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<blockquote data-quote="gideonpepys" data-source="post: 7249910" data-attributes="member: 79141"><p><strong>Session 26 (149), Part One - In the Footprints of the Colossus</strong></p><p></p><p>• Uru and Leon discover edgestones – sources of planar abjuration that encircle Rumah Terakir, but can only be sensed, not seen. The jungle has not encroached beyond these stones and the extensive ruin is relatively clear of undergrowth and very well preserved.</p><p>• The others remain behind near the river, which flows over the gigantic chest of a fallen eladrin warrior – one of four otherwise upright statues that line the river where the old dock might once have been. Matunaaga takes up a high vantage point and keeps watch.</p><p>• Uriel sets about making a fishing rod, but the spot he chooses is exposed and Gupta distracts him with her text on William Miller. Eventually, he begins a running commentary on what he can see: Before Uru and Leon set off, Uriel performed the skull watch ritual, and gave Uru a little bird skull as decoration for his hat of hats.</p><p>• Uru and Leon see a huge, tiered temple at the centre of the site. They pass by a simple stone structure that emanates evil. The carvings have been broken off and a stone has been rolled across the entrance. They debate whether to investigate but stick with their mission and press on. Then they find an inverted pyramid covered with illusory runes. This turns out to be the temple of the eladrin trickster god Ingatan. They cannot resist investigating further and Leon teleports the others to him. He and Gupta soon discover that there is a lot to learn here, and make a mental note to return when time allows. Gupta inscribes a rune of thanks in the sand with the stock of her rifle.</p><p>• Uriel has to be stopped from wandering back towards the ‘evil’ temple. He feels drawn towards it. They distract him again by having him perform the amenuensis ritual on the temple of Ingatan.</p><p>• Leon sends up Rahu Ketu to check out the lie of the land. They debate how to proceed further and consider approaching the central temple. Uriel performs hand of fate again and asks it where they can find Kasvarina and where they can find the Ob. The answer is the same both times: back towards the edge of the city. (A third question about Borne goes unanswered.)</p><p>• They follow the edgestones and Borne’s footsteps (which have made huge indentations and knocked down trees even here in the real world), with Uru ranging ahead. Eventually, he sees a thick pillar of smoke from a very obvious fire and comes to a place where two huge hardwood trees have crashed across the ancient, walled highway. Beyond he hears voices. Approaching, he finds several Ob researchers clustered round a campfire set into one of Borne’s footprints. They are debating what to do next – the focus of their discussion being a high gateway close by. One stands out: Instead of practical travelling clothes he wears a crushed red velvet one-piece outfit and his platinum blonde hair is cut a very neat bob. His movements are jerky and he dances about the campsite firing questions at the other researchers, who seem faintly in awe of him.</p><p>• With Uru in place, and Matunaaga just behind, also out of sight, Korrigan approaches and attempts to parley. Uriel follows alongside him; Gupta stops beside a low wall, rifle at the ready but in clear view of the researchers. Leon circles round invisibly. The strangely dressed lead researcher, Charles Ormond, says he knows who Korrigan is, and tells him to wait a short distance away. Then, with the other researchers keeping an eye on Korrigan, he heads into the deep footprint as if to fetch something. It is only then, with the whole campsite in full view and Ormand giving orders to non-existent colleagues, that Leon - who has truesight – realises that the researchers are illusory. He yells a warning only seconds before two distant mortar reports, then he teleports Korrigan and Uriel out of harm’s way (which he assumes to be the campsite) and hopes for the best himself. Korrigan tries to get Uriel over a nearby wall and out of danger but Uriel is too fascinated by what is going on to follow orders.