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—Last time where we left off you had seen what had become the fallen land area around Brisbane. The beautiful illusions still stand
—Goldie: “I suppose we need to show you the creepiest part of this job.”
—Rumble: “You kind of turn into a monster for it.”
Annushka
I’m looking out at everything. Does anything stand out as if it could be important? “Goldie turns into a monster?”
—Its a beautiful illusionary depiction of an old forgotten world. Yet there are no
hidden passages in it or anything. You do see many magical lights though.
Annushka
“What is the creepiest part of the job?”
—Rumble: “Yes we all become dragons of the deep. Its ghoulish to look at but it is what must be done. Don’t say you never had a chance to back out.”
Annushka
“I’m not going to back out. I’m ready when you are.”
—Mistress: Action: She places her hand gently on your shoulder. “we are Just going to use a hidden extension of the alter self spell. please just watch what I do.”
Annushka
I watch what happens.
—Mistress: Action:
*Her eyes fall into to her skull which smooth’s out,
*A gilled ruff emerges around her neck.
*Her mouth opens and widens revealing tiny but reinforced sharp teeth.
*Her hyper extended grin grows thick black lips, and her skin light grey . *Sharp spines emerge from a tail where once she had legs.
Annushka
To DM, are we already in water?
—(yes but you are encapsulated in a feild)
Annushka
Ok
—Mistress: ” With her mind she says to you. // “This is necessary so that you oceanic pressures of this depth can be survived.”//
Annushka
“How do I do what you did?”
—Mistress: // “The power has already been given to you you need only reave the rune of the jaberwok.”//
Annushka
Action: I nod and try to reave the rune. (To DM, I need to do a couple rolls, right?)
—(not this time)
Annushka
(Ok.)
—With your lexicon the ocean spiral you find calling upon this rune to be easy but the process takes a minute.
—Mistress: //”You need to know something else that the roses without thorns always get plucked, thus the wise roses learn to treasure their thorns as much as they do their petals.”//
Annushka
What happens when I do it? “That is wise mistress. Thank you.”
—Without external eyes a psychic kinesia kicks in allowing your smells, hearing, and energy sensing to coalesce into visual images in your mind. You see these images within a 60 foot radius around you as a form of blind sight. Your voice wordlessly reaches out to the others around you as telepathic abilities flower forward.
Annushka
//”Is everyone else ready to go?”//
—Mistress: //”Its also important for you to know that we are like dice. While this alone is not all of me nor does it define me, it is a facet of me with important skills that I treasure as much as I do every other facet I have.”//
—The others exist in that state as well it seems Eldilove if she was freaked out by that didn’t mention it.
Annushka
“I understand. Are we ready to go?”
—You see her for produce a hyper extended smile with a set of overlong lips
—Action: Rumble and Goldie become waves of dark blue energy that jet through the shield and swim in the atmosphere. Eldilove seems a bit confused on what to do yet eventually she follows suit.
Annushka
I start swimming
—Action: You reach into the base of your heart and find a new small center of magic. as you misty step into the ocean depths.
Annushka
What is around me? Are the others with me?
—(yes)
—This new way of seeing provides so many new yet different ways of seeing the world at this depth you see the mistress surrounded by several energy fields wave to you as you taste the murky brine around you.
Annushka
I follow her
—(Mistress is where she was she was waving good bye.)
Annushka
Oh ok
—Rumble: //” We still need to travel about one fathom or so downward. T1341 will dot the way for us of need to travel.”//
Annushka
I didn’t understand that second sentence
—(follow rumbles bot downward)
Annushka
Oh ok. 1341 is the bots name and it’s going to make some lights for us to follow?
—Eldilove still remains quiet as she follows Rumble.
Annushka
I’m following the bot.
—Goldie swims up to you. //How do you feel about your first day as a monster.//
Annushka
“It’s an interesting experience.”
—Goldie: // Are you going to be ok in this?//
Annushka
“We’ll know when it’s over.”
—Action: she nods: As you swim down for an hour you feel enclosed by the water and your swim speed is diminished. Yet it doesn’t completely stop you.
Annushka
We keep going, right?
