Aerlin	We could start.
Drufle (GM)	Alright, this is session 14. We're gonna do some smashing!
Horanoven A.	we always have the obligatory hour-long into intro
Drufle (GM)	Basically. So here we are!
Aerlin	Oh yes, we just passed the Gibbering Swarm.
Drufle (GM)	We beat up some demonic bugs, and we have finally arrived at the city of Drezen.
Aerlin	It's been a long march.
Drufle (GM)	So now I can change maps...
Rochelle Gwerm	it has been a long time oh boy hi red
Drufle (GM)	I'm just using him as the army marker. Since he is the commander.
Rochelle Gwerm	he is the army he's all we need
Aerlin	"Commander Red...sounds pretty cool, if you ask me."
Drufle (GM)	So, Aron and Anevia volunteer to scout ahead to determine where the enemies are primarily located. Since they're really the only kinda sneaky characters.
Rochelle Gwerm	I can sneak
Aerlin	Navaya's sneaky.
Drufle (GM)	That is true. You can join them if you wish, but the point of this excursion is just to show off where you're going to be fighting.
Aerlin	We'll let the experts handle it.
Drufle (GM)	Righto!
Rochelle Gwerm	probably for the best
Drufle (GM)	A few hours later, the two of them return to the camp with plenty of information.
Anevia Tirablade	"Alright, looks like the Queen's info was pretty good; this place isn't as full of horrible nasty monsters as it could be."
Rochelle Gwerm	"Aw..."
Aerlin	"A relief. I'm sure it's not entirely undefended, though."
Anevia Tirablade	"Oh no, of course not. Aron and I have picked out a couple of spots that seem like good candidates to strike at." Anevia Tirablade pulls out a rough map of the area.
Anevia Tirablade	"There appear to be three major army camps outside the walls; a ton of human and tiefling cultists down here at Southbank, a bunch of schirs up at Paradise Hill, and a whole bunch of ghouls over in the Cemetery."
Aerlin	Do I know about Schirs?
Steven Q.	we fought at least three of them before
Navaya	imagine I said that
Aerlin	What were they like? Can't remember...
Drufle (GM)	Yeah, we already fought some. They were the goat-looking guys.
Navaya	spite demons. clocked me real good
Drufle (GM)	This one.
Aerlin	Right. Ability wise, they're not very remarkable, right? Ghouls sound spooky too, of course.
Drufle (GM)	Not particularly, no.
Aerlin	Might be appropriate for the season we're in right now. We could dress up.
Rochelle Gwerm	Ghouls get paralysis attacks we messed the last ones up before they could use it, though
Anevia Tirablade	"Out of these three camps, they seem to be holding some good stuff. The cultists have a lot of equipment we could use, and there are prisoners on Paradise Hill. We didn't find anything interesting by the ghouls, but they are ghouls."
Aron Kir	"We, uh, also found some locations that might be good to hit with a smaller team."
Aerlin	"Yes?" Rochelle Gwerm cracks her knuckles
Rochelle Gwerm	"I'm listening"
Aron Kir	"There's a vault in the Cemetery that's continuously cloaked in darkness, even now in broad daylight. Something seems really off there."
Rochelle Gwerm	hah, low-light vision boys girl girls
Aerlin	Poor Red.
Rochelle Gwerm	he's the only one without low-light vision, isn't he?
Aron Kir	"More tactically speaking, we need to secure the Ahari Bridge; it's the only easy way into the citadel. There's also a bunch of watchtowers with angry firey demons on top that we should deal with."
Aerlin	"Not a location we'd want to charge, sounds like." Rochelle Gwerm gives a good long think
Anevia Tirablade	"We can probably hit these in any order; the smaller battles, not as much, since we have to take the Bridge to do anything about the watchtowers."
Rochelle Gwerm	"Work our way in then?"
Anevia Tirablade	"Whatever feels right, I suppose. There's a lot of monsters out there, but it definitely seems beatable."
Rochelle Gwerm	"Start on the outer stuff so we don't get trapped when we're fighting the inner stuff?" "Does that sound right?"
Aerlin	"I feel compelled to help free those prisoners, first."
Sosiel Vaenic	"That certainly sounds like a good idea." "They might even be able to help us fight if we properly outfit them."
Aerlin	"If we raise their alarm, they might harm them."
Rochelle Gwerm	"I want to at least look at that vault before we raid the citadel proper" "In case of loot" "But that's waaaay out there" "So that's probably the last thing we'll do"
Navaya	"freeing prisoners is prolly a good idea"
Rochelle Gwerm	they're all going to be paladins aaaaaaa
Aerlin	Surely you're used to them by now.
Anevia Tirablade	"Cool, alright! Let's go march across the nearby bridge to the Hill; that bridge looked totally undefended."
Rochelle Gwerm	she's been avoiding them always in the furthest parts of camp or with the tieflings "...is there water?" Anevia Tirablade cocks an eyebrow and looks at the incredibly dead, dry riverbed.
Aerlin	"Just keep your feet on the bridge..."
Anevia Tirablade	"No."
Rochelle Gwerm	"Don't give me that look" "I'm not a scout"
Drufle (GM)	Alright, I guess we make the decision now.
Aerlin	So, we're freeing the prisoners, first?
Rochelle Gwerm	that seems to be the consensus
Aerlin	I'd suggest we take the vault after that.
Rochelle Gwerm	its closest as well
Drufle (GM)	Do we or do we not actually want to do the mass combats?
Rochelle Gwerm	hrrrrrg how hard is the fight?
Drufle (GM)	It's an army of Schir demons.
Rochelle Gwerm	is that difficult to deal with?
Drufle (GM)	According to CR, slightly stronger than your army.
Aerlin	We should give it a shot...
Rochelle Gwerm	this is a meta question to see if we'll have a good time or if it'll be boring
Drufle (GM)	They're by far the toughest guys you've fought so far. Army-wise.
Rochelle Gwerm	well shit, lets kill demons see if this changes my mind about mass combat
Aerlin	With sound tactics and inspiring leadership, we shall prevail.
Drufle (GM)	Alright, let's punch some demons!
Rochelle Gwerm	Rochelle is ready but still freakin nervous because paladins are looking at her
Drufle (GM)	So, what tactic are we starting on?
Rochelle Gwerm	hrrrrrg
Drufle (GM)	We have sniper support now.
Rochelle Gwerm	well that's nice lets start at range
Drufle (GM)	Sniper support only applies during melee.
Aerlin	I'm not sure they'll have much ranged ability, let's start there.
Rochelle Gwerm	still its free damage if they don't have range
Drufle (GM)	Basically you hold some guys back during the melee combat to shoot into fight. Fair enough.
Rochelle Gwerm	they probably do but its worth a shot
Drufle (GM)	We'll start with the ranged phase, then. Fun fact, they do not have ranged weapons.
Rochelle Gwerm	wow how fortuitous
Drufle (GM)	They're just goat demons with spears! So you get one free ranged phase off. Since Red isn't here, who wants to be the roller?
Rochelle Gwerm	sounds like someone here never played starcraft the someone being whoever outfitted these demons
Aerlin	I can, if you like.
Drufle (GM)	Alrighty.
Aerlin	You'll have to tell me what I'm rolling though.
Rochelle Gwerm	give it a go
Drufle (GM)	The OM roll is +10 for both melee and ranged.
Aerlin	1d20?
Drufle (GM)	Yes. Sorry. I assumed that was obvious.
Aerlin	rolling 1d20+10( 3 )+10 = 13
Drufle (GM)	A miss!
Aerlin	Everyone missed.
