<div class="floatright">(https://i.imgur.com/igtgjD5.jpg)<br/></div><strong>Name</strong>: Kieri (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=349570.msg16426280#msg16426280)<br/><strong>HP</strong>: 25/25<strong>Armor</strong>: 3<strong>XP</strong>: 1/8<br/><strong>Stats</strong>:  STR 16 (+2) DEX 12 (0) CON 15 (+1) INT 9 (+0) WIS 8 (-1) CHA 13 (+1)<br/><strong>Load</strong>: 8/14<br/><strong>Effects</strong>: You swallowed a little goo and you're feeling lustful and open to experiences, on the first roll you make to escape from a sexual situation, take -1<br/><hr/><br/>Was this all necessary, Kieri wondered, as she was all prepped and made up and... and everything. Well, of course it was. Or, at least, that was what everyone she'd talked with in the industry had told her, it was why she was wearing this armour that barely even counted as armour, it was why... well, a lot of things, but she felt like it hadn't used to be this way, back in the early times. And maybe others felt the same way, too. But somewhere between eager acceptance and dull resignation, no one expected that sort of glory to ever return. Maybe she should have been born in a different age, she thought, a bit too bitterly. But still, she had a job to do, debts to pay... And a crawl to undergo. That, at least, hadn't changed. The... accoutrements had, but there were still monsters to be defeated, evil to be repelled. This was still a worthy thing to do... right? At least, she had to believe it to get through the day.<br/><br/>And so, Kieri squared herself off to face the crawl to come. She drew her sword and shield and struck a pose, just as she'd been taught, before the teleported weaved their spells over her. She felt ready for anything.<br/><br/>Turned out she really wasn't.<br/><br/>Of course, no one could have truly been ready for this. Dipped in pink goop all of a sudden, she managed to close her mouth quickly enough, though she couldn't help but swallow some of it. Thankfully, the situation was rectified before anything worse happened, but she still felt a bit... strange from it. No time to think, though. They were under attack! "We're here!" she called out and looked quickly to her companions. All accounted for, but a bit busy!" She raised her shield and sword and observed their attackers. Always observe first, her mentor had taught her. The dragon-men had each a sign on their shield, each a different one. Did that mean something? She tried to recall back to all the books she'd read and all the videos about crawl, thinking  if she could remember about something like this.<br/><br/>And she did remember. Each dragonman was part of a clan who was competing to see which of them got to do... things with the most... She shook her head. Best to think of something else. Those thoughts were making her feel really weird, like the pink goop did. "Hey! You!" she called out to them. "Yes, I know you can understand me! Looking at you, there's four of you, but only five of us, right? So which of you is the one who's going to be left behind?" She looked at the one who seemed most ready to slash at her. "Is it you? I bet the others are just waiting for you to tire yourself out so that they can swoop in and leave you with nothing."<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">Goop resist: Partial Success<br/>Spout Lore: Partial Success<br/>Defy Danger Charisma<br/></div></div>