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<blockquote data-quote="H.M.Gimlord" data-source="post: 5890207" data-attributes="member: 79440"><p>Gensai's words fall before Phoenix sends a ball of fire to remind the minotaur of his real foe, <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: red"><em>"Nay matie!"</em></span></span></span> Rhagast replies, breathing evenly though flames lick at his face, <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype'"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: red"><em>"Nay, my foe be the one what stole me ring!"</em></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p>Ignoring the ronin's challenge, Rhagast marches determinedly toward Phoenix, swinging his axe at the disfigured tiefling, knocking her back. Gensai's wards, however, protect her from the worst of his blows. [sblock=Rhagast's Actions]Takes 16 fire damage from Flaming Sphere</p><p><strong>Move:</strong> F22-G23</p><p> </p><p><strong>Standard:</strong> Double Attack</p><p>Target 1: Phoenix</p><p>Attack 1: <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3486808/" target="_blank">1d20+19-2=33 vs. AC for 2d6+7-14(AoS)=1 damage</a> and Phoenix is pushed to H20</p><p>Target 2: Phoenix</p><p>Attack 2: <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3486808/" target="_blank">1d20+19-2=23 vs. AC</a> Miss[/sblock][sblock=Status]Gensai: <span style="color: cyan"><span style="color: #a0522d">B27 </span><span style="color: lime">81/94HP</span> <span style="color: #9932cc">10/12HS</span> </span><span style="color: #ffffff">AP 0</span>, +4AC +3 to other defenses</p><p>Riardon: <span style="color: sienna">H25</span> <span style="color: lime">62/75HP</span> <span style="color: darkorchid">8/9HS</span> AP 0</p><p>Sheng: <span style="color: sienna">C23(Roof)</span> <span style="color: lime">65/79HP</span> <span style="color: darkorchid">9/9HS</span> AP 1</p><p>Phoenix: <span style="color: sienna">H20</span> <span style="color: lime">32/57HP</span> <span style="color: darkorchid">7/8HS</span> AP 1, next attack does extra 1d6 fire damage</p><p>Max: <span style="color: sienna">G15 </span><span style="color: lime">46/46 HP</span> <span style="color: darkorchid">6/7HS</span> AP 0 </p><p> </p><p>Flaming Sphere: <span style="color: sienna">F25</span> </p><p>Stang: <span style="color: sienna">H23</span></p><p> </p><p>Rhagast: <span style="color: sienna">F22-G23 </span><span style="color: lime">468/624</span> AP 0, Marked by Gensai's AoS[/sblock][sblock=Map]<img src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss151/HMGimlord/RhagastsReturnRound4-2.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />[/sblock][sblock=Stang's Stats]<img src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss151/HMGimlord/StangShortBlock.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />[/sblock][sblock=Rhagast's Stats]<img src="http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss151/HMGimlord/Rhagast-1.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />[/sblock][sblock=The grand History of Land Ho!...Unabridged]</p><p>[sblock=Story Outline]</p><p><span style="color: white">If you want to do this quickly, just click on the links below and read ALL spoilers. <span style="color: yellow">New stuff is in yellow</span>.</span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><p><span style="color: white"><strong><span style="color: white">Original Party enters a bewitched cellar door that</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: white"> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">Talon (Shifter Druid/Ranger)</span> (Phoenix8008)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">Rujah (Dragonborn Warden)</span> (Theroc)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">Riardon</span> (Eladrin Warlord) (Walking Dad)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">Jin (Human Swordmage)</span> (Tenchuu)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">Fenwick (Orc Barbarian) (BenBrown)</span></li> </ul> <ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><strong><span style="color: white">Bewitched cellar where party finds a secret entrance to a thieves' den</span></strong><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">The group finds <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/5032506-post466.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: yellow">weapons with lightning powers</span><br /> </a></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">The group finds <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/5033207-post470.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: yellow">a box engraved with dwarven and draconic script</span></a></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">The box contains <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/5038594-post501.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: yellow">documents in dwarven script</span></a></span></li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><strong><span style="color: white">Back at The Hanged Man</span></strong><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white"><a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/5041171-post914.