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The Furious Fated - The World of Low'verok (Updated 10-26-03)
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<blockquote data-quote="Isida Kep'Tukari" data-source="post: 1138987" data-attributes="member: 4441"><p>A new week, a new adventure! I call this one:</p><p></p><p><strong><u>The Tale of the Shard Wolf</u></strong></p><p></p><p>The players were going along the road, continuing south to Port Lyalee. Their next large stop would be the large town of Stone Bridge, which contained the main bridge that crosses the Deepwater river. However, they were still several days away, and today it was raining.</p><p></p><p>As they were riding, Alarian spotted a woman standing on the side of the road, waving at them with both arms. The party halted a distance away, and noticed with some trepidation that there was a flock of six crows in the tree above the woman. She called out to them that she needed help. When the party warily asked her what was wrong, she said that there had been an earthquake a few days ago that had set loose some terrible wolves that are able to kill plants and destroy water with a touch.</p><p></p><p>When the players asked what she was, she said she was a steward of the land, but was not well versed in the ways of war and combat. She couldn't find a way to effectively fight the wolves. She begged the party for help, as she said they had turned part of the forest into desert. Uianya felt bound to help her, though Alarian wanted to know what was going on with the crows. She told him the crows were here eyes and ears, her familiars. She introduced herself as Ley and said she was a worshipper of the Goddess. Jenna said she remembered "The Goddess" occasionally being a different name for the earth goddess. </p><p></p><p>Ley said she'd lead them to her cabin where she could give them some things that might aid them against the wolves. She felt such things would be more useful in the hands of warriors, and was willing to aid them that way. Ley picked up a broom from behind the tree (she said she used it as a walking stick), and walked back to her home, the crows following them every step of the way. </p><p></p><p>When they reached her simple hut, she gave them two jars that she said contained a torrent of water, along with one clay ball, that when shattered would release a wall of wind. She said her crows had flown over the devastated place, not too far from her hut, and said that there was one large wolf that seemed to be made of stone, and about five more normal-looking wolves. They all seemed to come back to a cave in the middle of the wasteland around dusk every day. </p><p></p><p>Since it seemed that the wolves were attracted to green things and water (so they could turn them to dust), the party asked Ley if she had anything to use as bait. They wanted to lure the wolves back into the cave and try to collapse it and seal them in, as that seemed to be their base. Ley agreed and gave them a token that could be used to create a large tree. The party decided to stay the rest of the night, and go out in the morning.</p><p></p><p>When they woke up, Ley was gone, and the party went looking for her. They found her apparently doing some kind of ritual worshipping. In the river. Naked. When they disturbed her, she quickly explained that she was doing her own rituals, and that she had lived alone for long enough that she had simply forgotten to tell them where she went. Irked, the party went back and waited for her.</p><p></p><p>They convinced Ley to come along with them, as she could see through all six of her crows' eyes, and thus would be great for scouting. They traveled a mile from the cabin, and suddenly lush forest became scorching hot barren wasteland with not a cloud in the sky. Uianya paused to talk to some of the plants next to the dead zone, and learned not much than when it had happened (a few days ago), and that they wolves could kill plants and water in a certain zone around them. </p><p></p><p>They cautiously stepped onto the dead area, and began searching for traps. Some they found were like normals wolves, but one set of tracks was particularly large, with deep, jagged sides. Ley said it was probably from the big stone wolf that her crows had seen. The party looked about and in the distance could see some things moving about. The crows reported that there were four wolves over there next to a still-full pond. </p><p></p><p>Using the dips and rises of the barren land to hide themselves, they sneaked up near the pond. They watched the wolves for a minute, as they tried to stomp some plants to dust that were growing along the side of the pond. To the wolves' annoyance, for every plant they reduced to powder, another would spring up. Taking full advantage of the wolves' preoccupation, the party attacked. Rianna, Alarian, Jenna, and Gorf all attacked with arrow and spell (Rianna used her sneak attack to devastating effect), then engaged in melee as the irate wolves turned to engage them. They managed to take down two at range, but several party members got bitten before they were able to cut down the other two. The PC's wounds were painfully dry, and they noticed with amazement that the wolves bled sand instead of blood.</p><p></p><p>Ley suddenly recognized the pond as one of the small gods of Low'verok (she had to think for a minute, as she didn't patronize it too often). She mentioned when she had desired a favor from it in the past, she would make something with her own hands. The more energy and effort she put into it, the more she was rewarded. Since Ley's crows reported that the stone wolf was at the far periphery of the dead area, and the other two smaller wolves were elsewhere, the party decided to stop for a few hours and make offerings to the god in order to figure out what was going on. </p><p></p><p>After doing that (Alarian writing an eloquent ode, Rianna cooking, and Uianya stitching something) the offered them to the god. The water opened up before them and seemed to swallow the items. Then then asked it how the stone wolf had come to be, and how they could defeat it. </p><p></p><p>The pond ripped and showed them that the wolf had come from a deep fissure that had formed in the earth, deep in a cave, during the earthquake. It had fought the band of otherwise normal wolves that were there at the time, biting them a turning them into its minions. Then they all went out into the green land and began to turn it to desert with their touch.