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<blockquote data-quote="fr33py" data-source="post: 5149708" data-attributes="member: 84318"><p><strong>Chapter 5 - Out of the Fire into the Fire Forest -</strong></p><p></p><p>The party headed closer to the Fire Forest as was evident by the ashen sky and rising temperature. They wanted to make the forest by sunset so picked up the pace of the nervous horses. They came to a clearing and noticed several snarling beasts. Hyenas with fangs dripping and growling as the group made the last turn.</p><p> </p><p> A large beast man stood atop a stone wall as the group approached.</p><p> </p><p> Erion looked over to Serasith who usually handled the initial greetings. Erion thought it would go something like "Hail powerful beast man of the woods, stay your beasts as we do not come to harm you and your home, we are merely passing through and..." Erions thoughts were cut off as a screaming chaos bolt ripping through the air and slamming into the nearest Hyena with 'HISSSS' of scorched flesh.</p><p> </p><p> "Ok then, I guess you need to work on your speedy diplomacy or at least be far enough ahead that Kristov is out of range. Erion smiled at Serasith who was already moving toward the beast man. The dragon born always took the lead to protect the group and shouted "Take out the animals, I will deal with him!" </p><p> </p><p> From out of the woods and behind the small building more hyenas ran snarling to the attack.</p><p> </p><p> It ended as quickly as it had begun, Trammorn unleashed the power of his Dragon God Bahamaut, Grulls slashing knives cut viciously spraying blood and fur, Kristovs chaos magic burned with brain melting fury, Serasith engaged the leader and cut him down while Erion, Cheadle and Molokai were all very impressed.</p><p> </p><p> The group searched the area and after a short rest and cleanup continued down the road.</p><p> </p><p> not long after they spotted a small farmhouse in a small clearing, as the road wound closer a young woman stood alongside the road, her eyes glazed over, She was murmuring about "you come to the lands and bring a terrible force with you..evil and doom come in your wake' as the horses came closer the woman seemed to break away from her daydream and waved hello. "Please you must help us I beg you, we are in danger and my father he wont leave this place."</p><p> </p><p> Serasith spoke to the girl while Kristov imagined what she would look like undressed "We head south, if your in danger we will help. what is your name?" "I am Kristen." said the young lady.</p><p> </p><p> "Girl!" yelled an old man as he kicked open the farmhouse door " Stop talking to those travellers! I told you to stay away from the road!" "Sorry father, looking back at the group she pleaded, "please please help us, hes so stubborn" </p><p> </p><p> "Go away you and leave my daughter and my land!" The group approached and introduced themselves. "We have travelled a full day and are weary and our horses need rest, your daughter was being kind and said you may be in need of help, we are very capable and willing to aid you. We just ask for some shelter and rest"</p><p> </p><p> The man grumbled "fine fine, you may rest your horses and yourselves, but we dont need any sort of help. Just be away in the morning" Serasith addressed the man, thank you for letting us into your home. What should we call you?" "I am Haddin." Trammorn and Erion both had heard of Hayden, he was an infamous and powerful artificer from Gate Pass who was driven out of the town linked to a terrible murder and some suspicious events. He had a mysterious magical talent to completely dominate minds, which lead to accusations, he was forced to leave gate pass with his family years ago.</p><p> </p><p> Trammorn spoke gruffly "Haddin I have heard of you! You meddle with minds! I will not step a foot into this puppet masters home!" The stout man stood outside the house and walked the grounds while the rest of the group stepped in. While outside he found 2 gravestones, Haddins wife and brother and walked back to the door.</p><p> </p><p> The girl spoke up again "But Father they will come, we should ask for help!" "Stop!" the mans voice sounded firmly and echoed strangely in everyones ear. The young woman walked over and sat calmly in a chair looking toward a wall and was quiet.</p><p> </p><p> Erion spoke "You were once a great artificer in Gate Pass why would you leave that legacy to come out here? You were once a proud citizen, you know now that the Inquisitors arrived and we fear the city and all its magics will be detroyed. We are heading south intent of enlisting aid from the Lysium. We would offer you and your daughter protection. She spoke of something terrible in our wake."