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: yellow">Talon deciphers the dwarven docuements</span></a> and discovers that a man named <span style="color: white">Hankel Mast Gimlord</span> is heir to the throne of Rioc Parvel, a dwarven mine and stronghold. <br /> </span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">He is overheard by a sailor dwarf named Fargo who recalls the legends of Rioc Parvel and offers you sea passage to Avenroc</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">The lightning weapons found by the group have a dwarven inscription that reads "When it's my turn, I'll show you my power."</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">Unscrewing the pommels of their weapons they discover a small blue crystal in each that appears to encapsulate a small storm.</span> <br /> </li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><strong><span style="color: white">The ocean voyage</span></strong><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">Fargo's ship is attacked by a flotilla of drowned ones</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">A storm portal opens and swallows the ship</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">Talon challenges a crewmember to a sparring match</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">Fargo drops the group off in the harbor of a city called Rioc Alair</span></li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><strong><span style="color: white">The Crystal Mug inn</span></strong><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">The group meets Firebyrne an apprentice blacksmith to a dwarf named Hankel Mast who has been missing for some time</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">The group discovers that the bewitched cellar of their prior experience is the cellar of the Crystal Mug</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">The group is ambushed when they attempt to expose the thieves' ring</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">Mervin (Human Wizard) (evilbob) materializes in a barrel</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">The group reveals the thieves' den to authorities</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">Mervin discovers <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/5260863-post634.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc">a dagger of lightning power</span></a> <br /> </span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">Riardon finds <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/5218052-post508.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: yellow">several rituals</span></a></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">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.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">Jin opens up a cursed chest and is mortally wounded by flaming skulls</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">Jin's body is resurrected (<span style="color: white">using one of the rituals found by Riardon</span>), but is possessed by an ancestor of Jin's named Gensai <br /> </span></li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><strong><span style="color: white">The city of Rioc Alair</span></strong><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">The group meets a university professor named Amatalystan Shea Aramista who fills the group in on the history of Rioc Parvel</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">The group gears up at a black market shop in the cellar of a gear store</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">The group <span style="color: white">uses another ritual found by Riardon</span> to generate a portal that leads to a remote, wooded location <br /> </span></li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><strong><span style="color: white">Iguyo Di Wer Grovisv</span></strong><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">The group chooses to join sides with a green dragon to defeat a band of blue-dragonkin kobolds</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">The group learns of the existance of a blue dragon named <span style="color: white">Wer Vhisar</span> who Iguyo Di Wer Grovisv blames for driving her mother aunt from their lair, and charges the group with destroying Wer Vhisar <br /> </span></li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><strong><span style="color: white">The entrance to Wer Vhisar's lair</span></strong><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">The group navigates a pit trap </span><br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">and disables a glyph of warding powered by an electric crystal</span> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">that guards a library containing <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/5478151-post251.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: yellow">some curious items</span></a> <br /> </span></li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><strong><span style="color: white">The hall</span></strong><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">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.