[Adventure]: Land Ho! FWBTHW (DM:H.M.Gimlord,Judge:Ozymandias79)

[Voda Vosa]

OOC: Holy! we are so dead!

Sheng is paralized by indesicion. He never thought the dragons would get there so quickly, nor destroy the beacon with such ferocity. Overwhelmed by the display of raw power by the dragons, he tries to focus on staying alive.

 

[Iron Sky]

Phoenix is stunned by the turn of events, but slowly recovers.

[sblock=Saves succeed]Saves: 1d20=15 vs stun, save, 1d20=10 vs 15 OG and slow, save.[/sblock]

[sblock=Phoenix's Statblock] Phoenix, Female Tiefling Mage 9
Passive Perception: 20, Passive Insight: 20
AC: 21, Fort:19, Reflex: 23, Will:20, Resist Fire 9 -- Speed:6
HP:25/53, Bloodied:26, Surge Value:13, Surges left:8/8
Initiative +7, Action Points: 1 MBA: +8 AC, 1d4+1 damage. RBA: Range 20, 10 force damage.
Powers: Magic Missile, Scorching Burst, Hypnotism, Infernal Wrath, Burning Spray, Fire Shroud, Ardent Rain, Fire Burst,Shield, Second Wind, Flaming Sphere, Summon Magma Beast, Summon Hell Hound, Fire Shield
Items: Spidersilk Mantle, Dagger of Speed, Healing Potion x 1, Flame Bracers
Notes: *Phoenix does not provoke OAs for Ranged or Area attacks. Phoenix's attacks ignore fire resistance. *Phoenix gains +1 to hit and +2 damage against bloodied foes. *Phoenix does +1d6+2d8 damage on a crit.[/sblock]

 

[BenBrown]

"Fenwick suggest running away. Maybe use that ring you got to get very far away."
[sblock=rolls]Save vs. Stunned: 14(1d20) = 14
Save vs. Slowed: 9(1d20) = 9[/sblock]

 

[H.M.Gimlord]

OOC: I could post for [MENTION=85539]Tenchuu[/MENTION], but seeing that his role is quite pivotal here, I think I'd rather wait.

 

[H.M.Gimlord]

OOC: OK, so maybe he'll be gone for more than a week? I'll post tonight to keep things going.

 

[Tenchuu]

"My master has a wise plan," Gensai said, rejoining the group.

OOC: Do I have enough actions to move to the person who has the ring, grab it, and use it?

 

[H.M.Gimlord]

GM: [MENTION=85539]Tenchuu[/MENTION]: Move adjacent to Phoenix: Move Action Transfer of ring from Phoenix to Gensai: Minor Action Use of Ring: Minor Action (of course without another action to place the ring on someone(something) else, the ring would transport Gensai directly to the location of the other ring...theoretically ) Phoenix is stunned, so she cannot throw the ring to you or otherwise give it to you.

 

[Tenchuu]

OOC: Do the above.

Tenchuu moves over to Phoenix, grabs the ring, and activates it.

 

[H.M.Gimlord]

Gensai moves forward and slips the ring off Phoenix's finger, hoping, somehow, to use its magic against the dragon.

Unfortunately, the ronin is not as familiar with the ring's purpose as he thought. Gensai vanishes in a puff of green smoke.

When the smoke clears, a man in a purple, wide-brimmed hat, dressed in a long, bright, green coat and loose trousers stands where the ronin was only a moment ago. The stylish gentleman looks about, quite disoriented and feels, very quickly, that his curiosity just might have sealed his fate for good.

The dragon on the roof (the one that just smashed the beacon) begins to rampage through the lower floors, clawing out large chunks of stone from the tower's structure, "Now you will die for thinking you could go back on your word with a dragon!"

The whole complex begins to collapse.

Iguyo Di Wer Grovisv maintains her grip on Hankel and backs out of the tower's doorway, taking to the air just as a massive pile of rubble falls and blocks the entrance.

Likewise, the dragon at the hole in the back wall withdraws through the falling debris and flies off toward the mainland with Hankel still in her clutches.

The last dragon (the one tearing the tower apart) finally kicks in the last paver holding the structure together.

Down comes the tower around the party as the last dragon flies away to the east after her two companions.

With only moments to act, the party has to clear the building before they are buried in the crumbling tower.

OOC: Athletics DC 20: Success: You clear the rouble before it falls on you Failure: 4d10 damage and you are knocked prone (if you aren't already unconscious) Slowed creatures can clear the rubble, despite their condition, if they spend an AP.

