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Shilsen's Eberron SH (Finished - The Last Word : 9/20/15)
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<blockquote data-quote="shilsen" data-source="post: 2822156" data-attributes="member: 198"><p>Written by AviLazar:</p><p></p><p>Session 21 - January 21, 2006</p><p></p><p>Sitting down we discuss various topics and Six seems to want to take the safe and easy way out by just leaving and selling tickets to this place. I disagree with Six, and agree with Dala that would not work – to say the least. For one, the sheer size of the island would make it impossible to prevent entry, but people like Dala do not want to setup an amusement park, they want to explore – and frankly, so do I. Luna flies in, as a crow, and then changes explaining to us she was having some problems coming back from the wall. She says some kind of wall of force was in place, but only activated when she was in animal form. Maybe this wall keeps the animals from coming over here? Given that she mentioned seeing dinosaurs that may not be such a bad idea.</p><p></p><p>At this point Rezan returns and speaks with us some more asking us what we plan to do if we are not going to climb the wall. Nameless tells her we will not cross the wall but will examine it instead and will speak to the other tribes. Rezan mentions some of the tribes may be hostile, and Nameless informs her that the tribes will not survive our onslaught. I think diplomacy was thrown out the window as the threat sounded directed towards any of the tribes here, including the one which is hosting us. We discuss other things and dinner is served, while a show is presented. Apparently this is a show of their version of the world history. Once the show and dinner are over we proceed to sleep, setting up guards. On my watch, with Six and Niff – Niff spots a group of drow. Since they do not advance towards us we let it go – this is, after all, a drow village.</p><p></p><p>We wake up the following morning and have breakfast with Rezan. She asks us about our plans, and when Nameless repeats his previous story, Rezan curiously leaves for a few minutes. She comes back and suddenly attacks us! A battle ensues, which catches us – as well as her guards – by surprise. Rezan throws a bead of force at us and I narrowly dodge its powers which would have immobilized me. We proceed into our well trained routine – Nameless casting spells to disable the area around our enemies – which sometimes hinders us as well. Luna charging in, and Six working on tripping everyone while Corven provides us with initial support. I proceed to hack away at other drow. While we are outnumbered, we make up for it in sheer power and training – these drow are definitely under matched for us. Rezan, in a last act, hurls a bead from her necklace of fireballs. This blows up – doing a little damage to us, but then sets off a chain reaction as her allies – that also have such necklaces – start to explode. The chain reaction causes a lot of damage, killing many drow and hurting us – and dropping Corven. I proceed to Corven and provide him with some healing, to bring him up to walking status. Nameless’ pseudo natural bison proceed to attack some of the other drow warriors. The battle is over, very quickly, and unfortunately many have died – fortunately, it was not on our side. On a side note, I wish Rezan did not attack us. I understand her fears, but to attack us was foolhardy.</p><p></p><p>We collect our gear and some of the drow’s gear and walk to the wall. I suggest we stay on the opposite side of the wall, resting there. We would be close enough to hop back if trouble happens, but would be safe from the drow – which surely will get their neighboring tribesman. We proceed with the expedition underway and as we travel we encounter little tiny dinosaurs who seem to follow us…something seems puzzling about them, and after looking at them I realize they mean us harm – I swing Kizmet at one and it dodges my attack. Then, out of nowhere, hundreds of them appear and begin to swarm us. I swing at them, hitting but as one takes a hit, five more takes its place. Nameless casts a spell of fly to get above the creatures, while Six leaps ups a tree. Luna casts a flame strike spell and noticing myself being swarmed I leap up a tree and manage to climb it – in full plate. Corven manages to make it up the tree, but slowly, and Nameless is flies down to get one of the porters…the other porter, unfortunately fell to the onslaught of the swarm. Nameless summons more of his bison and they do a good job on the dinosaurs who cannot seem to do much – if any – damage to them. After some rounds go by, the dinosaurs run away, being chased by the bison.</p><p></p><p>We travel for a while longer and we then make camp, finding a good spot. We see an amazing sight – bats in the distance, large bats – the size of small ponies, but they get eaten by flying dinosaurs of some sort which are much bigger. This land is strange, but there is much to explore here. I have to say I am excited about heading into the dungeons of the scaled ones. We go to sleep, and wake up the next day – refreshed and feeling good about continuing our journey.</p><p></p><p>Walking for a while, we notice Six taking a step or two, and then jumps ahead what we later calculate to be about four times the distance. After spending some time we find this area has some weird time effect where things inside operate four times as faster then outside. This might not be a bad place for us to rest, assuming time is of the essence.</p><p></p><p>Traveling a bit further we encounter some creatures that resemble trolls, though a bit shorter. They attack us with javelins – which are heavily poisoned to sap our health. A battle ensues, and I charge up the front – ducking behind trees so I will not present myself as a target. Everyone is fighting and I cast a spell of bless to give our porters extra help in their attacks. Just as I get to within striking distance, I see Nameless attacked from behind. Now being surrounded by these trolls I charge back where I came from. Nameless casts a stinking cloud which makes the trolls fall out of the trees they were hiding in. I come up to one smiting it with all the might the Silver Flame can give me and gash it deeply. Finally as the battle turns more and more our way, the Trolls begin to flee.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, this battle has left some of our number dead, including Collus and some porters. We regroup ourselves, healing those who were drained – including me. We prepare ourselves, allowing those to bury the dead.