfeld	"Hmph."
Thicket	"No respect for any of us, it seems"
Rüsenfeld	"I despise aristocrats."
Rose	i was going to roll stealth, thanks for the fast typing gm
Drufle (GM)	:P
Wari	"To hell with this!"
Drufle (GM)	It's one of the few things I'm very good at.
Rüsenfeld	"ffew" c'mon man
Thicket	uh oh
Rose	can i mark a door?
Rüsenfeld	modesty is for the weak Wari: Strength Challenge Roll 14
Thicket	Wari pls
Rüsenfeld	hhahaha
Drufle (GM)	Uhhhh.
Rüsenfeld	YES!
Wari	I roll to kick the door in
Thicket	"Wari, give us a bit of warning first"
Drufle (GM)	Ok, well, I'm gonna need you to roll two banes on that.
Thicket	"I could have set it alight to weaken it first"
Wari	oh ok
Drufle (GM)	This is an incredibly sturdy door.
Rose	can i mark it?
Drufle (GM)	Just roll 2d6.
Wari	rolling 2d6( 1 + 6 ) = 7
Rüsenfeld	damn
Thicket	I think doors have resistance versus arrows
Drufle (GM)	You can only mark creatures, and that's a failure then.
Rose	no i have back stab
Wari	still a pretty loud knock eh
Rüsenfeld	let's make it a mission to break the game todaay be creative
Drufle (GM)	The door opens again and Jerry sticks his head out.
Rose	stealth check
Servant Jerry	"Hyessssss?" Wari grabs jerry by his cravat and whispers
Wari	"I don't have patience for this bullshit. We're seeing your lord. NOW."
Rüsenfeld	does jerry agi save haha
Thicket	yes, lets dig ourselves deeper Rose: Perception Challenge Roll 0
Rüsenfeld	that macro is still oborked i see
Thicket	well, its a nat 20 regardless
Rüsenfeld	wow it is
Servant Jerry	"I'll make sure to note your comments to the lord posthaste, miss."
Rose	still a 20, i will sneak behind the guy in the door Servant Jerry removes himself from Wari's grip and closes the door.
Rose	and take his keys
Drufle (GM)	Uh. Ok then.
Rüsenfeld	hahahahaha this session is gonna end us
Drufle (GM)	Rose is now in the antechamber. Rose unlocks door
Drufle (GM)	I mean, the door wasn't locked in the first place.
Thicket	pffft of course not
Drufle (GM)	But it's very unlocked now.
Rose	just had to make sure
Drufle (GM)	I'll give Jerry a Per check, I guess. rolling d20 ( 13 ) = 13
Thicket	the lord is going to be quite upset by this
Wari	is jerry a ghost
Drufle (GM)	Jerry does not see miss Rose. No, he just doesn't have a pog.
Thicket	I don't think we were ever meant to see him we broke the session already
Wari	we can't have
Rose	does this door open
Wari	there's still assets
Drufle (GM)	It does, yes.
Wari	we only break the game when there's no map left to load
Rose	can i open it then
Wari	and we're walking on raw firmament
Rüsenfeld	she snuck in, i have no idea where she went
Thicket	I think we just skipped a cutscene
Drufle (GM)	Roll another quick stealth roll to see if you can open the door without anyone noticing.
Rüsenfeld	it's all on you rose
Rose	whats the roll
Drufle (GM)	Just AGI. Rose: Agility Challenge Roll 0
Wari	a 5?
Thicket	woops
Rose	nope
Drufle (GM)	7, with her AGI.
Thicket	dropped the keys or something
Rose	i think i may have broke wind
Drufle (GM)	The door swings open, and Jerry turns confusedly at it.
Thicket	surprised, the ground is actually gravel on glass listen to all that noise poor jerry he has no idea what he's gotten into
Servant Jerry	"My, what an incredibly strong breeze to open this very thick iron-enforced wooden door."
Rose	should i takwe him out?
Thicket	does he offend you in any way?
Rüsenfeld	My, what big teeth you have grandma
Rose	well he may have noticed me
Drufle (GM)	He doesn't see you, he just sees that the door is open now.
Wari	rose doesn't need an excuse
Rüsenfeld	rip Jerry
Thicket	wait to see what he does?
Rose	so i go into the next room
Thicket	he'll probably just close the door again
Rüsenfeld	lemme know when there's anything to hint at trouble so Ruse can run away again Kappa
Thicket	if we hear guards we run
Wari	ooh
Drufle (GM)	Ok, now you're actually in the throne room.
Thicket	wow this is a tiny-ass castle
Drufle (GM)	It's a keep! I mentioned as much earlier.
Wari	listen! listen with your long pointy ears!
Thicket	wow this is a tiny-ass keep Rose pulls bow out
Thicket	uh oh now is the time to run
Rüsenfeld	a keep sin't like a castle it's a kind of tower fort it's meant to be pretty small
Drufle (GM)	Rose sees a man in flowing violet robes talking to a heavily armored man; they seem to be arguing.
Thicket	oooh, eavedrop
Drufle (GM)	Also, has anyone noticed that Rose is gone?
Thicket	learn juicy secrets
Drufle (GM)	I feel like that would concern people.
Rose	unless anyone joins me, I'm going to shoot Thicket: Perception Challenge Roll 15
Rüsenfeld	I thought I rolle perception
Thicket	yeah I've noticed now
Rüsenfeld	didn't I roll?
Wari	I might have since I was next to the door
Rose	you are two rooms away
Drufle (GM)	I mean, you don't have to roll perception to notice that she isn't in the room anymore.
Rüsenfeld	well I have to CARE about her too
Thicket	you do when you're complaining which Thicket is still doing
Rose	I'm going to roll in 10 9
Thicket	she hasn't stopped talking all this time
Rose	8
Wari	aight i'mma go in after her
Thicket	I think you should just listen
Rüsenfeld	"Ok, where's Rose?"
Rose	7 6 Wari barrels through the room
Rose	5
Thicket	I don't want to actually get us killed before we even get our mission
Wari	"whaddup, elf"
Rose	4 grrrrrr
Rüsenfeld	do you see her?
Rose	ive got my bow out
Drufle (GM)	The captain and lord wheel around as they hear the door open, much more loudly this time.
Thicket	"Oh...I think Rose went on her own"
Rüsenfeld	"Hey uh, Thicet"
Wari	"yo, uh, I was just wondering what the hells goin on, if you don't mind."
Rüsenfeld	"How 'bout we hang back here
Thicket	"Yes, dear?" "Fine by me"
Lord Scraw	"By the gods, Jerry, I told you we... wait, who are you?"
Thicket	"I'd love to get out of here"
Rüsenfeld	"No, I'm totally kidding, Rose is going to get us all hanged. Let's go."
Wari	"bodyguards, apparently. sent out from the city to you, god knows why."
Thicket	"Ah...yes...that would be an issue" Thicket squeezes past the others
Lord Scraw	"Oh! Right, the Hero's Guild folk, of course."
Rose	so which one do i kill and who am i looking after?
Rüsenfeld	aw thought she'd squeeze by the one male character Lord Scraw whispers something to the guard captain.
Rüsenfeld	you just shove the other female ones instead :( sad times
Thicket	there's more room down here
Rüsenfeld	that's what she said
Thicket	...
Rose	really
Lord Scraw	"Right, so, I suppose we're having this discussion now, then." Rose yes
Lord Scraw	"Captain, if you wouldn't mind." Thicket brushes herself off and bows
Wari	"better save yer arrows for later, Rose. I don't like the looks of any of this" (she doesn't like the looks of anything tbh)
Drufle (GM)	The armored man nods to the lord and walks past the party, through the other rooms.
Rose	"well if their dead their not a problem"
Thicket	what is that name even pls tell me that's his last name
Rüsenfeld	Parents were trying to mimic a crow when the nurse asked for the name to put on the document
Lord Scraw	"Right, heroes, I am quite grateful for your presence today."
Drufle (GM)	It's a surname, yes.
Thicket	phew faith in his parents has not been lost
Rüsenfeld	first name Lord?
Thicket	yet
Rose	how do i check to see if he's friend?
Lord Scraw	"Personally, I don't particularly care why you're here, the beastmen have been getting rowdy recently."
Rüsenfeld	"More beastmen."
Rose	"and that's just the gards"
Wari	"ohh. BEASTMEN. you should've said. We can deal with those"
Rose	gards
Rüsenfeld	"I'm starting to think there's something going on with them."
Rose	guards
Thicket	"More of those dreadful creatures?"
Lord Scraw	"Of course the beastmen, they've been a plague in the lands for weeks now."
Rose	i don't need any more pelts
Rüsenfeld	"Perhaps something is leading them..."
Thicket	but Rose you don't have any minotaur pelts yet
Rüsenfeld	"I mean more than the usual ruffian band, I mean someone is preparing for war."
Rose	they don't sell very well.
Thicket	you sure? they must sell for a lot
Rose	yes
Thicket	a rarity
Lord Scraw	"War? You really believe these base creatures are capable of tactics? I would think not, my friend."
Rose	too much like human, what do you think i used to use
Thicket	hmmm maybe their skull? that's a lot more distinct
Rüsenfeld	"Underestimating beastmen nearly caused us to perish in flames, My Lord. I wouldn't underestimate them." Lord Scraw scoffs and sits back on his throne.
Thicket	"We've seen demon activity in every beast encounter so far, come to think of it" Lord Scraw kind of attempts to, at least, the grid doesn't allow him to actually sit there.
Rüsenfeld	"In any case, is there an area that they are congregating around?"
Rose	now can i shoot him?
Rüsenfeld	"That's a good point, thicket..." wow there goes my phone brb
Thicket	"I hear the guild dealt with some insectoid demon at the farmhouse" "And that portal...I do not believe it was meant to summon the devil"
Lord Scraw	"There's always been rather prevalent demonic activity in any beastman combat, they're well known to be somewhat interlinked."
Wari	"that don't sound normal at all"
Lord Scraw	"And as for gathering areas, they've never been very well organized."
Rose	"so if yo9u have such a bad beastmen problem, with all your guards.......
Thicket	"Beastment have a nasty habit of turning humans into more beastment, I hear" *beastmen
Rose	inside job
Lord Scraw	"Our regiment has been able to deal with most of them, but there's been quite a few larger ones more recently."
Wari	"how much larger?"
Rose	where do they appear?
Lord Scraw	"Whatever they're called... the larger, angrier ones, that aren't goats." Thicket: Intellect Challenge Roll 8
Wari	"oh jeez. I suppose we can have a go."
