Against the Storm: Luskan (Summoning shaff)

[shaff]

Upon the new party members entering the safe house Rannos questions, "Who are the newcomers? Are they friend or foe? I suppose friend, but one can never be too sure these days."

OOC: Keep in mind that Rannos only knows Ravin and Mich.

IC: When Maggie starts crying Rannos hastily puts his swords up even without an answer and runs to comfort her, "don't cry my lady. It is alright, Iwill protect you. As long as I am here, no harm will come to you."

 

[dead_radish]

Elone nods. "Those who keep company with demons are unlikely to be blessed in the sight of Solonor, I would think."

Her eyes are still fairly unfocused as she looks around the room. "Where are we? Who are they? Have I met you all before?" She spies Irodr again, and seems to do a double take. "You... I still don't understand why you are here. Am I really out of the prison, or is this just another attempt to find out what I know?" She shakes her head, and lies back in confusion.

 

[reapersaurus]

ok, here are my responses.

They were not very powerful compared to the guards and Boggin.

Calain's story ...

Reread these passages and they will make more sense now...

OOC: Wow - that's some really ing cool shhhhhh.....stuff. See, it's stuff like that that I just don't think RPG's are very well suited to express. The chances of that kind of background actually coming up and being appreciated in play seems to me to be very small. I think it's neat that you went to that much trouble on Calain's backstory, and trying to involve it into your campaign. I see that you've involved some of the other PC's backgrounds really well, too. That's good storytelling if you can make it work. I appreciate you're addressing my concerns, and am impressed with your responses. I think we all can improve our PbP'ing skills, including myself, so observations and feedback are required to accomplish that. For myself, I tried in the last battle to be more cinematic (I think I'm finally catching on to your combat style, Matt). It worked to a point, but was derailed by the fake "Elone's" super-powerful round. (Was the fake Elone called 'Boggin'?) My main critique on that battle was how Boggin started weak-looking, then was so good 'she' basically killed Ubaar in one round, then see-sawed back to being weak (missing a helpless foe). It frustrates and confuses me as a player to have so little understanding of the encounters. Would you rather discussion like this go on in OOC thread? YOur call.... I don't remember who Irodr is (edit: he's one of the Rangers, isn't he?). I barely remember who Irusyl is. It is very difficult when the adventure has gone over so long of time, and all the posts are spread out over multiple hard-to-find threads.... Matt, can you think of a way to summarize the plot-thus-far, and post it someplace that's easy to refer back to? And posting the NPC's in Rogue's Gallery would help me tremendously, to keep track of all the people. Not just who they are, but how our PC's have encountered them. I'm assuming Ubaar has only met Elone, Thydin (and Rangers) and the mage (Ravin). Oh, and Melkolithi (is she still here, and playing?) Has Ubaar met Jonathon and Rana? Were they involved in any of those debriefings we had before, during, and after the boatride? Who's Rannos?

 

[Thanee]

OOC:

OOC: Matt, can you think of a way to summarize the plot-thus-far, and post it someplace that's easy to refer back to?

That would be pretty cool!

Oh, and reaper... such discussion DOES belong to the OOC-thread (was that a serious question!?)!

Bye
Thanee

 

[reapersaurus]

Ubaar gives Elone over to Irodr somewhat happily. He says to Irodr (and Elone, if she's awake),
"She should probably rest today, but I'm not too good at Healing - only what power Uthgar gives me over the body and spirit.
If she can't Heal herself tomorrow, I can ask Uthgar for the ability to Heal her spirit.
Let me know if she needs me to ask Uthgar tomorrow. I talk to him in the morning."

Ubaar answers Elone's confused initial questions,
"We at a safe house, El-Oh-Nay.
Thydin brought me here after the battle against the vampires, and then we came to get you.
I don't know everyone here - only a couple people...
Thydin? Ravin? Will you vouch for these others?
If so, that's OK with Ubaar, cause in a war, sometimes you end up fighting with some strange teammates."

OOC: Matt - how long ago did Storm's forces start the War against Faerun? Oh, and reaper... such discussion DOES belong to the OOC-thread (was that a serious question!?)! Actually, yes, I have been unsure about where to put OOC comments like this. I got the impression awhile ago that Matt didn't like them in the OOC... I know they don't belong in the thread, but Matt puts lots of OOC here. I don't know how he feels about these in email, or if he'd rather be for everyone to se and help understand... I just don't know. But I'm OK with it, since I'm still here, after all this time.

