(3/29/2020)

   So I did the encounter first and decided to write an ENTIRE one shot around it. Oof. But hey, at least I know a taste of how hard my friend's going to go through as the future GM.

   The app I used is 5e Companion App and I'm not sure if I did Justie's spells right. Please correct me if I'm wrong!

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   The six heroines wake up at different times— GC being the earliest —to aching backs and ridiculously bright sunlight in Sunvale. GC, Ariyana, and Justie train before eating. GC studies and tinkers around with her equipment and spells while the latter two exercise around the town. The service they experience at Kol-Stren Lodge was able to compensate their uncomfortable beds through a hearty breakfast.

   After they have disgested their meals, Chêz and Wendy train together while Ivory interacts with others staying at the same lodge as her. Ariyana and Justie check on their companions in the back stall and find them asleep, they laugh it off. They thought Thea (the tressym, Ariyana's) and Regal (the giant owl, Justie's) won't get along, look at them now: they're resting beside each other!

   They take a photo and talk their way to meet the others. On their way there, they meet GC who writes as she walks.

   Justie is still suspicious of her. Not because of her skill—she knows GC had faced more battles than any of them had. But because of her character. She looks at GC with disdain.

   GC knows it but doesn't confront it. She keeps on writing and believes Justie won't notice.

GC: Deception check ~ d20 = 17 + 1 = 18

Justie: Investigation check ~ d20 = 2 + 3 = 5

   "Seriously, even simple things like these have Skill tests on them? Man, this game's rigid!" GC pouts. She's glad her check has beated Justie's. She didn't want to lie, but she didn't want to confront her about it either.

   Ariyana holds her by both of her shoulders and peers at what she's writing. GC is thrown off guard and hopes a skill check won't show up again.

Ariyana: Investigation check d20 ~ 15 + 1 = 16

    Nope. It showed up. Good thing GC was writing about the upgrades she like to have in her equipment. The labels and notes are in Sylvan, Primordial, and Undercommon but somehow Ariyana was able to decipher them all.

   "Wanna join me and Justie out on a walk?"

Ariyana: Persuasion check d20 ~ 8 + 4 = 12

   "Hey, even if she scored a five I'd still go out with her. No homo." GC smiled and nodded. She looks at Justie and meets her sunset-like orange eyes.

Justie: Intimidation check d20 ~ 10 + 2 = 12

   Justie's eyes burn with an unquenchable fire. A shiver goes down GC's spine. It's enough to scare her, but not to dissuade her from joining them in their walk.

   They enter the lodge and are shocked that creatures of all kinds have filled the place. Ariyana and Justie are confused as where to find Ivory. GC squints her eyes and looks for the well-dressed pretended Half-Elf in the crowd.

GC: Investigation check d20 ~ 15 + 1 = 16

   GC sees her and walks ahead. Ariyana and Justie are confused, they still follow her and are in relief that they found her immediately.

    Ariyana taps her on the shoulder and declares clearly. "Ivory, if Wendy or Chêz looks for us, tell them we're on a walk."

Ariyana: Charisma check d20 ~ 3 + 3 = 6

    "Noted!" Ivory nods at her and goes back to the random Tiefling she was talking to. GC's unsure if Ivory will keep her word though. Looks like she'll have to make a skill check.

GC: Perception check d20 ~ 7 + 1 = 8

   GC is relieved she'll remember and lets Ariyana and Justie take the lead in their walk to nearby forest.

   For many minutes, their walk is amiable and calm. The dirt ground is uneven and dry, making Ariyana huff from time to time that she'll have to find out if there's a cantrip or spell for maintaining psychically cleanliness of an item.

   Suddenly, they hear a rustle.

   "A Worg, and three of them! Great!" GC grimaces and prepares her light crossbow. She'd like to have a cantrip at hand now, but she's still a level one Artificer. Sure, she's aware that her casting ability is half effective, but her creator has no idea what cantrips she's supposed to have. If she can have any!

GC: Investigation check d20 ~ 2 + 1 = 3

Ariyana: Investigation check d20 ~ 17 + 1 = 18

Justie: Investigation check d20 ~ 8 + 1 = 9

   "I /still/ have to make a check?" GC glares at the score of her die, though to the others she's glaring at nothing in particular.

   Three Worgs present themselves and growl. GC already knows they're going to do another check again.

GC: Initiative check d20 ~ 15 + 2 = 17

Ariyana: Initiative check d20 ~ 2 + 2 = 4

Justie: Initiative check d20 ~ 8 + 2 = 10

   "Wait, Ariyana won't attack first. Shoot! Her roll hasn't reached five!" GC glances at Ariyana in concern. She takes a deep breath and points it at the first Worg.

