(Adventure) Heroes of The Vesper Peaks (Uriel judging)
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Creamsteak
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(I'm just going to skip ahead to both guards being subdued, if that's alright with everyone. I'm sorry about the series of absenses. I should be fairly consistently able to update for a couple months now, and I'd like to get things back on track, but it seems many of the players from this game have left. So long as we have 3 or more (and I would think we have that at least), I'd like to continue from here.)
With both Arngrim and Bust subdued, they seem to have regained some sense. Only Arngrim seems willing to talk though. Now, without his face-mask, he speaks in a sullen and weary tone, "It was two nights ago when things in the mines started to take a turn for the worst. For a long time things had seemed out of place, but I couldn't put my finger on it. Then I started to notice the powder in the air. Ghoul powder. The stuff necromancers use to strip the soul from the body and leave nothing but the insatiable hunger. I've known of the stuff for a long time, I've seen it used here and there in my time as a mercenary. They say that if you use enough ghoul powder, you can make a creature that can't be harmed by a mortal weapon, only something coated in ether or magic can kill them. But this stuff, it's like a mist in the air. It must have been very faint at first, but it's slowly become thick and roiling. By the time I figured it out, me and Buster went into the mines to find out what was going on. We found it, alright. Theres a monster in the cavern, a thick grey monster that's breath is tainted with the stench of a ghoul. But it's not free yet, or at least it wasn't. The miners are chipping away at it's prison of rock, slowly but surely. Me and bust went to run, but before I knew it he turned on me. I was knocked out, and when I awoke all I could feel was this urge to eat, anything. I couldn't control myself, but that didn't stop me from trying. And then, when this little guy (pointing at the halfling) came up to me, I started to get a feeling of control back..."
With both Arngrim and Bust subdued, they seem to have regained some sense. Only Arngrim seems willing to talk though. Now, without his face-mask, he speaks in a sullen and weary tone, "It was two nights ago when things in the mines started to take a turn for the worst. For a long time things had seemed out of place, but I couldn't put my finger on it. Then I started to notice the powder in the air. Ghoul powder. The stuff necromancers use to strip the soul from the body and leave nothing but the insatiable hunger. I've known of the stuff for a long time, I've seen it used here and there in my time as a mercenary. They say that if you use enough ghoul powder, you can make a creature that can't be harmed by a mortal weapon, only something coated in ether or magic can kill them. But this stuff, it's like a mist in the air. It must have been very faint at first, but it's slowly become thick and roiling. By the time I figured it out, me and Buster went into the mines to find out what was going on. We found it, alright. Theres a monster in the cavern, a thick grey monster that's breath is tainted with the stench of a ghoul. But it's not free yet, or at least it wasn't. The miners are chipping away at it's prison of rock, slowly but surely. Me and bust went to run, but before I knew it he turned on me. I was knocked out, and when I awoke all I could feel was this urge to eat, anything. I couldn't control myself, but that didn't stop me from trying. And then, when this little guy (pointing at the halfling) came up to me, I started to get a feeling of control back..."
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Jagos is very relieved that the two guards could be broken out of their aggression, and perhaps even more so due to now having some idea of what they are dealing with.
"Ghoul powder? I've never even heard of that. It didn't seem to effect you before you were knocked out though? If we're gonna go down there we'll need some kind of protections, I wonder if some moistened cloth will do... How does it work? You breathe it in?"
He turns to Marl: "So who are you, and what are you doing here? Do you know anything about this monster?"
And to the others: "Any of you heard of such a creature? Sounds like we couldn't even hurt it, so what should we do? Just try to get the miners to stop digging it out?"
"Ghoul powder? I've never even heard of that. It didn't seem to effect you before you were knocked out though? If we're gonna go down there we'll need some kind of protections, I wonder if some moistened cloth will do... How does it work? You breathe it in?"
He turns to Marl: "So who are you, and what are you doing here? Do you know anything about this monster?"
And to the others: "Any of you heard of such a creature? Sounds like we couldn't even hurt it, so what should we do? Just try to get the miners to stop digging it out?"
Creamsteak
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Vanadan, Knowledge Arcana (16): Ghoul powder is a familiar name, but your not aware of the specifics of it's power. It afflicts the subject with a disease, not a poison. It turns humanoid creatures into ghouls, or dead bodies into zombies. It's expensive to produce, and although it can be created alchemically, it is most commonly made using moderately powerful necromancy and enchantment magic.
"Well, who knows how much of it I had injested? It must have been in the air for weeks. It's pinkish, grey, or purple in color. First time I saw it, someone drugged a girl with the stuff so that she would attack her escorts half way between two cities at war. I was part of that escort. Seven men died that day trying to defend the girl from... well... from the monster that she became. It wasn't a pretty site. It was at night though, so yes, she must have been asleep before it took affect."
Jagos said:
"Well, who knows how much of it I had injested? It must have been in the air for weeks. It's pinkish, grey, or purple in color. First time I saw it, someone drugged a girl with the stuff so that she would attack her escorts half way between two cities at war. I was part of that escort. Seven men died that day trying to defend the girl from... well... from the monster that she became. It wasn't a pretty site. It was at night though, so yes, she must have been asleep before it took affect."
