Drufle (GM)	So we're having a nice hangout in the Defender's Heart after the absolutely absurd happenings of last session.
Rochelle Gwerm	looks like it
Navaya	best of luck to you sam
G'hesh Nhot	BEER
Rochelle Gwerm	good luck sam
Drufle (GM)	It's probably been, like, maybe 2 days? Definitely not a week, probably like 2-3 days.
Rochelle Gwerm	sigh yeah beer
Aerlin	Aerlin has been deep in thought since. No time for beer.
Navaya	how did the rest of the guys take the news that we are now magic people
Rochelle Gwerm	the news that we KICKED BUTT? G'hesh Nhot tries to barter for another barrel of beer
Drufle (GM)	Oh, that news. Well, most of the city is quite impressed, to be honest.
Rochelle Gwerm	do we know we're mythic?
Navaya	"look. I glow now"
G'hesh Nhot	whilst showing off her new sword
Navaya	"ghesh stop threatening the bartender"
Drufle (GM)	I imagine you don't know that you're, like, a demi-demi-god at this point, no. The bartender hands over a keg of stout for free.
Navaya	"oh well suit yerself" G'hesh Nhot hugs the bartender
Aerlin	I've spoken about it with Aravashinal, of course.
Drufle (GM)	The bartender is happy.
Aerlin	He's a man of magic.
G'hesh Nhot	don't forget its their sword lol
Drufle (GM)	Oh yeah, your NPC friends will certainly be very interested in these new occurrences.
Aerlin	Aerlin feels like she can see the very fabric of magic, now. It is a worryingly powerful ability.
Drufle (GM)	Oh right, Irabeth's sword.
G'hesh Nhot	yes lol
Drufle (GM)	The one Nhot is using now.
G'hesh Nhot	yes
Rochelle Gwerm	yep
G'hesh Nhot	showing everyone
Navaya	"yo ira, we kinda found yer old sword and ghesh kinda has a fixation on it. you want me to play medic?"
Aerlin	If I'm going to use this power, I have to be careful. Twisting magic in the wrong way can be very dangerous...
G'hesh Nhot	they may need it
Drufle (GM)	I'm going to go ahead and say that Irabeth is actually pretty fine with you keeping the sword, especially considering how much it helped you save the city.
Navaya	"cool" G'hesh Nhot is happy
Irabeth Tirablade	"At this point, I get the feeling you lot will need it a lot more than I will."
Rochelle Gwerm	when is the first advancements for our magic items? the bow and greatclub?
Navaya	and the bag of dust
Rochelle Gwerm	I keep asking but I can't remember G'hesh Nhot offers her her spare cold steel blade
Drufle (GM)	Radiance won't advance for a little bit longer, but yeah, I forgot both of you get a thing, I believe.
Rochelle Gwerm	ohh?! Irabeth Tirablade gladly takes the new sword.
G'hesh Nhot	Trade
Drufle (GM)	Right, yeah, level 6 is when the greatclub gets 1 Stone Call per day.
G'hesh Nhot	Navaya, is that good, or do i hit them now and get both?
Drufle (GM)	At level 6, the pixie dust can cast faerie fire 3/day. So that's all you get for those things. G'hesh Nhot is still learning these new skills
Navaya	"...this is fine, ghesh" G'hesh Nhot goes to the side to drink
Drufle (GM)	Right, so, after a few days hanging out in Kenabres, you hear news that the Queen is arriving!
Navaya	"the queen?! why here?!" "the outside is still a warzone"
Aerlin	"Seems dangerous."
G'hesh Nhot	a dragon is here?
Drufle (GM)	She's marched the Mendev army north from the capital to reinforce Kenabres, and also to meet these people she's heard a lot about. Dragon's dead, pal.
Navaya	"aw, we're famous"
Drufle (GM)	Has been for quite a while.
G'hesh Nhot	you said the queen
Drufle (GM)	Queen is not a dragon. Queen is a human.
G'hesh Nhot	to me it is
Rochelle Gwerm	"Woah hold up, a queen?"
G'hesh Nhot	human queen not as powerful
Aerlin	Roll to know who she is
Drufle (GM)	Also she certainly isn't in much danger, considering she's the general of the army.
Aerlin	16+16, 32
Navaya	authority equals asskicking
Drufle (GM)	So does 15 levels of paladin.
Rochelle Gwerm	wow yeah she's pretty strong
G'hesh Nhot	oh
Drufle (GM)	Queen Galfrey is nothing to mess with.
Navaya	can she just do this campaign by herself
Aerlin	why didnt she come and save the city then
Rochelle Gwerm	also shit, she's a paladin
Aerlin	what a jerk
Drufle (GM)	Because Nerosyan was also being utterly demolished by demons.
Rochelle Gwerm	everyone is paladins here
Navaya	put yer game face on, roch
Rochelle Gwerm	this is haaaard
Drufle (GM)	Nerosyan, the capital of the country.
G'hesh Nhot	not me
Aerlin	Did they win
Drufle (GM)	They did!
Aerlin	Oh good
Rochelle Gwerm	Roch is going to realize that she's surrounded by paladins eventually
Drufle (GM)	They've cleaned up the capital and that's why they're now coming up north to visit.
Navaya	alright
Aerlin	Just popping in for tea.
G'hesh Nhot	beer
Aerlin	teabeer?
G'hesh Nhot	ooooh
Rochelle Gwerm	Golurk!
Drufle (GM)	So not long after you hear this news, a missive actually comes to the Heart for you guys, requesting an audience the next day.
Rochelle Gwerm	Our Commander is here!
Navaya	yayyy
G'hesh Nhot	me starts heating up a mug of beer Navaya backs away
Drufle (GM)	She'd like to meet the party personally, here in the Heart.
Rochelle Gwerm	oh geeze
G'hesh Nhot	she cannot have my heart
Red Redford	cough
Navaya	she doesn't want that one, ghesh
Rochelle Gwerm	hey golurk/red
G'hesh Nhot	good
Drufle (GM)	So, if you guys have any, uh, preparations you want to make, you can do so, otherwise we're just going to fast-forward to tomorrow.
Aerlin	How's everyone feeling, anyway? Since the Light?
Rochelle Gwerm	Rochelle feels like she can take on the world
G'hesh Nhot	warm
Navaya	kinda hungry, really
Rochelle Gwerm	but also feels like she's been lacking a paycheck
G'hesh Nhot	and my head hurts alot
Aerlin	Navi, did your Mark feel weird too?
Navaya	I guess it tingled a lot? I dunno, Im still coming to terms with DAHA TALKING TO ME
Drufle (GM)	Oh right, level 5.
Rochelle Gwerm	you can speak Weasel now?
Aerlin	Are my Weasel lessons working, then?
Daha aṭē	`Hello``
Drufle (GM)	I think Daha can only speak to Navaya for now. Later she can speak with everyone.
Rochelle Gwerm	that'll be weird
Aerlin	Well, I can talk to her.
Drufle (GM)	Well, yes. Aerlin can.
Aerlin	"Sup."
Daha aṭē	`I am a male, thank you``
Rochelle Gwerm	did you just assume that weasel's gender?
Aerlin	"Sorry, I'm not a veterinarian."
Daha aṭē	`its alright``
Rochelle Gwerm	:P G'hesh Nhot doesn't like warm beer
G'hesh Nhot	teabeer probably not good idea
Rochelle Gwerm	fermented tea
Drufle (GM)	Alright, sounds like its about time for the Queen to arrive.
Navaya	well a lesson is learned yah
Rochelle Gwerm	probably a reason that hasn't been done
Aerlin	Maybe the ice witch can chill the beer.
Red Redford	the queen....
Navaya	form up, everyone!
Drufle (GM)	And hope that her picture isn't the size of the building like it usually is. Oh, good.
Navaya	TITAN QUEEN
Drufle (GM)	Wow I did not expect it to be normal-sized.
Aerlin	She's cool.
Rochelle Gwerm	she looks battle-ready
Aerlin	She's doing a yell.
Rochelle Gwerm	a requirement for every battle
Drufle (GM)	You hear the door open in the morning, and she enters the room, and you see most of the occupants suddenly become quiet.
Aerlin	I wish that we were doing yells.
Rochelle Gwerm	Rochelle yells all the time G'hesh Nhot draws her sword
Navaya	so do i you just don't hear it
Rochelle Gwerm	Nhot no
Navaya	"Ghesh put that away!"
Drufle (GM)	She looks rather old, and tired, but smiles at the party.
G'hesh Nhot	no danger?
Navaya	"no danger" "this is fine" Rochelle Gwerm gives a nervous bow G'hesh Nhot puts sword away
Queen Galfrey	"Well, well. So this is the group I've heard so much about, hm? Motley fellows, I see." Navaya curtsies
Aerlin	Roll to know what Motlet means Rochelle Gwerm: Rochelle Gwerm : Intelligence
Check: 0 G'hesh Nhot gives a gladiators salute
Rochelle Gwerm	I have no damn clue
Aerlin	I got 4...
Red Redford	"Your grace!" Red Redford stumbles a bit
Aerlin	Aerlin waves hello. Queen Galfrey chuckles.
Queen Galfrey	"No need to be formal, now. I'd like to hear about the exploits of the 'Heroes of Kenabres'." Queen Galfrey walks over to a table and takes a seat, laying her gear against the wood.
G'hesh Nhot	who are they?
Navaya	"us you dolt"
Aerlin	Just move these...sacks out of the way.
G'hesh Nhot	oh
Rochelle Gwerm	"Heroes eh?"