Thicket	okay, I don't think I've heard of them
Wari	"better get good pay for this..." Rose: Intellect Challenge Roll 0
Rüsenfeld	i hope i didn't offend anyone earlier, that joke was a bit low
Lord Scraw	"Listen, I'm well aware that your positioning here is nothing more than an act, I highly doubt there will be any activity in the next few days.
Rüsenfeld	feel kinda bad about it now
Thicket	which one, russ?
Rüsenfeld	nevermind
Thicket	:P
Wari	see! no problem
Drufle (GM)	Rose, despite her macro, managed to pass the check.
Wari	we never noticed a thing
Rose	"well if we are done here, i want to either shoot something, or...."
Drufle (GM)	Although she notes that there isn't exactly just one kind of big beastmen, there's multiple.
Rose	ive ived a while lived Lord Scraw shrugs and sighs.
Rüsenfeld	"Who ordered this placement, My Lord?"
Lord Scraw	"We don't have much of an archery range, I'm afraid."
Rüsenfeld	"I thought it was at your behest."
Lord Scraw	"Mine? No, I was just informed that you were being sent here."
Rose	who said i use targets
Rüsenfeld	"Ah. That probaby explains the slow reception. I apologize for my impatience."
Thicket	Lord Birdnoise probably doesn't know that Lord Scraw nods at Rusenfeld.
Thicket	knowing Drufle we'll probably have some targets soon
Rüsenfeld	"What all is in this territory?"
Rose	well I'm stood in the centre of a doorway with my bow drawn
Rüsenfeld	you're always stood in a doorway with yoru bow drawn we're all used to it
Wari	"put it down, you fool!"
Lord Scraw	"Some peasant villages, farms, orchards, caves, you know the type, I'm sure."
Thicket	"Any...libraries perhaps?"
Rose	"yes"
Rüsenfeld	i try to whisper to rose
Lord Scraw	"Not here, I'm afraid. This is but a keep, it's built solely for military training and defense."
Rüsenfeld	"Do, in fact, put it down... please?" Thicket looks visibly saddened by this
Rose	why? how can i trust him?
Rüsenfeld	well i dont' want the dude dead before i know what i need to know
Lord Scraw	"At my personal castle, we have more capable facilities, but this has little in the way of intellectual pursuits."
Rose	.....
Rüsenfeld	"So we're to be stationed at this keep?"
Rose	any prisoners?
Thicket	also he is probably the source of things to shoot in the near future
Wari	"you'll just have to practice more with aiming yer fireballs, Thicky! heh!"
Thicket	if he didn't send for us, it is likely that the...council?...knows something neither of us do Rüsenfeld cringes slightly at the mention of magical balls of flaming death
Lord Scraw	"As far as I've been informed, yes, you are to stay here in the keep until I am given further orders."
Rose	"make me" Rüsenfeld sighs
Lord Scraw	"I apologize for the inevitable ennui, but this wasn't my decision in the first place."
Thicket	wispers"Rose, dear, while I don't care a lot about this man, I would appreciate that you put the bow away before it lights aflame"
Rüsenfeld	"We do what must be done. Though I get the feeling that we are being removed from someplace, rather than being placed somewhere.
Thicket	"It is making me a bit nervous"
Rose	if your burn my bow, i will have a pixie skull for a mug Lord Scraw nods and pulls out a book from underneath his throne."
Thicket	I ain't a pixie and I can literally blow you up
Rüsenfeld	This party is so... volatile. Literally.
Thicket	this is what you get for having two Fairies in the same room
Rose	and i could butcher you before you can wave your silly fingers
Drufle (GM)	So, before this gets particularly out of hand.
Wari	"okay, break it up, you two!" Rose ........ Wari steps back in between them
Drufle (GM)	How about everyone makes an AGI check?
Wari	ok Thicket crosses her arms Thicket: Agility Challenge Roll 17 Rüsenfeld: Agility Challenge Roll 18 Rose: Agility Challenge Roll 0 Wari: Agility Challenge Roll 5
Thicket	for future reference I am currently in Air mode
Rüsenfeld	ouch that 1 though sorry sam
Thicket	I don't think I have any of my buffs up though
Drufle (GM)	Alright, Wari and Rose both need to take 1d6 damage.
Rose	I'm too busy with my bow and multiple targets
Wari	rolling 1d6( 4 ) = 4
Rose	rolling 1d6( 3 ) = 3
Thicket	did the music just stop?
Rüsenfeld	i thought it was on purpose
Drufle (GM)	As the party fights among themselves, a whistling sound is heard out the windows. Suddenly!
Rüsenfeld	since someting's clearly going down Thicket dodges out of the way of...something
Thicket	ROCKS
Rüsenfeld	omg catapults
Thicket	ROCKS FELL
Wari	ohh so THIS is what happened
Thicket	ITS ALL OVER
Drufle (GM)	A massive boulder crashes through the roof, shattering the ceiling of the throne room.
Thicket	"Goodness"
Rose	son of a ............. * Lord Scraw leaps back in his throne, somehow.
Wari	"WHAT THE FUCK."
Thicket	"This is...very poor timing"
Rüsenfeld	"everyone alright?"
Rose	%$£&^*
Lord Scraw	"What in GODS name is that!?" Thicket casts Oak Hide Lord Scraw quickly sprints out of the throne room, heading to the front of the keep.
Rüsenfeld	are we staying to fight or going to protect the lord?
Wari	"where the hell're you goin?!"
Drufle (GM)	He doesn't bother saying anything to the party as he runs.
Rose	rose follows him
Thicket	"Do we want to see what that was?"
Rose	where is he gm?
Thicket	"I kind of want to see what that was"
Drufle (GM)	He left!
Rose	where?
Thicket	out the keep where we came in Thicket runs out to the front
Drufle (GM)	Alright, just as a heads up' y'all are probably going to want to zoom out a bit.
Rose	can i use my tracking skills?
Thicket	oh I see
Wari	"oh what the hell..." Thicket peaks around the corner
Drufle (GM)	Lord Scraw is out in the front yard, hurriedly asking questions to the captain and the regiment of guards.
Thicket	drufle, can I say that I have 9 healing berries?
Drufle (GM)	Sure, however many you could've cast, most likely.
Thicket	yep, 9
Drufle (GM)	The captain points to the south. Can you guys make PER rolls? Rüsenfeld: Perception Challenge Roll 10 Wari: Perception Challenge Roll 3 Thicket: Perception Challenge Roll 3 oh Rose: Perception Challenge Roll 0
Wari	"can't see shit!" Thicket is looking in entirely the wrong direction
Rose	well i cant be surprised
Drufle (GM)	Ruse and Rose see past the rubble and and smoke, over the hills... And see something rather concerning.
Thicket	joy
Rose	what
Thicket	MINOTAUR
Wari	knew it
Thicket	YES I GET TO BLOW THINGS UP FINALLY
Rüsenfeld	omg it's a fucking seige where's the lord
Rose	whats the range on the big guy?
Rüsenfeld	i want to point out the FUCKING CATAPULTS
Thicket	guys
Drufle (GM)	A veritable army of fomors, led by a minotaur hefting a massive greataxe, is approaching the keep.
Thicket	bottom left corner
Drufle (GM)	And yes, catapults!
Thicket	look there, NOW
Wari	"shoulda brought a saw..."
Rose	marking big guy Rüsenfeld shouts to the lord
Drufle (GM)	The guard captain quickly motions to some of the soldiers, and they run around the corner quickly.
Thicket	bottom right sorry
Rüsenfeld	"Still think they don't organize?!"
Thicket	"So my advice right now would be" "to light the catapults on fire"
Lord Scraw	"Now is NOT the time to say 'I told you so', folks."
Rüsenfeld	it totally is
Thicket	"That time is afterwards"
Wari	"Well we're all gonna die anyway so why not?" Lord Scraw motions again, and two ballistae are wheeled to the front of the keep.
Thicket	oh sweet
Lord Scraw	"This is what you wanted, wasn't it? Deal with them quickly, we can't lose this keep!"
Rose	can i use dirty tricks with trick shot?
Thicket	I would like to point out that ths is only half the map so far Wari 's eyes just light up at the sight of the siege crossbows
Wari	"ooohohohohohoooo!
Thicket	and they have a GOD DAMN DEMON PORTAL
Rose	gm?
Drufle (GM)	Dirty tricks?
Thicket	are they even in range?
Drufle (GM)	Oh, that.
Wari	yayy my art assets
Drufle (GM)	Yes, you can.
Rose	yes the new one
Drufle (GM)	And yeah, bows have stupidly long ranges. Like 200 tiles or something.
Thicket	ah fire away then
Drufle (GM)	Alright, NOW we are actually in combat mode. Who's going fast?
Rose	so i can mark big guy and use trick shot with dirty tricks
Thicket	I am totally switching to fire mode
Rose	is that fast or slow? well he is already marked
Rüsenfeld	i'll probably go fast, but do i buff folks or try to hit something? oh wait
Thicket	I need to check the range of my spells
Rüsenfeld	can i bless the ballistae?
Thicket	Bows are Long Range?
Rüsenfeld	or like the huge group of soldiers?
Drufle (GM)	No, Ruse. Only creatures.
Thicket	because Flame Missile is also Long range
Rüsenfeld	are they going fast?
Drufle (GM)	Blessing affects anyone you can touch, so up to 8 people.
Rüsenfeld	could bless 4 of them
Drufle (GM)	Long is 100 tiles, sorry.
Rüsenfeld	let the fodder have a bit more chance
Wari	man I wish I'd brought HK this is exactly what he was built for
Thicket	actually, I know what I'm going to do round one
Rose	how many tiles is he away?
Thicket	probably less than 100???
Rüsenfeld	any of the fomor gorups in medium range?
Drufle (GM)	200 feet, so that's... uh, whatever 200/5 tiles is. 40. So yeah, within long range.
Thicket	yards are 3 feet which I mean still long range
Rose	ok its dead then , hopefully
Drufle (GM)	Yes, but this grid is in units of 5 feet.
Thicket	ah okay
Drufle (GM)	Where uh Where's Ruse?
Thicket	oh no, that minotaur ain't dying to one tiny arrow
Rüsenfeld	he WAS near the door..
Wari	he disapparated
Rose	i have my big ones with me
Thicket	how'd that even happen
Rüsenfeld	no idea
Thicket	one big arrow isn't killing a minotaur
Wari	pissed himself to death
Thicket	they are one of, if not THE, strongest beastmen
Drufle (GM)	Medium range is only 20 tiles, you aren't anywhere near that.