</p><p>• The two shells land bang on target (although by now there is no one there). Korrigan realises this is a well-prepared ambush, as such precision would require practice shots. Ormond pops his head out of the hole and yells some words in Danoran battle cant. Korrigan and Leon recognise this, but their cant is rusty; Gupta – ever the professional- has swatted up on it and knows that Ormond is calling out positions.</p><p>• With predatory precision, Uru shoots Ormond, whose stoneskin cannot save him from injury. He yelps, realises the seriousness of his situation and curses someone whose name he cannot mention for leaving him at the mercy of these barbarians. Then he summons a solid fog that restricts vision and slows movement. Those caught within it stumble about trying to find a way out.</p><p>• Four snipers approach from the north. Two reach a position where they can fire on Korrigan or Uriel. One says, “The human is Korrigan. He’s the one we’re after.” They open fire and narrowly miss.</p><p>• Matunaaga circles the fog bank at speed and picks off the other two snipers before they can even take aim. Morale shaken, the first pair hesitates. One, a tiefling, takes aim at Korrigan and cries, “In the name of the sovereign and his murdered niece!” Korrigan says, “I commend your loyalty,” draws his pistol and shoots the man dead, absorbing his tiefling fire without harm.</p><p>• Having bampfed on top of the high gate post, Leon activates the wayfarer lantern and summons the winds of Avilona (adding even more chaos to an already crowded field) hoping to drive the fog away. The fog responds by shifting northeastwards like slow treacle, while everyone, including Leon, struggles to keep their footing. <strong>[The encounter is now turning into a bit of a head<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />, with a zone of fog drifting diagonally across the map.]</strong></p><p>• Uru guesses Ormond’s location and blindly ghost-steps nearby, summons a cloud of darkness and lies in wait. </p><p>• Ormond, Plan A in tatters, summons a defensive wall of fire, only to find himself blown through it by the winds of Avilona, testing his stoneskin spell to the limit. </p><p>• Uru is forced to recoil from the heat, although Little Jack is damaged as they ride the winds away.</p><p>• Two off-target bombs remind the unit of the threat of the artillery. Matunaaga sprints off through the undergrowth to take care of it, moving without impediment.</p><p>• Uru uses his moaning ghostly entourage to grope about in the fog for Ormond! Ormand yelps as he is groped by disembodied hands, cries “time for phase four” and stumbles off through the fog.</p><p>• Uriel finally heeds Korrigan’s advice and, using Malthusius’ old bracers to give him the necessary strength, vaults the ancient wall, only to find himself trapped by the crown of the fallen tree. The remaining sniper draws a bead on him.</p><p>• Korrigan becomes a bolt of Avilona and appears alongside the sniper, whom he threatens with his six-shooter. “Lay down your weapon,” he says, to which Uriel adds helpfully, “I’d listen to the man if I were you.” The sniper begins to slowly withdraw, keeping his rifle poised. Korrigan lets him go for now.</p><p>• More mortars land, blasting Gupta off her feet and against the tree, where the winds of Avilona hold her firm. Uriel ducks as great chunks of the ancient wall are blasted upon him. </p><p>• Matunaaga arrives at the first artillery position, kicks over the mortar, spoiling its aim, dodges the blows of the porteurs and sprints away, searching the sky for signs of the second position.</p><p>• As the wind moves the fog towards him, Leon teleports onto a wall on the opposite side of the bank, only for the winds he summoned to shove him off his perch.</p><p>• A final mortar lands close enough to Uru to harm him and put Little Jack out of action until such times as he can be fixed. (Back up the hill, the mortar’s report is enough for Matunaaga to fix on its position.)</p><p>• The fog is dispelled; the wall of fire has gone too. Korrigan can now see Ormond’s bob bobbing just behind a low wall, and bolts over to trap him in against a tree trunk. Ormond gives a yelp of surprise and lets go of the chicken he is holding. Clucking, it zig-zags at pace across the battlefield and disappears between the arches. At once, a dark, swirling portal opens and something big begins to emerge. Ormond starts to panic, his planned exit blocked by Korrigan. </p><p>• Curious, Uriel begins to walk towards the gateway.</p><p>• Gupta steps in. Fearing some cunning plan on Ormond’s part, she casts a spell that removes his memories of the last five minutes. Ormond blinks in confusion, glances back at the portal and cries, “You fools! You’ve doomed us all!”