GM: Shippu(Where did you go?)
Forest near dawnport
(Who did you meet?)
(What happened?)
The party found Amo bored in the tavern. She asked the party to scare people, particularly a party of bandits camping in the woods nearby. The party agreed.
When we arrived, we took some time to plan. Sho decided to make dinosaur sounds, while Mariko made whispers around the couple of lovers. Horlix showed himself up out of nowhere, which when the fearmongering stops and the fight broke up. We managed to scare half the bandits away. After some fight, we managed to defeat the bandits.
Scouring the bandit campsite, we managed to find some gold, weapons, and a magic ring. We then got back to Dawnport. One hears Yvolres shortly gets married to Amo upon our return.
GM: Mizu(Where did you go?)
(Who did you meet)
(What happened)
Nyxara requested help to find a present for a party she was invited to. It wasn't even that long from when we agreed to help her, when suddenly we were transported to the Gensoukyou. There, Yakumo provided an option between 4 gifts to bring to the Scarlet Mansion. The party was told to keep the actual sender of the gift anonymous.
Seelia inquired if the party could take all the gifts instead of picking one. Remilia agreed. She then teleported us directly to the Scarlet Mansion gate. Sakuya greeted us inside the mansion, and led us to the Scarlet Devil. The party handed her the box, but when it was opened, a whole horde of undead was released!
The party managed to defeat most of them, other than the Ghost that posessed Nyxara... Speaking of, Nyxara went missing during the fight! One tied her up after she slung those batshit-powered flame spheres during the manic possessed phase, but she was gone as soon as the dust settled!
The Scarlet Devil thanked the party for the "entertainment", and sent the party back home to Dawnport, without Nyxara. One guesses One have to break the new to the Adventurer's Guild...
GM: Noclue(Where did you go?)
Training Grounds & Arena
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The party - Zapin, Hacker, Goldheart, Koolra-Kura
(What did you do?)
One was free today, so One found himself poring the available quests at the Adventurer's Hall. One found another training module, this time about hazardous terrains. The objective is to move from one end of the map to another. One actually learnt alot.
The first one was a windy desert terrain. Although one might think that a windy terrain was nothing more than a hindrance to movement, things can actually get quite dangerous once things start flying around, flown by the wind. That also includes yours truly and his teammates. At one point, there was also a worm monster trying to prevent our progress. It was rough, but with some teamwork, we were able to breeze through the map. Hacker in particular, made good use of the Expeditious Retreat spell.
The second one was a lava map. Koolra was feeling generous, and transformed into a horse to let One and Goldheart rode atop him. There were many small platforms on the lava to hop onto. However, there were also lava bubbles that might hurt one, if the jump timing was off. There were several mistrials, but luckily for One and One's teammates, the lava wasn't actually fatal. If one drops into the lava, we were simply revived back at where we started, and have to make the trek again. The monsters in this map appears to be some fire hydra.
One and One's party made it through, although we were worse for wear than when we started. Overall, it was a good teambuilding exercise!
GM: Kid_| Marx⁹,Hanz⁹,Mad⁸,Fae⁵,Sil¹(Where did you go)
One thought One was sleeping, when One got dragged to a... Village of sorts, filled with those flimsy "buildings". I believe they call them "tents". The name of the village is "The Hollowmoon Carnival". Not sure what the carnival is about though, there wasn't much of a feast to speak of.
(Who did you meet)
(What happened)
One was sleeping during the night when One find Oneself awaken near a village made of tents... A host dressed in brightly coloured get-up greeted One, as well as a few others into the village. He promised One and the others (henceforth known as "participants") rewards if we could pass three challenges. Seeing as there were no written contract, and there were no indicated way to withdraw from the challenges - One must say one has been forced to participate.
The first challenge was to get through a rather large hedge rose maze. Being unfamiliar with the others (other than that crazy fighter Elaya, whose sword seemed to shine with radiance everytime she hits something - with a creepy smile no less), One decided to trudge the maze by One's own. One must admit, One almost got cornered between two wolves (no idea why there are wolves at a Carnival - unless us dreamers are the feast?). But luckily, we were teleported near the exit when half of us completed the challenge, which was what happened. Apparently, Elaya, Valkorian, and Lu completed the challenge just as One was about to be cornered.
The second challenge was apparently "to recognise oneself, or defeat them". The mirrors in the tent somehow scanned us, and made duplicates of those with weaker will - or just a turn of bad luck maybe. One must be glad that one is sure of Oneself enough. One noticed Pebbles was acting strangely, and managed to move Elaya from what could have been as "friendly fire". The others took care of the clones soon enough, and we made it to challenge three.
The third challenge reminds me more of a circus than a carnival. There were lion tamer with several lions, a tightrope unicycler that throws knives, and a clown that seems to split and spread his bodies all over the circus? One watches with great awe and glee, and anyone would at a circus, but One gets to watch up close, since this is a dream! Somehow, the other participants were convinced that the challenge was to kill the lions and the performers. The lions were dealt with soon enough, but when it comes to the tightrope unicycler's show was when things got a little - must One admit it? - scary. The tightropes were 30ft above the ground, with no safety equipments attached to either the rope or the performers or even the participants! Thankfully One's court-order Sanctuary works in dreams, or One might have died to the knives like Lu did! One was trying to issue a court order to get Lu back up, but couldn't get in range before One's Sanctuary order expired, and had to draft a new one as One couldn't shake off the knives around him. Thankfully, the Others managed to kill the knife thrower and the Chief Clown soon enough. We were given our rewards by the Host, and One finds one woke up next morning with the reward somehow safely tucked in One's bag, like a reverse pickpocket has happened.
GM: Noclue(Where did the party go?)
Dawnport's Training Grounds & Arena
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(What happened?)
It's One's first time practising battle tactics, it's so different from those tabletop simulations One is used to!
At first it looked like we were fighting someone atop a mounted giant scorpion, and a wizard. But the arena also summoned exploding steam balls and miniature frost-breathing something!
This One has heard that fighters rush headlong into battle, but One never expected it to be to a suicidal degree! They stood toe-to-toe against the enemy, wildly swinging their weapons or fists; the latter standing two-against-one too... One admits, that trick with the shield to protect an ally is incredibly nifty, but it could barely help against the exploding steam balls. Hahaha~
Our casters meanwhile, kept a level head. A bit too level if One might comment. This tiefling lady is soooo chill, she stayed in range of the enemies breath attacks and exploding steam balls. One had to drag her out of the explosion zones. One caught a whiff of something on her breath while dragging her. Maybe that's why she is so chill? One strongly advise to One's readers against fighting while under the influence.
As for One, One merely activated One's protection device (Sanctuary spell). One observes it does nothing against area effects, so One might have to upgrade it in the future. One had fun watching the battle up close at first, but had to chip in with the damage once the fighters start getting knocked unconscious. Oh, it makes One more sweaty that expected.
Overall, the simulation definitely taught One a lot about battles. One certainly cannot wait to experience an adventurer's life in Dawnport~
