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<blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 1039458" data-attributes="member: 1210"><p><strong>Mynar!</strong></p><p></p><p>The cliche was that the party of adventurers met at a bar.</p><p></p><p>The twist is how it happened.</p><p></p><p>So there was this tavern, scattered with a light afternoon's business on the 17th day of the 1st month of the year 95 of Our Lord Galador; and suddenly this wizard-looking guy stood up at the bar with a wild look in his eyes, screamed, <em>"MYNAR!!"</em>, and cast a <em>fireball</em> into the room.</p><p></p><p>The ball detonated with a whoomp, incinerating a number of surprised drinkers and setting the building alight. There was a general cry and panicked farmers and merchants began rushing for the door.</p><p></p><p>Several of the survivors of the initial blast moved into action against the man, drawing weapons and rushing forward. He screamed madly and threw an orb of spinning color at a sly-looking gnome but missed; then he cast another spell and disappeared. Arrows shot through where he'd been a moment ago uselessly. The gnome and a half-elf threw mad thrusts with their blades at empty space, each wielding two weapons. The wizard became visible again as three missiles sprang from his fingers, and there were grunts and cries as the half-elf, a young lad with horrible acne and the axe-man were hit In an instant the man was down. But flames were roaring, spreading along the bar. "Let's get out of here!" cried the half-elf, and most of them made for the door.</p><p></p><p>Two of them made for the cashbox first.</p><p></p><p>Outside, smoke poured from the building. The aroma of roasting meat wafted on the smoke. Flames licked upward along one outside wall and spat out several of the windows.</p><p></p><p>"Well, that was fun," coughed one of the men who had defeated the flame-caster as he dragged the corpse of the wizard out of the tavern. "I'm Galiger Light. Pleased to meet you." He'd wielded an axe in the combat. He looked like a hard man, with a handsome but brutal face. He wore black studded leather.</p><p></p><p>"I'm Vito," said the half-elf, sheathing his longsword and shortsword. "Malford," the gnome chimed in, "the Magnificent." He was still mentally counting his share of the cashbox in his head. "Dexter Nadly," the youth with the bad face said. "Mordan Kain," said the female elven archer.</p><p></p><p>"We should find out what that was all about," said Vito.</p><p></p><p>The group agreed, and it was shortly thereafter that they met the wife- no, the <em>widow-</em> of the man they'd killed. She was Dinagar's widow; they never learned her name. She wanted to know what was going on herself; her husband was clearly witnessed by dozens as guilty of burning the tavern down, and he was a good man.</p><p></p><p>"A good, Galador-fearing man?" emphasized Galiger. There may have been a hint of sarcasm in his voice.</p><p></p><p>Yes, of course, the widow told them, and in fact he worked for a company that itself worked for the Church. "Interesting," mused the wily gnome Malford.</p><p></p><p>Inquiries at a sage's office revealed that Mynar's an island somewhere far removed to the north- not even on any maps the characters can find. It's <em>far away.</em>*</p><p></p><p>Inquiries of the Church turn up only polite unhelpfulness. Soon it's plain that there's something being covered up by the righteous Church of Galador, and Galiger thinks it's time to have a talk about religion with his new compatriots. After all, he is a priest of Bleak, and if they're amenable, he'd love to cause the Galadorians some pain...</p><p></p><p></p><p>*Note that my initial conception of the infinite ocean of Cydra was that it would be a flat plane of infinite expanse and depth, although this has subsequently changed; but since that's the common man's belief that'll do for now. It's actually the inside surface of an enormous air bubble some 780,000 miles in diameter.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Our next update will have, among other things, the resolution of the Mynar mystery and the first death of a pc. The update above roughly covers the first session of this campaign world; as stated previously, I may have some of the details wrong. In any event, our party at this point consists of:</p><p></p><p>Galiger Light, cleric of Bleak 1 (CE)</p><p>Vido, half-elf ranger/mage 1/1 (CG)</p><p>Dexter Nadly, psionicist 1 (NE)</p><p>Malford the Magnificent, gnome illusionist/thief 1/1 (CN)</p><p>Mordan Kain, elf bard 1 (CN)</p><p></p><p>I hope this early years thread is enjoyable- it will prolly skip around a lot over the last five hundred-odd games...