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<blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 3984826" data-attributes="member: 8530"><p><strong>Module 105 - Chapter 2,”Space, the Final Frontier“, March 27, 1019: </strong> </p><p></p><p>Module 105: “Return of the Rod of the Seven Parts” (20 Year Anniversary Round Robin Module). Game Night Two, March 31, 2002, Game # 809. DM: Player of Isaiah, Jerry, Freyland, Vallessa, Jamal & Dani. </p><p></p><p><u>Cast of Characters:</u> </p><p>Alton, male human druid </p><p>Dennismore, male elf thief </p><p>Ebony Shadow, female hengeyokai (cat sub-race) ranger </p><p>Lono, male elf fighter/thief </p><p>Min-Mae, female hengeyokai (owl sub-race) magic-user </p><p>Ron Luther X5-0135, male human fighter (and spaceman) </p><p>Syrendel, female hengeyokai (falcon sub-race) ranger </p><p>Timothy, male human cleric </p><p></p><p>The game begins on another plane, which many presume to be the elemental plane of air, as most of what surrounds them is sky and clouds. They are standing on some type of light-blue colored surface, solid enough to stand on but with a spongy feel to it. The forty-one characters have split up into six separate teams. The first team is the one that Ilma said Ron would be needed in, informally dubbed the ‘weirdo team’. As they prepare to depart Ilma suggests that each team spend a few minutes to reacquaint themselves with each other before she whisks them away. </p><p></p><p>Ron Luther X5-0135 begins, as it has been over eleven years since the party last saw him (and sixteen years player time). He reminds them of how he first arrived on this planet in the year 1006, when he and his nemesis Vaughn accidentally caused the destruction of their solar system, due the triggering of a doomsday device. Ron’s Pooka Monty brought him to this world. Monty then went back in time to find a friend for Ron, when he then met up with Narg. Ron was with the party for two years after that, leaving in 1008 to protect the Silver Moon from Vaughn. The party brings Ron up to speed as far as Vaughn’s death and recent return. </p><p></p><p>Lono gets impatient, saying, “Let’s go. Chicks in the back, dark meat too (a reference to Dennismore).” This doesn’t exactly endear him to anyone. The others introduce themselves, with Lono paying minimum attention to whatever the hengeyokai have to say, responding to Min-Mae’s introduction as “Nice to meet you Chin-Chin”. Syrendel tells of her new mission in life, hunting evil mages. They all prepare to depart. Lono looks at the others and comments, “Yeah, I guess I can lead this group.” A few characters cough at hearing that. </p><p></p><p>Ilma waves her sword above their heads, creating a circle of light, which then flows downward. Alton grabs some of this “light dust” and tries to eat it. They appear in a metal room, approximately 60 x 30 feet in size. This will look to be some type of storage room, with metal and plastic boxes and barrels through the room. Large metal double doors will be along both the corner ten feet of the short walls. Ilma wishes them luck, and then disappears. They begin to check out the boxes. </p><p></p><p>A few rounds later one set of double doors open and a blonde hair man walks in. He is attired in black boots, with light blue pants, a white shirt, red tie, an unbuttoned long black overcoat, and maroon wrap-around sunglasses. The three hengeyokai immediately take cover behind boxes, as do a few other members of the party. He has a metal laser rifle in his hand, which he immediately points at Ron Luther, telling Ron to lower his own laser rifle. Lono begins to walk straight towards the man, saying “You’ll have to threaten us with more than just a broom handle, unless you are part of the New York City Police Department.” Ron yells over to Lono “It’s a laser gun, which could turn you into dust.” Lono jumps back, saying “Yikes, why didn’t you say so.” </p><p></p><p>Three other men enter the room. Like the first, they are also attired in colorful synthetic clothing. One has gray hair and is wearing a fastened metallic blue overcoat, over light blue pants and black boots. The second has orange hair, and is attired in a gray jacket and light blue pants. The third has on high black boots, green pants, and a light blue shirt. He is also wearing a gray helmet with three silver horizontal round tubes attached to each side of it. They each have on maroon wrap around sunglasses. The man with the orange hair is holding a weapon similar to that of the blonde man, which is pointed at the party. </p><p></p><p>The party attempts to talk to these men, who are elusive in their responses until a fifth man then arrives, who the blonde haired man calls “Commander.” This man is middle-aged, a bit heavy set, with black hair in a crew cut style, and wearing a gray suit. He begins to question the party, calling them “intruders” and accusing them of being in “his territory”. He then notices two of the women, and comment on the “Chippies”. The man in the blue overcoat notices the third woman, saying “there’s another chippie over here, it’s party time”. This has the group more than a little concern, which the leader says, “Grab the chippies and scrag the others.” </p><p></p><p>“Hold on,” states Dennismore, “can’t we work something out?” Lono interjects “Yeah, here’s the deal. We trade you the women for our freedom.” “What,” Syrendel yells. “Be quiet, I’m negotiating,” Lono