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Let's Play #9 4e Goodman Games DCC55 Isle of the Sea Drake Enc#9 The Watch Tower WITH PC PICs
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<blockquote data-quote="Goonalan" data-source="post: 6220837" data-attributes="member: 16069"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 18px">Let's Play #9 Goodman Games </span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 18px">DCC55 Isle of the Sea Drake (Level 1)</span></p><p></p><p>Session 1.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/10384414446/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5497/10384414446_f93d5dfc4e_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>Encounter #3 The Coyomi Village (Area A-5)</p><p></p><p>[sblock=The Map]</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/9162515532/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7377/9162515532_ef0518cb54_c.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center">The Map- obviously the guys don’t get to see this.</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/9160313403/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5519/9160313403_d978575883_c.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center">Area A-5. The Coyomi Village… </p><p></p><p>Not a great map, please be aware I mostly don’t use these maps in-game, I tend to use either Pathfinder Mats, or else I have several large Chessex type Quick-Erase Battle Mats, or whatever they’re called. I have four of these, some of the encounters I draw out ahead of time- like this one.</p><p></p><p>[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>The village is a ruin, with several huts destroyed or else burnt down recently; more worrying still there are two rotten humans- Zombies of some sort tied to posts, like guard dogs, close to a larger central hut. There are also a dozen or more female Coyomi- the guys notice the villagers have tattoos of forest animals, birds and plants; as does Zochi.</p><p></p><p>As the guys watch Kravl, a Gnoll- the terrible monster I had problems miming earlier, emerges from the aforementioned central hut, along with half-a-dozen skull-faced Comiqui Villagers, although the guys obviously don’t know it yet these fellows are lowly Minions.</p><p></p><p>[sblock=The Coyomi Village]</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/9160430361/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2873/9160430361_d65ea69f6b_o.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>The adventurers are about to launch their attack when another, much more elaborately tattooed, woman appears from the central hut.</p><p></p><p>“Snake Sister!” Zochi whispers, in Xulmec- her native tongue; and sure enough the woman is adorned with a variety of detailed snake tattoos.</p><p></p><p>[sblock=Snake Sister]</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/9162640218/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7354/9162640218_4fda6eec98_o.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>“Good or bad?” Arannis hisses, trying to find out whose side the snake adorned woman is on.</p><p></p><p>I make the Eladrin mime his question, which proves quite difficult to do; eventually Zochi makes sense of Arannis’ pantomime, “wise woman” she replies- clearly Zochi knows a few words of Common.</p><p></p><p>The guys, rightly, conclude that the tattooed woman, Snake Sister, is not a target for their ire.</p><p></p><p>Bad Guys 786 XP Level 3 Encounter</p><p>Comiqui Villager Level 2 Minion Brute x6</p><p>Zombie Corruption Corpse Level 4 Artillery x2</p><p>Gnoll Marauder- Kravl Level 6 Brute x1</p><p></p><p>[sblock=The Monster Manual]</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/9160220363/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3820/9160220363_5a8713bec8_o.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/9162432510/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7457/9162432510_13e675ca05_o.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/9160231891/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2825/9160231891_7b688ed363_o.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>Because there are a lot of enemies, and this will be a dangerous fight, I introduce the rules for Monster Knowledge checks, something we’ve not really used much before. The guys roll their checks and then take a moment to discuss their findings. They discern that the Gnoll is clearly the leader here, a Brute and a dangerous warrior, it needs to be neutralised quickly. The Comiqui Villagers are the least effective combatants- Minions, they should be easy to subdue, and so the guys decide they should be left to last. </p><p></p><p>However the Zombies are also quite a threat, Heian states that the pair are Corruption Corpses, they have the ability to rip chunks of necrotic flesh from their bodies and throw them at their enemies, the Priest goes on to explain. They must be neutralised first, the pair will do a lot of damage otherwise, Heian is certain.