Previous session http://smons.blogspot.com/2018/07/22-23648-awakening-7-antechamber-2000-xp.html
Moffett deciphering some of the dwarven runes through the force field in the summoning hall, it appears to be dedicated to 'Ustroda-Eloth'. Prisha with her religious knowledge can ascertain that this corresponds to the name not of a dwarven god at all, but a Fire Primordial, a sort of deity level super-Elemental, known in the Karakhan pantheon as a force of destruction and creation.
I'm going to rule that after a few hours you realise you're not getting through that force field, and even if you did the dwarven summoning hall requires numerous dwarven magic items to activate, none of which you have, some of which may not even exist.
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7:30am 2018-9-22 Smon Has entered the room
Smon: Morning
chris107: You have the inside information it would seem
chris107: Morning Simon
chris107: The worst part is...
chris107: Moffet said that if his plan was wrong then Prisha could take over the lead. I think we are in for an interesting morning
chris107: I'm guessing this is the sight where the sacrifice wiuld be taking place had the Kazadurgh found the artefacts?
7:32am 2018-9-22 JamesDevil Has entered the room
JamesDevil: morning
chris107: Morning James
DESTROYERBILL: morning
Smon: Hi James
Smon: OK so finishing off high level adventure The Awakening today then doing Stonehell weekly from next week.
JamesDevil: just popping in to say have a good game, my nieces are around today so i get to be jumped on till my bones break -.-
chris107: Thanks, James and good luck with the bones
7:35am 2018-9-22 JamesDevil Has exited the room
Smon: OK starting now
Smon: >> I'm guessing this is the sight where the sacrifice wiuld be taking place had the Kazadurgh found the artefacts?<< The Summoning Chamber through the force field looks like where you do rituals yup, but no bloodstained altars or other indications that the ancient dwarves engaged in human sacrifice.
Smon: It seems likely that the Kazadurgar got things pretty badly mixed up.
chris107: yay
Smon: Posted on DF: 23/6/48 - Previous session http://smons.blogspot.com/2018/07/22-23648-awakening-7-antechamber-2000-xp.html
Moffett deciphering some of the dwarven runes through the force field in the summoning hall, it appears to be dedicated to 'Ustroda-Eloth'. Prisha with her religious knowledge can ascertain that this corresponds to the name not of a dwarven god at all, but a Fire Primordial, a sort of deity level super-Elemental, known in the Karakhan pantheon as a force of destruction and creation.
I'm going to rule that after a few hours you realise you're not getting through that force field, and even if you did the dwarven summoning hall requires numerous dwarven magic items to activate, none of which you have, some of which may not even exist.
DESTROYERBILL: the dugar are not organized and now probably less the stateus
DESTROYERBILL: have attacked them
chris107: Aye, the statues were crushing them last time we saw.
Smon: From what Prisha can recall from Karakhan legend, Ustroda-Eloth if summoned but not properly bound will destroy everything in the vicinity. If bound, he can empower the crafting of mighty legendary weapons, such as Maugraign and the ancient dwarves were able to forge.
DESTROYERBILL: yeah its safe to say there never going to do the rituals now
chris107: "Then the best we can do is try to rescue the girl then get the heck out of here.2
chris107: "Maybe we can bring the rickety ceiling down and stop them getting back in here for a few centuries?"
DESTROYERBILL: we can or we can abandon her becouse chances are she is already dead
chris107: "That's why we brought Prisha.. oh? Where did she go?"
chris107: "It would be wrong just to leave the poor girl without even trying."
chris107: "There is an exit back to the surface to the north east. That will take us close to the palace. In all this confusion we may be able to slip in and look at least?"
DESTROYERBILL: should we rik are lives to save a peasnt girl
chris107: "Yes. That's what heroes do. And peasent or queen matters not to me mighty lord. I'm a peasent too."