[sblock=Status]Fenwick: A19 53(38)/85HP 11/11HS AP 1 OG 15 and Slowed (Separate save ends both)
Gensai: Missing C25 81/81HP 12/12HS AP 1
Riardon: -A21 43(28)/75HP 9/9HS AP 1, OG 15 and Slowed (Separate save ends both)
Sheng: A20 79/79HP 9/9HS AP 1
Phoenix: -A20 35/57HP 8/8HS AP 1
Max: A21 46/46 HP 7/7HS AP 1

Tremmors from the falling building have moved Stang to B22

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[/sblock][sblock=The grand History of Land Ho!...Unabridged]
[sblock=Story Outline]
If you want to do this quickly, just click on the links below and read ALL spoilers. New stuff is in yellow.

• Original Party enters a bewitched cellar door that
  • Talon (Shifter Druid/Ranger) (Phoenix8008)
  • Rujah (Dragonborn Warden) (Theroc)
  • Riardon (Eladrin Warlord) (Walking Dad)
  • Jin (Human Swordmage) (Tenchuu)
  • Fenwick (Orc Barbarian) (BenBrown)

1. Bewitched cellar where party finds a secret entrance to a thieves' den
   • The group finds weapons with lightning powers
     
   • The group finds a box engraved with dwarven and draconic script
   • The box contains documents in dwarven script
2. Back at The Hanged Man
   • Talon deciphers the dwarven docuements and discovers that a man named Hankel Mast Gimlord is heir to the throne of Rioc Parvel, a dwarven mine and stronghold.
     
   • He is overheard by a sailor dwarf named Fargo who recalls the legends of Rioc Parvel and offers you sea passage to Avenroc
   • The lightning weapons found by the group have a dwarven inscription that reads "When it's my turn, I'll show you my power."
   • Unscrewing the pommels of their weapons they discover a small blue crystal in each that appears to encapsulate a small storm.
     
3. The ocean voyage
   • Fargo's ship is attacked by a flotilla of drowned ones
   • A storm portal opens and swallows the ship
   • Talon challenges a crewmember to a sparring match
   • Fargo drops the group off in the harbor of a city called Rioc Alair
4. The Crystal Mug inn
   • The group meets Firebyrne an apprentice blacksmith to a dwarf named Hankel Mast who has been missing for some time
   • The group discovers that the bewitched cellar of their prior experience is the cellar of the Crystal Mug
   • The group is ambushed when they attempt to expose the thieves' ring
   • Mervin (Human Wizard) (evilbob) materializes in a barrel
   • The group reveals the thieves' den to authorities
   • Mervin discovers a dagger of lightning power
     
   • Riardon finds several rituals
   • Jin learns that Hankel has, in fact, been kidnapped by a man named Lars Hallmaster, whom Firebyrne had described as a "Friend". A wizard named Shear seems to be directing Lars' actions.
   • Jin opens up a cursed chest and is mortally wounded by flaming skulls
   • Jin's body is resurrected (using one of the rituals found by Riardon), but is possessed by an ancestor of Jin's named Gensai
     
5. The city of Rioc Alair
   • The group meets a university professor named Amatalystan Shea Aramista who fills the group in on the history of Rioc Parvel
   • The group gears up at a black market shop in the cellar of a gear store
   • The group uses another ritual found by Riardon to generate a portal that leads to a remote, wooded location
     
6. Iguyo Di Wer Grovisv
   • The group chooses to join sides with a green dragon to defeat a band of blue-dragonkin kobolds
   • The group learns of the existance of a blue dragon named Wer Vhisar who Iguyo Di Wer Grovisv blames for driving her mother aunt from their lair, and charges the group with destroying Wer Vhisar
     
7. The entrance to Wer Vhisar's lair
   • The group navigates a pit trap
     
   • and disables a glyph of warding powered by an electric crystal
     
   • that guards a library containing some curious items
     
8. The hall
   • The group is met by a kobold welcoming party that temporarily separates the group. Gensai and Fenwick fall into a prison cell. Rujah falls into the river below and is swept out to sea. Mervin stays behind to cover Riardon's retreat.
     
9. The prison
   • The group meets Tikchik (Thri-Kreen Ranger) (renau1g) and Sheng (Human Mage) (Voda Vosa)
   • The group discovers a dwarven prisoner and a kobold prisoner
   • The group decides to look for Rujah and Mervin
     
10. The hall part deaux
    • The group learns the fate of Rujah and Mervin
    • The group realizes that Iguyo De Wer Grovisv has lied to them
    • They find a hiding kobold who grants them an audience with Wer Vhisar
      
11. Wer Vhisar's Lair
    • Wer Vhisar reveals to them his version of the feud story between himself and the three green dragons
    • Wer Vhisar offers the group an opportunity to seat Hankel Mast Gimlord on his rightful throne in return for three tasks
      • Transplant the diffusion of Wer Vhisar's father
      • Turn over a large gem called the Moonstone
      • Destroy Iguyo Di Wer Grovisv's mother and aunt
        