tells her. The two hengeyokai rangers have heard enough, and a battle begins, with both Ebony and Syrendel firing arrows. The blonde haired man fires his laser rifle point blank into Lono, hitting him for 10 points and knocking him back. The man with the gray helmet gets struck in the face with one of Ebony’s arrows. Dennismore turns invisible and begins to approach from the corner of the room. Syrendel draws her bow and fires at the leader. missing. The double doors in the rear of the room then suddenly open, causing Alton to yell out a profanity, assuming that they are now surrounded. </p><p></p><p>From the doors in the rear of the room comes an armored dwarf riding on a flying scooter, very similar to Alton’s motorcycle but without the tires, and with a laser rifle mounted to the front of it. He fires a shot across the room and directly into the enemy with the helmet. “I guess he’s on our side” Timothy announces. The scooter flies quickly into the room, flying to a point in the middle of the room. This also makes him the sole target to the two men with laser rifles, who fire, one shot missing, and the other deflecting off of the scooter. </p><p></p><p>Syrendel and Ebony continue to fire arrows, Ebony again hitting the one with the helmet and Syrendel striking the leader. Dennismore comes up on the back wall near the one with the gray helmet, who gets struck again by the laser on the scooter, dropping him at Dennis’s feet. Timothy casts a Hold Person spell on the enemies, which catches the leader, the one in the blue overcoat, and the one with the red hair. The leader, however, is then broken free of the hold as another of Syrendel’s arrows strikes him. Alton draw out his magical rope, and throws it at the leader, who has now drawn a laser pistol from inside of his suit. Min-Mae successfully tosses a sling bullet into the blonde man. </p><p></p><p>As Dennismore slits the throat of the unconscious man with the helmet the scooter flies past the enemies and into the open corridor behind them. He then pivots around and hovers in the air as the blonde man fires up into him. The laser shot dissipates five feet in front of the scooter, with Ron exclaiming “He’s activated a shield around his craft”. Alton tugs on the rope, pulling the leader closer towards him, however the leader’s is more concerned with the scooter at the moment, as it fires a laser bolt point blank into him, causing him to fall and drop his pistol. As the man is going down Alton uses his full strength to yank the rope closer towards him. Both Ebony and Lono strike again at the blonde man with the laser rifle. </p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, four more dwarves, wearing armor and uniforms similar to the man on the scooter and carrying laser rifles, charge into the room from the rear doors. They all run behind boxes, targeting their weapons forward. Timothy moves out of the way to let them pass. Dennis turns invisible again, and waits for Alton to drag the leader away from in front of the blonde man. </p><p></p><p>The blonde man fires his laser weapon up into the scooter, the shot again dissipating. Alton has now dragged the leader closer to him, allowing the invisible Dennis to move up to and strike the Blonde man, doing a fair amount of damage. Meanwhile, Syrendel approaches the held orange haired man, and pulls the laser rifle from his hands, which thankfully does not break the hold. Ebony checks the gray helmeted man, finding him dead, and taking his laser pistol. </p><p></p><p>The four other dwarves continue to charge into the room, two running up to Ron Luther X5-0135 and ordering him to lower his weapon, as the other two charge towards the front of the room. Syrendel walks up to the blonde man, shoves the barrel of the laser rifle into the side of the guy’s face, and orders him to surrender. The man immediately does so (not realizing that she has no knowledge of how to use the weapon). Lono grabs the man’s laser rifle. Alton has grabbed the leader. Min-Mae uses his sling to hit another enemy. </p><p></p><p>Timothy tells the dwarves that Ron is with them, which causes them to ease off a bit. The dwarf leader instructs Ron to stow his weapon. Pointing the newly acquired weapon towards the dwarves, Lono says “How does this thing work.” The dwarf closest to him slaps the barrel down towards the floor saying “Don’t point that thing at people”. The rest of the party starts to tie up the two held ones before the spell wears off. “Who are you,” Alton asks the dwarves, as Syrendel excitedly tells Min-Mae “Did you see what I did with this?” Lono interjects “Yeah, it’s called a Gun of Human Influence.” </p><p></p><p>The scooter flies back into the room and the doors are shut. The dwarven leader instructs one of the men “Captain, take care of the prisoners.” The man pulls out a short rod-type device, telling the party “This will put them to sleep.” He presses it against each ones face, and they immediately fall asleep. “Pretty handy thing you got there,” Dennis comments, as he picks up one of the remaining pistols. Alton checks the man with the blue overcoat, confiscating that man’s concealed laser pistol as well. </p><p></p><p>The dwarf leader tells them that they are “Confederation Space Marines.” The women have no idea what any of those three words mean, and Alton tries to translate. Ebony begins to panic when she realizes that they are somewhere in the sky, and not on the ground. “Where exactly are we?” asks Lono. The dwarf answers “A Confederation Prison Sphere.” This causes Ebony to panic further, not wanting to ever again be made into a slave.