Campaign One: Rise of Vine Wood
Session 1: Strangers on a Castle
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This story is based on Dungeon and Dragons, for each action that would include a roll of a dice it will be indicated like this [Perception Roll: *number of the Dice* +*Stat increase if it has one*] or [Hit Roll: *Based on 1d20*; Hit Dice: *Based on weapon*]
The rest is narrated as much as if Twilight was the Dungeon Master Narrating the success or the failures; escaping the quotes asking for them to make the roll.
Edit: Adjusted the rolls to the stats i rolled for each character
Session 1: Strangers on a Castle
Within the big cities, a radiant castle shining like a thousand suns is bathed in the first morning lights; guards are patrolling around securing the area with no intruders; one of them has seen a small creature walking around making small metalic sounds each step; the guard tries to stop it throwing his spear towards the creature, who immediately runs away but but leaving behind what it seams to be a bunch of seeds that the guard completely ignored as the seeds as they got camouflaged by the shadows of the own castle.
In a nearby tabern, two fearles warriors have a face to face; jars of beer being drank in one go by them. An ex-farmer barbarian of golden hair known as Jack the Apple Masher; equiped with an axe, does not give any mercy to her opponent, Dash the Rainbow Rose, named this way because of her rainbow alike hair colour. Once they both end their jars they slam them into the table.
"Ha, take that little turd. I finished first" The barbarian yelled.
"In your dreams you big pile of muscles. I finished it first" The dwarf yelled back and stares a little disappointed that none of them were drunk after three jars were completely emptied by both of them.
"How mundane of you..." Said an elf sat at a table, who got both women looking at her with some upset eyes; it could feel like the dwarf could grab her daggers; quickly the elf tried to fix the situation before they got their hands on their weapons. "I mean... if you want a decent drink, you could have drinked the finest wine made by elves; it's more efficent" She tried to lie [Charisma Roll: 6 +3] and it actually kinda worked, both women still were a little annoyed by her comment but they ordered another jar this time of the wine the elf suggested.
"And who are ya with your finest tastes, lady elf?" The barbarian asked as soon as they got their jar on the table.
"I am known by the name of Rarierety Lightwind... but i'd be fine if you call me just Rarity"
The two of them invited the elf to stick with them for some time and get some drinks, the conversations goes really friendly between all three of them.
"Hold it!" Rainbow Dash said a moment to stop the session that was currently going on.
"Yes Dash?" Twilight looked at the sports girl. "Is everything ok?" She asked to her.
"I know we just started and that you also made great campaings but uhm... i was wondering if you could spice things up?" Twilight raised an eyebrow because she didn't understood what Rainbow was asking for. "You know, be a little wilder. Like making our characters go with more things like... i don't know... sex maybe?"
"That's a little odd request, you should have asked me that first in the session zero. What do you girls think of Rainbow's request?" Twilight asked to the whole table, they all looked into each other, and they agreed with the request. "Ok, let's spice things up a little"
The group of three drinking session lasted for hours, all of them were drunk and the overall tabern ambiance were the same. The elf were ironically the one that had less tolerance to alcohol, so after her third jar or wine [Constitution Roll: 17 +2 per jar] she stablished that she didn't had enough with what she drank; the bartender looked at the elf with his very tired eyes.
"You planning on paying those?" He asked after he sighed over her, who almost after 3 full jars and even having a low tolerance was impresive that she could even walk or keep blinking with both eyes at the same time. "With at least five silver coins i could give one more"
"What if i give you one gold coin and a little of me?" Rarity asked while taking out the gold coin and squeezing one of her boobs.
The bartender just placed another bunch of jars in front of the elf but he didn't took the golden coin nor touched the boob of the elf. "Whatever you do... don't show that coin to anyone in this kingdom; or it will come!" He whispered to her ear with a very nervous voice tone.
"Nonsense, why would the bartender stay with no money?" A guitar sound could be heard getting near, and then threw six silver coins towards the bartender [Sleight of Hand Throw: 17 +0] all of them landing on top of each other, except the last one that were almost about to fall them. "And one extra coin for your hard work, this round runs on the bard oh and..." The bard squeezed tightly the boob offered by the elf. "I wanted to have the whole package for the offer hehe"
But sadly for all of them four, the group wouldn't be able to enjoy that next drink. A royal guard appeared on the door and with the sound of the trumpets everyone at the tabern muted in full silence. "Jack the Apple Masher, Dash the Rainbow Rose, Rarierety Lightwind and Pinkamarie Diana Pie; the Princess of the kingdom has required an audience with the three of you"
The went straight to the castle without asking any questions on the way, the castle were impresive from so close; they really didn't wanted to be behind other kingdoms so they made it as tall as possible. All guardas were in their place, holding their spears upwards and waiting for the any calls of help. The whole group reached the entrance of the main room in no time but the door was not opening, the guards tried to push but it was no use, the door seemed to be locked from the oder.
