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<blockquote data-quote="jydog1" data-source="post: 5400995" data-attributes="member: 48156"><p><strong>Session #17 - December 6th, 2010 - House Party!</strong></p><p></p><p>Notes: we forged on despite missing Tofa's player. Lots of good saving throws, good roleplaying, and good outside the box thinking - a very fun session as we tried to discover whether or not trixie's boyfriend is indeed the crazed ghast we're seeking (my money is on the grandfather). No game this Monday but we've rescheduled for Friday instead.</p><p></p><p>From the journal of Grezzalik M'rethen:</p><p></p><p>We edged up to the barn, expecting trouble. Trixie rode Shotzie up one side and Firendrin sent his owl up the other and thus we knew things lurked within. Said things were ghouls and a dire ghoul, and we took care of them with some summoned help from Trixie and Londis being able to resist their horrible bites. Aside from a pile of bones there was nothing else there, and the house had long since been destroyed. there was another message for Trixie but it was a older one, urging her to take the fever, the first of his gifts. The creep must have conscripted a poet since then. Firendrin wanted to torch the place - lately he's wanted to burn everything. We're keeping the flint and steel away from him.</p><p></p><p>With the afternoon speeding along we moved up to the manor house. Trixie remember some of it, and a trip around the grounds proved it to be right along a 300 foot cliff. She and I scouted some of the first floor windows and came across a curious sight. In one room the dust was disturbed in a path between a desk, a fireplace, and a crib - actively disturbed. As we watched saw a ghost named Laurie who either was old Vorol's daughter or wanted to throw Vorol's daughter off the cliff - and at that moment, for a second, I really wanted to throw Trixie off. I mean, I relly really wanted to see her flailing as she dropped to ger doom and the rocky crags below. I looked at her and saw she wanted to do the same exact thing to me. Then the moment passed, and we went from dangerous to merely awkward.</p><p></p><p>"Uhm, maybe I'll just detect magic on the place," I stammered.</p><p></p><p>"Yeah, good idea," she said, fiddling with Shotzie's harness.</p><p></p><p>I cast the cantrip and rocked back on my heels as the WHOLE DAMN PLACE lit up like the noonday sun. The entire building reeked of necromancy. Wonderful. We headed back to tell the others and I saw Londis starting to wiggle his fingers like he always does when he casts a spell, and I said, "Nooo-"</p><p></p><p>Too late. His eyes went wide, then rolled back in his head before he keeled over backwards. He was out of it for a few minutes. When he came to we tossed around ideas on how to go in. I was leery of the front door and eyed the attic gable.</p><p></p><p>'How about up there? Maybe we can go in that way, if Trix -"</p><p></p><p>Trixie was already up there on Shotzie securing a rope, and moment later we were all inside. Most of the rooms were either being renovated or housing materials to be used - and all had laid dormant for a while. Finally we heard a woman crying and a shriek from a corner room. Londis peered in and then closed the door, shaking his head. "it's a revenant," he said. "A creature powered by the need to extract revenge."</p><p></p><p>I stuck out my lower lip. "In this place, she'd probably be of use to us. Maybe go seek out and attack the one we're looking for."</p><p></p><p>"Fine. But who goes in there?"</p><p></p><p>(OOC: because Grezz grew up pretty much ignored, I've been downplaying his high charisma. Now that he's getting out an about some and having success I'm letting him actually play up to his strengths a bit) "I'll do it," I said. "Just get me out if there's trouble."</p><p></p><p>That earned me dubious looks. Edging into the largish room I saw a gaunt, haggard, obviously dead noblewoman in front of a mirror, looking downward. her nails were ragged and black, and she was sobbing quietly. then she looked up into the mirror and shrieked in anguish again, collapsing into heavy sobs and muttering about other women. When she wound down the whole process started up again. </p><p></p><p>"Hello? Miss? Hi, I'm Grezz and I'd like to help you."</p><p></p><p>Nothing. Completely obsessed with her reflection in the mirror. I looked around, spotted a dusty old blanket. I grabbed it and, whispering a short prayer to Shelyn, dropped it over the mirror.</p><p></p><p>The effect was instantaneous. She leaped to her feet and yelled, "Alderin Foxglove, I'll be in your arms again soon!"</p><p></p><p>She did not do this in a sexy way. Indeed, she rushed past me like I wasn't there and tore through the door, scattering my friends as well. We took off after her, hoping she'd lead us to our target and perhaps mess him up a bit for us.