</p><p></p><p>And thus a plan is formed, and with the guys getting the drop on their enemies; after another series of Skill Checks the adventurers back away, circle around, and reposition- Brevill and Lia will lead the attack.</p><p></p><p>The pair ready themselves, and then wordlessly rush forth from the rear of the village at the nearest Corruption Corpse, up close the undead creature stinks to high heaven, even Brevill gags. The Warforged and the Elf however combine effectively, Brevill slashes while Lia stabs, and on her second attempt, she skewers the Zombie. The foul undead groans and begins to turn around to sight its attackers, several of the Comiqui also move to see what the noise is all about.</p><p></p><p>“May the Glorious Light of Sehanine surround thee!”</p><p></p><p>Heian steps forward, holy symbol held high- a pale white light arcs from the device and washes over both of the Corruption Corpses, the already wounded Undead is further crippled, with much of its flesh burnt away- it staggers. The second Corruption Corpse is caught full force (a Critical Hit), its flesh burns and smoulders as it is slammed back in to the central hut and impaled upon a post there.</p><p></p><p>Arannis steps out of the trees and with his greatspear skewers the first Corruption Corpse, the creature stumbles and falls- the first of the Undead artillery is down.</p><p></p><p>Shuva doesn’t show herself, she remains hidden in the jungle, her Witchfire however has a devastating effect, the last remaining Corruption Corpse, and the large central hut are caught in the firestorm. </p><p></p><p>The Undead is still moving, the hut however, scant seconds later, is almost entirely consumed by the fire.</p><p></p><p>Brevill rushes on- straight at the Gnoll, Kravl, who is only just reacting to the situation, and much too slow to avoid the Warforged’s first attack which is powered by Erathis’ Divine Strength. Brevill’s not done, his Piercing Strike is followed up by a Valiant Strike- and the Gnoll is hit again, although the great beast looks to be still in fine fettle.</p><p></p><p>Lia dodges over to the burning Corruption Corpse, just as it manages to wrench itself free from the post that was impaling it, her magical short sword slashes and cuts deep, the second Undead folds and flops to the floor- still burning.</p><p></p><p>Arannis is quickly to Kravl, the Gnoll Marauder.</p><p></p><p>“Brevill, to me!” The Warlord screams, the Warforged suddenly side-steps left, just at the exact moment that Arannis stabs the Gnoll, the Brute is caught from both sides- stabbed and skewered. Kravl is left staggering, bloodied; the Marauder has yet to launch an attack.</p><p></p><p>That’s all about to change.</p><p></p><p>“Protect me!” Kravl screams in broken common, at the same time he thumps the palm of his hand in to the buckle of his belt, the effect is instantaneous; a hazy angular shimmering force field springs out to encompass the Gnoll- it buzzes and hisses with power.</p><p></p><p>Kravl stabs hard at Brevill, somehow the Warforged deflects the blow, the Gnoll curses loudly and continues to scream at the skull-faced Comiqui to join him in the fight.</p><p></p><p>Shuva remains hidden in the jungle, although she’s now much closer to the Gnoll, the Half-Elf Warlock chants and incants strange sounding words- Kravl suddenly looks shocked, he flails wildly for a moment- stuttering and mumbling incoherently, as if caught in some Dark Dream. Who knows what the Gnoll sees before him, but whatever it is it’s clearly too terrible to comprehend.</p><p></p><p>Shuva grins, she’ll not leave the Gnoll suffering too long however, Kravl is caught in her Eldritch Blast- his force field proof against weapons only, no use against the Warlock’s power. The Gnoll Marauder thumps hard in to the ground, never again to rise.</p><p></p><p>Snake Sister screams, taking control of the Coyomi women, she urges and grabs, drags the women out of the way of the fire and the fury.</p><p></p><p>The skull-faced Comiqui at last react and launch their attacks, two of the Humans rush forward and club Heian, the Cleric of Sehanine is caught twice and forced to give ground. Another menaces Lia, she too is wounded; two more rush in to the jungle- straight for Shuva, moments later the Half-Elf screams as she is also struck twice.</p><p></p><p>The adventurers are taking a beating.</p><p></p><p>Brevill and Lia stab out at the Comiqui facing them, both enemies are quickly cut down, the pair head off to help their compatriots. Heian meanwhile flails wildly, he fails to connect.</p><p> </p><p>“Fight on! To Victory!” The Cleric shouts, his Healing Words salve his wounds.