</span> <br /> </li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><strong><span style="color: white">The prison</span></strong><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">The group meets Tikchik (Thri-Kreen Ranger) (renau1g) and Sheng</span> (Human Mage) (Voda Vosa)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">The group discovers a dwarven prisoner and a kobold prisoner</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">The group decides to look for Rujah and Mervin</span> <br /> </li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><strong><span style="color: white">The hall part deaux</span></strong><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">The group learns the fate of Rujah and Mervin</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">The group realizes that Iguyo De Wer Grovisv has lied to them</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">They find a hiding kobold who grants them an audience with Wer Vhisar</span> <br /> </li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><strong><span style="color: white">Wer Vhisar's Lair</span></strong><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white"><span style="color: white">Wer Vhisar reveals to them his version of the feud story between himself and the three green dragons</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white"><span style="color: white">Wer Vhisar offers the group an opportunity to seat Hankel Mast Gimlord on his rightful throne in return for three tasks</span></span><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Transplant the diffusion of Wer Vhisar's father</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white"><span style="color: white">Turn over a large gem called the Moonstone</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white"><span style="color: white">Destroy Iguyo Di Wer Grovisv's mother and aunt</span> <br /> </span></li> </ul></li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="color: yellow"><span style="color: white">The </span><span style="color: white">Library Again</span></span><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: yellow"><span style="color: white">The </span><span style="color: white">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</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white"><span style="color: yellow"><span style="color: white">Hankel </span></span></span><span style="color: white">provides <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/5647156-post543.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0066cc">several documents</span></a>, in particular, a map shoing the location and nature of their first task.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: yellow"><span style="color: white">TikChik returns Hankel's knife</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: yellow"><span style="color: white">Sheng finds a source of arcane magic.</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: yellow"><span style="color: white">The party is given a boat and provisions</span> <br /> </span></li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><span style="color: white">Rioc Stang</span><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">The party is set upon by undead guardians of the lighthouse</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">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</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">The captain gives Gensai Arkus Gimlord's famed weapon, Stang, charging him with returning it to Arkus' heir</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">Gensai informs the others of the guardians' origins, and reveal Hankel Mast Gimlord to be the true heir of Rioc Parvel</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">Gensai gives Stang to Hankel</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">The adventurers proceed to relight the beacon, and in doing so are rewarded with magic items given by the captain's ghost.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">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.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">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.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">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.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: #ffff00">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.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: #ffff00">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.</span></li> </ul></li> </ol><p></span>[/sblock][sblock=Important things to remember] </p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white"><span style="color: white">Rituals in Riardon's Pack:</span><br /> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white"><s>Raise Dead</s> Used to raise Jin from the dead (got Gensai instead)</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white"><s>Knock</s> Used to open the chest that killed Jin</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white"><s>Linked Portal</s> Used to get to the green dragon encounter</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">Object Reading</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">Vistani Passkey</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">Precise Forgery</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">Decipher Script</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">Wizard Sight</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">Arcane Lock</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white"><span style="color: white">Diffusion Transplantation (illegible at the moment)</span> <br /> </span></li> </ul>[*]<span style="color: white">Those of you who found lightning weapons still have them.