Rochelle Gwerm	well shit
Drufle (GM)	Your arrows fly wide, only striking a demon here and there without doing any notable damage. The armies charge in for the melee!
Rochelle Gwerm	WELP can I drop rocks on their heads?
Aerlin	We're too small for this, I assume.
Rochelle Gwerm	its a lot of rocks
Aerlin	Will I roll again?
Drufle (GM)	First we have to pick the strategy track, remember?
Rochelle Gwerm	the murder track just murder the demons
Drufle (GM)	Defensive/Cautious/Standard/Aggressive/Reckless. More defensive strategies greatly increase DV while decreasing OM and damage done. And vice versa.
Aerlin	Any thoughts?
Rochelle Gwerm	Cautious first, lets see what they can do
Aerlin	A good idea.
Rochelle Gwerm	can we use Sniper Support?
Drufle (GM)	You can! Sniper support gives you +2 damage during melee phases.
Rochelle Gwerm	that's a different thing from the track right?
Drufle (GM)	Provided you actually damage them at all, of course. It is. That's a tactic.
Rochelle Gwerm	okay can I add 1 damage from rocks?
Drufle (GM)	So Cautious makes your roll +8, Aerlin. No :P
Rochelle Gwerm	I mean
Aerlin	rolling 1d20+8( 20 )+8 = 28
Drufle (GM)	Oh.
Rochelle Gwerm	well then they're pretty hit
Aerlin	Rocks be damned.
Drufle (GM)	... do crits do anything in mass combat? Oh right, it just does more damage.
Rochelle Gwerm	so they have more def than 13, less than 28 I didn't know we had crits
Navaya	wide margin
Rochelle Gwerm	its a start
Drufle (GM)	Well that's definitely a hit, and that does a rock solid 14 damage! Their DV is usually 18, but was reduced to 16 because of strategy.
Navaya	so 14 def then :P oh nevermind
Drufle (GM)	It would be 12 damage, but +2 from your tactics! Rochelle Gwerm is laughing maniacally
Navaya	aha
Drufle (GM)	And they strike back!
Rochelle Gwerm	watch them crit right back
Drufle (GM)	rolling d20+8( 12 )+8 = 20
Navaya	damn, 14 didn't kill 'em
Drufle (GM)	That's normally a hit, but misses because you guys were cautious!
Rochelle Gwerm	ooooh
Drufle (GM)	Would've done 4 damage normally.
Navaya	yay!
Drufle (GM)	Which isn't great, considering your army has 18 hp. Next round!
Rochelle Gwerm	stay cautious I think
Drufle (GM)	Would you like to change your tactics or strategy?
Rochelle Gwerm	I like these odds so far do we have other tactics?
Drufle (GM)	Expert flankers, standard, spellbreaker. Are your others.
Rochelle Gwerm	flankers did... what again?
Drufle (GM)	+2 OM, -2 DV. Hit harder, get hit harder.
Rochelle Gwerm	nah, snipers ahoy avoid getting hit
Aerlin	Sure. Stick with it then.
Drufle (GM)	Staying at Cautious?
Aerlin	Yeah.
Drufle (GM)	Oh right, cautious.
Rochelle Gwerm	I voted for that
Drufle (GM)	You guys actually only did 11 damage.
Rochelle Gwerm	Aerlin agreed bwuh?
Drufle (GM)	I forgot that Defensive/Cautious reduce your damage. By 3 for Cautious and 6 for Defensive.
Rochelle Gwerm	I thought it only reduces our to-Hit
Drufle (GM)	Both.
Rochelle Gwerm	hmmm
Aerlin	In any case!
Rochelle Gwerm	Aerlin, thoughts?
Drufle (GM)	Roll +8 if you're staying at Cautious.
Aerlin	Well, they're weakened now. Could dial it up and attempt to finish them. We might still be a ways off from that.
Rochelle Gwerm	can we tell how hurt they are?
Drufle (GM)	You've killed off quite a few of them, but they're not out of the fight quite yet. Roughly half of them are left.
Rochelle Gwerm	the FE in me says to remain cautious until we're sure we can wipe them out
Aerlin	Alright, then.
Rochelle Gwerm	overextending could cost us
Aerlin	rolling 1d20+8( 3 )+8 = 11
Drufle (GM)	A miss!
Rochelle Gwerm	:/ this is why we go defensive err...cautious
Drufle (GM)	Your blows hit demon after demon, but their ferocity is incredible! They strike back! rolling d20+8 ( 6 )+8 = 14 Another miss!
Rochelle Gwerm	gold star for effort
Drufle (GM)	The armies clash, but few are dying!
Aerlin	Once more?
Drufle (GM)	New round, any changes?
Rochelle Gwerm	third verse, same as the second?
Aerlin	Agreed.
Drufle (GM)	Go ahead.
Aerlin	rolling 1d20+8( 13 )+8 = 21
Drufle (GM)	Oh geez.
Rochelle Gwerm	yeah we've got plenty of attack, even with cautious
Drufle (GM)	Well I had just switched strategy to Reckless. So this is gonna hurt a bit.
Rochelle Gwerm	ooooooooh they mess uuuup
Drufle (GM)	That's 7 damage, +2 for sniper support, -3 for cautious. So 6 total.
Rochelle Gwerm	no bonus for them being reckless?
Drufle (GM)	They look like they're on the verge of a rout. Well, yeah. Their DV is lower. So the base damage is higher.
Rochelle Gwerm	hrg
Drufle (GM)	rolling d20+10( 9 )+10 = 19
Aerlin	On the verge but not quite out yet.
Rochelle Gwerm	they tried
Drufle (GM)	And another miss!
Rochelle Gwerm	so uhhh
Drufle (GM)	They're trying to get right in there.
Rochelle Gwerm	do we just...maul them now?
Aerlin	Standard?
Rochelle Gwerm	standard or try for Reckless
Drufle (GM)	You can switch to Defensive or Standard for free. Aggressive or Reckless requires a morale check.
Rochelle Gwerm	what if we fail the morale check? what happens?
Aerlin	Let's keep it safe, I say.
Drufle (GM)	Then you just stay at Cautious.
Rochelle Gwerm	oh
Drufle (GM)	No changes are made.
Aerlin	With a Standard, I mean.
Drufle (GM)	Your roll is +10 for standard.
Aerlin	We all agreed?
Rochelle Gwerm	sure
Navaya	yea
Aerlin	rolling 1d20+10( 3 )+10 = 13
Drufle (GM)	Oof.
Rochelle Gwerm	sigh ooookay then
Drufle (GM)	Unfortunately, they're not quite that reckless.
Aerlin	I'm like a pendulum over here.
Drufle (GM)	It really is ridiculous.
Rochelle Gwerm	you've rolled three 3s
Drufle (GM)	Also, I shifted down to Aggressive. So... rolling d20+8 ( 9 )+8 = 17 Nope.
Rochelle Gwerm	man they're just trying so hard lets STEP IT UP
Drufle (GM)	These poor demons can't hit your well-armored paladins. Step it up to Aggressive?
Aerlin	Hmm...
Rochelle Gwerm	its Aerlin's call
Aerlin	Let's do it.
Drufle (GM)	Alright!
Rochelle Gwerm	the chips are all in
Drufle (GM)	Roll a +12!
Aerlin	rolling 1d20+12( 3 )+12 = 15
Drufle (GM)	...
Rochelle Gwerm	god damn it
Drufle (GM)	Wow.
Rochelle Gwerm	pls tell me they went down even more
Drufle (GM)	No, they stayed at Aggressive.
Rochelle Gwerm	hrg shit this is going to hurt now
Drufle (GM)	rolling d20+8( 6 )+8 = 14
Rochelle Gwerm	or not
Drufle (GM)	Miss.