</p><p></p><p>Arannis suddenly appears next to the worried looking Shuva, the Warlock hates fighting- she’s completely inept; the Warlord helps her out, stabs one of the Comiqui Villagers dead.</p><p></p><p>Lia catches up with another of the Comiqui, the Rogue makes a mess of her attack and is left defenceless, she’s clubbed again.</p><p></p><p>“Damnation!” She curses.</p><p></p><p>Eventually, fired up, she stabs and cuts the Comiqui dead. Brevill cuts yet another down, while the last- screaming, rushes off in to the jungle, it doesn’t get far.</p><p></p><p>“Sehanine’s Holy Fire Purge the Miscreant!” Heian shouts and the last Comiqui Villager is entirely consumed by the Cleric’s Scared Flame.</p><p></p><p>Encounter #3 Complete</p><p></p><p>Bad Guys 786 XP Level 3 Encounter</p><p>Comiqui Villager Level 2 Minion Brute x6</p><p>Zombie Corruption Corpse Level 4 Artillery x2</p><p>Gnoll Marauder- Kravl Level 6 Brute x1</p><p></p><p>The adventurers shuffle in to the Coyomi village, Zochi is urged to come forward- she meets with Snake Sister in the centre of the remains of the bloody fracas. The two women talk hurriedly, Zochi pointing at the adventurers every now and then, explaining the events of the past few hours perhaps.</p><p></p><p>Five or so tense minutes later Snake Sister fetches out a piece of hide with pictograms and symbols upon it- some sort of ritual begins.</p><p></p><p>The adventurers use their skills to try to divine what is going on, Heian with a little help from Shuva figures it out.</p><p></p><p>“It’s a ritual so that she can speak to us, understand our words… Excellent!”</p><p></p><p>The adventurers stand around, or else search through the bodies of the fallen, while the ritual is completed.</p><p></p><p>Brevill is passed over the Ironskin Belt formerly owned by Kravl, the Gnoll Marauder.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/10256131354/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3718/10256131354_6a6c9ee3db_o.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>“So, you are heroes?” Snake Sister asks, ten minutes later- the ritual complete, with a smile.</p><p>Arannis grins back, as do all of the adventurers.</p><p></p><p>The bodies of the fallen are dragged away, food- although poor fare, is quickly prepared- the Coyomi women quickly organise.</p><p></p><p>Less than an hour later and the adventurers have finished their repast, and have almost exhausted the chatter- there’s been a lot to take on board.</p><p></p><p>The island is actually two islands, joined by a causeway which emerges at low tide; Snake Sister provides a map of the place for the adventurers- an ancient tribal artefact left by a previous human expedition to the island.</p><p></p><p>[sblock=The Players New Map]</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/9162642728/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2841/9162642728_2f928c1af0_c.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>Snake Sister also explains a little about recent events, it seems the skull-faced Comiqui are working with a group of Pirates, who have been on the island for a little while, clearly this expanded group is keen on taking over the place. The men of the Coyomi village were captured two weeks ago; their chief Eagle-Feather and the priest Owl-Brother were both killed in the attack. She also notes that the bodies of the dead Coyomi were taken away by the Comiqui…</p><p></p><p>Snake Sister offers more information regarding the Pirates, and the legends of the islands, only if the adventurers will first show their skills and fulfil a simple task for her, and the Coyomi women. The kids swiftly agree- once again another example of the players viewing themselves as the good guys, the righters of wrongs.</p><p></p><p>They must rescue the Coyomi men, prisoners in a cave to the north (A-3), the chief’s sire Jaguar-Son is also being kept prisoner there; the men would then be able to defend the Coyomi village from any further Comiqui/Pirate attacks (Quest with 100 XP reward).</p><p></p><p>[sblock=The Map]</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/9162515532/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7377/9162515532_ef0518cb54_c.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center">The Map- obviously the guys don’t get to see this, obviously.</p><p></p><p>Areas of note known to the adventurers-</p><p>A-1 The location the adventurers came ashore and were attacked by the Comiqui et al.</p><p>A-2 The location the adventurers caught up with Zochi and battled the Spiretop Drakes.</p><p>A-3 A cave in which the Coyomi men are being kept prisoner.</p><p>A-5 The Coyomi Village.</p><p></p><p>[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>The guys spend another hour or so at the village, using the time to write up some of Snake Sister’s rituals- Comprehend Languages & Tenser’s Floating Disc.</p><p></p><p>They then head out- to rescue the Coyomi men.