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Post by dragonforgotten on Jul 30, 2018 23:28:18 GMT -5
I cant believe I nearly died again! It was so scary! I was fading in and out of awareness but i tried very hard to survive today. Poor Valen nearly did as well!. I almost thought that this would be the end for us if The little monk hadn't saved my med bag. I wasn't expect the pillars to catch on fire which has now brought up a concern that I'm deeply worried about. I don't think now i have enough medicine and bandages for this trip in the dungeon... I miss the water temple.
~Cough speaks sortof~
I'm not much of a idea man but ill try to think of what we could do. Id rather not kill them if we don't have to. We have painted a bloody path for a long time but now we have no knowledge in their evil plans to kill my world or how to close these rips in the fabric of reality. Im just a doctor and a petty theif but I've watched and read people and stories for years from the dark allyways, to the sick wards, to gods knows where. So ill tell a quick story of what ive read or seen for plan options. Perhaps well gain some insight.
In the star of Quorlinn the trickster god of my people stole a jeweled eye from a all seeing giant who's name is lost to time. The Giant was great and powerful with two jeweled eyes and so Quorlinn promised his life in service to him. He humbled himself in his presences, fed him sweet words, took care of his every whims till the god finial graced him with the honor of watching over the giant while he sleeps. With an opportunity calling he plucked the eye, slit his throat and used his magic to disappear into the night. Maybe we should take to deception, promise loyalty and kindness, blend into their ranks and when the moment is right we taken our prize and strike.
I remember when i was still a traveling doctor we stumbled upon a injured naked man. He was from a large city and he was a famous war hero who could take down 100 men and whatever the rest he said. While in a tavern he got into a unpleasant argument with another man and he swore vengenes. The next day that same man and was robbed him and made a show of it causing the more powerful solider to give chase out of the city to a deserted road. Blinded by rage and pride he didn't see the six other men behind him and he was beaten to near death and robbed of everything. perhaps we use the quickest among us to lure the orcs away, let them think they have us and then the rest close in from behind.
Or if we want to leave our blades cleaner use a similar method with magic to scare them away. Theres a story that a man convinced a village that he was immortal by using magic to weaken the metal of the swords that strike him so that they would break upon impact pf his iron skin, leaving no injuries. maybe using my illusion magic i can make them believe a terrible monster is crawling through the lava tube. Make the air foul so they believe that something is burning. Create fake cries behind them so they are drawn away and we can sneak by.
These are my ideas, there not very good but I hope they help. ps. Im still miffed that the fire wall destoryed my perious medical tools just after i bought them! Thank you little monk for trying very hard to bring them to me.
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Post by cousinwill on Aug 5, 2018 14:35:13 GMT -5
~~Gizlan's thoughts~~
I do believe this demo-crassy thing is going to work. It can be accomplished even quicker and easier than I thought. Just call for a quick vote even on the run and if 4 of my companions can agree on the same course of action it is a done deal. Majority rules. I miss my friend Moonshadow but I have come to the conclusion that the cultists must have as part of their religious rituals an increase in their God's favor for every time they can disintegrate an owl with a fireball. I would like to try to teach the Kenku a low level spell. I thought of burning hands but I am pretty sure of lots of burning feathers. Or mage armor but I can't really tell if it has armor on already. It might be interesting to see if a magic missile can be made to miss. I digress.. If I can not teach a willing student then a "disgraced Academic" is what I really am...
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Post by cousinwill on Aug 13, 2018 10:11:12 GMT -5
~~Gizlan's thoughts~~
My theory may be right. There is a connection with my elemental snow owl friend and the Elemental Evil that pervades this place. Just as Moonshadow was about to cross over to this realm the Cultists, their minions and the obligatory fire ball flinger show up on cue. We should set a trap for them... Perhaps a solid night's sleep first though. This aged academic is weary.
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Post by dragonforgotten on Aug 15, 2018 1:58:38 GMT -5
It felt good to finally have a patient other then my friends.He was a polite man despite coming from the water temple and i wish him luck in his travels. we dont all chose to be in cults anyway. Today i met a beautiful bird named Brigette. Shes a lady of few words but she is very sweet. She is also very powerful. Ive been trying very hard to be a good student to Gizlan. Its easy for me to copy what he does and the words he speaks but the magic just doesn't seem to happen. i don't get it. Ill try but i don't get it. I charmed the guy we captured. he was weary at first but i eventual played to his sympathy through "old friend" tatic and a pinch of "a wizard did it". Works with mixed results. I manage to learn where we need to go, whos in charge, and the secret hand shake. I tucked him to bed and reported what i found out just as someone crashed our party. They carried blood on their swords and i only assumed the worst so in my blind rage besides Bridgette i killed them. we ran into the ex cults body in the hallway. Im sorry we couldn't save you. I closed his eyes so he could sleep for eternity. the rest was quick going until we stumbled upon a room with leavers and a horn. Through my damninal curiosity i spoke through it and i regret what happened next. I accidentally hit Brigetta in trying to hit the Djinn. Im devastated, she hates me! I screwed up! Please forgive me!