</p><p></p><p>We got as far as the master bedroom before all hell broke loose. We were right behind her when Tofa suddenly screamed and went into that crazy frenzy thing she does with the whites of the eyes and ravens swarming around everywhere. Her target was Trixie and she drilled her with Hardarga before the bard could get her gecko to carry her up to the ceiling, out of harm's way. Tofa was calling her every name in the book and I moved forward to try something but Firendrin beat me to it, dazing her long enough for Londis to step forward. I thought he was going to slap manacles on her - he's big with the manacles - but instead he cast Protection from Evil, and that snapped her right out of it. Abashed, she said the spirit of someone named Cassandra had taken her over and wanted her to kill 'that slut.' We also got to see the infamous Trixie mural and I must say, if it's accurate she's even more impressive than one would imagine.</p><p></p><p>Trixie found a hidden box, of course, but couldn't get it open. We tucked it away and headed to the main hall, which was loaded with windows containing sehidron runes, and stuffed animals along with various mounted heads including a harpy, a monkey, and some squidlike creature, to name a few. One, a sorry looking manticore, suddenly reared back and nailed me with a blast of fire. I went over, immediately out. Someone healed me (and somehow I got wet) but the damn fire wouldn't go out, and I could smell my skin sizzling as the painful flames charred my body. Just when it seemed like I couldn't take any more I realized the flames weren't real and they vanished, leaving me close to death (OOC: very close - the initial attack took me from my full 16 hits to -6). Under a rug we found some sort of toxic mold that was also a trap - this place is horrible.</p><p></p><p>Now we have a staircase down in front of us, no doubt containing some Foxglovian horror waiting for us. Why again didn't I take my money and retire young again? (Answer - because I no longer have any money, having spent all of it on a cauldron of brewing!)</p><p></p><p>More notes: trixie and Grezz made 5th level, and with expanded arcana as my feat I'll pick up 3 new 2nd level spells - scorching ray, from my bloodline; summon 2; and either web, stone call, levitate, or something else. I'm trading out summon 1 for floating disk and getting protection from evil for my additional 1st level spell. Oh, and I'll have my 4 year old roll my hit die, since both my wife and I are incapable of rolling over a 2 for me. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jydog1, post: 5400995, member: 48156"] [b]Session #17 - December 6th, 2010 - House Party![/b] Notes: we forged on despite missing Tofa's player. Lots of good saving throws, good roleplaying, and good outside the box thinking - a very fun session as we tried to discover whether or not trixie's boyfriend is indeed the crazed ghast we're seeking (my money is on the grandfather). No game this Monday but we've rescheduled for Friday instead. From the journal of Grezzalik M'rethen: We edged up to the barn, expecting trouble. Trixie rode Shotzie up one side and Firendrin sent his owl up the other and thus we knew things lurked within. Said things were ghouls and a dire ghoul, and we took care of them with some summoned help from Trixie and Londis being able to resist their horrible bites. Aside from a pile of bones there was nothing else there, and the house had long since been destroyed. there was another message for Trixie but it was a older one, urging her to take the fever, the first of his gifts. The creep must have conscripted a poet since then. Firendrin wanted to torch the place - lately he's wanted to burn everything. We're keeping the flint and steel away from him. With the afternoon speeding along we moved up to the manor house. Trixie remember some of it, and a trip around the grounds proved it to be right along a 300 foot cliff. She and I scouted some of the first floor windows and came across a curious sight. In one room the dust was disturbed in a path between a desk, a fireplace, and a crib - actively disturbed. As we watched saw a ghost named Laurie who either was old Vorol's daughter or wanted to throw Vorol's daughter off the cliff - and at that moment, for a second, I really wanted to throw Trixie off. I mean, I relly really wanted to see her flailing as she dropped to ger doom and the rocky crags below. I looked at her and saw she wanted to do the same exact thing to me. Then the moment passed, and we went from dangerous to merely awkward. "Uhm, maybe I'll just detect magic on the place," I stammered. "Yeah, good idea," she said, fiddling with Shotzie's harness. I cast the cantrip and rocked back on my heels as the WHOLE DAMN PLACE lit up like the noonday sun. The entire building reeked of necromancy. Wonderful. We headed back to tell the others and I saw Londis starting to wiggle his fingers like he always does when he casts a spell, and I said, "Nooo-" Too late. His eyes went wide, then rolled back in his head before he keeled over backwards. He was out of it for a few minutes. When he came to we tossed around ideas on how to go in. I was leery of the front door and eyed the attic gable. 