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<blockquote data-quote="Morrow" data-source="post: 2764309" data-attributes="member: 301"><p><strong>Session 12 - The Aftermath - 11/6/2005</strong></p><p></p><p>Nate groaned as the Specter’s blade sank into his chest, draining his life essence. He leapt aside, feeling exhausted and weak. The party had hired Captain Lydon and his ship, the <em>Gambit </em> to carry them back to Black Dog’s caves. They bypassed a number of booby traps before finding Black Dog’s treasure cache. Unfortunately, the treasure was guarded by Black Dog himself, returned as a murderous undead creature.</p><p></p><p>Bronson was unable to rebuke the enraged undead pirate, so the party advanced, using their blades as best they could against their incorporeal foe. The specter of Black Dog soon struck Sully as well, draining her energy to feed itself. Bronson, long since healed of his deafness, rained spells down upon the undead monstrosity. Tavaari displayed as yet unsuspected sorcerous abilities, casting <em>magic missiles </em> at Black Dog and making repeated effective use of the <em>disrupt undead </em> cantrip. Black Dog soon succumbed under this withering attack.</p><p></p><p>The party gathered the chests containing the pirate’s treasure and began transporting it back to the Gambit. They had much to do. The Freeport Opera season opens tomorrow, and they had ghosts to hunt.</p><p></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center">* * * * *</p><p></p><p></p><p>The quartet returned to Freeport and spent much of the next day dividing loot and preparing for the Opera. Bronson introduced the group to his new cohort, Queg. Once a half-orc harpooner, Queg was now a skeletal undead creature whose bones were carved in an elaborate combination of sea-faring scenes and arcane glyphs.</p><p></p><p>Sully, unwilling to appear in public in the same dress she had worn to the recent Ball, sought out Nifur Roberts. Miss Roberts gladly agreed to loan her new friend a dress, and listened with rapt attention as Sully regaled her with tales of daring exploits upon the seas.</p><p></p><p>The first half of the Opera passed without incident. Bronson, Nate, and Queg (swathed in concealing clerical robes) watched from a box set aside for their use. Sully sought out Buster Wallace, who she had met at the recent Ball. The young man was very concerned about the disappearance of is father, Councilor Brock Wallace. The older man had been acting very strangely lately and the younger Wallace could not imagine what might have happened to him. Sully personally suspected that he would never be found. He may in fact have been replaced by one of the shapeshifting serpent folk that she had slain at the lighthouse. Of course, she could not tell the young, handsome, eligible, and very rich, Buster Wallace that she may have slain his father’s doppelganger. Instead she was all sympathy and batting eyelashes. By the time intermission rolled around the already smitten Mr. Wallace was quite enchanted with ‘Miss Sullivan.’</p><p></p><p>Tavaari patrolled backstage looking for anything out of the ordinary. During intermission he sought out Nate and Bronson to explain that he had begun to see strange things. Props and backdrops appeared and disappeared when he wasn’t looking at them. Cobwebs appeared in the rafters then disappeared. The very floors and walls began to look old an in ill repair, then bright and well cared for again. The trio, joined by Queg, decided to spend the second half of the performance backstage.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Morrow, post: 2764309, member: 301"] [b]Session 12 - The Aftermath - 11/6/2005[/b] Nate groaned as the Specter’s blade sank into his chest, draining his life essence. He leapt aside, feeling exhausted and weak. The party had hired Captain Lydon and his ship, the [I]Gambit [/I] to carry them back to Black Dog’s caves. They bypassed a number of booby traps before finding Black Dog’s treasure cache. Unfortunately, the treasure was guarded by Black Dog himself, returned as a murderous undead creature. Bronson was unable to rebuke the enraged undead pirate, so the party advanced, using their blades as best they could against their incorporeal foe. The specter of Black Dog soon struck Sully as well, draining her energy to feed itself. Bronson, long since healed of his deafness, rained spells down upon the undead monstrosity. Tavaari displayed as yet unsuspected sorcerous abilities, casting [I]magic missiles [/I] at Black Dog and making repeated effective use of the [I]disrupt undead [/I] cantrip. Black Dog soon succumbed under this withering attack. The party gathered the chests containing the pirate’s treasure and began transporting it back to the Gambit. They had much to do. The Freeport Opera season opens tomorrow, and they had ghosts to hunt. [CENTER]* * * * *[/CENTER] The quartet returned to Freeport and spent much of the next day dividing loot and preparing for the Opera. Bronson introduced the group to his new cohort, Queg. Once a half-orc harpooner, Queg was now a skeletal undead creature whose bones were carved in an elaborate combination of sea-faring scenes and arcane glyphs. Sully, unwilling to appear in public in the same dress she had worn to the recent Ball, sought out Nifur Roberts. Miss Roberts gladly agreed to loan her new friend a dress, and listened with rapt attention as Sully regaled her with tales of daring exploits upon the seas. The first half of the Opera passed without incident. Bronson, Nate, and Queg (swathed in concealing clerical robes) watched from a box set aside for their use. Sully sought out Buster Wallace, who she had met at the recent Ball. The young man was very concerned about the disappearance of is father, Councilor Brock Wallace. The older man had been acting very strangely lately and the younger Wallace could not imagine what might have happened to him. Sully personally suspected that he would never be found. He may in fact have been replaced by one of the shapeshifting serpent folk that she had slain at the lighthouse. Of course, she could not tell the young, handsome, eligible, and very rich, Buster Wallace that she may have slain his father’s doppelganger. Instead she was all sympathy and batting eyelashes. By the time intermission rolled around the already smitten Mr. Wallace was quite enchanted with ‘Miss Sullivan.’ Tavaari patrolled backstage looking for anything out of the ordinary. During intermission he sought out Nate and Bronson to explain that he had begun to see strange things. Props and backdrops appeared and disappeared when he wasn’t looking at them. Cobwebs appeared in the rafters then disappeared. The very floors and walls began to look old an in ill repair, then bright and well cared for again. The trio, joined by Queg, decided to spend the second half of the performance backstage. [/QUOTE]
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