Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Community
Playing the Game
Play by Post
covaithe's E1: Death's Reach
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="covaithe" data-source="post: 5138123" data-attributes="member: 46559"><p>You choose to press forward, sacrificing rest for time. Kalas leads the way again through the now-familiar paths through the gently seething mists. This path is straight, and as far as you can tell, heads directly north. The way ahead is only visible for some fifty feet ahead of you, but as you proceed the mists swirl away, revealing each section of the path in turn. </p><p></p><p>After perhaps a thousand paces, the mist parts in front of you to reveal a lavishly carved stone archway leading into an broad plaza enclosed by stone walls. Within the walls, a narrow moat filled with still water separates a wide stone walkway from a center island, with bridges across the moat on all four sides. On the island is a raised dais with two large steps leading up to it, forming a low pyramid. At the corners of the lowest step are four broad stone obelisks. </p><p></p><p>On the central platform is an irregular pillar of glowing blue crystal, surrounded by a circle of glowing blue runes. At the foot of the crystal pillar is the crumpled, bleeding body of the priestess who greeted your arrival in Zvomarana, Felidha. Above the corpse, tethered to the pillar by wisps of power, is an insubstantial figure that looks just like the priestess, struggling weakly. </p><p></p><p>All of this you notice in passing, as your attention is quickly consumed by rather more pressing matters. Matters such as the huge insectile demon on the right, whose touch has visibly scorched the nearby flagstones, and whose chittering jaws are easily large enough to swallow a horse, let alone a man. Or the equally large cobra-headed being to the left, whose body seems composed of thousands of intertwined writhing snakes, effortlessly standing astride the moat. A death giant stands behind the pillar, clad in a studded leather kilt marked with black runes, and a dark wyvern, significantly larger than Lucy, wheels overhead. There is also pair of gaunt, mournful-faced shadowsworn with nasty-looking spiked gauntlets, as well as a pair of storm archons flying overhead, lightning crackling constantly around their blue-skinned torsos. But at the center of this tableau, standing over Felidha's body, is a dwarf in heavy plate armor, cleverly enameled with the figure of a black dragon on a crimson field, the emblem of the Ebon Riders. It can only be Mauglurien the Black, their leader. </p><p></p><p><span style="color: red"><strong>"Ah. Rescuers. Perhaps we shall face a worthy foe in this place after all. Attack!"</strong></span> the dwarf calls, pulling forth a heavy black battleaxe seething with magic. </p><p></p><p>[sblock=the view]<img src="http://betahelix.net/pics/maps/deathsreach/View%20of%20gate%205.PNG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>[/sblock]</p><p></p><p><u><strong>Round 1</strong></u></p><p></p><p>Mauglurien's forces have clearly been waiting for just this occurrence, for they react immediately with trained precision....</p><p></p><p>[sblock=ooc]Initiative: </p><p></p><p>Sarenax: <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2461996/" target="_blank">22</a></p><p>BKT: <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2461998/" target="_blank">35</a></p><p>Batin: <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2461999/" target="_blank">18</a></p><p>Massacre: best of <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2462000/" target="_blank">28, 17, 36</a></p><p>Kylek: <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2462001/" target="_blank">30</a></p><p>Kalas: best of <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2462003/" target="_blank">20, 24</a></p><p></p><p>Enemies: <a href="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2462004/" target="_blank">39</a>. So they all go first. This could be interesting. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>I'm gonna have to leave it at this cliffhanger, as I've got to go to work now and don't have time to work up a full round's worth of enemy actions. I'll try to get it done today, though. No later than tomorrow, since I have the day off. </p><p>[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>[sblock=status and initiative]</p><p>Everyone except Fury has +1 to skill checks, saves, and ability checks until they leave Zvomarana.