</span><br /> [*]<span style="color: white">Mervin still has the dagger (but he's still on the floor of Wer Vhisar's lair)</span> <br /> <br /> [*]<span style="color: white">Quick Plot summary</span><br /> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Setting: An interior island on the continent of Avenroc</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">Old blue dragon destroys a dwarven mine and dwarven king dies</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">Dwarven heir exiles himself and dies leaving a son who is clueless as to his heritage</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">Old blue dragon is killed by two sister green dragons, who now have a daughter (that's three green dragons on the loose).</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">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.</span> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white">Hankel (the clueless dwarven heir) is being held in the prisons below the blue dragon's lair</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white"><span style="color: white">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.</span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: white"><span style="color: white"><span style="color: white">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.</span></span></span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: yellow">Hankel has only recently discovered that he is heir to the throne of Rioc Parvel</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: #ffff00">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.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="color: #ffff00">The lighthouse was lit for a small time, but was destroyed irreparably.</span></li> </ul></span></li> </ul><p>[/sblock][/sblock]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="H.M.Gimlord, post: 5890207, member: 79440"] Gensai's words fall before Phoenix sends a ball of fire to remind the minotaur of his real foe, [FONT=Palatino Linotype][SIZE=4][COLOR=red][I]"Nay matie!"[/I][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] Rhagast replies, breathing evenly though flames lick at his face, [FONT=Palatino Linotype][SIZE=4][COLOR=red][I]"Nay, my foe be the one what stole me ring!"[/I][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] Ignoring the ronin's challenge, Rhagast marches determinedly toward Phoenix, swinging his axe at the disfigured tiefling, knocking her back. Gensai's wards, however, protect her from the worst of his blows. [sblock=Rhagast's Actions]Takes 16 fire damage from Flaming Sphere [B]Move:[/B] F22-G23 [B]Standard:[/B] Double Attack Target 1: Phoenix Attack 1: [URL="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3486808/"]1d20+19-2=33 vs. AC for 2d6+7-14(AoS)=1 damage[/URL] and Phoenix is pushed to H20 Target 2: Phoenix Attack 2: [URL="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3486808/"]1d20+19-2=23 vs. AC[/URL] Miss[/sblock][sblock=Status]Gensai: [COLOR=cyan][COLOR=#a0522d]B27 [/COLOR][COLOR=lime]81/94HP[/COLOR] [COLOR=#9932cc]10/12HS[/COLOR] [/COLOR][COLOR=#ffffff]AP 0[/COLOR], +4AC +3 to other defenses Riardon: [COLOR=sienna]H25[/COLOR] [COLOR=lime]62/75HP[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkorchid]8/9HS[/COLOR] AP 0 Sheng: [COLOR=sienna]C23(Roof)[/COLOR] [COLOR=lime]65/79HP[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkorchid]9/9HS[/COLOR] AP 1 Phoenix: [COLOR=sienna]H20[/COLOR] [COLOR=lime]32/57HP[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkorchid]7/8HS[/COLOR] AP 1, next attack does extra 1d6 fire damage Max: [COLOR=sienna]G15 [/COLOR][COLOR=lime]46/46 HP[/COLOR] [COLOR=darkorchid]6/7HS[/COLOR] AP 0 Flaming Sphere: [COLOR=sienna]F25[/COLOR] Stang: [COLOR=sienna]H23[/COLOR] Rhagast: [COLOR=sienna]F22-G23 [/COLOR][COLOR=lime]468/624[/COLOR] AP 0, Marked by Gensai's AoS[/sblock][sblock=Map][IMG]http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss151/HMGimlord/RhagastsReturnRound4-2.png[/IMG][/sblock][sblock=Stang's Stats][IMG]http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss151/HMGimlord/StangShortBlock.png[/IMG][/sblock][sblock=Rhagast's Stats][IMG]http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss151/HMGimlord/Rhagast-1.png[/IMG][/sblock][sblock=The grand History of Land Ho!...Unabridged] [sblock=Story Outline] [COLOR=white]If you want to do this quickly, just click on the links below and read ALL spoilers. [COLOR=yellow]New stuff is in yellow[/COLOR].[/COLOR] [COLOR=white][B][COLOR=white]Original Party enters a bewitched cellar door that[/COLOR][/B] [LIST] [*][COLOR=white]Talon (Shifter Druid/Ranger)[/COLOR] (Phoenix8008) [*][COLOR=white]Rujah (Dragonborn Warden)[/COLOR] (Theroc) [*][COLOR=white]Riardon[/COLOR] (Eladrin Warlord) (Walking Dad) [*][COLOR=white]Jin (Human Swordmage)[/COLOR] (Tenchuu) [*][COLOR=white]Fenwick (Orc Barbarian) (BenBrown)[/COLOR] [/LIST][LIST=1] [*][B][COLOR=white]Bewitched cellar where party finds a secret entrance to a thieves' den[/COLOR][/B] [LIST] [*][COLOR=white]The group finds [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/5032506-post466.html"][COLOR=yellow]weapons with lightning powers[/COLOR] [/URL][/COLOR] [*][COLOR=white]The group finds [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/5033207-post470.html"][COLOR=yellow]a box engraved with dwarven and draconic script[/COLOR][/URL][/COLOR] [*][COLOR=white]The box contains [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/5038594-post501.html"][COLOR=yellow]documents in dwarven script[/COLOR][/URL][/COLOR] [/LIST] [*][B][COLOR=white]Back at The Hanged Man[/COLOR][/B] [LIST] [*][COLOR=white][URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/5041171-post914.html"][COLOR=yellow]Talon deciphers the dwarven docuements[/COLOR][/URL] and discovers that a man named [COLOR=white]Hankel Mast Gimlord[/COLOR] is heir to the throne of Rioc Parvel, a dwarven mine and stronghold. [/COLOR] [*][COLOR=white]He is overheard by a sailor dwarf named Fargo who recalls the legends of Rioc Parvel and offers you sea passage to Avenroc[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=white]The lightning weapons found by the group have a dwarven inscription that reads "When it's my turn, I'll show you my power."