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<blockquote data-quote="BoldItalic" data-source="post: 7200358" data-attributes="member: 6777052"><p><span style="color: #008080">There was writing on the piece of paper. It said................</span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: blue">"What's all that about?" wondered Tippy.</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"The stone giant we found under the castle cellars called herself Emmy," suggested ClaW, "and she was obsessed with coffee. That would account for the stains."</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"Didn't you trap her inside Mike's pocket dimension?"</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"She must have got out somehow. Maybe another wizard <em>finded</em> her."</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"So who is this striped god she is writing to?"</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"Means nothing to me."</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">Inannyunot produced his AD&D <em>Deities and Demigods</em> manual (he had the rare first printing, before the Lovecraft chapter was taken out) and consulted it. "Here we are," he said after a while, "There's a demigod who usually appears in human form in a military uniform with three chevrons on one arm. His true name is J*N*S, but he is generally spoken of in hushed tones as "The Celestial Quartermaster". He is the chief deity of a cargo cult practiced by certain tribes in the jungles of Chult. His followers believe that he will one day appear to them and distribute material possessions beyond their wildest dreams that will allow them to achieve immortality or, failing that, at least immorality."</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">Everyone looked at Jones. "Have you ever been to Chult?" asked Tippy.</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"Er .. yes, actually," confessed Jones, "We all had to go on a jungle survival course."</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"And did you happen to meet any of the local tribes?"</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"Well, yes, a bit. Just a few of them. Once or twice. They had this recipe for roast dinosaur ..."</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"I get the picture."</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">Tasha had been putting two and two together. "We have a stone giant in Chult who has built a shrine to Sergeant Jones and there is a doorway that doesn't go anywhere yet but she would like it to. Does that about sum it up?"</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"Sounds about right. Question is, what are we going to do about it?"</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"I'm supposed to be escorting you back to Southborough," objected Jones, "I can't just go AWOL."</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"Good point. But if we decide to go swanning off to Chult, say, would your duty oblige you to escort us <em>from there</em>?"</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">Jones considered this, and reluctantly agreed that it would. "You'll have to explain it to the Duke, though."</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"Of course. Goes without saying."</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">At this point, Ha!, who hadn't said much lately, surprised everyone by shyly asking Jones if she could be his acolyte. "I've always wanted to have a background," she said. "I'll be no trouble, really." Jones took this in his stride and graciously agreed; he gave her one of his regimental buttons as a holy symbol and she promised to treasure it always.</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"So, is it off to Chult, then?"</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"If we are going to meet dinosaurs, I vote we level up first,"</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"Good thinking. Let's do that."</span></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Tippy (<span style="color: #00cF00">Cleric-7; 59hp;</span> Hammer, Oyster Shell, The Fortin of Athax {+2 Mace of Rulership}, 17 g.p.) Inspiring Leader. