18/5/4446 Altanian Barbarians under Chief Minars Rapak of the Seawolf assault Nerra and wipe out the Neo-Nerath army there. Minars takes the head of a Nerathi Prince (not Cormarrin).
Group Heading North: Hakeem, Thuruar, Rey, Shieldbiter. NPC: Laara
Tagoler offers Anna Souvari as a guide into Hara/Mara.
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| What the Berbalangs expected to happen... |
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| Anna Souvari, not very good at hiding. |
XP awards
6 Berbalang 1800x5=9000/4=2250 each
Travel +800 (Hakeem Rey Thuruar)
Roleplay etc +800
Rey Cahli (Night Things) bonus +1000
Thuruar Castle of the Wode bonus +1200
XP
Hakeem, Barbarian LEVEL 13>14 XP 3850+136205=140,055/140,000>165,000
Thuruar, Cleric LEVEL 12 XP 5050+101328=106,378/120,000
Rey, Rogue LEVEL 11 XP 4850+87,524=92,374/100,000
Shieldbiter, Dragonborn Barbarian LEVEL 11 XP 3050 + 85,000=88,050/100,000
Tug, Giff Champion (absent) LEVEL 11 XP 85,000/100,000
XP Level Proficiency
85,000 11 +4 (15000 to level)
100,000 12 +4 (20000 to level)
120,000 13 +5 (20000 to level)
140,000 14 +5 (25000 to level)
165,000 15 +5 (30000 to level)
195,000 16 +5 (30000 to level)
225,000 17 +6 (40000 to level)
265,000 18 +6 (40000 to level)
305,000 19 +6 (50000 to level)
355,000 20 +6 (N/A)
6:52pm 2016-3-02 Smon Has entered the room
6:56pm 2016-3-02 Kjato Ragfoot Has entered the room
Smon: Hi kjato
6:58pm 2016-3-02 chris107 Has entered the room
chris107: Simon, Kjato
Smon: hi chris
Smon: Eating dinner, be ready ca 7.05
Kjato Ragfoot: Hello Simon and Chris
6:59pm 2016-3-02 DESTROYERBILL Has entered the room
chris107: DESTROYERBILL!
Smon: BILL
DESTROYERBILL: simon is gowing to brb
DESTROYERBILL: so chat with me
chris107: thanks Bill
DESTROYERBILL: hack im gowing to be a barberon can you help me
chris107: Where did the evil Efretti go?
DESTROYERBILL: back to his home
chris107: Ah yes I saw your Dragon-barbarian. Very smart.
DESTROYERBILL: to rdragonborn barberon
chris107: Every party needs at least two barbarians.
chris107: Espescially when we have lots of things to kill.
DESTROYERBILL: i chose bear totem i take half dameag from all atacks iksept cikek
Kjato Ragfoot: Didn't we plan a secret sneaking retrieval adventure?
chris107: yup bear is a good choice.
Smon: Psychic
chris107: I can't remember Kjato
DESTROYERBILL: i chose bear totem i take half dameag from all atacks iksept cikek
Kjato Ragfoot: Well. We are on our way to Mara to rescue the Princess of Erathis.
chris107: I thought we were going to....
chris107: Ah yes that's right.
Kjato Ragfoot: And the big plan was to convince the Nerathi to join us against Yusan.
Kjato Ragfoot: Then, to kill Yusan.
chris107:
Smon: GM: 24/5/4446 - The Day after Hakeem Thuruar & co's heroic return from their mighty quest...
chris107: Even if Yusan turns out to be Hakeem's father?
Kjato Ragfoot: Especially if Yusan turns out to be Hakeems father.
chris107: Okay, well we do need the Sword of Bondorr so let's go to Mara and start things moving
DESTROYERBILL: i senc a cladia coming on with hakeam
Smon: GM: From the south has come Shieldbiter, Dragonborn of the Delmirev clan in ancient Oricha...
chris107: "Hello Shieldbiter."
Smon: (Claudia is a PC in my Karameikos game who murdered her own father)
chris107: (Thanks)
Kjato Ragfoot: "Hello Shieldbiter"
DESTROYERBILL: hello
DESTROYERBILL: guy i never seen befor
chris107: "We're off to rescue a city if you'd like to come with us?"
DESTROYERBILL: okay
Smon: Lady Meda comes out from her Hall to greet the mighty dragonborn warrior -https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOvLwrIuMYfc9J8jss4gQlJyPnUEsargovcpMkOMUDkYMtzRALN6Z-eLDRPjofnZ-NZT0aTQv4s7bjbfvZNBWvh8Zd8ONEE2vtWwZafiS7GBDbaAc8QY84rmvjHpKVzs8N8TzmuSgV_ws/s320/return_of_nathan_brazil.jpg
Smon: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOvLwrIuMYfc9J8jss4gQlJyPnUEsargovcpMkOMUDkYMtzRALN6Z-eLDRPjofnZ-NZT0aTQv4s7bjbfvZNBWvh8Zd8ONEE2vtWwZafiS7GBDbaAc8QY84rmvjHpKVzs8N8TzmuSgV_ws/s320/return_of_nathan_brazil.jpg
Smon: Lady Meda: "Welcome, warrior of the Southern Reaches. We would be glad to have your axe assist us in the cause of righteous."
Smon: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/a2/d1/fc/a2d1fcffb470e5027d6f7f52d8183d6f.jpg
chris107: Nice picture, where's it from?
DESTROYERBILL: hakeam.com
chris107: hehe
Smon: Google. OOC I told Graham if he wasn't playing today Rey would go looking for his missing girlfriends in Ahyf.
DESTROYERBILL: no really
chris107: No Graham again?
Smon: So I'm going to say the PCs present head north, others can join later if they turn up.
Smon: He said he was coming but couldn't do weekends.
chris107: okay
Smon: GM: Do you want to head due north, past the Halls of Tizun Thane, or detour?
chris107: Past the Halls!
chris107: I have heard about them all of my life.
Smon: NW to the Cedarwade river then downstream, or NE to Sceros & Ahyf.
DESTROYERBILL: ok if all are coming
Kjato Ragfoot: Direct way toward mara. We are in a hurry.
DESTROYERBILL: roar
Smon: Meda: "Be sure to reach Cahli by Nightfall... The Night Things of Tizun Thane cannot be slain."
chris107: We ned to leave early then?
chris107:
Smon: GM: After breakfast Hakeem, Thuruar & Shieldbiter bid farewell to Thusia, Malenn kissing Hakeem goodbye.
DESTROYERBILL: brb
chris107: "See you very soon my love. Look after both of you!"
Smon: It's a hot sunny day in the middle of the dry season as you head north, the volcanic mound of Tizun Thane's lair rising some 8 miles north of Thusia.
Smon: Hakeem, last time you passed this way you skirted west of the volcano, that worked ok. Same way again?
chris107: Will that mean we reach, or pass Cahli before dark?
Smon: Yes, should do.
Smon: You skirt west of the glowering mount...
Smon: /roll d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 6,
chris107: H would dearly love to see the Halls themselves but he knows we are in a hurry.
Smon: LOL
Smon: You are about a mile west of the volcano on a rocky red hillside, when you see winged shapes approaching from a gorge north of the volcano...