   GC (30/30 HP)
Crossbow, lit d8 ~ 8 + 2 + 4 = 14 piercing damage
Target: #1 Worg (26/26)

   GC aims at its neck and she watches the Worg's HP number fall to twelve. She brushes off her sleeves. That's a good shot.

   Justie stands on her ground and closes her eyes. Lighting springs from her hands and she aims for the second Worg.

   Justie (30/30 HP)
Shocking Grasp (Cantrip) d8 ~ 5 + 2 = 7 lighting damage
Target: #2 Worg

   The thin and energetic lighting streaks strike the Worg and it is shocked. It focuses on dealing with the damage making it vulnerable to other attacks.

   GC looks at the paragraph unamused and then at the authoress. "I'll pretend I didn't see that pun."

   #1 Worg (12/26 HP)
Bite 2d6 ~ 1 ; 3 + 3 = 7 piercing damage
Target: Ariyana

   GC's eyes widen in reading the text. She moves to Ariyana's direction to push her aiside.

GC: Acrobatics check d20 ~ 2 + 2 = 4

   GC huffs that she didn't make it in time. Justie watches and signals Ariyana to step aside.

Justie: Performance check d20 ~ 4 + 2 = 6

Ariyana: Investigation check d20 ~ 1 + 1 = 2

   Ariyana squints her eyes at Justie's hand. She can't recall what that signal means and tends to her painted nails. A Worg dashes in front of her and she stares at it in horror. The dirty smell, the unkempt fur, and its menacing glare is everything she didn't want. She screams as its jaws pierce through her pink skirt and leg.

   Ariyana (23/30)
Saving Throw: (STR 13 or higher) d20 ~ 9
   Ariyana is knocked prone!

   GC grits her teeth and watches the Worgs. It's still the Worgs' turn and there's one for each of them. Just lovely.

   #2 Worg (26/26)
Bite 2d6 ~ 6 ; 2 + 3 = 11 piercing damage
Target: Justie (30/30)

   Justie (16/30 HP)
Saving Throw: (STR 13 or higher) d20 ~ 16

   She growls in getting her arm bitten. Justie manages to shove the Worg aside and avoid getting knocked over. She looks at Ariyana maintaining her balance and massaging her leg.

   #3 Worg (26/26 HP)
Bite 2d6 ~ 3 ; 3 + 3 = 9 piercing damage
Target: GC (30/30 HP)

   GC (21/30 HP)
Saving Throw: (STR 13 or higher) d20 ~ 7 + 1 = 8
   GC is knocked prone!

   GC does her best to get up immediately and breathes heavily. Boy is she glad her Constitution is at fourteen. Now it's their turn.

GC: Initiative check d20 ~ 4 + 2 = 6

Ariyana: Initiative check d20 ~ 16 + 2 = 18

Justie: Initiative check d20 ~ 5 + 2 = 7

   Justie (16/30 HP)
Lighting Lure (Cantrip) d8 ~ 1 + 3 = 4 lighting damage
Target: #1 Worg

   #1 Worg (12/26 HP)
Saving Throw: (STR 10 or higher) d20 ~ 9 + 3 = 12

   The Worg escapes Justie's lash of thick electric lightning and returns to position. Justie glares at it with ire.

   Ariyana (23/30 HP)
Create Bonfire (Cantrip) d8 ~ 1 + 3 = 4
Target: #3 Worg (26/26 HP)

   #3 Worg (26/26 HP)
Saving Throw: (DEX 10 or higher) d20 ~ 19 + 1 = 20

   GC makes a hissing sound and cringes in looking at that number. "A perfect dodge."

   GC (21/30 HP)
Crossbow, lit d8 ~ 1 + 2 + 4 = 7 piercing damage
Target: #1 Worg (12/26 HP)

   GC smiles in seeing its HP drop to five. At least in their next turn it'll die immediately.

Justie: Initiative check d20 ~ 3 + 2 = 5

Ariyana: Initiative check d20 ~ 13 + 2 = 15

GC: Initiative check d20 ~ 20 + 2 = 22

   GC grins with glee while Ariyana and Justie look at her confused. She checks her quiver and has eighteen arrows left. She draws her bow and aims at the weakest Worg.

   GC (21/30 HP)
Crossbow, lit d8 ~ 6 + 2 + 4 = 12
Target: #1 Worg (5/26 HP)

   The arrows goes through its eye and GC cheers. "Bullseye!"