Rochelle Gwerm	demons pls
Drufle (GM)	This has been a solid like 5 minutes of the armies just poking each other.
Aerlin	Okay. Ahem. Once more. rolling 1d20+12 ( 19 )+12 = 31
Drufle (GM)	Oh lordy. Alright let's see.
Rochelle Gwerm	it seems the demon's time...is over err...demons plural
Drufle (GM)	They're at 16 DV, so that's 15 base damage. +2 for sniper support, +3 for Aggressive. So 21 total.
Rochelle Gwerm	Red would be proud
Drufle (GM)	That would have one-shot them, had it been the start of the battle.
Rochelle Gwerm	wow
Drufle (GM)	But melee combat is simultaneous, so let's see if they do any damage back! rolling d20+8 ( 7 )+8 = 15 No. No they do not.
Rochelle Gwerm	demons, a word please
Navaya	man I was worried about this
Aerlin	A resounding success.
Rochelle Gwerm	okay so I think its official
Drufle (GM)	Ok, technically that should have been a gruesome fight where you were supposed to lose like half your guys.
Rochelle Gwerm	the enemy sucks
Aerlin	I individually go around all the troops and give them a hug for doing so well.
Drufle (GM)	But I think that 7 was my best roll. Navaya goes over the battle results, sees one guy sprained his ankle
Rochelle Gwerm	our luck is just too good for them
Aerlin	I hug the dead ones too. Fair's fair.
Navaya	one guy broke his nose tripping over a horned skull Rochelle Gwerm gives nobody a hug. At all. No Aerlin, not even youu
Drufle (GM)	Alright, first off you find 6 units of food, so you're almost back to max again.
Aerlin	One day.
Drufle (GM)	And you find about 200 human prisoners!
Aerlin	This is the part where G'hesh eats all the food.
Rochelle Gwerm	so now we've got around 337 people walking around how many of these guys are fighters?
Drufle (GM)	According to the book, they are all level 2 Fighters.
Rochelle Gwerm	and how many of them are eeeevil and any new named npcs?
Aerlin	Let's see how many are fit and willing to fight.
Drufle (GM)	They were mercenaries who happened to be passing through, and are not actually evil.
Rochelle Gwerm	200 mercenaries? who's war were they fighting?
Drufle (GM)	It says "Rescued Mercenary Army" here.
Navaya	how are we going to pay them
Drufle (GM)	Maybe they're only mercenaries now?
Aerlin	It was a Lads Night Out that went awry.
Rochelle Gwerm	by saving their lives?
Drufle (GM)	Yeah.
Aerlin	All 200 of the lads.
Drufle (GM)	Quite a mess. Regardless, they can't actually fight without armor or weapons. And you certainly don't have enough to outfit them all.
Rochelle Gwerm	no spears from the demons?
Aerlin	Our next stop is obvious, then.
Drufle (GM)	Not any you can wield without getting intensely diseased.
Navaya	home depot?
Aerlin	Yes. We'll get some Uzis.
Drufle (GM)	... oh, damn.
Rochelle Gwerm	its a place Rochelle can actually fit, so
Navaya	lol
Drufle (GM)	Looks like you guys managed to pick the Big One here.
Navaya	wha
Drufle (GM)	Alright, there is a fight that is going to happen soon.
Rochelle Gwerm	uh oh
Drufle (GM)	It is going to be insanely deadly.
Rochelle Gwerm	god damn it
Drufle (GM)	Should we do it without the others?
Navaya	...nah
Rochelle Gwerm	is this a mass combat?
Aerlin	Wait, what have we picked?
Drufle (GM)	No, it's a normal little man skirmish.
Navaya	we proced a thing I think we aggroed the boss
Rochelle Gwerm	seriously what happened and whyyy was it the closest thing on this map
Drufle (GM)	Yeah, a certain event happens once you reach a certain amount of Secret Siege Points. You guys started with a lot since you have NPC friends.
Rochelle Gwerm	we picked the biggest source of those...didn't we?
Navaya	ah and the schir fight, being the hardest, gave us a big bunch
Drufle (GM)	And this mass combat tipped you over the edge. So while this event is supposed to normally happen a little later. It's happening right now.
Rochelle Gwerm	well shit we can't do this without the others lets just...equip these fighters first
Navaya	we leeroy jenkins'ed our way into this
Rochelle Gwerm	we made what appeared to be a tactically sound decision!
Drufle (GM)	Is Sam actually on her way?
Navaya	god I have no idea
Aerlin	And it was the right choice. We freed some innocents.
Navaya	yes
Aerlin	This was never going to be a walk in the park, anyway.
Drufle (GM)	I'm just saying, I can play G'hesh and Red.
Aerlin	The Demon park.
Rochelle Gwerm	yes but we'd be robbing them of the experience
Navaya	(I doubt 200 swarthy mercs are innocent of anything) yeah if this is a big thing let the whole band enjoy(?) it
Rochelle Gwerm	they're probably innocent of purgery
Navaya	perjury
Aerlin	This can be their redemption then.
Rochelle Gwerm	gesundheit4
Drufle (GM)	Alright, we'll leave that mythic encounter for later, then. Moving on. You guys wanted to go to Southbank?
Rochelle Gwerm	Southbank, how does it compare to this fight?
Drufle (GM)	It's kinda hard to tell.
Rochelle Gwerm	its the cultists, right?
Drufle (GM)	Weaker armies than the schirs, but there's two of them.
Aerlin	They'll have ranged attacks as well, I imagine.
Rochelle Gwerm	are they attacking at the same time?
Drufle (GM)	They are.
Rochelle Gwerm	hmmmm I really want to do one of the smaller fights but we need these fighters equiped
Aerlin	Do we, I wonder.
Drufle (GM)	I personally wouldn't mind skipping over this one, it feels like a classic "Paizo thinks lots of pathetic monsters are as hard as one strong monster"
Rochelle Gwerm	yeah...
Drufle (GM)	Like their OM is +3.
Rochelle Gwerm	we'll just steamroll them like the cultists they are
Aerlin	rolling 1d20+20( 8 )+20 = 28 Did we win
Rochelle Gwerm	oh god they'll never hit us if we fight defensively
Aerlin	I went Beast Mode
Rochelle Gwerm	our DV is 18 normally, right?
Drufle (GM)	Well, if you add 14 instead of 20, as you would do so in Reckless mode, that would be 22, +6 from Reckless, which would one-shot either of the two armies. So you kinda would win, yeah.
Rochelle Gwerm	what would our DV be if we fought Defensively?
Drufle (GM)	Oh wait, no, one of the armies would be left with 2 hp. Uh, 22. Er, 24.
Rochelle Gwerm	yeah no these guys can't scratch us then
Aerlin	If its impossible for them to hit us it's basically a win.
Drufle (GM)	Your DV is actually 20 base.
Aerlin	Which is pretty great.
Rochelle Gwerm	Paizo was smoking something when they designed this fight
Drufle (GM)	Unfortunately, the ghoul army is actually similar.
Rochelle Gwerm	oh nooo
Aerlin	Maybe most people go for this one first.
Rochelle Gwerm	god damn it what's their OB +?
Drufle (GM)	Their OM is also +3.
Rochelle Gwerm	PAAAIZOOOO
Drufle (GM)	So in reckless, that would be +7. But that would also drop their DV to 9.
Rochelle Gwerm	they couldn't beat us still...
Drufle (GM)	They do have paralysis super powers, though. Every time they damage you (if ever), your DV drops by 1.
Rochelle Gwerm	I mean they still have to hit us
Drufle (GM)	Yeah.