Navaya	to her majesty: "well if you've got time for a story I'm sure I can spin one"
Aerlin	I could show her the logs
Queen Galfrey	"Oh yes, of course! I'd love to hear the tale from the saviors themselves."
Aerlin	Okay now you actually have to tell the whole story.
Rochelle Gwerm	whispers to Red "I have no idea what to do, I've never worked with royalty"
Aerlin	go ahead
Drufle (GM)	EXPOSITION DUMP
Aerlin	Who's got a good performance skill
Rochelle Gwerm	SCENE WIPE
Red Redford	"just address her as Ma'am or Your Majesty."
Aerlin	Make it a grand tale.
Red Redford	montage perform check Navaya:
Navaya	Performance Check20
Drufle (GM)	Yeah, let's not actually do the entire thing, that'd be ridiculous.
Navaya	OOF
Drufle (GM)	Wow, that was actually pretty good.
G'hesh Nhot	quite a show
Aerlin	She's gonna be so impressed. Navaya spins a yarn of epic adventure G'hesh Nhot lapps it all up
Aerlin	You even did character voices.
Rochelle Gwerm	hey druf, how many skills per level does a bloodrager get I just...noticed a thing
Drufle (GM)	2+.5int.
Rochelle Gwerm	mistakes were made give me like a minute
Navaya	I don't even have ranks in this skill
Drufle (GM)	The Queen is quite impressed by the incredible story Navaya tells.
Rochelle Gwerm	eh, wait nothing changed
Queen Galfrey	"Well, you've been through quite a lot for people that came as partygoers, hm?"
Rochelle Gwerm	now I'm even more confused Red Redford is sweating profusely
G'hesh Nhot	BEER
Navaya	rochelle has a five-second midife crisis
Queen Galfrey	"Well, I'd like to talk to you a bit about what's ahead for your group, if you don't mind."
Rochelle Gwerm	Okay I think I know what happened
Navaya	"honestly I think we're coping pretty well"
Rochelle Gwerm	its find now *fine
Red Redford	"It was more of a spontaneous forming of a party, Ma'am"
Navaya	"uh, ahead? we saved the town already."
G'hesh Nhot	more FIGHT
Red Redford	hella
Queen Galfrey	"You have indeed, but there's the rest of Sarkoris that could use your help."
G'hesh Nhot	i like this human
Rochelle Gwerm	"I...uhh...I came here only as a body guard and...things went kinda nuts after that...Your Majesty"
Navaya	"I honestly was just here to find out where I got this weird spot from" Navaya shows her rift mark
Queen Galfrey	"I've heard stories about your... happening with the Wardstone, and now that you've described it yourself, I'm convinced that your party has been given a gift."
Aerlin	"Our answers lie ahead, Navaya."
G'hesh Nhot	I'm here to kill dragon killer
Aerlin	"I know it."
Navaya	"jeez really? aw fine"
Aerlin	"A gift? From whom?" G'hesh Nhot shows the queen her sword
G'hesh Nhot	this gift
Navaya	god ghesh I didn't know you actually had a goal
G'hesh Nhot	yes lol
Navaya	revenge for terendelev is pretty good
G'hesh Nhot	family tree
Queen Galfrey	"The fact that the Wardstones infused their energy into you instead of simply dissipating leads me to believe that Iomedae has decided you are to replace them as Mendev's protectors."
Red Redford	"interesting."
Navaya	"you serious? WE'RE the wardstones now?"
Rochelle Gwerm	"Woah hold up...we're wardstones now?"
Aerlin	"I can only hope we prove as effective."
Rochelle Gwerm	"Uhh...Your Majesty"
G'hesh Nhot	protector means more fight right?
Red Redford	"That would make you even more of a stone, Roche. :P"
G'hesh Nhot	if so I'm in
Navaya	to Roch: "you more than most, eh? hehehe!" "dammit red!"
Rochelle Gwerm	"I did not need to be more of a rock!"
Red Redford	"Same joke. haha"
Queen Galfrey	"Now, if you would allow me to speak, I have a proposition for you."
G'hesh Nhot	jinks
Navaya	"yes maam, shutting up maam"
Red Redford	"S-sorry Ma'am!!" Queen Galfrey smiles and continues.
Queen Galfrey	"Now, I won't lie, not every knight in Mendev believes in your virtues. Some believe you are secretly traitors who aimed to remove our greatest defenses. However, I think I've seen quite clearly that is not the case. The demons will return eventually, of course, but they have been set back significantly for the time being."
G'hesh Nhot	WHO CALLS ME TRAITOR I KILL THEM NOW
Queen Galfrey	"I've heard very interesting information about their armies from reliable sources. They seem to be massing their forces to the south, to attempt to overcome our meager defenses in the capital and surrounding lands."
Navaya	"not the time or the place, girl" (to ghesh)
Queen Galfrey	"They've left most of their northern holdings with skeleton crews, and one in particular I find to be most interesting; the citadel of Drezen." "The marilith matriarch, Aponavicius, one of Deskari's greatest demonic leaders, normally reigns over the citadel they took from us so many decades ago, but she has left with most of her army." "The time seems right to make a strike deep into the Worldwound, to take back Drezen, for numerous reasons. It was the first holding to fall during our Crusades, and not only did we lose men and pride, we lost the Sword of Valor."
G'hesh Nhot	Sword???????
Red Redford	"Valor..."
Queen Galfrey	"Despite its name, the Sword is not a blade, but a standard; the banner Iomedae herself carried into battle when she was still a mortal. It has incredible holy powers, and to retrieve it... Well, I need not say what it would do for both morale and peoples' opinion of you, hm?"
Aerlin	"(The Worldwound...)" "You believe it still lies in Drezen?"
Queen Galfrey	"I cannot bring my entire army against Drezen, both because it would be difficult to support and because any major movement would alert Aponavicius to our presence."
G'hesh Nhot	big fight, to probable death.......... i like you, I'm in
Queen Galfrey	"The Sword of Valor has many defensive properties, one of them being incredible divination wards. We can tell it remains in the citadel, but can discern no further."
Aerlin	"I hope it has not been corrupted in any way, then."
Navaya	"can tell where it is based on the hole it makes, huh?"
Queen Galfrey	"So, while a large army would be easily spotted, something like, say, a small group of leaders and a minor army would be able to take it easily."
G'hesh Nhot	ill take it
Navaya	"well I guess I won't be going home any time soon... better suit up!"
Queen Galfrey	"Good! Any further questions?" Navaya puts on her Army Helmet
Rochelle Gwerm	"I guess this is my new job now" G'hesh Nhot warms up her sword arm
Rochelle Gwerm	"Uhh...how do we break into Drezden?" "Your Majesty...it'll be fortified" "Right?"
Navaya	I know you meant "warm up" as "make limber" but the image I had was of ghesh just breathing fire on herself
Queen Galfrey	"I am sending a number of specialists with you to help retake the citadel, don't worry."
G'hesh Nhot	well it doesn't hurt her lol
Queen Galfrey	"Three, to be exact; Aron Kir, a cleric of Shelyn, who has an uncanny mastery of demonic tactics; Sosiel Vanic, an expert on sieges and infiltrations; and Nurah Dendiwhar, one of the most knowledgeable people about Drezen." "Their skills should assist you greatly." "I will also be sending, as I mentioned, a small force of 100 paladins with you to assault the fortress."
G'hesh Nhot	we bring smash and squish too
Rochelle Gwerm	"P-paladins?...Your Majesty?"
G'hesh Nhot	i hate magic
Aerlin	"Does that worry you?"
Rochelle Gwerm	"No. No no no I'm fine"
Red Redford	"We'd be honored, Your Majesty!"
Aerlin	"Hmm..."
Queen Galfrey	"Well then, I'd like you to kneel before me."
Rochelle Gwerm	"Oh, uhh..."
G'hesh Nhot	........
Aerlin	Of course. Rochelle Gwerm kneels
Rochelle Gwerm	does this even bring Rochelle lower than the queen?
Queen Galfrey	"Partially so I can reach your shoulders, Miss Gwerm." G'hesh Nhot kneels on both knees
Rochelle Gwerm	"Like this, Your Majesty?"
Navaya	"uhhh" Navaya kneels in midair Queen Galfrey draws her longsword and taps each of you on your shoulders, except Navaya who she very carefully waves it around.
G'hesh Nhot	kneel on my head
Navaya	"oh! thanks"
Queen Galfrey	"I proclaim each of you Knights of the Fifth Crusade, with all the titles and benefits befitting such." Rochelle Gwerm has no idea what this is
Red Redford	"Knighthood..." G'hesh Nhot prefers day
Queen Galfrey	"And in addition, I have some commendations for you." Navaya 's eyes light up
Rochelle Gwerm	this is ye olde fantasy world, so she probably pronounced the k Queen Galfrey goes and retrieves a box from her cloak.
Aerlin	"(What an odd week this has been...)"
Drufle (GM)	Boy, this is gonna be a fun one.
Rochelle Gwerm	oh boy???
Drufle (GM)	So now that each of you are Knights, you are eligible to receive Righteous Medals.
Rochelle Gwerm	you're sending mixed signals
G'hesh Nhot	can i still be a gladiator and a knight?
Rochelle Gwerm	okay, medals medals are good is this a prestige class or?
Navaya	Gladiknightor
Drufle (GM)	Thing is, they're rewarded retroactively for this first bit, so I have to remember who gets which ones. There are 6 medals, and each one is associated with an ability score.