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silver Moon, post: 3984826, member: 8530"] [B]Module 105 - Chapter 2,”Space, the Final Frontier“, March 27, 1019: [/B] Module 105: “Return of the Rod of the Seven Parts” (20 Year Anniversary Round Robin Module). Game Night Two, March 31, 2002, Game # 809. DM: Player of Isaiah, Jerry, Freyland, Vallessa, Jamal & Dani. [U]Cast of Characters:[/U] Alton, male human druid Dennismore, male elf thief Ebony Shadow, female hengeyokai (cat sub-race) ranger Lono, male elf fighter/thief Min-Mae, female hengeyokai (owl sub-race) magic-user Ron Luther X5-0135, male human fighter (and spaceman) Syrendel, female hengeyokai (falcon sub-race) ranger Timothy, male human cleric The game begins on another plane, which many presume to be the elemental plane of air, as most of what surrounds them is sky and clouds. They are standing on some type of light-blue colored surface, solid enough to stand on but with a spongy feel to it. The forty-one characters have split up into six separate teams. The first team is the one that Ilma said Ron would be needed in, informally dubbed the ‘weirdo team’. As they prepare to depart Ilma suggests that each team spend a few minutes to reacquaint themselves with each other before she whisks them away. Ron Luther X5-0135 begins, as it has been over eleven years since the party last saw him (and sixteen years player time). He reminds them of how he first arrived on this planet in the year 1006, when he and his nemesis Vaughn accidentally caused the destruction of their solar system, due the triggering of a doomsday device. Ron’s Pooka Monty brought him to this world. Monty then went back in time to find a friend for Ron, when he then met up with Narg. Ron was with the party for two years after that, leaving in 1008 to protect the Silver Moon from Vaughn. The party brings Ron up to speed as far as Vaughn’s death and recent return. Lono gets impatient, saying, “Let’s go. Chicks in the back, dark meat too (a reference to Dennismore).” This doesn’t exactly endear him to anyone. The others introduce themselves, with Lono paying minimum attention to whatever the hengeyokai have to say, responding to Min-Mae’s introduction as “Nice to meet you Chin-Chin”. Syrendel tells of her new mission in life, hunting evil mages. They all prepare to depart. Lono looks at the others and comments, “Yeah, I guess I can lead this group.” A few characters cough at hearing that. Ilma waves her sword above their heads, creating a circle of light, which then flows downward. Alton grabs some of this “light dust” and tries to eat it. They appear in a metal room, approximately 60 x 30 feet in size. This will look to be some type of storage room, with metal and plastic boxes and barrels through the room. Large metal double doors will be along both the corner ten feet of the short walls. Ilma wishes them luck, and then disappears. They begin to check out the boxes. A few rounds later one set of double doors open and a blonde hair man walks in. He is attired in black boots, with light blue pants, a white shirt, red tie, an unbuttoned long black overcoat, and maroon wrap-around sunglasses. The three hengeyokai immediately take cover behind boxes, as do a few other members of the party. He has a metal laser rifle in his hand, which he immediately points at Ron Luther, telling Ron to lower his own laser rifle. Lono begins to walk straight towards the man, saying “You’ll have to threaten us with more than just a broom handle, unless you are part of the New York City Police Department.” Ron yells over to Lono “It’s a laser gun, which could turn you into dust.” Lono jumps back, saying “Yikes, why didn’t you say so.” Three other men enter the room. Like the first, they are also attired in colorful synthetic clothing. One has gray hair and is wearing a fastened metallic blue overcoat, over light blue pants and black boots. The second has orange hair, and is attired in a gray jacket and light blue pants. The third has on high black boots, green pants, and a light blue shirt. He is also wearing a gray helmet with three silver horizontal round tubes attached to each side of it. They each have on maroon wrap around sunglasses. The man with the orange hair is holding a weapon similar to that of the blonde man, which is pointed at the party. The party attempts to talk to these men, who are elusive in their responses until a fifth man then arrives, who the blonde haired man calls “Commander.” This man is middle-aged, a bit heavy set, with black hair in a crew cut style, and wearing a gray suit. He begins to question the party, calling them “intruders” and accusing them of being in “his territory”. He then notices two of the women, and comment on the “Chippies”. The man in the blue overcoat notices the third woman, saying “there’s another chippie over here, it’s party time”. This has the group more than a little concern, which the leader says, “Grab the chippies and scrag the others.” “Hold on,” states Dennismore, “can’t we work something out?” Lono interjects “Yeah, here’s the deal. We trade you the women for our freedom.” “What,” Syrendel yells. “Be quiet, I’m negotiating,” Lono tells her. The two hengeyokai rangers have heard enough, and a battle begins, with