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Yup!

Thank you! This was my first PBP game in Society and I had a lot of fun.

I'll pay a share as well.

Gonna write this down in my journal: "Party member's in-character greed prevents TPK."

"What a strange and lucky turn of events," Junko muses. "This'll definitely be a story worth sharing."

Probably not enough left of Pava to bundle up for a speak with dead Q&A back in Absalom. We'd checked in with Bracket immediately before coming here so what's left to report is that we recovered the ring, Pava attacked us, and that when the erinyes appeared Natula forced it to flee.

As the devil flies off, Junko stands and stares after it in disbelief. It just...left?

She spends a few seconds looking around at the aftermath of the recent chaos. "I guess we should get the h-get out of here? We probably ought to warn the Venture Captain."

Junko, bleeding and scared as she is, doesn't say anything out of fear of drawing more attention to herself. Can't take her, not like this.

That seems like a decent idea to me. Even if she is teleporting or flying around to get us that would make it harder for her to just delete us like that poor guy.

Even though he had been trying to kill her just a short time ago, Junko winces as the merc is casually snuffed out by the devil. "Any ideas?"

For sure. I'm not planning to be the one to start the party. :)

Ha! I have a couple options (you'll be shocked to learn that one of them is casting glitterdust even more) that don't rely on brute forcing her spell resistance, but neither of them gets her down where we can reach her.

Trying her best not to hyperventilate, Junko stays crouched behind the low stone wall. Come on, come on, think!

I sure can't! I don't much like our odds in a fight, especially if she can just fly around and stick us with arrows (or worse). Also not wild about setting her loose on the world.

Junko finally recovers from the shock of the sudden assault on her very harmless person. Thinking as quickly as she can in her state, she sends a force of suggestion at the very thug who shot her and shouts "Protect me!" And then she runs for cover from the fiery devil woman.

Charm Person on Green, DC 19 Will. Then moving 2 NE, 2 N, 1 E behind the stone wall.

If Charisma check is needed: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25

Yes, sorry, my next actions are dependent on whether the goons are still actively trying to kill us.

Ouch! Good luck, everybody else, I'm just gonna go take a nap.

Junko whirls around at the sudden (and very loud) entrance of the...woman? Oh. That's not good.

Perception: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (6) + 1 = 7

Junko tries to hide her surprise at the group as they reveal themselves. Trying to both buy time for the others and get information to the two inside, she calls out her own greeting in response. "Hello, Pava! I feel like we've met before, have you ever been to Whiterook? It's right on the Thundering River, near the border with Irrisen. Lovely little trading village, if you don't mind the cold." She continues rambling like this for several seconds, until someone interrupts her.

Taking 10 on Bluff for 20 to Convey Secret Message to the folks inside. Intended targets automatically understand it.

Hand Haversack sounds good! I could also use Charm Person and try to get us out of it that way, but she's not close enough and I wouldn't want her friends to notice.

Junko steps around the side of the pillar she's been using for cover, and flings a burst of magical glitter at the blue spider and its master.

Stepping 1 SW and casting glitterdust (DC17), targeting the point between Blue and Spider-Man.

Sorry to hear that, hope things will settle down for you soon.

Checking in.

I just meant until you turned invisible, based on your note on the map. I could have been more specific about that, sorry.

Junko follows Natula for part of the way, but takes her own path to hide behind one of the broken pillars. Giving Ratesh an excited thumbs up, she waits for whatever comes next.

"That," Junko says, nodding her head, "is a very good plan, Natula. They might have backup coming, though. Just something to keep in mind."

Mic check?

Junko casts shield on herself as well, and moves to stay behind the two front liners.

I can use the wand! Not on my list either, but I have mastered the art of hitting wands until they work anyway.

"Cheer up, Natula. There'll definitely be something or someone for you to blow up along the way."

"Almost there, Juxian! Just a bit more wandering through the forest, an ambush by some hobgoblins, and one stunning betrayal to get through and then we can all go home to whatever fool's errand we sign ourselves up for next," Junko says, entirely too much cheer in her voice.

While she can hardly keep up with Natula's brutal display of firepower, Junko hurtles another set of magic missiles at the drake. How much more can this overgrown lizard take?