Navaya	also Ghesh technically most knights were gladiators. jousting, etc
Rochelle Gwerm	only 5 of us, so one is being left behind
Drufle (GM)	Once a day, you can activate the medal to give you +2 to the associated score for 1 minute, as well as another bonus.
Navaya	put one on Daha or I swear to god
Drufle (GM)	So first off, Agility...
G'hesh Nhot	not in the d&D world lol. gladiators are much lower class but still famous
Drufle (GM)	Have any of you killed a demon before it was capable of acting in combat? I think that one's a no.
G'hesh Nhot	i don't think minor ones count
Navaya	yeah we ain't done that bad INIT rolls
Drufle (GM)	Right then, Clarity, I believe you guys all get this one for free.
G'hesh Nhot	the one that triggered aoos that we killed in midair
Drufle (GM)	You get it for retrieving valuable information and using it to supply the crusade. That wasn't a demon, I think that was a mongrelman.
G'hesh Nhot	oh
Drufle (GM)	Anyway, you all get the medal of Clarity for those papers you found in the Garrison.
Red Redford	nice
Drufle (GM)	It is associated with INT and gives you a permanent +2 to will saves against insanity and confusion.
G'hesh Nhot	shiny
Drufle (GM)	I'll have to post the pics in telegram. ... later. Next is Command. It's awarded to heroes that redeem an enemy and convinces them to join the Crusade. That one is also a no.
Rochelle Gwerm	we are too murderous
G'hesh Nhot	we killed them all
Navaya	also there wasn't a crusade yet now there is we can have another go
G'hesh Nhot	......
Drufle (GM)	Next is Spirit, which is awarded to heroes that were possessed or mentally controlled but broke free before they were forced to do evil.
G'hesh Nhot	yay
Drufle (GM)	I think Nhot arguably gets that one.
Rochelle Gwerm	neat
Navaya	yeah I think hold person counts
Drufle (GM)	Although it's questionable, considering the spells used couldn't have made her do evil things. But I'll give it anyway.
G'hesh Nhot	but it happened 3 times yay
Drufle (GM)	It's associated with WIS and gives you +2 to will saves against charm and possession effects.
Rochelle Gwerm	that's really good
Drufle (GM)	Then we have Valor, which again, technically all of you get? Probably?
Rochelle Gwerm	what's it for?
Drufle (GM)	You get it for landing the death blow on a demon who is at least 1 CR higher than you.
Rochelle Gwerm	easy
Drufle (GM)	Which would include all the babaus in the cutscene battle.
G'hesh Nhot	all of us then it was a team effort
Drufle (GM)	This is associated with STR and gives you +2 to CMD.
Navaya	have I ever killed a demon...
Drufle (GM)	And finally we have Vigor, which I also don't think any of you get. Have any of you ever fallen below 0 hp?
Aerlin	You stabbed one to death in the cutscene battle.
Navaya	ok
Aerlin	It was really something. I did like, 5 backflips. Really cool.
Navaya	you dual-wielded crossbows
Drufle (GM)	Specifically, you must be knocked unconscious by a demon, and then be brought back to consciousness before the demon is killed.
Rochelle Gwerm	I kept getting close but no
Navaya	matrixed the hell out
Drufle (GM)	I don't think anyone gets that one either. Anyway, those are all the medals and they're pretty cool because they actually have a set bonus!
Rochelle Gwerm	if we're getting knocked unconscious then we have a pretty big problem on our hand
G'hesh Nhot	that's the idea lol
Drufle (GM)	So I'd like everyone to at least vaguely keep track of these criteria and remind me when things like this happen.
Rochelle Gwerm	I literally just forgot
G'hesh Nhot	my will was shit but now I'm buffed to help against that lol
Drufle (GM)	Yeah, I figured, I'll probably end up just checking this list at the end of each book.
Rochelle Gwerm	I need more note paper at some point
Aerlin	If we're done with this bit, I'll have to leaf now.
Drufle (GM)	Yeah, alright. Bye!
Rochelle Gwerm	see ya streak
Aerlin	Have fun pals
Red Redford	byeee
G'hesh Nhot	see ya
Aerlin	kill some dee mons
Rochelle Gwerm	we will
Drufle (GM)	Now that the medals have been awarded, the Queen stands and motions for you all to follow her.
Rochelle Gwerm	alright Rochelle Gwerm follows her G'hesh Nhot follows
Drufle (GM)	She leads you out of the city and just north of the walls, where you see many tents already set up.
G'hesh Nhot	party?
Rochelle Gwerm	"That's...a lot of people"
Drufle (GM)	The knights see your approach and line up in two opposing sides, standing at attention as you walk to the center of camp.
Navaya	"gotta say,not used to having this many people eyeing me up" G'hesh Nhot draws her sword
Red Redford	"I don't think I'll ever get used to this." Rochelle Gwerm is looking around constantly Navaya shoves the sword back in
Red Redford	its time. for a duel Navaya:
Navaya	Strength
Check: 16
G'hesh Nhot	these things make me nervous
Rochelle Gwerm	D-D-D-D-D-UEL
G'hesh Nhot	ok I'm game
Red Redford	crinkle tinkles
G'hesh Nhot	rolling d20+6( 2 )+6 = 8
Drufle (GM)	The Queen smiles at the party one last time, and leaves you to your work.
G'hesh Nhot	woops
Rochelle Gwerm	I think Navaya won
Red Redford	navi wins, i cant believe this
Navaya	Navi somehow beats ghesh in shoving the sword back in
Drufle (GM)	And in the camp, you see some friendly faces.
G'hesh Nhot	still got my tail though lol
Red Redford	"HAIL AND WELL MET" default Red Redford : Influence Check 37
Drufle (GM)	oh shit
G'hesh Nhot	wow Rochelle Gwerm jumps a little when Red yells
Navaya	well he's friends with everyone now
Rochelle Gwerm	"That was not neccessary"
Drufle (GM)	All of the knights immediately stand up straight and salute you, as do the other NPCs who are confused as to why they're doing it. G'hesh Nhot roars just to make some louder noise
Anevia Tirablade	"Wait, why am I saluting? This is ridiculous."
Rochelle Gwerm	holy shit
Red Redford	oh hey the grid isnt lined up
Rochelle Gwerm	its Horgus
Anevia Tirablade	It is!
Drufle (GM)	Indeed!
G'hesh Nhot	who
Navaya	ohh good ol smorgusborgus
Red Redford	its roches dad
G'hesh Nhot	oh lol
Red Redford	but not really
Rochelle Gwerm	noooo Rochelle's mom was the human half
Navaya	(it's actually that rich jerk from when we firs started)
Red Redford	no one knows
Drufle (GM)	(one sec i gotta make pogs for the other new npcs)
Rochelle Gwerm	big pog
Red Redford	oh when i hold alt i can put the pog anywhere
Rochelle Gwerm	our specialists?
Red Redford	theyre all very attractive
Drufle (GM)	There they are.
Red Redford	is the middle one a halfling
Rochelle Gwerm	they ain't half bad lookin
Drufle (GM)	From left to right, those are Sosiel, Nurah, and Aron. And yes, she is a halfling.
Red Redford	or a giant baby like navi
Drufle (GM)	Nurah is a level 8 bard, Sosiel is a level 6... wait. The book actually got this part wrong. Sosiel is the cleric of Shelyn, not Aron. Aron is a level 5 rogue/1 low templar.
Red Redford	prestige class?
Drufle (GM)	Yeah.
Red Redford	k
Rochelle Gwerm	the fool prestiged he is not long for this world
Navaya	excuse me!
Drufle (GM)	It's an anti-demon prestige class.
G'hesh Nhot	ooooh
Drufle (GM)	Basically an LN prestige class without being as orderly as the Hellknights.
G'hesh Nhot	me likes him now
Drufle (GM)	Anyway, you have a crapton of friends now!
Rochelle Gwerm	I would like to point out that Rochelle is just Shaken right now
Navaya	roll to notice roch's condition
Rochelle Gwerm	if you want go ahead
Red Redford	"So you were the folks the Queen mentioned! Hello! We were the hapless "heroes" that somehow ended up doing a good thing." Navaya:
Navaya	Perception Check10
Rochelle Gwerm	I'm getting some character developement here dang it Sosiel Vaenic laughs and sticks his glaive in the ground.
Sosiel Vaenic	"Well met, indeed! Good to see the heroes we've heard about."
Rochelle Gwerm	it was a good effort, Navay I don't know what the DC is
G'hesh Nhot	rolling 1d20+1( 6 )+1 = 7 nope
Rochelle Gwerm	how do I figure that out? what is this made against? Red Redford: default Red Redford : Perception Check 21
Navaya	red wins anyway
G'hesh Nhot	red gotcha
Rochelle Gwerm	well okay Red gets it no matter what
Drufle (GM)	It'd be against Bluff.
Navaya	it'sfunny cuz youre right behind him
Drufle (GM)	Which is, uh...
Rochelle Gwerm	do I roll bluff then?
G'hesh Nhot	go for it
Drufle (GM)	That's an Influence check now. Rochelle Gwerm: Rochelle Gwerm : Influence Check 22 -1 to Bluff checks 6+4 to Intimidate holy shit
G'hesh Nhot	oh crap
Navaya	oh no!
Drufle (GM)	Oof, he literally just beats it.
Rochelle Gwerm	he just gets it I have a -1 to Bluff rolls
Navaya	oh good
Red Redford	LMAO
Navaya	red has a newtype flash and turns around
Drufle (GM)	Red is, like, very slightly suspicious that Roch is weird.
