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<blockquote data-quote="Kid Charlemagne" data-source="post: 2247444" data-attributes="member: 93"><p>Here's a post from <a href="http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=3450" target="_blank">Like Father, Like Son: Kid Charlemagne's Story Hour, Pt. III</a>. This is pretty early on in Part III. The PC's are around 9th level here, I believe.</p><p></p><p>The PC's are Jovah, a cleric of Bes the god of luck, Reana, a female half-elven ranger, Jalea, a very chaotic elven rogue, Sir Brennen, a fighter/Sword of Kelanen (a reigious warrior homebrewed PrC), Gavin, a wise-acre horseman (recently knighted) and Corwin, a human wizard who is a recent addition to the group at this point.</p><p></p><p>They're investigating Arlen Kentfield, a demon-cultist who has been making things tough in the city of Ulfang...</p><p></p><p><strong>Cape Varna, Princedom of Krone, June 11th, AE 420</strong></p><p></p><p>The next day, Corwin attempts to <em>scry</em> on Kentfield, but gets no result. He then spends the rest of the day in the University of Cape Varna’s extensive libraries, courtesy of Tolaro Telegar. The libraries there are among the most expansive in the known world, thanks to the elves’ long-lived nature and love of learning. Corwin is looking for more information on Mordax, and he is joined by Jalea and Brennen. They find it rough going, though, slogging through piles of books. They find little new information, although there are piles more books to look through, and they plan to continue.</p><p></p><p>In the meantime, though, the party plans to look into the note in Quinn’s robe. They are fully expecting that this could be an ambush. Corwin <em>scrys</em> Kentfield again the next day around sunset, and this time he finds him. He is on board his ship, eating dinner with Quinn and the ship’s officers. Very dull stuff, until just before the spell ends.</p><p></p><p>“You doing another <em>divination</em> on them in the morning?” Quinn asks.</p><p></p><p>Arlen Kentfield nods affirmatively.</p><p></p><p>“Damn,” Jovah says. “They’re doing the same things we’re doing. How are we going to fix that?”</p><p></p><p>“Well,” Gavin offers, “we could decide on a course of action, and then the next morning randomly change our plans…”</p><p></p><p>“You mean we let Jalea lead?” Aris quips.</p><p></p><p>That same evening, they <em>fold</em> to Ulfang again in order to check out the “112 Silversmith Lane” address that they found on a piece of paper in one of Quinn’s old robes.</p><p></p><p>“So where precisley are we going?” Corwin asks Jovah.</p><p></p><p>“I’m not sure precise is the right word,” Jovah replies.</p><p></p><p>They decide to <em>fold</em> to the courtyard of the Gregarious Gargoyle, since Jalea estimates it is about ten blocks from Silversmith Lane. Moments later, they are there, none the worse for wear this time. They notice that the tavern is closed, <em>Orders of the Office of the Constabulary, Ulfang.</em></p><p></p><p>As they file out of the courtyard and onto the street, Jalea notices a horse-and-buggy pull out from an alleyway several blocks down. It isn’t so late that they are the only people on the street, but Jalea quickly decides that the buggy is following them. He informs the others, and then slips into the shadows to try and get the drop on the pursuer.</p><p></p><p>Shortly afterward, the buggy veers off in another direction, no longer following the party. The bulk of the group continues on to 112 Silversmith Lane.</p><p></p><p>“Check me on this,” Aris says to Reana, “But didn’t we just determine that Jalea shouldn’t be doing <em>exactly</em> this kind of thing?”</p><p></p><p>“Yup,” Reana replies.</p><p></p><p>They arrive at the address on the note. This section of Silversmith Lane is inhabited by the apprentices and menial workers of the silversmithing trade, and it is a poor section of town. 112 Silversmith Lane appears to be a rickety wooden tower, three stories tall. It has apparently been subdivided into 112B and 112C, but it would appear that 112 is the top floor. A questionably secure stair winds around the outside of the tower until it comes to an end in front of the door. Jovah casts <em>detect magic</em> to see if he can get a sense of any surprises from outside the building. He can tell that there is something magical inside the apartment, but not its exact location.</p><p></p><p>Jalea returns unscathed. “That was the constables. They’ll probably be looking for us, but they don’t know where we went.”