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The Age of Worms - Morrus' Campaign - Finished 6th August!!
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<blockquote data-quote="Eccles" data-source="post: 3103312" data-attributes="member: 5675"><p>The next morning, cold and slightly hung over, we returned to the Whispering Cairn. It looked gloomier and far less inviting than it had the previous night, and there was a bit of an argument over whether we should go back in. Treasure won out, and we decided to go through the hole under the green lantern and see where the bugs had come from. </p><p></p><p>There was indeed another network of caves and rooms below. In one room lay a corpse atop a stone bier in a room whose central feature was a statue which gave out waves of a strange, sapping energy. Morgan muttered something about gaining ‘spirit sight’, and it then surprised none of us when he announced that the statue was magical.</p><p></p><p>Having fought off a giant bug, Flynn insisted on stripping the dessicated corpse of its red leather armour. The armour itself was salvageable, and was marked with the crest of the ‘Seekers’, a group of tomb robbers who operated out of Greyhawk about 50 years ago. </p><p></p><p>The next room contained a gunge-covered fountain. And bugs. Lots and lots of creeping, crawling, acid-secreting bugs. Thousands of the little swines rushed us, whilst a single massive bug lumbered towards us vomiting forth fire. We pulled back, laying down a hail of stones, arrows and fiery oil-flasks before it was safe to approach and let Torvig finish off the swarm. </p><p></p><p>The last room at the end of the corridor was down a set of steps. And was totally immersed in water. This caused us a considerable problem, which Flynn circumnavigated by tying a rope around his waist and diving into the pitch-black water. Whilst most of us stood there aghast at his impulsiveness, Morgan was quick to follow him. He dropped his pack and dived into the water at the foot of the steps. </p><p></p><p>Whilst we spooled out the rope to allow Flynn safe transit through the water, we were treated to the sight of a splashing, spluttering Morgan trying to make any headway at all through the water. It quickly became apparent that he simply didn’t know how to swim – by the time Flynn had gone 30 feet, Morgan was still figuring out basic doggy-paddle.</p><p></p><p>Then the rope jerked once, twice, and went still. We hauled in fast, 3 of us running back up the corridor towing the rope and dragging a soaked and heavily bloodstained Flynn out of the water. Initial fears that his skull had been crushed were false, as Torvig cast his almost his entire day’s allotment of spells on the elf, restoring him to an almost fully-healthy state. </p><p></p><p>Once healed, Flynn made every sign of jumping back in immediately, a plan which Torvig and I thought was foolhardy to say the least, but we clearly lost the argument when he dived back into the water, swam 25 feet before pulling frantically on the rope to get back out again. We towed him out (still conscious this time), and then had a brief argument as to how foolish it would be to go back into the water a third time.</p><p></p><p>“But we can beat it,” stated Flynn confidently. “It’s not a very big thing.”</p><p>“Not a very big WHAT?” Torvig and I demanded in duet. “What does it look like, apart from being able to stave your skull in?”</p><p>“I don’t know – I couldn’t really see anything in there. It just looked like the water was trying to hit me.”</p><p>“An elemental?” Morgan spoke briefly. “Fascinating. I’ve never seen one in its natural state. Mind you, mother and I tend to study rather more… mortal concerns.”</p><p>“Wait – a water elemental, which can breath underwater and swim properly? Forget it.” – I was liking this plan less and less.</p><p>“Yeah, but there’s bound to be something pretty tasty down there.” Flynn must have seen something during his conscious periods. “Maybe if we just held our breath and all went in…”</p><p>“Not safe. I’m wearing full armour, and so’s Niccoli. Neither of us can swim, and who’d pull us back out if something went wrong?”</p><p>“Who’s talking about swimming? I reckon if we all just go in and walk along the bottom…”</p><p></p><p>It took a while to experiment, but the plan seemed to work, somehow. Carrying heavy armour or with pockets filled with stones, the others went back into the water and slugged their way along the bottom of the water-filled room. I stayed at the top to light a fire and hold the four ropes which they were trailing. I gave them a brief encouraging speech, and then they slipped into the water, taking the ever-lasting torch with them. From my end, the ropes payed out for a little while, then there was some twitching, then the four returned unscathed.</p><p></p><p>Dozens of other trips were necessary to properly scout out the water-filled room, apparently Torvig dispatching some form of undead with only the assistance of his God’s might and Niccoli’s sword-arm whilst they were down there. On the last trip, Flynn resurfaced clutching his prize – the red lantern.