"Your highness? Everything ok in there?" The guard asked while knocking the door with his whole fist.
"Move aside, i got this!" The barbarian stepped forward and prepared and with all her strength hit the door with her knuckles [Strength Roll: 5 +2] that barely openned the door and hurt Jack's knuckles; but that showed what was blocking the door; a bunch of vines all lined up that were pushing the door to close again. "Vines? Wait, it's closing the doors!"
Dash hold her two handed sword [Strength Roll: 11 +3] and the vines got sliced almost like butter falling down showing the secene inside the room, the princess of the kingdom was tied up in some of the vines completely but also were going inside of her mouth, around her chest and also going inside her slit; that vision was slightly terrifying but that wouldn't stop the group and the guards to save her. The barbarian and the dwarf ran straight to the vines, Jack took her axe and swang it to cut the vines that were going inside the princess slit [Hit Roll: 5; Hit Dice: 6] succesfully cutting it, vines being cut quickly get dried out, like they lost all their feed supply.
The dwarf made aim for the one on the mouth [Hit Roll: 9; Hit Dice: 1] makign absolutely almost no damage to it barely failing the aim on it; but it made it's purpose and unlock from the mouth of the princess and aimed for Dash [Mosnter Roll: 10; Hit Dice: 6] like a whip, it slaps Dash's face making her fall back on her butt. The vine felt like it was looking at Dash despite having no eyes at all then suddenly [Hit Roll: 10; Hit Dice: 10] Rarity's arrows pierce through the vine stopping it right at the moment, drying out right at the moment.
The rest of the soldiers took care of the rest of the vines; the princess fnally rested on the floor before coughing a white sustance out of her mouth really sticky and thick. "Your majesty, are you ok?" Pinkie went straight to check on her who snap out of the trance she was because of the vines and looked at the group that saved her.
"I'm fine thanks to you brave ones. Those appeared out of nowhere and trapped me, lucky for me you were on the way" But soon, some guards appear running and panting, whispering something to the princess' ear she makes just a slight hand gesture. A few minutes later the guards appear whit a prissoner, a faun of a yellowish fur and a pink kind of hair; she was panting hard nervous about being captured. "You've been seen around the castle's walls with foreing seeds. What do you have to say on your defense, faun?"
The faun was still acting nervous, barely able to form words. "I-i was just recollecting seeds for some serums... i'm a druid, i know about nature" The faun tried to excuse herself [Persuasion Roll: 13+1] and it worked; but the princess still had her doubts about her, but then. Aside of all things happening the faun stared at the vines that were lying there dry on the floor [Nature Roll: 16 +5] she recognized them immediately. "These vines are not from here... they come from a very distant land"
"You know about these vines?" The princess asked sceptical but intrigued.
"Oh i do our highnes. These are Assaulting Ravaneers; it's a trap plant from a land almost not explored; these assult the ones that try to go into their territories infecting them with special seeds" The faun clarified to the princess who's face changed to absolute worry because she was full of a white sustance. "But worry not, as far as i know the substance they have is green and those in you are white; what means they're not fully developed"
"That is a lie!" Someone who was hearing from far away entered the room, it was a rogue that worked for the kingdom; she was known as Shimmerscale Sunset. "I've never heard of such plants before; your majesty i suggest that you do not trust this faun's words" [Persuasion Roll: 14 +0]
"I do trust your words, i have no reasons to trust this foreing" The princess stated to the more worried faun, the fate of her life is now pending of a string; probably speaking again won't make her change her opinion; suddenly the strings of the bard's guitar echoed through the whole room.
"If you allow me, we should give the little faun a chance to prove that is not guilty of anything and that she's right"
Shimmerscale standed in front of the bard and tried to intimidate her [Intimation Roll: 5 +0] that barely did worked on the bard, who just smiled at her. "You just want to take us to oblivion you big balloon jester" The rogue squeezed one of the bard's boobs.
"That was an attempt to intimidate me or you just wanted to touch me because you're jealous of my natural size?"
"ENOUGH!" The princess demaned and everyone standed in their place. She walked towards the faun and looked at her who almost broke in tears. "I'll give you one chance to prove your innocence; and you Shimmerscale are going to make sure of that"
"But i-"
"I said, you will make sure that the faun's innocence is proven" She walked closer to the rogue and holded her by the chinn causing her to blush at the view of the cleavage. "Did i spoke clear?"
"Yes... your majesty; you spoke clear..." Shimmerscale didn't had much to add but to forcely agree to her princess.
"Good" She left go the rogue's chinn and looked over the group that saved her. "I may offer all of you a reward, if you decide to go and i expect you to do so. You'll all part in the morning, for now you may rest in the castle's chambers" With that statement, the guards take all of them to separate rooms to rest for the night and be ready for the next morning; adventure is right around the corner.
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