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shilsen, post: 2822156, member: 198"] Written by AviLazar: Session 21 - January 21, 2006 Sitting down we discuss various topics and Six seems to want to take the safe and easy way out by just leaving and selling tickets to this place. I disagree with Six, and agree with Dala that would not work – to say the least. For one, the sheer size of the island would make it impossible to prevent entry, but people like Dala do not want to setup an amusement park, they want to explore – and frankly, so do I. Luna flies in, as a crow, and then changes explaining to us she was having some problems coming back from the wall. She says some kind of wall of force was in place, but only activated when she was in animal form. Maybe this wall keeps the animals from coming over here? Given that she mentioned seeing dinosaurs that may not be such a bad idea. At this point Rezan returns and speaks with us some more asking us what we plan to do if we are not going to climb the wall. Nameless tells her we will not cross the wall but will examine it instead and will speak to the other tribes. Rezan mentions some of the tribes may be hostile, and Nameless informs her that the tribes will not survive our onslaught. I think diplomacy was thrown out the window as the threat sounded directed towards any of the tribes here, including the one which is hosting us. We discuss other things and dinner is served, while a show is presented. Apparently this is a show of their version of the world history. Once the show and dinner are over we proceed to sleep, setting up guards. On my watch, with Six and Niff – Niff spots a group of drow. Since they do not advance towards us we let it go – this is, after all, a drow village. We wake up the following morning and have breakfast with Rezan. She asks us about our plans, and when Nameless repeats his previous story, Rezan curiously leaves for a few minutes. She comes back and suddenly attacks us! A battle ensues, which catches us – as well as her guards – by surprise. Rezan throws a bead of force at us and I narrowly dodge its powers which would have immobilized me. We proceed into our well trained routine – Nameless casting spells to disable the area around our enemies – which sometimes hinders us as well. Luna charging in, and Six working on tripping everyone while Corven provides us with initial support. I proceed to hack away at other drow. While we are outnumbered, we make up for it in sheer power and training – these drow are definitely under matched for us. Rezan, in a last act, hurls a bead from her necklace of fireballs. This blows up – doing a little damage to us, but then sets off a chain reaction as her allies – that also have such necklaces – start to explode. The chain reaction causes a lot of damage, killing many drow and hurting us – and dropping Corven. I proceed to Corven and provide him with some healing, to bring him up to walking status. Nameless’ pseudo natural bison proceed to attack some of the other drow warriors. The battle is over, very quickly, and unfortunately many have died – fortunately, it was not on our side. On a side note, I wish Rezan did not attack us. I understand her fears, but to attack us was foolhardy. We collect our gear and some of the drow’s gear and walk to the wall. I suggest we stay on the opposite side of the wall, resting there. We would be close enough to hop back if trouble happens, but would be safe from the drow – which surely will get their neighboring tribesman. We proceed with the expedition underway and as we travel we encounter little tiny dinosaurs who seem to follow us…something seems puzzling about them, and after looking at them I realize they mean us harm – I swing Kizmet at one and it dodges my attack. Then, out of nowhere, hundreds of them appear and begin to swarm us. I swing at them, hitting but as one takes a hit, five more takes its place. Nameless casts a spell of fly to get above the creatures, while Six leaps ups a tree. Luna casts a flame strike spell and noticing myself being swarmed I leap up a tree and manage to climb it – in full plate. Corven manages to make it up the tree, but slowly, and Nameless is flies down to get one of the porters…the other porter, unfortunately fell to the onslaught of the swarm. Nameless summons more of his bison and they do a good job on the dinosaurs who cannot seem to do much – if any – damage to them. After some rounds go by, the dinosaurs run away, being chased by the bison. We travel for a while longer and we then make camp, finding a good spot. We see an amazing sight – bats in the distance, large bats – the size of small ponies, but they get eaten by flying dinosaurs of some sort which are much bigger. This land is strange, but there is much to explore here. I have to say I am excited about heading into the dungeons of the scaled ones. We go to sleep, and wake up the next day – refreshed and feeling good about continuing our journey. Walking for a while, we notice Six taking a step or two, and then jumps ahead what we later calculate to be about four times the distance. After spending some time we find this area has some weird time effect where things inside operate four times as faster then outside. This might not be a bad place for us to rest, assuming time is of the essence. Traveling a bit further we encounter some creatures that resemble trolls, though a bit shorter. They attack us with javelins – which are heavily poisoned to sap our health. A battle ensues, and I charge up the front – ducking behind trees so I will not present myself as a target. Everyone is fighting and I cast a spell of bless to give our porters extra help in their attacks. Just as I get to within striking distance, I see Nameless attacked from behind. Now being surrounded by these trolls I charge back where I came from. Nameless casts a stinking cloud which makes the trolls fall out of the trees they were hiding in. I come up to one smiting it with all the might the Silver Flame can give me and gash it deeply. Finally as the battle turns more and more our way, the Trolls begin to flee. Unfortunately, this battle has left some of our number dead, including Collus and some porters. We regroup ourselves, healing those who were drained – including me. We prepare ourselves, allowing those to bury the dead. [/QUOTE]
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