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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: 1139130" data-attributes="member: 4441"><p>And finally, the most recent chapter in the World of Low'verok!</p><p></p><p>We have a new PC, a buddy of mine from another game. He's playing:</p><p></p><p><strong>Helios</strong> - wild elf Ranger 4</p><p></p><p>He comes in later, so hold your horses.</p><p></p><p>This week's tale is:</p><p></p><p><strong><u>The Tale of the Mudmen Summoned by a Very Strange Earth-Priest</u></strong> <em>or what happens when too much magical waste goes into the sewers</em></p><p></p><p>The party's final days of travel to Stone Bridge (the first big stop on the way south to Port Lyalee) was marred only by an inexplicable evening attack by a death dog, a two-headed slavering beast that took exception to them being in the middle of his hunting grounds. After an irksome fight during which Alarian got bitten, the dog was dispatched and buried a distance away. </p><p></p><p>In another day, they got to Stone Bridge, only to find the gates opened and the walls unmanned. Going inside cautiously, the found the street to be deserted.</p><p></p><p>Unknown to them but known to Helios, a veritable horde of mudmen had boiled up from the sewers and had laid siege to the town. He had been fighting them all day. He was tracking one when he practically ran into the party. He told them was was going on, and pointed out the muddy tracks that led to and from the large sewer grate.</p><p></p><p>But before he could finish his explanation, five mudmen oozed their way up through the grate and began to attack, throwing balls of mud that stuck Jenna and Uianya to the ground, and slowed Rianna, Alarian, and Helios. The druid and cleric tried to wiggle themselves free (in Uianaya's case she had her squirrel help), while Alarian, Gorf, Rianna, and Helios attacked. Gorf's fire spell reduced one to powder, but Alarian and Rianna's arrows did nothing. Helio's quarterstaff seemed to work though.</p><p></p><p>During the fight the mudmen entirely encased Uianya and Alarian's horse, but the horse managed to break free. Between spells and blunt or magical weapons, the rest of the mudmen died, and then Uianya and Jenna were freed.</p><p></p><p>When Helios told the party what was going on, they agreed to go into the sewers to try to stop this at the source. As they descended, the found themselves nearly attacked by a hoard of rats. But they stopped when the saw Rianna, as she was under the protection of the rat-god. </p><p></p><p>Through Uianya, they determined that there was one "spiky thing" beyond the gate, along with two things with sharp teeth, and some slimy things. Then the rats left, because they were making it hard to live down there. The party moved through the sewers, first investigating a mirror-like puddle on the floor, which tried to eat Helios. He tried to fight off the deadly mercury ooze, but had to have some assistance from Alarian when it wrapped him up. They managed to get it off of him, but Alarian's sword-cut did as much damage to Helios as it did to the ooze.</p><p></p><p>When going a bit further, they saw a boat in the sewer (a canoe) that was swaying in a most suspicious manner. But they didn't see the crocodiles that pulled Uianya under and tried to do the same to Helios. Yelling, the party attacked them with spell and sword and club, eventually bashing in their heads.</p><p></p><p>Disturbed, they forged ahead, finally finding the gate, though it was across a short distance of water. While they were figuring out what to do, they found themselves under attack by what appeared to be crawling human skulls. After smashing them to smithereens (though Uianya got poisoned a bit), they found that were some kind of large spider in them using them as mobile homes.</p><p></p><p>They heard some kind of roaring from inside the gate, and found a lever, but though they wanted to check a side passage first. While going along, they saw a sword that seems to be floating in a shimmering field. Upon firing at it, their arrows stuck in the field too, and the gelatinous cube advanced to mow them down. Retreating like mad, they pumped it full of arrows and spells until it puddled into goo. But then the sword, released from the cube attacked them. After trying to shoot at something invisible that might be holding the sword, finally Helios knocked the sword down, and Gorf jumped on it (the flat side). </p><p></p><p>It didn't move any more, and finally they picked it up. Gorf declared it to be magical, and they decided that Rianna should use it. Feeling that they were on the wrong track, the party went back to the gate. The roaring they were hearing reminded Uianya of the tales she had heard of thunder-lizards. Cautiously, the party opened the gate, which was quite noisy. Then went up a ramp, past some dirt, and into a room paved with paving stones, some of which were missing. There was a pit in the corner, dirt all around, and some glowing blue mushrooms in the middle of the floor.