   #1 Worg (-7/26 HP) has been slain!

   Ariyana (23/30 HP)
Poison Spray (Cantrip) d12 ~ 1 + 3 = 4
Target: #2 Worg (26/26 HP)

   #2 Worg (26/26 HP)
Saving Throw: (CON 10 or higher) d20 ~ 5 + 1 = 6

   Ariyana is disappointed that her spray is weak. At least it's successful to cause some damage. She can't celebrate for too long though, the pain in her leg still bothers her.

   Justie (19/30 HP)
Mind Silver d12 ~ 1 + 3 = 4 psionic damage
Target: #2 Worg (22/26 HP)

   #2 Worg (22/26 HP)
Saving Throw: (INT 10 or higher) d20 ~ 11 - 2 = 9
d4 ~ 2
9 - 2 = 7

   The Worg is afflicted with the disorienting effect and feels dizzy. It walks in a daze and nearly trips over.

   #2 Worg (18/26 HP)
Bite 2d6 ~ 2 ; 6 + 3 piercing damage
Target: GC (21/30 HP)

   GC (8/30 HP)
Saving Throw: (STR 13 or higher) d20 ~ 14 + 1 = 15

   GC screams in as the bite goes through her hip. She kicks the Worg aside and wraps the bandage cloth on herself. As if the bite in her thigh wasn't enough. She sees the blood seep through her white shirt.

GC: Initiative check d20 ~ 3 + 2 = 5

Ariyana: Initiative check d20 ~ 11 + 2 = 13

Justie: Initiative check d20 ~ 14 + 2 = 16

   "Obviously after getting bitten on the thigh and hip I'll go last!" GC gets out a strip of bandage and wraps one around her thigh.

   Justie (12/30 HP)
Shocking Grasp (Cantrip) d8 ~ 3 + 3 = 6
Target: #2 Worg (18/26 HP)

   GC watches the Worg's health drop to twelve and muses to herself that Ariyana will finish it off.

   Ariyana (23/30 HP)
Poison Spray (Cantrip) d12 ~ 16 + 3 = 19 acid damage
Target: #2 Worg (12/26 HP)

   #2 Worg (-7/26 HP) has  been slained!

   Ariyana is amused that her spell is working efficiently. But the sight of GC kneeling to the ground and clutching her hip takes her smile away. Justie looks at her reassuringly.

   GC (8/30 HP)
Crossbow, lit d8 ~ 3 + 2 + 4 = 9 piercing damage
Target: #3 Wrog (26/26 HP)

   #3 Worg (15/26 HP)
Bite 2d6 ~ 3 ; 1 + 3 = 10
Target: GC (8/30 HP)

   GC (8/30 HP)
Saving Throw: (STR 13 or higher) d20 ~ 5 + 1 = 6
   GC is knocked prone!

   GC aims her crossbow at it after failing to push it aside. She falls to the ground

Ariyana: Acrobatics check d20 ~ 14 + 2 = 16

   Ariyana is suddenly in front of GC and thinks she could take the hit. GC shivers and hides away the crossbow.

   Ariyana
Saving Throw: (DEX 10 or higher) d20 ~ 2 + 2 = 4

   Ariyana does her best to carry GC to a safe area but they both collapse to the ground. Ariyana protectively hugs her and has a cantrip prepared.

    Justie stares at them then at the Worg running in their direction. It hurts them before she was able to finished with her saving throw.

   GC is surprized she's alive at this point. Thank goodness for the author's preference that she wants no one to die! Thanks to Ariyana interfering, they both split the damage.

   Justie
Saving Throw: (CHA 12 or higher) d20 ~ 19 + 4 = 23

   She does the Mind Silver cantrip, causing the Worg to lose balance like a tispy drunkard and fall on the ground sidewards.

Justie: Acrobatics check d20 ~ 12 + 2 = 14

   Justie runs in their direction and helps Ariyana carry GC with both of their strength. Despite of GC's short stature, she's really heavy and they rest behind Justie.

Justie: Initiative check d20 ~ 17 + 2 = 19

Ariyana: Initiative check d20 ~ 4 + 2 = 6

GC: Initiative check d20 ~ 6 + 2 = 8

   Justie
Mind Silver (Cantrip) d6 ~ 2 + 3 = 5 psychic damage
Target: #3 Worg (15/26)

   #3 Worg
Saving Throw: (INT 10 or higher) d20 ~ 12 - 2 = 10

   Justie stomps the dirt that the Worg didn't take any damage. She looks at her bleeding left arm and remembers she has no bandages on her. Then again, that brown girl relying on her crossbow has.