both Ebony and Syrendel firing arrows. The blonde haired man fires his laser rifle point blank into Lono, hitting him for 10 points and knocking him back. The man with the gray helmet gets struck in the face with one of Ebony’s arrows. Dennismore turns invisible and begins to approach from the corner of the room. Syrendel draws her bow and fires at the leader. missing. The double doors in the rear of the room then suddenly open, causing Alton to yell out a profanity, assuming that they are now surrounded. From the doors in the rear of the room comes an armored dwarf riding on a flying scooter, very similar to Alton’s motorcycle but without the tires, and with a laser rifle mounted to the front of it. He fires a shot across the room and directly into the enemy with the helmet. “I guess he’s on our side” Timothy announces. The scooter flies quickly into the room, flying to a point in the middle of the room. This also makes him the sole target to the two men with laser rifles, who fire, one shot missing, and the other deflecting off of the scooter. Syrendel and Ebony continue to fire arrows, Ebony again hitting the one with the helmet and Syrendel striking the leader. Dennismore comes up on the back wall near the one with the gray helmet, who gets struck again by the laser on the scooter, dropping him at Dennis’s feet. Timothy casts a Hold Person spell on the enemies, which catches the leader, the one in the blue overcoat, and the one with the red hair. The leader, however, is then broken free of the hold as another of Syrendel’s arrows strikes him. Alton draw out his magical rope, and throws it at the leader, who has now drawn a laser pistol from inside of his suit. Min-Mae successfully tosses a sling bullet into the blonde man. As Dennismore slits the throat of the unconscious man with the helmet the scooter flies past the enemies and into the open corridor behind them. He then pivots around and hovers in the air as the blonde man fires up into him. The laser shot dissipates five feet in front of the scooter, with Ron exclaiming “He’s activated a shield around his craft”. Alton tugs on the rope, pulling the leader closer towards him, however the leader’s is more concerned with the scooter at the moment, as it fires a laser bolt point blank into him, causing him to fall and drop his pistol. As the man is going down Alton uses his full strength to yank the rope closer towards him. Both Ebony and Lono strike again at the blonde man with the laser rifle. Meanwhile, four more dwarves, wearing armor and uniforms similar to the man on the scooter and carrying laser rifles, charge into the room from the rear doors. They all run behind boxes, targeting their weapons forward. Timothy moves out of the way to let them pass. Dennis turns invisible again, and waits for Alton to drag the leader away from in front of the blonde man. The blonde man fires his laser weapon up into the scooter, the shot again dissipating. Alton has now dragged the leader closer to him, allowing the invisible Dennis to move up to and strike the Blonde man, doing a fair amount of damage. Meanwhile, Syrendel approaches the held orange haired man, and pulls the laser rifle from his hands, which thankfully does not break the hold. Ebony checks the gray helmeted man, finding him dead, and taking his laser pistol. The four other dwarves continue to charge into the room, two running up to Ron Luther X5-0135 and ordering him to lower his weapon, as the other two charge towards the front of the room. Syrendel walks up to the blonde man, shoves the barrel of the laser rifle into the side of the guy’s face, and orders him to surrender. The man immediately does so (not realizing that she has no knowledge of how to use the weapon). Lono grabs the man’s laser rifle. Alton has grabbed the leader. Min-Mae uses his sling to hit another enemy. Timothy tells the dwarves that Ron is with them, which causes them to ease off a bit. The dwarf leader instructs Ron to stow his weapon. Pointing the newly acquired weapon towards the dwarves, Lono says “How does this thing work.” The dwarf closest to him slaps the barrel down towards the floor saying “Don’t point that thing at people”. The rest of the party starts to tie up the two held ones before the spell wears off. “Who are you,” Alton asks the dwarves, as Syrendel excitedly tells Min-Mae “Did you see what I did with this?” Lono interjects “Yeah, it’s called a Gun of Human Influence.” The scooter flies back into the room and the doors are shut. The dwarven leader instructs one of the men “Captain, take care of the prisoners.” The man pulls out a short rod-type device, telling the party “This will put them to sleep.” He presses it against each ones face, and they immediately fall asleep. “Pretty handy thing you got there,” Dennis comments, as he picks up one of the remaining pistols. Alton checks the man with the blue overcoat, confiscating that man’s concealed laser pistol as well. The dwarf leader tells them that they are “Confederation Space Marines.” The women have no idea what any of those three words mean, and Alton tries to translate. Ebony begins to panic when she realizes that they are somewhere in the sky, and not on the ground. “Where exactly are we?” asks Lono. The dwarf answers “A Confederation Prison Sphere.” This causes Ebony to panic further, not wanting to ever again be made into a slave. [/QUOTE]
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