 

[dead_radish]

Elone blinks in confusion. 'Iln...Irodr is a ranger, yes. He and I have a ... a ... a past. I would trust him, I think. The others, I can't remember. But I don't ... so much is fuzzy right now. The gas has affected my head - all mixed up."

 

[shaff]

OOC: Rannos is played by me, and is a ranger who fights with a 2-bladed sword. He has somewhat of an infatuation with Maggie right now.

IC: Rannos continues to hold Maggie in his arm, petting her hair and trying to comfort her. All of a sudden a bear walks in, one that looks familiar to Mich and Ravin. The bear walks over to Rannos and plops down beside him. Rannos begins to pet the bear and the bear falls asleep with a few words from Rannos.

 

[DM_Matt]

(OO-DM) There are reletively tall orders. I will try to get these things done as soon as I can. (OO-DM)

Ubaar: Storm broke through the Krosan pass (Not canon) that divides the North from the icey wastes beyond about 18 months ago. Irodr is the other ranger along with Thydin that works with you guys. Tanstaafl, who plays Mich, reappeared last week and disappeared again. Rana came with GE's char to meet the rest of you. Jonathan and Rana were at the initial briefings. You probably remember Wethrin from the beginning -- Jonathan is her fiancee.

Irodr tucks Elone into bed, then neals down and strokes her. "I'm real All of us are. It just so happens that I was assigned this mission. Perhaps the gods willed it. Just rest for now. You'll feel a lot better after you get some sleep. You're safe with us."

Maggie calms down and rests in Rannos's arms, eventually falling asleep.

Jonathan starts talking " As I am the only one who knows everyone in the room and is coherant, I suppose I ought to help sort this out.

"I work for an information broker named Irusyl Eraneth, a drow witch operating from a base in Skullport, an underdark city below Waterdeep. So do Rana, Jaina, and Fin. It became known that the local temples of Gond and Umberlee were cooperating in the creation of a slew of new weapons for Storm's army, including an entirely revamped fleet. This fleet would pose a serious and direct threat to the power of the elven island nation of Evermeet, whose fleet dominates the region. Their own assets spread thin, we were contracted to take care of the problem on behalf of that government. To that end, Elone, Ubaar, Rannos, Mecholithi, and Ravin were hired by us. Only now are we revealing your ultimate employer, you having now proven your trustworthyness. While in Luskan, we are generously being hosted by Thydin and Irodyr, who along with other Rangers of Evereska have infiltrated the city for their own purposes. Meanwhile, Irusyl's base was attacked by a group whose relation to the church of Gond is unknown, and Jaina, her apprentice, was captured and taken eventually to the Gondite Temple here in Luskan. Obviously, we just recovered her, along with Rana and Elone who were taken by agents of the church of Gond after being badly hurt in a battle with that same group of kidnappers."

 

[reapersaurus]

"Ahhh.. Ubaar putting it together now.
So they went after Jaina 'cause she can hold the power of Fire inside her?

Jonathon - you and Rana prolly know most about what going on with enemy overall, but Thydin - you guys know about Storm people's actions here in town, right?

So do we know where the plans for these ma-chines might be hidden?
And after we rest up some, who all is gonna go after that big Storm guy that is supposed to be meeting someone at midnight tonight, like tha letter say?"

 

[DM_Matt]

"Ahhh.. Ubaar putting it together now.
So they went after Jaina 'cause she can hold the power of Fire inside her?

Jonathon - you and Rana prolly know most about what going on with enemy overall, but Thydin - you guys know about Storm people's actions here in town, right?

So do we know where the plans for these ma-chines might be hidden?
And after we rest up some, who all is gonna go after that big Storm guy that is supposed to be meeting someone at midnight tonight, like tha letter say?"

Thydin says: "We deal primarily in military matters. Troop positioning, infrastructure, stuff like that.But regarding the location of such technology, our best guess is the temples of Gond and Umberlee, and the covered building in between that very wall may be a drydock, considering the access to the sea directly from the building."

Jonathan continues. "The man you took that letter from was to meet someone, probably a traitor of some sort from a group opposing Storm, in an empty building on the other side of town. All there is to do is to nab him when he gets there."