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<blockquote data-quote="TarionzCousin" data-source="post: 5161220" data-attributes="member: 31304"><p><span style="font-size: 15px">April 18, 2010</span></p><p></p><p><u>Present</u></p><p><strong>Felonius </strong>– Tiefling Warlock and Dragon Dasher</p><p><strong>Flurge </strong>– Eladrin Wizard and Electric Ender</p><p><strong>Grommit </strong>– Dwarven Fighter and Greedy Grabber</p><p><strong>Zanen </strong>– Deva Avenger and Chasm Cuddler</p><p></p><p><u>Absent</u></p><p><strong>Arvin </strong>– Token Human Rogue and Snarky Stealer</p><p><strong>Marcus </strong>– Half-Elf Bard and Isolated Isler</p><p><strong>Vixten </strong>– Elven Cleric and Disappearing Director</p><p></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Location</em> – the Shadowfell, somewhere in the inaccessible Temple of the Black Hour, deep in the swamps surrounding Gloomwrought known as the Skins.</p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>The Other Side</strong></span></p><p>Vixten didn’t appear in the new room with the rest of the Defrosters, leading to speculation that he had, in fact, been turned to stone on the other side. Elves always seem to disappear at the most inconvenient times to get stoned.</p><p></p><p>The new room was 30 feet square, with steps down in its center into a square pool of sparkling water. Grommit the Dwarf volunteered to touch the water, put his feet in the water, and bathe in the water. Arcana checks confirmed that the pool was extremely magical, but didn’t reveal any of its secrets. After several minutes of watching the dwarf clean himself, Zanen the Deva took a small sip of the water and immediately began writhing around on the floor in extreme pain. Through gnashing teeth, Zanen reminded everyone of Thol’s advice about “everyone needing to suffer” in order to advance.</p><p></p><p>Grommit and Felonius drank and joined Zanen’s pain dance. Flurge took his time, filling a flask with the water, scratching his ass delicately, and arranging himself comfortably on the ground. When he finally drank the water, the wall behind them faded away and the group crawled through.</p><p></p><p>On the other side were some natural tunnels and caverns. Moving slowly forward, the group crossed a ten-foot wide wooden bridge across a deep chasm and climbed up a 20’ cliff. They saw the back wall of the cavern glowing with the promise of the veined egg. Suddenly, everything went pitch black and our heroes were blasted by a charge of necrotic pain that made their pubic hair scream and fall out.</p><p></p><p>Zanen zigged and zagged around the darkness to charge a large Shadow Dragon. Grommit sprinted forward and flanked the beast. Flurge and Felonius scooted out of the darkness and it was on!</p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Darkness</strong></span></p><p>A wall of fire enveloped the dragon and a sphere of cold poked at it, courtesy of Flurge and Felonius, respectively. More than a little annoyed, the dragon promptly cast another area of darkness and teleported away. Zanen grabbed the magic egg and tucked it into his backpack. Grommit burst through the darkness toward the dragon, followed closely by the tiefling. They found the dragon moving toward them and breathing more necrotic nastiness. </p><p></p><p>Zanen jumped over the dragon to flank it. Grommit leapt down to flank it again. Flurge’s lightning bolt shazzapped the enemy in a tender spot. The dark beast belched forth another necroblast that weakened Felonius somewhat and irritated him a great deal. He ground his teeth and directed his cold zone closer, ever closer.</p><p></p><p>The dragon clawed Felonius, really just a love-tap. Zanen pulled forth his holy symbol and silvery light sprang forth and bedazzled the smoky reptilian with pain-filled visions of a moon and tears. Flurge cautiously retreated, muttering something about the planets not being in a proper alignment at the moment.</p><p></p><p>Grommit took a bite squarely on his armor, and activated its coldy retaliation, bloodying the beast. Its black blast missed everyone. Felonius’s zone moved close enough to harm, finally. The dragon teleported away, into another large field of darkness on the other side of the wooden bridge. One could almost hear the cold zone sigh.</p><p></p><p>The Deva ran forward and pulled the dragon by its whiskers out of the darkness and into target range. Grommit followed and completely missed hammered draco with Zanen’s rerollifying assistance. Zanen was flying high, riding the wave and full of confidence, so the black brute bullrushed him right off the bridge. It tried to do the same to the dwarf, but learned that dwarves cannot be budged by puny little 5-foot shoves. Zanen continued falling toward the chasm floor like a baby reaching for a cuddle.</p><p></p><p>Blackie teleported into his other darkness field, close to the “yummy soft targets” of wizard and warlock. Grommit debated tying a rope to the bridge and throwing it down the chasm, but instead ran back toward the fray. Felonius dashed at the beast and taunted it into biting him, doing retaliatory damage. The tiefling’s cold zone was still nearby, and it poked the dragon like a giant icicle. Flurge fired off an electrical ball of badness and the dragon went down.