Rochelle Gwerm	which just...would be very rare especially with your GMing luck
Drufle (GM)	I think we can statistically claim the other two mass combats as victories.
Rochelle Gwerm	yeah I don't like mass combat anyways
Aerlin	Statistically probable victory!! My favorite.
Rochelle Gwerm	we clicked "auto-resolve"
Drufle (GM)	Alright then.
Navaya	hooray
Drufle (GM)	From the Southbank army, you actually get some masterwork army to upgrade the paladin army's DV by 1.
Rochelle Gwerm	this would put us at the Cemetery then a masterwork army? yes
Drufle (GM)	Armor.
Rochelle Gwerm	:P
Navaya	amour
Drufle (GM)	You also get stuff to outfit the mercs.
Aerlin	And with that the Ghoul fight is even easier.
Rochelle Gwerm	which makes the Ghoul fight even easier
Drufle (GM)	So they are their own army, with which you would utterly trounce the ghouls.
Rochelle Gwerm	loot em
Drufle (GM)	In retrospect, this seems like really bizarre design.
Rochelle Gwerm	the hardest mass combat is the closest one which gives you the guys
Navaya	nah the idea is to work up
Rochelle Gwerm	then an easier fight equips them
Drufle (GM)	Unfortunately, you don't actually get any loot from the Cemetery.
Navaya	you beat the cultists first, then the ghouls, then the schirs
Rochelle Gwerm	then the ghouls are not well enough equipped to deal with the TWO ARMIES
Drufle (GM)	You do, however, keep the ghoul army from attacking you every night.
Aerlin	Lovely.
Navaya	oh is that what they do
Drufle (GM)	Mhm.
Rochelle Gwerm	they're rude boys
Navaya	well I can't imagine we fought EVERYONE on the first day unless we did
Aerlin	So our choices now are Vault or Bridge?
Drufle (GM)	Vault or Bridge.
Rochelle Gwerm	the bridge is now closest to us err vault I am awake I swear
Aerlin	I am curious about this, I'm guessing, magical darkness.
Drufle (GM)	Oh yeah.
Aerlin	It also says its Haunted, so ghosts I guess.
Rochelle Gwerm	oh dear
Drufle (GM)	Here we are! Rochelle Gwerm stretches
Rochelle Gwerm	"Finally away from those stuffy paladins" "killing ghouls was fun, but its about time we fought something actually challenging"
Drufle (GM)	Is everyone on the right map now?
Rochelle Gwerm	I put my shield up, of course
Aerlin	Yeah.
Drufle (GM)	Cool. In front of you is a great big Mausoleum, surrounded by pitch blackness.
Aerlin	I'll go ahead and cast Mage Armor on myself.
Drufle (GM)	A thick stone door is on the front.
Rochelle Gwerm	I put up Iron Skin as well
Aerlin	I have a Wand of Daylight. Let's see what I can do about this darkness. I have to cast it on an object...
Rochelle Gwerm	cast it on my club?
Navaya	your own clothes be fancy
Aerlin	How about both?
Rochelle Gwerm	cast it on Da'Ha
Aerlin	Cast it on me and on your club.
Rochelle Gwerm	I'll also cast Bear's Endurance on myself as we go in I'm pretty much Buffed out
Aerlin	"Now, your eyes will take some time to get adjusted." Flash
Rochelle Gwerm	"asldkghas!" Rochelle Gwerm covers her eyes
Navaya	can I cast spectral hand at this point
Aerlin	We each shed Light in a 60ft radius.
Drufle (GM)	The area is still very dark, but you can see your light almost fighting the palpable blackness. Spectral Hand to do what?
Navaya	to be prepared
Drufle (GM)	Sure.
Navaya	otherwise I'll never fugging use it :v Rochelle Gwerm: Rochelle Gwerm : Perception Check 5
Drufle (GM)	It's a door.
Rochelle Gwerm	I've been blinded
Drufle (GM)	Very door.
Rochelle Gwerm	DID YOU SAY DOOR??
Drufle (GM)	Oh hey, the door is locked.
Rochelle Gwerm	locks? on doors? pah
Aerlin	Weird.
Rochelle Gwerm	nonsense
Drufle (GM)	What madness!
Rochelle Gwerm	JUGGERNAUGHT
Navaya	rolling 1d4( 3 ) = 3 oof Rochelle Gwerm: Rochelle Gwerm : Strength
Check: 15 add 10 to that Navaya groans as a hand-shaped mass of ectoplasm buds off her body
Rochelle Gwerm	because mythic power
Drufle (GM)	A failure!
Rochelle Gwerm	SURGE rolling 1d66 ( 5 ) = 5 uhhh
Drufle (GM)	Uh huh.
Rochelle Gwerm	this'll do
Navaya	eh, it fits
Drufle (GM)	It's such a poor roll on a 66, he deserves the 5. Sure, that one is now a success.
Rochelle Gwerm	YES "HONEY I'M HOME!!"
Drufle (GM)	You charge through and smack your face into another door.
Aerlin	"We really must discuss our entry tactics..."
Rochelle Gwerm	"ARE YOU SERIOUS RIGHT NOW?"
Aerlin	I cautiously enter.
Navaya	"well it's not like any of us have lockpicks..."
Aerlin	Which of course, ups my DV. Take note.
Drufle (GM)	The area around you is notably cool, and you see bones strewn around.
Navaya	kill the bones Rochelle Gwerm: Rochelle Gwerm : Perception Check 15 Rochelle Gwerm : Religion Check 8
Aerlin	"We're ladies of magic, surely there are better ways." Rochelle Gwerm: Rochelle Gwerm : Spellcraft Check 8
Drufle (GM)	Bones and dead things.
Rochelle Gwerm	I'm glad I have these skills
Navaya	"did you ever learn open/close? cuz I never learned open/close." Rochelle Gwerm: Rochelle Gwerm : Influence Check 26 -1 to Bluff checks 7+4 to Intimidate fuck you bones
Navaya	"never thought i'd friggin' need it"
Rochelle Gwerm	I intimidate the bones G'hesh Nhot walks up and opens the door.
Navaya	those bones are rattled ...was it a pull door
Rochelle Gwerm	37 on an intimidate test
Aerlin	"Exemplary work, G'hesh."
Rochelle Gwerm	I like it "..." "What happened to the old Ghesh...?" Rochelle Gwerm : Perception Check 18
Drufle (GM)	She's been possessed.
Navaya	this is a haunted tomb after all
Drufle (GM)	There are ashes in the strange alcoves in the wall, along with shattered jars that used to contain them.
Rochelle Gwerm	okay, Religion check on that
Drufle (GM)	Also, this guy! Rochelle Gwerm: Rochelle Gwerm : Religion Check 7 HEY NOW
Aerlin	"This place must be very ol-company."
Rochelle Gwerm	that's not a ghost that's false advertising that religion check was for the ashes, btw not this new guy
Drufle (GM)	I figured. You obviously don't figure much out. Picture in Discord, by the way. Navaya:
Navaya	Religion Check24
Drufle (GM)	Nasty ghoulish guy with wings.
Navaya	THIS was for the new guy
Rochelle Gwerm	another gargoyle?
Drufle (GM)	It's a Berbalang!
Aerlin	Drufle, what light level are we shedding right now?
Navaya	a boobahoo?
Drufle (GM)	It's pretty bright. There's noticeable darkness in the non-you areas.
Aerlin	Okay dokie.
Drufle (GM)	Initiative!
Aerlin	rolling 1d20+4( 16 )+4 = 20
Rochelle Gwerm	"Soooo...we fighting or are you just checking in?" Rochelle Gwerm : Initiative
Check: 18 holy shit guys I rolled not terribly Navaya:
Navaya	Initiative
Check: 12.03
Aerlin	"Probably want to try Abyssal."