[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=white]Unscrewing the pommels of their weapons they discover a small blue crystal in each that appears to encapsulate a small storm.[/COLOR] [/LIST] [*][B][COLOR=white]The ocean voyage[/COLOR][/B] [LIST] [*][COLOR=white]Fargo's ship is attacked by a flotilla of drowned ones[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=white]A storm portal opens and swallows the ship[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=white]Talon challenges a crewmember to a sparring match[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=white]Fargo drops the group off in the harbor of a city called Rioc Alair[/COLOR] [/LIST] [*][B][COLOR=white]The Crystal Mug inn[/COLOR][/B] [LIST] [*][COLOR=white]The group meets Firebyrne an apprentice blacksmith to a dwarf named Hankel Mast who has been missing for some time[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=white]The group discovers that the bewitched cellar of their prior experience is the cellar of the Crystal Mug[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=white]The group is ambushed when they attempt to expose the thieves' ring[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=white]Mervin (Human Wizard) (evilbob) materializes in a barrel[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=white]The group reveals the thieves' den to authorities[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=white]Mervin discovers [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/5260863-post634.html"][COLOR=#0066cc]a dagger of lightning power[/COLOR][/URL] [/COLOR] [*][COLOR=white]Riardon finds [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/5218052-post508.html"][COLOR=yellow]several rituals[/COLOR][/URL][/COLOR] [*]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. [*][COLOR=white]Jin opens up a cursed chest and is mortally wounded by flaming skulls[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=white]Jin's body is resurrected ([COLOR=white]using one of the rituals found by Riardon[/COLOR]), but is possessed by an ancestor of Jin's named Gensai [/COLOR] [/LIST] [*][B][COLOR=white]The city of Rioc Alair[/COLOR][/B] [LIST] [*][COLOR=white]The group meets a university professor named Amatalystan Shea Aramista who fills the group in on the history of Rioc Parvel[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=white]The group gears up at a black market shop in the cellar of a gear store[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=white]The group [COLOR=white]uses another ritual found by Riardon[/COLOR] to generate a portal that leads to a remote, wooded location [/COLOR] [/LIST] [*][B][COLOR=white]Iguyo Di Wer Grovisv[/COLOR][/B] [LIST] [*][COLOR=white]The group chooses to join sides with a green dragon to defeat a band of blue-dragonkin kobolds[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=white]The group learns of the existance of a blue dragon named [COLOR=white]Wer Vhisar[/COLOR] who Iguyo Di Wer Grovisv blames for driving her mother aunt from their lair, and charges the group with destroying Wer Vhisar [/COLOR] [/LIST] [*][B][COLOR=white]The entrance to Wer Vhisar's lair[/COLOR][/B] [LIST] [*][COLOR=white]The group navigates a pit trap [/COLOR] [*][COLOR=white]and disables a glyph of warding powered by an electric crystal[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=white]that guards a library containing [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/5478151-post251.html"][COLOR=yellow]some curious items[/COLOR][/URL] [/COLOR] [/LIST] [*][B][COLOR=white]The hall[/COLOR][/B] [LIST] [*][COLOR=white]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.[/COLOR] [/LIST] [*][B][COLOR=white]The prison[/COLOR][/B] [LIST] [*][COLOR=white]The group meets Tikchik (Thri-Kreen Ranger) (renau1g) and Sheng[/COLOR] (Human Mage) (Voda Vosa) [*][COLOR=white]The group discovers a dwarven prisoner and a kobold prisoner[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=white]The group decides to look for Rujah and Mervin[/COLOR] [/LIST] [*][B][COLOR=white]The hall part deaux[/COLOR][/B] [LIST] [*][COLOR=white]The group learns the fate of Rujah and Mervin[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=white]The group realizes that Iguyo De Wer Grovisv has lied to them[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=white]They find a hiding kobold who grants them an audience with Wer Vhisar[/COLOR] [/LIST] [*][B][COLOR=white]Wer Vhisar's Lair[/COLOR][/B] [LIST] [*][COLOR=white][COLOR=white]Wer Vhisar reveals to them his version of the feud story between himself and the three green dragons[/COLOR][/COLOR] [*][COLOR=white][COLOR=white]Wer Vhisar offers the group an opportunity to seat