</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> <em>Mauglurien, unharmed</em></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> <em>Fell wyvern, unharmed</em>, flying, 12 squares above ground</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> <em>archon 1, unharmed</em>, flying, 10 squares above ground</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> <em>archon 2, unharmed</em>, flying, 10 squares above ground</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> <em>Sorrowsworn 1, unharmed</em></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> <em>Sorrowsworn 2, unharmed</em></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> <em>death giant, unharmed</em></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> <em>Yuan-ti Anathema, unharmed</em></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> <em>Remorhaz, unharmed</em></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Bha-Ka-Thet HP <span style="color: white">143/143</span> Surges 11/12</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Massacre HP <span style="color: white">102/102</span>, surges 4/7</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Batin HP <span style="color: yellow">160/165</span> Surges 3/10</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Sarenax HP <span style="color: white">142/142</span> Surges 3/9, 1 failed death save</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Kylek HP <span style="color: white">124/124</span> Surges 12/14</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Kalas HP <span style="color: yellow">194/197</span> Surges 8/11</li> </ul><p></p><p>Mounts:</p><p>Lucifa HP <span style="color: Yellow">80/106</span> surges 0/1</p><p>Gilthanas HP <span style="color: Yellow">112/138</span> surges 2/2</p><p></p><p>Auras and zones:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Massacre: Aura 3; living enemies take 5 necrotic, undead enemies take 5 radiant.</li> </ul><p></p><p>Resources used:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Kalas: <span style="color: Gray">Red death, blood oath fulfilled, coif of focus, trollskin armor, 2 daily magic item power. </span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Massacre: <span style="color: Gray">Evard's black tentacles, Carcanet power, Orb of Mental Domination, 2 daily magic item powers, Face of Death </span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Kylek: <span style="color: Gray">blackfrost serpent, blizzard, adamantine echo, AP.</span> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Sarenax: <span style="color: Gray">divine power, AP, Wrath of the Faithful, Cloak of Displacement, 1x daily magic item power</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Bha-Ka-Thet: <span style="color: gray">AP, Ring the golden Bell, Blinding Sun</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Batin: <span style="color: Gray"> Planar Shock, Omnipresent Assault, AP, Guardian Cloak, 1 daily magic item power</span></li> </ul><p>[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>[sblock=map]<img src="http://betahelix.net/pics/maps/deathsreach/gate5_01.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>[/sblock]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="covaithe, post: 5138123, member: 46559"] You choose to press forward, sacrificing rest for time. Kalas leads the way again through the now-familiar paths through the gently seething mists. This path is straight, and as far as you can tell, heads directly north. The way ahead is only visible for some fifty feet ahead of you, but as you proceed the mists swirl away, revealing each section of the path in turn. After perhaps a thousand paces, the mist parts in front of you to reveal a lavishly carved stone archway leading into an broad plaza enclosed by stone walls. Within the walls, a narrow moat filled with still water separates a wide stone walkway from a center island, with bridges across the moat on all four sides. On the island is a raised dais with two large steps leading up to it, forming a low pyramid. At the corners of the lowest step are four broad stone obelisks. On the central platform is an irregular pillar of glowing blue crystal, surrounded by a circle of glowing blue runes. At the foot of the crystal pillar is the crumpled, bleeding body of the priestess who greeted your arrival in Zvomarana, Felidha. Above the corpse, tethered to the pillar by wisps of power, is an insubstantial figure that looks just like the priestess, struggling