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<blockquote data-quote="DM-Rocco" data-source="post: 1679586" data-attributes="member: 14451"><p><strong>Session 5 Module A2 and the begining of a module called In the Abyss</strong></p><p></p><p>Here is session 5 and I need sleep. I will check the response tomorrow and add in the other sessions. This covers the end of A2 and the begining of a module called In the Abyss.</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>Gren carefully approached the intersection of the hall. He and his companions had been through many hard and tiring adventures as of late but his keen mind and persistent discipline would not allow him to waver in his commitment to test and track his movements. </p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>“The passage ahead is clear my friends,” Gren said, and as he spoke the words he took a fateful step forward, and before he had a chance to correct himself, a loud barking began to echo up and down the hall. At first the sheer volume of the place gave the illusion that the sound was coming from behind, but it soon became apparent that the sound was coming from in front of them.</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>“Si’lo dath dah,” came the spidery words of magic from Gren’s mouth as a spell escaped his lips. </p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>“Tentica huens fornicka,” came the simultaneous slippery words of his fellow spell caster and comrade, Thalus. Gren’s spell of silence affected the area of the corridor at the cross roads while Thalus’s Evard’s tentacles spells affected a greater surrounding area.</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>“Well, that is just great,” sarcastically said Khael, “now they can’t hear themselves being ripped to bits. Hey, how long does that spell last anyway.”</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>“Why don’t you take a long walk down the hall and find out,” replied Thalus with an evil sneer of his lip. Thalus waited a moment and then dispelled his spell.</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>From the journal of Thalus</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>We moved to the door and with a cautious hand, Gren opened the door. We didn’t burst into the door and charge at the first thing that moved, but we quickly wished we did. Markessa cast a lightning bolt down the corridor where we were standing. Such a perfect line of fodder, and we walked right into it. </p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>Quickly we moved into the room, goblins lined the top balconies and arrows rained down from above. We tried to find shelter from the storm of arrows by hiding under the recess, but a sinister trick was at hand, the two stuffed bears in the room were actually real Owl Bears. These creatures have a frightening array toughness with an uncanny offensive attack of claw, claw, beak. </p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>We found ourselves pinned down by the barrage of arrows, the owl bears and the destructive magic from the war wizard Markessa. She countered every spell I threw at her and managed to cast some of her own as well. The spells I did manage to get off were absorbed by some unseen magic barrier. In such cases she would use her sword to devastating effect, cutting the poor unfortunate Thorin to pieces. </p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>Delvin countered Markessa’s lighting bolt with one of his own, the bolt slew the bugbear and, as it Rica shade off of the walls, it took with it six other goblins and scorched me on my rump.</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>After a long struggle, we finally managed to get the upper hand and it was then that Markessa fled. I summoned a mount and gave chase, the freshly revitalized Thorin secure on my flank. Around the corner of the hall I went and at the cross roads I stopped. </p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>A man approached me, and gave his name as Blackthorn. I had no use for his name and declared him an enemy of all that is pure and attacked. This could have been my down fall as I watched in horror as the man turned from this form to that of an Ogre Magi. I could feel that he was trying to cast a charm spell on me, but my inherit Drow nature resisted this spell, I was not so luck the next time around as he cast a Cone of pure Cold and sent me to the realm of unconsciousness. </p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>I’m not sure what the after life looks like, but I imagine peace and tranquility. but what I saw was more akin to the dezions of the abyss swarming over my body and tearing it apart piece by piece as the Lady of Spiders, Loth, stood watch. If I live to be a 1,000 I shall never step foot into that accursed realm. I am not sure what happened next, only that I awoke to find my horse frozen solid and myself not in any better shape. Blackthorn turned to a gaseous form and had flown away so we made the decision to go to the nearest door and find Markessa. In side the room an elf warrior was busy practicing on training dummies and this time I calmed my dark side and parlayed with the man.