Kjato Ragfoot: (Well, we get the chance to kill a dragon or two on our way, it seems)
chris107: Dice roller not displaying results at this end again
Smon: 6
Smon:
chris107: Ah, the 6 just showed.
chris107: Should have guessed Simon is back on form
chris107: H squints to make out what the shapes are?
DESTROYERBILL: s
DESTROYERBILL: i
7:29pm 2016-3-02 Amalric Has entered the room
DESTROYERBILL: k
DESTROYERBILL: e
DESTROYERBILL: amananananananannanannann
chris107: Hey Graham
DESTROYERBILL: ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Amalric: evening chaps and chapasses
7:30pm 2016-3-02 chris107 Has exited the room
DESTROYERBILL: dady a muder not
7:30pm 2016-3-02 chris107 Has entered the room
chris107: You turned up just in time to get eaten by Dragons
Kjato Ragfoot: Graham!
DESTROYERBILL: qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm
Amalric: eaten by dragons, eh? well if you're gonna go, go in style!
Amalric: where is the Smonster?
chris107: Near the Halls of Tizun Thane
Smon: 6 man-sized bat-winged humanoid forms are sweeping towards you... Just in time, Rey runs up to the rest of the group, slightly out of breath.
DESTROYERBILL: ill speak to them if ther death ill rite to tell themm to go away
Amalric: as always!
Amalric: gargoyles?
Kjato Ragfoot: Evil Batman!
Smon: They have leathery skin, fanged maws, but don't seem stony like gargoyles.
chris107: Evil Batmen?! KILL THEM!
Smon: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e8/Berbalang.JPG/200px-Berbalang.JPG
Amalric: (that was my next suggestion! metagame!!)
Smon: You can make Intelligence (History) checks DC 18 to recognise them.
chris107: Great picture
chris107 rolls 1d20+5 and gets: 13, (+5) = 18
Amalric rolls 1d20+6 and gets: 17, (+6) = 23
Kjato Ragfoot rolls 1d20 and gets: 5,
Amalric: Russ Nicholson, loved his work. Used to have his website bookmarked
Smon: Hakeem & Graham recognise them as Berbalangs, powerful creatures that can project images of themselves to hunt & kill.
chris107: "Let's watch they don't try and carry any one off!"
chris107: (Is Laara still with us? If so H will protect her)
DESTROYERBILL rolls 12d10+15 and gets: 4, 2, 4, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 10, 3, 3, 4, (+15) = 77
Amalric: Hakeem & Graham?? *checks surroundings* nope, still at home!
DESTROYERBILL rolls 10d12+15 and gets: 5, 10, 9, 11, 4, 7, 11, 6, 8, 12, (+15) = 98
Kjato Ragfoot: Thuruar will cast "Death Ward" on Laara. Better safe than sorry.
chris107: "Thanks Thuruar."
chris107: H draws Bloodletter and gets his shield ready.
Amalric: Rey catches his breath and crosses his fingers
Smon: Did you take Laara along Hakeem? Up to you.
DESTROYERBILL: cris107 no
chris107: Laara needs to get back to the clan. And it's in this general direction.
Smon: ok
Smon: You have a couple rounds before they reach you.
chris107: I may regret it Bill. But I think she would want to get back to the Greywolves as soon as she could.
chris107: H scouts around for some rocks to chuck as they come in.
Amalric: Rey has no missile weapons
Amalric: he throws insults instead
DESTROYERBILL: i shoot them with my giant long bow
DESTROYERBILL: a
Smon: Shieldbiter raises his massive Orichalan bow...
Kjato Ragfoot: Thuruar will shoot a Guiding Bolt at one of the beings.
Kjato Ragfoot: (but has to wait till they are in range)
DESTROYERBILL Rolls 1d20+9x4 and gets:
12 (+9) = 21
2 (+9) = 11
20 (+9) = 29
8 (+9) = 17
chris107 Rolls 1d20+10x2 and gets:
4 (+10) = 14
4 (+10) = 14
Smon: Range on bolt?
chris107:
Kjato Ragfoot: 120 feet
Smon: Creatures flying at 120' per round so you get one bolt.
Smon: Hakeem won't get a throw before they close.
chris107: okay.
chris107: Then sword, shield and protect Laara.
chris107: Rage as they come in.
Kjato Ragfoot rolls 1d20+9 and gets: 9, (+9) = 18
DESTROYERBILL:
Smon: Shieldbiter puts 3 arrows into the lead berbalang.
Smon: Thuruar do your bolt.
DESTROYERBILL rolls 3d8+15 and gets: 6, 2, 3, (+15) = 26
chris107: Nice
Smon: It's wounded, but still coming.
Kjato Ragfoot rolls 4d6 and gets: 2, 3, 3, 3, = 11
Smon: Thuruar are you shooting same one?
Kjato Ragfoot: Yes.
Smon: OK, it's scorched but still coming...
Kjato Ragfoot: (Oh: Next attack on that beast is with advantage, it glitters)
Smon: They swoop down, Hakeem shielding Laara who crouches at his feet in a Frazetta pose. Everyone roll init.
Kjato Ragfoot rolls 1d20+2 and gets: 7, (+2) = 9
Smon: Berbalang init:
chris107:
Smon: /roll d20+5
Smon rolls 1d20+5 and gets: 9, (+5) = 14
chris107 Rolls 1d20+2x2 and gets:
17 (+2) = 19
19 (+2) = 21
Amalric rolls 1d20+5 and gets: 8, (+5) = 13
DESTROYERBILL Rolls 1d20+1x2 and gets:
2 (+1) = 3
7 (+1) = 8
Smon: /roll d2
Smon rolls 1d2 and gets: 1
Smon: 2 come at Hakeem & Thuruar, 1 each Rey & Shieldbiter.
7:52pm 2016-3-02 DESTROYERBILL Has exited the room
Smon: Hakeem strikes swiftly as the creatures swoop at him...
chris107: Rage!
7:53pm 2016-3-02 DESTROYERBILL Has entered the room
Smon: Rage & 2 atacks.
Smon: Hakeem roll to hit.
Amalric: Berbs go before Rey
chris107 Rolls 1d20+12x2 and gets:
5 (+12) = 17
1 (+12) = 13
Smon: AC 14, 1 hit.
chris107: mmmm
chris107: Long delays again
Smon: (Shieldbiter was able to Rage while shooting bow)
chris107 rolls 1d8+10 and gets: 5, (+10) = 15
Smon: 15 dmg - Hakeem slashes at a monster.
Smon: 2 attack Thuruar, including the glowing one:
Smon: /roll d20+8x6
Smon Rolls 1d20+8x6 and gets:
13 (+8) = 21
8 (+8) = 16
20 (+8) = 28
15 (+8) = 23
15 (+8) = 23
12 (+8) = 20
Kjato Ragfoot: (AC 21)
DESTROYERBILL rolls 1d8 and gets: 6,
Smon: Bad luck Thuruar... 4 hits inc 1 crit to Thuruar.
Smon: /roll 10d4+20
Smon rolls 10d4+20 and gets: 2, 4, 2, 3, 1, 3, 3, 1, 3, 4, (+20) = 46
chris107: Hakeem ac20 now
Smon: 46 dmg to Thuruar.