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Eccles, post: 3103312, member: 5675"] The next morning, cold and slightly hung over, we returned to the Whispering Cairn. It looked gloomier and far less inviting than it had the previous night, and there was a bit of an argument over whether we should go back in. Treasure won out, and we decided to go through the hole under the green lantern and see where the bugs had come from. There was indeed another network of caves and rooms below. In one room lay a corpse atop a stone bier in a room whose central feature was a statue which gave out waves of a strange, sapping energy. Morgan muttered something about gaining ‘spirit sight’, and it then surprised none of us when he announced that the statue was magical. Having fought off a giant bug, Flynn insisted on stripping the dessicated corpse of its red leather armour. The armour itself was salvageable, and was marked with the crest of the ‘Seekers’, a group of tomb robbers who operated out of Greyhawk about 50 years ago. The next room contained a gunge-covered fountain. And bugs. Lots and lots of creeping, crawling, acid-secreting bugs. Thousands of the little swines rushed us, whilst a single massive bug lumbered towards us vomiting forth fire. We pulled back, laying down a hail of stones, arrows and fiery oil-flasks before it was safe to approach and let Torvig finish off the swarm. The last room at the end of the corridor was down a set of steps. And was totally immersed in water. This caused us a considerable problem, which Flynn circumnavigated by tying a rope around his waist and diving into the pitch-black water. Whilst most of us stood there aghast at his impulsiveness, Morgan was quick to follow him. He dropped his pack and dived into the water at the foot of the steps. Whilst we spooled out the rope to allow Flynn safe transit through the water, we were treated to the sight of a splashing, spluttering Morgan trying to make any headway at all through the water. It quickly became apparent that he simply didn’t know how to swim – by the time Flynn had gone 30 feet, Morgan was still figuring out basic doggy-paddle. Then the rope jerked once, twice, and went still. We hauled in fast, 3 of us running back up the corridor towing the rope and dragging a soaked and heavily bloodstained Flynn out of the water. Initial fears that his skull had been crushed were false, as Torvig cast his almost his entire day’s allotment of spells on the elf, restoring him to an almost fully-healthy state. Once healed, Flynn made every sign of jumping back in immediately, a plan which Torvig and I thought was foolhardy to say the least, but we clearly lost the argument when he dived back into the water, swam 25 feet before pulling frantically on the rope to get back out again. We towed him out (still conscious this time), and then had a brief argument as to how foolish it would be to go back into the water a third time. “But we can beat it,” stated Flynn confidently. “It’s not a very big thing.” “Not a very big WHAT?” Torvig and I demanded in duet. “What does it look like, apart from being able to stave your skull in?” “I don’t know – I couldn’t really see anything in there. It just looked like the water was trying to hit me.” “An elemental?” Morgan spoke briefly. “Fascinating. I’ve never seen one in its natural state. Mind you, mother and I tend to study rather more… mortal concerns.” “Wait – a water elemental, which can breath underwater and swim properly? Forget it.” – I was liking this plan less and less. “Yeah, but there’s bound to be something pretty tasty down there.” Flynn must have seen something during his conscious periods. “Maybe if we just held our breath and all went in…” “Not safe. I’m wearing full armour, and so’s Niccoli. Neither of us can swim, and who’d pull us back out if something went wrong?” “Who’s talking about swimming? I reckon if we all just go in and walk along the bottom…” It took a while to experiment, but the plan seemed to work, somehow. Carrying heavy armour or with pockets filled with stones, the others went back into the water and slugged their way along the bottom of the water-filled room. I stayed at the top to light a fire and hold the four ropes which they were trailing. I gave them a brief encouraging speech, and then they slipped into the water, taking the ever-lasting torch with them. From my end, the ropes payed out for a little while, then there was some twitching, then the four returned unscathed. Dozens of other trips were necessary to properly scout out the water-filled room, apparently Torvig dispatching some form of undead with only the assistance of his God’s might and Niccoli’s sword-arm whilst they were down there. On the last trip, Flynn resurfaced clutching his prize – the red lantern. [/QUOTE]
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