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gideonpepys, post: 7249910, member: 79141"] [b]Session 26 (149), Part One - In the Footprints of the Colossus[/b] • Uru and Leon discover edgestones – sources of planar abjuration that encircle Rumah Terakir, but can only be sensed, not seen. The jungle has not encroached beyond these stones and the extensive ruin is relatively clear of undergrowth and very well preserved. • The others remain behind near the river, which flows over the gigantic chest of a fallen eladrin warrior – one of four otherwise upright statues that line the river where the old dock might once have been. Matunaaga takes up a high vantage point and keeps watch. • Uriel sets about making a fishing rod, but the spot he chooses is exposed and Gupta distracts him with her text on William Miller. Eventually, he begins a running commentary on what he can see: Before Uru and Leon set off, Uriel performed the skull watch ritual, and gave Uru a little bird skull as decoration for his hat of hats. • Uru and Leon see a huge, tiered temple at the centre of the site. They pass by a simple stone structure that emanates evil. The carvings have been broken off and a stone has been rolled across the entrance. They debate whether to investigate but stick with their mission and press on. Then they find an inverted pyramid covered with illusory runes. This turns out to be the temple of the eladrin trickster god Ingatan. They cannot resist investigating further and Leon teleports the others to him. He and Gupta soon discover that there is a lot to learn here, and make a mental note to return when time allows. Gupta inscribes a rune of thanks in the sand with the stock of her rifle. • Uriel has to be stopped from wandering back towards the ‘evil’ temple. He feels drawn towards it. They distract him again by having him perform the amenuensis ritual on the temple of Ingatan. • Leon sends up Rahu Ketu to check out the lie of the land. They debate how to proceed further and consider approaching the central temple. Uriel performs hand of fate again and asks it where they can find Kasvarina and where they can find the Ob. The answer is the same both times: back towards the edge of the city. (A third question about Borne goes unanswered.) • They follow the edgestones and Borne’s footsteps (which have made huge indentations and knocked down trees even here in the real world), with Uru ranging ahead. Eventually, he sees a thick pillar of smoke from a very obvious fire and comes to a place where two huge hardwood trees have crashed across the ancient, walled highway. Beyond he hears voices. Approaching, he finds several Ob researchers clustered round a campfire set into one of Borne’s footprints. They are debating what to do next – the focus of their discussion being a high gateway close by. One stands out: Instead of practical travelling clothes he wears a crushed red velvet one-piece outfit and his platinum blonde hair is cut a very neat bob. His movements are jerky and he dances about the campsite firing questions at the other researchers, who seem faintly in awe of him. • With Uru in place, and Matunaaga just behind, also out of sight, Korrigan approaches and attempts to parley. Uriel follows alongside him; Gupta stops beside a low wall, rifle at the ready but in clear view of the researchers. Leon circles round invisibly. The strangely dressed lead researcher, Charles Ormond, says he knows who Korrigan is, and tells him to wait a short distance away. Then, with the other researchers keeping an eye on Korrigan, he heads into the deep footprint as if to fetch something. It is only then, with the whole campsite in full view and Ormand giving orders to non-existent colleagues, that Leon - who has truesight – realises that the researchers are illusory. He yells a warning only seconds before two distant mortar reports, then he teleports Korrigan and Uriel out of harm’s way (which he assumes to be the campsite) and hopes for the best himself. Korrigan tries to get Uriel over a nearby wall and out of danger but Uriel is too fascinated by what is going on to follow orders. • The two shells land bang on target (although by now there is no one there). Korrigan realises this is a well-prepared ambush, as such precision would require practice shots. Ormond pops his head out of the hole