</p><p></p><p>Feeling adventurous, Uianya picked one, smelled it, tasted it, then ate it (after each test seemed to provoke no ill effect). Her skin glowed blue like a candle for an hour, but there was no other effect. Just then, a stream of water came from stage left, running across a place of bare earth. To no one's surprise, after a minute a pair of mudmen appeared. The party fought them and killed them (with more success for having better tactics), then searched for the source of the water. It appeared to be a small spring, which they tried to block by putting paving tiles on it. As the were going back to get more, they found the roaring was getting louder, and something seemed to be climbing up the pit. </p><p></p><p>The party stood their ground while a huge, angry steogocentipede crawled out of the pit and demanded to know why they were interfering... in Terran... which no one spoke. The Earth-Priest (for that's what it was), did a number on the party, nearly dropping Rianna, Alarian, Jenna, and the squirrel. Gorf used a <em>flaming sphere</em> on it, which seemed to help, and the squirrel did some serious damage. Many desperate sword-cuts later, the mighty beast fell to the mighty fangs of the furious squirrel as it took the final blow.</p><p></p><p>The Earth-Priest dead, the party investigated. They decided to use some paving tiles to divert the stream around the mud patch, as well as collect all the mushrooms. After Jenna and Uianya nearly fell down the pit trying to get close, Gorf just flew down and managed to find a bag of alchemical items. Further investigation of the room above found a trap door that held a chalice with Hoar's symbol on it, some platinum, and a small cat figurine.</p><p></p><p>After going to the surface, the party determined that their slaying of the stegocentipede had halted the mudmen. The town thanked them, and urged them to go to the Adventurer's Guild to claim a reward.</p><p></p><p>The Guildmaster would be happy to register them for free, as well as get their items identified. Of course room and board would be provided. The guild identified the sword from the cube as a magical one made from icesteel, and the figurine as one of wondrous power that would allow one to see through the living cat's eyes.</p><p></p><p>The party, having had a good beginning, named themselves The Furious Fated, but in private insisted on calling themselves Rocky the Squirrel and the Furious Fated. <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: 1139130, member: 4441"] And finally, the most recent chapter in the World of Low'verok! We have a new PC, a buddy of mine from another game. He's playing: [b]Helios[/b] - wild elf Ranger 4 He comes in later, so hold your horses. This week's tale is: [b][u]The Tale of the Mudmen Summoned by a Very Strange Earth-Priest[/u][/b][u][/u] [i]or what happens when too much magical waste goes into the sewers[/i] The party's final days of travel to Stone Bridge (the first big stop on the way south to Port Lyalee) was marred only by an inexplicable evening attack by a death dog, a two-headed slavering beast that took exception to them being in the middle of his hunting grounds. After an irksome fight during which Alarian got bitten, the dog was dispatched and buried a distance away. In another day, they got to Stone Bridge, only to find the gates opened and the walls unmanned. Going inside cautiously, the found the street to be deserted. Unknown to them but known to Helios, a veritable horde of mudmen had boiled up from the sewers and had laid siege to the town. He had been fighting them all day. He was tracking one when he practically ran into the party. He told them was was going on, and pointed out the muddy tracks that led to and from the large sewer grate. But before he could finish his explanation, five mudmen oozed their way up through the grate and began to attack, throwing balls of mud that stuck Jenna and Uianya to the ground, and slowed Rianna, Alarian, and Helios. The druid and cleric tried to wiggle themselves free (in Uianaya's case she had her squirrel help), while Alarian, Gorf, Rianna, and Helios attacked. Gorf's fire spell reduced one to powder, but Alarian and Rianna's arrows did nothing. Helio's quarterstaff seemed to work though. During the fight the mudmen entirely encased Uianya and Alarian's horse, but the horse managed to break free. Between spells and blunt or magical weapons, the rest of the mudmen died, and then Uianya and Jenna were freed. When Helios told the party what was going on, they agreed to go into the sewers to try to stop this at the source. As they descended, the found themselves nearly attacked by a hoard of rats. But they stopped when the saw Rianna, as she was under the