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[Adventure]: Land Ho! FWBTHW (DM:H.M.Gimlord,Judge:Ozymandias79)
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<blockquote data-quote="H.M.Gimlord" data-source="post: 5597868" data-attributes="member: 79440"><p>TikChik's insect-like proboscis detects the scent of the kobold and realizes that this fellow was in the prison briefly before their escape attempt. This reptile is no ordinary kobold. He smells.... cleaner than the others, <span style="color: SandyBrown">"This one's the dragon's right-hand squeak, he is"</span> the thri-kreen observes,<span style="color: SandyBrown"> "He's no ordinary lackey."</span>[sblock=Nature]<a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3078252/" target="_blank">1d20+14+2(Cumulative bonus)+1 Individual Advantage= 36</a> (almost a crit, but not quite).[/sblock]Amid the threats, and the questions, this simple statement seems to make the reptile's eyes flash from confusion to comprehension. Then it smiles slyly, <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: RoyalBlue">"I caresss not about my life."</span></span> It hisses. It actually becomes less afraid, in fact, it appears as though it is becoming amused, <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: RoyalBlue">"But I tellss you anyway, becaussss I thinkssss you are misssssstaken." </span></span>A hint of a smile crosses the kobold's long muzzle and it attempts what appears to be a sly wink, <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: RoyalBlue">"Yesssss. I lisssstensss to you ssspeak. Your 'goddesssss'"</span></span> it lifts its claws and flexes them to resemble quotation marks when it says this, <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: RoyalBlue">"Issss a liar! 'Coursssss all dragonssss lie. Jusssst sssssome doessss it for gain, and otherssss jusssst to be mean.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: RoyalBlue">"Iguyo Di Wer Grovisv missssleadss you. But sssssshe's trickssssy with half-truthssss. Wer Vhisar not drivesss Iguyo Di Wer Grovisv's mother from her home. Grovisvi Daariv and her ssssissster Lpuul Bakina killssss Wer Whisar'sss father while Wer Vhisar isss sssstill an egg. Wer Vhisar essscapesss. The ssssissstersss ssstill live in Rioc Parvel. Masster wantsss it back."</span></span> The kobold's head jerks up as if it just remembered something it forgot, <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: RoyalBlue">"Ooooh. Dwarfssses! Dwarfssses fightssss when Wer Vhisar'ssss father takesss Rioc Parvel." </span></span> The reptile shakes its head as if the story is getting muddled in its tiny mind, <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: RoyalBlue">"Wasssss long ago. Great-grandfather tellssss grandfather the ssstory. Grandfather tellsss Father. Father tellssss me.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: RoyalBlue">"Now, today." </span></span>The kobold's eyes now become more lucid in certainty, <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: RoyalBlue">"Sssssshear comessss with dwarf and human. Dwarf issss king of Rioc Parvel, wizard ssssays. Wer Vhisar assssksss for prooof, and Ssssshear spillssss human'ssss blood to sssshow human'ssss memoriesssss. Memoriesssss sssshow that dwarf hassssss chip from Moonssstone! Wer Vhisar keepssss dwarf for quesssstioning and killlssss Ssssshear. Then masssster eatsss human.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: RoyalBlue"></span></span></p><p>The kobold looks up at Gensai snapping out of its reverie, <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: RoyalBlue">"Your friendsss are alive. Wer Vhisar isss curioussss why they came. He sssssaved your wissszrd from death to find out who you are. He waitssss for you."</span></span> The kobold points through the tapestry,<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: RoyalBlue"> "The dragonman fell down the East sssschute to the river. He'ssss been ssswept out to sssea!"</span></span></p><p></p><p>Then the kobold turns to Sheng and Tikchik, <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: RoyalBlue">"You are the onessss he hired. If you had ssstayed in your ssscell, you might have been treated better."</span></span> He laughs pointing at their wounds from the skirmish in the prison, <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: RoyalBlue">"Wer Vhisar wassss keeeping you for a tassssk."</span></span></p><p></p><p>[sblock=Skill Challenge Round 2]</p><p> [sblock=Round 1 Results] </p><p> </p><p> Congratulations! You've earned yourselves some bonuses for next round!</p><p> </p><p> <strong>Gensai</strong>: <em>History </em><em>- 23, </em><strong>2 Points</strong> </p><p> <strong>Sheng</strong>: <em>Bluff </em><em>- 23</em><em>, </em><strong>2 Points </strong></p><p> <strong>Tikchik</strong>: <em>Nature - 36, </em><strong>3 Points</strong></p><p> <strong>Riardon</strong>: <em>Arcana </em><em>- 25, </em><strong>2 Points</strong> </p><p> <strong>Fenwick</strong>: <em>Diplomacy </em><em>- 23</em><em>, </em><strong>2 Points</strong> </p><p> </p><p> <strong>Note</strong>: Repeating the same skill multiple rounds in a row imposes a cumulative -2 penalty.</p><p> </p><p> Round Total: <strong>11 Points</strong>: <strong>2 Victory Points</strong> </p><p> </p><p> [/sblock]Skill challenge total: <strong>6 Victory Points: Strategic Advantage</strong></p><p><strong></strong>[/sblock][GM]Congratulations! You have successfully completed the skill challenge and earned a strategic advantage: The kobold, who happens to be of some rank among the others here, offers an audience with Wer Vhisar and the promise of not being attacked on the way.