Ben Duín - The Vertical Ray of the Sun
OK. This is my first post. I've just been lurking around for a while.
The overall quality on the Story Hour is impressive (read: intimidating), so I'd like to post the most recent entries from my campaign to see if there's interest in seeing a more fleshed out version.
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THE PARTY
Naskus - elven fighter10/mage11. Central character. From the small fishing hamlet of Gwyn Morfil in Ayr. Maintains strongholds in the Avocan Islands to the south, and among the halflings of Krusevo within the Shires of Lipik.
Marutu - human mage12/cleric5. Leading the party back to his order of Lacdevu near the headwaters of the Urno.
Eripe Volnus /eh REE peh FOL noos/- human ranger10. Originally from the Csornan highlands, now adventuring around the Csornan coast.
Oryeni - human thief11. From the teeming port city of Khovitsa, seat of the Csornan Crown. He and Eripe are the last survivors from a miserably failed adventure near the city-state of Thasos to the south. The two (and now with their current companions) are being pursued through the Csornan wilds by a cunning Thasoan war party.
THE POACHERS
Brody Pascani - human ranger5
Doro Pascani - human ranger2/cleric3. Brody's younger brother. In the service of Blarún, sister goddess of the Blue Moon.
Lanic /LAH nich/ - human ranger6
David /da VEED/ - human ranger1. Lanic's promising young apprentice.
The fleeing party is crossing the Urno at the foot of a massive waterfall. They have taken this path at Eripe's direction after he spotted a few ancient Vailikan trail glyphs indicating the trail was magically protected from scrying attempts. The party is in rough shape, wounded and with depleted magic. They have just slain the two abolleth of the ruined temple at the waterfall's base, thereby freeing the poachers from three years of mental enslavement. The poachers will want to return to their home near Lake Vailika upriver to let their families know they are alive. But first they'll have to stay alive.
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5th FALLDAVOL (1st Friday of 5th month), HIGH NOON
A CRUMBLING PRE-TEULAN RIVER TEMPLE AT THE SECRET FORD OVER THE RIVER URNO IN CSORNA
The party hears a deafening roar coming from the first temple building, the site of the corpse of Kalachthu /kah LOCK too/, the dark naga.
"It's the black beast," the poachers say.
"We flee to the cavern!" shouts David. The party gathers their gear and Lanic distributes his flaming arrows to those with bows. Naskus looks up at the gaping hole in the temple ceiling to see the sky darkened by the soaring wings of Zalegerzeg /ZAHL uh GAIR zeg/, the black dragon, who arcs to begin his descent.
The party slogs through the temple courtyard, flooded waist-high, following David to the submerged cavern entrance. Lanic turns to get two shots off at the dragon as it hovers for a moment before the temple. An acrid, crackling spray rips across the surface of the water as everyone takes damage from the dragon's breath weapon. The party runs through the choking steam as the poachers succumb to the dragon's fear effect.
Eripe and Naskus turn to hold the dragon with one more volley of flaming arrow fire, but the dragon sends forth a fan of magic missiles from his left claw. Eripe is hit as he looses his arrow. Marutu the wizard and Brody the ranger are struck in the back. Oryeni the thief is hit in the side as he is about to dive for the cave entrance. He is now badly hurt, and one more hit may finish him after the massive damage he sustained from the abolleths' attack earlier this morning. The missile just misses Naskus' face, sending a quick shock of static electricity to his ear as he turns to run, knowing the dragon's breath weapon is about to strike again.
Naskus runs with the rest of the party toward the submerged entrance, and braces for the sharp splash of dragon acid. A floating black sphere appears in the party's midst, and immediately envelops the area with pure darkness. Naskus follows his blind-fighting sense toward the entrance, pushing bodies under the water and into the cavern entrance. With the gust and whip-crack of the dragon's wings at his back, Naskus utters a quick prayer to Mananan that the wax seals of his spellbook's case hold up, and he dives under the water.