Navaya	eh
Rochelle Gwerm	"..."
Aerlin	"I should really teach you some keywords." Rochelle Gwerm tries to imitate the Abyssal she's heard Aerlin us Drufle (GM): G'hesh Nhot : Initiative
Check: 11.01 default Red Redford : Initiative
Check: 30.11
Aerlin	"HELLO. WHERE IS THE NEAREST BATHROOM?" "You try." Rochelle Gwerm: Rochelle Gwerm : Society Check 11 Skill is untrained can I really not attempt language mimicry?
Drufle (GM)	rolling d20+5( 19 )+5 = 24
Rochelle Gwerm	Red pls how do you do this?
Drufle (GM)	I mean, it doesn't speak Abyssal anyways.
Aerlin	Yeah, +11?
Rochelle Gwerm	bwuh?
Aerlin	That's unfortunate, I really would like to find a bathroom.
Rochelle Gwerm	if it doesn't speak Abyssal, is it not a demon?
Aerlin	I don't think we've seen one for this entire campaign.
Rochelle Gwerm	or is there Infernal as well?
Drufle (GM)	He has +3 dex, he gets to add his Wis as well, and also he has +2 from a trait.
RE	Red's initiative.
Navaya	Nobody Poops, Aerlin
Rochelle Gwerm	I shit literal rocks
Drufle (GM)	And no, this is not a demon. It's undead!
Rochelle Gwerm	its not something you would want to see UNDEAD?
Navaya	missed a golden opportunity to say "bricks"
Drufle (GM)	Well, I guess Red is up first.
Rochelle Gwerm	we'll edit it in post
Drufle (GM)	Right, so, I believe I'm summoning things.
Rochelle Gwerm	always
Navaya	just fill this hallway
Drufle (GM)	Golurk wanted lots of angel bulls but this place is way too small for that.
Rochelle Gwerm	get something with positive energy
Aerlin	What about that Bow of Rightous Holiness
Rochelle Gwerm	summon first
Drufle (GM)	I could just shoot with that, sure.
Rochelle Gwerm	always summon first
Aerlin	Won't that affect the undead dude?
Rochelle Gwerm	Red never fights without a summon
Aerlin	I mean, bulls, though, sure.
Drufle (GM)	(bulls are large they would absolutely not fit in here)
Rochelle Gwerm	I see room for at least two bulls
Navaya	you could fit one and a half
Drufle (GM)	At least, not 1d3+2 of them.
Aerlin	Really though, is it just one guy? This seems unfair.
Navaya	who KNOWS what he can do???
Rochelle Gwerm	I bet he's got friends
Aerlin	I smell a trap.
Rochelle Gwerm	or he's mythic
Drufle (GM)	How about a mythic hound archon?
Rochelle Gwerm	sure send in the hounds
Navaya	go 4 it
Drufle (GM)	Spook dog.
Rochelle Gwerm	spectral pooch is in play we shall name him scooby
Aerlin	His full name is Scoobert Doobert.
Drufle (GM)	Alright, time for the doggy to swing. Also I decided to make him Savage.
Rochelle Gwerm	cool doesn't that get dual initiative?
Drufle (GM)	Nope. That's Agile.
Rochelle Gwerm	aw... okay... wait this thing is immune to bleed the extra bleed damage will do nothing
Drufle (GM)	rolling d20+10( 19 )+10 = 29 rolling d20+10 ( 18 )+10 = 28 rolling d20+10 ( 12 )+10 = 22 The extra attack sure will.
Rochelle Gwerm	well alright then
Drufle (GM)	Those all hit, alright.
Rochelle Gwerm	good to know
Aerlin	He must have some friends.
Drufle (GM)	rolling 2d8+1d4+10( 1 + 2 )+( 3 )+10 = 16 Aww. And that's Red's turn. It's actually the Berbalang now!
Rochelle Gwerm	oh dear THAT has dual initiative?
Drufle (GM)	Uh, no? I just rolled really well.
Rochelle Gwerm	wait what the hell was the roll before Red then?
Drufle (GM)	That was G'hesh.
Rochelle Gwerm	ohhhh carry on
Drufle (GM)	Alright. Full attack the dog! rolling d20+11 ( 10 )+11 = 21 rolling d20+10 ( 10 )+10 = 20 rolling d20+10 ( 2 )+10 = 12 Ok, well, one of those hit.
Drufle (GM)	Doggy boy has 21 AC. rolling d6+5 ( 6 )+5 = 11
Rochelle Gwerm	I just realized how much AC I had... the bloodrage is IN err...bloodrager
Drufle (GM)	Alright, well, that's 1 damage to the dog.
Rochelle Gwerm	the dog is stronger than all of us
Aerlin	Listen. Dogs with swords are the worst. I have deeply personal experience with this.
Drufle (GM)	pfffft I didn't even realize how real that was. So fun fact, the hound archon has DR 10/epic and evil.
Rochelle Gwerm	I should've known...
Drufle (GM)	He also has 72 hp. Well, 71 now.
Rochelle Gwerm	well I still have more than him 101 hp yeah!!
Drufle (GM)	So, uh, Aerlin!
Aerlin	Gosh. Um.
Rochelle Gwerm	buff me make me unstoppable
Drufle (GM)	Buff the dog.
Rochelle Gwerm	oh... I suppose that would make more sense...
Aerlin	Well, your weapon is still glowing, right?
Rochelle Gwerm	yes?
Aerlin	I have a fun idea.
Drufle (GM)	Oh no.
Rochelle Gwerm	what have I enabled?
Drufle (GM)	Is it... Fear the Sun?
Aerlin	Praise the Sun, more like. So many references!
Drufle (GM)	This idea is very good. Will save?
Aerlin	Fort
Drufle (GM)	Oh wow. rolling d20+6 ( 13 )+6 = 19 Oooh. Pass?
Aerlin	DC...19
Rochelle Gwerm	isn't Aerlin's DC stupidly...oh
Drufle (GM)	Just barely!
Rochelle Gwerm	wow ummm
Drufle (GM)	And that was a wild arcana, wasn't it?
Aerlin	Yeah.
Drufle (GM)	So mark off 1 MP.
Aerlin	"Well. Smack it anyway."
Drufle (GM)	A very good idea, broken by slightly too good luck. Rochelle is next.
Rochelle Gwerm	"sounds like a plan to me!" I think I'll save my remaining MP
Aerlin	A lightbulb to the face can't be nice anyway.
Rochelle Gwerm	just a feeling V-v-v-vital strike! oh wait, and Bloodrage I'll save on the power attack, I'm still a bit rusty Rochelle Gwerm : Melee Attack
Check: 30
Drufle (GM)	A hit.
Rochelle Gwerm	rolling 4d8+11( 1 + 6 + 6 + 5 )+11 = 29 rolling 1d 1 = 1 rolling 1d6 ( 5 ) = 5 sorry
Aerlin	One D
Rochelle Gwerm	29 normal damage 5 acid
Drufle (GM)	So 24 damage total, gotcha.
Aerlin	And 600 Light damage.
Rochelle Gwerm	and that too
Aerlin	Yes??
Rochelle Gwerm	oh wait!
Aerlin	If my spell had worked he would have been blinded by that attack, fyi.
Drufle (GM)	Yeah, I know. It would've been grand.
Rochelle Gwerm	add 3 damage to that
Aerlin	For one round, then dazzled for a few more.
Rochelle Gwerm	I forgot to include my STR boost
Drufle (GM)	So 27 then.
