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The Wind Riders: Tales from the Infinite Staircase (Updated September 13)
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<blockquote data-quote="RedShirtNo5" data-source="post: 4393367" data-attributes="member: 173"><p><strong>Not in Kansas any more</strong></p><p></p><p>A blinding flash of purple light explodes around the Wind Riders. Suddenly, the party is falling in darkness and rain. After a short drop, the adventurers, their horses, and the insectoid creature land on solid rock. Standing up from their fallen mounts and bringing out continual light spikes, the adventurers see that they stand on a rocky outcropping thrust out from a steep slope.</p><p> </p><p>The insectoid creature approaches Reynard, chattering at him. Reynard sees that the red creature wears a leather harness and holds two short swords in its two lower hands and a double-bladed halberd in its two upper hands. "Er, we can't speak your language ..." is all Reynard has time to say before the insect creature decides that it has found the source of its troubles. The creature slashes out with its halberd, cutting a deep wound in Reynard's thigh.</p><p> </p><p>The party responds quickly. Geldar and Ka'hari fire magic missiles at the creature. Ka'hari's missiles dissipate as they contact the creature, but Geldar penetrates the creature's spell resistance. As Reynard slashes the thing, Thantar and Kindrid charge forward. Thantar's hammer bounces off the creature's exoskeleton, but Kindrid's blade digs into the creature's leg joint. The creature decides it has had enough, and retreats into the darkness and rain. The Wind Riders decide not to follow.</p><p> </p><p>Several of their mounts have been incapacitated by the fall, so Geldar and Thantar heal both the horses and the injured party members. The party takes shelter under a cliff face and waits for the storm to abate. After several hours the rain stops and the darkness lifts. In a dim light that penetrates the gray clouds above, the party sees a mountainous terrain formed of black basalt. They are standing about halfway up a ridge, approximately 700 feet above and a half-mile away from a fast-moving river. On the far side of the river is another ridge of similar height. Large black flies buzz around them, and strange-looking gray tubular plants grow out of the cracks in the rock.</p><p> </p><p>Kindrid slowly climbs up the slope for a full view. Standing at the ridgeline, he sees that the opposite side of the ridge also drops down to a river. Past the river is another ridge of black stone. Activating his wings of flying, Kindrid takes to the air. What the elf sees is initially discouraging: nothing but more black stone in every direction.</p><p> </p><p>However, down in the river valley he spots several large black-skinned four-legged creatures, apparently grazing on plants by the riverside. The creatures are vaguely horse-shaped, but where the head should be, each creature has a long tapering tentacle that ends in a small sucker-mouth. In addition, near the "horses" is a large perfectly circular pit. </p><p> </p><p>His curiosity taking over, Kindrid flies low, hoping to get a good view of whatever is in the pit. He finds out sooner than he hoped! As Kindrid passes over the pit, nearly a dozen black rubbery tentacles burst out, grabbing the elf and pulling him inexorably down.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RedShirtNo5, post: 4393367, member: 173"] [b]Not in Kansas any more[/b] A blinding flash of purple light explodes around the Wind Riders. Suddenly, the party is falling in darkness and rain. After a short drop, the adventurers, their horses, and the insectoid creature land on solid rock. Standing up from their fallen mounts and bringing out continual light spikes, the adventurers see that they stand on a rocky outcropping thrust out from a steep slope. The insectoid creature approaches Reynard, chattering at him. Reynard sees that the red creature wears a leather harness and holds two short swords in its two lower hands and a double-bladed halberd in its two upper hands. "Er, we can't speak your language ..." is all Reynard has time to say before the insect creature decides that it has found the source of its troubles. The creature slashes out with its halberd, cutting a deep wound in Reynard's thigh. The party responds quickly. Geldar and Ka'hari fire magic missiles at the creature. Ka'hari's missiles dissipate as they contact the creature, but Geldar penetrates the creature's spell resistance. As Reynard slashes the thing, Thantar and Kindrid charge forward. Thantar's hammer bounces off the creature's exoskeleton, but Kindrid's blade digs into the creature's leg joint. The creature decides it has had enough, and retreats into the darkness and rain. The Wind Riders decide not to follow. Several of their mounts have been incapacitated by the fall, so Geldar and Thantar heal both the horses and the injured party members. The party takes shelter under a cliff face and waits for the storm to abate. After several hours the rain stops and the darkness lifts. In a dim light that penetrates the gray clouds above, the party sees a mountainous terrain formed of black basalt. They are standing about halfway up a ridge, approximately 700 feet above and a half-mile away from a fast-moving river. On the far side of the river is another ridge of similar height. Large black flies buzz around them, and strange-looking gray tubular plants grow out of the cracks in the rock. Kindrid slowly climbs up the slope for a full view. Standing at the ridgeline, he sees that the opposite side of the ridge also drops down to a river. Past the river is another ridge of black stone. Activating his wings of flying, Kindrid takes to the air. What the elf sees is initially discouraging: nothing but more black stone in every direction. However, down in the river valley he spots several large black-skinned four-legged creatures, apparently grazing on plants by the riverside. The creatures are vaguely horse-shaped, but where the head should be, each creature has a long tapering tentacle that ends in a small sucker-mouth. In addition, near the "horses" is a large perfectly circular pit. His curiosity taking over, Kindrid flies low, hoping to get a good view of whatever is in the pit. He finds out sooner than he hoped! As Kindrid passes over the pit, nearly a dozen black rubbery tentacles burst out, grabbing the elf and pulling him inexorably down. [/QUOTE]
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