Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Community
Playing the Game
Play by Post
The Wayfinders - The Wreck of the Archon
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="SelcSilverhand" data-source="post: 5859763" data-attributes="member: 30016"><p><span style="color: Purple">"Numerous treaties are still in the works on how to treat spoils of war. Right now the prevailing arguement is, what is that old saying, oh yes. "Finders, Keepers." You may not be the first to reach the Archon and even if you are the other expeditions will likely reach it before your business is concluded. I can give you past examples from both extremes, where two expeditions worked at opposite sides of a ruined Xen'drik city and even compared notes. At the other end of the spectrum are those times when only one expedition returned from several sent to a site. A case of winner takes all, if you will. </span></p><p><span style="color: Purple"></span></p><p><span style="color: Purple">While your destination and objectives are secret you can freely operate under the Aundair banner. It may cause freelance groups to consider some of their choices knowing that you have political backing. You are free to take any course of action that results in the completion of your objectives. </span></p><p><span style="color: Purple"></span></p><p><span style="color: Purple">Now is a good time to discuss the particulars of what I need you to do. You are familiar of course with the elemental ships traversing our skies, seas, and land. Each vessel uses an elemental magically bound to a crystal shard from one of the Three Dragons from the creation of our world. The energies from these bound elementals are channeled to power these vessels. The moving city of Archon utilized such bound creatures. However, given the size of the vessel it required more than the standard shards. The crystals are massive, as wide as a horse and as tall as a man. They had to be large and exceptionally pure to contain the beings within. The elementals inside are larger, older, and far more powerful than anything else we are capable of summoning today. They're known as Monoliths, as they are the pinnacle of elemental kind, just short of the minor deities of the inner planes. These creatures moved the city, powered their weapons, provided heat and water, and helped launch their air crews. There are four, one for each of the primary elements. It is paramount that you recover these crystals intact. There may be other things aboard the ship that may be valuable to our research or control of the elementals and if you come across such items we will take them as well. Also of value are any military documents. Though outdated they may help us learn more about their capabilities and former plans. Any other valuables you find are yours to keep of course, extra payment for your hazardous duties.</span></p><p><span style="color: Purple"></span></p><p><span style="color: Purple">In answer to your second question, we have numerous resources to draw upon here in the Towers. I have already prepared transportation and a means of carrying supplies. In addition are the tools you will need to extract and recover the <strong>Monolith Crystals</strong>. </span></p><p><span style="color: Purple"></span></p><p><span style="color: Purple"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SelcSilverhand, post: 5859763, member: 30016"] [COLOR="Purple"]"Numerous treaties are still in the works on how to treat spoils of war. Right now the prevailing arguement is, what is that old saying, oh yes. "Finders, Keepers." You may not be the first to reach the Archon and even if you are the other expeditions will likely reach it before your business is concluded. I can give you past examples from both extremes, where two expeditions worked at opposite sides of a ruined Xen'drik city and even compared notes. At the other end of the spectrum are those times when only one expedition returned from several sent to a site. A case of winner takes all, if you will. While your destination and objectives are secret you can freely operate under the Aundair banner. It may cause freelance groups to consider some of their choices knowing that you have political backing. You are free to take any course of action that results in the completion of your objectives. Now is a good time to discuss the particulars of what I need you to do. You are familiar of course with the elemental ships traversing our skies, seas, and land. Each vessel uses an elemental magically bound to a crystal shard from one of the Three Dragons from the creation of our world. The energies from these bound elementals are channeled to power these vessels. The moving city of Archon utilized such bound creatures. However, given the size of the vessel it required more than the standard shards. The crystals are massive, as wide as a horse and as tall as a man. They had to be large and exceptionally pure to contain the beings within. The elementals inside are larger, older, and far more powerful than anything else we are capable of summoning today. They're known as Monoliths, as they are the pinnacle of elemental kind, just short of the minor deities of the inner planes. These creatures moved the city, powered their weapons, provided heat and water, and helped launch their air crews. There are four, one for each of the primary elements. It is paramount that you recover these crystals intact. There may be other things aboard the ship that may be valuable to our research or control of the elementals and if you come across such items we will take them as well. Also of value are any military documents. Though outdated they may help us learn more about their capabilities and former plans. Any other valuables you find are yours to keep of course, extra payment for your hazardous duties. In answer to your second question, we have numerous resources to draw upon here in the Towers. I have already prepared transportation and a means of carrying supplies. In addition are the tools you will need to extract and recover the [b]Monolith Crystals[/b]. [/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
Playing the Game
Play by Post
The Wayfinders - The Wreck of the Archon
Top