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Inannyunot (true name ₼₼₼₼₼₼₼₼, aka Goat) (<span style="color: #00cF00">Wizard-7 Conjurer; 37hp;</span> 3x/day headbutt attack; books, clay tablet, Oyster Shell) </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Albert (<span style="color: #00cF00">Sinister Thief-7; 45hp;</span> 3 daggers, +2 Club of Bluntness, 26 g.p., TotM pole, funny bone) Dungeon Delver </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Tasha (Half-Orc/Half-Orc <span style="color: #00cF00">Fighter-6 Battlemaster; 70hp</span>; Versatile Double Halberd +1 of Dragon Summoning, Sling, 17 g.p.) <span style="color: #00cF00">Alert</span>, Heavy Armor Master </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> ClaW (Lobster; Tippy's ex-familiar; Boomerang) Magic Initiate </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Micromanage (aka Mike; ClaW's familiar; Miniature Human Wizard-½; Knobbly Staff) </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Igitur (aka Iggy; Baby Beholder) </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Jones <span style="color: #00cF00">(<em>The Celestial Quartermaster</em>;</span> Quartermaster Sergeant; <span style="color: #00cf00">Demigod</span>) Stores and Requisitions </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Ha! Fling! (Hobbit of The Planes; <span style="color: #00cF00">Acolyte of Jones;</span> three stones, griffon feather hat, <span style="color: #00cF00">holy symbol,</span> 17 g.p.) </li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BoldItalic, post: 7200358, member: 6777052"] [COLOR=#008080]There was writing on the piece of paper. It said................[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]"What's all that about?" wondered Tippy. "The stone giant we found under the castle cellars called herself Emmy," suggested ClaW, "and she was obsessed with coffee. That would account for the stains." "Didn't you trap her inside Mike's pocket dimension?" "She must have got out somehow. Maybe another wizard [I]finded[/I] her." "So who is this striped god she is writing to?" "Means nothing to me." Inannyunot produced his AD&D [I]Deities and Demigods[/I] manual (he had the rare first printing, before the Lovecraft chapter was taken out) and consulted it. "Here we are," he said after a while, "There's a demigod who usually appears in human form in a military uniform with three chevrons on one arm. His true name is J*N*S, but he is generally spoken of in hushed tones as "The Celestial Quartermaster". He is the chief deity of a cargo cult practiced by certain tribes in the jungles of Chult. His followers believe that he will one day appear to them and distribute material possessions beyond their wildest dreams that will allow them to achieve immortality or, failing that, at least immorality." Everyone looked at Jones. "Have you ever been to Chult?" asked Tippy. "Er .. yes, actually," confessed Jones, "We all had to go on a jungle survival course." "And did you happen to meet any of the local tribes?" "Well, yes, a bit. Just a few of them. Once or twice. They had this recipe for roast dinosaur ..." "I get the picture." Tasha had been putting two and two together. "We have a stone giant in Chult who has built a shrine to Sergeant Jones and there is a doorway that doesn't go anywhere yet but she would like it to. Does that about sum it up?" "Sounds about right. Question is, what are we going to do about it?" "I'm supposed to be escorting you back to Southborough," objected Jones, "I can't just go AWOL." "Good point. But if we decide to go swanning off to Chult, say, would your duty oblige you to escort us [I]from there[/I]?" Jones considered this, and reluctantly agreed that it would. "You'll have to explain it to the Duke, though." "Of course. Goes without saying." At this point, Ha!, who hadn't said much lately, surprised everyone by shyly asking Jones if she could be his acolyte. "I've always wanted to have a background," she said. "I'll be no trouble, really." Jones took this in his stride and graciously agreed; he gave her one of his regimental buttons as a holy symbol and she promised to treasure it always. "So, is it off to Chult, then?" "If we are going to meet dinosaurs, I vote we level up first," "Good thinking. Let's do that."[/COLOR] [LIST] [*] Tippy ([COLOR=#00cF00]Cleric-7; 59hp;[/COLOR] Hammer, Oyster Shell, The Fortin of Athax {+2 Mace of Rulership}, 17 g.p.) Inspiring Leader. [*] Inannyunot (true name ₼₼₼₼₼₼₼₼, aka Goat) ([COLOR=#00cF00]Wizard-7 Conjurer; 37hp;[/COLOR] 3x/day headbutt attack; books, clay tablet, Oyster Shell) [*] Albert ([COLOR=#00cF00]Sinister Thief-7; 45hp;[/COLOR] 3 daggers, +2 Club of Bluntness, 26 g.p., TotM pole, funny bone) Dungeon Delver [*] Tasha (Half-Orc/Half-Orc [COLOR=#00cF00]Fighter-6 Battlemaster; 70hp[/COLOR]; Versatile Double Halberd +1 of Dragon Summoning, Sling, 17 g.p.) [COLOR=#00cF00]Alert[/COLOR], Heavy Armor Master [*] ClaW (Lobster; Tippy's ex-familiar; Boomerang) Magic Initiate [*] Micromanage (aka Mike; ClaW's familiar; Miniature Human Wizard-½; Knobbly Staff) [*] Igitur (aka Iggy; Baby Beholder) [*] Jones [COLOR=#00cF00]([I]The Celestial Quartermaster[/I];[/COLOR] Quartermaster Sergeant; [COLOR=#00cf00]Demigod[/COLOR]) Stores and Requisitions [*] Ha! Fling! (Hobbit of The Planes; [COLOR=#00cF00]Acolyte of Jones;[/COLOR] three stones, griffon feather hat, [COLOR=#00cF00]holy symbol,[/COLOR] 17 g.p.) [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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