Smon: 1 attacks Shieldbiter:
Smon: /roll d20+8x3
Smon Rolls 1d20+8x3 and gets:
20 (+8) = 28
20 (+8) = 28
17 (+8) = 25
Smon: LOL
Smon: Dice are hatin ya
chris107: jeez
Amalric: sure Thuruar preferred the 1+1HD 1st edition versions better
Smon: You should see the 10th level 4e version
Smon: /roll 10d4+15
Smon rolls 10d4+15 and gets: 4, 2, 3, 1, 2, 1, 3, 4, 4, 2, (+15) = 41
Smon: 41/2=20
Smon: 1 attacks Rey...
Smon: /roll d20+8x3
Smon Rolls 1d20+8x3 and gets:
10 (+8) = 18
10 (+8) = 18
16 (+8) = 24
Smon: Rey got a +1 mithril shirt from the Elves last session... it comes in very handy now.
Amalric: ooft
chris107: ouch they mean business.
Smon: His fair doublet is rent & torn, but only one strike penetrates.
Smon: /roll 2d4+5
Smon rolls 2d4+5 and gets: 4, 2, (+5) = 11
Amalric: nice, I saw the character sheet
Amalric: can I roll my level 11 hit points while we're at it?
Smon: Rey Uncanny Dodges for half dmg.
Smon: Yup, roll away.
Amalric rolls 1d8+2 and gets: 6, (+2) = 8
Amalric: better!
Smon: nice, 81 now
Smon: 81-5=76
Amalric: 76/81 then?
Amalric:
Smon: 2 on Hakeem; one tries to push him back (bullrush)...
Smon: /roll d20+3x2
Smon Rolls 1d20+3x2 and gets:
14 (+3) = 17
4 (+3) = 7
chris107: AC20
Smon: Hakeem make a DC 17 Athletics (STR) check or be knocked back.
Smon: (it's a bull rush not vs AC)
Smon: It's trying to push you off Laara.
chris107 rolls 1d20+10 and gets: 20, (+10) = 30
DESTROYERBILL rolls 1d100 and gets: 49,
chris107: "GRRRRRRR! Leave Laara alone!"
Smon: The Berbalang hits a brick wall and bounces off.
Smon: The other one bites and claws at him...
Smon: /roll d20+8x3
Smon Rolls 1d20+8x3 and gets:
3 (+8) = 11
4 (+8) = 12
6 (+8) = 14
Smon: LOL
Smon: Rey's go!
chris107: Hakeem brushes the wretched creature aside with a growl.
Smon: Thuruar & Shieldbiter you can go now too.
Amalric Rolls 1d20+10x2 and gets:
8 (+10) = 18
7 (+10) = 17
Smon: AC 15 now - 2 hits
Amalric rolls 1d8+5 and gets: 4, (+5) = 9
Kjato Ragfoot: All right. Thuruar will attack the glowing one with his short sword:
Amalric: (sorry should be +6)
Amalric rolls 1d4+1 and gets: 2, (+1) = 3
Amalric rolls 6d6 and gets: 1, 2, 4, 6, 5, 6, = 24
Kjato Ragfoot Rolls 1d20+9x2 and gets:
20 (+9) = 29
17 (+9) = 26
Amalric: 37hp damage
chris107: yay!
Smon: Technically Rey should have done something to warrant getting Sneak dmg...
Amalric: isn't it standing next to someone? I dunno
Amalric: I mean me standing next to someone
Smon: It came swooping down at you.
Smon: You could be standing next to someone - I'll say Thuruar.
Amalric: shame to waste that 24hp sneak roll though...
Amalric: maybe Rey pretended he wasn't looking
Smon: Thuruar stabs his wounded one.
Smon: critted.
Kjato Ragfoot: (Is it undead or a fiend?)
Smon: No.
Kjato Ragfoot rolls 1d6+4 and gets: 2, (+4) = 6
Kjato Ragfoot rolls 1d8 and gets: 7,
Kjato Ragfoot: 11 damage
Smon: Thuruar gets +4 for STR, +1 for magic?
Kjato Ragfoot rolls 1d6 and gets: 4,
Kjato Ragfoot rolls 1d8 and gets: 1,
Kjato Ragfoot: And I roll all die twice, for crit.
Smon: d6+5+d8
Kjato Ragfoot: 19 damage.
Smon: yup, 3 hp left...
Smon: The Berbalang shimmers, seeming to waver in & out of existence. It shrieks.
Kjato Ragfoot: Oh. And bonus action: Spiritual Weapon!
Kjato Ragfoot rolls 1d20+9 and gets: 15, (+9) = 24
DESTROYERBILL rolls 1d20+1 and gets: 20, (+1) = 21
Kjato Ragfoot rolls 1d6+5 and gets: 6, (+5) = 11
Smon: A magic glowing spear appears and strikes down the wounded berbalang.
Kjato Ragfoot: Aaaaarrggghhhh! Out of my way, monsters!
Smon: Shieldbiter turns and breathes a great gout of flame, catching the two attacking Hakeem plus his own.
chris107:
DESTROYERBILL rolls 4d6 and gets: 4, 1, 2, 3, = 10
Smon: /roll d20+5x3
Smon Rolls 1d20+5x3 and gets:
5 (+5) = 10
12 (+5) = 17
2 (+5) = 7
chris107: WHOOSH!
Smon: 2 take full damage, 1 dodges & takes half.
Smon: Shielbiter straps on his shield and draws his war axe.
Smon: Hakeem's go.
chris107 Rolls 1d20+12x2 and gets:
5 (+12) = 17
10 (+12) = 22
Smon: 2 hits
chris107 rolls 2d8+20 and gets: 5, 4, (+20) = 29
Smon: It's badly wounded.
DESTROYERBILL: kill all enmeys now
Smon: The Berbalang Hakeem wounded shrieks, rises up, and starts to fly away back east.
Smon: 1 attacks Thuruar:
Smon: /roll d20+8x3
Smon Rolls 1d20+8x3 and gets:
17 (+8) = 25
1 (+8) = 9
20 (+8) = 28
Smon: 2 hits inc a crit
Smon: /roll 6d4+10
chris107: Can H throw one of the rocks he gathered earlier at the fleing one?
Smon rolls 6d4+10 and gets: 4, 3, 3, 2, 1, 1, (+10) = 24
Smon: It moves 60' even on a Withdraw action, taking it out of your rock range.
Smon: Thuruar takes 24 dmg
chris107: okay, no problem
Smon: Thuruar has taken 70 dmg so far.
Kjato Ragfoot: 17/87
Amalric: ouchee
chris107: nasty
Amalric: Rey?
Smon: 1 on Shieldbiter:
Smon: /roll d20+8x3
Smon Rolls 1d20+8x3 and gets:
9 (+8) = 17
17 (+8) = 25
9 (+8) = 17
Smon: AC 18 w shield
Smon: /roll 2d4+5
Smon rolls 2d4+5 and gets: 1, 4, (+5) = 10
Smon: 5 dmg
Smon: 1 on Rey:
Smon: /roll d20+8x3
Smon Rolls 1d20+8x3 and gets:
15 (+8) = 23
14 (+8) = 22
1 (+8) = 9
Smon: 2 hits
Smon: /roll 2d4+5
Smon rolls 2d4+5 and gets: 3, 2, (+5) = 10
Smon: /roll 2d4+5
Smon rolls 2d4+5 and gets: 1, 4, (+5) = 10
Smon: 5&10=15 dmg
Smon: Rey on 61
Smon: 1 on Hakeem
Smon: /roll d20+8x3
Smon Rolls 1d20+8x3 and gets:
1 (+8) = 9
3 (+8) = 11
3 (+8) = 11
Smon: LOL
chris107:
Smon: The Berbalang looks sadly down at its claws.