Good Doctor Sad Doctor Cough
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Post by Chris on Aug 16, 2018 10:18:35 GMT -5
ended Flamerule 2, 7:00am, 1491 DR, The Year of the Scarlet Witch Temple of Eternal Flame, after a long rest Foundry (dead Azers and Salamander) Shaft to the Fire Node Hobgoblin Lair Ogre Den Battle with Eternal Flame Guardians, Eternal Flame Priests and Bastian Thermander A deal is struck Our plays on RPGGeek rpggeek.com/plays/thing/172944?userid=1168080
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Post by dragonforgotten on Aug 19, 2018 23:34:16 GMT -5
Vernal... i'm sorry... It happened too fast. I see foes down the hall and got the crossbow ready only to be engulfed by fire. I survived only to once again to be plunged into hell. I was once again feeling the pull of the shadows. I couldn't die here, i would never be able to meet with Valen again or protect my friends if i died here but my strength wasn't enough to resist. i should have tired to be nicer to him. I should have done a lot of things but its too late. he's dead now. he was overcome by his wounds just when i was coming to. I saw Shinarra speaking to the the fire gensis while i was on the floor. he offered us a deal, too good to be true. He will stop his attacks on us if he agree to his deal to kill the fire prophet. I though for sure Shinarra would shoot an arrow through his throat, i thought for sure that this will be it, instead she listened and the deal was struck with Bastion Thermander. I know this is hard for her and i know what she's thinking and i agree. He can not be trusted. i patched Malesturm up. It was a close call but at least i managed to save one of my friends. I need to talk to Shinarra...
Cough dark days of regret and sorrow
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Post by Chris on Aug 30, 2018 12:19:15 GMT -5
ended Flamerule 2, 8:14am, 1491 DR, The Year of the Scarlet Witch Fane of the Eye Emberhorn Den (minotaurs) That Which Lurks (Riven turns into an Ochre Jelly) Temple of the Elder Elemental Eye (Aerisi Kalinoth) Our plays on RPGGeek rpggeek.com/plays/thing/172944?userid=1168080
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Post by dragonforgotten on Sept 5, 2018 0:19:29 GMT -5
Well i didn't get to talk to Shinarra at all but my mood has improved ever since Brigette befriended the giants and new owl turned into a man. A very dirty man who seems to prefer being a owl then a man. Good thing with my training in healing Evagan and Cringer the tiger i am now part time veterinarian and can fix up both forms. Fixing animals has to be the same as fixing people right? She turned just in time for us to funnel a group of minotaurs into a murder tunnel. I didn't have to do much besides set up my office safely out of trouble and patch up Brigitte. we stumbled upon a spooky tunnel filled with shadow fog. Im not going in their first, thankful Brigitte did and she gave us the ok so i then followed in with Malestorm, Riven and Brigitte. Theres a creepy statue in this spooky hallway but its holding a pretty gem. I like the gem but i'm too much of a coward to take it from the statue, that didn't stop Malestorm and Riven. It happened so suddenly. One moment Riven looks so pleased with himself holding the gem and then he dissolves and collapses into yellow jelly! What! What! HOW!? IS HE STILL ALIVE?! Got to tell the rest. I Dashed into the darkness and found everyone but by the time i got back the jelly was dead. What does that mean for Riven. Apparently bad because Cringer has walked way and he's haven't come back. Brigette wanted some way to take the slained jelly known as Riven with us and i agree. So i scooped him up into a little jar and slapped a label on it. Maybe a he's still alive and can be fixed? I don't even know. Im a doctor, i treat sick people and stop or encourage bleeding depending on the situation, this is beyond my understanding
We made the wrong choice in our tunnel choosing. The winged elf is here and she's doing something not so pleasant. She and her goons got a poor man on a alter. I have to save him but before i can even move she has cast another poisonous cloud. Im desperate at this point and with no way forward i summon the power my cloak and teleport above her head like the last guy only for a blizzard spawn out of nowhere. I cant see a thing! Im falling fast! AAAAA! Crash! I managed to look up to see two astonished evil monks Im still ok-! AHH, not ok! Not ok! This Alters cursed! I will not be a sacrifice! I scrambled off it as fast as possible but i'm hurting really bad, i'm limping to the stairs as my friends immerged from the cloud. Im grateful for my friends, they came and saved me in my time of need. Im disappointed in myself. I was not useful at all and i put everyone in danger. The fight was long and grueling but in the end the elf is slained. Ill need to have a stern talking to with owl, he killed a innocent man today but it will have to wait for now since we have two problems. Brigette is now holding onto the cursed evil spear and theres no where for anyone to safely rest
