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<blockquote data-quote="megamania" data-source="post: 5005417" data-attributes="member: 9255"><p>ELDEEN REACHES</p><p>SEGMENT 004</p><p>11/07/09</p><p>“What Are They Facing?”</p><p></p><p>The wolves surround Lee and Piik. Lee finds himself in trouble as he attempts to switch from his bow to a sword he is seriously bitten. Leaffa summons up a Dire Rat to help defend the archer while Piik does it the old fashioned way…. Smiling the whole time.</p><p></p><p>Gilfer attempts to keep up with the humanoid wolf shapeshifter but loses him in the darkness. One of the Ed brothers (Edd if I recall correctly) is bitten and pulled down by a wolf. Leaffa summons a Dire Badger to help the hapless and drunken shifters.</p><p></p><p>Saudo d’Vadalis gives commands to protect his precious horses while watching for the circling wolves. Gilfer spots his wolf again and goes after it. He stops at the edge of the light. He realizes the danger of entering the woods at night with wolves and werewolves within it…. Waiting for him. As he turns to return to the main ranch he sees a shifter being attacked by a wolf. The shifter goes down quickly. Gilfer watches in horror as the creature begins to change shape into something more humanoid. Then he sees the creature open his mouth and a mist like form that resembles the shifter is “pulled” out of the body and sucked in. Then the body seems to shrivel and compact and also become inhaled by the creature. The creature turns and looks directly at the Soul Blade and seems to smile then runs off on all fours but looking slightly humanoid.</p><p></p><p>Gilfer gives chase in anger. Leaffa calls out to him. Piik looks up but is still busy with wolves. Willing his speed to increase as he shifts Gilfer tries to catch up with the creature… even as it enters the woods. After a few rounds of running he slows down. Tired from the chase. He looks around wondering where the creature has gone. Then he hears a faint crack of a branch overhead and he looks up just in time to see the red eyes peer down at him. Fear begins to overwhelm him. He knows he is about to die now. The creature leaps down at hit and knocks him to the ground. It speaks to him in a strange harsh language that makes the hair on his body rise. They begin to grapple. The ½ humanoid wolf lunges at him with its teeth. It misses the first time but not the second time. The fear increases a thousand fold as thoughts of becoming a werewolf rise to Gilfer’s mind. They begin to struggle again before Piik spots the glow of the Mindblade and comes to rescue his teammate. Piik tries to strike the creature repeatedly with his battleaxe but misses each time as if it where not where he thought it was. Leaffa also has this impression as she tries to attack it. Finally Piik gets solid hit on the creature which then howls and withdraws several feet before glaring at the shifter once more. It then seems to sink into a glowing doorway suddenly and disappears. Piik stares at the empty air with his mouth open. Leaffa is more convinced than ever that this thing is dangerous and not a werewolf…. Nor is it a wolf. It’s something else. Gilfer checks his torn shoulder and winces at the pain. He finds his last potion and takes it. Still in a great deal of pain, he looks at Piik. He knows Piik has another potion somewhere on him.</p><p></p><p>“No.” says Piik still looking at the area where the creature disappeared.</p><p></p><p>“What?”</p><p></p><p>“No you can’t have my healing potion. They are too expensive to replace with the healer.” He looks doubtfully at his axe blade trying to figure out how he missed the creature so many times.</p><p></p><p>“I’ll buy you one with the money Vadalis has promised us.”</p><p></p><p>Looking the ravaged shoulder Piik has a rare moment of having pity and sets down his axe to rummage through his pack.</p><p></p><p>As they return to the ranch they see a fire. One of the stables is burning down! Leaffa rushes to it. She can hear a horse within the barn. Gilfer rushes in and tries to get the horse out but the fear of the fire is too strong. He stumbles over a lone farmer’s boot on the floor with a small amount of blood pooled near it. He has no time to think about it as the fire spreads to the roof. It takes the combined effort of Leaffa and Gilfer to rescue the horse. Gilfer does receive a small burn as a timber breaks free that strikes his just partially healed shoulder.</p><p></p><p>The wolves have disappeared. Lee and the three remaining shifters do not get up. Several wolf bodies remain down including one where a Dire Rat charged it and while biting it’s throat ripped it out through its own momentum (natural 20 that was confirmed on a charge!). None of the wolves changed shape when they died.</p><p></p><p>“If I didn’t know better, I would swear the one wolf used magic.” Says Saudo d’Vadalis as he looks about. “I want you to take down these damned creatures. NOW!”</p><p></p><p>“No.” says Gilfer leaning over the body of a fallen shifter. </p><p></p><p>“No?” says Saudo with his face becoming red with anger.