Magic Missile: 2d4 + 2 ⇒ (2, 1) + 2 = 5

Junko rushes forward, hesitates for a moment while deciding what to do, then flings more beads of magical force at the drake. Shelyn preserve us, I don't know how to fight a dragon!

Magic Missile: 2d4 + 2 ⇒ (4, 1) + 2 = 7

that is just a really handy ability, juxian, very nice

Feeling much better thanks to Juxian's magical healing, Junko steps out and tries to pull at least some of the drake's attention away from Spots with a casting of magic missile.

Magic Missile damage: 2d4 + 2 ⇒ (2, 3) + 2 = 7

Would you be able to do the drake's Will save to avoid blindness from the glitterdust?

bless you

lol

Stumbling backwards from the flames, Junko throws glitterdust (DC17) at the dragon and moves back into the tunnel for shelter.

Fair enough, I just figured that since I was already adjacent and was about to back the hell up I didn't want to abandon your familiar. He's a good bat, I like him.

What kind of action is it to grab Kalas up off the ground? Move/standard/move+standard?

Knowledge (Nature): 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (7) + 4 = 11

Junko follows along, pausing maybe a little too often to admire the view from the slopes or to scribble something into a notebook. She laughs in response to Ratesh's complaint, saying, "Yep, those people are us!"

Outside the cave, she peers into the darkness suspiciously, digs out her wand of mage armor again, and uses it before following Ratesh in. She also casts shield on herself as she crosses the threshold, and tries to keep an eye out for danger.

Perception: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (13) + 1 = 14

"I agree, we've spent enough time here already."

"Sounds good! See you soon," Junko says, before setting off...and realizing she had the same idea as Natula. She lets out a quiet sigh but marches on.

In that case, I'm more than happy to let Juxian foot the bill instead!

Junko sighs and puts on her best smile before walking over to intervene. "I apologize, my comrade is still excited from our battle against the creature. You're certainly owed compensation for your wagon, and it's very generous of you to reduce your invoice in light of our defeating a dangerous monster that was hiding in your caravan and taking possession of a cursed artifact. Thank you for your patience." As she speaks, she hands the merchant a coin pouch containing the requested 100gp, then turns and attempts to guide Natula away and toward the road. Without actually touching the wizard, of course.

Diplomacy, if needed: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15

Looking on at the chaos they'd unleashed on the caravan, Junko just shakes her head. "Not how I thought this would go. We're lucky nobody was killed." Using mage hand, she pulls the ring up and toward her, where she wraps it in a small cloth and puts it into a pocket.

She also watches in amusement as the merchant tries to present Natula with a bill for damages. Good luck, buddy, she thinks, before turning to Ratesh. "You feeling okay? You got whammied pretty good."

This whole thing has me cracking up every time I think about it. What a mess.

Junko stares in horror at the absurd chaos unfolding in front of her, shakes her head to clear her mind, and shouts "STOP!" at the top of her lungs. As she does, plantlife in the area starts grabbing and pulling at almost everyone, slowing their movement.

Casting entangle, DC 16 Reflex to avoid being, well, entangled. Area is difficult terrain regardless. 40 foot radius centered on the green sun icon. Sorry, Ratesh!

Junko steps back with a yelp at the sudden appearance of a giant talking snake, and casts glitterdust to try and blind it.

DC 17 Will save, area marked by the big yellow starburst.

Can you call anyone who roams the world fighting monsters "sane"? :P

Junko hurries up alongside Juxian, giving the sweetest smile she can muster.

Diplomacy to Aid Another: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (8) + 5 = 13

Junko takes an involuntary step back, muttering to herself about ghosts.

Junko frowns, but gestures for Ratesh to open the locket and see what they can see. To Delara, she says, "That's interesting. I might have to check in with them before we leave."

Junko scratches her head, puzzled, and says to Ratesh, "Wouldn't hurt, though I don't think someone would go through all the trouble of putting a death curse into some jewelry and then willing it to a distant cousin. It could be magic to preserve something inside of the locket itself from degradation, though. What do you think, Natula?"

She listens to Delara politely, and responds, "I don't blame you, it's the sort of thing that could make anyone uncomfortable. Do you remember who you sold them to?"

Crap, I took too long to post!