[drum roll...]
Ortho, Daria, Rudolpho, Hjalmgerdr, Nesta, Vin, Gwen, Nualla are all 16th level now!
Again, I will make the plea for electronic copies of character sheets to the tune of 800xp.
CONTEST!
This excercise will be for the best versions of: Vin's sea elf princess little (half) sister [insert name here] (9th level), Nesta's lost half-elf uncle the dungeoneer Archibald Barrasol (11th level), and Gwendelyn's crazed guitar-wielding, knife-throwing, and sometimes crossdressing, drunken dwarven third cousin on her mother's side El Ka-bong (14th level).
The winner will get a small estate in or around Sasserine. 2nd place will get a rustic wooden shack in a salt marsh near Sasserine. 3rd place will get a silver spoon used to dig underarm putty from Vogons.
Each submission should included one of each character sketch with a short background. All submissions are due by 10/13/09.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Taking Care of Business
The party rushes to Gwendelyn's aid, but they finder her dead in the narrow corridor. Dragging her back with a hooked pole, the party retreats back to the Sea Wyvern. Mystic Z teleports her back to Sasserine, for resurrection. Ortho teleports the party back to the entrance of the Crimson Fleet's hideout.
Fighting through a round of demonic sea captains, and losing a rescued captain in the process, the party slowly works its way up the mangled wreck of ships, tree, and vegetation. Exploring the hold of one of the ships the party discovers more twisted pirate captains and a two-torso monkey demon. The battle goes quickly, and the party resumes its exploration. Daria had a head start, and found a monkey shrine with a shiny ball. Like a moth to the flame, Daria opens the sphere and in the noxious mist the Demogorgon appears. Then Daria starts asking the Demogorgon if he'd rather eat poop with a fork instead of a spoon. The Demogorgon replies, "No." While the nine other questions might not have been the most productive for the party, Daria was entertained. Then the Demogorgon recognizes the party, and the shiny orb explodes in a flash of fire and acid. Gwendelyn shows up as Z drops her off before teleporting away again.
Undaunted, the group resumes its upward progress and encounters Captain Shivers (aka Skunk Beard). The fight is brutal but quick, and the captain falls as Daria makes a cruel stab. Rudy is more than put out, missing the felling stroke to his prize. Continuing on, the party discovers a heavily trapped and fortified room. After fumbling through the trap, the party fights another horrific demon. Daria, Vin, and Nualla rush into the room, only Vin and Nualla are wracked with pain entering the vile aura. The room is loaded with treasure and Daria immediately makes for the table with the covered orb. Rudy moves in but is stunned by the foul breath of the demon. Vin and Nualla take a beating. Vin falls, and Nualla is teetering as Hjalmgerdr comes to the rescue. Slowly the party wears the fell beast down, and Nesta is left with the impression that she needs to go shopping for arrows. Daria, remembering a clue from Capn Skanky's room, opens the elaborately locked chest while Rudy rolls around in the piles of gold.
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Session Characters: Ortho, Daria, Rudolpho, Hjalmgerdr, Nesta, Vin, Gwen, Nualla
Session Loot: 9 studded leather +2, 9 rapier +1, 11 daggers +1, 9 masterwork light crossbows, 180 crossbow bolts, 9 rings of protection +2, 9 rings of swimming, 7 gold paperweights (700gp each), 7 tomes of history (300gp each), ivory tub (600gp), leather armor +4, icy burst cold iron bastard sword +3, frost cold iron dagger +1, gauntlets of ogre power +6, bracers of health +6, amulet of natural armor +3, cloak of resistance +4, boots of speed, ring of protection +4, gold earrings (2500gp), keen longsword +1, ring of protection +5, 300000cp, 110000sp, 28000gp, 1300pp, heap of masterwork weapons and armor (8000gp), rare silks and furs (4200gp), fine clothing and tapestries (5600gp), rare and exotic alcohols (6000gp), gold and silver bars (16000gp), crystal ball with telepathy, 6 black pearls of great size (250gp each), gold crown with four emeralds (1200gp), 12 bags of gold coins (500gp each), a legendary gemstone Athrinoord a ruby of impossible size and beauty (25000gp)
Session Expense: true resurrection (Gwendelyn) 25000gp, subscription to elementalist quarterly (Ortho) 50gp, potion of Febreeze (Rudy) 1gp.