G'hesh Nhot	lol Aron Kir kinda awkwardly waves. Nurah Dendiwhar curtsies to the group. Rochelle Gwerm appears to have shrunk like, a whole foot with her posture. Maybe literally G'hesh Nhot gives a full gladiatorial solute
Red Redford	"Hey team let's welcome, or rather, -be- welcomed by these nice people." "Come over here." Rochelle Gwerm bows to the new folk
Drufle (GM)	Now that we have, like, this massive entourage of NPCs.
Red Redford	lets kill them
Rochelle Gwerm	our motley crew of heroes Red pls
Aerlin	"Good to see you all."
Rochelle Gwerm	don't say things like that around Ghesh
G'hesh Nhot	who here fights
Drufle (GM)	To be honest, the three of them are rather in support positions for you guys.
Rochelle Gwerm	I am already having trouble remembering names Sosiel keeps making me think 'Sol'
Drufle (GM)	Sosiel is the cleric of Shelyn, goddess of beauty and arts, and he's the head of your demonic tactics department. Aron is the head of infiltration, he's the rogue guy.
Rochelle Gwerm	Aron, the Pokemon
Drufle (GM)	Nurah is the halfling bard in charge of Drezen lore.
Navaya	"hi new friends! I'm Navi!"
Red Redford	"She's a fairy."
Navaya	"this is my weaselly friend, Daha ate!"
Rochelle Gwerm	"I am Rochelle"
Nurah Dendiwhar	"Oh my, a little pixie! Incredible to see your type so far from Irrisen."
G'hesh Nhot	GHESH
Daha aṭē	`good day, sirs and madam``
Red Redford	"Also, a powerful spellcaster." does daha have a british accent
Navaya	"yeah s'was a long trip!" he sounds like uhh
Sosiel Vaenic	"Oh, don't worry, we already know who you all are. We've heard plenty!"
Navaya	leviathan from skullgirls whoever voiced him
Red Redford	ok
Sosiel Vaenic	"Quite a random assortment of backgrounds, there aren't exactly many groups like you!"
Anevia Tirablade	"Ain't that the truth..."
Navaya	"ragtag buncha misfits, I know"
G'hesh Nhot	????
Drufle (GM)	(im going to have the worst time trying to have conversations with fuckin' 7 npcs)
Navaya	good luck bucko
G'hesh Nhot	lol
Rochelle Gwerm	there needs to be a rotation
Red Redford	"Oh, by the way. I'm Red Redford, from the town of Puffincliff."
Drufle (GM)	I'm going to put the old friends away for a little bit.
Navaya	"pppfuff-bahahaha"
Rochelle Gwerm	they know our names Navaya never knew this hilarious information
Rochelle Gwerm	"Wait, from where?" "What's a Puffin?"
Nurah Dendiwhar	"Puffincliff. I think I've heard of that place before..." "No, that doesn't make any sense, I must be thinking of a different place."
Navaya	have aerlin roll nature
G'hesh Nhot	is it near feathersedge
Drufle (GM)	Anyway, before I forget, I need to make a couple of comments. Each of these NPCs give your army a buff.
G'hesh Nhot	yay they can stay then
Drufle (GM)	Sosiel's, Aron's, and Nurah's are automatically included in my stats because they're forced to come with you.
Rochelle Gwerm	I really need notepaper
Drufle (GM)	The other four don't necessarily have to join you.
G'hesh Nhot	but could they help?
Drufle (GM)	Anevia joins Aron on scouting missions, and gives you literally just a permanent +2 to both OM and DV.
Navaya	uh, YES PLEASE
Rochelle Gwerm	that is good
Drufle (GM)	Irabeth can teach your commander to give them the Bloodied but Unbroken boon.
G'hesh Nhot	nice
Rochelle Gwerm	oooh
G'hesh Nhot	feel no pain
Drufle (GM)	While you're under half health, you get +1 to OM.
G'hesh Nhot	ogres
Rochelle Gwerm	is there a buff that gives +1 to OM while above half health?
Drufle (GM)	Vash teaches the paladins to be better counterspellers, giving you the Spellbreaker tactic.
G'hesh Nhot	lol
Navaya	we're not HK-ing an entire army
Drufle (GM)	While you're under that tactic, you get +4 DV against spellcasting armies.
Rochelle Gwerm	that is very good
G'hesh Nhot	why not 2 tanks is never enough lol
Drufle (GM)	And Horgus, being basically the only surviving noble in Kenabres, uses his incredible resources to change the army's Consumption from 5 to 3.
Rochelle Gwerm	ooooh
G'hesh Nhot	nice
Rochelle Gwerm	that'll help a lot considering where we're going
Drufle (GM)	So all of these friends do quite a lot for you.
G'hesh Nhot	more food for us
Rochelle Gwerm	has anyone told us about the Worldwound?
Navaya	I think we
Drufle (GM)	I mean, what do you want to know?
G'hesh Nhot	so we take them all
Navaya	already know about it
Rochelle Gwerm	I've read about it out of game
Navaya	it's extremely big
Drufle (GM)	It's not exactly a secret that an entire country turned into demonic wastelands.
Rochelle Gwerm	I know the kind of hell it is
Navaya	can't miss it
G'hesh Nhot	don't realy care lol
Rochelle Gwerm	I mean the old saying: don't touch anything you didn't bring
Drufle (GM)	:P
Rochelle Gwerm	I hope this is a warning we are given
Drufle (GM)	Anyway, there is a metric shitton of talking that can happen now that we have yet another 3 NPCs at our side. How much would we like to do?
G'hesh Nhot	nice
Rochelle Gwerm	Rochelle is too nervous right now she needs a place to sit down
Red Redford	we fight
G'hesh Nhot	the floor?
Drufle (GM)	Each of you have a private tent set up to sleep in. If you'd like to just retire for now. Rochelle Gwerm goes back to her tent
G'hesh Nhot	where are the knights?
Rochelle Gwerm	the rest of you guys do what you want, Rochelle needs a breather
Red Redford	can i buy things
Drufle (GM)	They're the random pogs scattered around the camp.
Red Redford	probably not but can i
Drufle (GM)	Uhhhhhh depends.
G'hesh Nhot	ill go spar
Drufle (GM)	What do you want to buy?
Red Redford	uhhh i didnt think this through
Rochelle Gwerm	this was not the expected outcome I think we're pretty well equipped now
Red Redford	same
Drufle (GM)	Anyway, luckily for you guys, it's actually not that hard to get to Drezen.
Rochelle Gwerm	so we're just goin?
Drufle (GM)	You can follow the Sellen River basically due north for a while, at which point you'll come to an old riverbed that leads straight to Drezen.
Navaya	question before we go
Drufle (GM)	Mhm?
Navaya	what class level do I learn spell leve 4 at?
Drufle (GM)	Next level.
Navaya	oh so level 7 alright
Drufle (GM)	Yep.
Navaya	no contingent healing for any of you yet
Rochelle Gwerm	I get....level 2 spells at level 7 half spellcasting...
Drufle (GM)	So, it's a solid 160 miles to Drezen. So with no complications, it'll be about 4.5 days.
Rochelle Gwerm	seems simple enough
Navaya	is this where consumption works in
G'hesh Nhot	lets start walking then
Drufle (GM)	The army consumes its Consumption in food every day, and you start with 50 food.
Navaya	welp time to start raiding
Rochelle Gwerm	we better stock up before entering the worldwound
G'hesh Nhot	i can do that
Rochelle Gwerm	oh hell no, you do not eat anything from the worldwound
Drufle (GM)	It's made quite a lot easier with Horgus' help, but you'll still have to restock every now and then.
Navaya	so it's -14 food to drezen
Rochelle Gwerm	period that place is just pure evil at all times
Drufle (GM)	Note that if you're unlucky and run out of food, you take a -2 to morale and take 1d4 army damage every day.
G'hesh Nhot	where can we get food from here?
Rochelle Gwerm	everything is tainted in some way
G'hesh Nhot	should i go hunting
Drufle (GM)	You start with 50 food, like I said.
Navaya	we are fine
Rochelle Gwerm	getting more is an issue though
G'hesh Nhot	for getting there
Navaya	food is only a problem if a siege starts
Drufle (GM)	The worldwound isn't too close, the demonic taint isn't as near as you think it is.
Rochelle Gwerm	oh okay phew
G'hesh Nhot	which it will. lets kill a few things before we leave and dry the meat
Red Redford	i didnt bother to read the mass combat rules so rip for me drufle guide me
Rochelle Gwerm	it's simple we'll be fine
Red Redford	ok
Navaya	I put them in telegram for you red
Drufle (GM)	Yeah, he did.
Navaya	crib notes
G'hesh Nhot	its Warhammer with d20's
Drufle (GM)	So we'll start travelling along, and see what comes our way, hm?
Navaya	oki
G'hesh Nhot	ok
Rochelle Gwerm	hooooo boy
G'hesh Nhot	FIGHT
Rochelle Gwerm	this is going to stress Rochelle out all the way
Navaya	don't break down that would be Bad
Rochelle Gwerm	constantly checking her back
Drufle (GM)	So the first trip is to a small village called Valas's Gift, just by the Sellen River.
G'hesh Nhot	what have they got us?
Rochelle Gwerm	demon occupied or no
Drufle (GM)	It's utterly demolished.
G'hesh Nhot	oh
Rochelle Gwerm	okay so not occupied at all
Drufle (GM)	It used to be the primary supplier of food for Kenabres, but clearly no longer. You find... rolling 2d4 ( 1 + 2 ) = 3
Rochelle Gwerm	3 whole food wow
Drufle (GM)	Barely enough food to resupply the day it took to walk you there.