Smon: GM: Making your way back up to the temple entrance you can look down the steps & out west onto the great cavern. You can see the squished corpses of many Duergar warriors and priests, a good proportion of their army. From here you can see the two Colossi that were nearest the steps have returned to their locations in front of the temple. You can't see the other four that stood further round, or the two that were in the main cave.
DESTROYERBILL: yes but the queen favours you
DESTROYERBILL: you were made a knight you are now a some what noble
chris107: "What good is a queen's favour if you know in your heart you have done something wicked?"
chris107: @ GM - can we bring down the dodgy ceilings in the underground section to block off the passages?
DESTROYERBILL: its not wicked to leave someone who is already dead most likley
chris107: "I'm no more noble than a carrot. And if being noble means leaving some poor girl to die... Well I'd rather be a peasent."
DESTROYERBILL: ill do my commune with nature power and ask the dragon bear if the girl is dead or alive
chris107: "That's why the normal folks hate the nobles you see? They don't think their lives matter as much as their own precious skins."
chris107: "Thank you, Shieldbiter."
DESTROYERBILL: we will save her if the dragon bear says she is alive if she is not we leave is that fair
chris107: "That is fair."
DESTROYERBILL: i do the ritual
Smon: GM: You should perhaps be able to collapse the unstable chamber directly below the main hall with the giant statue of Grun.
chris107: Moffet stands guard.
Smon: OOC Chris do you have your maps online? I can't find them.
chris107: Moffet thinks we should. It may stop them trying again at least for a while.
chris107: (I couldn't find them either but I have a fair iea of the layout in my head.
Smon: GM: Shieldbiter invokes the Dragonbear, who tells him the woman is far from here & not in immediate danger.
DESTROYERBILL: fine we will save her she is alive
chris107: "Thanks, Shieldbiter. Then let's get the heck out of here!"
Smon: The Dragonbear prophecies that other heroes will be the ones to rescue her, in a place called Tanna T'iev.
DESTROYERBILL: but extremley far away and not in immediate danger
chris107:
Smon: OOC if you read last week's Stonehell blog you'd know Bill.
chris107: So bring down the ceiling then scarper.
DESTROYERBILL: the dragon bear says we wont have to save her spo lets leave
chris107: (I think the quickest way is to follow the right hand wall as we exit the temple until we reach the entrance we originally came in through?
Smon: How do you want to collapse the ceiling in the lower chamber? Will need some kind of vigorous disturbance.
DESTROYERBILL: i have a better idea you climb on my back and i fly us out of hear becouse those stone golems will try to attack us
chris107: "We can be stealthy unless we bump into any of the dwarves. And i they get in our way.." Maffet draws his finger across his throat and makes a horrid gurggling noise.
chris107: Hmmm
chris107: (good plan to fly us out Bill)
DESTROYERBILL: they have no eyes nor ears but see with means magic
DESTROYERBILL: witch
Smon: eg SB jumping up and down could likely collapse the ceiling but he'd need a DEX save to get out - might be worth raging too for half dmg.
chris107: hehe
DESTROYERBILL: i grab the biigest stone at the entrance we maid and ill throw it
chris107: Moffet hides in the shadowy portico awaiting the mighty Dragonborn.
Smon: OK SB carries a massive chunk of rubble from that remaining on the temple entry steps, carries it below and throws.
Smon: There is a satisfying crash as the ceiling collapses while SB & Moffet stand safely on the steps.
DESTROYERBILL: i rage
Smon: No check needed as SB minimum 24 on Athletics
DESTROYERBILL: okay i dont
Smon: OK SB reckons from his communing with the wise dragon bear that the collossi are still dangerous & flying out might be best. He can carry everyone and take a run down the top of the main stairs from where they're clear.
Smon: Moffet ok with that? Or prefer to stealth separately?
chris107: works for me.
DESTROYERBILL: ill do that
chris107: Moffet is okay with that.