</p><p></p><p>Jovah casts <em>fly</em>, and grabs the elven rogue. They fly to the doorway, and Jalea begins chcking for traps and picking the lock. It’s a better lock than he would have expected in this neighborhood. The others clamber up the rickety staircase. Soldago stays downstairs to watch, bow ready.</p><p></p><p>Jalea gets the door unlocked, and Jovah opens it. As he does so, he finds the source of the magic he saw earlier; a ghostly black panther leaps from the rafters of the tower’s peaked roof onto the gnomish priest!</p><p></p><p>“Yikes!” Jovah yells. He swings with his heavy mace, and lands a blow – which is lucky, considering the thing’s insubstantial nature.</p><p></p><p>The others start rushing up the stair at the sound of Jovah’s battle, but are bottle-necked towards the top. Brennen gives in to his desperation, and chops a hole in the rickety wall with his longswords, and crawls into the room. Jovah and Jalea have, however, made short work of the beast, and it’s ghostly form blows away in the wind.</p><p></p><p>“There’s something under the bed that’s magical, too,” Jovah says.</p><p></p><p>Jalea searches the room, and finds a battered trunk under the bed, and a pouch hidden under the loose cap to a bed post. They take the items, and <em>fold</em> out, before the constables can arrive.</p><p></p><p>“Where are we folding to?” Gavin asks.</p><p></p><p>“I’ll let you know,” Jovah responds.</p><p></p><p>The Priest of Bes takes them to Tolaro’s house again. They check out the trunk – it’s <em>fire-trapped</em>, of course, and Jalea once agains learns this the hard way. Inside is a red leather bound book with a gold clasp. It proves to be a spellbook (although it radiates magic itself, as well). Several loose sheets of paper are stuck in the book as well.</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Victoria VanDeVeer – possible contact with Graz’zt?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">No one in area has suitable diamonds, Falco will have to find them elsewhere</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Quinn and I are of one mind, re-empowering Mordax is the first step. Quinn has a plan on how to do it, we just have to wait for the right moment to act.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Dahloss, 42 Shaded Lane, Tor</li> </ul><p>They also score 300 platinum pieces, and a few gems, most notably a 1,000 gp black opal. Corwin does some alchemical testing on the potion bottles found in Kentfield’s safe. They prove to be a <em>potion of clairaudience/clairvoyance</em> and a <em>potion of fiery breath</em>.</p><p></p><p>“I’ll take the fiery breath one,” Jalea suggests.</p><p></p><p>“I think that falls under the category of, ‘If you <em>want</em> it, you <em>don’t</em> get it’,” Brennen replies.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kid Charlemagne, post: 2247444, member: 93"] Here's a post from [URL=http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=3450]Like Father, Like Son: Kid Charlemagne's Story Hour, Pt. III[/URL]. This is pretty early on in Part III. The PC's are around 9th level here, I believe. The PC's are Jovah, a cleric of Bes the god of luck, Reana, a female half-elven ranger, Jalea, a very chaotic elven rogue, Sir Brennen, a fighter/Sword of Kelanen (a reigious warrior homebrewed PrC), Gavin, a wise-acre horseman (recently knighted) and Corwin, a human wizard who is a recent addition to the group at this point. They're investigating Arlen Kentfield, a demon-cultist who has been making things tough in the city of Ulfang... [b]Cape Varna, Princedom of Krone, June 11th, AE 420[/b] The next day, Corwin attempts to [i]scry[/i] on Kentfield, but gets no result. He then spends the rest of the day in the University of Cape Varna’s extensive libraries, courtesy of Tolaro Telegar. The libraries there are among the most expansive in the known world, thanks to the elves’ long-lived nature and love of learning. Corwin is looking for more information on Mordax, and he is joined by Jalea and Brennen. They find it rough going, though, slogging through piles of books. They find little new information, although there are piles more books to look through, and they plan to continue. In the meantime, though, the party plans to look into the note in Quinn’s robe. They are fully expecting that this could be an ambush. Corwin [i]scrys[/i] Kentfield again the next day around sunset, and this time he finds him. He is on board his ship, eating dinner with Quinn and the ship’s officers. Very dull stuff, until just before the spell ends. “You doing another [i]divination[/i] on them in the morning?” Quinn asks. Arlen Kentfield nods affirmatively. “Damn,” Jovah says. “They’re doing the same things we’re doing. How are we going to fix that?” “Well,” Gavin offers, “we