</p><p></p><p>Just to say almost all of the above was accomplished via roleplay, the kids were given sandwiches and crisps, and cakes et al- the meal was for real, the last action of the session, and a reward for excellent play.</p><p> </p><p>Comment: Just fantastic, of course I did the voice for Snake Sister (as best I could), I made her language slightly obscure, I used phrases from the module and then made up a few more of a similar ilk, the guys loved this around the table; they couldn’t get over the fact they were still playing dungeons and dragons and eating cake as part of the adventure.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Goonalan, post: 6220837, member: 16069"] [CENTER][SIZE="5"]Let's Play #9 Goodman Games DCC55 Isle of the Sea Drake (Level 1)[/SIZE][/CENTER] Session 1. [CENTER][url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/10384414446/][img]http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5497/10384414446_f93d5dfc4e_b.jpg[/img][/url][/CENTER] Encounter #3 The Coyomi Village (Area A-5) [sblock=The Map] [CENTER][url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/9162515532/][img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7377/9162515532_ef0518cb54_c.jpg[/img][/url] The Map- obviously the guys don’t get to see this. [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/9160313403/][img]http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5519/9160313403_d978575883_c.jpg[/img][/url] Area A-5. The Coyomi Village… [/CENTER] Not a great map, please be aware I mostly don’t use these maps in-game, I tend to use either Pathfinder Mats, or else I have several large Chessex type Quick-Erase Battle Mats, or whatever they’re called. I have four of these, some of the encounters I draw out ahead of time- like this one. [/sblock] The village is a ruin, with several huts destroyed or else burnt down recently; more worrying still there are two rotten humans- Zombies of some sort tied to posts, like guard dogs, close to a larger central hut. There are also a dozen or more female Coyomi- the guys notice the villagers have tattoos of forest animals, birds and plants; as does Zochi. As the guys watch Kravl, a Gnoll- the terrible monster I had problems miming earlier, emerges from the aforementioned central hut, along with half-a-dozen skull-faced Comiqui Villagers, although the guys obviously don’t know it yet these fellows are lowly Minions. [sblock=The Coyomi Village] [CENTER][url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/9160430361/][img]http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2873/9160430361_d65ea69f6b_o.jpg[/img][/url][/CENTER] [/sblock] The adventurers are about to launch their attack when another, much more elaborately tattooed, woman appears from the central hut. “Snake Sister!” Zochi whispers, in Xulmec- her native tongue; and sure enough the woman is adorned with a variety of detailed snake tattoos. [sblock=Snake Sister] [CENTER][url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/9162640218/][img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7354/9162640218_4fda6eec98_o.jpg[/img][/url][/CENTER] [/sblock] “Good or bad?” Arannis hisses, trying to find out whose side the snake adorned woman is on. I make the Eladrin mime his question, which proves quite difficult to do; eventually Zochi makes sense of Arannis’ pantomime, “wise woman” she replies- clearly Zochi knows a few words of Common. The guys, rightly, conclude that the tattooed woman, Snake Sister, is not a target for their ire. Bad Guys 786 XP Level 3 Encounter Comiqui Villager Level 2 Minion Brute x6 Zombie Corruption Corpse Level 4 Artillery x2 Gnoll Marauder- Kravl Level 6 Brute x1 [sblock=The Monster Manual] [CENTER][url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/9160220363/][img]http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3820/9160220363_5a8713bec8_o.png[/img][/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/9162432510/][img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7457/9162432510_13e675ca05_o.png[/img][/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/9160231891/][img]http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2825/9160231891_7b688ed363_o.png[/img][/url][/CENTER] [/sblock] Because there are a lot of enemies, and this will be a dangerous fight, I introduce the rules for Monster Knowledge checks, something we’ve not really used much before. The guys roll their checks and then take a moment to discuss their findings. They discern that the Gnoll is clearly the leader here, a Brute and a dangerous warrior, it needs to be neutralised quickly. The Comiqui Villagers are the least effective combatants- Minions, they should be easy to subdue, and so the guys decide they should be left to last. However the Zombies are also quite a threat, Heian states that the pair are Corruption Corpses, they have the