</p><p> </p><p> The man scoffed "I am not afraid of any inquisitors! Bah! and i care even less about Gate pass" From outside the door Trammorn added your wife and brother are buried out here." The man scoffed again "I could care even less about them they are worm food!" Cheadle, who was constantly talking but everyone was just so acustom to tuning him out starting almost yelling to be heard "Oh yes you should clear your name, its been a long time and your absence only insinuiates your guilt. Come back with us and your name can be cleared and you can reclaim the glory you once had." The man looked over at the Gnome and started nodding "Yes yes I could do that, I was better than anyone! The best in fact!" Cheadle continued "The competition is Erdan and his stuff is too peculiar for most people unless you like bunnies which are very soft and warm, you know I had a small bunny when I was a young gnome I used to bring it on picnics and one day...."</p><p> </p><p> Cheadles was cut off by a hail of arrows striking the farmhouse. Grull secretly hoped one would strike him in the skull and end his misery, he smirked as he imagined gutting a white rabit as blood sprayed the shocked face of a youthful Cheadle. He snapped out of it and drew his daggers and headed for the door.</p><p> </p><p> "They are here" said the girl still sitting in her chair.</p><p> </p><p> A loud voice was heard outside "We have come for you Hayden surrender now to the inquisition!" </p><p> </p><p> Trammorn felt a tingling at the base of his skull, he itched it and as he did his fingers began to numb spreading quickly over his entire body till he simply stared out of his eyes trapped completely, in domination. He saw men approaching from all angles they appeared to be Ragesians. He couldn't move he just watched the men suddenly he found himself running to attack. he tried to scream "Damn you Haddin! Bahamut curse you!, but his lips would not move. He charged into the fray.</p><p> </p><p> Arrows hit the farmhouse again and the group took cover the back door was smashed open by a burly fighter who charged in wreaking havok followed by a man in a beast mask eldrich energies glowed around him. Erion looked at Kristov "An Inquisitor! You see that necklace he's wearing, those little shriveled beads? Those are testicles from mages they torture, its a momento and status symbol. I say we shove it down the throat of his corpse, cuz I will die before I let him capture us." Kristov smiled, Erion was one of the least annoying of any Wizard he had ever met "Lets do this then" Kristovs eyes rolled back as he let chaos energy fill his body it felt euphoric and even better to unleash its fury"</p><p> </p><p> When the smoke cleared they had won the day. Kristov stood over the dead inquisitor who lay missing his necklace cheeks bulging.</p><p> </p><p> Trammorns felt contol return but was still cloudy on what had occured. The group tended to wounds and dragged the bodies around the back of the home. The old man spoke up "fine I will go with you, My daughter and I will pack rest well we leave early."</p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: Sienna">This session wasn't our finest. A couple guys brought beer and a few of us had a few too many. This seemed to slow combat rounds drastically. Especially since our keeper of the initiative was by far the most intoxicated so rounds would take forever. We only got through 2 encounters tonight. This was the first session Trammorn actually rejoined us due to his player being absent for various reasons related to getting married over the past 4 weeks. Trammorn's player is bit eccentric and is also our ex-gm. Trammorn is the Lawful Good Invoker of Bahamut who strangely feels more neutral then anything. He tends to act more in ways of what benefits him at the moment then what might be most lawful or good. Crystin's need for help was overshadowed by Trammorn's immediate dislike for the gruff old wizard Haddin. Haddin's displeasure with Trammorn easily became Haddin's favorite and lead to a fantastic Puppet show as Trammorn would do his bidding through out the majority of the encounter against the parties first visit of an Inquisitor. I added a few HP's to Boreus but it didn't seem like quite enough to really make him feel very EPIC in nature. The party dispatched of the encounter fairly easily. It didn't help that this was the encounter where I probably rolled the worst rolls ever. I consistently rolled 5 or less on most attacks especially the important ones. The group was with out their defender and still managed to stomp this encounter in the ground. Random IS Random I suppose! