Adventures in Cormyr - The Doorway from Everywhere.

[Amazing Triangle]

Jack begins searching the room for tracks or other movement marks. "Why does it have to be in dung and not in dirt?" Jack starts sweeping down the line moving in reverse number order. He is also looking for traps just incase.

"So if we find the right way to go are we actually going to go there or are we going to go somewhere else? I mean are we going to take the orc army on or are we going to sit here and wait for them to come so we can pick em off one by one."

OOC: Search +11, Spot +11, Listen +11, Disable Device +11: For tracks or traps left by the orcs.

 

[Lord_Raven88]

Searching the room it is easy to notice the many mud-splattered tracks criss-crossing the room, after careful examination Leonara (the only person with both the track feat & survival skill) can tell that portals 1 to 7 have been accessed with portals 1, 4, 5 & 6 being the most heavily used.

Also during the groups investigation you found recently signs of battle (within the last 15 minutes) although no bodies were to be found, it is also clear that an effort has been made to largely clear this room of debris, although small piles still remain.

OOC: Jack and Chik found no traps, Nira racked her brain but failed to remember anything relevant about the room or the smell, however once Vardrin gets a good whiff of the smell he instantly recognises it as Griffon.

 

[stonegod]

"Griffon's? What in the Nine Hell's would Griffon's be going here? Anyone have any idea at all where we are? Night would make it easier, but still." Vardrin then turns to the portals. "For the matter at hand, is appears portals 2 and 7 are the least used of the ones currently in use. Shall we explore one of them first, or go for the heart in 4, 5, or 6? I prefer to take the attack, of course."

 

[Rhun]

Thodan

"Tempus favors the bold. Four, five or six sound like good places to start."

 

[Bloodweaver1]

Nira Cydatell

A Griffon... She thinks to herself as she begins to look around. "A Griffion..." She whispers to herself as her feet begin to follow her eyes. "Griffons have wings.... If it has wings, then it must fly." She comments to herself. Her mind making mental connections through vaste library of useless knowledge. "And most flying creatures have a nest or worse..." Her voice grows from a whisper to a volume loud enough for everyone to hear. "A layer." Her eyes drift from the group to the sky. "And we are in it." Her words trail off her lips.

"We do not want to be here went it returns"

 

[Amazing Triangle]

"Jack favors the living...the only reason I am for agreeing is I don't want to appear suddenly in a hot volcanoe. Not my idea of a good time. So Thodan and Vardrin I shall choose out of your three choices: How 'bout 4? No 5, just kidding guys. Let's really go with 4." Jack finishes with a big grin on his face knowing that he really doesn't care which one they choose but they have to start some where, they have to start some time.

 

[Thanee]

Leonara

“Alright, let's see where these creatures are hiding,” Leonara says with a somewhat grim determination, her bow held firm in her slender hands. Stalker at her side pricking his ears in anticipation.

 

[Rhun]

Thodan

"Portal Number Four it is, then." With a wink at Jack, Thodan continues. "Let's hope your pick is a lucky one." Moving to the portal, the cleric prepares to activate the gate. "Are we all ready?"

 

[stonegod]

Vardrin nods, taking a step back. Wouldn't want the mage in the front.

 

[Lord_Raven88]

After a brief discussion the group decides to activate portal number 4, getting into position Chik advances on the portal and utters the command phrase which causes the back of the portal to begin to glow with a purplish light, after a few seconds the back of the portal disappears as the two portals are linked together.

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You look out into a thick, primeval forest. The air is warm and smells of earth, bark, decaying plants and other woodland odours. The ground slopes down away from you, as if you were looking down a large hill.

A veritable army of orcs, all staring at you among the trees from their side of the portal, confronts you. One of the orcs roars a one-word command, and a dozen orcs rush towards you, weapons raised and screaming war cries. They appear to have been expecting you.

Initiative
Vardrin 19
Glandred 16
Cressyl 16
Thodan 14
Jack 12
Tharlock 10
Chik 9
Nira 7
Leonara & Stalker 5
Orcs 1

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There are approx 200 orcs on the other side of the portal they all bear the crossed lightning bolt symbol of Thunderpeak orcs.

Portal Operation
After the command phrase is spoken it takes one round for the portal to connect to it's counterpart, during this time the back of the portal glows purple (as does it's counterpart). Once the connection has been made the two portals are connected and it appears that the back of the portal has disappeared, the distance between the portals is reduced to zero, so travel from one portal to the other is instantaneous. (The space between the two portals has been warped or folded until they are joined)

When the command phrase to close the portal is spoken the portal immediately (as of that initiative count) becomes unstable, and for one round (up to the same initiative count) anything which tries to travel thru it, has a percentage chance of making it thru or failing.

If the command phrase is spoken to activate the portal, while the portal is unstable, the portal continues to remain unstable but after one round (as of the new initiative count) the portal will re-establish a wormhole connection.
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