'How about up there? Maybe we can go in that way, if Trix -" Trixie was already up there on Shotzie securing a rope, and moment later we were all inside. Most of the rooms were either being renovated or housing materials to be used - and all had laid dormant for a while. Finally we heard a woman crying and a shriek from a corner room. Londis peered in and then closed the door, shaking his head. "it's a revenant," he said. "A creature powered by the need to extract revenge." I stuck out my lower lip. "In this place, she'd probably be of use to us. Maybe go seek out and attack the one we're looking for." "Fine. But who goes in there?" (OOC: because Grezz grew up pretty much ignored, I've been downplaying his high charisma. Now that he's getting out an about some and having success I'm letting him actually play up to his strengths a bit) "I'll do it," I said. "Just get me out if there's trouble." That earned me dubious looks. Edging into the largish room I saw a gaunt, haggard, obviously dead noblewoman in front of a mirror, looking downward. her nails were ragged and black, and she was sobbing quietly. then she looked up into the mirror and shrieked in anguish again, collapsing into heavy sobs and muttering about other women. When she wound down the whole process started up again. "Hello? Miss? Hi, I'm Grezz and I'd like to help you." Nothing. Completely obsessed with her reflection in the mirror. I looked around, spotted a dusty old blanket. I grabbed it and, whispering a short prayer to Shelyn, dropped it over the mirror. The effect was instantaneous. She leaped to her feet and yelled, "Alderin Foxglove, I'll be in your arms again soon!" She did not do this in a sexy way. Indeed, she rushed past me like I wasn't there and tore through the door, scattering my friends as well. We took off after her, hoping she'd lead us to our target and perhaps mess him up a bit for us. We got as far as the master bedroom before all hell broke loose. We were right behind her when Tofa suddenly screamed and went into that crazy frenzy thing she does with the whites of the eyes and ravens swarming around everywhere. Her target was Trixie and she drilled her with Hardarga before the bard could get her gecko to carry her up to the ceiling, out of harm's way. Tofa was calling her every name in the book and I moved forward to try something but Firendrin beat me to it, dazing her long enough for Londis to step forward. I thought he was going to slap manacles on her - he's big with the manacles - but instead he cast Protection from Evil, and that snapped her right out of it. Abashed, she said the spirit of someone named Cassandra had taken her over and wanted her to kill 'that slut.' We also got to see the infamous Trixie mural and I must say, if it's accurate she's even more impressive than one would imagine. Trixie found a hidden box, of course, but couldn't get it open. We tucked it away and headed to the main hall, which was loaded with windows containing sehidron runes, and stuffed animals along with various mounted heads including a harpy, a monkey, and some squidlike creature, to name a few. One, a sorry looking manticore, suddenly reared back and nailed me with a blast of fire. I went over, immediately out. Someone healed me (and somehow I got wet) but the damn fire wouldn't go out, and I could smell my skin sizzling as the painful flames charred my body. Just when it seemed like I couldn't take any more I realized the flames weren't real and they vanished, leaving me close to death (OOC: very close - the initial attack took me from my full 16 hits to -6). Under a rug we found some sort of toxic mold that was also a trap - this place is horrible. Now we have a staircase down in front of us, no doubt containing some Foxglovian horror waiting for us. Why again didn't I take my money and retire young again? (Answer - because I no longer have any money, having spent all of it on a cauldron of brewing!) More notes: trixie and Grezz made 5th level, and with expanded arcana as my feat I'll pick up 3 new 2nd level spells - scorching ray, from my bloodline; summon 2; and either web, stone call, levitate, or something else. I'm trading out summon 1 for floating disk and getting protection from evil for my additional 1st level spell. Oh, and I'll have my 4 year old roll my hit die, since both my wife and I are incapable of rolling over a 2 for me. :p [/QUOTE]
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