Rochelle Gwerm	that was worth our time
Drufle (GM)	There are no signs of survivors anywhere.
Red Redford	no gift
Navaya	"nothing left but dust and rubble..."
Rochelle Gwerm	"Yeeesh"
Aron Kir	"What happened here..."
Rochelle Gwerm	"I wonder what this used to look like"
G'hesh Nhot	and an armies amount of footprints
Navaya	and hoofprints and tentacleprints
Nurah Dendiwhar	"It used to be a nice, quaint place, lots of farmers and fishers. Not much left any more, though."
G'hesh Nhot	i hope there are more worm guys
Rochelle Gwerm	"..." Rochelle Gwerm is in deep thought
Navaya	vermleks are not really combat-oriented demons
Navaya	Religion Check19
Drufle (GM)	After the Gift, it's another day and a half north along the east bank of the river. Oh?
Navaya	now what I said is canon
Drufle (GM)	:P
Navaya	"they're more for espionage, Ghesh. we'd likely face more babaus"
Rochelle Gwerm	that settles that then, I guess
Drufle (GM)	You should be coming up on what's called Vilareth Ford, the best place to cross to the west side of the river.
G'hesh Nhot	ok
Drufle (GM)	(i'll be keeping track of food i think)
Navaya	thanx
Rochelle Gwerm	Waaaater
G'hesh Nhot	probably for the best lol
Rochelle Gwerm	my archnemsis
Navaya	girl what do you drink
Rochelle Gwerm	beer
G'hesh Nhot	beer
Navaya	aight
Drufle (GM)	As you get closer, you see Anevia and Aron running back to you, frightened looks on their faces.
Rochelle Gwerm	Sinking is more of a concern than water itself
G'hesh Nhot	FIGHT
Anevia Tirablade	"Problems! Many problems!"
Navaya	"fight?" Rochelle Gwerm prepares for a fight, she's got a lot of frustration to vent
Red Redford	"Problems?!" G'hesh Nhot draws her sword
Anevia Tirablade	"There's an entire army of tieflings holed up in the Ford, there's no way we can cross with them there!" G'hesh Nhot prepares to charge
Rochelle Gwerm	"We'll break through them" tieflings, CR 1/2. Literally nothing to us
Navaya	"let's set the tone of this crusade, eh?"
Rochelle Gwerm	I wonder if we can get any to convert increase our numbers
G'hesh Nhot	to battle!!!!!!
Navaya	depends on which direction you aim ghesh ad yourself, roch
Red Redford	i'm going to diplomacy them
Rochelle Gwerm	I mean this is Mass Combat, we won't have much of an effect
G'hesh Nhot	i suppose i could intimidate them
Rochelle Gwerm	because game mechanics
Navaya	truth
G'hesh Nhot	50 each?
Drufle (GM)	Well, they don't know you're here yet, you can certainly try and ambush them.
Rochelle Gwerm	looking at my magic, it seems I have a slot for a third level spell
Drufle (GM)	It's, uh, 200 tieflings, approximately.
Navaya	yeah less ambush
Rochelle Gwerm	ambush is good
Navaya	*let's
G'hesh Nhot	ok 150 each
Rochelle Gwerm	do we want to just sneak or should we distract the front and pincer them?
Red Redford	so many tiefs
G'hesh Nhot	i can distract
Navaya	"you take the thousand on the left, I'll take the thousand on the right" (not canon)
Drufle (GM)	Well, you do have that special flanking tactic, if you want to use it. Regardless, since this is an ambush, you guys get one free round without them being able to attack back.
Rochelle Gwerm	this seems like the way to go
G'hesh Nhot	mysthic shatter defences and intimidating display may work
Rochelle Gwerm	what -are- we doing during a fight?
Navaya	on one of 200 yes just melee-ing me I'm hanging out back
Rochelle Gwerm	the characters I mean
G'hesh Nhot	nope, its an area thing lol very good for attention drawing
Navaya	crackin open a cold one with the squires
Drufle (GM)	Regardless, the mechanics are pretty specific about a single-person's powers being useless in mass combat.
Rochelle Gwerm	Enlarge Person + Earthen Shield to provide cover?
G'hesh Nhot	oh, i was hoping to get an intimidate n before combat lol
Rochelle Gwerm	or break defenses?
Drufle (GM)	Guys, it's 200 tieflings.
G'hesh Nhot	GM its ghesh
Navaya	i'll just letchu guys sort this out amongst yourselves for the time being
Rochelle Gwerm	lets go!
Drufle (GM)	I have mechanical confirmation that you guys don't even count as a fine army.
Rochelle Gwerm	I get it, one person ain't gonna do much
G'hesh Nhot	lets do this
Rochelle Gwerm	lets mow these guys down
Drufle (GM)	Right, well, Red!
Navaya	hey! I think we're pretty good!!
Drufle (GM)	Mr. Commander man. Red Redford: default Red Redford : Influence Check 37
G'hesh Nhot	though i could so kill the 200 myself
Drufle (GM)	...
Navaya	WELL
Rochelle Gwerm	perfect
Drufle (GM)	Was.
G'hesh Nhot	eventualy
Drufle (GM)	Was that to convince them not to fight?
Red Redford	yes
Drufle (GM)	Well shit. I guess they do that?
G'hesh Nhot	fuck me, our army has grown
Navaya	LOL
Rochelle Gwerm	holy crap we diplomancied our way out? did we convert anyone?
Red Redford	i did say i was gonna diplomacy them and i asked the luck gods for another 20
Drufle (GM)	Yeah but I didn't think you were going to roll a natural 20.
Red Redford	im out of luck for today though
Rochelle Gwerm	I am speachless
Drufle (GM)	Well, I can't really say that they'll join your army, because they really won't. But they will stand down and let you pass freely.
Rochelle Gwerm	can't even grab a few? eh, its fine
Navaya	maybe they just run?
G'hesh Nhot	for dinner?
Rochelle Gwerm	wtf do we even learn from this fight?
Drufle (GM)	You can grab a few, but only Red gets the medal for converting people.
Red Redford	I give them a really nice speech about doing good deeds
Navaya	he stands on the hill light shining behind him
Rochelle Gwerm	that is okay
G'hesh Nhot	he can have it
Navaya	they are awestruck by his presence
Rochelle Gwerm	he earned it
Drufle (GM)	A couple of them just kinda instinctively bow down.
Red Redford	"And that, my friends, is how you might just be saved yet."
Drufle (GM)	The NPCs stand behind you in awe and admiration. Can all of you make, uh, Perception rolls?
Navaya	"god in heaven Red, I need take you home with me"
G'hesh Nhot	lmao
Navaya	"i've got a witch problem needs fixin"
Rochelle Gwerm	"Wow...that's...inspiring" Navaya:
Navaya	Perception Check18
G'hesh Nhot	next time, leave red so i get to fight
Navaya	throw him in a ditch
Drufle (GM)	rolling d20+9( 6 )+9 = 15
Rochelle Gwerm	this will likely not work again
G'hesh Nhot	yep
Drufle (GM)	There's Aerlin's. How about the other three party members?
G'hesh Nhot	rolling 1d20+1( 6 )+1 = 7 Rochelle Gwerm: Rochelle Gwerm : Perception Check 22
Navaya	wow
Rochelle Gwerm	HMMMMMM
Navaya	got yer third eye out huh
G'hesh Nhot	i see nothing Rochelle Gwerm opens her THIRD EYE
Drufle (GM)	I'm mostly asking for Red to make a roll since he's the only one that could reasonably see this.
Rochelle Gwerm	I CAN SEEEEE Red Redford: default Red Redford : Perception Check 24
Rochelle Gwerm	show-off
Drufle (GM)	And so he does!
G'hesh Nhot	fuck me, super red
Drufle (GM)	Rochelle just barely misses it.
Rochelle Gwerm	wow what
Navaya	wow, a DC 24 this early
Rochelle Gwerm	that is one hell of a DC
Drufle (GM)	Red notices that Nurah is, like, REALLY awed by your speech. Like, more than she probably should be.
Rochelle Gwerm	ohhhh, that's why
Navaya	uh
Rochelle Gwerm	also: uh oh
G'hesh Nhot	ahhhhhh
Rochelle Gwerm	Red will probably want to talk to her more
Red Redford	is nurah the halfling
Drufle (GM)	It occurs to me that sounds like she suddenly has a crush on Red. That is not what is happening here. She is, yes.
Rochelle Gwerm	pffft I know
G'hesh Nhot	really?
Navaya	but what IS happening
Drufle (GM)	Although to be honest she probably is, like, slightly crushing.
Red Redford	i am as dense as red i dont know what it means
Drufle (GM)	Alright, private messaging time.
G'hesh Nhot	lol
Navaya	ooh
Rochelle Gwerm	right we'll just wait here, playing chess talking to the new recruits how many did we get?
G'hesh Nhot	red and naddia sitting in a ditch f.....g
Rochelle Gwerm	who's looking for redemption?
G'hesh Nhot	not me
Drufle (GM)	There's, uh, let's say 37 tieflings that join you. Equal to that check.
Rochelle Gwerm	oh
G'hesh Nhot	nice
Rochelle Gwerm	that's pretty neat
G'hesh Nhot	we have cannon fodder
Rochelle Gwerm	we'll make paladins out of them yet
Drufle (GM)	They're all just level 1 scrub rogues, but quite a few of them found Red's talk very interesting and convincing.
