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<blockquote data-quote="Nebulous" data-source="post: 4177060" data-attributes="member: 31465"><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Adventure #24: The Spawn of Nyarlathotep</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>PART 2: Dark Places</strong></p><p></p><p>It is very dark.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/stairs1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/stairs2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/gasmule2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Limestone stairs descend into a black pit. Outside, the screams and laughter and peals of agony are slightly muted. The group shuffles down the natural steps, tugging the Gas Mule behind them. Lester is scratching his face, mumbling and wild-eyed (GM Note: He is inflicted with confusion than can happen on a roll of 1, and tonight, the party rolled more 1's than I've ever seen; Chang had 3 in a row!)</p><p></p><p>Horrible bat-headed sculptures flank an exit tunnel, and a successful Mythos Check compares them to another mask of Nyarlathotep: The Sand Bat of Central Australia.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/sandbat.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>A pool of water lies in the next extremely dark chamber, and the only source of illumination they have are weak flashlights. The pool is filled with hungry black leeches, which reminds Chang and Chad of a similar pool beneath Giza. </p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/room1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/deadfaraz2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Naturally, Chad Slambody is still naked, and the others are in a state of half-clothed disarray, after trying to sneak through the multitude of naked cultists (they got very, very lucky with their rolls).</p><p></p><p>Chad spots a stalagmite jutting up from the floor in an adjacent chamber, and he sees the light splash across the head and shoulder of an immobile man. Sneaking forward, he gets close enough to suspect that the man is dead, but not dead in a good way; dead in a bad way; a stinking, still-walking, likely to eat-your-brain kind of way. The group has not seen zombies in some time (most have not seen zombies at all, but Chang is familiar with them from as far back as the Ju-Ju House in NY City). </p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/room2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/zombie.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/zombie2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>They decide to burn the thing, and Chad sneaks back, returns with a 10-gallon drum of gasoline, and discreetly plants it near the zombie and leads a trail back to his hiding spot. But another zombie appears! A huge, hulking black man, his eyes white, blood dripping down his jowls. He spots Chad and shambles toward him, but Chad has already lit the gasoline. KA-BOOM!</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/flame.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>One zombie guard is blasted from his perch and plummets into a nearby chasm. The second guard is caught on fire but still charges ahead, until a shotgun and pistol rip his chest cavity to pieces, and it collapses into a stinking heap. Beyond, the party is met with yet another problem:</p><p></p><p>A rickety rope bridge extends across the chasm where the zombie fell. It can still be seen smoking and flicking at the bottom. Chad works his way across, but there is no way they will risk taking the 500+ lb. Gas Mule on the bridge. It is tied off and left behind while they confiscate supplies from it: namely, Gas, Dynamite and Weapons. (<span style="color: red">GM Note: Gas, Dynamite and Weapons have helped the party survive as long as they have; and a hell of a lot of luck</span>).</p><p></p><p>They continue winding through the darkness in a terrified bundle. Their flashlights only let them see shadows up to 60 feet, and these rooms are larger than that. They reach another deep hole stretching through the dark, and see large rats scampering nearby, but it is what waits at the end of the room that sends Chad, Lester, Chang, Father Salvatore, Okumo, and the two Kenyan warriors rolling another Sanity Check:</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/nyar3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>A horrific statue of Nyarlathotep in his Bloody Tongue aspect towers over them! </p><p></p><p>Slathered in blood and symbols, it also doubles as a throne, for a crude chair is carved into it. There is a large iron cage in one corner, enough to contains dozes and dozens of people, and a pile of moldy scrolls in another with large rats nearby. In front of the throne, flanking it on both sides, are two bizarre pillars: one is encrusted with human skulls, the other is made from some weird green stone. (GM Note: I think that by this point even Chang had lost too much Sanity too fast, and is inflicted with something unpleasant, but not permanent).</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/nyar 4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/pillars.