ability to rip chunks of necrotic flesh from their bodies and throw them at their enemies, the Priest goes on to explain. They must be neutralised first, the pair will do a lot of damage otherwise, Heian is certain. And thus a plan is formed, and with the guys getting the drop on their enemies; after another series of Skill Checks the adventurers back away, circle around, and reposition- Brevill and Lia will lead the attack. The pair ready themselves, and then wordlessly rush forth from the rear of the village at the nearest Corruption Corpse, up close the undead creature stinks to high heaven, even Brevill gags. The Warforged and the Elf however combine effectively, Brevill slashes while Lia stabs, and on her second attempt, she skewers the Zombie. The foul undead groans and begins to turn around to sight its attackers, several of the Comiqui also move to see what the noise is all about. “May the Glorious Light of Sehanine surround thee!” Heian steps forward, holy symbol held high- a pale white light arcs from the device and washes over both of the Corruption Corpses, the already wounded Undead is further crippled, with much of its flesh burnt away- it staggers. The second Corruption Corpse is caught full force (a Critical Hit), its flesh burns and smoulders as it is slammed back in to the central hut and impaled upon a post there. Arannis steps out of the trees and with his greatspear skewers the first Corruption Corpse, the creature stumbles and falls- the first of the Undead artillery is down. Shuva doesn’t show herself, she remains hidden in the jungle, her Witchfire however has a devastating effect, the last remaining Corruption Corpse, and the large central hut are caught in the firestorm. The Undead is still moving, the hut however, scant seconds later, is almost entirely consumed by the fire. Brevill rushes on- straight at the Gnoll, Kravl, who is only just reacting to the situation, and much too slow to avoid the Warforged’s first attack which is powered by Erathis’ Divine Strength. Brevill’s not done, his Piercing Strike is followed up by a Valiant Strike- and the Gnoll is hit again, although the great beast looks to be still in fine fettle. Lia dodges over to the burning Corruption Corpse, just as it manages to wrench itself free from the post that was impaling it, her magical short sword slashes and cuts deep, the second Undead folds and flops to the floor- still burning. Arannis is quickly to Kravl, the Gnoll Marauder. “Brevill, to me!” The Warlord screams, the Warforged suddenly side-steps left, just at the exact moment that Arannis stabs the Gnoll, the Brute is caught from both sides- stabbed and skewered. Kravl is left staggering, bloodied; the Marauder has yet to launch an attack. That’s all about to change. “Protect me!” Kravl screams in broken common, at the same time he thumps the palm of his hand in to the buckle of his belt, the effect is instantaneous; a hazy angular shimmering force field springs out to encompass the Gnoll- it buzzes and hisses with power. Kravl stabs hard at Brevill, somehow the Warforged deflects the blow, the Gnoll curses loudly and continues to scream at the skull-faced Comiqui to join him in the fight. Shuva remains hidden in the jungle, although she’s now much closer to the Gnoll, the Half-Elf Warlock chants and incants strange sounding words- Kravl suddenly looks shocked, he flails wildly for a moment- stuttering and mumbling incoherently, as if caught in some Dark Dream. Who knows what the Gnoll sees before him, but whatever it is it’s clearly too terrible to comprehend. Shuva grins, she’ll not leave the Gnoll suffering too long however, Kravl is caught in her Eldritch Blast- his force field proof against weapons only, no use against the Warlock’s power. The Gnoll Marauder thumps hard in to the ground, never again to rise. Snake Sister screams, taking control of the Coyomi women, she urges and grabs, drags the women out of the way of the fire and the fury. The skull-faced Comiqui at last react and launch their attacks, two of the Humans rush forward and club Heian, the Cleric of Sehanine is caught twice and forced to give ground. Another menaces Lia, she too is wounded; two more rush in to the jungle- straight for Shuva, moments later the Half-Elf screams as she is also struck twice. The adventurers are taking a beating. Brevill and Lia stab out at the Comiqui facing them, both enemies are quickly cut down, the pair head off to help their compatriots. Heian meanwhile flails wildly, he fails to connect. “Fight on! To Victory!” The Cleric shouts, his Healing Words salve his wounds. Arannis suddenly appears next to the worried looking Shuva, the Warlock hates fighting- she’s completely inept; the Warlord helps her out, stabs one of the Comiqui Villagers dead. Lia catches up with another of the Comiqui, the Rogue makes a mess of her attack and is left defenceless, she’s