could decide on a course of action, and then the next morning randomly change our plans…” “You mean we let Jalea lead?” Aris quips. That same evening, they [i]fold[/i] to Ulfang again in order to check out the “112 Silversmith Lane” address that they found on a piece of paper in one of Quinn’s old robes. “So where precisley are we going?” Corwin asks Jovah. “I’m not sure precise is the right word,” Jovah replies. They decide to [i]fold[/i] to the courtyard of the Gregarious Gargoyle, since Jalea estimates it is about ten blocks from Silversmith Lane. Moments later, they are there, none the worse for wear this time. They notice that the tavern is closed, [i]Orders of the Office of the Constabulary, Ulfang.[/i] As they file out of the courtyard and onto the street, Jalea notices a horse-and-buggy pull out from an alleyway several blocks down. It isn’t so late that they are the only people on the street, but Jalea quickly decides that the buggy is following them. He informs the others, and then slips into the shadows to try and get the drop on the pursuer. Shortly afterward, the buggy veers off in another direction, no longer following the party. The bulk of the group continues on to 112 Silversmith Lane. “Check me on this,” Aris says to Reana, “But didn’t we just determine that Jalea shouldn’t be doing [i]exactly[/i] this kind of thing?” “Yup,” Reana replies. They arrive at the address on the note. This section of Silversmith Lane is inhabited by the apprentices and menial workers of the silversmithing trade, and it is a poor section of town. 112 Silversmith Lane appears to be a rickety wooden tower, three stories tall. It has apparently been subdivided into 112B and 112C, but it would appear that 112 is the top floor. A questionably secure stair winds around the outside of the tower until it comes to an end in front of the door. Jovah casts [i]detect magic[/i] to see if he can get a sense of any surprises from outside the building. He can tell that there is something magical inside the apartment, but not its exact location. Jalea returns unscathed. “That was the constables. They’ll probably be looking for us, but they don’t know where we went.” Jovah casts [i]fly[/i], and grabs the elven rogue. They fly to the doorway, and Jalea begins chcking for traps and picking the lock. It’s a better lock than he would have expected in this neighborhood. The others clamber up the rickety staircase. Soldago stays downstairs to watch, bow ready. Jalea gets the door unlocked, and Jovah opens it. As he does so, he finds the source of the magic he saw earlier; a ghostly black panther leaps from the rafters of the tower’s peaked roof onto the gnomish priest! “Yikes!” Jovah yells. He swings with his heavy mace, and lands a blow – which is lucky, considering the thing’s insubstantial nature. The others start rushing up the stair at the sound of Jovah’s battle, but are bottle-necked towards the top. Brennen gives in to his desperation, and chops a hole in the rickety wall with his longswords, and crawls into the room. Jovah and Jalea have, however, made short work of the beast, and it’s ghostly form blows away in the wind. “There’s something under the bed that’s magical, too,” Jovah says. Jalea searches the room, and finds a battered trunk under the bed, and a pouch hidden under the loose cap to a bed post. They take the items, and [i]fold[/i] out, before the constables can arrive. “Where are we folding to?” Gavin asks. “I’ll let you know,” Jovah responds. The Priest of Bes takes them to Tolaro’s house again. They check out the trunk – it’s [i]fire-trapped[/i], of course, and Jalea once agains learns this the hard way. Inside is a red leather bound book with a gold clasp. It proves to be a spellbook (although it radiates magic itself, as well). Several loose sheets of paper are stuck in the book as well. [list] [*]Victoria VanDeVeer – possible contact with Graz’zt? [*]No one in area has suitable diamonds, Falco will have to find them elsewhere [*]Quinn and I are of one mind, re-empowering Mordax is the first step. Quinn has a plan on how to do it, we just have to wait for the right moment to act. [*]Dahloss, 42 Shaded Lane, Tor [/list] They also score 300 platinum pieces, and a few gems, most notably a 1,000 gp black opal. Corwin does some alchemical testing on the potion bottles found in Kentfield’s safe. They prove to be a [i]potion of clairaudience/clairvoyance[/i] and a [i]potion of fiery breath[/i]. “I’ll take the fiery breath one,” Jalea suggests. “I think that falls under the category of, ‘If you [i]want[/i] it, you [i]don’t[/i] get it’,” Brennen replies. [/QUOTE]
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