</p><p></p><p>When they asked how it could be defeated, the pond showed that the stone wolf was attached to green things, and that once it was driven back into the fissure and either covered with water (or wind, it wasn't too clear) it would be unable to get back out. </p><p></p><p>Thus armed with knowledge, the PCs set off following a dry stream bed that Ley told them would lead eventually to the cave. As they got to a short bridge, the crows warned them that two of the wolves were running down the stream bed. Preparing for archery action, the party strung their bows and prepared. Rianna's sneak attack took one in the throat and dropped him, while the other tried to jump up at Uianya for hitting him with her whip. Alarian and Jenna finished that one off with arrows the next round. </p><p></p><p>Slayage done, they proceeded along the way to the cave. The plan was to use some of Uianya's magic to make two people scentless for the while it would take them to place the tree in the cave. Then they would ambush the stone wolf when it came to investigate. Tree thusly placed, the hunkered down in hiding to wait. Unfortunately the crows reported that the stone wolf was coming... right in their direction. No matter where they tried to hide, the stone wolf seemed to be making a bee-line toward them, so making a virtue out of necessity, they ran into the cave. Most took some high ground, and they waited.</p><p></p><p>As the wolf drew closer, they heard a terribly howl, like stones grinding together. It shook several stones lose from the ceiling, and Alarian got pummeled. As the wolf came in, the party let lose a volley of arrows, but it had little effect. Uianya tried to use one of the torrents of water, which seemed to cause it pain, and it began to retreat, and finally run.</p><p></p><p>The party dashed after it, as they realized it must be heading for the fissure. Alarian tried to blind it, but even after two fantastic hits to the eyes, it still seemed to be able to navigate fine, which was disturbing to the party. They chased after the party, and while normal weapons had no effect, spells and fire seemed to do something, so the party whittled away at it. </p><p></p><p>The wolf indeed reached tech fissure and dove in, and Alarian tried to look over the edge to fight it. It had burrowed part of its way in, but was still able to attack. Uianya's squirrel companion finally got the second torrent of water to Jenna, who was near the lead, and she aimed it into the fissure. Ley screamed at them to "Seal it!" and Uianya finally took out the wind wall, and used it to cover the fissure. The wolf tried to paw at it, but each touch broke his body into sand and gravel. As the wind died, the wolf sunk to the bottom of the fissure never to be seen again.</p><p></p><p>Gorf found three uncut diamonds near the fissure, which Rianna determined to be somewhat valuable. As the party left the cave, it was pouring rain over the formerly dry and dead land.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Isida Kep'Tukari, post: 1138987, member: 4441"] A new week, a new adventure! I call this one: [B][U]The Tale of the Shard Wolf[/U][/B] The players were going along the road, continuing south to Port Lyalee. Their next large stop would be the large town of Stone Bridge, which contained the main bridge that crosses the Deepwater river. However, they were still several days away, and today it was raining. As they were riding, Alarian spotted a woman standing on the side of the road, waving at them with both arms. The party halted a distance away, and noticed with some trepidation that there was a flock of six crows in the tree above the woman. She called out to them that she needed help. When the party warily asked her what was wrong, she said that there had been an earthquake a few days ago that had set loose some terrible wolves that are able to kill plants and destroy water with a touch. When the players asked what she was, she said she was a steward of the land, but was not well versed in the ways of war and combat. She couldn't find a way to effectively fight the wolves. She begged the party for help, as she said they had turned part of the forest into desert. Uianya felt bound to help her, though Alarian wanted to know what was going on with the crows. She told him the crows were here eyes and ears, her familiars. She introduced herself as Ley and said she was a worshipper of the Goddess. Jenna said she remembered "The Goddess" occasionally being a different name for the earth goddess. Ley said she'd lead them to her cabin where she could give them some things that might aid them against the wolves. She felt such things would be more useful in the hands of warriors, and was willing to aid them that way. Ley picked up a broom from behind the tree (she said she used it as a walking stick), and walked back to her home, the crows following them every step of the way. When they reached her simple hut, she gave them two jars that she said contained a torrent of water, along with one clay ball, that when shattered would release a wall of wind. She said her crows had flown over the devastated place, not too far from her hut, and said that there was one large wolf that seemed to be made of stone, and about five more normal-looking wolves. They all seemed to come back to a cave in the middle of the wasteland around dusk every day. Since it seemed that the wolves were attracted to green things and water (so they could turn them to dust), the party asked Ley if she had anything to use as bait. They wanted to lure the wolves back into the cave and try to collapse it and seal them in, as that seemed to be their base. Ley agreed and gave them a token that could be used to create a large tree. The party decided to stay the rest of the night, and go out in the morning. When they woke up, Ley was gone, and the party