</p><p></p><p>Zanen hit the ground, one hundred feet later. Crunch. It was a good thing he had five rusty longswords to break his fall or he might really have been injured.</p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Same Old Song and Dance</strong></span></p><p>After catching their breath, the three heroes up top tied their ropes together and anchored a line to the bridge. They threw the other end down to Zanen. He tied himself in and slowly made his way to the top. He stumbled and nearly fell, but caught himself.</p><p></p><p>The typical post-combat looting spree of the caves produced some gold coins, a few healing potions, and to Zanen’s wonder, the sword he had always dreamed of: a pitted and scarred fullblade that fit his hands perfectly—after he wrestled it away from the dwarf.</p><p></p><p>“What does this do? Huh? Can I have it?” said Grommit, conveniently forgetting his magic frost maul and Zanen’s loaned long sword weapon disparity. </p><p></p><p>“Whatever it does, it does it for me,” the Deva replied as he tossed the five rusty longswords into the chasm.</p><p></p><p>The four backtracked but found no trace of Vixten on their way out into the swamps. They searched for several hours, but the elf was simply gone. Speculation speculated that he had gotten so high he had simply floated away. So they trudged back and met the creepy little guy for a ride back to Gloomwrought. </p><p></p><p>The city welcomed them back with an indifferent, gloomy “meh.” Thol eagerly took the Veined Egg, commenting that it contained “the son of a dead god.” What the Tenebrous Cabal wanted with the magic egg was left unmentioned. To distract the heroes, Thol provided a magic ship for the party. It was able to conceal itself in shadow, and so the group was able to approach Shade Isle without being seen. </p><p></p><p>The heroes promptly set out upon the Stormy Seas. Grommit pulled on the oars stoically while Zanen navigated by the stars. Felonius prayed and Flurge consulted the spirits. After a few hours they saw the isle. There were several Netherese ships in the harbor, and a river passage into an interior that was dominated by a large volcano. The heroes’ ship was too large to traverse the river, so they hid it near a shipwreck full of spooky ghosts.</p><p></p><p> </p><p><em>--End Session</em></p><p></p><p><u>Loot from This Session</u></p><p><strong>One Jagged Fullblade, +3</strong> – Given to Zanen</p><p><strong>450 GP </strong>– Split 4 ways </p><p><strong>5 Healing Potions</strong> – Everyone got one except the dwarf got 2 because he’s tricksy!</p><p><strong>A “Vicious” Horned Helm</strong>, level 7, made by Flurge from Zanen’s former Vicious Sword’s residuum.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TarionzCousin, post: 5161220, member: 31304"] [SIZE="4"]April 18, 2010[/SIZE] [U]Present[/U] [B]Felonius [/B]– Tiefling Warlock and Dragon Dasher [B]Flurge [/B]– Eladrin Wizard and Electric Ender [B]Grommit [/B]– Dwarven Fighter and Greedy Grabber [B]Zanen [/B]– Deva Avenger and Chasm Cuddler [U]Absent[/U] [B]Arvin [/B]– Token Human Rogue and Snarky Stealer [B]Marcus [/B]– Half-Elf Bard and Isolated Isler [B]Vixten [/B]– Elven Cleric and Disappearing Director [I] Location[/I] – the Shadowfell, somewhere in the inaccessible Temple of the Black Hour, deep in the swamps surrounding Gloomwrought known as the Skins. [SIZE="4"][B] The Other Side[/B][/SIZE] Vixten didn’t appear in the new room with the rest of the Defrosters, leading to speculation that he had, in fact, been turned to stone on the other side. Elves always seem to disappear at the most inconvenient times to get stoned. The new room was 30 feet square, with steps down in its center into a square pool of sparkling water. Grommit the Dwarf volunteered to touch the water, put his feet in the water, and bathe in the water. Arcana checks confirmed that the pool was extremely magical, but didn’t reveal any of its secrets. After several minutes of watching the dwarf clean himself, Zanen the Deva took a small sip of the water and immediately began writhing around on the floor in extreme pain. Through gnashing teeth, Zanen reminded everyone of Thol’s advice about “everyone needing to suffer” in order to advance. Grommit and Felonius drank and joined Zanen’s pain dance. Flurge took his time, filling a flask with the water, scratching his ass delicately, and arranging himself comfortably on the ground. When he finally drank the water, the wall behind them faded away and the group crawled through. On the other side were some natural tunnels and caverns. Moving slowly forward, the group crossed a ten-foot wide wooden bridge across a deep chasm and climbed up a 20’ cliff. They saw the back wall of the cavern glowing with the promise of the veined egg. Suddenly, everything went pitch black and our heroes were blasted by a charge of necrotic pain that made their pubic hair scream and fall