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<blockquote data-quote="Nebulous" data-source="post: 4694257" data-attributes="member: 31465"><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Adventure #13: The Claws of Orcus</span></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>PART ONE</strong></p><p></p><p>The group has entered the Cathedral of Shadow, and who do they see through the cracked door within a room lit by sickly green light?</p><p></p><p>None other than Kalarel, Scion of Orcus.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.zikadik.com/shadowfell/cath5.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>“WHO DARES INTRUDE UPON THIS HOLY SANCTUM OF ORCUS?” </p><p></p><p>The PCs stand in a small alcove with a closed door to their left and a shattered door to their right. </p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.zikadik.com/shadowfell/cath4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Irann the Warlock investigates the smashed doorway, peering into the darkness beyond with the sunrod. She thinks she hears movement. Brandis covers her flank as they ease into the side chamber. Splug is ordered to guard the other door while Erevan the wizard advances. He has just barely passed the threshold when he hears a cry of anger, and a huge, burly man slams a maul into the mage’s chest! Snarling, the human berserker raises the weapon for another strike. He is half-naked and filthy, with a hideous goat’s skull tattooed across his chest. This man, obviously, is a devotee of Orcus. </p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.zikadik.com/shadowfell/cath6.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Kerric moves in to help and stabs the berserker. He staggers, but seems to relish the pain and renews his attacks, focusing now on the paladin instead of the spellcaster. </p><p></p><p>In the meantime, Kalarel has leapt down from the dais but no one has line of sight to the priest. That’s never good. In the side alcove Irann spots movement along the high ceiling. There are natural partitions up there and anything could be hiding out of sight. She has the sunrod and its glow sheds considerable light, but she doesn’t feel safe exploring further. She maneuvers toward the sound of battle with Brandis and sees the entirety of the Cathedral of Shadow. This place is huge. </p><p></p><p>A bloody altar at the back of the room deposits slick blood down to a gaping hole in the floor. Four bloody chains descend into the pit, and the warlock is hesitant to see what lies down there. Three crystal columns shed bright light across the room, while a fourth column has been shattered, its pieces littering the floor. </p><p></p><p>Helga storms into the room and flanks the berserker, avoiding opportunity attacks because the man is dazed and floundering. She hacks into his unprotected shoulder, but is suddenly struck in the back of the head by another maul! There are two naked berserkers now, both frenzied, frothing and fanatical. </p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.zikadik.com/shadowfell/cath7.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Irann curses a foe, but then she hears ragged hissing behind her. She turns, dismayed to see three bone-white women running straight at her! Kerric catches a glimpse too and knows instantly what they are.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.zikadik.com/shadowfell/vamp.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>“Beware!” the paladin shouts. “Vampires!”</p><p></p><p>[GM Note: They had been spider climbing on the ceiling behind the partition, waiting to drop on the first person beneath, who was nearly the warlock].</p><p></p><p>Erevan greets them with a burst of flame, incinerating two of the monsters and they die with hellish shrieks. The third leaps at Irann with unnatural speed and sinks her fangs into the warlock’s forearm. She retaliates with a blast of purple eldritch fire that explodes from the vampire’s eyes, killing it. About that same time, Splug, who has been waiting in the antechamber and guarding the door, is suddenly struck by a crossbow bolt. The little goblin screams and begins crying, and then sees the source of danger…</p><p></p><p>…it’s Boss Fatty, hiding in the doorway to the Cathedral.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.zikadik.com/shadowfell/cath8.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.zikadik.com/shadowfell/bal.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nebulous, post: 4694257, member: 31465"] [size=4]Adventure #13: The Claws of Orcus[/size] [B] PART ONE[/B] The group has entered the Cathedral of Shadow, and who do they see through the cracked door within a room lit by sickly green light? None other than Kalarel, Scion of Orcus. [img]http://www.zikadik.com/shadowfell/cath5.jpg[/img] “WHO DARES INTRUDE UPON THIS HOLY SANCTUM OF ORCUS?” The PCs stand in a small alcove with a closed door to their left and a shattered door to their right. [img]http://www.zikadik.com/shadowfell/cath4.jpg[/img] Irann the Warlock investigates the smashed doorway, peering into the darkness beyond with the sunrod. She thinks she hears movement. Brandis covers her flank as they ease into the side chamber. Splug is ordered to guard the other door while Erevan the wizard advances. He has just barely passed the threshold when he hears a cry of anger, and a huge, burly man slams a maul into the mage’s chest! Snarling, the human berserker raises the weapon for another strike. He is half-naked and filthy, with a hideous goat’s skull tattooed across his chest. This man, obviously, is a devotee of Orcus. [img]http://www.zikadik.com/shadowfell/cath6.jpg[/img] Kerric moves in to help and stabs the berserker. He staggers, but seems to relish the pain and renews his attacks, focusing now on the paladin instead of the spellcaster. In the meantime, Kalarel has leapt down from the dais but no one has line of sight to the priest. That’s never good. In the side alcove Irann spots movement along the high ceiling. There are natural partitions up there and anything could be hiding out of sight. She has the sunrod and its glow sheds considerable light, but she doesn’t feel safe exploring further. She maneuvers toward the sound of battle with Brandis and sees the entirety of the Cathedral of Shadow. This place is huge. A bloody altar at the back of the room deposits slick blood down to a gaping hole in the floor. Four bloody chains descend into the pit, and the warlock is hesitant to see what lies down there. Three crystal columns shed bright light across the room, while a fourth column has been shattered, its pieces littering the floor. Helga storms into the room and flanks the berserker, avoiding opportunity attacks because the man is dazed and floundering. She hacks into his unprotected shoulder, but is suddenly struck in the back of the head by another maul! There are two naked berserkers now, both frenzied, frothing and fanatical. [img]http://www.zikadik.com/shadowfell/cath7.jpg[/img] Irann curses a foe, but then she hears ragged hissing behind her. She turns, dismayed to see three bone-white women running straight at her! Kerric catches a glimpse too and knows instantly what they are. [img]http://www.zikadik.com/shadowfell/vamp.jpg[/img] “Beware!” the paladin shouts. “Vampires!” [GM Note: They had been spider climbing on the ceiling behind the partition, waiting to drop on the first person beneath, who was nearly the warlock]. Erevan greets them with a burst of flame, incinerating two of the monsters and they die with hellish shrieks. The third leaps at Irann with unnatural speed and sinks her fangs into the warlock’s forearm. She retaliates with a blast of purple eldritch fire that explodes from the vampire’s eyes, killing it. About that same time, Splug, who has been waiting in the antechamber and guarding the door, is suddenly struck by a crossbow bolt. The little goblin screams and begins crying, and then sees the source of danger… …it’s Boss Fatty, hiding in the doorway to the Cathedral. [img]http://www.zikadik.com/shadowfell/cath8.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.zikadik.com/shadowfell/bal.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
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