Smon: Rey's turn
chris107: hehe
Amalric Rolls 1d20+10x2 and gets:
9 (+10) = 19
5 (+10) = 15
Smon: 2 hits
Amalric: wow, so many good rolls
Amalric rolls 1d8+6 and gets: 4, (+6) = 10
Amalric rolls 1d4+1 and gets: 3, (+1) = 4
Amalric rolls 6d6 and gets: 4, 3, 1, 2, 4, 5, = 19
Amalric: 33hp
Smon: Rey impales it on his rapier, it shimmers and blinks out of existence.
Smon: Thuruar.
Kjato Ragfoot: Cure Wounds on myself (and spiritual weapon on enemy)
Kjato Ragfoot rolls 3d8+5 and gets: 1, 4, 8, (+5) = 18
Kjato Ragfoot: 35/87
Smon: ok
Kjato Ragfoot rolls 1d20+9 and gets: 11, (+9) = 20
Kjato Ragfoot rolls 1d6+5 and gets: 4, (+5) = 9
Kjato Ragfoot rolls 1d8 and gets: 7,
Smon: The shining spear stabs at the berbalang.
Smon: 16 dmg
Smon: Shieldbiter has something to say...
Kjato Ragfoot: 35/87 HP
DESTROYERBILL: "i wonet atack you if you donet atack me" said shildbiter to the creature
Smon: Persuasion checj
DESTROYERBILL rolls 1d20 and gets: 12,
Smon: The Berbalang attacking Shieldbiter looks around, sees his friends are getting the worst of it, and swoops away.
DESTROYERBILL: said shildbiter to the creature
Smon: The others are also moving to break off... Hakeem can act before they get away.
chris107 Rolls 1d20+12x2 and gets:
18 (+12) = 30
13 (+12) = 25
chris107 rolls 2d8+20 and gets: 1, 1, (+20) = 22
Amalric: oh snake eyes!
Smon: Hakeem strikes his foe as it flees; it shimmers but keeps going.
Smon: You see the remaining Berbalangs flap rapidly away from their intended meal.
chris107: "hahahahhah!"
Smon: Mournful cries reach your ears.
chris107: "They came from the halls of Tizun Thane you think?"
Smon: Laara: "They came from that defile just north of the crater, I think..."
Smon: She points to a rift visible, running due north through the hills from the north wall of the crater.
chris107: "Do we have time to investigate or should we press on to Cahli?"
Smon: If you press on you should reach Cahli by nightfall.
Kjato Ragfoot: Even if we take a look at the depression?
Smon: If you investigate, well the Barbarians might reach there if they left the others.
Kjato Ragfoot: OK. The barbarians investigate and the others press one!
Amalric: to Cahli it is then?
chris107: Then we must press on. can't have Laara put at risk.
chris107: yeah, I think it best
Amalric: Rey thanks for your concern
chris107: As much as Hakeem would love to investigate another dungeon.
Amalric: never found one he didn't like!
Smon: GM: Leaving the badlands around Tizun's volcano behind, you continue north, the hills leading down into the coastal woodlands along the Cedarwade.
Smon: Towards evening you hit the coast road that runs west towards Cahli.
Smon: /roll d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 2,
chris107: (OOC it's only taken me 36 years to finally get to cahli )
Smon: You reach the riverside village just before nightfall.
Smon: The village Inn is quite packed with travellers tonight. The Innkeeper is putting up the steel blinds that keep out the marauding Night Things as you order drinks and book a room.
Kjato Ragfoot: (What does room, food and drink for the group cost?)
Smon: (3gp) As a serving woman brings your drinks, Rey spots a familiar pair - of travellers - across the room. "Rey!" calls out the well developed young lass sitting by her bearded father - the trader Gluck Goodkind & his daughter Kym.
Smon: Gluck - https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSt1X1QeQskVxlo2Pj_2LGWl90LOOpibEFEYVIf0Sd4XBdsX3sDy84LC8DucsbZkf45-9IEfTzGGzJi1JjcCO7tPtipKg7nDLULp0JUYxo8rKRzITtLumQOMY2DNbXuKJCIud4Sa0Fap4/s320/01+Gluck+Goodkind.jpg
chris107:
Smon: Kim - wearing slightly more right now - https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS9PI-HFyNieHLf5sH0DE7AHr2pOd6hZ1rk-wSFzkm657hCF0Sx9J1Bc5sZ5fkuVosjRH70zUyyFj1L1Zr4echehWToqR49M9j_1EoEkIE87AMcF3Hoj_redGREkLGpXvHQEbJ4eryd4w/s320/02+Kym+Goodkind.jpg
Kjato Ragfoot: OK. Thuruar will pay from the group's war chest)
Amalric: "Gluck! Good to see you again, good sir! And you Kim, you are looking...lovely."
chris107:
Smon: Kim smiles coquettishly. Gluck nods, smiling too & hefting a beer.
Amalric: the night is already looking up for Rey
Smon: Gluck: "Where are you headed, my friends?"
Smon: (OOC Bill has gone off to watch Minecraft videos)
Amalric: (where are we headed?)
chris107: We are heading to save a princess
Smon: Gluck and Kim stand and come over to join you at the larger table.
Smon: Kim: "A princess?!"
chris107: "Yup."
Amalric: "Its what we do, good honest noble deeds."
Smon: Gluck: "Well, long as you steer clear of Mara... A whole passel of those Nerathi folks arrived there two days back, just afore we left."
chris107: hehe
Smon: Kim: "You're so brave, Rey!" she says, wide-eyed.
chris107:
chris107: "How many Gluck? What kind of folks?"
Smon: Gluck: "They weren't in good humour, neither - I heard a rumour they got their arses whipped by Gnomes!"
Kjato Ragfoot: When Thuruar hears that, he starts laughing out very loud.
Kjato Ragfoot: Spilling beer all over the table.
chris107: "hahah! Then not the kind of folks we need to worry about."
Smon: "Five hundred, maybe - not all of 'em living men, I reckon. But not the thousands went through there before."
Kjato Ragfoot: And then coughs for a time to get the beer out of his throat.
chris107: "Mmmmm five hundred? That should make for a fair fight!."
Smon: "Their High Prince was with 'em, and his sister... and a Necromancer, scary guy. He was commandin' the dead ones I reckon."
Amalric: LOL
chris107: "Crowfinger?"
Smon: Kim gives Thuruar a sympathetic smack on his back to ease the coughing.
Smon: /roll d20
Smon rolls 1d20 and gets: 6,
Kjato Ragfoot: Thank you dear.
Smon: Gluck shrugs. "Can't say. One of 'em Nerathi Necromancers."
Smon: Kim smiles at Thuruar: "You're welcome."
Smon: Gluck: "So, how's things in the Ghinarian Hills? We been away a couple weeks."
chris107: "What do you think Thur? Still on to Mara? There's only five hundred of them."