Wari	thicket, never tell rose the odds she ain't listening
Thicket	this is out of character
Drufle (GM)	So, anyone going fast?
Rüsenfeld	i'm trying to figure that out i need to know if a group's in medium range
Rose	yes
Wari	question: who's using the ballistae
Drufle (GM)	They aren't, Ruse.
Thicket	Is everyone going to hang together?
Rüsenfeld	well shoot slow no wait
Drufle (GM)	Wari: the soldiers will be running over there soon, unless someone else takes them.
Thicket	because if we're next to each other
Rüsenfeld	ugh i hate this, there's too many things :P
Rose	I'm shooting Rose shooting
Wari	I don't trust them an inch, I'm scooting over to man one
Rüsenfeld	i'll pray for you
Thicket	I have a spell that helps deflect enemy projectiles
Rüsenfeld	mention it to russ well, to all of us haha
Thicket	"Oh, these goats might have range" "I have a spell that might help with that"
Rose	rolling d20+2+3d6k1( 18 )+2+( 6 + 1 + 1 ) = 26
Thicket	"But its range is limited"
Rüsenfeld	"I'll stick around".
Drufle (GM)	Hoo boy that is a hit.
Rüsenfeld	wow is that without even prayer? can i NOT pray? ahaha Rüsenfeld hates the waste
Drufle (GM)	No, she already used it. Roll damage, then.
Wari	she's working it out
Thicket	is this one of the special arrows?
Rose	rolling 3d6+1( 1 + 2 + 2 )+1 = 6
Drufle (GM)	Uh huh.
Rüsenfeld	damn
Rose	but second shot
Drufle (GM)	Yeah, go ahead.
Rose	rolling d20+2+3dk1( 2 )+2+3 = 7 one moment
Thicket	actually, is that magic portal in range?
Drufle (GM)	I mean, that's not going to be a hit regardless.
Rose	rolling d20+2+3d6k1rolling d20+2+3d6k1 ( 12 )+2+( 1 + 1 + 4 ) = 18
Drufle (GM)	It is, yes Thicket.
Thicket	because I might be able to break it with a Flame Missile
Drufle (GM)	Rose, you already missed.
Rüsenfeld	is breaking it what we want to do?
Rose	but i didn't get my 3d6
Wari	she wrote the massive equation wrong
Drufle (GM)	Yeah, but the d20 roll was a 2, that wasn't going to hit regardless.
Thicket	oh fuck Fireball is long range
Wari	oh alright then
Rüsenfeld	RIP
Rose	.......
Thicket	screw Flame Missile, I'm chucking a Fireball into that magic circle
Drufle (GM)	So, anyone else going fast?
Rüsenfeld	oh i thought you saw a voidcaller
Thicket	that circle is donezo
Rüsenfeld	god that scared me
Wari	I just moved up to my speed here
Rüsenfeld	ok i go slow
Thicket	I mean there are voidcallers
Wari	can I move father with a run or something
Rüsenfeld	i want stuff to happen 'fore i decide on what t do
Drufle (GM)	Only with an action, Wari.
Wari	right
Thicket	Drufle, can I break the circle like, right now?
Wari	next turn then
Drufle (GM)	I mean, you can just yell at the soldiers "hey don't take both of them, I want one."
Wari	if you can then I won't need this ballista~
Drufle (GM)	Thicket: if that's what you'd like to use your fireball one, go ahead.
Wari	"I CALL THE ONE ON THE LEFT"
Drufle (GM)	on*
Wari	(our right)
Thicket	can I make an int check to see if that works? so I don't waste my one cast?
Drufle (GM)	Uh, sure. Thicket: Intellect Challenge Roll 5
Rüsenfeld	are they singing like
Thicket	shiiit
Rüsenfeld	'eeh oh eh ooh' oh fuck did you just miss with a fireball
Drufle (GM)	You have no idea whether this will work or not.
Rüsenfeld	oh thank god
Thicket	no no russ
Rüsenfeld	just shoot it
Thicket	I don't need to make an attack roll to hit it
Rüsenfeld	what's the worst that could happen
Rose	shoot
Drufle (GM)	Where are you centering the fireball?
Thicket	dead centy Rose prpairs to throw the pixie
Thicket	center
Drufle (GM)	Righto.
Thicket	those voidcallers are getting hit too, I think
Drufle (GM)	Yep.
Rüsenfeld	omg there are voidcallers
Drufle (GM)	rolling d20+2( 13 )+2 = 15 rolling d20+2 ( 14 )+2 = 16
Rüsenfeld	also one of those shards roy liked to summon Thicket pulls out a small seed and lights it ablaze
Thicket	what you doing, druf? agi saves?
Drufle (GM)	Rolling AGI saves, yeah. They both take half damage.
Thicket	there's three things down there oh its dead right so rolling 5d6 ( 6 + 6 + 4 + 5 + 2 ) = 23
Rüsenfeld	wooo
Drufle (GM)	11 damage to the void callers.
Rüsenfeld	that's scary damage Thicket hurls the flaming seed all the way into the center of the magic circle
Thicket	the circle erupts into a swam of vines, flames, and swirling petals that tear apart the area around them
Rose	so if that was from throwing a seed, what happens if we throw her?
Thicket	I don't explode, sorry
Wari	plant nuke
Rose	wanna bet?
Thicket	no
Drufle (GM)	The energy of the fireball immolates the surrounding area, and the magic circle starts warping and launching bolts of energy out of it.
Thicket	uh oh "Oh"
Drufle (GM)	The void callers, if you could see them, are notably disturbed.
Thicket	"That was not the intended effect"
Wari	"nice shot, gir-ohhh."
Thicket	don't worry guys, I can get castings back
Drufle (GM)	Anyone else going fast? Everyone but Ruse has done something.
Thicket	I'm using my triggered action to take a step back
Rüsenfeld	i'm slow
Drufle (GM)	Righto.
Rüsenfeld	you all scattered so i rushing to bless you isn't really that prudent
Drufle (GM)	The lord begins heading back inside, because no way is he dealing with this. One of the soldiers hops on a ballista, and the rest start moving forward.
Thicket	oh wait I think the voidcallers have to make STR saves I'm Air mode
Drufle (GM)	You said you switched to fire mode, didn't you?
Wari	you were in fire
Thicket	oh righ yeah okay are they adjacent to the magic portal? does that count?
Drufle (GM)	They wouldn't take the damage anyways. Fire mode only activates when you use a spell with an attack roll.
Thicket	oh oh well
Drufle (GM)	In fact I believe that is true for all your modes.
Thicket	dang
Drufle (GM)	Anyway, BOLT LAUNCH
Thicket	FIRE ZE MISSILES
Wari	THUNDER BREAK
Drufle (GM)	The soldier expertly grabs a bolt from the storage, shoves it into the loading hold, and cranks it back quickly.
Wari	these are six-foot-long iron arrows man
Drufle (GM)	He aims a bit, and launches into the middle of one of the fomor swarms.
Wari	dude's burly
Thicket	"Can we send a soldier out to get reinforcements?" "There do not seem to be many here"
Wari	"You reallly think anyone could arrive in time?!"
Thicket	"No, but it'd be a nice thought"
Drufle (GM)	Ballistae do 2d6 damage against a target, and 1d6 to surrounding squares.
Wari	where is it headed
Drufle (GM)	rolling d6( 1 ) = 1
Thicket	I am really suprised that's all a ballista can do
Drufle (GM)	The bolt lands in the middle of a group, and fomors scatter as it crashes into the earth.
Thicket	these things could puncture 5 people in a row back int he day
Drufle (GM)	Yeah, but I didn't want them to be too powerful.
Wari	aww
Thicket	can I make an int check to figure out what the portal is doing?
Drufle (GM)	The soldiers march! Next round, Thicket.
Thicket	because energy launching everywhere isn't normal
Rüsenfeld	wow that looked cool
Wari	whump
Drufle (GM)	CATAPULTS
Rüsenfeld	are they in medium range now?
Drufle (GM)	Nope. Ruse, follow my ruler for a second. Did you see that line I was marking?
Rüsenfeld	ohhh ok sorry
Thicket	the Ruse Line
Drufle (GM)	That's medium range.
Wari	that's piddling for medium when long range is literally off the map
Rüsenfeld	i have trouble with the whole range systems i dunno why
Drufle (GM)	Anyway, three of the catapults launch stones into the keep, crumbling bits and pieces. The fourth one aims at the soldiers!
Thicket	oh noooo
Drufle (GM)	rolling d20+1( 7 )+1 = 8 rolling d20+1 ( 15 )+1 = 16 rolling d20+1 ( 11 )+1 = 12 rolling d20+1 ( 7 )+1 = 8 rolling d20+1 ( 16 )+1 = 17
Thicket	oh dear
Drufle (GM)	rolling 2d6( 3 + 2 ) = 5 Oh, they're fine. Just a boulder, don't worry. Slow turns!
Thicket	they are proffesionals
Rüsenfeld	how does speed work again?
Drufle (GM)	Ruse, you're up.
Thicket	I think that was just russ?
Drufle (GM)	It's number of tiles. That's just how many tiles you can go in one move.
Rüsenfeld	shit ok i guess i'll just shoot something somebody tell me what to aim at QQ
Thicket	the Minotaur the fomors are smalltime the Minotaur though
Rüsenfeld	ok one moment pls
Thicket	is downright terrifying and should die as soon as possible
Drufle (GM)	Pssh, he's not a problem. Totally.
Rüsenfeld	fuck why did i pray for rose i could've divine struck with my own weapon
Thicket	because deep down, you believe she cares folly on your part, but nice nonetheless
Drufle (GM)	You can always just try and bless people.
Rose	I'm shoting it *shooting
Thicket	you are very much not enough, Rose
Rose	i hate my keyboard
Thicket	I know you're a good archer but its a fucking minotaur
Drufle (GM)	We still need to wait for Ruse to do something.
Thicket	if it gets close we are very dead
Rüsenfeld	i can only bless one person shoudl i just do that?
Rose	i could always fuck it, but i don't know the damage rolls
Drufle (GM)	I'll let you bless both Thicket and Rose.
Wari	Preacher, bless theyself!
Rose	dont you dare bless me
Rüsenfeld	ok, I'll do tha- can i bles myself?
Drufle (GM)	No.
Rüsenfeld	ok i thought so i'll bless thicket and rose
Rose	i have no need of gods
Wari	jesus christ superstar was a pack of lies!
