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<blockquote data-quote="Altalazar" data-source="post: 4014861" data-attributes="member: 939"><p>Cerulean Wings - Thanks for the kind words. And yes, this is based on a real campaign, which is still ongoing. It started at 1st level and has now gone Epic (Cordozo is now a 23rd Level Psion). </p><p></p><p>And Pickfoll - I think I could arrange to have Cordozo give his general opinion of those he knows. I will be having some time for that in the next few weeks as there will probably not be any games for a month or so. But I wonder what Cordozo's incentive is to do that...</p><p></p><p>Oh, and now here's the latest installment, with a bit of meta-game commentary at the end...</p><p></p><p></p><p> Baron Cordozo – Chapter Three-Hundred Two – Stupid Kid, Demon Royalty</p><p></p><p> After the rather disturbing speech (which I will get to shortly) we quickly scouted out the rest of the library to clear out any stragglers. With forsight in place from Higgins, Morwen warned us of a room in a dark corridor, allowing us to charge in and surround one of the most impressive demons I’ve ever seen. Apparently he was known as the “Blood Duke” and he was a mighty demon. We found him towering over a small, prostrate child of a man sitting in a magical circle. At first I thought the demon had trapped him there, but soon it became apparent that he had trapped himself. It was a summoning protection circle. And the man was whispering something to himself over and over in some strange language. </p><p> After nearly crushing the demon, the demon teleported away. I tried to divert him at the last second, but his resistance to my mind was considerable, and he slipped away. I was able to discern from the act his destination, far below the ground, thousands of miles away in what was once an impressive demon temple. We made sure the poor sap was ok and then I inquired of my companions if they wished to pursue the demon. They did. So we did, courtesy of Posiedon (after I shared with him a vision of our destination). </p><p> The temple was hot, probably due to the lava. We quickly surrounded and finished off the demon, then returned to the room. </p><p> “Don’t kill me!” shouted the rather pathetic figure in the summoning circle. </p><p> Higgins offered a helpful translation of what the man had been saying earlier. “He was talking in Infernal, over and over, the phrase ‘Now do my bidding! Slay the monsters!’” </p><p> “He’s a demon summoner!” shouted out Ee. </p><p> “He’s an idiot!” I thought to myself, then realized with the mindlink I said it to everyone. </p><p> “What a great demon I summoned!” he said, proudly. “And that was my first time, too!” </p><p> I couldn’t bring myself to say the cliché that it was almost his last. Instead, I shot him a dirty look. </p><p> Tuvstarr offered helpful suggestions, and started into a long, detailed, rather esoteric treatise on how to summon a demon and how to do it properly, and isn’t that an interesting demon you summoned, it was probably this syllable you mispronounced.” In her excitement, she got rather close to the man, who then realized that Tuvstarr had small horns and claws herself. </p><p> As I walked out of the room behind Morwen, I could hear the echo of the man-boy’s screams just dying down inside my head. </p><p> We quickly discerned that the rest of the library was clear, except for a few more hiding patrons. We then returned to talk to Emery about where we should go next. </p><p> “Now what was this about going into space?” I asked him again. </p><p></p><p> Baron Cordozo – Chapter Three-Hundred Three – Yegga’s Lab and Tavern</p><p></p><p> Based on Emery’s information, and my vast network of information, we tracked down a person named Yegga. He was apparently staying at the Oxfield Traveller’s Rest in Marlette, a city of middling size just beyond the border to our Kingdom. The Inn was easy to find, as it was the only red building in the entire city. </p><p> I walked in and promptly approached the main desk. </p><p> “I’d like to buy the inn for the night,” I told the proprietor, a large man with an even larger apron tied around his waist. . </p><p> “You mean you want a room?” he asked as he dried his greasy hands on his already well-soiled apron. </p><p> “No, I want to buy the inn for the night,” I replied. “We don’t want to be disturbed.” I then placed a diamond on the counter worth a good percentage of the value of the entire building. “Do we have a deal?” </p><p> The proprietor’s eyes widened, and he started to stammer, his hands sliding off the apron, “Well, we have some, uh, long-time