</p><p></p><p>He marches over to the shifter. Each step a stomping motion. “You will hunt down those creatures and kill them! You will do this so that I lose nothing else. You will do this for the amount of money and payment agreed on. NOW!” and Vadalis begins to confront the shifter directly. He is pushing him and poking him hard. (DM NOTE: To get the severity of the anger and rage apparent to Tim and Cathy I had Tim stand up and we role played it complete with my pushing and poking of him. The look on his face was priceless and the Wife nearly soiled herself laughing at it all)</p><p></p><p>“Well thankyou and I hope you are HAPPY since we saved your precious horses while the shifters you hired died. One died in a way so horrible I still can’t…..” He turns away with tears in his eyes. Too much happening at once.</p><p></p><p>Gilfer collects drink from the living quarters. He is taking the deaths of his fellow shifters very close to heart. He somehow feels to blame. The morning comes quickly… too quickly for Gilfer.</p><p></p><p>They go to Kato’s healing hut to buy potions with the money Saudo d’Vadalis has prepaid them with a great deal of reluctance. Even though it was considered party treasure, Gilfer gives Piik one potion and says they are even. Piik looks at him carefully. He suspects he is being tricked but can’t figure out how.</p><p></p><p>They then go to the Wine Tree. Perhaps Sir John can help them.</p><p></p><p>“Fire will stretch from the North to the South and West to East. The world will bow before its power and embrace.”</p><p></p><p>“Bah! The cold will spread and bury the forest in snow! Storm after storm.” Hollers the druid.</p><p></p><p>The adventurers pause briefly at the cursing druids. “It’s too late for Fire or your Cold. The world has already gone to Hell.” Curses the shifter suffering from a hangover and the memory of dissolving bodies and those fiendish red eyes. </p><p></p><p>“I heard you folks had a rough night. Barn burned down and the shifters didn’t return home.” Says Sir John as he swipes down the counter.</p><p></p><p>Gilfer sits down and sets down his head on his crossed arms. His eyes closed tight. Piik smiles as he quietly sits down next to him. He raises his arm and prepares to slam it down on the counter. “Don’t if you value your life.” Mumbles the shifter. Piik puts an innocent look on his face and begins to scratch at imaginary fleas on the back of his head.</p><p></p><p>“Sir John…. We saw something last night that we don’t understand. We thought you might know something about it with your many worldly adventures and experiences.” Leaffa asks with obvious need in her eyes.</p><p></p><p>“Hurm…. Well yes. Yes. Tell me what you know and I’ll do my best to help you.” A huge smile of pride appears on the aged adventurer’s face. It has been a long time since he felt needed. It felt good and he resisted making comments until she was done.</p><p></p><p>“There were wolves. There was also something… else. It was a shapeshifter. It had red eyes and was very intelligent and seemed to command the wolves. It used magic several times to escape or cause fear. What could it be?”</p><p></p><p>“Sounds like a werewolf magic user to me.” Says Arkoose. The two druids also felt Leaffa’s need and have put their debate aside for the moment.</p><p></p><p>“What kind of magic was used?” asks Task the other druid.</p><p></p><p>“It made me miss.” Says Piik with a sour look on his face. “I had it sighted and when I swung my blade it missed. Several times.”</p><p></p><p>“Sounds like Displacement.” Says Task. “Was it really a Displacer Beast? They can be very dangerous and they do live in the mountains.</p><p></p><p>“Displacement yes but kind of creature? There are other creatures with that power also. Once fought a Displacer Serpent in the Marches.”</p><p></p><p>“Too small to be a Displacer Pack Lord. Once fought one of those in Xen’drik. Bad news those monsters. Damned thing ate my pack animal and the guide. I was lost for weeks. Lived on bugs and berries alone. Then I found the lair of the Drow. They are scary people those Drow.”</p><p></p><p>“Please Sir John…. Let me finish.” Implores Leaffa.</p><p></p><p>“Don’t forget about the shifter.” Mumbles Gilfer.</p><p></p><p>“What happened?” asks Sir John lighting his magical pipe once more.</p><p></p><p>“From what Gilfer say he saw the beast consumed him. Not only did he eat the body but a mist like substance that came from the body. All very quickly also.”</p><p></p><p>The smoke rises and forms into a humanoid that becomes hunched over and then disappears. Sir John thinks for a moment.</p><p></p><p>“Fiend?” suggests Arkoose.</p><p></p><p>“Outsider Anyway.” Sir John hesitates to answer as he goes over what he has been told. “Magic, shape shifting, consumption of body and soul.” He hesitates as he considers the many things he has seen and heard about. “Barghest.” He leans back and smiles. Several puffs of smoke later he resumes his conclusion. “Were there goblins there?”</p><p></p><p>“Not that we saw.” Answers Leaffa.</p><p></p><p>“Been some in the area however”, says Piik.