Drufle (GM)	:P
Rose	my own kind abandoned me and cursed me, why would a god help me
Thicket	shrug
Drufle (GM)	Well regardless, that's blessing used, so next round! Who's going fast?
Thicket	okay so
Rose	me
Thicket	int check pls? I want to know what my Summer's Wrath did to that portal Intellect Challenge Roll 20 welp I'll take that, thank you
Drufle (GM)	Oh dear.
Wari	ENEMY SCAN
Thicket	WHAT DOES THE SCANNER SAY ABOUT ITS POWER LEVEL
Wari	it's all over the plaaaaace crush
Drufle (GM)	The portal absorbed all of the energy from the fireballs, and has basically become overloaded- if not contained soon, it will detonate and immolate the surrounding field.
Rüsenfeld	omg
Wari	ooh
Thicket	oh hell yes
Rüsenfeld	thicket y u do dis
Thicket	that sounds awesome how big a radius?
Rüsenfeld	^ we gon' die?
Drufle (GM)	Possibly, yeah.
Thicket	can we hide in the keep?
Drufle (GM)	When I said "field" I meant this entire area.
Wari	oh ok
Rüsenfeld	oh man
Thicket	how soon?
Rüsenfeld	i wanna see this happen
Thicket	and are the voidcallers capable of stopping this?
Rüsenfeld	i'll go fast, btw
Drufle (GM)	About... I'll say somewhere between 10-20 rounds.
Thicket	oh :/
Rose	rolling d20+2+4d6k1( 19 )+2+( 6 + 1 + 1 + 2 ) = 27
Drufle (GM)	And they can certainly try, they're relatively capable.
Thicket	I use my little idol to regain my casing of Summer's Wrath
Drufle (GM)	A bit singed, but they're smart dudes.
Rose	i think that is a hit
Drufle (GM)	That is very much a hit. Wait, how did you get 4 boons now?
Thicket	"Hey, ballista guy! Aim for that portal! Break it!"
Wari	she;'s blessed
Drufle (GM)	Oh, right.
Wari	"WAY AHEAD OF YA GIRL"
Thicket	"Then get the hell into the keep" Wari still waddling to the engine
Thicket	"Err, sorry, the heck into the keep"
Drufle (GM)	Actually, I'm curious.
Rose	rolling 3d6+1( 1 + 2 + 3 )+1 = 7
Drufle (GM)	How did you get 3 boons in the first place? You get one from Trickery, and one from him being your mark. Where's the third from?
Rose	its marked, trickery, blessed, I'm trying to find the fourth one on my many pieces of paper i think i went with social, do i need to deleyte one? rolling 1d6 ( 1 ) = 1
Drufle (GM)	It's fine for now, just keep that in mind for future rolls that you only have 3 boons with blessing.
Rose	no probs
Drufle (GM)	Anyway, roll your second shot.
Rose	rolling d20+2+3d6k1( 19 )+2+( 4 + 6 + 6 ) = 27
Drufle (GM)	Good lord. Rose is stealing all the luck again!
Thicket	for now
Wari	just as well
Rose	and with rogue cunning
Wari	she's the only one in range TO hit
Thicket	hey now I'm in range too
Rose	rolling 2d6+1( 5 + 1 )+1 = 7
Wari	oh yeah burn those catapults plox
Thicket	I just have other things to do oh they'll burn alright
Drufle (GM)	Arrows are piercing mr minotaur's skin over and over, and he just keeps on trucking. Anyone else going fast?
Thicket	"Hey everyone, I suggest we get inside the keep"
Wari	so I have to go slow to run the rest of the way to the ballista?
Rose	why?
Thicket	"That portal could quite possibly explode"
Drufle (GM)	Wari: yes.
Rose	i love a good "hunt"
Wari	"WHAT" ok
Thicket	"Blowing up...roughly...everything we can see"
Wari	"Didja fireball it too hard?!"
Thicket	"Maaaaybe"
Drufle (GM)	This party really has a problem with collateral damage, you know?
Rüsenfeld	i was going fast
Wari	"Oh! well! Good way to die!"
Rüsenfeld	sorry i'm kind of dozing
Rose	only for those worried about living
Thicket	"Seriously though, if you can get into the keep, do so" "This is going to get ugly"
Wari	"HOW LONG DO WE HAVE?"
Thicket	does Lord Birdnoise hear us?
Rose	not for a while so get killing
Thicket	"Uh...not long"
Rüsenfeld	oh wait
Drufle (GM)	ABOUT 10 ROUNDS- I MEAN A MINUTE AND A HALF
Rüsenfeld	dude can I INT check the minotaur to see if he's getting powered from something external
Thicket	its a minotaur
Drufle (GM)	Thicket: he's literally right next to you.
Rose	you told us atleast 10 turns, we are on turn 2, dont be a wuss
Drufle (GM)	So yes.
Thicket	this is normal for it
Drufle (GM)	Ruse: Go ahead.
Thicket	what does Lord Birdnoise think about this?
Wari	I ask cuz 10 rounds is a long-ass time in battle so we should try and live a bit Rüsenfeld: Intellect Challenge Roll 12
Drufle (GM)	Lord Scraw was already running inside, he doesn't care.
Thicket	I mean, its 10 rounds now
Wari	and like, make the portal not explode?
Drufle (GM)	Ruse: You're pretty sure it's just a normal minotaur, they're just angry dude.s
Thicket	lol, you expect to much from thicket
Wari	DM: how big will this be. will the keep be razed to the ground
Rüsenfeld	k
Wari	also is there a basement
Rüsenfeld	divine smiting at it expending 1 revelation cast gonna shoot it w/ my crossbow wish me luck wait new round
Thicket	actually yeah, Drufle, is this explosion strong enough to destroy the keep?
Rüsenfeld	can i pray for myself with divine strike?
Drufle (GM)	There is not a basement, and the keep (provided it isn't levelled by the catapults) will save you.
Thicket	and how much stronger would it need to be to do so?
Wari	oh ok then
Drufle (GM)	Ruse: Yes, and you get +1d6 damage from prayer now, remember.
Rüsenfeld	yes, because divine strike that's what i'm banking on
Wari	get the catapults and THEN hunker down!
Thicket	don't worry too much about those Rüsenfeld: Agility Challenge Roll 14
Thicket	though seriously, GET INSIDE
Drufle (GM)	On the minotaur?
Rüsenfeld	yeah
Drufle (GM)	Miss.
Rüsenfeld	damnit so casts aren't expended right?
Drufle (GM)	Correct.
Thicket	Has wari moved yet?
Drufle (GM)	The crossbow bolt plinks off the minotaur's horns. She hasn't, no. She's going slow though, I believe.
Thicket	she should get closer to the keep
Rüsenfeld	I should do something with my Interesting Things at some point
Drufle (GM)	Thicket, Wari, are you guys going slow?
Thicket	I already went
Wari	yeah
Thicket	I used my little statuette to get Summer's Wrath back
Drufle (GM)	Wait, you did? Oh, right.
Thicket	so uh
Drufle (GM)	Wari?
Wari	gonna get on a ballista and try to shoot the guys manning the catapults
Thicket	oh hell you are not
Wari	I was going to break the portal but
Thicket	I'm going to chuck another fireball at that portal
Wari	that might be the worse option
Rüsenfeld	do it thicket
Drufle (GM)	You'll have to wait until next time to fire, it's an action to shoot.
Thicket	I need to wait till next turn
Rüsenfeld	don't let your dreams be dreams
Thicket	and everyone GET INSIDE
Drufle (GM)	But you can easily reach the ballista this turn.
Wari	auughhh
Thicket	"Okay guys, this is an insane idea" "But I'm going to try and overload the portal faster"
Rüsenfeld	look if that thing explodes the keep's not gonna provide that much protection it's full o' holes
Wari	it's fine so far
Thicket	as long as its standing its fine
Wari	I'm sure the GM will tell us when it's unusable
Rüsenfeld	we might as well go out with a bang
Thicket	"If you are not inside, you're going to get caught in it, garunteed"
Wari	ok sure yeah if you overload it faster then yes I'll run back in "jeez fine! knock yerself out!"
Drufle (GM)	NPC fast turn, then. Wari toddles back in
Drufle (GM)	The dude on the ballista fires again at the fomor mobs! rolling 2d6 ( 5 + 2 ) = 7 A pile of fomors are decimated by the iron bolt, as the rest keep trucking forward. And the soldiers march ahead to battle! Now, enemy fast turns.
Rose	so thicket are you overloading it this turn or next?
Drufle (GM)	First, can the void callers fix this problem? rolling d20+1 ( 2 )+1 = 3
Thicket	if they do, I'll just make it an issue again
Drufle (GM)	rolling d20+1( 20 )+1 = 21 Oh. Well then.
Thicket	fuck
Drufle (GM)	One of the void callers is fumbling around, and the other one just kinda pokes the circle and all the energy immediately gets shunted back into the portal.
Thicket	is the energy still there? just contained? if I hit it again...
Drufle (GM)	Yeah, basically.
Rüsenfeld	man we gotta kill tha minotaur maybe they'll run away TT
Rose	do you want me to shot and mark one of the void callers then?
Drufle (GM)	rolling d20+6+2d6k1( 18 )+6+( 6 + 3 ) = 30 rolling 3d6 ( 6 + 6 + 5 ) = 17
Thicket	that would be helpful, Rose though I'd go Slow just in case
Rose	but that means going slown next turn
Drufle (GM)	The minotaur charges forward and gores the forward guard, killing him instantly.
Rose	or do i kill the minator
Drufle (GM)	The rest of the fomors continue moving up.
Thicket	that minotaur is going to take a lot to kill it
Rüsenfeld	almost in range for the coolest thing ever
Thicket	okay so
Drufle (GM)	The rest of the catapults continue firing at the keep, knocking out more bits and pieces of stone. (To GM) rolling d20 ( 20 ) = 20
Drufle (GM)	... oh.
Rüsenfeld	"oh"?
Rose	????
Drufle (GM)	No, don't worry, this is totally not a problem for you guys. (To GM) rolling d20 ( 19 ) = 19
Thicket	...
Rose	a miss fire?
Drufle (GM)	Ok nevermind, now it is.
Rüsenfeld	that makes me very nervous
Wari	portal summons a huge demon callin it
Drufle (GM)	I've been doing secret rolls for the catapults to gauge how much damage they do to the keep.
Rüsenfeld	portal summons shadow lord gg
Wari	oh dear
Rose	no more keep and the lord is dead?
Drufle (GM)	The first time it was all incidental damage, nothing important.