-Good Doctor Cough
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Post by Chris on Sept 6, 2018 10:50:48 GMT -5
ended Flamerule 4, 6:21am, 1491 DR, The Year of the Scarlet Witch Downpours Tortured Earth A mission to seek the Dark Lady of Rundreth Manor Meet Jendon Meet Jendon's widow and orphans on the road at Westbridge A cult's position made stronger Our plays on RPGGeek rpggeek.com/plays/thing/172944?userid=1168080
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Post by dragonforgotten on Sept 8, 2018 1:59:35 GMT -5
Im so tired, again and again we must press on in this endless march to save the world and all we love from the evil hands of cults. Another message has come through to us which means another long journey to this new location. I was horrified by the state of the disstarian valley, we were bombarded by the heaviest rain storm I've ever had this is displeasure of walking in. A new drow has joined our motley group, i hope he is as kind as narcellia was. To end this horrible walk back to civilization an unspeakable horror emerged from the ground, the force of it knocking me and Gizlan onto our backs. Not everyone was able to see it but oh god did i with my cursed eyes. It was like a giant purple worm with rows of horrible teeth, as big as a castle and it was coming straight for us. In fright i abandoned my heavily encumbered bag and prepared to flee to the hills with everyone but to my surprise no one fled, they held their ground ready to fight. I couldn't believe it but if everyone believes we can kill it then i will do my best as well, at a safe distance. I feared the worst when Olens and Malestorm were swallowed, i thought them dead but a miracle happened. We summoned the strength inside us and we killed the blasted thing, pulling our friends free from the jaws of death. if only that was the end of our worries.
I laid in bed, nice and warm in what felt like eternity. Gizlan wants to teach me magic missle. Im trying as hard as i can to be a good student but it seems impossible to grasp. Im just not smart enough to grasp these complex writings. It doesn't help that his homelands alphabet is completely different from minel But i shall press on regardless. It makes him happy to have a student. I finally drifted off to sleep.
I don't know where i am, I'm lost in this darkness and i cant find a way out. I don't feel anything in this realm, I'm incorporeal and yet I'm not. Its as if i am made of darkness, constantly shifting and changing. I was being carried by these strange pale elves and they have locked me alone with this terrifying women draped in black feathers and dones the same mask expressing a sad continuous. thousands and hundreds of ravens flock to her beck and call. I dare not see what is behind that mask for it would surely drive me in deep despair and maddness. She hasn't said anything while I've been here. She looks through me with her glassy eyes and straight into my soul. She doesn't seem to understand what i am. I can feel her fingers worming their way into my memories. Rewatching the worst moment of my life. I experienced them over and over again, does she find my pain as some type of sick amusement. Again and Again i tell her that despite the sorrow and the loneliness that will still live one and carry my clans legacy with me. one day she suddenly stopped and stand up from her ivory throne, holding a vial of a silver of silvery string in a tiny glass vail. "You suit your creator well" she then departed into an adjacent hallway. I don't know what she has taken from me but this is my chance. At last! Now is my time to flee!
I woke up in bed, bearly an hour has gone by. Im scared now, more then i was when facing the purple worm. The darkness inside me has grown in power over me. I can feel it writhing in my soul. Will i have enough strength to not lose myself by the end of this journey? So much for getting some sleep. What was that dream again?
In the morning we met with our contact. I finial was able to finish my drink, sort of, as she told us of the dark lady. Every feather stood on edge as she described every detail, bring back the nightmarish memories of my brief period as a lost husk in the shadowfell. These memories come in flashes before they quickly vanish. A shadow dragon. what a awful creature i was lucky to never encounter, until now. Even more so with cults mucking about with dragons. Unfortunately i fear i will once again be dead weight. My dark powers will only make things worst. I do wish to speak to this lady, perhaps with our shared experience in being tainted by the shadowfell we could come to a understanding... Or at least a compromise. Having a dragon as a ally as worrying as it is will help our odds at survival once these evil gods finial come out of those holes in reality to play. I don't know though, the terror of a shadow dragon was one of the few creatures to rattle anyone who comes from the fells. Thankful thats a problem for another day for Shinarras friend has given us a slightly easier job of saving westbridge from earth cult brainwashing.
