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Age of Heroes - LR's Gestalt Game.
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Lord_Raven88
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Marteen the Wise happily expounds upon the scant history of the Deadgates finishing his lengthy dissertation "It's strange that the Deadgate has reappeared, when the last Deadgate was destroyed the worlds most powerful Archmages and Hierophants joined together to cast a powerful spell to remove all mortal knowledge on the construction of this device, so if your visions are true, then the knowledge of how to construct this device has once again resurfaced, no doubt aided by some fell extraplanar force"
"You must do all that you can to not only destroy this device, but just as importantly you must ensure that the knowledge of how to construct the Deadgate is once again removed from hands of mortals"
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The Oghmite High Priest considers your words gravely "I must confer with my god to determine if what you say is true" walking over to the main altar the Priest lights some incense then kneels down to begin his spellcasting and prayer, after a few moments of silent consultation the High Priest regains his feet and walks over to where you've been sitting, with an even more grave expression upon his face.
"I will lend you what aid I can, we have a limited supply of potions and scrolls, but I will allow you to have access to what we can spare, also if anyone of your number does fall, rest assured that they will be restored to life, if that is what they wish, additionally if there and any divinations that you need cast let me know, I and my brethren will prepare ourselves, so that we can be of service to you tomorrow, return to me tomorrow, until then I must go and speak to the other heads of the Temples"
"You must do all that you can to not only destroy this device, but just as importantly you must ensure that the knowledge of how to construct the Deadgate is once again removed from hands of mortals"
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The Oghmite High Priest considers your words gravely "I must confer with my god to determine if what you say is true" walking over to the main altar the Priest lights some incense then kneels down to begin his spellcasting and prayer, after a few moments of silent consultation the High Priest regains his feet and walks over to where you've been sitting, with an even more grave expression upon his face.
"I will lend you what aid I can, we have a limited supply of potions and scrolls, but I will allow you to have access to what we can spare, also if anyone of your number does fall, rest assured that they will be restored to life, if that is what they wish, additionally if there and any divinations that you need cast let me know, I and my brethren will prepare ourselves, so that we can be of service to you tomorrow, return to me tomorrow, until then I must go and speak to the other heads of the Temples"
Lord_Raven88
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After completing your research everyone meets back at the Plaza of the Gods at sundown to discuss what you've learnt about your disturbing visions.
Ilshana is eager to share what she's learned.`
She waves everyone over and says, "We found some things out! We told a priest of Oghma about the visions, and he said the pit? That's under the big statue?" She draws a circle in the air with a finger. "The pit is actually a gateway to the Abyss! And the creature that came out of it he said was Orcus...the Demon Lord of the Undead!"
Ilshana surveys the others and says slyly, "I was thinking maybe it took the souls and fed them to Orcus through the gate. Maybe, as a bonus, he can even make the soulless bodies into zombies or something."
"So did you guys find anything?"
She waves everyone over and says, "We found some things out! We told a priest of Oghma about the visions, and he said the pit? That's under the big statue?" She draws a circle in the air with a finger. "The pit is actually a gateway to the Abyss! And the creature that came out of it he said was Orcus...the Demon Lord of the Undead!"
Ilshana surveys the others and says slyly, "I was thinking maybe it took the souls and fed them to Orcus through the gate. Maybe, as a bonus, he can even make the soulless bodies into zombies or something."
"So did you guys find anything?"
The large man nods gravely at Ilshana's news, "Yes, I consulted a sage who knew of the structure that drew the souls. It appears to be the same design as something called a Deadgate which was lasy seen thousands of years ago."
"It was destroyed then by a power conclave of spell casters. All knowledge of it's construction was wiped from mortal knowledge. But if Orcus is responsible for it's contruction, then perhaps that would explain that."
"The purpose of the Deadgate is to draw power from the passing of souls and to feed them to the creator for various purposes, such as creation of magic items. I am guessing Orcus is using it to cause a chain reaction of more deaths to feed it more, to cause more deaths and so forth."
"It was destroyed then by a power conclave of spell casters. All knowledge of it's construction was wiped from mortal knowledge. But if Orcus is responsible for it's contruction, then perhaps that would explain that."
"The purpose of the Deadgate is to draw power from the passing of souls and to feed them to the creator for various purposes, such as creation of magic items. I am guessing Orcus is using it to cause a chain reaction of more deaths to feed it more, to cause more deaths and so forth."
"I'm not so sure," Ilshana muses. A change sweeps over her. Gone is the restlessness, the overenthusiasm. In its place is a sort of deadly serious calm and stillness that conveys an impression of a tightly coiled spring. Vast energy but under control; ready to be unleashed at a moment's notice.
"Demons delight in torment yes, but a demon lord of Orcus' stature wouldn't be interested in causing death just for death's sake. Making a move as bold as this will attract attention...HAS attracted attention. He'll have a reason. A big one. The question is, what can an archdemon DO with all that magic power? I'm sure it's not just to add another magic trinket to his collection."
She shakes her head. "We need to know more about this Deadgate. And unfortunately, since all mortal knowledge was destroyed, that might be hard."
"Demons delight in torment yes, but a demon lord of Orcus' stature wouldn't be interested in causing death just for death's sake. Making a move as bold as this will attract attention...HAS attracted attention. He'll have a reason. A big one. The question is, what can an archdemon DO with all that magic power? I'm sure it's not just to add another magic trinket to his collection."
She shakes her head. "We need to know more about this Deadgate. And unfortunately, since all mortal knowledge was destroyed, that might be hard."
Scotley
Hero
Silvanyck
Silvanyck listens to the others share their news before adding his own. "My own findings support what you have said. I got some directions to Jarl Gnorgraks tribe in the Crystamists. The journey is rather long and difficult. I also heard about a group of four dwarves near Solon not far from the tribe, one a wizard as well as a warrior. They are discribed as bandits, but in fact seem only interested in heads. The bards confirmed that we are dreaming of a Deadgate, the likes of which have not been seen in more than 5000 years. There does not appear to be a signifcant effort underway to stop the troubles near Solon. I seems the government in the area if overwhealmed with other problems." He pauses to collect his thoughts. "I think we must act at the behest of our respective gods to undo the horror inflicted by this evil demon of the dead. I say we travel to Solon and confront the evil directly, slaying all who were involved in this fell project so that the dark knowledge is once more removed from the world."
Silvanyck listens to the others share their news before adding his own. "My own findings support what you have said. I got some directions to Jarl Gnorgraks tribe in the Crystamists. The journey is rather long and difficult. I also heard about a group of four dwarves near Solon not far from the tribe, one a wizard as well as a warrior. They are discribed as bandits, but in fact seem only interested in heads. The bards confirmed that we are dreaming of a Deadgate, the likes of which have not been seen in more than 5000 years. There does not appear to be a signifcant effort underway to stop the troubles near Solon. I seems the government in the area if overwhealmed with other problems." He pauses to collect his thoughts. "I think we must act at the behest of our respective gods to undo the horror inflicted by this evil demon of the dead. I say we travel to Solon and confront the evil directly, slaying all who were involved in this fell project so that the dark knowledge is once more removed from the world."
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