Rüsenfeld	demon lord*
Drufle (GM)	And then they rolled two 20s in a row.
Wari	oooohhhhhh
Rüsenfeld	yeesh
Thicket	oh no that is really bad
Drufle (GM)	The entire front wall of the keep has been blown open.
Wari	oh well so much for plan A
Thicket	"Oh"
Wari	"BACK I GO I GUESS"
Thicket	"That is an issue" "Okay so"
Rüsenfeld	that mean we get to see that dark room now
Rose	suiside squad anyone?
Thicket	"Show of hands, who wants to bet that the rest of the keep can survive the fire?"
Drufle (GM)	Those weren't anything important, just a servant's quarter and a kitchen. Rüsenfeld looks at the keep
Wari	"yeah, no"
Rüsenfeld	"Never been much of a gambler."
Rose	kitchen!! damn them
Thicket	"I'll...aim for something else this time then"
Drufle (GM)	So, uh, new round?
Rüsenfeld	by 'looks' i actually meant 'glance' i go fast pls
Drufle (GM)	Go ahead, Ruse.
Thicket	I'll go fast after him
Rose	do i shoot void or min
Thicket	well we arn't blowing up the portal anymore
Rüsenfeld	same as before, i wann divine smite wiht revelations and i'll do divine strike with it oh wait i can't
Drufle (GM)	I'm fairly certain you don't have LOS on the void callers.
Rüsenfeld	shit
Rose	fast then for me
Rüsenfeld	have to reload uhhh.. slow turn for me
Drufle (GM)	Righto. Rose?
Rose	rolling d20+2+3d6k1( 10 )+2+( 4 + 5 + 1 ) = 17
Drufle (GM)	Hit.
Rose	do i get the +1 d6 for blessing, i didn't use that last time
Drufle (GM)	That's not damage, just a boon.
Rüsenfeld	is there a way for us to get those soldiers out of the way
Rose	ok
Drufle (GM)	The +1d6 is from prayer.
Rüsenfeld	the ones near minotuar?
Drufle (GM)	I mean, you can yell at them.
Thicket	I think the soldiers will be gone soon
Drufle (GM)	Talking is a free action.
Rose	rolling 3d6+1( 4 + 3 + 6 )+1 = 14
Drufle (GM)	Oh, dang.
Rose	better
Drufle (GM)	Anyone else going fast?
Thicket	uhhh
Rüsenfeld	"You lot, near the minotaur, if you move out of the way I can help!"
Thicket	"I can put some overgrowth to slow the minotaur down"
Drufle (GM)	After seeing their captain gutted with a horn, they are very inclined to agree.
Rose	they may be a little tied up
Rüsenfeld	they can go fast before my slow turn though
Thicket	which way are they going?
Rüsenfeld	back bviously you want them to run towards the fomor army? :P
Rose	just tie them up with it, they are disposable assets afterall
Thicket	I want them to run sideways so they don't get caught in overgrowth I kinda want them to stall the minotaur as long as possible
Rose	they are just human
Drufle (GM)	Well, is anyone else going fast?
Thicket	I'll delay until after the npcs but before the monster
Drufle (GM)	Right, NPC time then. AHHHHHHHH
Thicket	okay good
Drufle (GM)	FIRE ZE BOLT rolling 2d6 ( 4 + 4 ) = 8 Slowly deleting away fomors. Enemy fast turn!
Thicket	HAL HALT HELL NO
Drufle (GM)	?
Thicket	I delayed till after the NPCs not until after the monsters I wanted to do something
Drufle (GM)	I mean, you can't actually do that, but sure.
Thicket	why can't I do that?
Rose	you did agree
Thicket	that is true, you actually agreed to it
Drufle (GM)	You either take a player fast turn, or a player slow turn. I think I misinterpreted what you wanted to do.
Thicket	too late now
Rose	nope she said delayed till after npc and you said yes
Drufle (GM)	Ok well this time you can go ahead, but in the future that isn't actually allowed.
Thicket	I cast Overgrowth between the soldiers and the minotaur
Rose	gm can overrule standard turn events
Drufle (GM)	Uh, where, Thicket?
Thicket	crap that's not right
Drufle (GM)	Yeah, it's way bigger than that.
Thicket	where is the eraser its something like that
Drufle (GM)	. Yeah, looks about right.
Thicket	okay so, not so much inbetween as it is right on top of the minotaur that entire area is now difficult terrain
Drufle (GM)	Righto. Monster fast turn, then.
Rüsenfeld	"Good show!"
Thicket	"Thank you dear"
Rüsenfeld	"Perhaps not all the old magic is rooted in evil."
Drufle (GM)	THWACK
Rüsenfeld	goddamnit
Thicket	how is he going so fast?
Drufle (GM)	Double speed charge, special action.
Thicket	shit
Rose	long distance runner
Drufle (GM)	rolling d20+6+2d6k1( 10 )+6+( 4 + 4 ) = 20 rolling 3d6 ( 2 + 5 + 2 ) = 9 Ok, that guy actually survives.
Thicket	well at least like, only one guy was in reach
Drufle (GM)	Barely survives, but he's alive. FOMORS, MARCH KIND OF
Thicket	you can get rid of that line it was just a marker for something
Rüsenfeld	ok well rip my plan
Drufle (GM)	CATAPULTS
Thicket	I tried...
Wari	they;re too close now
Drufle (GM)	(To GM) rolling d20 ( 5 ) = 5
Drufle (GM)	(To GM) rolling d20 ( 4 ) = 4
Wari	we've lost our chance
Rose	blow up the portal
Wari	shouldn't have listened to the nymph!
Drufle (GM)	Player slow turns!
Rüsenfeld	blow up the portal
Rose	yes
Thicket	I am not a nymph!
Wari	naiad?
Rüsenfeld	dryad
Thicket	DRYAD
Rüsenfeld	ahahah
Wari	oh ok
Thicket	rude
Drufle (GM)	Faeries are all technically the same kind of thing anyway.
Rüsenfeld	lemme quickly read that thin again
Thicket	still rude
Drufle (GM)	And that's not me being racist, that's actually true in this world.
Rose	fair enough we may die, but we would have sort of achieved our goals
Thicket	"New plan, blow up the portal again"
Rüsenfeld	damn it's like totally random i'm gonn have to sacrifice some guards totally willing to get corrupted for that "May the lord forgive me" wrath of god on the minotaur
Thicket	can you not aim it? like, slightly behind the mino?
Rüsenfeld	it's a 1d6yard aoe i can't be sure
Drufle (GM)	It hits within 1d6 yards, yeah.
Thicket	I'm pretty sure you can
Rüsenfeld	and it does most damage at the centre
Thicket	oh
Drufle (GM)	If he aims too far behind the minotaur, he might miss entirely. Also that isn't true, Ruse. Wrath of God does the same damage to the entire area.
Rüsenfeld	oh i read that wrong mb
Thicket	aim like, next to the minotaur?
Rüsenfeld	well what is 1 yard from the minotaur yeeah i can at least try not to hit the others
Drufle (GM)	Alright, roll 1d6 for yardage!
Rüsenfeld	rolling 1d6( 3 ) = 3 shit
Drufle (GM)	Alright
Thicket	well, one guy got hit
Drufle (GM)	That one guy is getting zapped.
Rose	i have line of sight
Rüsenfeld	wait can i divinte strike with this too? to add damage?
Drufle (GM)	Roll 2d6+2 for damage, and, uh, lemme look.
Rose	ive marked the line
Drufle (GM)	Nope, it only works on attack roll spells.
Rüsenfeld	aight rolling 2d6+2 ( 1 + 4 )+2 = 7 that's not graet
Thicket	...
Rüsenfeld	great*
Thicket	okay so show of hands
Drufle (GM)	The minotaur gets zappified.
Rüsenfeld	is electric super effeective mebbe? :3
Drufle (GM)	:P
Thicket	should I throw another summer's wrath at the portal?
Rose	blow it
Thicket	why is Lord Birdnoise still outside?
Rose	blow it all
Drufle (GM)	Oh, whoops.
Rüsenfeld	great, i killed an innocent
Drufle (GM)	I forgot to move him.
Rüsenfeld	russ is gonna take that very well
Drufle (GM)	Anyone else going slow?
Thicket	have I gone yet? I did the overgrowth, right?
Drufle (GM)	Yeah. I think everyone went. Wari, you already went, yes?
Thicket	he's inside right so
Wari	I have now
Drufle (GM)	She, and apparently not.
Thicket	she sorry
Drufle (GM)	Right, top of the round!
Thicket	okay so triggered action to take a step back Thicket lights another seed on fire
Thicket	"Sorry everyone"
Rose	kill voidcaller = slow turn fast to run away? if its the start wait until we have moved Thicket hurls the seed at the center of the portal again for maximum effect Rose wait
Rose	thicket, you could have waited till everyones fast turn ....
Thicket	are you guys going inside?
Rose	you have already thrown the seed
Drufle (GM)	AGI saves it is! rolling d20+1 ( 6 )+1 = 7 rolling d20+1 ( 9 )+1 = 10
Thicket	its fine
Drufle (GM)	Roll for damage, then.
Thicket	rolling 5d6( 6 + 4 + 3 + 3 + 1 ) = 17 ech
Drufle (GM)	Alright, both the void callers are immolated in the fire. Rose: Agility Challenge Roll 0
Drufle (GM)	Not you Rose. :P
Thicket	rose you are nowhere near this yet
Rüsenfeld	why aren't e doing that damage to the minotaur TT
Thicket	because there is no way we can kill it quick enough
Drufle (GM)	The portal spews fire as the ball of plasma hits it, catching the nearby grass on fire.
Rüsenfeld	did you look at a cheatsheet or something i been told to keep m'book shut during session :3
Thicket	I've seen minotaurs before in the bestiary when I was looking for what to make Thicket
Rüsenfeld	ah
Thicket	before she had that name
Rose	I'm going fast
Thicket	I remember them being terrifying in every way int check?
Drufle (GM)	True, but we could also point out that Rose has single-handedly (along with a bit of electricity) taken out more than half his health.
Wari	oh
Drufle (GM)	If you guys had concentrated fire, he probably would've been dead like 2 rounds ago.
Rose	guys do i shoot it and possibly die, or run to safety? Thicket: Intellect Challenge Roll 20
Rüsenfeld	do what rose would do
Thicket	well then
Rose	both are roses posobilities
Drufle (GM)	Wow, what's that for?
Thicket	what's the portal like?
Rüsenfeld	if she doesn't care about us, run, if she wants the kill, shoot
Drufle (GM)	Oh, it's in very bad shape.