—(Are you asking me the dm?)
The light diminishes as the water darkens color fades and you now only see the psychic colors around you.
—Goldie: // Just a few more miles Umbriele”.//
Annushka
I keep swimming.
—The lights flick out and you eventually find yourself in a forest of chorale that glows bright green in your psychic vision. Fish existing as tiny red lights flit through it your vision as well.
—Rumble Stops.
Annushka
I stop and wait to see what rumble does.
—Rumble: //:”This is Bad.”//
Annushka
“What?”
—Rumble: //”There are supposed to be sharks around here and large crabs.//
Annushka
Are the small fish still around or is there nothing?
—The tiny fish are still there to your minds eye its like they are flying the air.
—Rumble: // “Everybody: should switch to using there ocean wave daggers, we are going to need to make decisions about traveling.
—Rumble: // Do you prefer to move slow and safe faster and with some danger.”//
Annushka
“Let’s try faster.” To DM do we need to change back to our normal forms or stay as
we are?
—(As long as you are deep water I really recommend staying as you are.)
—Rumble: //”Ok but we may be getting some company.”//
Annushka
To DM can we use our daggers in this form?
—(yes you still have your arms)
Annushka
Oh ok
—A chess board like structure emerges around you.
—The chess board around you lights up with runes on alternating squares.
—Timidly rumble marches toward the long central chorale mass
Annushka
To DM do I recognize any of the runes?
—They are Jaberwoks mostly symbolic.
Annushka
To DM. Ok is this the place we are supposed to get the rune from?
—(No the rune is just a projection around you.)
—Make a perception check please.
Annushka
15
—You sense a mob of red multiarmed armed blobs swim right behind you.
Annushka
//”I warn the others and turn to fight whatever it is.”//
—(What do you do or say specifically.)
Annushka
//”Danger behind us.”//
—Everybody turns dagger at the ready.
—roll for initiative
Annushka
4
— COMBAT
—Rumble touches her forearm, and 1341 launches a bolt
It hits plainly blasting apart a small creature 20 feet away
—Goldie launches a small green globule
Annushka
//”What are we fighting?”//[To DM where is the big blob that was behind me?]
—It goes wide
—In your vision they looked like red blobs
Annushka
[To DM, are they attacking us?]
—What is your armor class
—(Your party thinks so)
Annushka
It’s either 18 or 19. I’ll have to check.
—(You are allowed to ask other characters questions if you wish to know more about the world.)
Annushka
[To DM, I did ask them what we are fighting.]
—(Aww there I see it)
—Rumble; //”Humboldt’s!!!”//
—A 3 foot long red squid with huge blue eyes darts out at you from nowhere and feebly attempts to grab you a forearm an two others surrounded Eldilove.
—-Umbrielle’s turn—–
Annushka
[To DM, can you please remind me how these daggers work? I don’t want to accidentally kill Elidove.]
—(You can throw them up to 30 feet even in the water and they return to your hand.)
—(It is not like casting a lightning bolt spell but the dagger become electric energy momentarily.)
Annushka
Ok. Is the one by me attacking?
—(Yes)
—You can attack yours or the others.
Annushka
I’ll attack the one that is attacking me first and then help Elidove.
—your attack roll madam
Annushka
16
—That just make it through there leathery hide give me damage please.
Annushka
What is the damage die for the dagger?
—a d4
Annushka
Do I get anything like a strength bonus? 3
—(Yes add that also and a plus one.)
Annushka
Ok so 8 total
—The Ocean wave hacks through the capsid like it was nothing the smell of fresh calamari envelops you.
—(you still have a move)
Annushka
I throw my dagger at one of the squids attacking Eldilove
—(Your dagger is also regarded as a plus one.)
Annushka
Ok
—(how many attack do you get)
Annushka
16 to hit. I’m not sure how many attacks I get. I’m still learning this version
Goldie: //” We are covered in large spines we cans also cut with those if need be and we can bid them back.”//
Annushka
9 damage if it hits
—(For now its fine but you get one attack until level 5 unless you are holding two weapons)
Annushka
Ok. Oh when you said I still have a move I thought you meant I can attack again
—The ocean wave impales one of the Humboldt squids before leaping back as an electric arc.”