patrons who have their own rooms, and we can’t just…” </p><p> “Fine fine,” I said, cutting him off, “We’ll take the whole inn except for their rooms.” I then left Higgins to fill in the final details. Higgins was busy negotiating having the best food in the entire city brought in for our dinner when I started looking for Yegga. </p><p> Yegga was soon found. We talked to him about space. He told us of his vessel for transporting people there. He was excitedly talking about the vacuum of space and its dangers when the food finally arrived. </p><p> “Vacuum? Oh, we’ve already dealt with that,” I said off-handedly, referring to our time in the great evil tree. “That was not such a diffuclt thing.” Yegga was obviously impressed by this. He seemed eager to show off his knowledge. I was more eager to get a finally decent meal in my belly and then a good night’s sleep. Emery had warned us about the attackers of the library seeking to attack two further, unnamed libraries before attacking this Yegga. I figured that gave us at least one, possibly two good night’s sleep before they showed up here. I suggested we all retire for the night. </p><p> Yegga seemed eager to show us something, but I insisted he wait until morning. I paid for the inn and I intended to enjoy it before we headed off to his lab. </p><p> As I lay in bed, falling asleep, my true vision still active, as always, the last thought through my mind before I drifted off was “I wonder why this entire inn is radiating magic.” I did not wonder that after what happened in the morning. </p><p></p><p> Baron Cordozo – Chapter Three-Hundred Four – Fight and Flight </p><p></p><p> After a lovely night’s rest in my inn, I woke up and went down to have a four-star breakfast, all suitably arranged for all of us by Higgins. After enjoying our meal, we then causally ascended the steps up to Yegga’s room, so he could show us more of his work. </p><p> We again asked him about his lab and how he could get someone into space. Rather than tell us, like a sane person, he pulled a book out and then exclained that “See, works great! Here we go!” </p><p> And with that, we were ascending into space. The inn, and a good chunk of the ground around it, all encased in a magical bubble of protection. I silently wondered if we had enough of the four-star food stocked in the tavern for the journey ahead. I can’t stand common inn food. </p><p> Before I dwelt too long on this, I decided to go down and check. I figured I also ought to check on the other denizens of the inn, who may be alarmed at the sudden turn of events. As I was walking though the kitchen, I heard a commotion in the common room. Through the doorway, I heard a man’s voice threaten to kill the proprietor’s wife, a knife to her throat. </p><p> My companions rushed down the stairs to see what was happening, but none dared risk the woman’s life. I figured we could always raise her from the dead, so I walked out from the kitchen and into the room. Just as I stepped foot in the room, Posiedon dashed in and touched the woman and then both vanished. I wondered if he had time hopped her. </p><p> The two would-be killers looked rather startled at the loss of their hostage. Ee charged forward and they surrounded him, both stabbing him rather effectively, right in his chest, both front and back. Ee staggered and nearly fell. It was then that I finished my stride through the doorway. </p><p> “Enough of this nonsense,” I said, and then I quickly grabbed and crushed both of their brains, and they dropped lifeless to the floor. As it turns out this was rather fortunate, as the two were two of the deadliest assassins in the entire world. But I do not take kindly to anyone messing with MY inn. </p><p> We looted their corpses and calmed the patrons and then settled in for what ended up being a nine-day journey through space. Toward the end, we saw the Great Beast, which looked like a giant turtle. Or rather, more like a turtle the size of a world. An entire city was seen just on the side of its neck. As we “sailed” closer and closer, it loomed larger and larger until we could no longer make out anything but the green directly in front of us. </p><p> “Well, this is different,” I thought to myself. I hoped Higgins’s preparations would be adequate to help us with the task ahead. </p><p></p><p></p><p>==============================================</p><p></p><p>Metagame commentary: Yes, there were two Epic assassin types about to kill Ee, one like 23rd level and one 26th (if memory serves). And yes, using two Recall Deaths (primary and schismed) I did crush both of their brains as they both blew their saving throws (one missing it by one!), thus rather bloodlessly ending the combat within a round of its start. That was pretty cool. Cordozo's brain crushing hsa certainly improved with the years...