Rüsenfeld	flip a coin? minotaur horns
Thicket	I mean, there is also the fact that it could still summon someting
Rüsenfeld	might be profit
Drufle (GM)	It's absorbed two fireballs, as well as the corruptive energy of two void callers.
Thicket	so I want it gone how long do we have?
Rose	kill it is
Drufle (GM)	You're looking at probably something like 5-7 more rounds.
Thicket	"We've got 30 seconds"
Rose	rolling d20+2+3d6k1( 14 )+2+( 5 + 6 + 1 ) = 22
Drufle (GM)	Hit. (also it's more like a minute, rounds are 10 seconds in this game)
Rose	rolling 3d6+1( 4 + 3 + 6 )+1 = 14
Drufle (GM)	Roll another shot.
Rose	rolling d20+2+3d6k+1( 14 )+2+3 = 19
Drufle (GM)	Hit again.
Rose	rolling 3d6=1 ( 4 + 2 + 4 ) = 0 Successes
Thicket	um
Drufle (GM)	Seriously, Rose has stolen all the party's luck and what? Ok, that's 11 damage.
Rüsenfeld	wtf is t hat
Rose	yes
Thicket	rolling 5d6=3 ( 4 + 2 + 2 + 5 + 4 ) = 0 Successes
Drufle (GM)	It's for dice pool games.
Thicket	some kind of dicepool system
Drufle (GM)	Like BW and shadowrun.
Thicket	rolling 5d>35 = 5 rolling 5d6>3 ( 2 + 1 + 5 + 6 + 3 ) = 3 Successes
Rüsenfeld	i've no idea what dicepool is, btw alright
Thicket	there we go
Drufle (GM)	Anyway, this minotaur is basically dead.
Rüsenfeld	it's more like why is it suddenly appearing haha
Rose	yay
Thicket	now the NPCs just have to finish it off
Drufle (GM)	Rose has done like 80% of its health by herself.
Rüsenfeld	"Ok, we've done what we could, finish it before it's too late!"
Drufle (GM)	Anyone else going fast? Wari? Ruse?
Rüsenfeld	i'm gonna go fast yeah should reload my bow
Wari	uh I could go and hit the mino I guess
Drufle (GM)	Go ahead!
Thicket	charge forth, for glory!
Rose	"glory hunter"
Wari	"Damn Right!"
Rose	"still my kill"
Wari	"sure whatever"
Drufle (GM)	Make sure you use your magic, Wari!
Rüsenfeld	is it a free action to facepalm
Wari	trying
Drufle (GM)	And yes, Ruse. Yes it is. Rüsenfeld facepalms Thicket does so as well
Thicket	its a free action, why not?
Wari	ok so how do I do this again (never did write down the spell effects)
Drufle (GM)	Resounding attack gives you 1 boon. And stuns him for a round.
Wari	augmented?
Drufle (GM)	Oh, if you're using that then it's just the 1 boon.
Wari	so resounding has an extra effect and no drawbacks? Rose shadow gives a British salute to both thicket and ruse
Drufle (GM)	Yes.
Wari	well why the fuck not then resounding attack it is! Wari charges up da sorcery
Wari	oh fuck I never wrote down the weapon damages either quick what's battleaxe
Thicket	2d6 on its own, I think
Drufle (GM)	1d6+2
Thicket	+1d6 for being a warrior oh nvm I know nothing
Drufle (GM)	:P And 3 boons, Wari. The battleaxe should do 4d6+2 on a hit.
Wari	okay then Battleaxe Attack 18 Damage 5
Drufle (GM)	Hit, and roll your extra damage.
Wari	wrong damage there oh ok
Drufle (GM)	Add 2d6+2 to that.
Wari	rolling 2d6+2( 2 + 5 )+2 = 9 14!
Drufle (GM)	Minotaur's dead. Thicket applauds
Wari	"HAAA-HA" Rose turns away
Drufle (GM)	Boy, it sure is a good thing that was the only monster to deal with. Wari lops off the monster's head
Thicket	we got an unstable portal for the rest
Drufle (GM)	I mean, I thought I had made this pretty clear earlier. That keep is not going to do a very good job of protecting you from the blast, now that the walls have collapsed.
Wari	yes so now we run far far away
Drufle (GM)	Oh. Running.
Thicket	get behind the keep
Drufle (GM)	Running is also an option, I suppose.
Wari	yeah
Thicket	its still go some rock left the further we are away, the better
Drufle (GM)	Well alright, godspeed you crazy kids. NPC fast turns! OH GOD GET US OUT OF HERE
Thicket	"Lord Birdsound, sir, you need to come with us now!" "Everyone get behind the keep!"
Wari	"Y'ALL WANN RUN THE FUCK AWAY NOW GUYS"
Thicket	"And keep running!"
Rüsenfeld	'lord birdsousnd'
Thicket	"That's his name, right?"
Rose	is running twice speed?
Drufle (GM)	Yes.
Rüsenfeld	i didn't aactually say that with ruse Wari is chucking despite the situation
Rüsenfeld	i was quoting you
Thicket	"24 seconds!"
Wari	*chuckling
Drufle (GM)	Enemy fast turns!
Thicket	oh they're running now? those poor guys are stuck in the overgrowth should I throw a flame missile at the portal too?
Wari	no! it'll blow up and we all daid
Drufle (GM)	The goats on the catapults sprint away.
Rüsenfeld	dude i see what you mean about collateral
Thicket	they're smarter than I thought
Rüsenfeld	the city, now this countryside
Drufle (GM)	They aren't smart, they're cowardly. The two look the same sometimes. Anyone going slow? I don't think you guys are.
Thicket	umm
Rüsenfeld	uh.. i went fast already i think
Thicket	what is sprinting in this game? new round I think
Drufle (GM)	Twice your speed for an action.
Thicket	can't we go around this way? to the left?
Drufle (GM)	So triple speed on slow turns. You can, I just didn't exactly tile that area.
Rüsenfeld	"We getting out of here before whatever it was you did blows us to an early Judgement?"
Thicket	"I believe so"
Drufle (GM)	So just pretend you're back there if you're all running thataways.
Thicket	"This is going to look like a small sun"
Rose	I'm running left to
Thicket	right so
Rüsenfeld	"Get the nobleman. You soldiers need to step on it, too!"
Thicket	might as well go slow and get triple speed
Drufle (GM)	The soldiers are doing their best to get the hell away.
Wari	"he's hiding in the keep though!
Rüsenfeld	can i get birdsong before tiem runs out he's like entrenched
Rose	i'll go fast, that's still 24 tiles
Rüsenfeld	the dumb fuck
Thicket	24 seconds at least
Drufle (GM)	I mean, you can yell in at him.
Thicket	"Lord Birdsound get out of there!" "It won't hold!"
Rüsenfeld	"Lord Scraw, you MUST come with us, or you will die here!" "Now!"
Thicket	does he respond? can he hear us? Lord Scraw turns around at the sound, at shouts back.
Rüsenfeld	the entire keep's burst open, he can hear us
Lord Scraw	"Uh, uh, alright? If you say so!" Lord Scraw turns on his heel and starts sprinting back out.
Drufle (GM)	Run! Run for the hills!
Thicket	MAX SPEEEEEED
Drufle (GM)	(Except not actually the hills, those will not save you)
Rüsenfeld	yeah i'm running whichever way lets me haha
Wari	look if we're off the map we're fine behind the black
Rüsenfeld	do we have to go 'round that way?
Wari	advice of the great sage Home Star
Thicket	I think we can go left
Rose	nope, ive gone this way
Rüsenfeld	alright
Thicket	"Does anyone have a telescope?"
Rüsenfeld	wari pls don't die
Drufle (GM)	Wari's just kinda sitting there by the minotaur. She's totally fine.
Thicket	"I want to watch- I mean I want to make sure this destroys the portal"
Wari	I'm waiting for you guys to tell me when it's my turn
Rüsenfeld	it's a new round
Drufle (GM)	Everyone else is already gone, pal.
Thicket	your turn is now Run
Drufle (GM)	Look at the map.
Wari	oh all right then ok
Rüsenfeld	it's like simultanaeous
Wari	I want to sprint but I also want to take the minotaur's head with me
Thicket	I can't believe we found a way to be even more destructive than last mission
Wari	what you say, GM
Rüsenfeld	the only reason we take "turns" is because we can't all talk at the same time
Drufle (GM)	It isn't that heavy, you're a strong gal.
Rüsenfeld	Not necessarily Thicket
Wari	okay then!
Rüsenfeld	we may have actually prevented a lot of deaths this time
Drufle (GM)	Just stick it on your own head.
Thicket	true
Rüsenfeld	the keep was going down either way
Thicket	but that poor keep
Rüsenfeld	caatapults man they are rough
Wari	me shoves the bullhead underarm and hoofs it
Thicket	at least they won't be around anymore you have enough turns to get off the field, Wari
Drufle (GM)	The party, along with the soldiers and Lord Scraw, sprint behind the keep and tuck themselves against the rock.
Rüsenfeld	also cool guys don't look at explosions just saying
Wari	sixteeeen
Thicket	kaBLOOOOOM
Wari	ok thanks
Rüsenfeld	we turn our backs to it and just RUN THE FUCK AWAY AHHH
Thicket	holy crap you had a boom sound amazing
Wari	now get that animated cutscene here
Drufle (GM)	Loud explosions are heard over the keep, and an intense heat overwhelms the party.
Thicket	"..."
Wari	"wWooooo!!" Thicket covers her ears Wari is just SO high on adrenaline Rüsenfeld grimaces, bracing the rock
Drufle (GM)	rolling 2d6( 5 + 6 ) = 11 You all take 11 damage from the intense heat.
Thicket	ow
Wari	oof but thicket's on fire how
Thicket	can I not Control Flames to help with that?
Rüsenfeld	ouch
Drufle (GM)	Rocks are spewed from the top of the keep over you, creating piles of rubble. It's heat Thicket, not fire.
Rüsenfeld	i mean it's heat yeah
Thicket	I mean if I was lit on fire
Drufle (GM)	Yeah, but you aren't.
Thicket	you know the funny thing is I still have Spell Recovery
Wari	i thought you were...
Thicket	I could have thrown a third Summer's Wrath
Rüsenfeld	hahaha Thicket waits for a moment
Rüsenfeld	a pyromaniac dryad
Thicket	"Is...everyone alright"
Rüsenfeld	that's pretty amazing
Wari	"got third degree burns again, but otherwise JUST DANDY"
Rüsenfeld	"Um. We're alive."