Rochelle Gwerm	though they're probably either Evil or Neutral by default
Drufle (GM)	They're willing to hang around and help out.
Rochelle Gwerm	it's nothing that cannot be changed
Drufle (GM)	They are all CE by nature, but they're slowly working their way to CN.
G'hesh Nhot	good enough for me, though i stay allret around them
Rochelle Gwerm	fellow CNs
Red Redford	great even more chaotic neutrals
Drufle (GM)	Redemption is actually a semi-mechanical thing, by the way.
Rochelle Gwerm	yeah they need to do Good Stuff to advance
Drufle (GM)	Like you need a certain number of Good Things to go up the scale.
Rochelle Gwerm	they aren't Super Evil though, so it shouldn't take them long
G'hesh Nhot	really! shit ill need to be careful how nice i am
Drufle (GM)	Well, that battle was kind of a wash, but it ended far better than it reasonably should have.
Red Redford	lmao
Drufle (GM)	So what are you guys doing in the aftermath?
Rochelle Gwerm	no casualties
Red Redford	ideal
Rochelle Gwerm	well first of all, learning tactics from the new recruits
G'hesh Nhot	and food around here?
Drufle (GM)	After 163 tieflings walk away and 37 sit down with you.
Red Redford	I do a little demo about the Empyreal Lords with my trading cards (tm)
Drufle (GM)	Well, there are actually a couple of survivors.
Rochelle Gwerm	well duh no one died at all
Drufle (GM)	A scant few crusaders led by a woman named Kamilo, who is not super pleased by all these tieflings suddenly joining the army, but is willing to keep quiet.
Rochelle Gwerm	sigh dissent already it hasn't even been a week
Drufle (GM)	She volunteers to head south with her remaining troops and give word to Kenabres about the situation here.
G'hesh Nhot	see ya
Rochelle Gwerm	good luck
Drufle (GM)	Alright, uh... rolling d6 ( 5 ) = 5 Back to full again.
Rochelle Gwerm	we find food?
G'hesh Nhot	nice
Drufle (GM)	Note that the reason you start with 50 food is because that's your carrying capacity.
G'hesh Nhot	hunting season
Drufle (GM)	That would've brought you to 51 but you can't hold that much.
Rochelle Gwerm	ah, okay
G'hesh Nhot	but we have the bag
Rochelle Gwerm	oh right The Bag
Red Redford	of holding??
Drufle (GM)	You also collect a ton of weapons, armor, and tools that collectively give you 3 Goods.
Rochelle Gwerm	3 goods
Navaya	we never bought a bag of holding
Drufle (GM)	Goods is a special currency that will be exceedingly useful next book.
Navaya	ok
Rochelle Gwerm	I guess that's a resource
Red Redford	goods is good
Rochelle Gwerm	next book, alright we'll get as much as we can then
G'hesh Nhot	good goods
Drufle (GM)	Anything else we want to do before we go?
Rochelle Gwerm	unless we want to discuss anything in character
G'hesh Nhot	is there anything we should so?
Navaya	the GOODS are in the treasure bag
Rochelle Gwerm	Rochelle is still a nervous wreck
Drufle (GM)	No, I'm just curious.
Red Redford	not really
Drufle (GM)	Everyone make another PER check for me quick.
G'hesh Nhot	then onwards i say
Red Redford	i actually want to fight
G'hesh Nhot	rolling 1d20+1( 9 )+1 = 10
Red Redford	summon earth elementals Rochelle Gwerm: Rochelle Gwerm : Perception Check 16
Navaya	"Roch, what is up with you?" "you've been as jittery as a... a.. I don't know!"
Red Redford	jitterbug
Drufle (GM)	A jitterbug. Dammit. Navaya:
Navaya	Perception Check23
Rochelle Gwerm	"I'm fine, its fine...everything is fine"
Drufle (GM)	Perception, Red? rolling d20+9 ( 15 )+9 = 24 Red Redford: default Red Redford : Perception Check 20
Drufle (GM)	Wow, so Aerlin's the one that sees this time.
Red Redford	nope
Rochelle Gwerm	"Perfectly...Normal"
Drufle (GM)	Although I guess I can't really, uh, tell her...
Rochelle Gwerm	hnmmm pass it on?
Navaya	leave a note
Drufle (GM)	I think Aerlin's gonna tug on Red and Rochelle's sleeves and kinda nod in a direction. Since you two are next to her.
Rochelle Gwerm	okay "What? Wha?"
G'hesh Nhot	i Ghesh ill never know lol
Drufle (GM)	The two of you see Nurah sneaking off behind one of the tents.
Rochelle Gwerm	this is what we were afraid of alright, lets eavesdrop I guess
Red Redford	i cast
Rochelle Gwerm	someone who is actually stealthy though
Drufle (GM)	I think Navaya might literally be the only stealthy person here.
Rochelle Gwerm	bring her over Red Redford: default Red Redford : Focused Scrutiny
Spell Level: Inquisitor, 2
School: Divination
Components: V, S
Range: Personal
Effects/Target: you
Duration: 10 min./level Rolls Caster Level Check =18 Concentration Check =21
Cast Defensively DC	19 You gain heightened sensitivity to the mannerisms, reactions, and body language of one creature you can perceive, allowing you to sense its state of mind and easily influence it. You gain a +10 bonus on Perception, Sense Motive, and Survival checks attempted against the target creature, as well as a +5 bonus on Diplomacy and Intimidate checks attempted against it. Spells Notes:+1 DC to conjuration spells
Rochelle Gwerm	send her in
Drufle (GM)	Uhhhhhhh. Wow! Alright!
Rochelle Gwerm	well how about that
Drufle (GM)	Hell of a good spell, that one.
Rochelle Gwerm	that's quite the buff
Navaya	so what's happening
Drufle (GM)	So I assume Red and probably someone else is going to find Nurah? Nurah's sneaking off behind one off the tents.
Navaya	shall I try stealth?
Drufle (GM)	Go ahead.
Rochelle Gwerm	you and Red go find her then
Red Redford	does anyone know invisibility i think aerlin has it??
Rochelle Gwerm	it is a bit early for me to sneak at all
Drufle (GM)	What about the fifty potions you have?
Rochelle Gwerm	oh right
Navaya	I have one!
Drufle (GM)	She does actually have it, though.
Red Redford	ill take one
Drufle (GM)	If you want her to invis you.
Rochelle Gwerm	they won't silence footsteps though so be careful this does not matter to Navaya Navaya hands red the invis potion
Red Redford	its not in the bag
Navaya	it's on my person
Red Redford	or i didnt perceive it
Navaya	I'll remove it now
Red Redford	oh ok lets invis!
Drufle (GM)	Note, invisibility gives you a +20 to stealth if you're moving and +40 if you stay still.
Rochelle Gwerm	good luck Red Redford: default Red Redford : Stealth Check 24
Navaya	also note that my wings make noise
Drufle (GM)	...
Rochelle Gwerm	sdklfjlahga
Red Redford	goddamnit
Drufle (GM)	SIGH
Rochelle Gwerm	I need a few moments
Drufle (GM)	SO MANY SIGHS
G'hesh Nhot	gone
Navaya	we all go and lie doown
Rochelle Gwerm	that is...44 in total while moving
Drufle (GM)	I'd personally call it 54.
Rochelle Gwerm	nothing can discover him
Navaya	he could dance a jig in front of her
Drufle (GM)	I have a houserule that nat 20's add 10 to the roll.
Red Redford	ok
Drufle (GM)	For skills, at least.
Rochelle Gwerm	innnnteresting okay
Drufle (GM)	Regardless, she has literally no chance of seeing him.
Red Redford	whats she doing
Navaya	he can't even see himself
Rochelle Gwerm	send in the Red Spy
Navaya	he just fades away....
G'hesh Nhot	reds gone rose
Drufle (GM)	She disappears behind a tent, and casts invisibility on herself!
Navaya	oh NO
Rochelle Gwerm	bwuh?
Navaya	can they see each other??
G'hesh Nhot	woops
Drufle (GM)	(by the way I wasn't kidding, even with a nat 20 her perception is only 42)
Rochelle Gwerm	didn't he just cast a spell?
Navaya	wow
Red Redford	i dont have see invisbility...
Rochelle Gwerm	I mean that helps you understand someone
Navaya	oh so you're both blind
Drufle (GM)	You know what you do have?
Rochelle Gwerm	yeah its a +10 bonus
G'hesh Nhot	but your perception is buffed
Drufle (GM)	An incredibly stealthy pixie with faerie dust.
Rochelle Gwerm	ooooh
Navaya	yeah
Rochelle Gwerm	do it
Navaya	call me over
Rochelle Gwerm	sneak in
Red Redford	i call her over stealthily
Rochelle Gwerm	secretly
G'hesh Nhot	throwing a rock at her Navaya:
Navaya	Stealth Check16
Rochelle Gwerm	uh oh
Navaya	"what's happening?"
Rochelle Gwerm	does that include her size bonus?
Drufle (GM)	That's still a decently large number. It does, yeah.
Rochelle Gwerm	oh dear
Drufle (GM)	She rolled a 2 though.
Rochelle Gwerm	this is a problem Rochelle Gwerm crosses fingers
G'hesh Nhot	potion time
Rochelle Gwerm	its too late
Navaya	"red! what's going on?"
Rochelle Gwerm	she's doing whatever she's doing
Red Redford	"Nurah (is that her name) is being veeery suspicious."