   GC (3/30 HP)
Crossbow, lit d8 ~ 4 + 2 + 4 = 10 piercing damage
Target: #3 Worg (15/26 HP)

   GC aims its heart but the arrow ends up in its breast. It does make the Worg squeal in pain. She was thinking that the acid could seep through the hole she made with the arrow.

    Ariyana
Poison Spray d12 ~ 8 + 3 = 11
Target: #3 Worg (5/26 HP)

   Ariyana faces the Worg and places her palm near its face. The acid enters through its mouth. The Worg's legs wobble and it collapses. GC loudly sighs.

#3 Worg (-3/26 HP) has been slain!

Encounter ended! Deal 300 XP to each player.

   "“To each player” my Hispanic booty. There's only person running the show here." GC sees that Justie could use a bandage and gives her a strip.

   Ariyana pulls out the arrows GC had used from the dead Worgs and sanitizes them. GC wished that she could investigate the corpse, but their injuries are serious and they need immediate attention. Especially her own.

   They walk back painfully slower than a Tortle with the two girls supporting GC with their remaining strength. GC is busy conserving her strength while still making efforts to walk. Ariyana had thought of what they could use around them to heal faster.

Ariyana: Nature check d20 ~ 10 + 3 = 13

   "Wait. Justie, look at those leaves. We need those!" Ariyana points out the bushy foliage. They gently lie GC aside and Ariyana explains how it works. "It'll take a while to take effect, but the fastest way to benefit from this is to eat it raw. Of course, it doesn't hurt if we clean it first."

   Ariyana gets out her water bottle and washes the leaves. She gives some to Justie and feeds GC herself. They rest there before continuing their way back to Sunvale.

   GC looks at everyone's wounds and identifies what they need to get treated.

GC: Medicine check d20 ~ 13 + 3 = 16

   Her voice croaks but the words are still coherent and audible. Justie observes her tired frame speaking. "We need betadine, most likely we're all getting stitches. If the leaves we ate makes us heal faster, we'll need some balm to make the scars disappear."

    "Don't talk! Save your strength!" Ariyana scolds her and tends to her blonde and yellow green hair. Maybe she should get a haircut. It's a miracle that her extensively long hair hasn't caused any trouble.

   Time passes by very slowly, once they reach to Sunvale Justie and Ariyana sigh loudly. The locals stare at them shocked and an attractive Wolfborn man offers them to carry GC. She had been fighting off sleep and is obsessed in remaining in this state because of the clear and sharp thinking she's experiencing.

   Ariyana thanks him and walks in a limp while Justie clutches her arm. Justie glares at Ariyana saying she better not make attempts to flirt with him. Ariyana complains and submits. They arrive to the clinic where a Centaur Mystic entertains them. He's got a look, but not as attractive as the one carrying GC. She's jealous she's in his arms. The Wolfborn man leaves them and Ariyana fails to get his name.

   Justie and the Centaur Mystic discuss about the injuries and its origins. When it came to their races, that's where it became an interesting discussion. "Good thing I took in you and your friends today and not the Cleric."

   "Why?" Justie leaned forward and listened more attentively.

   "His goddess has a grudge against the Aasimar. She can't tell a Protector, Scourge, and Fallen apart. Instead of healing you, she might even curse you if you dare to prove your innocence."

    "Because of that grudge, medicine for Aasimars is pretty scarce. We don't have see Aasimars very often."

   "I could tell." Justie remains quiet after that. Ariyana pulls Justie and whispers something in her ear. A smile crept to their faces. Justie nods and looks at the Centaur Mystic with sincerity. "May I ask..."

Justie: Persuasion check d20 ~ 13 + 4 = 17

   "We were wondering if we could get a discount."

    "Sure! Not every traveller does Sunvale a favor. Those Worgs were making the locals' lives harder. That road was a trading route." Ariyana and Justie watch the Centaur Mystic scramble through the back door looking for the potions and ointments they need. "That would be four silvers."

   Justie willingly pays and he treated their wounds. Most of them have healed, though some would need stitches. After that, GC, Ariyana and Justie make their way back to the Kol-Stren Lodge.

    The small and petite Orog, a curveless Air Genasi, and Ivory the brat beat them to it. They freaked out that they got hurt and Chêz (the Orog) wished she joined them earlier so she could beat up the Worgs. Wendy's (the Air Genasi) glad that they're safe and they're shocked to hear that GC nearly died. They remain in the lodge longer than planned. At least they'll be healed and be ready for what tomorrow has in wait.