8:51pm 2016-3-02 Smon Has exited the room
Amalric: Rey gives Kim a sympathetic squeeze of her thigh
8:51pm 2016-3-02 Smon Has entered the room
Kjato Ragfoot: "Well, we wanted to win the Nerathi as allies against Yusan. That will be difficult if you slaughter them first, unless you learned the dark arts recently."
chris107: H looks sulky
8:52pm 2016-3-02 DESTROYERBILL Has exited the room
Smon: Kim giggles at Rey's squeeze. Laara: "We could cross the river downstream of Mara - maybe go to the Castle of the Wode, where the good Nerathi are?"
Kjato Ragfoot: Yes. That sounds like a good idea.
Smon: Map - https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFCG1oAJwFOGbYkrEhYfj7jyzNTItL8vU8Etg7GEL2k71t9JAdxmXtb2jaHPeBMkcFyRj6t8yAGmJZYSTVSYMhTBk3BGcmcryUF37ffHzHc3D-8mtvfu90vGJfbwdPM2o1JhOAvGIduHA/s640/Ghinarian+Hills.jpg
Kjato Ragfoot: But we should be careful not to run into the other fleeing Nerathi army.
Smon: Laara: "Then I can rejoin the Greywolf and you decide what to do..."
chris107: "Maybe the rangers will come with us to sack..erm save Mara?"
Smon: Gluck: "The Fairhills is a broad river - can you cross it in armour, friends?"
Smon: OOC he doesn't know about Thuruar's holy power yet.
Smon: GM: You drink & chat. Rey you can make your Persuasion check.
Kjato Ragfoot: I am sure Athena will grant us a save crossing of the river, in her grace.
Smon: Gluck nods to Thuruar. "Aye."
Smon: Eventually it's time to retire.
Smon: Apparently Rey is distracted tonight...
Smon: brb
Amalric rolls 1d20+11 and gets: 8, (+11) = 19
chris107: H goes to bed happy that we will be back in action soon.
Amalric: meh
Amalric: might be good enough
chris107: meh
Smon: Since Kim is already a fan...
chris107: 2 mins, quick ciggie
Smon: Kim whispers to Rey: "My door will be unlocked... number 3."
Amalric: Rey smiles and nods
Smon: You retire for a night of peaceful rest and sweet dreams...
Amalric: speak for yourself!
Kjato Ragfoot: (Except for Rey?)
Smon: Untroubled by the horrors that lurk in the woods beyond Cahli.
Smon: Rey's rest is a little more energetic than most, though...
Smon: Luckily, old Gluck is a sound sleeper.
Smon: /roll d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 6,
chris107: back
chris107: Cripes Simon, you are back in business
Smon: As Rey lies with Kim's naked sleeping body in his arms after several hours of vigorous lovemaking, he sees a tiny chink of moonlit slip throug a gap in the steel shutters of the bedroom.
Amalric: what now?
Smon: From the shutters, he hears a light scratching sound, like a knife drawn across the metal.
Amalric: Rey gets up and makes sure the shutters are tightly closed
chris107: Another women desperate to get at him no doubt?
Smon: The scratching comes again. The shutters are locked from the inside, iron rods pushed into holes in the sill.
Kjato Ragfoot: (It is Alicia who finally became jealous)
Smon: (Alicia is resting her poor feet - and other parts - back in Thusia.)
Smon: Suddenly a shadow falls across the moonlight, blocking it out. The window is 15' above ground level.
Amalric: Rey gets his rapier and dagger, ready to stab anything trying to get through
chris107: Kill it Rey!
Smon: Is Rey touching the shutters, or just visually inspecting them?
Amalric: just visual
Smon: The... thing... must be right outside.The gap in the shutters seems wider now, almost a small fingertip-width.
Kjato Ragfoot: (Stuff garlic into the gap, that should keep the vampire out)
Smon: Something ebon-black, like the tip of a claw is working its way into the gap!
Amalric: Rey thrusts his dagger through the slot, and commands it to shed light!
chris107: eek
Smon: Rey stabs at the finger through the gap... roll to hit.
chris107: Sounds bad
chris107: KILL IT REY!
Amalric: cliffhanger!
Amalric rolls 1d20+10 and gets: 18, (+10) = 28
Amalric:
Amalric: Rey stabs everything while he's naked in the dark
Amalric rolls 1d4+1 and gets: 4, (+1) = 5
chris107:
Smon: The finger pulls back - leaving a tiny severed claw tip lying on the floor!
Smon: OOC AC 27, well done.
Amalric: yay!!
chris107: ewww
Amalric: Rey watches it to see if it regenerates
Amalric: if it bleeds poison, etc
Smon: It just lies there. It looks like stone.
Smon: No blood at all.
Smon: Kim stirs in her sleep. "Mmm... Rey..."
chris107: Nasty
Amalric: Rey puts it in a pocket for later
Amalric: "Just in time, dear Kim...I have a second wind. Brace yourself..."
Smon: Rey picks it up - it's very cold to the touch - and realises he's short of pockets.
Smon: Kim smiles sleepily, reaching for him - ~fade to black~
Amalric: his clothes must be somewhere in here
Amalric: good enough
Smon: Next morning you assemble downstairs, Rey a little groggy from lack of sleep.
Amalric: no change there
Smon: Gluck is up early feeding his draft oxen - Kim appears to be sleeping late.
Smon: Kim is not the quietest of lovemakers, and several inn patrons cast Rey a curious glance as you breakfast.
Amalric: "I can go check on her...?"
chris107: Hakeem gets stuck into a ful English.
Amalric: excellent! haha!
Smon: Laara tucks into her porridge. "Mmm..."
chris107: Preparing himself for the slaying of the 500.
Kjato Ragfoot: Thuruar remembers that he is badly damaged and casts healing spells on himself.
Smon: You had a long rest (even Rey) so 1/2 your hd back
Kjato Ragfoot rolls 3d8+15 and gets: 2, 5, 6, (+15) = 28
Smon: OOC Finally found Ilhiedrin Book just now while looking for White Dwarf Scenarios I
Smon: Original Kaystar Saru stats!
Kjato Ragfoot: 63/87
Smon: I need to get Bill to bed now - are you guys ok to resume a bit before 10pm?
chris107: mmm about 3 hexes to Mara, another 2 back to the Midnight Goddess Hills.
Amalric: think I have that somewhere, haven't looked at it in years. BoWDS I is the best, too
Kjato Ragfoot: Sure.
chris107: Kaystar must die
Amalric: yep, get my youngest to bed now too
Smon: You can do healing bookkeeping & finalise travel plans.
Smon: ok see you in 40 mins.
Kjato Ragfoot: (The way we play, he will peacefully die of old age)
chris107: Otherwise i'll never be able to bring back Moffet.
Kjato Ragfoot rolls 2d10+4 and gets: 3, 1, (+4) = 8
chris107: sure
Kjato Ragfoot rolls 2d10+4 and gets: 1, 5, (+4) = 10
Kjato Ragfoot rolls 1d10+2 and gets: 8, (+2) = 10
Kjato Ragfoot: 7 Healing Dice left, 87/87 hit points
Kjato Ragfoot: I see no particular reason to kill Kaystar Saru, but none of my character ever ran into him, as far as I remember.
chris107: He was a real terror in my first online game. Simon's original Wilderlands game I think? back in 20098.
chris107: And strangely the only Simon gamee i have ever had a character survive in!
