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<blockquote data-quote="sniffles" data-source="post: 3123915" data-attributes="member: 30035"><p><strong>Jade's Luck and Cloud's Destiny</strong></p><p></p><p><em>(Continued from previous letter)</em></p><p></p><p>When the man started waving the black sword I felt a strange trepidation, but it swiftly passed. I made my way toward him through the crowd of panicking gnomes. Dalia had vanished. </p><p></p><p>When I got to the dance floor there were two men in white masks attacking the vampire, who seemed to be focusing his attention on a woman. The red-haired woman who'd been with him on the coach stood beside him. I grabbed an empty chair and hit him with it, cursing that I'd had to leave my weapons at the inn. The chair broke to pieces without doing him any harm.</p><p></p><p>The gnome woman reappeared long enough to hand me the dagger she'd hidden for me. It wasn't any more use as a weapon than the chair. The vampire grabbed one of the men and ripped out his throat. Then he ran.</p><p></p><p>The human woman disappeared. I ran after the vampire. It was hard to make it to the doorway; the guests were all trying to get out, and a swarm of bats had appeared from somewhere and were swooping all over the room. By the time I got outside the vampire had a long lead.</p><p></p><p>I chased him down to the canal, but he leaped out over the water and then vanished. I hung around for a while watching to see if he'd reappear like the one we'd met in the Mournlands, but he didn't. </p><p></p><p>When I went back into the embassy I found that Kylara had suddenly appeared, with an Undying warrior called Valadrin (sp?). The Elders had sent her for some reason. The Aundairian ambassador told us that she'd given the vampire a pass to board a Lyrandar airship that evening. We had to hurry if we wanted to catch him.</p><p></p><p>The artificer offered to fetch our things from the inn while the rest of us hurried to the docking tower. Somewhere along the way we lost the gnome, or maybe she was still invisible. And the half-orc woman was gone, too.</p><p></p><p>The changeling had a clever idea to disguise itself as the red-haired woman, who'd been killed in the fighting. We thought perhaps we could use her to lure out the vampire. I wonder if she knew her brother valued her so little.</p><p></p><p>When we got to the tower the ship was about to leave. A group of gnomes blocked our way as we ran up to the gangplank. I tried to shove past them without hurting them but managed to knock two of them off the walkway. Kylara summoned up a skeleton and in a few moments only a couple of gnomes were still standing. </p><p></p><p>The airship started to draw away from the tower. Then the human jumped across and caught hold of the railing near the ballista! Before I could react the ship was too far away to reach.</p><p></p><p>As I stood there watching it fly away a second airship rose up to meet us and a half-elf shouted out to get aboard. He said he'd been sent by the ambassador. It didn't look like much of a ship but we boarded. </p><p></p><p>After two days aboard we caught up with the other ship, which was on its way to Karrnath. The captain of our ship seemed awfully curious about who we were after and why. But when he told us to board a skiff before dawn we got really suspicious. </p><p></p><p>After a lot of argument Grinner tried to detect the vampire or his sword, but couldn't find any sign of them. That wasn't too worrying since he'd never been able to sense them before. Kylara cast a spell to determine that the human was still aboard the other ship and seemed unharmed. </p><p></p><p>We decided to go along with our captain's plan. We'd take the skiff over and rescue the human before the ship he was on could react unfavorably to the presence of a privateer.</p><p></p><p>We got to the other ship safely and boarded her, but as we were preparing to look for the human we spotted more skiffs leaving the privateer with boarding parties of armed men. We knew we'd been double-crossed when we saw the armsmen: they wore the sign of the Emerald Claw!</p><p></p><p>I found myself fighting alongside the ship's crew as we fended off the Emerald Claw warriors. I cut two of them down with a single blow each. The vampire turned up again and started attacking whoever was nearest him, the Claw men as well as the ship's crew. I couldn't do anything against him. </p><p></p><p>Then Grinner shouted out that the privateer was going to ram us! The human shouted for us to gather round him. By the time we could get together the privateer had struck the middle of the other ship. Both elementals broke free of their bindings and started battling as they fell to earth. Our ship was plummeting bow-first toward the ground as the artificer muttered an arcane phrase, and we all jumped over the rail.