—(a move is generally just changing for physical position)
Annushka
Yeah the new versions have a lot of extra stuff that I’m not used to.
—Eldilove hacks apart one of the squids
—Another squid impotently strikes at you.
—one insidiously digs its beak into Rumble
—Goldie lets out a psychic scream as one digs into her leg.
—A bolt narrowly misses rumble enemy as does her ocean wave.
—Goldie takes a small bite out of one removing a tentacle her blade also barely missing.
—–Umbriel’s turn—————–
—You may make natural melee and a dagger attacks or vice versa
Annushka
How many of them are attacking us?
—3
Annushka.
Any close enough for a melee attack or do I need to throw my weapon?
—You may bite or spine the one close to you.
—Throwing will help you take out one away from you.
Annushka
Ok. I’ll throw my dagger at the one that seems to be doing the most damage and then attack the one near me.
—(Ok your bonus attack does not get ability bonus damage, so a throw can be regarded as a main attack or a bonus attack.)
Annushka
I rolled 14 with the dagger. I the throw was the main attack. That missed, right?
— Your blade just narrowly misses.
— You may use a bonus attack to bite or spine your foe.
Annushka
The Ok. What is the damage from my bite and what is the damage from the spines?
—Spine 1d4, bite 1d6
Annushka
Ok I’ll bite I rolled a 2 to attack.
Annushka
Yes. So I definitely miss
—you add strength to the attack roll
Annushka
Ok. 6
—You angrily thrash at it.
—Eldilove Heals Goldie a bit with a wave of golden light.
—Yet her dagger narrowly misses her foe.
—A Humboldt fumbles around Goldie
—Another fumbles with Goldie.
—And one eventually sinks its cold hard beak into your forarm. please make a grapple check
—Rather an athletics check
Annushka
I rolled 17 before bonuses. How do I calculate my bonuses for an Athletics check?
—Your warriors body evades the grapple gracefully
Annushka
Ok
—(Strength plus proficiency if you have it trained other wise just strength.)
Annushka
Ok
—Yet you still take five points damage
Annushka
Ok I’m down to 7 hit points
Goldie: //”Impotent writhes with her spines and then cats a magic missile bolts lance in every direction.”//
—Each of the magic bolts severely injure each squid.
—Umbrielle’s turn—-
Annushka
I’ll throw my dagger again and then bite again. 18
—Ok the main attack roll hits beautifully. damage please.
Annushka
8
–Ok which one ar you aiming for.
Annushka
One that is too far away to bite.
—The one by Goldie or Rumble?
Annushka
Which one looks like she is in more trouble?
—Goldie screamed the loudest.
Annushka
Ok I hit the one attacking her. I rolled 23 including my strength bonus on the bite.
—It splatters apart enveloping all of you with the smell of raw sea food.
—It easily hits its amazing how honed your instinct are.
Annushka
10 damage
—1d6 with no strength added to damage since its a bonus attack
Annushka
Oh then 6
—Still you take more than enough to gulp down some of the best seafood you have ever had.
—Eldilove throws her dagger.
—It chops off an eye on the one attacking Rumble.
—Goldie meekly tries to attack the one on her.
—Goldie shoots more magic missiles at it and it gets torn apart by bolts.
—Everything goes quiet.
—[(How are you feeling)]
Annushka
[I’m ok. Do you want to keep going or stop for the night?]
[—I can continue if you can.]
Annushka
[ I can. I’m not too tired yet 🙂 ]
—It goes quiet.
—Rumble: //” I am still hurt bad.”//
Annushka
//”Do we have any way to heal?”//
—Goldie: // “I don’t have many more spells left.”//
[—Are you asking the dm 🙁 ]
Annushka
Both. [To DM I’m a paladin, can I use lay on hands or do I get that at a higher level?]
—[They provide no info on this , but in 5th edition you can take a short rest that takes an hour though.]
—I believe you get it now.
Annushka
I’ll use my lay on hands to heal her.
—( consider running down to the book store and taking a few smart phone photos of paladin.)