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna"></span></p><p><span style="color: Sienna">I'm completely ok with it though as I have had many more nights of fantastic rolling versus bad nights so eventually the randomness should even out. </span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Shannon</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fr33py, post: 5149708, member: 84318"] [b]Chapter 5 - Out of the Fire into the Fire Forest -[/b] The party headed closer to the Fire Forest as was evident by the ashen sky and rising temperature. They wanted to make the forest by sunset so picked up the pace of the nervous horses. They came to a clearing and noticed several snarling beasts. Hyenas with fangs dripping and growling as the group made the last turn. A large beast man stood atop a stone wall as the group approached. Erion looked over to Serasith who usually handled the initial greetings. Erion thought it would go something like "Hail powerful beast man of the woods, stay your beasts as we do not come to harm you and your home, we are merely passing through and..." Erions thoughts were cut off as a screaming chaos bolt ripping through the air and slamming into the nearest Hyena with 'HISSSS' of scorched flesh. "Ok then, I guess you need to work on your speedy diplomacy or at least be far enough ahead that Kristov is out of range. Erion smiled at Serasith who was already moving toward the beast man. The dragon born always took the lead to protect the group and shouted "Take out the animals, I will deal with him!" From out of the woods and behind the small building more hyenas ran snarling to the attack. It ended as quickly as it had begun, Trammorn unleashed the power of his Dragon God Bahamaut, Grulls slashing knives cut viciously spraying blood and fur, Kristovs chaos magic burned with brain melting fury, Serasith engaged the leader and cut him down while Erion, Cheadle and Molokai were all very impressed. The group searched the area and after a short rest and cleanup continued down the road. not long after they spotted a small farmhouse in a small clearing, as the road wound closer a young woman stood alongside the road, her eyes glazed over, She was murmuring about "you come to the lands and bring a terrible force with you..evil and doom come in your wake' as the horses came closer the woman seemed to break away from her daydream and waved hello. "Please you must help us I beg you, we are in danger and my father he wont leave this place." Serasith spoke to the girl while Kristov imagined what she would look like undressed "We head south, if your in danger we will help. what is your name?" "I am Kristen." said the young lady. "Girl!" yelled an old man as he kicked open the farmhouse door " Stop talking to those travellers! I told you to stay away from the road!" "Sorry father, looking back at the group she pleaded, "please please help us, hes so stubborn" "Go away you and leave my daughter and my land!" The group approached and introduced themselves. "We have travelled a full day and are weary and our horses need rest, your daughter was being kind and said you may be in need of help, we are very capable and willing to aid you. We just ask for some shelter and rest" The man grumbled "fine fine, you may rest your horses and yourselves, but we dont need any sort of help. Just be away in the morning" Serasith addressed the man, thank you for letting us into your home. What should we call you?" "I am Haddin." Trammorn and Erion both had heard of Hayden, he was an infamous and powerful artificer from Gate Pass who was driven out of the town linked to a terrible murder and some suspicious events. He had a mysterious magical talent to completely dominate minds, which lead to accusations, he was forced to leave gate pass with his family years ago. Trammorn spoke gruffly "Haddin I have heard of you! You meddle with minds! I will not step a foot into this puppet masters home!" The stout man stood outside the house and walked the grounds while the rest of the group stepped in. While outside he found 2 gravestones, Haddins wife and brother and walked back to the door. The girl spoke up again "But Father they will come, we should ask for help!" "Stop!" the mans voice sounded firmly and echoed strangely in everyones ear. The young woman walked over and sat calmly in a chair looking toward a wall and was quiet. Erion spoke "You were once a great artificer in Gate Pass why would you leave that legacy to come out here? You were once a proud citizen, you know now that the Inquisitors arrived and we fear the city and all its magics will be detroyed. We are heading south intent of enlisting aid from the Lysium. We would offer you and your daughter protection. She spoke of something