12. The Library Again
    • The party finally meets Hankel Mast, but, though he's aware and eager for the quest, he doesn't seem to know that he is the heir to Rioc Parvel
    • Hankel provides several documents, in particular, a map shoing the location and nature of their first task.
    • TikChik returns Hankel's knife
    • Sheng finds a source of arcane magic.
    • The party is given a boat and provisions
      
13. Rioc Stang
    • The party is set upon by undead guardians of the lighthouse
    • Their captain bestows upon Gensai the knowledge that they are a remnant from Rioc Parvel tasked with keeping safe a beacon encouraging other dwarves to return to their long-lost home
    • The captain gives Gensai Arkus Gimlord's famed weapon, Stang, charging him with returning it to Arkus' heir
    • Gensai informs the others of the guardians' origins, and reveal Hankel Mast Gimlord to be the true heir of Rioc Parvel
    • Gensai gives Stang to Hankel
    • The adventurers proceed to relight the beacon, and in doing so are rewarded with magic items given by the captain's ghost.
    • As the captain takes his leave for the etherial realms, A minotaur named Rhagast materializes in a well on the first floor. He has evidently been here before and wants no part in undead guardians. He quickly finds the party's boat, and before Hankel can stop him, proceeds to unmoor it and row it east toward the shore.
    • As he is rowing away, Phoenix (Tiefling Sorcerer) (Iron Sky) materializes at the bottom of the well, and climbs out too late to catch Rhagast, but just in time to meet the rest of the group.
    • As they are getting to know each other, three green dragons approach from the east. When they land, they destroy the beacon and grab Hankel.
    • One of the green dragons is Iguyo Di Wer Gorvisv, a dragon that Gensai, Riardon, and Fenwick bargained with a while ago. Under duress, they promised to destroy Walryn (Wer Vhisar) , but the party soon learned that Iguyo Di Wer Grovisv is the daughter of Sylvantrix, one of the other two green dragons, who lair at Rioc Parvel.
    • In either a laps of judgement or an act of fate, Gensai activates Phoenix's ring and disappears, replaced by Max, who arrives to menacing dragons and falling megaliths.

[/sblock][sblock=Important things to remember]

• Rituals in Riardon's Pack:
  
  • Raise Dead Used to raise Jin from the dead (got Gensai instead)
  • Knock Used to open the chest that killed Jin
  • Linked Portal Used to get to the green dragon encounter
  • Object Reading
  • Vistani Passkey
  • Precise Forgery
  • Decipher Script
  • Wizard Sight
  • Arcane Lock
  • Diffusion Transplantation (illegible at the moment)
    
  [*]Those of you who found lightning weapons still have them.
  [*]Mervin still has the dagger (but he's still on the floor of Wer Vhisar's lair)
  
  [*]Quick Plot summary
  
  • Setting: An interior island on the continent of Avenroc
  • Old blue dragon destroys a dwarven mine and dwarven king dies
  • Dwarven heir exiles himself and dies leaving a son who is clueless as to his heritage
  • Old blue dragon is killed by two sister green dragons, who now have a daughter (that's three green dragons on the loose).
  • The old blue dragon's son wants to avenge his father's death, but doesn't want to take the risk, so he offers the job to the adventurers.
    
  • Hankel (the clueless dwarven heir) is being held in the prisons below the blue dragon's lair
  • Wer Vhisar has pressed you into his service to light the dwarven lighthouse, kill the green dragons, re-seat Hankel on the throne at Rioc Parel, and transplant Wer Vhisar's father's diffusion.
  • Hankel has been freed and the party meets him in the trashed library that apparently was used by Shear on his visits to Wer Vhisar.
  • Hankel has only recently discovered that he is heir to the throne of Rioc Parvel
  • While extracting herself from the well on Rioc Stang, Phoenix finds (and still has in her possession), a strange, gold, coin struck with dwarven runes and the emblem of a greataxe.
  • The lighthouse was lit for a small time, but was destroyed irreparably.

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GM: @Tenchuu : Click on the link in the fluff above to find out where Gensai went.

 

[Someone]

"Oh! Gentlemen, ladies, I hope you don't mind the intrusion, I simply... Why is everything shaking? Why the hurry... Ooooof!"


[sblock=mini-stats] Max, human mage 7
Status:
Initiative: +7, Passive perception: 13, Passive Insight: 18
Defenses: AC: 20, For: 17, Ref: 21, Will: 21
HP: 37/46, Bloodied: 23, Surge value: 12, Surges/day: 7/7 Speed: 6 squares
Languages: Common, Elven
AP: 1
Powers:
Magic missile, Beguiling Strands, Hypnotism, Phantom Cage
Grasping Shadows, Maze of Mirrors, Phantom Foes, Shield, Noble Presence, Phylactery of Action
Phantom Chasm, Visions of Avarice, Wizard's Escape, Majestic Word, Repulsion armor[/sblock]