</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>He spun us a sad tale of how Markessa had turned him from a ugly elf to a man of stunning beauty with a horrible surgery, his scars were still see on the back of his neck. He told an other tale of his true love, the woman who looked like Markessa but was not Markessa. Markessa had taken a female human and turned her into a female elf that looked just like her. She then brainwashed the elf to act and think just like her in every mannerism, she even taught her some of her magic skills too. The elven fighter agreed to help us as long as no harm befell his beloved. </p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>He led us to another room, Markessa’s private bed room, and here was Markessa, calmly fixing her makeup, and then in an instant she was gone. She had made herself invisible, but Khael would not allow such a thing to go on and he dispelled her invisibility and she fled again to a room with a single pentagram on the floor. It was here that we learned of her true nature as she summoned a demon with six arms to deal with us. Ripsal she called her, and she was sinister. Rather than kill us, she sent us to the planes of hell. Not a very nice place this Nine Hells. With some effort we woke Thorin up and he plane shifted the party to Sigil, the way station of the universe. </p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>Sigil, the city of doors, a plane of infinite portals. It was here that we choose to rest and regain our strength. A quick commune to Pelor assured us that Venotheeb had finished what we started in the Hillfort by banishing the demon and rallying the slaves into a revolt and the over throw of Markessa and her timely escape. With the Hillfort taken, we were free, for the moment, to pursue other interests, unfortunately I did not plan on Willum. Willum offered the party an obscene amount of gold and jewels to travel into the abyss and retrieve a ship that was stolen from the general insurance company of Sigil. After some debate we decided the money was to good to pass up and off to the abyss we went. </p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>We had a couple of days to get our affairs in order, but after that it was off to Natasha’s barber shop where the portal to the first layer of the abyss was. With a rusted piece of metal thrust into the door way the portal sprang into life and in we went. Once on the other side we were accosted by a demon known as Molyduce. Molyduce had two heads, one serpentine and the other canine, and when he talked it was an eerie mix of the two heads finishing off each others words. Words got us no were as we were not able to parlay our intent to him since we had no funds in which to bribe him with and it was against our nature to turn over a member of our party to be abducted into the blood war. So, when Khael cast a blessing on the party, it was recivied as an act of war. We tried to kill him quickly but Molyduce was a strong enemy. He escaped us, but I fear we have not heard the last of Molyduce. </p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>All around us nothing but despair. Why did we come to this realm. No matter, nothing can be done about that, we have only our wits and our skills and we shall need them both to get out unscathed, but which way to go?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DM-Rocco, post: 1679586, member: 14451"] [b]Session 5 Module A2 and the begining of a module called In the Abyss[/b] Here is session 5 and I need sleep. I will check the response tomorrow and add in the other sessions. This covers the end of A2 and the begining of a module called In the Abyss. Gren carefully approached the intersection of the hall. He and his companions had been through many hard and tiring adventures as of late but his keen mind and persistent discipline would not allow him to waver in his commitment to test and track his movements. “The passage ahead is clear my friends,” Gren said, and as he spoke the words he took a fateful step forward, and before he had a chance to correct himself, a loud barking began to echo up and down the hall. At first the sheer volume of the place gave the illusion that the sound was coming from behind, but it soon became apparent that the sound was coming from in front of them. “Si’lo dath dah,” came the spidery words of magic from Gren’s mouth as a spell escaped his lips. “Tentica huens fornicka,” came the simultaneous slippery words of his fellow spell caster and comrade, Thalus. Gren’s spell of silence affected the area of the corridor at the cross roads while Thalus’s Evard’s tentacles spells affected a greater surrounding area. “Well, that is just great,” sarcastically said Khael, “now they can’t hear themselves being ripped to bits. Hey, how long does that spell last anyway.” “Why don’t you take a long walk down the hall and find out,” replied Thalus with an evil sneer of his lip. Thalus waited a moment and then dispelled his spell. From the journal of Thalus We moved to the door and with a cautious hand, Gren opened the door. We didn’t burst into the door and charge at the first thing that moved, but we quickly wished we did. Markessa cast a lightning bolt down the corridor where we were standing. Such a perfect line of fodder, and we walked right into it. Quickly we moved into the room, goblins lined the top balconies and arrows rained down from above. We tried to find shelter from the storm of arrows by