Drufle (GM)	Yes :P
Rochelle Gwerm	also invisble fairy dust her
Drufle (GM)	Nurah, Aron, Sosiel.
Navaya	shush you red has to tell me
Red Redford	"Do you have any powder on you?" "She turned invisible!"
Navaya	"always. and ok!" Navaya throws the faerie fire powder in the direction idicated by red
Rochelle Gwerm	moment of truth
Drufle (GM)	Suddenly you see a figure surrounded by glowing light, who stops moving and kind swivels their head around. kinda*
Nurah Dendiwhar	"Wow, you guys are really good at this, huh?"
Navaya	"uh, yeah! so what's your deal? need some privacy on the can?"
Red Redford	metal gear sound Nurah Dendiwhar dispels her invisibility and sits on the ground.
G'hesh Nhot	rolling 1d20+1( 12 )+1 = 13 do i notice anything yet
Nurah Dendiwhar	"No, I mean, well.."
Navaya	probably now she's glowing
Drufle (GM)	You see a halfling appear from nowhere.
G'hesh Nhot	charge!!
Rochelle Gwerm	stop
Navaya	intercede!! G'hesh Nhot stops
Red Redford	"No chargerino."
Drufle (GM)	She is quite a few levels above you, she could probably beat you one-on-one.
Navaya	don't encourage him *her
G'hesh Nhot	an appering Halfling could have been an enemy
Red Redford	"So, what's going on, exactly, miss?" Navaya slaps themselves
Red Redford	ghesh is technically right i guess
Nurah Dendiwhar	"Well... I guess I might as well give up on that plan. I was supposed to... well, it's kind of hard to say."
Red Redford	"Go on..."
Navaya	you still have that spell cast on yourself don't you?
G'hesh Nhot	SAY IT
Navaya	use those boons
Drufle (GM)	Yeah, actually, give me a sense motive roll. Which is just perception now.
Rochelle Gwerm	should we all do that? Red Redford: default Red Redford : Perception Check 17
Drufle (GM)	But apparently with a +10.
Red Redford	womp womp
Navaya	27
Rochelle Gwerm	I mean Red probably doesn't need our help
Drufle (GM)	He rolls a 2 and gets a 27.
G'hesh Nhot	lmao
Drufle (GM)	Crazy man.
Navaya	just mmakes you want to cry doesn't t
G'hesh Nhot	he knows all
Rochelle Gwerm	he's just too good at this
Drufle (GM)	She seems kinda... shameful?
Red Redford	this is what i optimized for!!
Rochelle Gwerm	that...kinda proves what it is
Drufle (GM)	There's definitely something she's trying to do and doesn't want to now.
Red Redford	that and archery, and summoning monsters
Navaya	...minus the archery
Rochelle Gwerm	gonna have to agree with navaya there
Red Redford	:P
G'hesh Nhot	birds are fun though
Rochelle Gwerm	the birds are quite handy
Red Redford	"It's okay if you don't want to tell us. But it might help me understand you better." "And I do want to understand."
Nurah Dendiwhar	"I'm not exactly meant to help you here, to be honest. I was supposed to use, uh, these..."
G'hesh Nhot	whats my intimidate buffs again?
Navaya	she's talking it's fine
Rochelle Gwerm	I think she's spilling the beans Nurah Dendiwhar pulls four vials of horrendously putrid-looking black liquid out of her pouch.
Rochelle Gwerm	save your lucky rolls for later
Red Redford	ew
Navaya	"EUGH"
G'hesh Nhot	ooooh beer?
Red Redford	dont drink
Navaya	"that is NOT beer, ghesh!"
Rochelle Gwerm	you have 10 INT, you should know that's not beer
Nurah Dendiwhar	"Nasty stuff, isn't it? It's shadowblood, a notoriously horrible drug made from clarified shadow demon's essence."
G'hesh Nhot	ive drank some bad beer in the past
Red Redford	shes joshing us probably
Nurah Dendiwhar	"One of your... well, our allies has a bit of a history with the stuff."
Rochelle Gwerm	ooooooh
Red Redford	"Four. Who are those four...for"
G'hesh Nhot	who
Nurah Dendiwhar	"Aron. He used to have an addiction to the stuff, from what I know." "!!"
Nurah Dendiwhar	"His partner helped him get over it, but I was sent here to gather information on you all and try and sow disorder. I figured this would be a pretty great way to do it."
Navaya	"you little sneak!"
Rochelle Gwerm	but the speach
G'hesh Nhot	fight now?
Red Redford	"Who sent you." Nurah Dendiwhar looks very ashamed.
Rochelle Gwerm	Red's Power is too great
Nurah Dendiwhar	"Staunton. You know him?"
G'hesh Nhot	the force is soo strong in him
Navaya	imelda? Red Redford: default Red Redford : Society Check 12 +1 Kn. nobility shrug Navaya:
Navaya	Society Check8
Red Redford	yike
Navaya	"nnope"
Rochelle Gwerm	I can't help you guys with this
Drufle (GM)	I guess I do indeed have to remind you all that you do indeed know him already.
Navaya	is he the
G'hesh Nhot	rolling 1d20-1( 15 )-1 = 14
Navaya	stern man
G'hesh Nhot	wow
Rochelle Gwerm	uhhhh
Navaya	who told us to do the garrison thing
Rochelle Gwerm	wait oh nooooo
Drufle (GM)	What? The old guy with the scar on his cheek? That was Quednys.
Navaya	yeah ok
Rochelle Gwerm	I really _REALLY_ need more notepater
Drufle (GM)	Staunton is the person that bomberman had a note from.
G'hesh Nhot	did a 14 pass?
Navaya	ohhh
Drufle (GM)	Remember this note?
Navaya	lord staunton
G'hesh Nhot	my sword
Navaya	yeah I do but I dismissed that bit
Rochelle Gwerm	so we haven't met him, but we have heard of him
Drufle (GM)	None of you exactly learn any more about him from those terrible Society checks, but you recognize the name.
Navaya	just wanted to know who the midnight bomber what bombs at midnight had as his name
G'hesh Nhot	so shes working for the bad guy Rochelle???
Nurah Dendiwhar	"I've been working for him ever since he got made Lord of Drezen. When Galfrey said I had the most knowledge of the citadel of any person, she wasn't kidding."
Rochelle Gwerm	it seems we might have put her on the path of redemption G'hesh Nhot gives her the look
Rochelle Gwerm	eh?
Red Redford	"Hmmm"
Nurah Dendiwhar	"Granted, she thinks it's for an entirely different reason."
Navaya	"well then. I'll just confiscate these" Navaya takes the shadow potions Nurah Dendiwhar hands them over.
Rochelle Gwerm	what is it Ghesh?
Nurah Dendiwhar	"Don't open them, by the way, the vapor is quite noxious."
Rochelle Gwerm	I legit have no idea
Navaya	"got it"
G'hesh Nhot	i was giving you the sqush look
Red Redford	"Okay." "So what do you plan on doing now?" Rochelle Gwerm gives the Don't Squish look Navaya cantrips them to fairy size G'hesh Nhot give the PLEASE look
Nurah Dendiwhar	"I... I'm not sure, really. I'm not particularly used to having choices of my own." "It's been quite a while." Rochelle Gwerm gives the Seriously No, She Knows Important Things look G'hesh Nhot goes back to looking for threats
Navaya	"well I'm willing to let bygones be bygones! why not try fightin' for the freedom of mortalkind? it's got good perks!"
Red Redford	"You can still help us, you know. With this crusade. We might be even able to turn the tables on this man." Navaya puts an arm around her shoulders
Red Redford	"Yes, what she said."
Navaya	or at least makes the effort
Nurah Dendiwhar	"Can I ask one favor, at least?"
G'hesh Nhot	"join the missfits"
Navaya	"whaddya need?"
Nurah Dendiwhar	"When you retake Drezen, and to be honest, ever since I heard the rumors about you, I've been pretty sure you could, I want you to make sure you kill Eustoryiax, the shadow demon."
Navaya	"consider it already done!"
G'hesh Nhot	hes as good as dead
Red Redford	"Demons are our specialty." Navaya:
Navaya	Religion Check34
Red Redford	NICE
Drufle (GM)	i G'hesh Nhot shows her her sword
Drufle (GM)	but so many 20s
Navaya	I know everything about Eustoryiax Rochelle Gwerm pats the GM on the back
Rochelle Gwerm	with a roll like that, you might even have history with him
Navaya	just message me his autobiography
Rochelle Gwerm	a piece to the puzzle of those marks? G'hesh Nhot jumps through the 4th wall to offer tissues
Red Redford	"Let me just say that I'm proud of you. It takes a lot of courage to do what you just did."
Drufle (GM)	You magically know that Eustoryiax is the leader of group of shadow demons, and that he's currently holed up in Drezen as one of its primary guardians. You also know that he has quite a gift for finding people with doubts in their minds and fomenting evil in them.
Rochelle Gwerm	aha the Corruptor
Navaya	"god yeah, now that I recall, he's got this as his MO"
Drufle (GM)	I.e. he has quite a a knack for turning CN people CE.
G'hesh Nhot	damn it. next well meet sigmar
Red Redford	oh deer
Navaya	"welp, I know shadows burn away with enough light!"
Rochelle Gwerm	by then I should have Bear's Balance
Drufle (GM)	Turns out Staunton is actually Krell in disguise.
Rochelle Gwerm	so if he forces a Will Save I can literally just rage at him
Navaya	"even though I only know Ice spells"
Red Redford	i dont know these references
Navaya	"I'm sure it'll work out!"