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/rat1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/rat2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>It is not until they encourage Lester Cobblebottom (already tenuously close to more insanity) to inspect the bizarre green column of alien stone, that things go downhill for him even worse. He fails a Will Save, and losing more Sanity and rolling poorly on related dice, he is ravaged by both Confusion and a Split Personality! He begins babbling and shrieking, and then takes off running into the darkness. </p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/pillar.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Chad and a Kenyan warrior follow him, but seconds after he has started running, Lester spins around and shoots the Kenyan dead! Chad grapples him, wrestling Lester to the ground, who has now taken on the Split Personality of a strong, brave man, which is not supported his puny strength and stature. In his mind, he is trying to be brave and stalwart like Chad Slambody! Although just not so gay. Of course, the others do not know of this inner turmoil, all they know if that Lester has gone mad.</p><p></p><p>Furthermore, Lester is hearing voices. </p><p></p><p>Yes, the Green Pillar of alien stone is speaking to him with the incessant drone of thousands of voices chanting in unison, echoing through his fevered brain. When Lester finally calms down, he has a moment of insight and clarity, and deduces that the voices were cultists very nearby awaiting the birth of the Son of Nyarlathotep. The group decides to destroy the two pillars (they positively reek of Evil) and unfortunately for them, the Skull Pillar begins screaming with hundreds of voices and everyone suffers more Sanity Loss. Even Chad Slambody succumbs by this point as the group is constantly whittled down by the Mountain of the Black Wind </p><p><span style="color: red"></span></p><p><span style="color: red">[GM Note: he rolls a 6-month long term insanity that we later decide will be NECROPHILIA! Fun!]</span></p><p> </p><p>The Throne Room is thoroughly searched, the scrolls seized, a golden statue tucked away, and the throne itself inspected by Chang, although he is loathe to go near it. His bravery pays off however. A secret panel is revealed behind the throne, and the group timidly steps into a long corridor that curves and winds upward into the mountain.</p><p></p><p>Twenty minutes of climbing later, they soon hear the eerie echo of woman in labor. [<span style="color: red">GM Note: I actually was able to find a creepy soundtrack of a woman in labor that sounds like its echoing in a tunnel</span>]. They hear the commotion and murmur of thousands of bodies and voices, and soon they squirm into a single narrow passage that opens up into a truly massive chamber in the heart of the black mountain. </p><p></p><p>From here, things get worse.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/room4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nebulous, post: 4177060, member: 31465"] [SIZE=4]Adventure #24: The Spawn of Nyarlathotep[/SIZE] [b]PART 2: Dark Places[/b] It is very dark. [img]http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/stairs1.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/stairs2.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/gasmule2.jpg[/img] Limestone stairs descend into a black pit. Outside, the screams and laughter and peals of agony are slightly muted. The group shuffles down the natural steps, tugging the Gas Mule behind them. Lester is scratching his face, mumbling and wild-eyed (GM Note: He is inflicted with confusion than can happen on a roll of 1, and tonight, the party rolled more 1's than I've ever seen; Chang had 3 in a row!) Horrible bat-headed sculptures flank an exit tunnel, and a successful Mythos Check compares them to another mask of Nyarlathotep: The Sand Bat of Central Australia. [img]http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/sandbat.jpg[/img] A pool of water lies in the next extremely dark chamber, and the only source of illumination they have are weak flashlights. The pool is filled with hungry black leeches, which reminds Chang and Chad of a similar pool beneath Giza. [img]http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/room1.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/deadfaraz2.jpg[/img] Naturally, Chad Slambody is still naked, and the others are in a state of half-clothed disarray, after trying to sneak through the multitude of naked cultists (they got very, very lucky with their rolls). Chad spots a stalagmite jutting up from the floor in an adjacent chamber, and he sees the light splash across the head and shoulder of an immobile man. Sneaking forward, he gets close enough to suspect that the man is dead, but not dead in a good way; dead in a bad way; a stinking, still-walking, likely to eat-your-brain kind of way. The group has not seen zombies in some time (most have not seen zombies at all, but Chang is familiar with them from as far back as the Ju-Ju House in NY City). [img]http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/room2.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/zombie.