hiding under the recess, but a sinister trick was at hand, the two stuffed bears in the room were actually real Owl Bears. These creatures have a frightening array toughness with an uncanny offensive attack of claw, claw, beak. We found ourselves pinned down by the barrage of arrows, the owl bears and the destructive magic from the war wizard Markessa. She countered every spell I threw at her and managed to cast some of her own as well. The spells I did manage to get off were absorbed by some unseen magic barrier. In such cases she would use her sword to devastating effect, cutting the poor unfortunate Thorin to pieces. Delvin countered Markessa’s lighting bolt with one of his own, the bolt slew the bugbear and, as it Rica shade off of the walls, it took with it six other goblins and scorched me on my rump. After a long struggle, we finally managed to get the upper hand and it was then that Markessa fled. I summoned a mount and gave chase, the freshly revitalized Thorin secure on my flank. Around the corner of the hall I went and at the cross roads I stopped. A man approached me, and gave his name as Blackthorn. I had no use for his name and declared him an enemy of all that is pure and attacked. This could have been my down fall as I watched in horror as the man turned from this form to that of an Ogre Magi. I could feel that he was trying to cast a charm spell on me, but my inherit Drow nature resisted this spell, I was not so luck the next time around as he cast a Cone of pure Cold and sent me to the realm of unconsciousness. I’m not sure what the after life looks like, but I imagine peace and tranquility. but what I saw was more akin to the dezions of the abyss swarming over my body and tearing it apart piece by piece as the Lady of Spiders, Loth, stood watch. If I live to be a 1,000 I shall never step foot into that accursed realm. I am not sure what happened next, only that I awoke to find my horse frozen solid and myself not in any better shape. Blackthorn turned to a gaseous form and had flown away so we made the decision to go to the nearest door and find Markessa. In side the room an elf warrior was busy practicing on training dummies and this time I calmed my dark side and parlayed with the man. He spun us a sad tale of how Markessa had turned him from a ugly elf to a man of stunning beauty with a horrible surgery, his scars were still see on the back of his neck. He told an other tale of his true love, the woman who looked like Markessa but was not Markessa. Markessa had taken a female human and turned her into a female elf that looked just like her. She then brainwashed the elf to act and think just like her in every mannerism, she even taught her some of her magic skills too. The elven fighter agreed to help us as long as no harm befell his beloved. He led us to another room, Markessa’s private bed room, and here was Markessa, calmly fixing her makeup, and then in an instant she was gone. She had made herself invisible, but Khael would not allow such a thing to go on and he dispelled her invisibility and she fled again to a room with a single pentagram on the floor. It was here that we learned of her true nature as she summoned a demon with six arms to deal with us. Ripsal she called her, and she was sinister. Rather than kill us, she sent us to the planes of hell. Not a very nice place this Nine Hells. With some effort we woke Thorin up and he plane shifted the party to Sigil, the way station of the universe. Sigil, the city of doors, a plane of infinite portals. It was here that we choose to rest and regain our strength. A quick commune to Pelor assured us that Venotheeb had finished what we started in the Hillfort by banishing the demon and rallying the slaves into a revolt and the over throw of Markessa and her timely escape. With the Hillfort taken, we were free, for the moment, to pursue other interests, unfortunately I did not plan on Willum. Willum offered the party an obscene amount of gold and jewels to travel into the abyss and retrieve a ship that was stolen from the general insurance company of Sigil. After some debate we decided the money was to good to pass up and off to the abyss we went. We had a couple of days to get our affairs in order, but after that it was off to Natasha’s barber shop where the portal to the first layer of the abyss was. With a rusted piece of metal thrust into the door way the portal sprang into life and in we went. Once on the other side we were accosted by a demon known as Molyduce. Molyduce had two heads, one serpentine and the other canine, and when he talked it was an eerie mix of the two heads finishing off each others words. Words got us no were as we were not able to parlay our intent to him since we had no funds in which to bribe him with and it was against our nature to turn over a member of our party to be abducted into the blood war. So, when Khael cast a blessing on the party, it was recivied as an act of war. We tried to kill him quickly but Molyduce was a strong enemy. He escaped us, but I fear we have not heard the last of Molyduce. All around us nothing but despair. Why did we come to this realm. No matter, nothing can be done about that, we have only our wits and our skills and we shall need them both to get out unscathed, but which way to go? [/QUOTE]
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