Kjato Ragfoot: I played a paladin in Simon's City State game a while ago, he is part of the backstory of this character.
chris107:
chris107: I like the continuity.
chris107: Hopefully in a few years we will be playing in a game with Hakeem's son raiding the CSotWE?
Kjato Ragfoot: I would not mind.
Kjato Ragfoot: But in that case, Thuruar should settle down and start a family too. Then we can play Wilderlands 5e Junior.
chris107: hehe that would be fun
chris107: quick ciggie brb
Amalric: and you can have Rey's cast of thousands offspring to fill whatever needs you might have!
Kjato Ragfoot: Or Thuruar needs to be a little friendlier to Damne if we return to Thusia.
chris107: Yes! Rey's bastards will make a whole horde for us to lead into battle
Kjato Ragfoot: Hmm. Rey's Bastards sounds like a good name for a band of outlaws.
chris107: In 40 years of playing this game. This is only the second time a character has had a child to look forward to.
chris107: So even if hakeem croaks it, there is continuity
Kjato Ragfoot: Yes, it is a rare occurance. Would be for the first time in all campaigns I ever played.
chris107: Also Hakeem is now the second highest level character i have ever played.
Kjato Ragfoot: Bjornalf was already the highest level character I ever played.
Kjato Ragfoot: And Thuruar is just way beyond what I ever reached before. But I never played in a campaign that continued that long.
chris107: New ground with Thuruar then?
chris107: My only other high level character took 25 years to make 18th
Kjato Ragfoot: Yes. Very new ground.
chris107: So 14th in a year (nearly) is a real bonus.
chris107: Loving watching the new spells
chris107: We need to start looking at combinations.
Kjato Ragfoot: For some of my spells, I am not even sure what they do.
Kjato Ragfoot: Clerics just have so many spells...
chris107: I started to look at some other classes this week.
chris107: And yes, so many spells and so badly indexed!
chris107: I much prefer the listings by class and level rather than alphabeticaly
Kjato Ragfoot: Well, they sorted them this way on purpose to sell their spell cards.
chris107: Thuruar gets 7th level spells next time?
Kjato Ragfoot: Yes.
chris107:
chris107: And we can now 'recall' to Thuria?
Kjato Ragfoot: We can, or rather Thuruar and (i think) up to 5 willing creatures.
Smon: just settling him now
chris107: that's good news
Kjato Ragfoot: Next level, Thuruar can Plane Shift. We can go and pay Inferno the Efreet a visit.
chris107: oh yes please
chris107: Then we can kill stuff on all the planes too!
Kjato Ragfoot: Exactly!
Kjato Ragfoot: And, I found a way to really annoy Oriax: Banishment. All of his slaves are from another plane, with banishment, I send them back.
chris107: Perfect!
chris107: Then we cut off his head?
Kjato Ragfoot: I would cut his head of first, but the order does not really matter.
chris107: Either way is good for me.
Smon: Banishment sounds a great way to get Oriax's girls home. B)
Smon: (back)
chris107: It would be good to chop his head off using the Sword of Bondorr.
Kjato Ragfoot: Meanwhile, Hakeem could probably rid his head off with bare hands.
chris107: That works too
Smon: Critter is still awake, talking to himself.
chris107:
Smon: One Oriax girl Lucy Prentice is at Thusia, you could Banish her? And Alicia, if you wanted to annoy Rey.
chris107: mmmmmmm
Amalric: back
chris107: quick glass of vino and i'm good to go.
Kjato Ragfoot: Ah, no. Only if Rey really angered Thuruar.
Smon: If you send Alicia back she'll be in my tabletop Golarion game here in London!
Kjato Ragfoot: But I will send Lucy Prentice back once we return to Thusia.
Smon: It's set a few years after your Runelords disaster & the burning of Sandpoint.
chris107: Disaster
Amalric: best thing that could have happened to that town
Smon:
Kjato Ragfoot: We could Plane Shift Oriax's apprentice to some other realm so that Simon can use him as a reccuring villain, with cool new otherworldy powers.
chris107: one day it would be good to avenge Sandpoint.
Smon: Have to see if a new band of heroes can gather the Shattered Star & stop the Rise of the Runelords.
chris107: Joseph must loose his head.
Smon: You could presumably Plane Shift back there; Jana Vex & Alicia could both provide links.
Kjato Ragfoot: Back to sandpoint?
Smon: Oriax's apprentice is from Earth or similar place, so also Banishable.
Kjato Ragfoot: Well, Chris wants to cut Joseph into small pieces, so we can only bannish him after death.
Smon:
Kjato Ragfoot: Should really freak out the local authorities if a chopped up body appears out of nowhere.-
chris107:
Kjato Ragfoot: I should be careful with banishment around Malenn though, she is technically from another plane as well.
Kjato Ragfoot: I should be careful with banishment around Malenn though, she is technically from another plane as well.
Kjato Ragfoot: I should be careful with banishment around Malenn though, she is technically from another plane as well.
Kjato Ragfoot: I should be careful with banishment around Malenn though, she is technically from another plane as well.
Smon: GM: After breakfast your group makes ready to leave. The ferryman takes you across the swift-flowing Asro/Cedarwade for 2 sp each.
chris107: oh that's a point
Smon: Malenn - yes, although a very close parrallel.
Smon: Well remembered.
Kjato Ragfoot: Oh well. We still have plenty small change.
chris107: So to the Rangers?
Smon: From Cahli the road leads north towards Mara.
Smon: You break off and head NE towards the Fairhills river?
chris107: We want to be on the West bank?
Kjato Ragfoot: Yes, to the rangers. We will need their support to free the former queen of mara.
Smon: Hakeem has been this way a couple times before and can lead the way.
Smon: /roll d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 5,
chris107: Sorry East Bank
Smon: You reach the west bank of the broad Fairhills river late morning.
chris107: to get to Castle of Wode
chris107: to get to Castle of Wode
chris107: to get to Castle of Wode
chris107: to get to Castle of Wode
Smon: Downstream it opens into the Korm Basin, you can see white-sailed fishing boats there.
Smon: Ahead the river flows, deep and wide.
chris107: "Can you get us across with your magic Thur?"
chris107: "Can you get us across with your magic Thur?"
chris107: "Can you get us across with your magic Thur?"
chris107: "Can you get us across with your magic Thur?"
Smon: Thuruar, you using PW?
chris107: (Is Alicia with us?)
Smon: No
Smon: Only Laara & the dragonborn.
Kjato Ragfoot: Yes, Control Water to get safely accross if that is possible.
Smon: Thuruar casts Control Water... the water nearby rolls back... realises that it's going to take 3 castings to get you across here.
Smon: I'll let you maintain concentration as you're just using slots to increase the area.
Kjato Ragfoot: No problem, I have sufficient slots.
chris107:
Smon: As you're ok to use 3 slots... the water lowers, you step forward with the others across the muddy riverbed... the water closes in behind you as you cast again (sadly no Nerathi chariots to drown) and after 3 castings you splash through the shallows on the east bank and emerge onto dry land.
chris107: hehe
chris107: drowning Nerathi chariots would have been fun.