[/GM]The kobold steps up to the tapestry and pulls it aside to reveal the entrance to what once must have been the opulent throne room for some sylvan lord. Enormous gargoyles stand guard at the entrance, and ornate columns support an intricately sculpted ceiling. The party's new reptilian guide beckons the group to follow. The promise of a kobold is not one to be accepted lightly, but upon its insistence the group feels that this creature is acting out of curiosity rather than malice.</p><p></p><p>Through the curtain, picking its way a little too carefully to be direct, the kobold leads them around a corner, past the dais and throne of the great chamber and through a gaping hole that has been torn in the rear wall of the throne room that reveals a cavernous chamber of a much less finished appearance. From through the hole, still at some distance, the party hears a cacophonous sound, like the howling of the wind, or a thousand stones being smashed upon one another. </p><p></p><p>The smell of ozone quickly dissipates and the reek of rotting flesh attacks the party's senses as they approach the hole in the wall. Stacks of dead bodies and armor once occupied, but now ownerless, lie in heap after heap throughout the chamber beyond. </p><p></p><p>The grotto is dimly lit by brazers of incense that seem to compliment, rather than suppress the stench. </p><p></p><p>The thundering noise grows as the party passes through the opening and appears to be issuing from a large hole in the floor at the chamber's. Looking through reveals an overhead view of an underground river where other kobolds can be seen milling around. It appears that a boat has just landed on one side of the river and goods are being unloaded. The sound of the water's rush is too loud to make out voices.</p><p></p><p>Turning their attention, again, to the cave in which they stand, the party sees, against the far wall, a mountain of treasure, the likes of which they have never seen before in their lives. In front of the enormous cache lies the unconscious form of Mervin.</p><p></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: RoyalBlue">"Wait here,"</span></span> the kobold snickers, <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: RoyalBlue">"Touch nothing! I getsss massster"</span></span> Then it runs off through the opening through which the party entered as though it is relieved in not having to remain in the chamber. [sblock=Big Picture Map]<img src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss151/HMGimlord/Thebigpicture2.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />[/sblock][sblock=Local Map]<img src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss151/HMGimlord/WalrynsLair2.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />[/sblock][GM]Please RP your characters actions, thoughts, suspicions, conjectures, etc... for two rounds while you wait for Wer Vhisar.[/GM]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="H.M.Gimlord, post: 5597868, member: 79440"] TikChik's insect-like proboscis detects the scent of the kobold and realizes that this fellow was in the prison briefly before their escape attempt. This reptile is no ordinary kobold. He smells.... cleaner than the others, [COLOR=SandyBrown]"This one's the dragon's right-hand squeak, he is"[/COLOR] the thri-kreen observes,[COLOR=SandyBrown] "He's no ordinary lackey."[/COLOR][sblock=Nature][URL="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3078252/"]1d20+14+2(Cumulative bonus)+1 Individual Advantage= 36[/URL] (almost a crit, but not quite).[/sblock]Amid the threats, and the questions, this simple statement seems to make the reptile's eyes flash from confusion to comprehension. Then it smiles slyly, [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=RoyalBlue]"I caresss not about my life."[/COLOR][/FONT] It hisses. It actually becomes less afraid, in fact, it appears as though it is becoming amused, [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=RoyalBlue]"But I tellss you anyway, becaussss I thinkssss you are misssssstaken." [/COLOR][/FONT]A hint of a smile crosses the kobold's long muzzle and it attempts what appears to be a sly wink, [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=RoyalBlue]"Yesssss. I lisssstensss to you ssspeak. Your 'goddesssss'"[/COLOR][/FONT] it lifts its claws and flexes them to resemble quotation marks when it says this, [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=RoyalBlue]"Issss a liar! 'Coursssss all dragonssss lie. Jusssst sssssome doessss it for gain, and otherssss jusssst to be mean.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=RoyalBlue]"Iguyo Di Wer Grovisv missssleadss you. But sssssshe's trickssssy with half-truthssss. Wer Vhisar not drivesss Iguyo Di Wer Grovisv's mother from her home. Grovisvi Daariv and her ssssissster Lpuul Bakina killssss Wer Whisar'sss father while Wer Vhisar isss sssstill an egg. Wer Vhisar essscapesss. The ssssissstersss ssstill live in Rioc Parvel. Masster wantsss it back."[/COLOR][/FONT] The kobold's head jerks up as if it just remembered something it forgot, [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=RoyalBlue]"Ooooh. Dwarfssses! Dwarfssses fightssss when Wer Vhisar'ssss father takesss Rioc Parvel." [/COLOR][/FONT] The reptile shakes its head as if the story is getting muddled in its tiny mind, [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=RoyalBlue]"Wasssss long ago. Great-grandfather tellssss grandfather the ssstory. Grandfather tellsss Father. Father tellssss me.