DT's Old School Campaign- (Chapter 4: The Guild and The Girl)

[Deuce Traveler]

Tretchner ignores Lola's plea, instead blasting Edvan with another intense blast full onto the laborer's chest(-6 hps to Edvan). The wizard seems surprised to see Edvan still standing, though his chest badly blistered and scorched. "How..."

Rovan's sphere hits Tretchner's invisible barrier at an odd angle, and although the sphere is slowed it still strikes the wizard's brow, distracting him. As Lola is healed (+3 hps to Lola) by Hilmdyn, she feels her strength return to her and the bleeding stop.

Tretchner reaches for a scroll on his desk.

 

[GlassEye]

Edvan staggers under the magical assault. His vision blackens as unconsciousness threatens but he fights to stay on his feet. "Not yet, sorcerer," he growls. As Tretchner reaches for the scroll Edvan throws himself forward and whips out a second hand axe fully intending to bring it down with the full force of his strength and weight on the sorcerer's out-reaching hand.

 

[garyh]

Himdyn tries to take advantage of the sorcerer's focus on the scroll and lunges for him, aiming his hammer at the magician's head.

 

[Queenie]

Lola scooped up another strange globe and readied it, in the event that both the fighter and cleric missed the sorcerer. If she saw the smallest opening she would take it to bean the crazed man.

 

[Deuce Traveler]

Tretchner grabbed the scroll and opened it in preparation to cast a spell.

Lola and Rovan both hurled their spheres. One struck Hilmdyn, which caused the cleric to swear aloud in anger and stopped his attack (-2 hps to Hilmdyn, critical miss by Rovan).

The second globe broke through the shield around Tretchner and knocked him backwards. Edvan lept across the desk and swung his axe at the magic-user with both hands. He felt resistance from some invisible force just inches from Tretchner's body, but that resistance gave to the force of his axehead. Crimson blood flew as the axe cut through collar bone, causing the magic-user to gurgle and fall further back into a candelabra, which in turn toppled into a bookcase and caught it afire. Flames caught the old books and parchments so fiercely that the fire leapt from one bookcase to another. Fumes began to fill the room as strange alchemical ingredients were burned off in the heat.

Hilmdyn noticed that Edvan's leap knocked the decapitated head to the floor and called the others to its strange appearance. She seemed to smile in the flickering lights from the growing conflagration, and in between her lips could be seen a large ruby. Edvan's leap must have changed her appearance and knocked it loose.

Lola
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That ruby looks like it might bring the group easily over 4000gp. You know a merchant named Hippotier the Kind, an old man in the Bazaar who buys and sells strange and exotic treasures. He always is looking to buy and has a lot of coin.
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Rovan
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You sucked in some of the fumes and it's caused you to become light-headed.

You know a nobleman who might buy that jewel named Dukas Prem. The two of you have not always got along, and he is a bit of an arrogant arse. But you trust him more than most.
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Hilmdyn
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That is a well-cut, large stone! You would guess that the gem is worth thousands of gold pieces, although your group would likely only get a smaller percentage of that in the bazaars and shop.
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[Queenie]

Lola's eyes nearly popped out of her head. "By the gods that gem would make us rich! Do you see it?" The flames began to grow and the air filled with strange scents from the burning smoke but Lola continued to inch towards the gem, almost forgetting about it's location. "But if we take it... we may become under this curse... but it's so much money...," she continued to inch towards the head, "How can we turn it down... so easy to just steal it away, who would miss it? Perhaps we should try to return this poor woman's head to where it belongs then this curse would be lifted..." She looked to Rovan and the others. "What should we do?"

 

[Fenris]

Rovan stumbles forward and collapsesn near the head. "Curse. Ha! I made it all up." he slurs out as he gathers the whole head back into it's package.

"The curse here is poor housekeeping, quickly now, off." says Rovan stumbling towards the door.

"Hil, bring Lu out too, him is no longer bound the the old coot I bet. Maybe he will be bound to us for saving him" laughs Rovan as he stumbles towards the door.

 

[Queenie]

Lola quickly looked for that scroll that the sorcerer dropped, hoping it wasn't burnt up yet. She randomly grabbed a handful of papers off the desk, maybe something would be useful to her lover. "Let's get out of here!"

She hurried after Rovan,"Are you alright? You're walking all funny." She tried to keep up with the mage.

 

[Fenris]

Lola quickly looked for that scroll that the sorcerer dropped, hoping it wasn't burnt up yet. She randomly grabbed a handful of papers off the desk, maybe something would be useful to her lover. "Let's get out of here!"

She hurried after Rovan,"Are you alright? You're walking all funny." She tried to keep up with the mage.

"I'm fine. I got a big whiff of the chemicals back there. I'm a little wozzy form the books and the chemicals is all. I need some fresh air." replies Rovan

 

[Queenie]

"I'm fine. I got a big whiff of the chemicals back there. I'm a little wozzy form the books and the chemicals is all. I need some fresh air." replies Rovan

Once they stepped outside the doors Lola hurried to get in front of him to stop him. "Rovan," she said in a quiet voice, "I am not certain we should get involved with this... package." She placed a hand on his arm. "Are you sure you are okay? You took a beating in there." The tone of her voice gave away just how concerned she was.