Smon: From here you head north across coastal heathlands towards the Castle of the Wode...
Smon: /roll d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 4,
Smon: The sun passes noon. In the distance to the east you see white flocks of sheep grazing, tended by white-smocked shepherdesses; little more than more white dots about half a mile off.
Smon: There are scattered Nerathi farm-steadings around these parts, fortified against pirates and Altanian raiders, but nothing bothers you as you head north.
chris107: H keeps his guard up
Amalric: Rey looks bored
chris107: that should fetch the dragons Graham
Amalric:
Smon: You eat as you walk... the afternoon sun beats down...
Smon: /roll d20+4
Smon rolls 1d20+4 and gets: 3, (+4) = 7
Smon: You spot someone watching you from a tufty bush ahead to your left.
Smon: (terrible stealth roll there)
chris107: Thur, Rey you better deal with this
Kjato Ragfoot: Thuruar will wave him out. "Hello. We are on our way to Castle Wode. Is this the right direction?"
Smon: Realising they've been spotted, a lone figure - female, in studded leather - rises from the bush, gripping a longbow
Smon: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/7a/0f/78/7a0f78f4236f0a7f2d8addcb737f35c4.jpg
Kjato Ragfoot: Oh. She is pretty. Can I keep her?
Smon: She regards you suspiciously. "And who might you be?"
Kjato Ragfoot: I am Thuruar, High Priest of Erathis.
Kjato Ragfoot: These are my loyal companions Hakeem Grey-Wolf and Lord Raey.
Amalric: "Pleased to meet you!"
Smon: "High Priest of Erathis? Well, that is good news..."
Smon: She lowers the bow, also nodding to Rey. "Why are there Altanians with you?"
chris107: "Hi."
chris107: "Got to keep 'em safe..."
Kjato Ragfoot: We found a common enemy in the Black Sun, who tried to turn the Wilderlands into the Deathlands.
Smon: The woman looks at Hakeem. "Clan Greywolf, if I'm not mistaken."
chris107: H nods.
Kjato Ragfoot: (Not to mention that Thuruar is an Altanian as well, just converted to Erathis as a young adult)
Smon: (Yes, if he weren't wearing a helmet she'd notice that - but he's in mithril full plate)
Kjato Ragfoot: (Ah. True. Forgot I have full plate now)
Smon: Thuruar make CHA (Persuasion) check.
chris107: good luck
Smon: As you get closer she sees the reddish hue on Thuruar's skin, her eyes widen slightly.
Kjato Ragfoot rolls 1d20+7 and gets: 16, (+7) = 23
chris107: nice
Smon: Nice
Amalric: learn a thing or two from Rey, eh?
Smon: She smiles. "I am Anna Souvari, Ranger of the Wode. We are three leagues south of the fortress."
Smon: "Tagoler will wish to meet with you."
Kjato Ragfoot: Ah, one of the famous rangers of the Wode. A pleasure to meet you.
Smon: She nods. "Some of us are actually quite good at hiding, you know!" Anna gives a wry grin.
chris107: hehe
Smon: "Come with me - watch out for stray zombies... I shot a couple yesterday. They don't seem to be moving fast now, though."
Kjato Ragfoot: Ah, surely it was Athena's will that we meet. Next time, we won't spot you that easily.
Smon: Anna nods. "Aye..."
Smon: She points the way north.
Smon: /roll d6
Smon rolls 1d6 and gets: 2,
chris107: H tags along. Hoping for a zombie or 10 to slay.
Kjato Ragfoot: Ah. Do not worry about zombies. They should not pose to large a threat for our merry band.
Smon: The nine miles or so passes without incident, as the sun is setting you see the Castle of the Wode silhouetted against the northern sky, Hakeem's home hills - the Midnight Goddess' - rolling out beyond.
chris107: Home
Kjato Ragfoot: And yes, it is true. (Thuruar takes his helmet of) one of the fierce barbarians found his way to the LAdy of Wisdom.
chris107: H smiles at Laara. "Home soon lass."
Smon: Anna looks thoughtful. "An Altanian priest of Erathis... They say miracles do happen!"
Smon: Laara smiles up at Hakeem. "I'll be very glad to be back - (sotto voce) now I feel sorry for Kaag, stuck in that boring Temple..."
chris107: Hakeem chuckles along with Laara.
chris107: Whispers back "I suppose we will have to rescue poor Kaag one day?"
Smon: A small village lies at the base of the castle bluff. Ranger Anna speaks to the gate guard; the gate is opened and she leads you through the small but cheerful farming settlement. Children and geese watch you pass.
Smon: Laara nods to Hakeem. "Too much Wisdom will make his brains leak out..."
chris107: hehe
Amalric: "And we wouldn't want that..."
chris107: (Not a problem H is likely to face)
Smon: You reach the foot of the bluff and take a narrow trail up to the Castle gate, overlooked by archers on the walls above.
Kjato Ragfoot: (I doubt Kaag bores himself. Most likely, he decided to become a hermit of wisdom meanwhile and secluded himself with a couple good books)
Smon: At the gate, Anna speaks the password - "Interdiction!" - and the gate is opened by two heavy-set Dwarves.
Smon: Anna nods to them and leads you into the courtyard. Several Rangers watch you warily. Anna speaks to an older man, then turns to you.
Smon: "We must wait here a few minutes."
Amalric: "Interdiction? What kind of passwors is that?! What is it tomorrow, "Contrafibulations"?!"
Kjato Ragfoot: Probably something starting with "J".
chris107: H looks lost at these big words
Smon: You're standing in the courtyard, there are quite a lot of green-cloaked Rangers on the battlements above you, holding bows and looking warily down at you. Anna looks a bit nervous.
Smon: Anna: "They're a bit nervous... What with the war... The massacre at Nerra..."
chris107: H looks relaxed and happy
Kjato Ragfoot: Something wrong? You look nervous.
Kjato Ragfoot: We did not participate in Nerra, only heard that the Clans defeated a host of Neo-Nerath.
Kjato Ragfoot: We were up in the north, near Palen Springs, to close the Gate of the Black Sun.
Smon: Anna: "We've not had any Altanians here for quite awhile..."
chris107: "We have been too busy fighting the Black Sun."
Smon: Anna's eyes widen. "The Gate is closed? Is that why the Dread Warriors collapsed, or became mindless zombies?"
chris107: "Destroying Morthor Cof and his vikle gate."
chris107: vile
Kjato Ragfoot: Yes, the Gate is closed. Most likely, this weakened the Dread Warriors.
Amalric: "All in a day's work."
chris107: (Yes it was )
Kjato Ragfoot: And, as Hakeem says, Morthor Coff died defending the gate. Kaystar Saru now rules Palen Springs
Smon: The older Ranger comes out again, speaks to Anna Souvari. She nods. "Lord Tagoler and Lady Anisa will see you now."
chris107: "For now." H adds ominously
Smon: Anna leads you into the castle, accompanied by the two dwarves and four other guardsmen, up steps and into the Great Hall, where the Lord of the Keep is seated, waiting to meet you. A
Smon: A white-robed priestess stands by his side.
Smon: Tagoler looks you over as you come in. "Welcome! Come, be seated..." he indicates a bench at the table below his seat.