out. Zanen zigged and zagged around the darkness to charge a large Shadow Dragon. Grommit sprinted forward and flanked the beast. Flurge and Felonius scooted out of the darkness and it was on! [SIZE="4"][B]Darkness[/B][/SIZE] A wall of fire enveloped the dragon and a sphere of cold poked at it, courtesy of Flurge and Felonius, respectively. More than a little annoyed, the dragon promptly cast another area of darkness and teleported away. Zanen grabbed the magic egg and tucked it into his backpack. Grommit burst through the darkness toward the dragon, followed closely by the tiefling. They found the dragon moving toward them and breathing more necrotic nastiness. Zanen jumped over the dragon to flank it. Grommit leapt down to flank it again. Flurge’s lightning bolt shazzapped the enemy in a tender spot. The dark beast belched forth another necroblast that weakened Felonius somewhat and irritated him a great deal. He ground his teeth and directed his cold zone closer, ever closer. The dragon clawed Felonius, really just a love-tap. Zanen pulled forth his holy symbol and silvery light sprang forth and bedazzled the smoky reptilian with pain-filled visions of a moon and tears. Flurge cautiously retreated, muttering something about the planets not being in a proper alignment at the moment. Grommit took a bite squarely on his armor, and activated its coldy retaliation, bloodying the beast. Its black blast missed everyone. Felonius’s zone moved close enough to harm, finally. The dragon teleported away, into another large field of darkness on the other side of the wooden bridge. One could almost hear the cold zone sigh. The Deva ran forward and pulled the dragon by its whiskers out of the darkness and into target range. Grommit followed and completely missed hammered draco with Zanen’s rerollifying assistance. Zanen was flying high, riding the wave and full of confidence, so the black brute bullrushed him right off the bridge. It tried to do the same to the dwarf, but learned that dwarves cannot be budged by puny little 5-foot shoves. Zanen continued falling toward the chasm floor like a baby reaching for a cuddle. Blackie teleported into his other darkness field, close to the “yummy soft targets” of wizard and warlock. Grommit debated tying a rope to the bridge and throwing it down the chasm, but instead ran back toward the fray. Felonius dashed at the beast and taunted it into biting him, doing retaliatory damage. The tiefling’s cold zone was still nearby, and it poked the dragon like a giant icicle. Flurge fired off an electrical ball of badness and the dragon went down. Zanen hit the ground, one hundred feet later. Crunch. It was a good thing he had five rusty longswords to break his fall or he might really have been injured. [SIZE="4"][B] Same Old Song and Dance[/B][/SIZE] After catching their breath, the three heroes up top tied their ropes together and anchored a line to the bridge. They threw the other end down to Zanen. He tied himself in and slowly made his way to the top. He stumbled and nearly fell, but caught himself. The typical post-combat looting spree of the caves produced some gold coins, a few healing potions, and to Zanen’s wonder, the sword he had always dreamed of: a pitted and scarred fullblade that fit his hands perfectly—after he wrestled it away from the dwarf. “What does this do? Huh? Can I have it?” said Grommit, conveniently forgetting his magic frost maul and Zanen’s loaned long sword weapon disparity. “Whatever it does, it does it for me,” the Deva replied as he tossed the five rusty longswords into the chasm. The four backtracked but found no trace of Vixten on their way out into the swamps. They searched for several hours, but the elf was simply gone. Speculation speculated that he had gotten so high he had simply floated away. So they trudged back and met the creepy little guy for a ride back to Gloomwrought. The city welcomed them back with an indifferent, gloomy “meh.” Thol eagerly took the Veined Egg, commenting that it contained “the son of a dead god.” What the Tenebrous Cabal wanted with the magic egg was left unmentioned. To distract the heroes, Thol provided a magic ship for the party. It was able to conceal itself in shadow, and so the group was able to approach Shade Isle without being seen. The heroes promptly set out upon the Stormy Seas. Grommit pulled on the oars stoically while Zanen navigated by the stars. Felonius prayed and Flurge consulted the spirits. After a few hours they saw the isle. There were several Netherese ships in the harbor, and a river passage into an interior that was dominated by a large volcano. The heroes’ ship was too large to traverse the river, so they hid it near a shipwreck full of spooky ghosts. [I]--End Session[/I] [U]Loot from This Session[/U] [B]One Jagged Fullblade, +3[/B] – Given to Zanen [B]450 GP [/B]– Split 4 ways [B]5 Healing Potions[/B] – Everyone got one except the dwarf got 2 because he’s tricksy! [B]A “Vicious” Horned Helm[/B], level 7, made by Flurge from Zanen’s former Vicious Sword’s residuum. [/QUOTE]
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