</p><p></p><p>We managed to float safely to the ground and avoid all the falling debris. It seems we were the only survivors. We couldn't find any sign of the vampire in the wreckage, nor the captain of the privateer. We were a short distance outside of Darguun. </p><p></p><p>In the name of Coriandor, I continue to seek glory in battle.</p><p></p><p>Caelen</p><p></p><p>___________________________________________________</p><p><strong>Quips & Quotes</strong>:</p><p><em>(I've got more quotes than notes!!)</em></p><p></p><p><u>DH</u>: "Don't worry - the rounds will go quickly."</p><p><u>sniffles</u>: "What dream world are you in? You have players at the table!"</p><p></p><p><u>patv</u>: (pretending to read GM's notes): "'Round 1: Players die.'"</p><p><u>sniffles</u>: "Round 2: Characters die."</p><p></p><p><u>DH</u>: "The bats fail their Reflex saves."</p><p><u>Hedrin</u>: "Ah! I've got people in my hair!"</p><p></p><p><u>Jubilee</u>: "Vampires can't cross running water!"</p><p><u>Devo</u>: "It's not running. It's just sitting there."</p><p></p><p><u>patv</u>: "I'll reproduce any wounds the woman had."</p><p><u>Jubilee</u>: "Can we help?"</p><p></p><p><u>Devo</u>: "Hutch swallows the Handy Haversack."</p><p><u>sniffles</u>: "Heuw's Handy Hutch!"</p><p></p><p><u>DH</u>: "The gnome falls off the gangway. Oh, the gnomanity!"</p><p></p><p><u>DH</u>: "Instead of a fire elemental this ship has an air elemental."</p><p><u>patv</u>: "So it sucks."</p><p><u>DH</u>: "It blows."</p><p></p><p><u>Jubilee</u>(to DH): "Do we need to break for the day so you can finish reading the adventure?"</p><p></p><p><u>DH</u>(as NPC): "So what's the most interesting person you've ever tracked down?"</p><p><u>Hedrin</u>: "A serial killer."</p><p><u>patv</u>: "He killed Captain Crunch, and Count Chocula..."</p><p><u>DH</u>: "...Snap, Crackle and Pop..."</p><p></p><p><u>DH</u>: "Vampire? What vampire?"</p><p><u>Hedrin</u>: "The vampire who summoned the bats that ate the rats that lived in the house that Jack built."</p><p></p><p><u>Jubilee</u>: "I'm going to look over the side and yell 'Oh God, oh God, we're all going to die!'"</p><p></p><p><u>patv</u>: "I'm looking for extra skiffs."</p><p><u>DH</u>: "There are none."</p><p><u>patv</u>: "This ship is out of code."</p><p><u>DH</u>: "It's the Titanic."</p><p><u>sniffles</u>: "It's the Skytanic."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sniffles, post: 3123915, member: 30035"] [b]Jade's Luck and Cloud's Destiny[/b] [I](Continued from previous letter)[/I] When the man started waving the black sword I felt a strange trepidation, but it swiftly passed. I made my way toward him through the crowd of panicking gnomes. Dalia had vanished. When I got to the dance floor there were two men in white masks attacking the vampire, who seemed to be focusing his attention on a woman. The red-haired woman who'd been with him on the coach stood beside him. I grabbed an empty chair and hit him with it, cursing that I'd had to leave my weapons at the inn. The chair broke to pieces without doing him any harm. The gnome woman reappeared long enough to hand me the dagger she'd hidden for me. It wasn't any more use as a weapon than the chair. The vampire grabbed one of the men and ripped out his throat. Then he ran. The human woman disappeared. I ran after the vampire. It was hard to make it to the doorway; the guests were all trying to get out, and a swarm of bats had appeared from somewhere and were swooping all over the room. By the time I got outside the vampire had a long lead. I chased him down to the canal, but he leaped out over the water and then vanished. I hung around for a while watching to see if he'd reappear like the one we'd met in the Mournlands, but he didn't. When I went back into the embassy I found that Kylara had suddenly appeared, with an Undying warrior called Valadrin (sp?). The Elders had sent her for some reason. The Aundairian ambassador told us that she'd given the vampire a pass to board a Lyrandar airship that evening. We had to hurry if we wanted to catch him. The artificer offered to fetch our things from the inn while the rest of us hurried to the docking tower. Somewhere along the way we lost the gnome, or maybe she was still invisible. And the half-orc woman was gone, too. The changeling had a clever idea to disguise itself as the red-haired woman, who'd