Smon: OK as SB runs down the steps and takes to wing with adventurers on his back, the 6 Collossi guarding the entrance turn in SB's direction...
DESTROYERBILL: i rage now
Smon: SB you need to win an init check vs DC 11
DESTROYERBILL Rolls 1d20+1x2 and gets:
2 (+1) = 3
13 (+1) = 14
Smon: made it
chris107: phew!
chris107: Well done
Smon: SB flies out between the massive axes of the nearest Collossi as they swing towards him, into the main hall...
Smon: DC 15 athletics to stay on wing, auto pass as Barb 18
Smon: SB can stay on wing long enough to reach steps on NE side of the main cavern that wind up to entries to Maugraign's Hall.
Smon: The 6 collossi are heading in your direction.
Smon: The ground shaking as they advance.
chris107: "Howlong can you fly for, Shieldbiter?"
chris107: (Can Moffet gauge their speed?)
DESTROYERBILL: when i get to the purch pretty much as long as i like
chris107: which perch?
DESTROYERBILL: the one at the main cavern
Smon: OK you can head up the narrow steps, too narrow for the Collossi, until ca 80' up.
chris107: yay!
Smon: The steps end at a ledge 100' above the cave, with a tunnel north at east end and a second at west end into the Hall.
chris107: (I didn't know of a perch in the main cavern, sorry.)
DESTROYERBILL: i jump off the edge wings out to fly back safley
chris107: Can we see the passage we originally entered through from here?
Smon: From here DB flies out across the great cave.
Smon: SB circles on the wing in the great cave.
Smon: There are 8 giant 30' tall collossi in the cave shaking their 30' axes impotently.
chris107: Moffet enjoys the flight very much. He remembers asking Mrs. Queen for a ride on a flying rug many years ago
Smon: There are 3 exits out you know of,, the quickest home is the first you found, in the NW part of the great cavern.
DESTROYERBILL: thank you for flying on dragon airlines
chris107: He blows rasberries at the collosi below, giggling with mirth at finally getting to fly.
chris107:
chris107: Moffet points towards the eit.
Smon: SB spots it and flies to the NW exit with the Duergar-built rough wall, descending to land once safely over the wall in the tunnel heading north.
Smon: * * *
DESTROYERBILL: we hope you enjoied your flight of not dying with your piolt shield biter
chris107:
Smon: 24/6/48
chris107: Moffet enjoyed the flight very much.
DESTROYERBILL: thank you
chris107: "Thank you. That was wonderful."
DESTROYERBILL: the staff here very much enjoyed it
Smon: You head back north. It's around noon the day after you set off from Ahyf when you eventually return to the Ahyf sewers.
Smon: & get back up to the surface.
DESTROYERBILL: good your complematry flight was a sucsess
Smon: Mrs Queen/Malenn is very happy to see you all alive.
DESTROYERBILL: yes were alive
chris107: (I'm assuming Sandor and Prisha are with us too?)
DESTROYERBILL: duagar cant kill us now
Smon: Yes you were all on the 800 lb giant winged dragonborn airline.
chris107:
Smon: Malenn is very happy the duergar army is destroyed and any immediate threat to Ahyf ended.
Smon: Perhaps adventurers could explore Maugraign's Hall in future, if they can avoid activating the Collossi guardians.
chris107: Moffet exagerates the size of the Collosi outrageously
chris107: "There is a fortune to be had in scrap metal from the dwarven armour and weapons alone."
Smon: Father Camus the wise priest of Thoth thinks it sounds as if the Kazadurgar didn't have much idea what they were doing, but will see if he can round up some mid level expendable adventurers to explore the Hall in case any Dwarven summoning artifacts are lying around.
DESTROYERBILL: they were 60 feet tall with axes the size of houses and we anihalited them (flasback to before) "ah there chasing us ahhhhh" yep got them real good
chris107: hahaha
Smon: Malenn: "Any gifts that are in my power, I will grant thee. Moffet, would thou deign to become a Knight of Ahyf?"