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Altalazar, post: 4014861, member: 939"] Cerulean Wings - Thanks for the kind words. And yes, this is based on a real campaign, which is still ongoing. It started at 1st level and has now gone Epic (Cordozo is now a 23rd Level Psion). And Pickfoll - I think I could arrange to have Cordozo give his general opinion of those he knows. I will be having some time for that in the next few weeks as there will probably not be any games for a month or so. But I wonder what Cordozo's incentive is to do that... Oh, and now here's the latest installment, with a bit of meta-game commentary at the end... Baron Cordozo – Chapter Three-Hundred Two – Stupid Kid, Demon Royalty After the rather disturbing speech (which I will get to shortly) we quickly scouted out the rest of the library to clear out any stragglers. With forsight in place from Higgins, Morwen warned us of a room in a dark corridor, allowing us to charge in and surround one of the most impressive demons I’ve ever seen. Apparently he was known as the “Blood Duke” and he was a mighty demon. We found him towering over a small, prostrate child of a man sitting in a magical circle. At first I thought the demon had trapped him there, but soon it became apparent that he had trapped himself. It was a summoning protection circle. And the man was whispering something to himself over and over in some strange language. After nearly crushing the demon, the demon teleported away. I tried to divert him at the last second, but his resistance to my mind was considerable, and he slipped away. I was able to discern from the act his destination, far below the ground, thousands of miles away in what was once an impressive demon temple. We made sure the poor sap was ok and then I inquired of my companions if they wished to pursue the demon. They did. So we did, courtesy of Posiedon (after I shared with him a vision of our destination). The temple was hot, probably due to the lava. We quickly surrounded and finished off the demon, then returned to the room. “Don’t kill me!” shouted the rather pathetic figure in the summoning circle. Higgins offered a helpful translation of what the man had been saying earlier. “He was talking in Infernal, over and over, the phrase ‘Now do my bidding! Slay the monsters!’” “He’s a demon summoner!” shouted out Ee. “He’s an idiot!” I thought to myself, then realized with the mindlink I said it to everyone. “What a great demon I summoned!” he said, proudly. “And that was my first time, too!” I couldn’t bring myself to say the cliché that it was almost his last. Instead, I shot him a dirty look. Tuvstarr offered helpful suggestions, and started into a long, detailed, rather esoteric treatise on how to summon a demon and how to do it properly, and isn’t that an interesting demon you summoned, it was probably this syllable you mispronounced.” In her excitement, she got rather close to the man, who then realized that Tuvstarr had small horns and claws herself. As I walked out of the room behind Morwen, I could hear the echo of the man-boy’s screams just dying down inside my head. We quickly discerned that the rest of the library was clear, except for a few more hiding patrons. We then returned to talk to Emery about where we should go next. “Now what was this about going into space?” I asked him again. Baron Cordozo – Chapter Three-Hundred Three – Yegga’s Lab and Tavern Based on Emery’s information, and my vast network of information, we tracked down a person named Yegga. He was apparently staying at the Oxfield Traveller’s Rest in Marlette, a city of middling size just beyond the border to our Kingdom. The Inn was easy to find, as it was the only red building in the entire city. I walked in and promptly approached the main desk. “I’d like to buy the inn for the night,” I told the proprietor, a large man with an even larger apron tied around his waist. . “You mean you want a room?” he asked as he dried his greasy hands on his already well-soiled apron. “No, I want to buy the inn for the night,” I replied. “We don’t want to be disturbed.” I then placed a diamond on the counter worth a good percentage of the value of the entire building. “Do we have a deal?” The proprietor’s eyes widened, and he started to stammer, his hands sliding off the apron, “Well, we have some, uh, long-time patrons who have their own rooms, and we can’t just…” “Fine fine,” I said, cutting him