Hankel Mast Gimlord on his rightful throne in return for three tasks[/COLOR][/COLOR] [LIST] [*]Transplant the diffusion of Wer Vhisar's father [*][COLOR=white][COLOR=white]Turn over a large gem called the Moonstone[/COLOR][/COLOR] [*][COLOR=white][COLOR=white]Destroy Iguyo Di Wer Grovisv's mother and aunt[/COLOR] [/COLOR] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][COLOR=yellow][COLOR=white]The [/COLOR][COLOR=white]Library Again[/COLOR][/COLOR] [LIST] [*][COLOR=yellow][COLOR=white]The [/COLOR][COLOR=white]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[/COLOR][/COLOR] [*][COLOR=white][COLOR=yellow][COLOR=white]Hankel [/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][COLOR=white]provides [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/5647156-post543.html"][COLOR=#0066cc]several documents[/COLOR][/URL], in particular, a map shoing the location and nature of their first task.[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=yellow][COLOR=white]TikChik returns Hankel's knife[/COLOR][/COLOR] [*][COLOR=yellow][COLOR=white]Sheng finds a source of arcane magic.[/COLOR][/COLOR] [*][COLOR=yellow][COLOR=white]The party is given a boat and provisions[/COLOR] [/COLOR] [/LIST] [*][COLOR=white]Rioc Stang[/COLOR] [LIST] [*][COLOR=white]The party is set upon by undead guardians of the lighthouse[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=white]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[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=white]The captain gives Gensai Arkus Gimlord's famed weapon, Stang, charging him with returning it to Arkus' heir[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=white]Gensai informs the others of the guardians' origins, and reveal Hankel Mast Gimlord to be the true heir of Rioc Parvel[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=white]Gensai gives Stang to Hankel[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=white]The adventurers proceed to relight the beacon, and in doing so are rewarded with magic items given by the captain's ghost.[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=white]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.[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=white]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.[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=white]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.[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=#ffff00]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.[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=#ffff00]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.[/COLOR] [/LIST] [/LIST][/COLOR][/sblock][sblock=Important things to remember] [LIST] [*][COLOR=white][COLOR=white]Rituals in Riardon's Pack:[/COLOR] [LIST] [*][COLOR=white][s]Raise Dead[/s] Used to raise Jin from the dead (got Gensai instead)[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=white][s]Knock[/s] Used to open the chest that killed Jin[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=white][s]Linked Portal[/s] Used to get to the green dragon encounter[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=white]Object Reading[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=white]Vistani Passkey[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=white]Precise Forgery[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=white]Decipher Script[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=white]Wizard Sight[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=white]Arcane Lock[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=white][COLOR=white]Diffusion Transplantation (illegible at the moment)[/COLOR] [/COLOR] [/LIST] [*][COLOR=white]Those of you who found lightning weapons still have them.[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=white]Mervin still has the dagger (but he's still on the floor of Wer Vhisar's lair)[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=white]Quick Plot summary[/COLOR] [LIST] [*]Setting: An interior island on the continent of Avenroc [*][COLOR=white]Old blue dragon destroys a dwarven mine and dwarven king dies[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=white]Dwarven heir exiles himself and dies leaving a son who is clueless as to his heritage[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=white]Old blue dragon is killed by two sister green dragons, who now have a daughter (that's three green dragons on the loose).[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=white]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.[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=white]Hankel (the clueless dwarven heir) is being held in the prisons below the blue dragon's lair[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=white][COLOR=white]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.[/COLOR][/COLOR] [*][COLOR=white][COLOR=white][COLOR=white]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.[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] [*][COLOR=yellow]Hankel has only recently discovered that he is heir to the throne of Rioc Parvel[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=#ffff00]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.[/COLOR] [*][COLOR=#ffff00]The lighthouse was lit for a small time, but was destroyed irreparably.[/COLOR] [/LIST][/COLOR] [/LIST][/sblock][/sblock] [/QUOTE]
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