Thicket	"Oh good"
Rose	I'm down to half health
Rüsenfeld	"I think my ear's peeling off."
Thicket	"That...That was increadible"
Rüsenfeld	"And everything kinda hurts." "other than that, yeah. dandy"
Rose	my bow is ok though
Thicket	"The biggest explosion that I've ever seen"
Wari	"Also Rose"
Thicket	"Well, half saw" "The keep was in the way" Wari tosses the minotaur head at her
Rüsenfeld	"Thicket - tell me how a tree spirit decides to blow up an entire bloody field with fire?"
Wari	"here's yer fuckin prize" Thicket being giggling
Thicket	"Oh uh..." "A bit of a long story, really" Rose stuffs head in bag
Rose	"i wanted the fucking pealt KEYBOARD
Rüsenfeld	"I want to make sure that portal didnt spew out anything else undesireable."
Wari	"bite my toasted metal ass"
Thicket	"I mean, that is the reason I am not in the forest right now" Lord Scraw is panting heavily, rapidly dabbing his head with a cloth to wipe away sweat.
Rose	later
Thicket	"Yes, lets make sure the portal is gone"
Rüsenfeld	can we peer at it, GM?
Thicket	"I can light it on fire again if its not"
Wari	DM you found a new map yet
Lord Scraw	Sure, take a little peek around the keep.
Thicket	thanks lord birdnoise
Rüsenfeld	hahaha
Thicket	nice drawing
Wari	THE BUTTER DEMON COMETH
Thicket	just a guess but I think the portal is gone
Rüsenfeld	still there
Thicket	oh wait nvm
Rose	i see portal
Rüsenfeld	not good
Thicket	it looks bigger
Rose	and its moved
Wari	oops
Drufle (GM)	The portal has become engorged, almost doubled in size, and is glowing with an angry red light, instead of the eerie violet light of before.
Wari	that's the red one
Thicket	"Oh" "Uhh"
Rüsenfeld	ok uh
Thicket	"Right"
Rüsenfeld	who's the most magicy
Wari	y'all made another hell portal
Rüsenfeld	INT at it
Rose	its also now in the centre
Rüsenfeld	we need to kno wtf that is
Drufle (GM)	The entire field, for miles in sight, is on fire.
Rüsenfeld	i can try too
Thicket	everyone int pls Intellect Challenge Roll 16 Rüsenfeld: Intellect Challenge Roll 6
Drufle (GM)	The field hasn't even burned, the heat melted most of the matter off the earth.
Rüsenfeld	ouch
Thicket	right so plan b
Drufle (GM)	The front of the keep is charred black, the rubble vaporized.
Thicket	use Overgrowth to break the circle
Rüsenfeld	and i was gonna ask if i should add a bane since it's not my area of expertise Rose: Intellect Challenge Roll 0 Wari: Intellect Challenge Roll 17
Thicket	good int rolls all around
Rose	17
Rüsenfeld	3 of you will hopefully suffice haha
Wari	"y'all done melted this here field, thicky"
Rüsenfeld	"It's an improvement."
Thicket	"Its certainly an impressive show" "But that portal is still there"
Drufle (GM)	The portal is... not what you would expect. It's very hard to see from very far away. Suddenly.
Thicket	should I get closer?
Rüsenfeld	can nobody here put out the fire?
Thicket	actually spell recovery right now
Wari	uuhhhhh
Thicket	I want my fire back
Rüsenfeld	no don't shoot it again
Thicket	I mean for whatever it summoned
Wari	fire fed it now we get fire man
Rüsenfeld	or at least announce it so i can say hell naw
Drufle (GM)	A bizarre roar is heard from... not the portal. Rose lifts up bow again Thicket focuses Wari readies battleaxe Thicket uses Spell Recovery and switches to Air Mode
Drufle (GM)	The portal glows and pulses, searing with horrible energy. Rüsenfeld slightly panics
Thicket	"This is fine"
Rüsenfeld	"Uh. What was that?"
Thicket	"We can manage this"
Rose	can i feel a pull towards the portal?
Drufle (GM)	Nope.
Thicket	what did all those int rolls get us?
Drufle (GM)	Not much, other than the portal is very big, very bright, and very angry. It's too hard to see anything from so far away.
Thicket	can I get closer?
Rose	can i safely walk towards is?
Rüsenfeld	guys there's a ademon we're screwed i need to give you heals
Thicket	is that a demon or a devil?
Rose	its been a while for me
Drufle (GM)	A horrible monster leaks out of the portal, growing as it does.
Rüsenfeld	blow it up gain again i changed my mind
Thicket	"Alright, my next plan"
Rüsenfeld	feel it till it bloats feed*
Thicket	"Is to...get close enough to use Overgrowth" "To actually break up the ground"
Drufle (GM)	Dripping with vile black ink, its appendages yank at the space around it, dragging itself from the portal.
Rose	I'm going to mark it
Rüsenfeld	oh hell yeah this is a demon woo
Rose	can i shoot yet
Drufle (GM)	I mean, you can.
Rüsenfeld	i'm pretty sure we shouldn't be fighting this thing it's growing
Drufle (GM)	Personally I would advise against it, for one particular reason. Yeah, that.
Wari	you said that the last time and look what happened
Thicket	yeah man
Rose	so shoot or run?
Rüsenfeld	ok uh ideas?
Thicket	you just told us that running is bad
Rüsenfeld	no we can't run last time that went badly
Wari	gotta break the portal while it's still there
Thicket	my idea is that we do what we did with the other portal the problem is that Overgrowth is medium range I'd have to get closer
Wari	gotta scoot!
Rüsenfeld	is thicket very short?
Rose	well i can distract the beast for you
Thicket	uhh not particularly
Rüsenfeld	maybe wari can chuck her some of the distance? :P
Thicket	compare to Rusenfeld, yes but I think Russ is taller than everyone by default
Rüsenfeld	he's on the tall end of human yeah compensating for my measely 180cm IRL
Rose	think rugby drop lick
Thicket	"I...need to get closer"
Drufle (GM)	The demon grows, more and more pseudopods growing from its flesh.
Thicket	"We have to break the portal"
Rüsenfeld	"How do we do that?"
Thicket	"I need to break the ground itself"
Rüsenfeld	"There's a huge fire in teh way - can't you make it wane?"
Rose	can i shoot at the portal markings to break the circle ?
Thicket	"A little"
Rüsenfeld	""make a path"
Drufle (GM)	Rose: that would require an exceptional shot, but yes.
Rüsenfeld	"towards the protal
Thicket	Control fire is...not enough
Rüsenfeld	omg yes rose skill shot
Rose	am i still blessed?
Drufle (GM)	Not even slightly.
Rüsenfeld	i'll bless it's not combat
Rose	ok rolling
Thicket	"There is too much fire, I cannot smother all of it"
Rüsenfeld	tell me you're shooting i won't bless you by default unless i know you're ding something
Rose	rolling d20+2( 7 )+2 = 9
Drufle (GM)	Ah.
Rose	i cannot mark it unfortunately otherwise i get more dice
Drufle (GM)	The arrow is eaten up by the blaze before it even reaches the circle.
Thicket	"wait" Drufle, what is the range of the moonpearl?
Rüsenfeld	that didn't have a boon
Drufle (GM)	Ah, hell. Lemme look.
Rüsenfeld	wait moonpearl oh wow i didn't think about that
Thicket	I still have it
Rüsenfeld	also it's a Maiden's Tear P :P
Thicket	its our best bet
Drufle (GM)	The moonfire is only medium range.
Thicket	ffff
Rüsenfeld	try again rose
Wari	also it's moonFIRE
Thicket	how much damage does fire do from walking in it?
Wari	not moonBREAKGROUND
Rose	rolling d20+2( 5 )+2 = 7
Drufle (GM)	:P
Rüsenfeld	uh lemme roll PER so i can notice you shooting and bless
Drufle (GM)	I would allow it, really. Fire does... Lemme look. Rüsenfeld: Perception Challenge Roll 20 woot guess i'm not panicking now
Thicket	I can make a safezone once I'm close enough
Rüsenfeld	such focus add a boon to that rose i'm blessing you
Rose	rolling d20+2+2d6k1( 4 )+2+( 5 + 1 ) = 11 thanks
Thicket	I need to get to that purple square at least
Drufle (GM)	Ok yeah, wow, don't walk in the fire. That's bad.
Rose	rolling d20+2+2d6k1( 15 )+2+( 2 + 1 ) = 19
Drufle (GM)	It's like 1d6 per tile.
Thicket	my only long-range spells are fire
Rüsenfeld	dude look at how huge thsi demon is omg
Rose	19?
Rüsenfeld	uh
Thicket	is the demon contained? its so big now surely we see it
Drufle (GM)	A 19 will at least reach the circle, although it misses the symbols.
Rüsenfeld	ok i have a casting of revelaation left
Drufle (GM)	Oh yeah, you guys saw him long ago. He's multiple stories tall now.
Rüsenfeld	lemme give revelations to you so you can guarantee a hit
Wari	can ANYONE clear this fire
Rose	rolling d20+2+2d6k1( 3 )+2+( 1 + 3 ) = 8
Rüsenfeld	or ican revelations myself i suppose crossbow's long range right?
Rose	i think its because I'm using my cheap arrows again now
Rüsenfeld	oh shit
Thicket	this fire is here to stay by the looks of it uhh
Drufle (GM)	Er, ignore that.
Thicket	the portal is gone
Drufle (GM)	The circle is still there.
Rüsenfeld	hahaha ok
Drufle (GM)	I just accidentally moved it to the wrong layer.
Rüsenfeld	ok i cast revelations on myself i load my crossbow
Wari	no I mean
Rüsenfeld	i give myself all 7 of them
Thicket	does anyone have like, rain magic or something
Wari	this isn't just one big flame
Rüsenfeld	and i try to shoot the circle to remove some marakings can i do that?
Rose	rolling d20+2+2d6k1( 8 )+2+( 3 + 1 ) = 13
Drufle (GM)	Er, Sure.
Wari	just clear a path to the objective
Drufle (GM)	Go ahead.
Rüsenfeld	I can't clear a path i can only try to do this haha
Thicket	I literally cannot do that, Wari
Wari	oh alright then!
Drufle (GM)	And Wari is right, the field is on fire but it's not like it's an even layer of plasma over everything.
Wari	should've said Rüsenfeld: Agility Challenge Roll 14
Thicket	Control fire can smother a size 1 fire
Rüsenfeld	pls tell that's a hit
Drufle (GM)	Nope, bolt disappears in the fire.