Smon: "Prisha, though may establish a Shrine to Meroya here."
Smon: "Shieldbiter, I know you like gold..." she smiles.
chris107: "Thank you your Queenship, but I'm not really cut out to be a Knight. I'm too small."
DESTROYERBILL: you proved your self worthy moffet
chris107: "I have all I need thankyou very much. Lunch would be nice though.." He adds hopefully.
Smon: Malenn smiles at Moffet. "As you wish. You are welcome to stay here, we have much need of warriors like you."
Smon: Malenn has a great banquet laid on for you that night.
chris107: "Well that would be just grand. Perhaps a small chamber of my own overlooking the sea?"
Smon: Malenn offers Shieldbiter 25,000 gp from the Ahyf treasury.
DESTROYERBILL: yes that would be great thank you queen malen
Smon: "I know you will use it in the cause of Law and Justice." She smiles wryly.
chris107:
DESTROYERBILL: ill use it to make my wife and chilldren happier at least
Smon: Malenn: "Moffet, of course you may have such. Perhaps you would consent to assist in training our new Paladin cadre in battle skills?"
chris107: "I'll do my best." Moffet likes to be helpful.
Smon: GM: Malenn grants Moffet a chamber of his choice in the Halls of Mitra, overlooking the sea.
Smon: Over the next few months she will also have a magic item commissioned for Moffet from Odo of Carchimish - any Rare item he'd like?
chris107: Moffet is happy and will work hard for only food and lodgings on behalf of the Golden Queen.
chris107: Could Moffet prevail on her to give that money to the poor instead? Not wishing to sound ungreatful..
Smon: SB can commission a Portable Hole - he wants Dyson to make it but as she's busy he settles for Odo, deduct 10,000gp.
Smon: he's busy
chris107: And maybe send 100GP north to his old Dad on the farm?
DESTROYERBILL: i give moffet 3,506 gp to send his dad
Smon: Malenn quietly arranges for far travelled Orson the Northron to get 1000gp north to Moffet's dad in Byrny (it costs over 100gp just to send the cash so might as well be generous she thinks)
chris107: "Wow! Thank you Mr. Shieldbiter.!"
Smon: ok make it 3506
Smon: XP you each can have 1600 XP
chris107: "And thank you Golden Queen."
chris107: yay! Nice
Smon: GM: News from the north arrives over the next few months - of the disastrous defeat of the Overlord's fleet by the Skandiks under Alkazed, of the death of great Thuruar.
chris107: Moffet is very happyknowing he finnaly took care of his family after all these years.
chris107: Poor Thuruar. I think Kjato was a bit sad
Smon: At first there is much trepidation in Ahyf, but then people begin to realise that the scale of the Skandik victory over the CSIO is so great, it has diverted Skandik attention to City State territory, away from far-off Ahyf & Nerath.
chris107: Yay!
Smon: Great for Ahyf, not so great for Modron maybe.
chris107: Modron have the protection of a great wizard and warrior!
Smon: Chris do you fancy switching to S&W game now for round-up?
Smon: Bill was asking too.
chris107: Works for me, Simon. Ienjoy the S&W
Smon: ok 3 mins
Smon: last session - http://smons.blogspot.com/2018/08/1084448-s-valley-of-barbarian-kings-2.html
chris107: (Was Mordred's character sheet okay by the way?)
Smon: (I believe so)
chris107: (Thanks)
Smon: M8 4448 BCCC - Generik the Flying Wizard & Sigurd the Skandik have reconsecrated the shrine of Mitra in the Valley of the Barbarian Kings.
chris107: That link takes me to the FR game
Smon: While clearly much evil still lurks in the valley (& it may be worthy of more expeditions) the immediate task is accomplished, and Sigurd has received the blessing of Mitra & St Alkaia.
