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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: 1139050" data-attributes="member: 4441"><p>I'm making up for not updating for several Saturdays in a row, so here's from two weeks ago, the Shard Wolf being from three weeks ago.</p><p></p><p><strong><u>The Tale of the Sundered Woman</u></strong>, <em>and her various minions that have caused my druid PC to have a severe fear of frogs</em>.</p><p></p><p>After dealing with the shard wolf, the PCs returned to Ley's house, where she fed them and sent out her crows to determine what was on the trail ahead. The only report was of some "moving plants" a day or two ahead. Thus warned, the PCs set out.</p><p></p><p>About a day later, they passed an old man on the road who was bearded, wearing robes and a pointy hat, and carrying a staff. I basically said he looked exactly like Gandalf. He greeted them politely and said, when asked, that though he had heard some rustling in the underbrush a while back, as if something was following him, nothing came of it, so he assumed it was just animals. Shrugging, the party moved on.</p><p></p><p>A bit later they came to two healthy rosebushes on the side of the road, one was white and the other was red. On the red one they could see red spots, which upon closer inspection appeared to be blood. A closer look showed there to be a trail behind the rosebush leading deeper in the forest. They found some fur, which Uianya identified as bear fur. Quite freaked out by this, but nevertheless too curious for their own good, the party decided to follow the trail. It grew dark before they could find the end of it, and so camped for the night.</p><p></p><p>That evening their were attacked by two needlefolk, who did a number on Alarian, as they attacked while he was asleep and thus unarmored. The party was able to destroy them, thanks to Uianya and her squirrel, who were on watch. The next morning, they spotted a very large and strange plant on the trail, which was thus avoided. Uianya tried to talk with it and the grass and trees to figure out what was going on.</p><p></p><p>They determined that a "hurt woman" in a clearing ahead had "her tree killed by darklight under the earth." The needlefolk were killing and taking animals to a clearing ahead for some purpose the plants weren't sure of. But the strange plant was hungry. Uianya tossed it some dried meat, from a healthy distance, which it snapped up but then spat out in disgust.</p><p></p><p>The PCs decided it was some kind of dryad, and struggled onward. They got to the clearing, hid themselves and watched. At one end of the clearing was a woman with very deep bloodless wounds on her body that shifted and reformed every time she moved, sitting next to a blackened and dead tree with sickly yellow-green soil around it. She seemed to be giving orders to another needlefolk that was feeding an animal carcass to an enormous frog in a pond in the middle of the clearing. And by enormous I mean horse-sized. After the feeding the needlefolk and the woman left.</p><p></p><p>The party decided to hunt some food to bribe the frog, then they'd talk to it to figure out what was going on. They brought down a couple game birds, then returned. Uianya went to the center of the clearing, and told the frog (using a <em>speak with animals</em> spell) that she had food for it. The other party watched with weapons at the ready. The frog leaped out of the pond and landed less than five feet from her. It snapped up the gamebirds and declared it was still hungry. </p><p></p><p>When questioned it said basically the same story as the plants, plus that the hurt woman was feeding him and letting him grow. He didn't know the purpose of it all, of course. But every other word out of his mouth was "hungry" and eventually he started leaning closer. Uianya, failing to take the hint, ended up getting swallowed by the frog. </p><p></p><p>The party attacked in earnest, Alarian almost getting swallowed for his trouble. Rianna, Jenna, and Gorf all attacked from afar, while Uianya tried and failed to cut her way out from inside. It only took a matter of seconds before the poor, unfortunate frog lay dead at their feet, and they cut it open, releasing Uianya.</p><p></p><p>Shortly after that, the "hurt woman" showed up again, along with two needlefolk, arriving from opposite sides of the clearing. They asked her what was wrong, and how they might help her, but as she drew near, they realized her words made little sense. She tried to claw at Uianya (she kept drawing the short stick for combat that day) to poison her, but failed. Then she turned invisible and tried to claw at them while they used keen eyes and ears to determine her whereabouts. A few lucky hits eventually made her dead. The needlefolk never attacked, they simply bowed to the party and then left.</p><p></p><p>After investigating the tree, they found some weapons and armor along with the remains of two bodies (one of them probably a druid), near the base of the dead tree. Uianya also found a small jade frog carving in the frog's stomach.</p><p></p><p>Upon reaching town they had the items appraised and identified, while Uianya got very drunk (and teased the next morning about it).</p><p></p><p>One funny thing that happened this time was that Uianya's character kept making really bad jokes and puns so I said to her, "A random badger comes up and bites you on the ass. Take two damage." Thus now whenever I point at her and ask for a listen check and tell her she hears a badger, she starts to cringe. Same with frog sounds. Very funny all around! