Dec. 13
The Tale of a Desert Journey
[Alarian was greeted in the early morning by Ralph, the thief he had let go in Fort Medrin. He declared he wanted to go with them. Uianya and Rhianna and him all enjoyed some witty witticisms, and a new guy showed up. He was Dante's player's new character Rurik, a fire genasi bard of desert stock that had heard of Brightfire and wanted to hear her sing. Telling him of their mission, he agreed to guide them. During the next four days, Rhianna and Ralph stole the town blind (or at least one chick), and Rurik and Brightfire racked up revenues for their singing. They also got the bounty for The Hunter (the guard had to go out and confirm his death). Uinaya talked to the plant life and discovered the land changed abruptly, and it wasn't particularly easy to grow there. They finally set out for Benshay, and Uianya stopped to talk to a cactus. That evening they camped by a particularly large cactus, that Uianya tred to drill into. It turned out to be a druid in cactus form that scolded her for trying to harm a cactus. Grumbling, he stalked off. The party encountered him in cactus form the next day. Arriving in Benshay they stable their horses for several months and purchased camels (Rurik helped get them a deal). He also helped them with the basic commands. Then they set out the next day, after enjoying their last night in a good inn, with lots of ale drunk by all. The land was dryer here and much hotter, and by the end of the day Gorf was sunburned and miserable. Jenna healed him, but he wasn't quite getting enough protection from the sun during the day. During the next day, they encountered a man on the road who demanded a toll (and they had felt a strange shuddering in the ground that morning). Spying three more people behind a rock, they refused, though the guy seemed very confident. Demanding they pay in "gold or blood" he stopped on the ground three times. The party attacked him brutally, as well as his three companions, but as they were trying to finish them up a huge brown dragon burrowed up from underneath the ground and snatched one of their camels. The party attacked with vigor, and the dragon attacked back, but not without heavy hurts. He quickly retreated, pulling the camel down with him. A bit freaked, the party quickly healed and stripped the bodies of the tollmen and left.]
The Tale of a Desert Journey
[Alarian was greeted in the early morning by Ralph, the thief he had let go in Fort Medrin. He declared he wanted to go with them. Uianya and Rhianna and him all enjoyed some witty witticisms, and a new guy showed up. He was Dante's player's new character Rurik, a fire genasi bard of desert stock that had heard of Brightfire and wanted to hear her sing. Telling him of their mission, he agreed to guide them. During the next four days, Rhianna and Ralph stole the town blind (or at least one chick), and Rurik and Brightfire racked up revenues for their singing. They also got the bounty for The Hunter (the guard had to go out and confirm his death). Uinaya talked to the plant life and discovered the land changed abruptly, and it wasn't particularly easy to grow there. They finally set out for Benshay, and Uianya stopped to talk to a cactus. That evening they camped by a particularly large cactus, that Uianya tred to drill into. It turned out to be a druid in cactus form that scolded her for trying to harm a cactus. Grumbling, he stalked off. The party encountered him in cactus form the next day. Arriving in Benshay they stable their horses for several months and purchased camels (Rurik helped get them a deal). He also helped them with the basic commands. Then they set out the next day, after enjoying their last night in a good inn, with lots of ale drunk by all. The land was dryer here and much hotter, and by the end of the day Gorf was sunburned and miserable. Jenna healed him, but he wasn't quite getting enough protection from the sun during the day. During the next day, they encountered a man on the road who demanded a toll (and they had felt a strange shuddering in the ground that morning). Spying three more people behind a rock, they refused, though the guy seemed very confident. Demanding they pay in "gold or blood" he stopped on the ground three times. The party attacked him brutally, as well as his three companions, but as they were trying to finish them up a huge brown dragon burrowed up from underneath the ground and snatched one of their camels. The party attacked with vigor, and the dragon attacked back, but not without heavy hurts. He quickly retreated, pulling the camel down with him. A bit freaked, the party quickly healed and stripped the bodies of the tollmen and left.]