been killed in the fighting. We thought perhaps we could use her to lure out the vampire. I wonder if she knew her brother valued her so little. When we got to the tower the ship was about to leave. A group of gnomes blocked our way as we ran up to the gangplank. I tried to shove past them without hurting them but managed to knock two of them off the walkway. Kylara summoned up a skeleton and in a few moments only a couple of gnomes were still standing. The airship started to draw away from the tower. Then the human jumped across and caught hold of the railing near the ballista! Before I could react the ship was too far away to reach. As I stood there watching it fly away a second airship rose up to meet us and a half-elf shouted out to get aboard. He said he'd been sent by the ambassador. It didn't look like much of a ship but we boarded. After two days aboard we caught up with the other ship, which was on its way to Karrnath. The captain of our ship seemed awfully curious about who we were after and why. But when he told us to board a skiff before dawn we got really suspicious. After a lot of argument Grinner tried to detect the vampire or his sword, but couldn't find any sign of them. That wasn't too worrying since he'd never been able to sense them before. Kylara cast a spell to determine that the human was still aboard the other ship and seemed unharmed. We decided to go along with our captain's plan. We'd take the skiff over and rescue the human before the ship he was on could react unfavorably to the presence of a privateer. We got to the other ship safely and boarded her, but as we were preparing to look for the human we spotted more skiffs leaving the privateer with boarding parties of armed men. We knew we'd been double-crossed when we saw the armsmen: they wore the sign of the Emerald Claw! I found myself fighting alongside the ship's crew as we fended off the Emerald Claw warriors. I cut two of them down with a single blow each. The vampire turned up again and started attacking whoever was nearest him, the Claw men as well as the ship's crew. I couldn't do anything against him. Then Grinner shouted out that the privateer was going to ram us! The human shouted for us to gather round him. By the time we could get together the privateer had struck the middle of the other ship. Both elementals broke free of their bindings and started battling as they fell to earth. Our ship was plummeting bow-first toward the ground as the artificer muttered an arcane phrase, and we all jumped over the rail. We managed to float safely to the ground and avoid all the falling debris. It seems we were the only survivors. We couldn't find any sign of the vampire in the wreckage, nor the captain of the privateer. We were a short distance outside of Darguun. In the name of Coriandor, I continue to seek glory in battle. Caelen ___________________________________________________ [B]Quips & Quotes[/B]: [I](I've got more quotes than notes!!)[/I] [U]DH[/U]: "Don't worry - the rounds will go quickly." [U]sniffles[/U]: "What dream world are you in? You have players at the table!" [U]patv[/U]: (pretending to read GM's notes): "'Round 1: Players die.'" [U]sniffles[/U]: "Round 2: Characters die." [U]DH[/U]: "The bats fail their Reflex saves." [U]Hedrin[/U]: "Ah! I've got people in my hair!" [U]Jubilee[/U]: "Vampires can't cross running water!" [U]Devo[/U]: "It's not running. It's just sitting there." [U]patv[/U]: "I'll reproduce any wounds the woman had." [U]Jubilee[/U]: "Can we help?" [U]Devo[/U]: "Hutch swallows the Handy Haversack." [U]sniffles[/U]: "Heuw's Handy Hutch!" [U]DH[/U]: "The gnome falls off the gangway. Oh, the gnomanity!" [U]DH[/U]: "Instead of a fire elemental this ship has an air elemental." [U]patv[/U]: "So it sucks." [U]DH[/U]: "It blows." [U]Jubilee[/U](to DH): "Do we need to break for the day so you can finish reading the adventure?" [U]DH[/U](as NPC): "So what's the most interesting person you've ever tracked down?" [U]Hedrin[/U]: "A serial killer." [U]patv[/U]: "He killed Captain Crunch, and Count Chocula..." [U]DH[/U]: "...Snap, Crackle and Pop..." [U]DH[/U]: "Vampire? What vampire?" [U]Hedrin[/U]: "The vampire who summoned the bats that ate the rats that lived in the house that Jack built." [U]Jubilee[/U]: "I'm going to look over the side and yell 'Oh God, oh God, we're all going to die!'" [U]patv[/U]: "I'm looking for extra skiffs." [U]DH[/U]: "There are none." [U]patv[/U]: "This ship is out of code." [U]DH[/U]: "It's the Titanic." [U]sniffles[/U]: "It's the Skytanic." [/QUOTE]
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