Smon: Tagoler http://th03.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/f/2013/330/f/3/cronicas_human_ranger___by_caio_monteiro_by_caiomm-d6vpx1p.jpg
Kjato Ragfoot: Thank you for your hospitality, Lord Tagoler.
chris107: H takes a back seat and lets the clever ones do the talking.
Smon: The druidess Anisa - http://th02.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2013/228/6/0/druidess_by_beniaminobradi-d6igsgu.jpg
Kjato Ragfoot: Oh. A priestess of Bacchus.
Amalric: "Oh hello..."
Amalric: Rey smiles, then remembers himself and bows. "I mean, honoured to make your acquaintance."
chris107: hehe
Smon: While you sit, Anna steps forward and briefly converses with Tagoler, you hear her telling him you closed the Black Sun Gate, destroying most of the Neo-Nerathi undead army in the process.
chris107: don't roll a 1 now Rey!
Smon: Anisa looks curiously at Rey... Persuasion check.
chris107: this is where we fail
chris107: The whole campaign destroyed by Rey's sex drive
Smon: ...
Kjato Ragfoot: (Graham, now roll!)
chris107: please
Smon: Guess I'll have to roll for him.. and you've seen my luck tonight...
Smon: here goes...
Smon: /roll d20
Smon rolls 1d20 and gets: 8,
Smon: 8+11=19.
Smon: Rey on an off day is still charming.
chris107: phew
Smon: Anisa returns Rey's bow. "And I yours, milord. Lord Reynard of the House Mercellin?"
Smon: Tagoler sees the looks exchanged, snorts.
Amalric: always
Amalric: (sorry just had to put eldest to bed)
Smon: Tagoler: "Priest Thuruar. Why have you come here?"
Kjato Ragfoot: Thuruar shrugs when he notices the conversation.
Amalric rolls 1d20+11 and gets: 20, (+11) = 31
Amalric: see? thats how you do it
Smon: LOL
chris107: It's you Graham! Not Rey!
Smon:
Kjato Ragfoot: My friends and I are fighting the Black Sun, which, as I heard, is not among your friends either.
Amalric: "The very same, Lady Anisa. I did not know there was a druid os such beauty here, else I would have visited here long before now."
Kjato Ragfoot: Thus, we seek your help in restoring the rightful queen of Mara, Lady Earani Cor.
chris107: (Oh God Rey is going to get us all killed by Rangers!)
Smon: Tagoler: "They say the Black Sun is a symbol of Erathis... of the endless cycle of rebirth... Civilisation triumphing over Barbarism... I take it you disagree?"
Smon: Anisa blushes at Rey's words, looking down. She seems happy, though.
Smon: Tagoler glares at Rey. "The Druidess, the Lady Anisa... My fiancee."
Kjato Ragfoot: I greatly disagree. I was to the portal of the Black Sun. What I saw behind was not wisdom nor rebirth, but despair and eternal suffering.
chris107: H kicks Rey
Amalric: "And a very lucky man you are indeed, sir! A beauty, and wise to boot I am sure. Together you will serve your people better than any."
Smon: Tagoler looks to Thuruar, then glances around the hall as if fearing spies before nodding. "Aye..." He turns back to Rey. "Aye, Anisa is surely better than I deserve... As wise as she is beautiful." Anisa smiles at that too. "Please, Tagoler, enough of this chat. Let us focus on the matter at hand."
Smon: Tagoler turns back to Thuruar; Anisa does too, but casting the occasional shy glance at Rey.
Smon: Tagoler: "Tell me what you saw at the Black Sun Gate, Father."
Kjato Ragfoot: A dark obelisk gathered necrotic energy, powered by human sacrifices tossed into the portal.
Kjato Ragfoot: Around the portal, the dead spontaneously rose.
Smon: Tagoler grimaces. "Tis vile stuff. Our ancestors - the people of Nerath - left the City State to be free of such debauchery!"
Kjato Ragfoot: It is. The Black Sun Gate caused imbalance between life and death, affecting such far away places as the elven kingdom of Antal.
Smon: Anisa nods. "The Neo-Nerathi have corrupted everything that is good and great of Nerath... and they have brought death and suffering to countless thousands, Altani and Nerathi alike."
Kjato Ragfoot: And, even worse, the Black Sun turned the usual raiding between Nerathi and Altanian into genocidial bloodshed, furthering the dark powers behind the gate.
Smon: Tagoler nods, stroking his beard. "I rue the day Lord Bronze of Hara joined with the Black Sun... But of Earani Cor. Have you heard that she is with child? The child of Lord Namelin Bronze."
Kjato Ragfoot: No, I have not. The last I heard was that she was taken prisoner and her throne usurped.
Smon: Anisa: "We do not know what state her mind is now, Lord Thuruar. Whose side she is truly on."
Smon: Tagoler: "Father Thuruar, if you offer a way to end this war and defeat the Black Sun, we will offer such aid as we may. But there is still an army at Hara - men from beyond the mountains, and the men of Hara as well. Our scouts report they are much depleted, but still beyond the strength of this Keep."
chris107: Hakeem scratches his head.
Smon: ooc finish at 11.30 ok? It's 11.24.
Kjato Ragfoot: We had hoped for a way to rescue the queen, and with her at our side, convince the Nerathi to either join the Ghinarian Lords and the Altanians in their war against Yusan or at least return west of the mountains, to spare these lands plundering and burning.
chris107: no probs
Amalric: cool
Kjato Ragfoot: (OK)
Smon: Tagoler: "Lord Bronze keeps Earani in his harem, in the Bronze Hall... It is well guarded. Only great stealth or sorcery could wrest her from his grip. And I do not know if she can still lead... "
Amalric: "Stealth comes easy to me, and Thuruar is a powerful spell caster..."
chris107: "We must try. Thuruar is wise."
Smon: Anisa: "I fear Nerath must have a new leader. Not Namelin Bronze, not Prince Cormarrin... but a good man. A true man of Nerath."
Amalric: "Sure Hakeem comes in useful sometimes too..."
chris107:
Smon: Probably doesn't take an Insight check to see where Anisa is going...
chris107: (Mmmmm Cormarrin is on Hakeem's death list)
chris107: (Drat)
chris107: (Ah no! Got it )
Kjato Ragfoot: (Targoen himself shall be Lord of Nerath. You can kill Cormarrin all you want, he won't mind)
Amalric: probably does for Rey and H
Smon: Tagoler shrugs at Anisa's words, turns to Thuruar. "We can offer a guide to get you to the Hall of Bronze - Ranger Souvari knows the town well, she would be a good choice?"
chris107: Kill Bronze, kill Cormarrin? Perfect
Kjato Ragfoot: I would be glad to have Ranger Souvari with me. If she agrees to lead us, I will gladly accept.
Smon: Anna steps forward, smiles proudly and salutes Tagoler. "Sir, yes, Sir!"
Smon: OOC stopping there.
Smon: Nice work guys.
chris107: Cool! Another good game Simon/guys. Thanks
Smon: Next Wednesday ok?
chris107: Next game is?
Kjato Ragfoot: Yes, that was fun. I did not even notice how quickly the time went by...
Amalric: next Wed is fine
Kjato Ragfoot: Wednesday shortly after 19 is fine with me.
chris107: Ah
chris107: Hopefully see you all then
Smon: ok cool
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