terrible in our wake." The man scoffed "I am not afraid of any inquisitors! Bah! and i care even less about Gate pass" From outside the door Trammorn added your wife and brother are buried out here." The man scoffed again "I could care even less about them they are worm food!" Cheadle, who was constantly talking but everyone was just so acustom to tuning him out starting almost yelling to be heard "Oh yes you should clear your name, its been a long time and your absence only insinuiates your guilt. Come back with us and your name can be cleared and you can reclaim the glory you once had." The man looked over at the Gnome and started nodding "Yes yes I could do that, I was better than anyone! The best in fact!" Cheadle continued "The competition is Erdan and his stuff is too peculiar for most people unless you like bunnies which are very soft and warm, you know I had a small bunny when I was a young gnome I used to bring it on picnics and one day...." Cheadles was cut off by a hail of arrows striking the farmhouse. Grull secretly hoped one would strike him in the skull and end his misery, he smirked as he imagined gutting a white rabit as blood sprayed the shocked face of a youthful Cheadle. He snapped out of it and drew his daggers and headed for the door. "They are here" said the girl still sitting in her chair. A loud voice was heard outside "We have come for you Hayden surrender now to the inquisition!" Trammorn felt a tingling at the base of his skull, he itched it and as he did his fingers began to numb spreading quickly over his entire body till he simply stared out of his eyes trapped completely, in domination. He saw men approaching from all angles they appeared to be Ragesians. He couldn't move he just watched the men suddenly he found himself running to attack. he tried to scream "Damn you Haddin! Bahamut curse you!, but his lips would not move. He charged into the fray. Arrows hit the farmhouse again and the group took cover the back door was smashed open by a burly fighter who charged in wreaking havok followed by a man in a beast mask eldrich energies glowed around him. Erion looked at Kristov "An Inquisitor! You see that necklace he's wearing, those little shriveled beads? Those are testicles from mages they torture, its a momento and status symbol. I say we shove it down the throat of his corpse, cuz I will die before I let him capture us." Kristov smiled, Erion was one of the least annoying of any Wizard he had ever met "Lets do this then" Kristovs eyes rolled back as he let chaos energy fill his body it felt euphoric and even better to unleash its fury" When the smoke cleared they had won the day. Kristov stood over the dead inquisitor who lay missing his necklace cheeks bulging. Trammorns felt contol return but was still cloudy on what had occured. The group tended to wounds and dragged the bodies around the back of the home. The old man spoke up "fine I will go with you, My daughter and I will pack rest well we leave early." [COLOR=Sienna]This session wasn't our finest. A couple guys brought beer and a few of us had a few too many. This seemed to slow combat rounds drastically. Especially since our keeper of the initiative was by far the most intoxicated so rounds would take forever. We only got through 2 encounters tonight. This was the first session Trammorn actually rejoined us due to his player being absent for various reasons related to getting married over the past 4 weeks. Trammorn's player is bit eccentric and is also our ex-gm. Trammorn is the Lawful Good Invoker of Bahamut who strangely feels more neutral then anything. He tends to act more in ways of what benefits him at the moment then what might be most lawful or good. Crystin's need for help was overshadowed by Trammorn's immediate dislike for the gruff old wizard Haddin. Haddin's displeasure with Trammorn easily became Haddin's favorite and lead to a fantastic Puppet show as Trammorn would do his bidding through out the majority of the encounter against the parties first visit of an Inquisitor. I added a few HP's to Boreus but it didn't seem like quite enough to really make him feel very EPIC in nature. The party dispatched of the encounter fairly easily. It didn't help that this was the encounter where I probably rolled the worst rolls ever. I consistently rolled 5 or less on most attacks especially the important ones. The group was with out their defender and still managed to stomp this encounter in the ground. Random IS Random I suppose! :) I'm completely ok with it though as I have had many more nights of fantastic rolling versus bad nights so eventually the randomness should even out. [/COLOR] Shannon [/QUOTE]
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