OK. This is my first post. I've just been lurking around for a while.
The overall quality on the Story Hour is impressive (read: intimidating), so I'd like to post the most recent entries from my campaign to see if there's interest in seeing a more fleshed out version.
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THE PARTY
Naskus - elven fighter10/mage11. Central character. From the small fishing hamlet of Gwyn Morfil in Ayr. Maintains strongholds in the Avocan Islands to the south, and among the halflings of Krusevo within the Shires of Lipik.
Marutu - human mage12/cleric5. Leading the party back to his order of Lacdevu near the headwaters of the Urno.
Eripe Volnus /eh REE peh FOL noos/- human ranger10. Originally from the Csornan highlands, now adventuring around the Csornan coast.
Oryeni - human thief11. From the teeming port city of Khovitsa, seat of the Csornan Crown. He and Eripe are the last survivors from a miserably failed adventure near the city-state of Thasos to the south. The two (and now with their current companions) are being pursued through the Csornan wilds by a cunning Thasoan war party.
THE POACHERS
Brody Pascani - human ranger5
Doro Pascani - human ranger2/cleric3. Brody's younger brother. In the service of Blarún, sister goddess of the Blue Moon.
Lanic /LAH nich/ - human ranger6
David /da VEED/ - human ranger1. Lanic's promising young apprentice.
The fleeing party is crossing the Urno at the foot of a massive waterfall. They have taken this path at Eripe's direction after he spotted a few ancient Vailikan trail glyphs indicating the trail was magically protected from scrying attempts. The party is in rough shape, wounded and with depleted magic. They have just slain the two abolleth of the ruined temple at the waterfall's base, thereby freeing the poachers from three years of mental enslavement. The poachers will want to return to their home near Lake Vailika upriver to let their families know they are alive. But first they'll have to stay alive.
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5th FALLDAVOL (1st Friday of 5th month), HIGH NOON
A CRUMBLING PRE-TEULAN RIVER TEMPLE AT THE SECRET FORD OVER THE RIVER URNO IN CSORNA
The party hears a deafening roar coming from the first temple building, the site of the corpse of Kalachthu /kah LOCK too/, the dark naga.
"It's the black beast," the poachers say.
"We flee to the cavern!" shouts David. The party gathers their gear and Lanic distributes his flaming arrows to those with bows. Naskus looks up at the gaping hole in the temple ceiling to see the sky darkened by the soaring wings of Zalegerzeg /ZAHL uh GAIR zeg/, the black dragon, who arcs to begin his descent.
The party slogs through the temple courtyard, flooded waist-high, following David to the submerged cavern entrance. Lanic turns to get two shots off at the dragon as it hovers for a moment before the temple. An acrid, crackling spray rips across the surface of the water as everyone takes damage from the dragon's breath weapon. The party runs through the choking steam as the poachers succumb to the dragon's fear effect.
Eripe and Naskus turn to hold the dragon with one more volley of flaming arrow fire, but the dragon sends forth a fan of magic missiles from his left claw. Eripe is hit as he looses his arrow. Marutu the wizard and Brody the ranger are struck in the back. Oryeni the thief is hit in the side as he is about to dive for the cave entrance. He is now badly hurt, and one more hit may finish him after the massive damage he sustained from the abolleths' attack earlier this morning. The missile just misses Naskus' face, sending a quick shock of static electricity to his ear as he turns to run, knowing the dragon's breath weapon is about to strike again.
Naskus runs with the rest of the party toward the submerged entrance, and braces for the sharp splash of dragon acid. A floating black sphere appears in the party's midst, and immediately envelops the area with pure darkness. Naskus follows his blind-fighting sense toward the entrance, pushing bodies under the water and into the cavern entrance. With the gust and whip-crack of the dragon's wings at his back, Naskus utters a quick prayer to Mananan that the wax seals of his spellbook's case hold up, and he dives under the water.