went looking for her. They found her apparently doing some kind of ritual worshipping. In the river. Naked. When they disturbed her, she quickly explained that she was doing her own rituals, and that she had lived alone for long enough that she had simply forgotten to tell them where she went. Irked, the party went back and waited for her. They convinced Ley to come along with them, as she could see through all six of her crows' eyes, and thus would be great for scouting. They traveled a mile from the cabin, and suddenly lush forest became scorching hot barren wasteland with not a cloud in the sky. Uianya paused to talk to some of the plants next to the dead zone, and learned not much than when it had happened (a few days ago), and that they wolves could kill plants and water in a certain zone around them. They cautiously stepped onto the dead area, and began searching for traps. Some they found were like normals wolves, but one set of tracks was particularly large, with deep, jagged sides. Ley said it was probably from the big stone wolf that her crows had seen. The party looked about and in the distance could see some things moving about. The crows reported that there were four wolves over there next to a still-full pond. Using the dips and rises of the barren land to hide themselves, they sneaked up near the pond. They watched the wolves for a minute, as they tried to stomp some plants to dust that were growing along the side of the pond. To the wolves' annoyance, for every plant they reduced to powder, another would spring up. Taking full advantage of the wolves' preoccupation, the party attacked. Rianna, Alarian, Jenna, and Gorf all attacked with arrow and spell (Rianna used her sneak attack to devastating effect), then engaged in melee as the irate wolves turned to engage them. They managed to take down two at range, but several party members got bitten before they were able to cut down the other two. The PC's wounds were painfully dry, and they noticed with amazement that the wolves bled sand instead of blood. Ley suddenly recognized the pond as one of the small gods of Low'verok (she had to think for a minute, as she didn't patronize it too often). She mentioned when she had desired a favor from it in the past, she would make something with her own hands. The more energy and effort she put into it, the more she was rewarded. Since Ley's crows reported that the stone wolf was at the far periphery of the dead area, and the other two smaller wolves were elsewhere, the party decided to stop for a few hours and make offerings to the god in order to figure out what was going on. After doing that (Alarian writing an eloquent ode, Rianna cooking, and Uianya stitching something) the offered them to the god. The water opened up before them and seemed to swallow the items. Then then asked it how the stone wolf had come to be, and how they could defeat it. The pond ripped and showed them that the wolf had come from a deep fissure that had formed in the earth, deep in a cave, during the earthquake. It had fought the band of otherwise normal wolves that were there at the time, biting them a turning them into its minions. Then they all went out into the green land and began to turn it to desert with their touch. When they asked how it could be defeated, the pond showed that the stone wolf was attached to green things, and that once it was driven back into the fissure and either covered with water (or wind, it wasn't too clear) it would be unable to get back out. Thus armed with knowledge, the PCs set off following a dry stream bed that Ley told them would lead eventually to the cave. As they got to a short bridge, the crows warned them that two of the wolves were running down the stream bed. Preparing for archery action, the party strung their bows and prepared. Rianna's sneak attack took one in the throat and dropped him, while the other tried to jump up at Uianya for hitting him with her whip. Alarian and Jenna finished that one off with arrows the next round. Slayage done, they proceeded along the way to the cave. The plan was to use some of Uianya's magic to make two people scentless for the while it would take them to place the tree in the cave. Then they would ambush the stone wolf when it came to investigate. Tree thusly placed, the hunkered down in hiding to wait. Unfortunately the crows reported that the stone wolf was coming... right in their direction. No matter where they tried to hide, the stone wolf seemed to be making a bee-line toward them, so making a virtue out of necessity, they ran into the cave. Most took some high ground, and they waited. As the wolf drew closer, they heard a terribly howl, like stones grinding together. It shook several stones lose from the ceiling, and Alarian got pummeled. As the wolf came in, the party let lose a volley of arrows, but it had little effect. Uianya tried to use one of the torrents of water, which seemed to cause it pain, and it began to retreat, and finally run. The party dashed after it, as they realized it must be heading for the fissure. Alarian tried to blind it, but even after two fantastic hits to the eyes, it still seemed to be able to navigate fine, which was disturbing to the party. They chased after the party, and while normal weapons had no effect, spells and fire seemed to do something, so the party whittled away at it. The wolf indeed reached tech fissure and dove in, and Alarian tried to look over the edge to fight it. It had burrowed part of its way in, but was still able to attack. Uianya's squirrel companion finally got the second torrent of water to Jenna, who was near the lead, and she aimed it into the fissure. Ley screamed at them to "Seal it!" and Uianya finally took out the wind wall, and used it to cover the fissure. The wolf tried to paw at it, but each touch broke his body into sand and gravel. As the wind died, the wolf sunk to the bottom of the fissure never to be seen again. Gorf found three uncut diamonds near the fissure, which Rianna determined to be somewhat valuable. As the party left the cave, it was pouring rain over the formerly dry and dead land. [/QUOTE]
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