We arrived late at night to westbridge as a wary farmer named Jendon tired to turn us away. I used my beguiling words but even that didn't seem to be enough for he was running into town, so i charmed him. Now at peace he led us to his farm where we were offered to stay the night. I offered him a hug in graditude but was Suddenly i was struck with a over whelming fear. I was breaking out into hives, the worming snake of darkness finally raised its head.
Hes going to tell the rest of them. Your friends are going to die thanks to you. Hes already a cultist, whats the difference. Kill him and hell stay quiet forever.
so their i am with Jendon in my arms and i am panicking. Im looking at everyone for help, desperately waiting for someone to get me out of this situation but they don't listen, they don't care. There setting up for bed! So i did the unthinkable. I pulled a dagger out and attempt to stab this innocent man, only to finally come to my senses, stopping my attack but breaking the spell leaving a screaming man in my arm. He wasn't screaming for long through because Shinarra shot him dead and then shot me. Id be pissed but I'm too stunned. Im filled with a sick horror. What am i becoming!! Im so caught up in this horror that i didn't notice everyone abandon me, leaving me alone with a dead body and no idea on what to do. How could they! I start digging frantically. I should have just melted the body with the vail of acid but i cant. I can hear his wife and children asking for their now dead family member to come to bed, twisting the knife deeper into my heart. Panicked i called upon the same darkness that got me into this situation to veil the barn and the crime scene. I make it out without a soul spotting me. At the time i should have stayed in the town because the next morning they have barricade the entrance. I have made the situation wrost. I need to fix this.
-Cough
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Post by Chris on Sept 20, 2018 8:55:29 GMT -5
ended Flamerule 10, 11:42pm, 1491 DR, The Year of the Scarlet Witch Depart Rundreth Manor Bargewright Inn Womford rowboats purchased rumors of Haayon the Punisher meet a dwarf upriver to Rivergard Keep Waylaid in the hills The Halls of the Hunting Axe The Ruins Owlbear Greetings Crumbling Arch Watchtower Ancient Hall Entrance to the Crypts Hall of the Fallen False Crypt The Tomb Our plays on RPGGeek rpggeek.com/plays/thing/172944?userid=1168080
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Post by Chris on Sept 27, 2018 9:17:07 GMT -5
ended Flamerule 12, 7:00am, 1491 DR, The Year of the Scarlet Witch , at the ruins of Rivergard Keep, preparing to seek a lost friend and some wayward weapons 19 days until Midsummer Holiday, moon is waning crescent, normal temps, no wind or precipitation, except for elemental anomalies Halls of the Hunting Axe False Tomb Villains The True Tomb of King Torhild Flametongue Harpers Our plays on RPGGeek rpggeek.com/plays/thing/172944?userid=1168080
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Post by Chris on Oct 4, 2018 8:04:59 GMT -5
ended Flamerule 12, 10:01am, 1491 DR, The Year of the Scarlet Witch, 19 days before Midsummer, waning crescent moon Rivergard Keep Temple of the Crushing Wave Lake Landing (2 giant octopi) Whisper Lake Starry Lake Caravan Stairs The Fane of the Eye Swift Stream The Plunge The Plunging Torrents Waterfall Basin Feeding Cave Eye of Anguish (recover fallen Narcelia Olonrae) The Water Portal (meet the new boss) Our plays on RPGGeek rpggeek.com/plays/thing/172944?userid=1168080
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Post by Chris on Oct 18, 2018 7:37:49 GMT -5
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Post by Chris on Oct 25, 2018 7:35:36 GMT -5
ended Flamerule 13, 10:08am, 1491 DR, The Year of the Scarlet Witch, 18 days before Midsummer, waning crescent moon Fane of the Eye Harpy Nest Hall of Battle (fire elemental myrmidons) That Which Lurks Emberhorn Den Fiery Throat The Weeping Colossus Volcanic Shaft Sentry Chamber (2 flamewraths, 2 razerblasts) ended mid-combat Our plays on RPGGeek rpggeek.com/plays/thing/172944?userid=1168080
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