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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bowbe" data-source="post: 3757386" data-attributes="member: 6328">Battling the High Priest of SetSo the PCs take a breather, heal up, use potions do what they have to do, and charge back up the stairs, to the chamber where the statue of Set did them solid damage, and land smack face to face with the priests and black jackals of Set that they had already faced in the mid level. Flashes of explosive magic, summoned creatures and Death abound... Of course Glandril is still in the thick of things with the silver dagger, The other two fighters continue to grapple, and the psion depletes his psionic energy putting the dogs down once and for all. Elandrin goes about collecting their black ankhs of set, detecting evil on them to determine and so on. Since they are evil, and he is chaotic good, he intends to ritally destroy them in order to please his God. Ard makes fun of him for being such a girl (he isn't) but its a running joke. They head up the stairs, and Sam Qenton 2 manages to disable a death trap but misses the curse scribed on the ceiling. Woops on that. Everyone makes will saves vs. the Curse of Set and Ard and Rhy end up recieving the black mark, meaning if they die, they become mummy lords! Oh no! Sounds like a great plot hook to get the curse removed, as this is no ordinary curse!The party pushes into the chamber of Retep Inkusad, Viceroy of Set. Retep rises from his sarcophagi, upon his face is the mask of Ancev, a golden burial mask once worn by the great lich himself.More SPOILERS!>.>>>.>....>.>..........>Ok... a reviewer noticed some Homages we paid to various favorites of our youthful campaigns such as Fatavdra being a nod to Elclavdra. I like to jack with names a bit when I write, especially if I can pay some homage to a great character, or a person/developer/game creator who inspired my own writing.Ancev should be pretty obvious as to who or what he is based on right? Do a little scratching with Retep's name and you will catch another important personage in RPG/D&D history. >.>..>..>>Back to the Fight!So rather than simply blast the PCs with the might of Set, Retep makes an offer! Hey, you guys wacked our temple pretty good an Set won't be pleased. Listen, Set intends to betray the Sultan, and take over the Brazen Throne Himself. If you guys head back to the Plane of Molten Skies, you will find a plain of glass that two days from now will glow with Stars. It is the portal to the realm of Ycart the destroyer (another name you should take a look at). Once a great servent of Set, this being has devoured almost his entire plane in his mad hunger for power. Head there, retrieve the Crooked Rod of Ancev for me, and I will forgive your slight, petition for you on behalf of Set to remove those marks, and pay you a Million Gold pieces once I take possession of the City of Brass in Set's name!The PCs humm and haw it over, but Elandril is having none of it and sets forth a pre-emptive attack! Evil is evil and must be purged. OF course the evil members of the party are all "hmm, we're gonna have a problem with this elf chick!" No matter they join in the fray, and a short but intense battle erupts, resulting in Retep being destroyed by force of numbers. The psion bites the dust, having used up most of his psionic powers on the underlings. This suited the player fine, as his wife has decided he already games too many nights a week and he has to pick a game to give up and ours happens to be the one. Bummer dude, maybe next time!The PCs scour the place for the million GP... and of course dont find it, but they do plunder the gear, and get the Mask of Ancev. They all have a funny feeling that the place is about to plummet to the ground and head for the door. Tarbish is there with a carpet, in disguise and it has already started to rain blood. The clouds of the plane of Molten Skies have taken the shape of the Face of Set and he utters a curse down upon the City. 7 Plagues for 7 days. It rains snakes, it rains acidic blood, pestilence abounds and its all the PCs fault. The Sultan orders a proclomation that those responsible for the break of his deal with Set be found and punished, and marshal law is ordered. Of course no efreeti will go outside and the markets are closed for a week. Meaning the loot the PCs did find is useless to spend, and the stuff they ordered won't be ready for an additional week! Ain't I a stinker?Tarbish drops the PCs off at the Freeman's Tower, mentioning it is the typical hive of scum and villany. Since the lower levels are occupied by sick bad gangs and the middle levels are the property of a crazed Druid named Oruk the Horned, the PCs are dropped off on the top level, ruled by 3 elven wizards, who offer them rooms at a decent rate... and a better rate if the PCs would clear out the dirtbags living in the lower levels. Of course these guys are hip to that sort of deal, and since they have a week with no place to go and nothing better to do... why not.I realise this is a shorter post than most but my game night kicks off in about 2 hours and I need to get ready!Until the Next installment.Case</blockquote>

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