Annushka
I have the books on my computer. I just looked it up. I can heal 5 points. That’s a good idea. I’ll have to try that some time
—At level one you grant 5 hp to Rumble healing up her hurt body completely.
Annushka
//”Is anyone else hurt badly?”//
—You watch even her costume heal.
—You heard Goldie cry out she could still be hurt.
Annushka
I don’t think I have any way to heal more. //”Who else needs to be healed?”//
—Goldie: // I could use an hours worst of rest but we cant spend that here. we should probably find a place to hide out. there is no way we can endure any more attack waves.//
—Goldie: // I could use some help.//
[You named the conversation: The GAME.]
Annushka
Where can we go to rest?
[—Please use SP or to DM]
Annushka
//”Where can we go to rest?”//
—Rumble; //”I don’t know we will need to find a few chorale hollow on our way to the long spiral.”//
Annushka
//”Let’s go.”//
—Rumble: //”I have a spell that can protect us but we need to train with it a bit more.”//
—Goldie: //”Should we try training with the spell or should we just start searching.”//
Annushka
//”Maybe we should find shelter first and then train.”//[Are you still here?]
—Rumble: //”Ok lets move out.”//
[—(tech problems)]
Annushka
I follow rumble
—You swim for 10 minutes make a perception check please
Annushka
15
—40′ 3:00 high a huge stretch of chorale reveals a door its engulfed by chorale branches but you can see it.
Annushka
[To DM is this the tower were supposed to be going to?]
— (no that tower is in a graveyard)
Annushka
//”I see a door.”//
—Rumble. //”Really Where!//
Annushka
I point to it.
Goldie: //”That’s a bit high it could be a bit confusing getting up there.”//
Annushka
//”Should we go in or look for another place?”//
—Rumble: we could swim up there but we need to think of way not to get lost.
—Rumble: We can go in we just need a clever way of not getting lost.
—Goldie does anybody have some rope
Annushka
//”I was about to ask that.”// [To DM, was there rope in any of our equipment?]
—(did you put it in your equipment.)
Annushka
I really didn’t understand what you said about most of the equipment. I know you mentioned long and short straps
—(do you have rope as part of your starting equipment.)
Annushka
I thought I appeared on the street with nothing so I didn’t include starting equipment
—( You did but you gut it back in the ground blade.)
Annushka
Ok. Normally I always have my characters start with 50 feet of rope but they are usually people who started in a city and planned to go out adventuring. This character probably would carry a big rope around on her island. She might have fishing line though
—(Ok lets say she got all her standard equipment back)
Annushka
I take out my fishing line. I have this.
—(Thus if she normaly has an adventureing get she could pull that out.)
Annushka
Sorry. That was an auto correct fail. I said she wouldn’t carry a rope on her island. I can’t think of a reason she would carry a rope around most of the time. But fishing line makes sense
—Goldie: //”Awesome I can cat light on that while 1341 holds the base of that line and a mage hand delivers that up to the door.”//
Annushka
I give it to her
—With a little bit of work the line mage hands to the door while rumble uses a dancing lights cantrip to highlight a path.
—Rumble:// “It should be easy enough to find our way to that door.”//
Annushka
When it’s ready I swim to the door make an intelligence check or a survival check with advantage.
Annushka
21
—You easily make it to the door
Annushka
[To DM Did everyone else get here too?]
— It takes some time but each member eventually makes there way to the door.
Annushka
[To DM ok so now we rest and practice the new spell?]
— [Yes after you open the door]
Annushka
[To DM Ok what kind of door is this? A door into a building? A sunken ship?]
—This door is an extension of the chorale except that it seems to be of a powerful metal much like your ocean wave dagger.
Annushka
[To DM the coral has naturally occurring doors? Like with hinges and a knob to open it?]
—This is a door built onto chorale but its made out of the same material.
Annushka
Ok. I open the door
—Reeeeeek …You see a huge world far larger on the inside than on the outside.
Annushka
//”Is it supposed to be like that?”//
—Deep in the room you hear come in come in please take a moments rest.
Annushka
I go inside.
