Against the Storm: Luskan (Summoning shaff)

[DM_Matt]

You set yourselves up in the dark building, with Ubaar backing up Rannos, who waits patiently for the informant, while Ravin sits invisible upstairs.

After a while, an elf walks in, dressed in a way that reminds you of Thydin and Irodr, but different enough that you can tell that he is not one of theirs. Perhaps another elven settlement.

"Slaan? You there? I have the information that you seek. Lets get this over with, I want my Dojano already." (You all recognize this to be a generally illegal and highly addictive drug)."

 

[shaff]

OOC: sorry for not posting, im back now. I must have missed something unless we are just supposed to grab him and run him out... is that the plan? And what exactly am I supposed to be getting in return for the "information"?

IC: Rannos tries his best to comfort maggie as she tells her tail, obviosly showing compassion to her. Bollan licks her hand as she talks as well.

As they enter the building Rannos tells Ubaar to keep his eyes open and make sure no one comes from upstairs.

When he enters the building, Rannos responds, "Yes, I got your information, I'm over here." Rannos waves him over and tells him to sit down.

 

[DM_Matt]

OOC: sorry for not posting, im back now. I must have missed something unless we are just supposed to grab him and run him out... is that the plan? And what exactly am I supposed to be getting in return for the "information"?

IC: Rannos tries his best to comfort maggie as she tells her tail, obviosly showing compassion to her. Bollan licks her hand as she talks as well.

As they enter the building Rannos tells Ubaar to keep his eyes open and make sure no one comes from upstairs.

When he enters the building, Rannos responds, "Yes, I got your information, I'm over here." Rannos waves him over and tells him to sit down.

(Earlier) Maggie leans forward and kisses Rannos on the cheek. "Good luck, don't get yourself killed!"

The elf walks over to Rannos and Ubaar.

 

[reapersaurus]

Ubaar whispers so only Rannos can hear:
"He's got the info - you have the drugs."

Ubaar makes sure to keep his slithery, Large form well back from the table, so as not to alarm the informant.
He'll be watchful for movement, with basically a readied action to perform a hasted Flying Sandal-Kick for subdual damage if he tries to run away.

 

[DM_Matt]

Ubaar whispers so only Rannos can hear:
"He's got the info - you have the drugs."

Ubaar makes sure to keep his slithery, Large form well back from the table, so as not to alarm the informant.
He'll be watchful for movement, with basically a readied action to perform a hasted Flying Sandal-Kick for subdual damage if he tries to run away.

The elf sits down at the dark table, and says "I found out how the invasion will go down! Apparently, they plan to destroy the temples of Gond and Umberlee and the covered shipyard between them, destroying some sort of improved fleet that is being produced for Storm. In destroying the temple of Umberlee , they will destroy the Storm Orb in the southeast tower that controls the weather around Luskan. Then, aided by more saboteurs already in the city, they wil launch the attack from air and sea the moment that the temples falls."

Now give me the drugs...Next time, I'll have the locations of some of the groups of saboteurs."

 

[reapersaurus]

Ubaar looks to Rannos, hoping he'll take the lead.
To avoid an extended pause, he'll scoff and say,

"Hmmmff.
How you'sss get to know thatsss?
We'ss not hear of thissss."

 

[DM_Matt]

Ubaar looks to Rannos, hoping he'll take the lead.
To avoid an extended pause, he'll scoff and say,

"Hmmmff.
How you'sss get to know thatsss?
We'ss not hear of thissss."

"You already know the answer to.....WAIT A MINUTE!." He rapidly stands, backs up, and draws two swords as he backs rapidly away from the table (withdraw action).

Ubaar jumps up faster and leaps at the elf, his lizard foot smashing into the elf and throwing him about fifteen feet into the wall (70 subd dmg). He falls down and doesn't move.

 

[reapersaurus]

Ubaar shrugs at Rannos,
"I guess playing your new dumb bodyguard didn't help.
Sorry I had to stomp him. Maybe you could have gotten him to talk more, but Ubaar more comfortable stomping anyway."

Ubaar moves over and picks up the 'elf', ready to clobber him if he's playing possom.
If he determines his unconscious state is true, he'll hoist him over his shoulder and suggest to Rannos (and the invisible Ravin) that they high-tail it out of there and back to the safehouse, carefully.

 

[DM_Matt]

Ubaar shrugs at Rannos,
"I guess playing your new dumb bodyguard didn't help.
Sorry I had to stomp him. Maybe you could have gotten him to talk more, but Ubaar more comfortable stomping anyway."

Ubaar moves over and picks up the 'elf', ready to clobber him if he's playing possom.
If he determines his unconscious state is true, he'll hoist him over his shoulder and suggest to Rannos (and the invisible Ravin) that they high-tail it out of there and back to the safehouse, carefully.

Ubaar carries the unconscious elf (Ubaar is pretty sure that he's a real elf) back to the safehouse, along with Rannos and Ravin.

They find books and papers scattered about, apparently from the large cache that Kelnar took from the criminal base/temple of Shar. Thydin is poring over stacks of documents spread out on the table. Maggie is sitting up in bed, her legs bent and her feet flat on the matress, with a book balanced on her thighs, a pencil in her mouth as she turns a page, and reading glasses resting askew accross her face to avoid touching the lump on the side of her head. She turns her attention to Rannos and the others entering.

"My arm hurts too much to sleep, so I helped figure out what these documents were for. Much of it is too technical from a spellcraft perspective for Thydin to understand. Wheever there people were, they were experimenting with creating new breeds of vampire, and making some rather unprecedented breakthroughs. Apparently, vampires are a merger between an aspect of a powerful demon and a dying humanoid spirit. (Her face brightens, her voice gets higher and she talks faster, obviously very exited about her findings.) They found out exactly what demon that is and how to summon it, and they have discovered how to simulate the process by which vampires create more of their own kind. Then they began altering the demon or crossbreeding it with other demons in ways that allowed the ritual to still work. They have produced several specialized breeds in this manner, as well as adding certain special powers relating to Shadow to all breeds that they produce. They have specialized breeds to Mind Control, Information Gathering, Hand-to-Hand Combat, Daywalkers...this is the best monster research I've ever seen."

 

[dead_radish]

Elone groans, having drifted in and out of consciousness during the time Ubaar was gone.

"So you're saying they are making ultra-powerful, elite soldiers for Storm's army? Undead, but not undead? Solonor's balls, woman!"

Elone looks visibly shaken at this news. "We were having a hard enough time holding them off as it is. With these...abominations...." She shakes her head. "That bastard vampire we fought - remember that beast, Ubaar? - that must have been one of them."

She lays back. "Tomorrow, you will heal me up, and this will stop. We will stop it."

OOC: Man, if only I could turn evil outsiders....