Fighting through a round of demonic sea captains, and losing a rescued captain in the process, the party slowly works its way up the mangled wreck of ships, tree, and vegetation. Exploring the hold of one of the ships the party discovers more twisted pirate captains and a two-torso monkey demon. The battle goes quickly, and the party resumes its exploration. Daria had a head start, and found a monkey shrine with a shiny ball. Like a moth to the flame, Daria opens the sphere and in the noxious mist the Demogorgon appears. Then Daria starts asking the Demogorgon if he'd rather eat poop with a fork instead of a spoon. The Demogorgon replies, "No." While the nine other questions might not have been the most productive for the party, Daria was entertained. Then the Demogorgon recognizes the party, and the shiny orb explodes in a flash of fire and acid. Gwendelyn shows up as Z drops her off before teleporting away again.
Undaunted, the group resumes its upward progress and encounters Captain Shivers (aka Skunk Beard). The fight is brutal but quick, and the captain falls as Daria makes a cruel stab. Rudy is more than put out, missing the felling stroke to his prize. Continuing on, the party discovers a heavily trapped and fortified room. After fumbling through the trap, the party fights another horrific demon. Daria, Vin, and Nualla rush into the room, only Vin and Nualla are wracked with pain entering the vile aura. The room is loaded with treasure and Daria immediately makes for the table with the covered orb. Rudy moves in but is stunned by the foul breath of the demon. Vin and Nualla take a beating. Vin falls, and Nualla is teetering as Hjalmgerdr comes to the rescue. Slowly the party wears the fell beast down, and Nesta is left with the impression that she needs to go shopping for arrows. Daria, remembering a clue from Capn Skanky's room, opens the elaborately locked chest while Rudy rolls around in the piles of gold.
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Session Characters: Ortho, Daria, Rudolpho, Hjalmgerdr, Nesta, Vin, Gwen, Nualla
Session Loot: 9 studded leather +2, 9 rapier +1, 11 daggers +1, 9 masterwork light crossbows, 180 crossbow bolts, 9 rings of protection +2, 9 rings of swimming, 7 gold paperweights (700gp each), 7 tomes of history (300gp each), ivory tub (600gp), leather armor +4, icy burst cold iron bastard sword +3, frost cold iron dagger +1, gauntlets of ogre power +6, bracers of health +6, amulet of natural armor +3, cloak of resistance +4, boots of speed, ring of protection +4, gold earrings (2500gp), keen longsword +1, ring of protection +5, 300000cp, 110000sp, 28000gp, 1300pp, heap of masterwork weapons and armor (8000gp), rare silks and furs (4200gp), fine clothing and tapestries (5600gp), rare and exotic alcohols (6000gp), gold and silver bars (16000gp), crystal ball with telepathy, 6 black pearls of great size (250gp each), gold crown with four emeralds (1200gp), 12 bags of gold coins (500gp each), a legendary gemstone Athrinoord a ruby of impossible size and beauty (25000gp)
Session Expense: true resurrection (Gwendelyn) 25000gp, subscription to elementalist quarterly (Ortho) 50gp, potion of Febreeze (Rudy) 1gp.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Friday, September 18, 2009
The tide is high, but I'm holding on. I'm gonna find your lost grandson.
Exhausted and low on resources, the party retreats to the Sea Wyvern and sails down the coast to recuperate. After a day of sailing, the crew spots a ruined mansion on the coastline. A shore party rows over and explores the ruins. The main house had mostly collapsed, only a ruined stone tower stands against the ravages of time. In the dusty tower a spiral staircase winds down, deep into the earth.
At the bottom of the stair, is a locked door surrounded by broken glass. As Rudy listens at the door, a mouth forms in the door and warns that to pass unharmed the party must first figure out and speak the answer to the rebus scribed on the door. Rudy scratches his chin, Gwen recalls a story about a Pasquale Rumano. Pasquale was an evil priest long ago, that protected his lairs with traps and elaborate puzzles. As the rest of the party discusses the problem, Rudy makes strange faces at the door until his eyes light up in surprise. "Spectacular!", he shouts and the door opens.