Smon: Weird
Smon: Works for Bill & me
Smon: http://smons.blogspot.com/2018/08/1084448-s-valley-of-barbarian-kings-2.html
chris107: yay! (he can noew start putting his stat increases into charisma too. Mitra may yet get a new paladin )
Smon: Not even the right blog for FR game
chris107: Oops, so it does, I just read the first lines and saw the name of the half orc. My bad!
Smon: Sigurd can switch to S&W Paladin class if desired, despite normal switch requirement on CHA
chris107: That would be very cool
chris107: but I think he makes a better fighter for now
chris107: He'll stick to been Mitra's brutal champion at least until the scandic threat is averted
Smon: GM: However when Sigurd & Generyk get back to Modron on the flying carpet (other PCs having wandered off for a drink) they see an awesome sight.
8:36am 2018-9-22 joriandrake Has entered the room
joriandrake: hello,
chris107: Morning Jorian, hope you are feeling a little better?
DESTROYERBILL: umm the 5e secion ended already were doing swords and wizardry
chris107: We escaped and have now switched to the S&W game
Smon: Sailing up the Roglaroon past Modron are dozens of longships and great Drakkar war galleys, their sails emblazoned with the insignia of the Black Sun.
joriandrake: not really sadly
chris107: "We must go and aid Modron!2
Smon: (Prisha got back to Ahyf safely & is granted right to establish a shrine of Meroya in Ahyf)
joriandrake: ah i see, sorry about being absolutely late then
chris107: "Protect Mitra's Temple!"
DESTROYERBILL: i can make tornados for an hour and a half
Smon: You realise the Skandiks are sailing right past Modron bound upriver - likely for the CSIO itself!
chris107: "Then blow their ships to Kingdom Come!"
joriandrake: (have fun people will leave to go back rest, hope will be able to play in the Stonehell game, bye)
Smon: You are currently about half a mile off from the fleet.
chris107: (Bye Jorian)
8:40am 2018-9-22 joriandrake Has exited the room
DESTROYERBILL: sigurd come with me on my carpet and ill destroy parts of their ship with my wind magic
chris107: "The wicked go to do battle with the wicked."
Smon: Generyk has received weird & ancient magyks in the lost valley of the barbarian kings...
chris107: nice
chris107: Sig watches, delighted to see the powerful wizard destroy his enemies.
Smon: GM: Are you casting any defensive magics before attacking?
Smon: Just fly in surrounded by hurricane-force winds?
chris107: "Your magic has grown strong indeed!"
Smon: Generyk wisely makes himself & the carpet invisible & sets Sigurd down before the attack
chris107: Sigurd (and Chris) lay back and watch the action.
Smon: Bids the brave Skandik farewell & flies in invisibly over the fleet.
Smon: As Control Winds is not an attack he stays invis as he flies in over the fleet and the hurricane forms....
Smon: The Black Sun fleet never knows what hits them until it's too late.
Smon: The great & unexpected storm will go down in the legends of the Roglaras.
chris107: Sigurd cheers
chris107: (Hope the Lorvas bitch drowns)
Smon: Deep drafted vessels might have survived, but the Skandik galleys, though robust, are easily capsized by the hurricane force winds that descend upon them.
Smon: When it is all over nearly 2 hours later, 80% of the Skandik galleys have been sunk, thousands of men drowned, the rest scattered on both banks of the Roglaras.
chris107: Yay!
Smon: XP Generyk 10,000 Sigurd 5000
Smon: plus XP bonuses for high stats
chris107: Sigurd would lead a force from Modron to dismay the survivors
Smon: Of course this does mean several thousand wet angry Skandiks are in the vicinity of Modron...