and yells some words in Danoran battle cant. Korrigan and Leon recognise this, but their cant is rusty; Gupta – ever the professional- has swatted up on it and knows that Ormond is calling out positions. • With predatory precision, Uru shoots Ormond, whose stoneskin cannot save him from injury. He yelps, realises the seriousness of his situation and curses someone whose name he cannot mention for leaving him at the mercy of these barbarians. Then he summons a solid fog that restricts vision and slows movement. Those caught within it stumble about trying to find a way out. • Four snipers approach from the north. Two reach a position where they can fire on Korrigan or Uriel. One says, “The human is Korrigan. He’s the one we’re after.” They open fire and narrowly miss. • Matunaaga circles the fog bank at speed and picks off the other two snipers before they can even take aim. Morale shaken, the first pair hesitates. One, a tiefling, takes aim at Korrigan and cries, “In the name of the sovereign and his murdered niece!” Korrigan says, “I commend your loyalty,” draws his pistol and shoots the man dead, absorbing his tiefling fire without harm. • Having bampfed on top of the high gate post, Leon activates the wayfarer lantern and summons the winds of Avilona (adding even more chaos to an already crowded field) hoping to drive the fog away. The fog responds by shifting northeastwards like slow treacle, while everyone, including Leon, struggles to keep their footing. [B][The encounter is now turning into a bit of a head:):):):), with a zone of fog drifting diagonally across the map.][/B] • Uru guesses Ormond’s location and blindly ghost-steps nearby, summons a cloud of darkness and lies in wait. • Ormond, Plan A in tatters, summons a defensive wall of fire, only to find himself blown through it by the winds of Avilona, testing his stoneskin spell to the limit. • Uru is forced to recoil from the heat, although Little Jack is damaged as they ride the winds away. • Two off-target bombs remind the unit of the threat of the artillery. Matunaaga sprints off through the undergrowth to take care of it, moving without impediment. • Uru uses his moaning ghostly entourage to grope about in the fog for Ormond! Ormand yelps as he is groped by disembodied hands, cries “time for phase four” and stumbles off through the fog. • Uriel finally heeds Korrigan’s advice and, using Malthusius’ old bracers to give him the necessary strength, vaults the ancient wall, only to find himself trapped by the crown of the fallen tree. The remaining sniper draws a bead on him. • Korrigan becomes a bolt of Avilona and appears alongside the sniper, whom he threatens with his six-shooter. “Lay down your weapon,” he says, to which Uriel adds helpfully, “I’d listen to the man if I were you.” The sniper begins to slowly withdraw, keeping his rifle poised. Korrigan lets him go for now. • More mortars land, blasting Gupta off her feet and against the tree, where the winds of Avilona hold her firm. Uriel ducks as great chunks of the ancient wall are blasted upon him. • Matunaaga arrives at the first artillery position, kicks over the mortar, spoiling its aim, dodges the blows of the porteurs and sprints away, searching the sky for signs of the second position. • As the wind moves the fog towards him, Leon teleports onto a wall on the opposite side of the bank, only for the winds he summoned to shove him off his perch. • A final mortar lands close enough to Uru to harm him and put Little Jack out of action until such times as he can be fixed. (Back up the hill, the mortar’s report is enough for Matunaaga to fix on its position.) • The fog is dispelled; the wall of fire has gone too. Korrigan can now see Ormond’s bob bobbing just behind a low wall, and bolts over to trap him in against a tree trunk. Ormond gives a yelp of surprise and lets go of the chicken he is holding. Clucking, it zig-zags at pace across the battlefield and disappears between the arches. At once, a dark, swirling portal opens and something big begins to emerge. Ormond starts to panic, his planned exit blocked by Korrigan. • Curious, Uriel begins to walk towards the gateway. • Gupta steps in. Fearing some cunning plan on Ormond’s part, she casts a spell that removes his memories of the last five minutes. Ormond blinks in confusion, glances back at the portal and cries, “You fools! You’ve doomed us all!” [/QUOTE]
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