—Rumble: //Its empowered by magic so, I guess so.”//
Annushka
// “Is that someone you know?”//
—Goldie: // “Did you hear that?”//
—A voice://” Rest up for a bit we can chat a bit later. I have some healing potions I could show you.”//
—Rumble walks in and 1341 rises up to cast an illusionary chessboard on the grounds.
—Rumble; //”So the runes of the chess board grant us something known as a Dragon style referred to by others as a monster fighting technique.”//
—(Are you still with me Ann)
Annushka
[Yes.]
[—(I can keep going if you wish)]
Annushka
[Yes please.] I’m looking at the runes.
—Rumble: //”Magical predators had to become there own brand of questing adventurer in the later years. Human cultures have precise constrained roles they use different combat styles, weapons and paradigms. We on the other hand don’t force others into different roles.”//
Jessica
[Sorry I am such a flake 🙁 Fridays they have really been piling it on me at work.]
Annushka
[It’s ok.]
[—(What can we do for you Jessi)]
Annushka
[Work sucks. Would a different day be better?]
[—Maybe some tactical adjustments work.]
Jessica
(would it be possible to maybe game tomorrow? getting caught up)
Annushka
[I have some stuff to do tomorrow but maybe we could switch to Saturday next week.]
Jessica
[That would be cool if it would work for all.]
[—One player is still adapted to Friday.]
Annushka
[I could switch to Saturday. I just need to know before so I can plan around it.]
[—Is there a time Friday that is better.]
Jessica
[Later Friday nights like right now I am always free.]
[—We can try a game next Friday and Saturday to se which works better for now lets focus on this game moment.]
Jessica
[Sure thing I am caught up.]
Annushka
[I probably won’t be able to stay up much later than this or I’ll turn into a pumpkin.]
Jessica
[I hear you Annushka glad I at least caught the tail end.]
Annushka
[I used to being a night owl but not so much anymore.]
[—Are we still ok with going forward Ann.]
Annushka
[Yes I can keep going a little longer]
—Rumble: //”The biggest advantage that many creatures use is skulking and ambush getting the first move is using the battle grid in it tactical formation.”//
Jessica
//”I am glad to have experienced divers around and for a chance to rest a bit.”//
—Rumble: //There is a rune shaped like a shield at the 11:00 part of this board.”//
—Rumble://”There is an arrow on the 7:00 square.”//
Jessica
//” I think shield was the one I was using as my primary, maybe I could check that one?”//
—Rumble: //On the 4:00 space there is a pair of daggers and on the 10:00 space there is a shepherds crook.//
Annushka
//”Does anyone know who invited us in here, or what this place is?”//
—Rumble: //”Each of these represent a traditional combat role in human culture so our primary healer should stand on the Shepard crooks and our top warrior should stand on the shield.”//
Annushka
//”Who is the healer and who is the warrior? So.”//
–Goldie: //”I don’t know but lets take this gift for now.//
—Rumble: //”That is our decision to make.”//
Jessica
//”I can fill really any role, I am kind of a pinch hitter. What would you prefer? What about the daggers?”//
—Goldie: //”Umbrielle unless you can do all the healing of a cleric then maybe you should be a designated frontline warrior. Eldilove can be our designated healer for now since none of us have healing spells.”//
—Rumble: //”That is for scouts and assassins.”//
Annushka
//”Yes I will take the warriors position.”//
Jessica
//”Happy my healing can help I stand next to the shepherd’s crooks.”//
—Goldie moves to the arrow.// I am best slinging spells so I shall stand in the back.//
—Rumble stands on the daggers. and a surge of magic energy through you as something dark surges up
—Everyone gets access to the feats skulking -alert – athlete- and charger. You may look up what these do on D@D beyond when you wish to. You also feel a primordial telepathic force binding you all.
Jessica
//”Nice!”//
—Rumble; //”This gives us the ability to skulk not be surprised leap at foes hides quickly and move first.”//
Jessica
I nod.
Annushka
[Is it skulking and alert or skulking alert? Oh I see. Nevermind.]
—Rumble: //”If you have ever been ambushed in the woods by a pack of forest monsters they most likely accomplished did something like this.”//
–(two separate feats.)