weakly. All of this you notice in passing, as your attention is quickly consumed by rather more pressing matters. Matters such as the huge insectile demon on the right, whose touch has visibly scorched the nearby flagstones, and whose chittering jaws are easily large enough to swallow a horse, let alone a man. Or the equally large cobra-headed being to the left, whose body seems composed of thousands of intertwined writhing snakes, effortlessly standing astride the moat. A death giant stands behind the pillar, clad in a studded leather kilt marked with black runes, and a dark wyvern, significantly larger than Lucy, wheels overhead. There is also pair of gaunt, mournful-faced shadowsworn with nasty-looking spiked gauntlets, as well as a pair of storm archons flying overhead, lightning crackling constantly around their blue-skinned torsos. But at the center of this tableau, standing over Felidha's body, is a dwarf in heavy plate armor, cleverly enameled with the figure of a black dragon on a crimson field, the emblem of the Ebon Riders. It can only be Mauglurien the Black, their leader. [color=red][B]"Ah. Rescuers. Perhaps we shall face a worthy foe in this place after all. Attack!"[/B][/color] the dwarf calls, pulling forth a heavy black battleaxe seething with magic. [sblock=the view][IMG]http://betahelix.net/pics/maps/deathsreach/View%20of%20gate%205.PNG[/IMG] [/sblock] [U][B]Round 1[/B][/U] Mauglurien's forces have clearly been waiting for just this occurrence, for they react immediately with trained precision.... [sblock=ooc]Initiative: Sarenax: [URL="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2461996/"]22[/URL] BKT: [URL="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2461998/"]35[/URL] Batin: [URL="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2461999/"]18[/URL] Massacre: best of [URL="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2462000/"]28, 17, 36[/URL] Kylek: [URL="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2462001/"]30[/URL] Kalas: best of [URL="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2462003/"]20, 24[/URL] Enemies: [URL="http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2462004/"]39[/URL]. So they all go first. This could be interesting. :) I'm gonna have to leave it at this cliffhanger, as I've got to go to work now and don't have time to work up a full round's worth of enemy actions. I'll try to get it done today, though. No later than tomorrow, since I have the day off. [/sblock] [sblock=status and initiative] Everyone except Fury has +1 to skill checks, saves, and ability checks until they leave Zvomarana. [list] [*] [i]Mauglurien, unharmed[/i] [*] [i]Fell wyvern, unharmed[/i], flying, 12 squares above ground [*] [i]archon 1, unharmed[/i], flying, 10 squares above ground [*] [i]archon 2, unharmed[/i], flying, 10 squares above ground [*] [i]Sorrowsworn 1, unharmed[/i] [*] [i]Sorrowsworn 2, unharmed[/i] [*] [i]death giant, unharmed[/i] [*] [i]Yuan-ti Anathema, unharmed[/i] [*] [i]Remorhaz, unharmed[/i] [*] Bha-Ka-Thet HP [COLOR=white]143/143[/COLOR] Surges 11/12 [*] Massacre HP [COLOR=white]102/102[/COLOR], surges 4/7 [*] Batin HP [COLOR=yellow]160/165[/COLOR] Surges 3/10 [*] Sarenax HP [COLOR=white]142/142[/COLOR] Surges 3/9, 1 failed death save [*] Kylek HP [COLOR=white]124/124[/COLOR] Surges 12/14 [*] Kalas HP [COLOR=yellow]194/197[/COLOR] Surges 8/11 [/list] Mounts: Lucifa HP [COLOR=Yellow]80/106[/COLOR] surges 0/1 Gilthanas HP [COLOR=Yellow]112/138[/COLOR] surges 2/2 Auras and zones: [LIST] [*] Massacre: Aura 3; living enemies take 5 necrotic, undead enemies take 5 radiant. [/LIST] Resources used: [LIST] [*] Kalas: [COLOR=Gray]Red death, blood oath fulfilled, coif of focus, trollskin armor, 2 daily magic item power. [/COLOR] [*] Massacre: [COLOR=Gray]Evard's black tentacles, Carcanet power, Orb of Mental Domination, 2 daily magic item powers, Face of Death [/COLOR] [*] Kylek: [COLOR=Gray]blackfrost serpent, blizzard, adamantine echo, AP.[/COLOR] [*] Sarenax: [COLOR=Gray]divine power, AP, Wrath of the Faithful, Cloak of Displacement, 1x daily magic item power[/COLOR] [*] Bha-Ka-Thet: [COLOR=gray]AP, Ring the golden Bell, Blinding Sun[/COLOR] [*] Batin: [COLOR=Gray] Planar Shock, Omnipresent Assault, AP, Guardian Cloak, 1 daily magic item power[/COLOR] [/LIST] [/sblock] [sblock=map][IMG]http://betahelix.net/pics/maps/deathsreach/gate5_01.png[/IMG] [/sblock] [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
Playing the Game
Play by Post
covaithe's E1: Death's Reach
Top