clubbed again. “Damnation!” She curses. Eventually, fired up, she stabs and cuts the Comiqui dead. Brevill cuts yet another down, while the last- screaming, rushes off in to the jungle, it doesn’t get far. “Sehanine’s Holy Fire Purge the Miscreant!” Heian shouts and the last Comiqui Villager is entirely consumed by the Cleric’s Scared Flame. Encounter #3 Complete Bad Guys 786 XP Level 3 Encounter Comiqui Villager Level 2 Minion Brute x6 Zombie Corruption Corpse Level 4 Artillery x2 Gnoll Marauder- Kravl Level 6 Brute x1 The adventurers shuffle in to the Coyomi village, Zochi is urged to come forward- she meets with Snake Sister in the centre of the remains of the bloody fracas. The two women talk hurriedly, Zochi pointing at the adventurers every now and then, explaining the events of the past few hours perhaps. Five or so tense minutes later Snake Sister fetches out a piece of hide with pictograms and symbols upon it- some sort of ritual begins. The adventurers use their skills to try to divine what is going on, Heian with a little help from Shuva figures it out. “It’s a ritual so that she can speak to us, understand our words… Excellent!” The adventurers stand around, or else search through the bodies of the fallen, while the ritual is completed. Brevill is passed over the Ironskin Belt formerly owned by Kravl, the Gnoll Marauder. [CENTER][url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/10256131354/][img]http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3718/10256131354_6a6c9ee3db_o.png[/img][/url][/CENTER] “So, you are heroes?” Snake Sister asks, ten minutes later- the ritual complete, with a smile. Arannis grins back, as do all of the adventurers. The bodies of the fallen are dragged away, food- although poor fare, is quickly prepared- the Coyomi women quickly organise. Less than an hour later and the adventurers have finished their repast, and have almost exhausted the chatter- there’s been a lot to take on board. The island is actually two islands, joined by a causeway which emerges at low tide; Snake Sister provides a map of the place for the adventurers- an ancient tribal artefact left by a previous human expedition to the island. [sblock=The Players New Map] [CENTER][url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/9162642728/][img]http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2841/9162642728_2f928c1af0_c.jpg[/img][/url][/CENTER] [/sblock] Snake Sister also explains a little about recent events, it seems the skull-faced Comiqui are working with a group of Pirates, who have been on the island for a little while, clearly this expanded group is keen on taking over the place. The men of the Coyomi village were captured two weeks ago; their chief Eagle-Feather and the priest Owl-Brother were both killed in the attack. She also notes that the bodies of the dead Coyomi were taken away by the Comiqui… Snake Sister offers more information regarding the Pirates, and the legends of the islands, only if the adventurers will first show their skills and fulfil a simple task for her, and the Coyomi women. The kids swiftly agree- once again another example of the players viewing themselves as the good guys, the righters of wrongs. They must rescue the Coyomi men, prisoners in a cave to the north (A-3), the chief’s sire Jaguar-Son is also being kept prisoner there; the men would then be able to defend the Coyomi village from any further Comiqui/Pirate attacks (Quest with 100 XP reward). [sblock=The Map] [CENTER][url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/9162515532/][img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7377/9162515532_ef0518cb54_c.jpg[/img][/url] The Map- obviously the guys don’t get to see this, obviously.[/CENTER] Areas of note known to the adventurers- A-1 The location the adventurers came ashore and were attacked by the Comiqui et al. A-2 The location the adventurers caught up with Zochi and battled the Spiretop Drakes. A-3 A cave in which the Coyomi men are being kept prisoner. A-5 The Coyomi Village. [/sblock] The guys spend another hour or so at the village, using the time to write up some of Snake Sister’s rituals- Comprehend Languages & Tenser’s Floating Disc. They then head out- to rescue the Coyomi men. Just to say almost all of the above was accomplished via roleplay, the kids were given sandwiches and crisps, and cakes et al- the meal was for real, the last action of the session, and a reward for excellent play. Comment: Just fantastic, of course I did the voice for Snake Sister (as best I could), I made her language slightly obscure, I used phrases from the module and then made up a few more of a similar ilk, the guys loved this around the table; they couldn’t get over the fact they were still playing dungeons and dragons and eating cake as part of the adventure. [/QUOTE]
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