Rochelle Gwerm	yeah is any of that acid?
Drufle (GM)	Yeah.
Aerlin	I hope the other realities where we're playing this are having fun with that outcome...
Rochelle Gwerm	oh cool
Drufle (GM)	10 off for DR, of course.
Rochelle Gwerm	this is why I like singular, giant attacks
Drufle (GM)	Next is... Navaya!
Navaya	hi im here
Drufle (GM)	Good, I was worried you had fallen asleep.
Aerlin	We need more heavy metal battle music, clearly.
Drufle (GM)	Uhhhh.
Navaya	this thing is undead right? does it have the ol' positive energy phobia?
Drufle (GM)	As always.
Navaya	very good
Rochelle Gwerm	oooh
Aerlin	Throw a phoenix down at it.
Navaya	I'll use my spectral hand to deliver a CMW to it
Rochelle Gwerm	pffft
Aerlin	At last.
Rochelle Gwerm	it is here the rock battle music we all needed
Aerlin	Aerlin takes out her giant sword.
Drufle (GM)	So it gets a will save to resist? I think that's how it works.
Navaya	prolly
Rochelle Gwerm	how does one normally resist a healing spell?
Drufle (GM)	rolling d20+9( 16 )+9 = 25 Oof.
Rochelle Gwerm	well then
Navaya	that's higher than 18 fo sho "aw beans!"
Drufle (GM)	Alright, is this a full block or half damage situation.
Rochelle Gwerm	its not even halved, is it? uhhh
Navaya	i don't know
Rochelle Gwerm	damaging spells using do halved but healing is odd
Drufle (GM)	Yeah, it's half.
Navaya	I never wrote down anti-undead rules for this ' 3' ok
Drufle (GM)	So roll 2d8+7.
Navaya	rolling 2d8+7( 2 + 4 )+7 = 13
Drufle (GM)	6 damage it is.
Navaya	nb won't do it again :P
Drufle (GM)	G'hesh!
Rochelle Gwerm	flank?
Drufle (GM)	I guess, uh. Sword.
Rochelle Gwerm	sword flanks
Drufle (GM)	I don't think I can get that far. She only has 4 tiles of movement.
Aerlin	This song is very Dynasty Warriors I dig it.
Rochelle Gwerm	there you go flanking with a raging rochelle
Drufle (GM)	rolling d20+17( 14 )+17 = 31
Rochelle Gwerm	how the heck did Rochelle not reveal that herself?
Drufle (GM)	Why yes roll, that does work.
Rochelle Gwerm	pls tell me she Vital Struck
Drufle (GM)	You did, I just forgot to clear the map.
Aerlin	Blinded by the glowing club I guess.
Rochelle Gwerm	she has that now
Drufle (GM)	Oh alright. That's just another weapon die, right?
Rochelle Gwerm	it doubles the number of dice
Drufle (GM)	rolling 2d8+9( 4 + 1 )+9 = 14
Rochelle Gwerm	hence why I got a 4d8
Drufle (GM)	4 damage it is.
Rochelle Gwerm	this is Rochelle's Time
Drufle (GM)	Top of the round, 5 hp back to the monster!
Rochelle Gwerm	my Vital Strike Build is finally paying off bring it you regening beast also I get 2 hp back too
Drufle (GM)	Alright, another dog full attack!
Rochelle Gwerm	holy shit I have so much hp
Drufle (GM)	rolling d20+11( 16 )+11 = 27 rolling d20+8 ( 16 )+8 = 24 rolling d20+7 ( 19 )+7 = 26 ... Uh huh. rolling d20+7 ( 19 )+7 = 26
Rochelle Gwerm	this dog ain't messing around
Drufle (GM)	Sure. rolling d20+7 ( 17 )+7 = 24 Alright.
Rochelle Gwerm	two crits!? :D or was that just one
Drufle (GM)	rolling 4d6+3d8+14( 1 + 3 + 5 + 1 )+( 3 + 1 + 3 )+14 = 31 Wow.
Rochelle Gwerm	this dog rolls too many 1s
Aerlin	Just curious Druf, are you cursed? I think we can cure that now.
Drufle (GM)	I'm cursed in the dumbest way possible.
Rochelle Gwerm	did you anger a witch? say, Navaya?
Drufle (GM)	Clearly I'm not that cursed, I just rolled two hits and a double crit. I then proceeded to roll garbage damage.
Rochelle Gwerm	it is the dumbest curse the curse of deal no damage
Aerlin	Also, link me this song later please.
Drufle (GM)	Average damage is 41.5, apparently.
Rochelle Gwerm	you are waaaaayy under average there
Navaya	it's very sonic I feel
Drufle (GM)	Only 2SD under. Bad, not but not horribly bad. Anyway. I guess Red, like, shoots or something? He's horribly outclassed by this incredibly angry dog with a sword.
Aerlin	Light arrows, though. Drufle (GM): default Red Redford : Radiance Attack 22 vs AC Damage 2 Type: P
Ranged Notes	+1 to attack and damage rolls within 30 ft. Uh huh. Well that 3 damage is very handy. Thank you Red.
Navaya	every little helps
Drufle (GM)	Monster! This berbalang is so terrified of this dog and rock lady.
Aerlin	G'hesh is also there.
Rochelle Gwerm	"YOU MESSED WITH THE WRONG CROWD"
Drufle (GM)	I'd love to use its literally only interesting power, but that would not help here.
Rochelle Gwerm	so he can't summon...
Drufle (GM)	So, uh, full attack Rochelle?
Rochelle Gwerm	good eh, sure
Drufle (GM)	rolling d20+11( 11 )+11 = 22 rolling d20+10 ( 12 )+10 = 22 rolling d20+10 ( 14 )+10 = 24 Horanoven A. laughs maniacally
Rochelle Gwerm	ehem, sorry, but only one of those hits
Drufle (GM)	rolling d6+5( 5 )+5 = 10 Also, roll a fort save. Rochelle Gwerm: Rochelle Gwerm : Fortitude
Save: 23
Save Notes	+2 to Will Saves against insanity and confusion
Drufle (GM)	You're good. Congratulations on not being paralyzed.
Rochelle Gwerm	screw you demon, my Fort is Fantastic
Drufle (GM)	So, uh, 5-foot step back? I guess?
Rochelle Gwerm	I'm down to 112/122 health
Drufle (GM)	And now Aerlin.
Aerlin	Right... Any other doors in this room?
Drufle (GM)	Nope.
Aerlin	This is just, so suspicious.
Rochelle Gwerm	I think this is a mini-boss? is that what it's here for? to make us paranoid?
Drufle (GM)	No, this is the only encounter in this area. It is kind of a mini-boss. Technically.
Rochelle Gwerm	I'm really not that worried
Drufle (GM)	There's lots of mini-bosses in this citadel.
Rochelle Gwerm	oh, if its the only encounter I'll defo use my MP lots of them?
Aerlin	I'll use Magic Missile.
Rochelle Gwerm	oh right, the citadel as a whole
Drufle (GM)	Yeah. Oh good, Magic Missile. Well, uh, roll damage. How long is this song...
Aerlin	Am I shooting three...yeah
Navaya	it's a compilation
Drufle (GM)	It's not on repeat, it's just been going.
Navaya	so, hours
Aerlin	rolling 3d4+3( 2 + 4 + 2 )+3 = 11
Drufle (GM)	And there he goes.
Navaya	oh!
Rochelle Gwerm	WHAT I WAS GOING TO USE ACID HANDS
Drufle (GM)	Killing blow, Aerlin!