Rüsenfeld	fuck i'm out of tricks! oh wait
Drufle (GM)	Rose got a 19 and missed, you're gonna have to do better if this is your plan.
Rose	rolling d20+2+2d6k1( 7 )+2+( 4 + 1 ) = 13
Drufle (GM)	I think all of Rose's luck has disappeared.
Thicket	can I...do anything in Water mode?
Rüsenfeld	fack burning beam is med. range
Drufle (GM)	Uhhh. Hm.
Samantha Rose H.	rolling d20+2+2d6k1( 15 )+2+( 4 + 5 ) = 22
Thicket	Rose got tired
Wari	hello~
Drufle (GM)	Not really, you need a target to use elemental powers.
Thicket	so Sam took the bow instead
Samantha Rose H.	22
Drufle (GM)	Pfffft. Alright, alright. The arrow finally pierces through the flames, hitting a single rune on the circle, and it begins blinking.
Rüsenfeld	lucky break?
Thicket	OH
Rüsenfeld	we good?
Thicket	WAIT
Rüsenfeld	can we not die?
Thicket	EARTH MODE Rose smiles to herself
Thicket	Earth mode makes rocks
Drufle (GM)	The demon, now almost 50 feet tall, begins crackling, glitching in the air.
Rüsenfeld	omg phew
Thicket	if I use Flame Missile, I can use Earthmode to break the ground beneath him
Wari	don't breathe out yet
Rose	rolling d20+2+2d6k1( 19 )+2+( 5 + 6 ) = 27
Wari	oop Thicket Thicket Switches to earth mode
Rose	back in the game
Drufle (GM)	It launches itself off the portal as it shatters around him, a blob of inky darkness floating off into the distance.
Rüsenfeld	shit
Wari	welp
Thicket	nooo Thicket switches back into air mode
Drufle (GM)	The power of the circle arcs into the sky, collapsing with a bang.
Wari	oh well we tried
Rose	was that before or after my shot of 27? Rüsenfeld flinches
Drufle (GM)	Before.
Thicket	crap we failed we failed so hard
Rüsenfeld	"Damn, I think we didn't manage it in time."
Drufle (GM)	From the east, far to the east...
Thicket	can I react to this? can I do anything?
Rose	run?
Thicket	can I use Air Mode to shove him back down?
Drufle (GM)	The demon hears the sound, and begins moving towards it.
Rose	lets leave them to it
Wari	"well this ain't good"
Rüsenfeld	lets get there before th demon hoof it
Rose	it is if it aint near us
Thicket	"This is possibly the worst possible outcome"
Drufle (GM)	I'm going to go ahead and point this out, since your characters would know this, but you probably don't. East is where Caecras is.
Wari	oh
Rose	??? whats that
Rüsenfeld	oh my lord
Rose	oh shit!
Thicket	"Wait..that sound...its coming from Caecras?"
Rüsenfeld	"Yeah.. we have to go, right now."
Thicket	"What happened while we were gone?"
Wari	so this is literally Attack on Titan again
Rose	oh well, where is the next town?
Rüsenfeld	thicket the arcing energy fell there or something?
Thicket	"Where is Lord Birdsound? Does he have horses or wagons or something?"
Rose	lets go to bird faces castle
Wari	"I think they're all charcoal now"
Drufle (GM)	There were no horses here, unfortunately. Or fortunately, depending on your perspective.
Thicket	what is this about energy, Russ?
Rüsenfeld	i thought he said the portal exploded into arcing energy and THAT hit the ground to the east and that's what the demon is chasing
Drufle (GM)	Oh, no. Rose: Perception Challenge Roll 0
Thicket	I think that energy is gone
Drufle (GM)	The arcing energy caused the portal to collapse.
Rüsenfeld	oh ok
Drufle (GM)	The sound to the east is unrelated.
Thicket	Could I have not done anything about that?
Rose	i think i see something
Drufle (GM)	Well, not unrelated, but it wasn't the same thing.
Wari	it is so not unrelated
Drufle (GM)	What are you looking for, Rose?
Rose	horses
Drufle (GM)	Oh. There aren't any horses.
Rüsenfeld	peasants might have some
Rose	you said perception
Rüsenfeld	if the houses are close enough let let's go commandeer them
Drufle (GM)	Quite a while ago, yes, that was to figure out where the sound was coming from.
Rose	oh
Rüsenfeld	can't Yvvone tp us TT
Drufle (GM)	That, however, is going to be the end of this adventure.
Rüsenfeld	she needs to git gud
Thicket	this is the end of this adventure?
Wari	do we even level up for this
Thicket	is that a level up?
Drufle (GM)	CLIFFHANGER
Wari	FISSION MAILED
Rose	#seeyaguild
Rüsenfeld	i think we did okay considering the circumstance
Thicket	the end is nigh
Drufle (GM)	Next time, on the last adventure of the Expert arc, the siege of Caecras!
Thicket	I mean sure? Drufle, be honest
Rüsenfeld	circumstance being "hey let's blow all this shit up before i know jack about it teehee" ahaha
Thicket	did you plan for me to chuck fire at the portal?
Drufle (GM)	Not even slightly, no.
Wari	this isn't a siege, Drufle! this is a godzilla scenario!
Thicket	okay to be fair, we did know something about it
Drufle (GM)	I wasn't even going to have anything come out of the portal, honestly.
Thicket	we knew that it could summon things and it had to be destroyed
Rose	so did you say the place was east?
Rüsenfeld	i'm sorry did you say that had we not interacted with it this way no demon would've come?
Drufle (GM)	Yeah, pretty much.
Thicket	...
Rüsenfeld	that's hilarious
Rose	ok i vote west
Rüsenfeld	we're the worst possible hero guild
Thicket	we shit
Drufle (GM)	It was literally just a communications circle.
Thicket	why did my Int check not reveal that? my TWO NAT 20s??
Drufle (GM)	Mostly because I made that up right now.
Thicket	... ya can't do that boy it was a summon circle from the start
Rüsenfeld	hahaha
Thicket	you could've done that if someone hadn't gotten 2 20s
Rüsenfeld	ok so, before we move too far into that convo, is this in fact a level up or are we doing part 2 first?
Drufle (GM)	In my defense, Thicket. You asked what your spell did to the portal.
Thicket	I asked a lot of things
Drufle (GM)	And rolled a 20.
Thicket	fair enough but still comms portals don't explode
Drufle (GM)	Normally, no. It was a comms portal to the Void.
Thicket	they don't need that kind of power ohhhh
Wari	remember rule 1, thicket
Drufle (GM)	Usually you don't launch massive fireballs into telephones.
Rüsenfeld	hahahahahaha
Thicket	clearly you haven't met thicket
Rose	well it was a hot fax
Drufle (GM)	I will say that this went far more entertaining than I was intending it to be.
Wari	bahahahah I know it was great
Thicket	the best we are just
Wari	open warfare, siege engines
Rose	better then going postal
Thicket	the absolute most destructive
Wari	thank you for this
Rüsenfeld	dude i'm loving this
Drufle (GM)	I was planning on you guys just kinda killing off the fomors and then getting a message saying "hey guys caecras is fucked"
Rüsenfeld	this is the best possible outcome for me this is what SotDL is meant to be
Thicket	now we have context
Rüsenfeld	big mess, scary things!
Rose	well i think we got the message
Drufle (GM)	But having a building-sized demon come out of a telephone to signal that for you is more enjoyable.
Rüsenfeld	so - level up?
Rose	so who else fancies a walk west?
Thicket	it was a literal telephone
Wari	yeah I'm game for that fuck this town
Rüsenfeld	or after next sesision?
Thicket	there was a telephone in the center
Rüsenfeld	session*
Drufle (GM)	Yes, you all get your second expert powers.
Thicket	old rotary one
Wari	oh boyyy
Rüsenfeld	wow ok
Thicket	expert POWER
Rüsenfeld	remind me midweek to do that? I hvae some other commitmets very soon today
Thicket	yes
Drufle (GM)	Sure, sure.
Rüsenfeld	thank you
Drufle (GM)	I don't think the paladin level 6 powers are all too complex, regardless.
Rüsenfeld	oh in fact i'm late ffor them woops
Drufle (GM)	But it's important to remember anyway.s Oh dear! Oh wait, first.
Rüsenfeld	haha it's all good it's another gaming commitment they can wait a minute what's up?
Drufle (GM)	There we go.
Thicket	of course
Drufle (GM)	I like the fire in the background though. "We won!(?)"
Rose	so what do i get?
Wari	this is definitely the most pyrrhic victory we have ever gotten
Drufle (GM)	Level 6 Ranger powers are pretty boring, I'm sad to say. +1 PER, +4 health, to start. You always know which direction is north, and can always retrace your steps. And whenever you're travelling, the entire party moves at your speed.
Thicket	I can get a new tradition or spell
Drufle (GM)	Whenever you find tracks, you can make an INT check to discover one true thing about the thing that made the tracks.
Thicket	that's pretty neat
Rüsenfeld	out of curiosity what would've messed Caercras up if not this demon? -sp
Thicket	whatever made that noise
Drufle (GM)	Oh, it isn't the demon.
Wari	no caecras is already messed
Drufle (GM)	The demon is just coming to join the party.
Wari	there's been roaring from the town and this demon is heading towards it
Drufle (GM)	Wari: level 6 is when sorcerer becomes crazy good.
Wari	hooray!
Drufle (GM)	Instead of just adding 1 boon to your spells, you can do all these crazy things instead.
Thicket	I think I have enough damaging spells now
Drufle (GM)	Like increasing damage, range, area of effect, stuff like that.
Wari	ok
Thicket	I'll just...learn the Earth Tradition
Drufle (GM)	Elementalist level 6 is... okay? It's decent. You just get little burst powers when you change modes.
Thicket	its all about that level 9 boost, though
Drufle (GM)	Yeah. And like I said, Paladin level 6 is... meh.
Wari	what music is this druf it's v. good
Drufle (GM)	You become immune to diseases and poisons, and can always locate enemies in medium range. The same music it's always been, Wari. It's like, a rock remix of Gwyn's theme from dark souls 1. But hey, HK can use enemies as weapons now. So that's hilarious.
Wari	yayyy
Drufle (GM)	That's all for now, I gotta go eat.
Wari	byee!
Thicket	I gotta finish leveling see ya
Drufle (GM)	Next time, the end of the expert arc.
Thicket	oh boy exciting
Rose	see ya