protection of the rat-god. Through Uianya, they determined that there was one "spiky thing" beyond the gate, along with two things with sharp teeth, and some slimy things. Then the rats left, because they were making it hard to live down there. The party moved through the sewers, first investigating a mirror-like puddle on the floor, which tried to eat Helios. He tried to fight off the deadly mercury ooze, but had to have some assistance from Alarian when it wrapped him up. They managed to get it off of him, but Alarian's sword-cut did as much damage to Helios as it did to the ooze. When going a bit further, they saw a boat in the sewer (a canoe) that was swaying in a most suspicious manner. But they didn't see the crocodiles that pulled Uianya under and tried to do the same to Helios. Yelling, the party attacked them with spell and sword and club, eventually bashing in their heads. Disturbed, they forged ahead, finally finding the gate, though it was across a short distance of water. While they were figuring out what to do, they found themselves under attack by what appeared to be crawling human skulls. After smashing them to smithereens (though Uianya got poisoned a bit), they found that were some kind of large spider in them using them as mobile homes. They heard some kind of roaring from inside the gate, and found a lever, but though they wanted to check a side passage first. While going along, they saw a sword that seems to be floating in a shimmering field. Upon firing at it, their arrows stuck in the field too, and the gelatinous cube advanced to mow them down. Retreating like mad, they pumped it full of arrows and spells until it puddled into goo. But then the sword, released from the cube attacked them. After trying to shoot at something invisible that might be holding the sword, finally Helios knocked the sword down, and Gorf jumped on it (the flat side). It didn't move any more, and finally they picked it up. Gorf declared it to be magical, and they decided that Rianna should use it. Feeling that they were on the wrong track, the party went back to the gate. The roaring they were hearing reminded Uianya of the tales she had heard of thunder-lizards. Cautiously, the party opened the gate, which was quite noisy. Then went up a ramp, past some dirt, and into a room paved with paving stones, some of which were missing. There was a pit in the corner, dirt all around, and some glowing blue mushrooms in the middle of the floor. Feeling adventurous, Uianya picked one, smelled it, tasted it, then ate it (after each test seemed to provoke no ill effect). Her skin glowed blue like a candle for an hour, but there was no other effect. Just then, a stream of water came from stage left, running across a place of bare earth. To no one's surprise, after a minute a pair of mudmen appeared. The party fought them and killed them (with more success for having better tactics), then searched for the source of the water. It appeared to be a small spring, which they tried to block by putting paving tiles on it. As the were going back to get more, they found the roaring was getting louder, and something seemed to be climbing up the pit. The party stood their ground while a huge, angry steogocentipede crawled out of the pit and demanded to know why they were interfering... in Terran... which no one spoke. The Earth-Priest (for that's what it was), did a number on the party, nearly dropping Rianna, Alarian, Jenna, and the squirrel. Gorf used a [i]flaming sphere[/i] on it, which seemed to help, and the squirrel did some serious damage. Many desperate sword-cuts later, the mighty beast fell to the mighty fangs of the furious squirrel as it took the final blow. The Earth-Priest dead, the party investigated. They decided to use some paving tiles to divert the stream around the mud patch, as well as collect all the mushrooms. After Jenna and Uianya nearly fell down the pit trying to get close, Gorf just flew down and managed to find a bag of alchemical items. Further investigation of the room above found a trap door that held a chalice with Hoar's symbol on it, some platinum, and a small cat figurine. After going to the surface, the party determined that their slaying of the stegocentipede had halted the mudmen. The town thanked them, and urged them to go to the Adventurer's Guild to claim a reward. The Guildmaster would be happy to register them for free, as well as get their items identified. Of course room and board would be provided. The guild identified the sword from the cube as a magical one made from icesteel, and the figurine as one of wondrous power that would allow one to see through the living cat's eyes. The party, having had a good beginning, named themselves The Furious Fated, but in private insisted on calling themselves Rocky the Squirrel and the Furious Fated. :D [/QUOTE]
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