Rochelle Gwerm	oh god Krell
Drufle (GM)	Well, uh, that sure was a scene.
G'hesh Nhot	i have fire now.. that's light
Red Redford	"I'm curious how we can use your role in this devious plot to our advantage." G'hesh Nhot launches a huge cone of fire into9 the air
Drufle (GM)	Nurah is indeed one of the redeemable major characters in the campaign, but it's not meant to be... quite this easy.
Red Redford	"Are you fully with us, Nurah?"
Rochelle Gwerm	that was a very good Diplo roll
G'hesh Nhot	lmao
Navaya	don't worry GM
Drufle (GM)	After like 4 20's in a row it's kind of hard to argue with.
Navaya	we'll fuck it up later!
Red Redford	reverse the social link
Rochelle Gwerm	we burned all our good rolls on Nurah
Red Redford	oh no
Rochelle Gwerm	which is pretty good, honestly
Navaya	this was the plan the whole time
Rochelle Gwerm	we need all the allies we can get
Nurah Dendiwhar	"I... I can try. I'll have to leave you all to Drezen, though. I can't go back in there, not at this point." "I'll stay outside and help with the siege."
Red Redford	"Good enough for me." I flash a killer smile G'hesh Nhot does a meercat pose
Navaya	"s;okay girl, we'll get both of 'em good"
Red Redford	teeth shine
G'hesh Nhot	demon i8s mine Navaya gives Nurah a hug Nurah Dendiwhar is tearing up a little bit.
Nurah Dendiwhar	"I'm, uh, going to go sleep now."
Navaya	"kay-oh! we should all turn in I think" G'hesh Nhot looks at the groups and signs if she should keep watch
Navaya	"I gotta think of spells. I don't think shadow works on shadow, for some reason" Rochelle Gwerm joins Ghesh on the first watch
Drufle (GM)	Well, that'll be that day done with.
Navaya	"Ghesh if you and your lizard metabolism can do it then go ahead"
Drufle (GM)	How about we have at least one actual mass combat before the session ends?
Red Redford	ok
Navaya	we can have a go
Rochelle Gwerm	will Red try to Diplomancy them?
Drufle (GM)	Would you rather end a little early?
Rochelle Gwerm	a quick fight would work
G'hesh Nhot	sound fun, or a little skirmish and leave the mass combat until we are full
Red Redford	im ok with taht too
G'hesh Nhot	we are 1 person down
Drufle (GM)	Well, to be honest, the next mass combat is a pretty big one.
Rochelle Gwerm	oh hmmm
Navaya	I am fine with ending early myself, but I am concerned for the melee-ers
Drufle (GM)	The tiefling one was supposed to be your tutorial.
Rochelle Gwerm	this isn't really a fight for us
G'hesh Nhot	woops
Drufle (GM)	And you just sorta skipped it.
Navaya	how about a big ooze or something just lumbers out the forest or
Rochelle Gwerm	we not only skipped it, but we snagged extra members
G'hesh Nhot	or a hunt
Navaya	we could just have a noncanon tutorial fight so we're not going in green
Drufle (GM)	Alright, sure.
Navaya	roll back the clock!!
Rochelle Gwerm	I would like to eat dinner and I'm not the commander anyways
Drufle (GM)	Yeah, you can go if you'd like.
Rochelle Gwerm	alright good luck guys
G'hesh Nhot	see ya
Drufle (GM)	So we're just gonna have arbitrary facings here. Because movement really means nothing.
Rochelle Gwerm	btw we didn't level this session right?
Drufle (GM)	Nope.
G'hesh Nhot	nope
Rochelle Gwerm	okay! see ya'll later
G'hesh Nhot	red may have done though
Drufle (GM)	So, Red! We're going to have our first mass combat here. Did you read the stuff Mopp put in telegram?
Red Redford	is it like tic tac toe
Drufle (GM)	Unfortunately, no.
Red Redford	whats om and dv
Drufle (GM)	OM is basically your to-hit, DV is AC. So what we're going to do is first off you pick your tactics.
G'hesh Nhot	offensive might and defensive value
Red Redford	offense and defense alright
Drufle (GM)	You can see in the telegram post that you have three tactics. Standard, Retreat, and Expert Flankers.
Red Redford	ill pick stndard for now
Drufle (GM)	Gotcha. Then we have the ranged phase. They can't make ranged attacks, so you just make your roll. Keep in mind your massive pile of paladin powers, though.
Red Redford	ooh
Drufle (GM)	I think smite evil might be the only one that properly works against tieflings. +2 to your OM once a battle. Oh nuts, I actually forgot!
Red Redford	ok what do i roll
Drufle (GM)	Mythic commanders get one more thing. You can use your mythic surge on OM and morale checks, and you can spend 2 MP to increase your DV by a surge die for the battle. Anyway, an OM check is just a d20 plus your OM, which is +10. For you guys.
Red Redford	19
Drufle (GM)	Alright, they have a DV of 12, so they take 7 damage.
Red Redford	ah so its just how much the roll exceeds the thing
Drufle (GM)	Yep. No real damage rolls. Uh, however, that hit so hard that they are actually going to make a rout check. rolling d20+2 ( 3 )+2 = 5 They fail, and they rout. Battle over?????
Navaya	wow
G'hesh Nhot	fast
Drufle (GM)	To be fair, this is the scrub tiefling army you were supposed to fight. They're meant to be deliberately weak.
G'hesh Nhot	oh lol
Navaya	aha just smashed poor things
G'hesh Nhot	can i go shash a couple?
Navaya	luckily in the prime universe they all lived!
G'hesh Nhot	smash
Navaya	hash a couple bake some "brownies"
Red Redford	sword roll
G'hesh Nhot	rolling 1d20+13( 12 )+13 = 25
Drufle (GM)	Anyway, they actually have some neat powers too.
G'hesh Nhot	rolling 1d20+9( 12 )+9 = 21 and one left the area
Drufle (GM)	They have the Sneak Attack power, which gives them +1 OM when ambushing and using the Expert Flankers tactics.
Navaya	oh how the turn tables...
Drufle (GM)	Which is kind of confusing, considering they don't have that tactic and they can't possibly ambush you in that encounter. Maybe if they were better rogues. Anyway, that's roughly how mass combat goes, but I do still need to explain the strategy track to Red. Unless he understands the bit put in telegram.
G'hesh Nhot	lol, or we were not as good a bunch of heroes......
Red Redford	ill try to read up on mass combat this week
Drufle (GM)	Alright.
Navaya	i'm sure there was a way to botch this badly enough to let them get their bonuses
Drufle (GM)	I bet there is, yeah. And there are probably more armies like theirs later. Hopefully with better leaders. Actually, speaking of which.
G'hesh Nhot	like leave ghesh to it lol
Drufle (GM)	This tiefling army did have a commander. A female brimorak named Umestil. I'm going to assume she just teleported away.
G'hesh Nhot	can we not convert her?
Drufle (GM)	Well, she's a demon. It takes a bit more than a natural 20 to convert a demon.
G'hesh Nhot	ooooh, i want
Drufle (GM)	Not that it's impossible to convert a demon. Just, like, very difficult.
Navaya	exceptional circumstances
G'hesh Nhot	to hit silly
Drufle (GM)	Whoops, there went Golurk. I think this session is pretty much over anyways.
G'hesh Nhot	lol
Navaya	yeah that was fun I got to do stuff!
G'hesh Nhot	you don't say
Drufle (GM)	Alright, that'll be all for this week then.
Next time	actual combat!
Navaya	is there demon lord on sunday?
Drufle (GM)	Yep!
Navaya	the GRAND FINALE maybe
Drufle (GM)	May very well be the finale, yeah.
G'hesh Nhot	and yes. i do love rp games sometimes. i may be a melle, but i love char building stuff
Drufle (GM)	It's great fun. Horribly hard on my hands, though.
Navaya	"a melle" sounds like a shot
G'hesh Nhot	and reds rolls made it even more fun lol
Drufle (GM)	Gosh, I really want to catch up on the roll tracker now.
Golurk	internet went out
Drufle (GM)	Just to see the massive spike Red has in this session.
Navaya	"'I'll have a green monkey and my friend wants a melle"
Drufle (GM)	Hello again, Golurk.
Golurk	ON THE NEXT EPISODE
G'hesh Nhot	reds off the chart now lol
Navaya	druf did you ever share the roll tracker with sam she should see it
Golurk	Aerlin Spider Climbs again, befriends a small spider village
Drufle (GM)	Uh, I did not, no.
Navaya	augh!!
Golurk	Navi and Daha rob a bank
Drufle (GM)	Kinda hard to share it with her, considering it's an excel file.
Navaya	aha
G'hesh Nhot	how would i see it lol. I'm not a tellegrammer
Drufle (GM)	I have no avenues to just post pictures she can see.
Navaya	and whose fault is that :P
Golurk	Ghesh Nhot wanders the wasteland with a flaming baseball bat
G'hesh Nhot	you could email it to me
Navaya	...I could
Golurk	Red rolls a 20 on dying
Drufle (GM)	Alright, I'm gonna head out. See y'all later.
Golurk	and Roche gets a secret admirer... juicy
Navaya	byee
G'hesh Nhot	wouldn't i wander round with a burning tree trunk?
Golurk	bye
G'hesh Nhot	see ya
Navaya	I want to live in your AU, golurk welp, off I go too
G'hesh Nhot	see ya
Navaya	best of luck with your new job things!
G'hesh Nhot	ill know Monday lol
Navaya	:)