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Isida Kep'Tukari, post: 1139050, member: 4441"] I'm making up for not updating for several Saturdays in a row, so here's from two weeks ago, the Shard Wolf being from three weeks ago. [b][u]The Tale of the Sundered Woman[/u][/b][u][/u], [i]and her various minions that have caused my druid PC to have a severe fear of frogs[/i]. After dealing with the shard wolf, the PCs returned to Ley's house, where she fed them and sent out her crows to determine what was on the trail ahead. The only report was of some "moving plants" a day or two ahead. Thus warned, the PCs set out. About a day later, they passed an old man on the road who was bearded, wearing robes and a pointy hat, and carrying a staff. I basically said he looked exactly like Gandalf. He greeted them politely and said, when asked, that though he had heard some rustling in the underbrush a while back, as if something was following him, nothing came of it, so he assumed it was just animals. Shrugging, the party moved on. A bit later they came to two healthy rosebushes on the side of the road, one was white and the other was red. On the red one they could see red spots, which upon closer inspection appeared to be blood. A closer look showed there to be a trail behind the rosebush leading deeper in the forest. They found some fur, which Uianya identified as bear fur. Quite freaked out by this, but nevertheless too curious for their own good, the party decided to follow the trail. It grew dark before they could find the end of it, and so camped for the night. That evening their were attacked by two needlefolk, who did a number on Alarian, as they attacked while he was asleep and thus unarmored. The party was able to destroy them, thanks to Uianya and her squirrel, who were on watch. The next morning, they spotted a very large and strange plant on the trail, which was thus avoided. Uianya tried to talk with it and the grass and trees to figure out what was going on. They determined that a "hurt woman" in a clearing ahead had "her tree killed by darklight under the earth." The needlefolk were killing and taking animals to a clearing ahead for some purpose the plants weren't sure of. But the strange plant was hungry. Uianya tossed it some dried meat, from a healthy distance, which it snapped up but then spat out in disgust. The PCs decided it was some kind of dryad, and struggled onward. They got to the clearing, hid themselves and watched. At one end of the clearing was a woman with very deep bloodless wounds on her body that shifted and reformed every time she moved, sitting next to a blackened and dead tree with sickly yellow-green soil around it. She seemed to be giving orders to another needlefolk that was feeding an animal carcass to an enormous frog in a pond in the middle of the clearing. And by enormous I mean horse-sized. After the feeding the needlefolk and the woman left. The party decided to hunt some food to bribe the frog, then they'd talk to it to figure out what was going on. They brought down a couple game birds, then returned. Uianya went to the center of the clearing, and told the frog (using a [i]speak with animals[/i] spell) that she had food for it. The other party watched with weapons at the ready. The frog leaped out of the pond and landed less than five feet from her. It snapped up the gamebirds and declared it was still hungry. When questioned it said basically the same story as the plants, plus that the hurt woman was feeding him and letting him grow. He didn't know the purpose of it all, of course. But every other word out of his mouth was "hungry" and eventually he started leaning closer. Uianya, failing to take the hint, ended up getting swallowed by the frog. The party attacked in earnest, Alarian almost getting swallowed for his trouble. Rianna, Jenna, and Gorf all attacked from afar, while Uianya tried and failed to cut her way out from inside. It only took a matter of seconds before the poor, unfortunate frog lay dead at their feet, and they cut it open, releasing Uianya. Shortly after that, the "hurt woman" showed up again, along with two needlefolk, arriving from opposite sides of the clearing. They asked her what was wrong, and how they might help her, but as she drew near, they realized her words made little sense. She tried to claw at Uianya (she kept drawing the short stick for combat that day) to poison her, but failed. Then she turned invisible and tried to claw at them while they used keen eyes and ears to determine her whereabouts. A few lucky hits eventually made her dead. The needlefolk never attacked, they simply bowed to the party and then left. After investigating the tree, they found some weapons and armor along with the remains of two bodies (one of them probably a druid), near the base of the dead tree. Uianya also found a small jade frog carving in the frog's stomach. Upon reaching town they had the items appraised and identified, while Uianya got very drunk (and teased the next morning about it). One funny thing that happened this time was that Uianya's character kept making really bad jokes and puns so I said to her, "A random badger comes up and bites you on the ass. Take two damage." Thus now whenever I point at her and ask for a listen check and tell her she hears a badger, she starts to cringe. Same with frog sounds. Very funny all around! :D [/QUOTE]
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