Smon: & that, as they say, is another story, for next time we play S&W.
chris107: Nicely done.
chris107: 16,560XP for Sigurd
DESTROYERBILL: i levled up
DESTROYERBILL: 25000 xp
chris107: nice
DESTROYERBILL: rember to add your persentage bonus on
chris107: Sig reaches 6th too
chris107: (I did, thanks, Bill)
DESTROYERBILL: you reach 6th im on 5th
chris107: 16,560/16,000 = 6th
Smon: (ok have posted blog)
DESTROYERBILL: i have more xp but the life of a wizrd is a hard one
chris107: Hit fice roll for Sigurd...
DESTROYERBILL: 25000/20000
chris107 rolls 1d8 and gets: 1,
chris107: had to happen
DESTROYERBILL: i go to the catsle
Smon: finally his hd luck ends!
DESTROYERBILL rolls 1d4+1 and gets: 2, (+1) = 3
chris107: HP 39
Smon: King Anoethin is very happy to see you back & the Skandik fleet blasted
DESTROYERBILL: hp 20
chris107: (6th level is 3 attack/round though?)
Smon: "When this is over my friends you shall be well rewarded!"
DESTROYERBILL: i have anihlated the fllet for you king
Smon: 3 atts/rnd at 4th, 4 at 8th
chris107: "Thank you, my King."
chris107: ah yes, thanks
DESTROYERBILL: may i be a knight of modron
Smon: "Of course, Sir Generyk!"
chris107: "He did, destroyed it all by himself with mighty magics."
DESTROYERBILL: yay im a knight]
Smon: Princess Philomena shyly implies to Sigurd she would VERY MUCH appreciate it if he could see his way clear to...
chris107: yay
Smon: ...possibly....
Smon: ...him asking for...
DESTROYERBILL: i can now cast fire ball if a sucssecfully learn it
Smon: ...her hand in marriage
chris107: Yay!
chris107: Sigurd would be very happy.
chris107: If the King allows it.
Smon: The King swiftly calls together the Knights of Modron & knights both of you. "Arise Sir Sigurd & Sir Generyk!"
chris107:
Smon: Anothein delightedly consents to Philly marrying Sigurd. "After all your efforts it's the least I can do!"
chris107: "I am honoured, my King."
chris107: He grins wickedly at Philly.
Smon: Generyk is appointed Court Wyzard to the King of Modron with a stipend of 500gp/month cash for research & crafting, laboratory, library and a tower in the palace.
Smon: Philly grins back to Sigurd very happy indeed.
DESTROYERBILL: i will hapialy take that job
Smon: The Royal Engagement is announced with fanfare - it will likely be a month or two before the wedding can take place.
chris107: Sigurd wonders if she would like the head of fatty of Haghill as a wedding present?
Smon: What gear of Sigurd's is still non-magical?
Smon: Philly: "It's a beautiful thought, love, but I think we better not."
chris107: Just his armour.
chris107: He has Mitran Harness at the moment as he wasn't noble enough to be allowed plate
chris107: (Hopefully that will change now he is to marry the King's daughter?)
Smon: OK once Generyk has settled in to his tower the King will ask him to enchant Sig's armour, this will take a while to acquire the necessary reagants etc and work out how to focus the wizard tower's arcane energies.
chris107:
DESTROYERBILL: ill do it
chris107: Thank you
DESTROYERBILL: it costs time and money but ill do it as the court wizard
Smon: (Normally you have to be level 9+ to enchant but with early access to wiz tower can do at level 5)
DESTROYERBILL: (generyk is so exited)
Smon: Anoethin: "You shall have everything you require, my friend!"
chris107: (The end of the Skandic threat to Ahyf is the best present I could have hoped for today )
DESTROYERBILL: and sevral thousand less troups of skandicks is good
chris107: (The shade of Hakeem can rest in peace knowing Malenn and Hassan are safe)
Smon: GM: Well not all the Skandik ships were sunk... but the threat should certainly be a lot more manageable now. And it should be at least next year before Ahyf has to face them - time for Nerath/Hara to complete their war galley fleet with the blueprints taken from Oriax's Tower.
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