Aerlin	"Anyone highly suspicious right now?" Rochelle Gwerm is just...dumbfounded
Rochelle Gwerm	"This can't be it" "This can't be it" Navaya writes on her scorecards
Aerlin	Let's look around. rolling 1d20+9 ( 4 )+9 = 13 It's so dark!
Drufle (GM)	It's pretty dark. It's distinctly creepy, though. Rochelle Gwerm: Rochelle Gwerm : Perception Check 6 Rochelle Gwerm : Spellcraft Check 20
Aerlin	Could I study the place, maybe, religion? Drufle (GM): default Red Redford : Spellcraft Check 25
Rochelle Gwerm	oh good I got something at least damn it red!
Navaya	I'll cast Dancing Lights
Rochelle Gwerm	why!? I just did that!
Drufle (GM)	There's an Unhallow effect placed on the vault.
Rochelle Gwerm	why must you take this away from me!
Drufle (GM)	Tied to a Desecrate spell.
Rochelle Gwerm	hrrrrrrm lets clean up I guess
Navaya	do any of us know consecrate?
Rochelle Gwerm	"Scoob? You now how to consecrate anythhing?"
Aerlin	I do have access to Dispel Magic.
Drufle (GM)	Uhhh, I think Red can learn it. I don't think he has it though.
Rochelle Gwerm	dang it red
Aerlin	rolling 1d20+16( 17 )+16 = 33
Rochelle Gwerm	Wild Arcana is access to any spell on the class's spell list, right?
Aerlin	Religion.
Drufle (GM)	Oh geez. This vault used to be the site of a lot of crusaders' graves, but they've clearly been horribly messed up at this point. The evil spells are keeping their spirits tied here, creating the darkness.
Rochelle Gwerm	Dispel Magic works, right?
Drufle (GM)	It does indeed.
Aerlin	"This is horrible. We must reverse this."
Rochelle Gwerm	"Yeah...I can't see a thing"
Aerlin	"Red, try praying for the souls or something while I do this...?" Right, do I roll this?
Navaya	is there anything I can do to help here
Drufle (GM)	Not unless you also have Dispel Magic. And yeah, it's just a CL check.
Rochelle Gwerm	I have...acid hands True Strike...
Aerlin	rolling 1d20+6( 13 )+6 = 19
Rochelle Gwerm	Cheetah Sprint...
Navaya	can't do an Aid Another for this?
Drufle (GM)	You're level 7, but sure.
Rochelle Gwerm	nope...no Dispel Magic
Drufle (GM)	That works anyways.
Navaya	oh good Navaya just sits down
Drufle (GM)	The darkness lifts!
Aerlin	"Rest now..."
Drufle (GM)	You hear quiet whispers surround you, thanking you.
Rochelle Gwerm	"Nice!"
Aerlin	"These demons really are just horrid."
Drufle (GM)	Also, screw you guys for targeting all the places that mess with you over time.
Rochelle Gwerm	:P
Navaya	eh?
Rochelle Gwerm	we had a good plan
Drufle (GM)	The berbalang's special ability is that it can project itself into a spirit form.
Aerlin	"Ignoring the gross evilness of this, its perfectly feasible to keep a place dark without tying down some spirits."
Navaya	"this buildin don't got no windows anyway!"
Drufle (GM)	Which is utterly useless in combat since any damage done to its body immediately pulls its spirit back.
Rochelle Gwerm	so it'd attack our troops?
Drufle (GM)	But if you left it alone, it does 1d6 damage to your army every night by sneaking into the camp and killing off soldiers.
Navaya	ah
Rochelle Gwerm	yeesh
Drufle (GM)	But that's all that done now.
Rochelle Gwerm	that would quickly end us
Aerlin	That explains this place's purpose then.
Drufle (GM)	So, uh, that's 2/3 of the siege fights done!
Navaya	woo
Drufle (GM)	Well. Some of them are "done".
Rochelle Gwerm	there's still that special thing we need to do once we get everyone here
Drufle (GM)	Yeah, and that absolutely has to happen soon. That needs to take place before you enter the citadel, definitely. I mean, you guys are at 25 SP now. The event is supposed to happen at 20.
Navaya	i am perfectly happy to call it here
Drufle (GM)	You've stomped over people and your army is now super confident.
Rochelle Gwerm	I'm assuming we didn't level up from all this
Drufle (GM)	Nope.
Rochelle Gwerm	dang it
Drufle (GM)	Well, uh, we can go ahead and end it here. That was 2 hours.
Rochelle Gwerm	seems reasonable we can try a rollplay segment though I'm not sure what to talk about
Drufle (GM)	Yeah, I think we can just call it.
Aerlin	Navaya! We must INVENT ICE CREAM.
Rochelle Gwerm	of course...
Aerlin	This will take hours of intense RP.
Navaya	Later!
Rochelle Gwerm	Ice Cream is important, damnit
Aerlin	We have to do it, for the troops!
Navaya	but we need butter! wait no milk
Rochelle Gwerm	conjure it
Navaya	"Aerlin! use that locomobobulator thingy!" "I saw you bring a sheep here. we can milk it!"
Aerlin	"Hmm..."
Rochelle Gwerm	is there a spell named Silk?
Aerlin	"Yes, you're a genius."
Rochelle Gwerm	ohhhhh
Aerlin	I cast...Sheep!
Rochelle Gwerm	DRUF its happening
Drufle (GM)	Sigh. Alright, fine! That's your LD use for the day, then. An adorable sheep pops into existence in front of you.
Aerlin	Worth it. Now, we need flavour.
Navaya	"anyone have a bucket?"
Rochelle Gwerm	"I have...bird cages"
Navaya	....
Drufle (GM)	G'hesh has swords.
Rochelle Gwerm	yeah
Navaya	ghesh would eat me alive if I took her swords and melted them Rochelle Gwerm slams her club into the stone, making an indent
Aerlin	Send the scouts out for buckets.
Rochelle Gwerm	"There, hole"
Aerlin	Devote all our resources to this.
Navaya	"...thanks, roch."
Aerlin	"This isn't sanitary."
Rochelle Gwerm	"...yeah that's probably right" "Bird cages have...a lower bit that isn't cage"
Drufle (GM)	Need I remind you that you are in the Worldwound, and you will not find any edible plants?
Navaya	the only ice cream that needs plants is pistachio, drufle! also chocolate I guess
Drufle (GM)	Vanilla!
Navaya	and strawberry and that too
Rochelle Gwerm	orange lemon
Navaya	OKAY It'S A LOT
Rochelle Gwerm	...
Drufle (GM)	Wait, hold up. Lemon?
Rochelle Gwerm	yes
Aerlin	We still have the field rations.
Drufle (GM)	Who eats lemon ice cream?
Rochelle Gwerm	I would if I had any
Aerlin	We can make field ration ice cream.
Rochelle Gwerm	lemons are great
Navaya	I have literally never seen citrus-flavoursed ice cream SORBETS, yes plenty but not gelato
Drufle (GM)	Maybe you guys can find some weird Worldwound plants that can be processed into new flavors.
Navaya	I HAVE had mango ice cream though it's great
Rochelle Gwerm	can we turn the door into a bucket?
Drufle (GM)	That'd be a survival check for sure. What door?
Rochelle Gwerm	all the doors
Aerlin	rolling 1d20+3( 15 )+3 = 18
Rochelle Gwerm	also please don't eat the plants here
Navaya	the door you smashing into splinters
Rochelle Gwerm	they're just so awful there was another door! Navaya:
Navaya	Survival Check25 CHECK IT
Rochelle Gwerm	guys why Drufle (GM): default Red Redford : Survival Check 15 +1/2 level to track
Rochelle Gwerm	there is literally a plant that can turn you into a psychopath
Aerlin	Ice cream, dog.