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/zombie2.jpg[/img] They decide to burn the thing, and Chad sneaks back, returns with a 10-gallon drum of gasoline, and discreetly plants it near the zombie and leads a trail back to his hiding spot. But another zombie appears! A huge, hulking black man, his eyes white, blood dripping down his jowls. He spots Chad and shambles toward him, but Chad has already lit the gasoline. KA-BOOM! [img]http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/flame.jpg[/img] One zombie guard is blasted from his perch and plummets into a nearby chasm. The second guard is caught on fire but still charges ahead, until a shotgun and pistol rip his chest cavity to pieces, and it collapses into a stinking heap. Beyond, the party is met with yet another problem: A rickety rope bridge extends across the chasm where the zombie fell. It can still be seen smoking and flicking at the bottom. Chad works his way across, but there is no way they will risk taking the 500+ lb. Gas Mule on the bridge. It is tied off and left behind while they confiscate supplies from it: namely, Gas, Dynamite and Weapons. ([color=red]GM Note: Gas, Dynamite and Weapons have helped the party survive as long as they have; and a hell of a lot of luck[/color]). They continue winding through the darkness in a terrified bundle. Their flashlights only let them see shadows up to 60 feet, and these rooms are larger than that. They reach another deep hole stretching through the dark, and see large rats scampering nearby, but it is what waits at the end of the room that sends Chad, Lester, Chang, Father Salvatore, Okumo, and the two Kenyan warriors rolling another Sanity Check: [center] [img]http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/nyar3.jpg[/img][/center] A horrific statue of Nyarlathotep in his Bloody Tongue aspect towers over them! Slathered in blood and symbols, it also doubles as a throne, for a crude chair is carved into it. There is a large iron cage in one corner, enough to contains dozes and dozens of people, and a pile of moldy scrolls in another with large rats nearby. In front of the throne, flanking it on both sides, are two bizarre pillars: one is encrusted with human skulls, the other is made from some weird green stone. (GM Note: I think that by this point even Chang had lost too much Sanity too fast, and is inflicted with something unpleasant, but not permanent). [img]http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/nyar 4.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/pillars.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/rat1.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/rat2.jpg[/img] It is not until they encourage Lester Cobblebottom (already tenuously close to more insanity) to inspect the bizarre green column of alien stone, that things go downhill for him even worse. He fails a Will Save, and losing more Sanity and rolling poorly on related dice, he is ravaged by both Confusion and a Split Personality! He begins babbling and shrieking, and then takes off running into the darkness. [img]http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/pillar.jpg[/img] Chad and a Kenyan warrior follow him, but seconds after he has started running, Lester spins around and shoots the Kenyan dead! Chad grapples him, wrestling Lester to the ground, who has now taken on the Split Personality of a strong, brave man, which is not supported his puny strength and stature. In his mind, he is trying to be brave and stalwart like Chad Slambody! Although just not so gay. Of course, the others do not know of this inner turmoil, all they know if that Lester has gone mad. Furthermore, Lester is hearing voices. Yes, the Green Pillar of alien stone is speaking to him with the incessant drone of thousands of voices chanting in unison, echoing through his fevered brain. When Lester finally calms down, he has a moment of insight and clarity, and deduces that the voices were cultists very nearby awaiting the birth of the Son of Nyarlathotep. The group decides to destroy the two pillars (they positively reek of Evil) and unfortunately for them, the Skull Pillar begins screaming with hundreds of voices and everyone suffers more Sanity Loss. Even Chad Slambody succumbs by this point as the group is constantly whittled down by the Mountain of the Black Wind [color=red] [GM Note: he rolls a 6-month long term insanity that we later decide will be NECROPHILIA! Fun!][/color] The Throne Room is thoroughly searched, the scrolls seized, a golden statue tucked away, and the throne itself inspected by Chang, although he is loathe to go near it. His bravery pays off however. A secret panel is revealed behind the throne, and the group timidly steps into a long corridor that curves and winds upward into the mountain. Twenty minutes of climbing later, they soon hear the eerie echo of woman in labor. [[color=red]GM Note: I actually was able to find a creepy soundtrack of a woman in labor that sounds like its echoing in a tunnel[/color]]. They hear the commotion and murmur of thousands of bodies and voices, and soon they squirm into a single narrow passage that opens up into a truly massive chamber in the heart of the black mountain. From here, things get worse. [center][img]http://www.med.unc.edu/~saasha/Masks/room4.jpg[/img][/center] [/QUOTE]
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