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="the Jester, post: 1039458, member: 1210"] [b]Mynar![/b] The cliche was that the party of adventurers met at a bar. The twist is how it happened. So there was this tavern, scattered with a light afternoon's business on the 17th day of the 1st month of the year 95 of Our Lord Galador; and suddenly this wizard-looking guy stood up at the bar with a wild look in his eyes, screamed, [i]"MYNAR!!"[/i], and cast a [i]fireball[/i] into the room. The ball detonated with a whoomp, incinerating a number of surprised drinkers and setting the building alight. There was a general cry and panicked farmers and merchants began rushing for the door. Several of the survivors of the initial blast moved into action against the man, drawing weapons and rushing forward. He screamed madly and threw an orb of spinning color at a sly-looking gnome but missed; then he cast another spell and disappeared. Arrows shot through where he'd been a moment ago uselessly. The gnome and a half-elf threw mad thrusts with their blades at empty space, each wielding two weapons. The wizard became visible again as three missiles sprang from his fingers, and there were grunts and cries as the half-elf, a young lad with horrible acne and the axe-man were hit In an instant the man was down. But flames were roaring, spreading along the bar. "Let's get out of here!" cried the half-elf, and most of them made for the door. Two of them made for the cashbox first. Outside, smoke poured from the building. The aroma of roasting meat wafted on the smoke. Flames licked upward along one outside wall and spat out several of the windows. "Well, that was fun," coughed one of the men who had defeated the flame-caster as he dragged the corpse of the wizard out of the tavern. "I'm Galiger Light. Pleased to meet you." He'd wielded an axe in the combat. He looked like a hard man, with a handsome but brutal face. He wore black studded leather. "I'm Vito," said the half-elf, sheathing his longsword and shortsword. "Malford," the gnome chimed in, "the Magnificent." He was still mentally counting his share of the cashbox in his head. "Dexter Nadly," the youth with the bad face said. "Mordan Kain," said the female elven archer. "We should find out what that was all about," said Vito. The group agreed, and it was shortly thereafter that they met the wife- no, the [i]widow-[/i] of the man they'd killed. She was Dinagar's widow; they never learned her name. She wanted to know what was going on herself; her husband was clearly witnessed by dozens as guilty of burning the tavern down, and he was a good man. "A good, Galador-fearing man?" emphasized Galiger. There may have been a hint of sarcasm in his voice. Yes, of course, the widow told them, and in fact he worked for a company that itself worked for the Church. "Interesting," mused the wily gnome Malford. Inquiries at a sage's office revealed that Mynar's an island somewhere far removed to the north- not even on any maps the characters can find. It's [i]far away.[/i]* Inquiries of the Church turn up only polite unhelpfulness. Soon it's plain that there's something being covered up by the righteous Church of Galador, and Galiger thinks it's time to have a talk about religion with his new compatriots. After all, he is a priest of Bleak, and if they're amenable, he'd love to cause the Galadorians some pain... *Note that my initial conception of the infinite ocean of Cydra was that it would be a flat plane of infinite expanse and depth, although this has subsequently changed; but since that's the common man's belief that'll do for now. It's actually the inside surface of an enormous air bubble some 780,000 miles in diameter. Our next update will have, among other things, the resolution of the Mynar mystery and the first death of a pc. The update above roughly covers the first session of this campaign world; as stated previously, I may have some of the details wrong. In any event, our party at this point consists of: Galiger Light, cleric of Bleak 1 (CE) Vido, half-elf ranger/mage 1/1 (CG) Dexter Nadly, psionicist 1 (NE) Malford the Magnificent, gnome illusionist/thief 1/1 (CN) Mordan Kain, elf bard 1 (CN) I hope this early years thread is enjoyable- it will prolly skip around a lot over the last five hundred-odd games... [/QUOTE]
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