Navaya	notice how I'm much more involved in Nonsense than in combat "we'll call it "Ice Scream", Roch"
Drufle (GM)	Well, Navaya finds a terrifying vine made of bleeding organic barbed wire.
Rochelle Gwerm	"I'm not eating this"
Drufle (GM)	It has small fruits the size of marbles that pulse.
Navaya	"hmm. probably too stringy"
Aerlin	"Well no, you lick it."
Rochelle Gwerm	"I'm just...going to not,,,deal with this" Rochelle Gwerm leaves this nonsense because just no
Drufle (GM)	If you get another good survival check, you might be able to turn those fruits into something useful.
Aerlin	"You're made of rocks...!"
Navaya	ok
Navaya	Survival Check21
Rochelle Gwerm	"nope" "not worth it!"
Drufle (GM)	Well there you have it, I suppose. default Red Redford : Survival Check 27 +1/2 level to track
Rochelle Gwerm	"already gooone"
Drufle (GM)	Oh boy.
Navaya	I knew these seven ranks would come in handy one day
Drufle (GM)	Red and Navaya, together, manage to grind, boil, sift, and otherwise cleanse the strange gray berries.
Aerlin	The sheep has been milked.
Rochelle Gwerm	you guys are going to make yourselves sick
Navaya	"this is the most fun I've had in ages, to be honest!"
Rochelle Gwerm	from far away "You are all crazy!"
Aerlin	"Navaya...prepare the Ritual." "It's time."
Navaya	"we'll test it on the tieflings, if anyone's immune to the bad effects it'll be them!" "awright!" Navaya casts Ice Spears
Drufle (GM)	In the end, you have a syrup that tastes kinda earthy, salty, and sweet, kinda like, uh... I say it's kinda like pecans, but saltier.
Rochelle Gwerm	that stuff from kingdom hearts?
Navaya	I was one thousand percent expecting you to say blood, druf
Drufle (GM)	Yeah it's just the sea salt ice cream from KH2.
Rochelle Gwerm	blood doesn't have an earthy taste
Drufle (GM)	You succeeded at the survival checks!
Aerlin	Aerlin bends the magic in the air, thunderclouds start forming...there's just a little bit of Abyssal chanting...
Navaya	well okay!
Drufle (GM)	If you had failed, it would've tasted terrible.
Aerlin	Or...maybe this is all in her head.
Drufle (GM)	But you got two good checks in a row so you managed to scrabble something together.
Rochelle Gwerm	it would've done a lot worse than taste bad
Aerlin	"We must combine the reagents."
Drufle (GM)	The syrup is kind of a silvery gray, by the way.
Navaya	"how do we milk the sheep though?"
Drufle (GM)	It's a little unsettling, but at least it tastes good.
Rochelle Gwerm	from even further away "Why are you guys still doing this!?"
Aerlin	I did that already. I have a wealth of wisdom from past lives.
Navaya	"we have a noncanon moment to fill, let us have our fun!" aight Aerlin
Aerlin	I must have milked a sheep at some point.
Rochelle Gwerm	"Do it with normal plants in a normal place!"
Navaya	thank you based gm
Drufle (GM)	This might just be the dumbest things we've ever done.
Rochelle Gwerm	you managed to get Rochelle to walk away
Aerlin	"I suggest we call these treats...Iced Creams.
Navaya	no lie, I am having much more fun
Rochelle Gwerm	that's an accomplishment
Navaya	"...that's brilliant, aer"
Drufle (GM)	I wonder how Red and G'hesh would react to this.
Rochelle Gwerm	Red was helping them!
Navaya	ghesh would not be bothered because it isn't meat
Drufle (GM)	Oh.
Aerlin	G'hesh is our taste tester.
Drufle (GM)	True.
Navaya	ghesh would be trying to cook the berbalang I bet
Drufle (GM)	In the end, you have a lumpy, silvery dairy product.
Aerlin	Do we level up from that?
Drufle (GM)	No :P Navaya writes down the recipe
Aerlin	Worth a try...
Navaya	"anyone wanna taste?"
Drufle (GM)	Level 8 doesn't come until we actually get into the citadel. Navaya flies around waving the stuff in people's faces
Aerlin	I love the idea of a recipe calling for Ice Spears.
Rochelle Gwerm	we'll market it later and become a corporate juggernaut "I'll taste it when you make it out of something that didn't look like barbed wire and puss"
Drufle (GM)	The Iced Creams tastes pretty good, and it's pretty much harmless aside from the minor levitation.
Rochelle Gwerm	wut
Navaya	"hey don't affect me none"
Aerlin	The best food affects your field of gravity. Everyone knows this. It's established fact.
Navaya	"do not doubt my survival skills! I've had to make lunch out of dry leaves and spider silk before now!"
Rochelle Gwerm	"I'm not eating frozen cream out of that either"
Aerlin	"Well, the troops will love it, I'm sure."
Navaya	"you helped! are you saying you're giving up your shares in Iced Creams Limited already?!" "I'll gladly sell them to someone more willing to invest in novelty!"
Rochelle Gwerm	"No just...whyyyyyy did you use that plant?"
Navaya	"S'all I could find V( ' 3)V"
Rochelle Gwerm	"That was the most hideous weed I've ever seen"
Aerlin	Clearly we must Anime Fight over this. Navaya can pronounce emojis
Drufle (GM)	To be fair, that wasn't the only plant you could find. It was just the most edible one.
Navaya	what were the other choices?
Drufle (GM)	Most plants are like.
Rochelle Gwerm	the god damn psycho moss is another option
Navaya	it's just peyote
Rochelle Gwerm	most plants actively try to mess you up
Drufle (GM)	Made of crystallized chitin, or wriggling intestines, or other awful stuff.
Navaya	hm
Drufle (GM)	The worldwound is a really bad place. The awful organic barbed wire vine is relatively nice.
Rochelle Gwerm	"How do demons even live in these conditions" "This is worse than my dumb cave"
Drufle (GM)	If you want to make more ice cream flavors, you can do so with more good survival checks, but let's leave that for later. I think we can actually end now.
Navaya	hyes
Rochelle Gwerm	we'll see where this sub-plot goes later
Aerlin	I'll commune with the ancients for more iced creams innovation.
Navaya	"maybe we can make planar flavours!"
Drufle (GM)	This is going to end up being the Taco hunt of our campaign.
Navaya	yeah
Drufle (GM)	Oh gods that's brilliant, Navaya.
Rochelle Gwerm	can our heroes bring this new product to a global market? can they succeed in more flavors? can the convince Rochelle to try some??
Drufle (GM)	One flavor for every plane.
Navaya	hell yeah!!
Drufle (GM)	Hell indeed.
Rochelle Gwerm	Rochelle will not help you with the Earthen plan *plane
Aerlin	Aer & Navi's Iced Creams
Drufle (GM)	Like you find a lantern fruit in Stygia or something. And it's just covered in the lies of blasphemers.
Aerlin	Red gets shafted by a hostile business takeover.
Drufle (GM)	But also happens to have a flesh that tastes kinda like coconut.
Aerlin	Poor guy. But also we're rich.
Navaya	but would the end product make people lie or tell the truth?
Drufle (GM)	Oh, absolutely still lying.
Aerlin	Choc chip but its just pebbles.
Navaya	alright
Drufle (GM)	I think it's fair that you can't burn all the plane out of the plants. Right let's stop now. Before this keeps going.
Navaya	yeah
Drufle (GM)	Everyone, out!
Rochelle Gwerm	es
Navaya	RAUS
Rochelle Gwerm	see ya tomorrow druf