off, “We’ll take the whole inn except for their rooms.” I then left Higgins to fill in the final details. Higgins was busy negotiating having the best food in the entire city brought in for our dinner when I started looking for Yegga. Yegga was soon found. We talked to him about space. He told us of his vessel for transporting people there. He was excitedly talking about the vacuum of space and its dangers when the food finally arrived. “Vacuum? Oh, we’ve already dealt with that,” I said off-handedly, referring to our time in the great evil tree. “That was not such a diffuclt thing.” Yegga was obviously impressed by this. He seemed eager to show off his knowledge. I was more eager to get a finally decent meal in my belly and then a good night’s sleep. Emery had warned us about the attackers of the library seeking to attack two further, unnamed libraries before attacking this Yegga. I figured that gave us at least one, possibly two good night’s sleep before they showed up here. I suggested we all retire for the night. Yegga seemed eager to show us something, but I insisted he wait until morning. I paid for the inn and I intended to enjoy it before we headed off to his lab. As I lay in bed, falling asleep, my true vision still active, as always, the last thought through my mind before I drifted off was “I wonder why this entire inn is radiating magic.” I did not wonder that after what happened in the morning. Baron Cordozo – Chapter Three-Hundred Four – Fight and Flight After a lovely night’s rest in my inn, I woke up and went down to have a four-star breakfast, all suitably arranged for all of us by Higgins. After enjoying our meal, we then causally ascended the steps up to Yegga’s room, so he could show us more of his work. We again asked him about his lab and how he could get someone into space. Rather than tell us, like a sane person, he pulled a book out and then exclained that “See, works great! Here we go!” And with that, we were ascending into space. The inn, and a good chunk of the ground around it, all encased in a magical bubble of protection. I silently wondered if we had enough of the four-star food stocked in the tavern for the journey ahead. I can’t stand common inn food. Before I dwelt too long on this, I decided to go down and check. I figured I also ought to check on the other denizens of the inn, who may be alarmed at the sudden turn of events. As I was walking though the kitchen, I heard a commotion in the common room. Through the doorway, I heard a man’s voice threaten to kill the proprietor’s wife, a knife to her throat. My companions rushed down the stairs to see what was happening, but none dared risk the woman’s life. I figured we could always raise her from the dead, so I walked out from the kitchen and into the room. Just as I stepped foot in the room, Posiedon dashed in and touched the woman and then both vanished. I wondered if he had time hopped her. The two would-be killers looked rather startled at the loss of their hostage. Ee charged forward and they surrounded him, both stabbing him rather effectively, right in his chest, both front and back. Ee staggered and nearly fell. It was then that I finished my stride through the doorway. “Enough of this nonsense,” I said, and then I quickly grabbed and crushed both of their brains, and they dropped lifeless to the floor. As it turns out this was rather fortunate, as the two were two of the deadliest assassins in the entire world. But I do not take kindly to anyone messing with MY inn. We looted their corpses and calmed the patrons and then settled in for what ended up being a nine-day journey through space. Toward the end, we saw the Great Beast, which looked like a giant turtle. Or rather, more like a turtle the size of a world. An entire city was seen just on the side of its neck. As we “sailed” closer and closer, it loomed larger and larger until we could no longer make out anything but the green directly in front of us. “Well, this is different,” I thought to myself. I hoped Higgins’s preparations would be adequate to help us with the task ahead. ============================================== Metagame commentary: Yes, there were two Epic assassin types about to kill Ee, one like 23rd level and one 26th (if memory serves). And yes, using two Recall Deaths (primary and schismed) I did crush both of their brains as they both blew their saving throws (one missing it by one!), thus rather bloodlessly ending the combat within a round of its start. That was pretty cool. Cordozo's brain crushing hsa certainly improved with the years... [/QUOTE]
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