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=RoyalBlue]"Now, today." [/COLOR][/FONT]The kobold's eyes now become more lucid in certainty, [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=RoyalBlue]"Sssssshear comessss with dwarf and human. Dwarf issss king of Rioc Parvel, wizard ssssays. Wer Vhisar assssksss for prooof, and Ssssshear spillssss human'ssss blood to sssshow human'ssss memoriesssss. Memoriesssss sssshow that dwarf hassssss chip from Moonssstone! Wer Vhisar keepssss dwarf for quesssstioning and killlssss Ssssshear. Then masssster eatsss human. [/COLOR][/FONT] The kobold looks up at Gensai snapping out of its reverie, [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=RoyalBlue]"Your friendsss are alive. Wer Vhisar isss curioussss why they came. He sssssaved your wissszrd from death to find out who you are. He waitssss for you."[/COLOR][/FONT] The kobold points through the tapestry,[FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=RoyalBlue] "The dragonman fell down the East sssschute to the river. He'ssss been ssswept out to sssea!"[/COLOR][/FONT] Then the kobold turns to Sheng and Tikchik, [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=RoyalBlue]"You are the onessss he hired. If you had ssstayed in your ssscell, you might have been treated better."[/COLOR][/FONT] He laughs pointing at their wounds from the skirmish in the prison, [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=RoyalBlue]"Wer Vhisar wassss keeeping you for a tassssk."[/COLOR][/FONT] [sblock=Skill Challenge Round 2] [sblock=Round 1 Results] Congratulations! You've earned yourselves some bonuses for next round! [B]Gensai[/B]: [I]History [/I][I]- 23, [/I][B]2 Points[/B] [B]Sheng[/B]: [I]Bluff [/I][I]- 23[/I][I], [/I][B]2 Points [/B] [B]Tikchik[/B]: [I]Nature - 36, [/I][B]3 Points[/B] [B]Riardon[/B]: [I]Arcana [/I][I]- 25, [/I][B]2 Points[/B] [B]Fenwick[/B]: [I]Diplomacy [/I][I]- 23[/I][I], [/I][B]2 Points[/B] [B]Note[/B]: Repeating the same skill multiple rounds in a row imposes a cumulative -2 penalty. Round Total: [B]11 Points[/B]: [B]2 Victory Points[/B] [/sblock]Skill challenge total: [B]6 Victory Points: Strategic Advantage [/B][/sblock][GM]Congratulations! You have successfully completed the skill challenge and earned a strategic advantage: The kobold, who happens to be of some rank among the others here, offers an audience with Wer Vhisar and the promise of not being attacked on the way.[/GM]The kobold steps up to the tapestry and pulls it aside to reveal the entrance to what once must have been the opulent throne room for some sylvan lord. Enormous gargoyles stand guard at the entrance, and ornate columns support an intricately sculpted ceiling. The party's new reptilian guide beckons the group to follow. The promise of a kobold is not one to be accepted lightly, but upon its insistence the group feels that this creature is acting out of curiosity rather than malice. Through the curtain, picking its way a little too carefully to be direct, the kobold leads them around a corner, past the dais and throne of the great chamber and through a gaping hole that has been torn in the rear wall of the throne room that reveals a cavernous chamber of a much less finished appearance. From through the hole, still at some distance, the party hears a cacophonous sound, like the howling of the wind, or a thousand stones being smashed upon one another. The smell of ozone quickly dissipates and the reek of rotting flesh attacks the party's senses as they approach the hole in the wall. Stacks of dead bodies and armor once occupied, but now ownerless, lie in heap after heap throughout the chamber beyond. The grotto is dimly lit by brazers of incense that seem to compliment, rather than suppress the stench. The thundering noise grows as the party passes through the opening and appears to be issuing from a large hole in the floor at the chamber's. Looking through reveals an overhead view of an underground river where other kobolds can be seen milling around. It appears that a boat has just landed on one side of the river and goods are being unloaded. The sound of the water's rush is too loud to make out voices. Turning their attention, again, to the cave in which they stand, the party sees, against the far wall, a mountain of treasure, the likes of which they have never seen before in their lives. In front of the enormous cache lies the unconscious form of Mervin. [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=RoyalBlue]"Wait here,"[/COLOR][/FONT] the kobold snickers, [FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=RoyalBlue]"Touch nothing! I getsss massster"[/COLOR][/FONT] Then it runs off through the opening through which the party entered as though it is relieved in not having to remain in the chamber. [sblock=Big Picture Map][IMG]http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss151/HMGimlord/Thebigpicture2.png[/IMG][/sblock][sblock=Local Map][IMG]http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss151/HMGimlord/WalrynsLair2.png[/IMG][/sblock][GM]Please RP your characters actions, thoughts, suspicions, conjectures, etc... for two rounds while you wait for Wer Vhisar.[/GM] [/QUOTE]
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