The party moves into a large hall and Rudy moves ahead to explore. As he does, a purple worm strikes. The party rushes to Rudy's aid, and the monster is dispatched quickly. An impressive looking minotaur strolls down the hallway, from the direction of where the party entered the cavern. He introduces himself as "Bubba Minos", and he has hands instead of hooves. He is the last surviving member of his clan. His clan was destroyed by an evil sorcerer named Mandallorean Milano. Bubba Minos now hunts agents of Mandallorean: a pirate chick, a warforged, a drow elf, a pirate dude, and an evil priest. Gwen recalls a poem from the dead bards society about the descendants of Pasquale Rumano, one of whom is Mandallorean Milano. Rudy looks a little greener than normal hearing the news.
The party backtracks to a side passage and meets a metal elemental named "Matt". Without being able to communicate, Vin tries to walk by which provokes the elemental's attack. The fight becomes interesting when the elemental transforms into a whirlwind of metal blades and sucks most of the party up into the vortex. The party finished of the beast, and discussed in great detail the profit possibilities for the 48,000 pound corpse.
Exploring the other side of the passage, the party meets a wood elemental named "Woody". Negotiations go a little better when a bit of magic is employed to aid communications. The elemental is a guardian, and is awaiting a gift of passage. After a long discussion, Rudy borrows on of Nualla's quarterstaves and offers it as the gift. The party passes on and explores the rest of that passage.
Going down the hall, the party explores the purple worm lair, and a beetle filled room. Hidden in the beetle room is a door into a very narrow passageway. Gwen explores the passage, and successfully avoids a pit trap. As she approaches another room, however, she sets of a trap of multicolored light. Gwendelyn shrieks, and the party rushes to her aid...
(to be continued)
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Session Characters: Vin, Nualla, Gwen, Rudolpho, Hjalmgerdr, Bubba
Session Loot: 12 assorted gems (500gp each), elemental gem (metal), lump of ore (100gp)
At the bottom of the stair, is a locked door surrounded by broken glass. As Rudy listens at the door, a mouth forms in the door and warns that to pass unharmed the party must first figure out and speak the answer to the rebus scribed on the door. Rudy scratches his chin, Gwen recalls a story about a Pasquale Rumano. Pasquale was an evil priest long ago, that protected his lairs with traps and elaborate puzzles. As the rest of the party discusses the problem, Rudy makes strange faces at the door until his eyes light up in surprise. "Spectacular!", he shouts and the door opens.
The party moves into a large hall and Rudy moves ahead to explore. As he does, a purple worm strikes. The party rushes to Rudy's aid, and the monster is dispatched quickly. An impressive looking minotaur strolls down the hallway, from the direction of where the party entered the cavern. He introduces himself as "Bubba Minos", and he has hands instead of hooves. He is the last surviving member of his clan. His clan was destroyed by an evil sorcerer named Mandallorean Milano. Bubba Minos now hunts agents of Mandallorean: a pirate chick, a warforged, a drow elf, a pirate dude, and an evil priest. Gwen recalls a poem from the dead bards society about the descendants of Pasquale Rumano, one of whom is Mandallorean Milano. Rudy looks a little greener than normal hearing the news.
The party backtracks to a side passage and meets a metal elemental named "Matt". Without being able to communicate, Vin tries to walk by which provokes the elemental's attack. The fight becomes interesting when the elemental transforms into a whirlwind of metal blades and sucks most of the party up into the vortex. The party finished of the beast, and discussed in great detail the profit possibilities for the 48,000 pound corpse.
Exploring the other side of the passage, the party meets a wood elemental named "Woody". Negotiations go a little better when a bit of magic is employed to aid communications. The elemental is a guardian, and is awaiting a gift of passage. After a long discussion, Rudy borrows on of Nualla's quarterstaves and offers it as the gift. The party passes on and explores the rest of that passage.
Going down the hall, the party explores the purple worm lair, and a beetle filled room. Hidden in the beetle room is a door into a very narrow passageway. Gwen explores the passage, and successfully avoids a pit trap. As she approaches another room, however, she sets of a trap of multicolored light. Gwendelyn shrieks, and the party rushes to her aid...
(to be continued)
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Session Characters: Vin, Nualla, Gwen, Rudolpho, Hjalmgerdr, Bubba
Session Loot: 12 assorted gems (500gp each), elemental gem (metal), lump of ore (100gp)
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