—Rumble: //”These gifts only remain as long as we swim as one shoal of piranhas.”//
Jessica
//”I feel the bond between us. I will stick close by you three.//
Annushka
//”We’re a shoal of piranhas.//
—Rumble: //”Each of you can specialize in the battle grid and that will grant us something the blitzcrieg tactic to show you how this works I will have 1341 try to ambush us as one of those squids we fought the first fought ok.//
—Goldie: //Yes look at the way we look and act in every meaningful way we are a shoal of humbolts like the creatures we just killed
Jessica
//” We could be a bale of turtles too.”// 🙂
Annushka
Ok
Jessica
//” Rumble I am ready for some fun.”//
—Smiles radiate through the network
—Three foot long squids appear around you things are dim on board as dark mist flows in everybody may make hide check despite only being in dime light.
Annushka
I rolled 10 for stealth
—Action: Rumble and Goldie hide behind walls on the board.
Jessica
Oy: 7
—Rumble: // This is ok not all aspects of this board help everyone.//
—everyone make perception checks
Annushka
15
Jessica
17
–Both of you have no problem watching as an illusionary squid swims up to the board perimeter and the whole area glows bright green.
–Even if you had failed you imagine you could still see these things coming a mile away.
—You know you are so alert now everyone roll initiative and add five because you are so alert.
Annushka
14
Jessica
- [lol our dice are synced. 🙂 ]
—with a plus 5————-
Annushka
(I included the bonus I rolled 9.)
Jessica
(So did I rolled a 3 +3 for my dexterity.)
—Action: Rumble springs at one of them from 30 feet away and claws them it poofs into smoke another dive bombs Goldie.
—–14 is up.————–
Annushka
Action: I jump at one of the squids and grapple it.
—You feel like you would only need 5 feet for a running leap and after a running dash you could attack.
Annushka
Ok. I rolled 18
—With only 5 feet you have no problem swimming another 25 turbo style.
—Umbrielle Hits and with aloud crack lightning explodes from her daggers frying the illusion.
—Rumble: // That there is called a first blood advantage all of this is to make sure you get to the front line before anything gets to us.//
—Eldilove’s turn—
Jessica
Action: I am going to use viscous mockery and start swimming away from rumble to give Rumble an easy target. [Wisdom save dc 14 or it takes 1d4 psychic damage and has disadvantage on attacks]
—Right now Eldilove discovers that illusions are imune to viscous mockery.
—yet it poof away anyway
Annushka
(I’m starting to get pretty tired. I’ll have to go to bed after this fight)
Jessica
//”It’s ok I just want to train the way we will fight so we cam learn each other’s styles”//
(Goodnight Ann, thank you both. I will try hard to make next week not like the last two.)
—Rumble: //So the base skills of skulking athletics a charging pouncing striking getting surprise and reaming alert are all with use as we remain in taking in our surroundings.”//
Jessica
//”Thank you Rumble, I see what I need to work on.”//
—Rumble: //Oh and one more thing she casts a spell at 1341 and everybody goes invisible.”//
Jessica: //”Nice! This gives me a chance to show one more thing I can do so you guys know.”//
—Rumble://”This can share spells with those in tactical formation its called the party pack or squad slicer when used aggressively.”//
Jessica
Action: I swim away from the group and cast fairy fire on myself, it makes me no longer invisible and others have advantage on attacks on me, it wears off after a minute //”I can do this to make enemies easy to hit.”//
—Rumble://”This concludes the basics of the grid formation.”//
Annushka
(When were you invisible?)
Jessica
(She told us we were a few posts up.)
Annushka
(Oh ok.)
—Action: She casts invisibility on 1341 and that shares the spell
Jessica
//” I am not as good at spells as Goldie but I can also make enemies sleep. I will be sure to focus on healing you when you get hurt.”//
—Goldie: //”Sleep is awesome.”//
Jessica 🙂
—Goldie: //”There are ways of loosening up recourses.”//
—if Ann is sleepy we can pack up
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Jessica
yeah thanks again
Annushka
Yeah. It was fun. Have a good night
—Good night ladies and thank you.
Jessica
You too