</p><p></p><p>Gilfer points his finger at the bugbear to literally point out that he has a point.</p><p></p><p>“What is a Barghest? Asks the druid with a mixture of concern and excitement.</p><p></p><p>“Not so much a fiend as an Outsider. A creature from another dimension. I never saw it but my regiment faced one on the Aundair / Cyre border during the war when I was just a young lad. It changes shape. People said they saw it become a wolf and also a goblin. It has powers to cause fear in its victims and also open dimensional doors. It can caste Displacement on itself to better avoid heavy hitting bugbears.” He looks at Piik and winks at him. “They are said to come to the Prime Material Plane to feed. They eat their victim’s body and soul. The stronger the foe the more power they gain. In time they grow and become stronger and develop additional powers. If this is what you face you and this entire valley are all in great danger.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="megamania, post: 5005417, member: 9255"] ELDEEN REACHES SEGMENT 004 11/07/09 “What Are They Facing?” The wolves surround Lee and Piik. Lee finds himself in trouble as he attempts to switch from his bow to a sword he is seriously bitten. Leaffa summons up a Dire Rat to help defend the archer while Piik does it the old fashioned way…. Smiling the whole time. Gilfer attempts to keep up with the humanoid wolf shapeshifter but loses him in the darkness. One of the Ed brothers (Edd if I recall correctly) is bitten and pulled down by a wolf. Leaffa summons a Dire Badger to help the hapless and drunken shifters. Saudo d’Vadalis gives commands to protect his precious horses while watching for the circling wolves. Gilfer spots his wolf again and goes after it. He stops at the edge of the light. He realizes the danger of entering the woods at night with wolves and werewolves within it…. Waiting for him. As he turns to return to the main ranch he sees a shifter being attacked by a wolf. The shifter goes down quickly. Gilfer watches in horror as the creature begins to change shape into something more humanoid. Then he sees the creature open his mouth and a mist like form that resembles the shifter is “pulled” out of the body and sucked in. Then the body seems to shrivel and compact and also become inhaled by the creature. The creature turns and looks directly at the Soul Blade and seems to smile then runs off on all fours but looking slightly humanoid. Gilfer gives chase in anger. Leaffa calls out to him. Piik looks up but is still busy with wolves. Willing his speed to increase as he shifts Gilfer tries to catch up with the creature… even as it enters the woods. After a few rounds of running he slows down. Tired from the chase. He looks around wondering where the creature has gone. Then he hears a faint crack of a branch overhead and he looks up just in time to see the red eyes peer down at him. Fear begins to overwhelm him. He knows he is about to die now. The creature leaps down at hit and knocks him to the ground. It speaks to him in a strange harsh language that makes the hair on his body rise. They begin to grapple. The ½ humanoid wolf lunges at him with its teeth. It misses the first time but not the second time. The fear increases a thousand fold as thoughts of becoming a werewolf rise to Gilfer’s mind. They begin to struggle again before Piik spots the glow of the Mindblade and comes to rescue his teammate. Piik tries to strike the creature repeatedly with his battleaxe but misses each time as if it where not where he thought it was. Leaffa also has this impression as she tries to attack it. Finally Piik gets solid hit on the creature which then howls and withdraws several feet before glaring at the shifter once more. It then seems to sink into a glowing doorway suddenly and disappears. Piik stares at the empty air with his mouth open. Leaffa is more convinced than ever that this thing is dangerous and not a werewolf…. Nor is it a wolf. It’s something else. Gilfer checks his torn shoulder and winces at the pain. He finds his last potion and takes it. Still in a great deal of pain, he looks at Piik. He knows Piik has another potion somewhere on him. “No.” says Piik still looking at the area where the creature disappeared. “What?” “No you can’t have my healing potion. They are too expensive to replace with the healer.” He looks doubtfully at his axe blade trying to figure out how he missed the creature so many times. “I’ll buy you one with the money Vadalis has promised us.” Looking the ravaged shoulder Piik has a rare moment of having pity and sets down his axe to rummage through his pack. As they return to the ranch they see a fire. One of the stables is burning down! Leaffa rushes to it. She can hear a horse within the barn. Gilfer rushes in and tries to get the horse out but the fear of the fire is too strong. He stumbles over a lone farmer’s boot on the floor with a small amount of blood pooled near it. He has no time to think about it as the fire spreads to the roof. It takes the combined effort of Leaffa and Gilfer to rescue the horse. Gilfer does receive a small burn as a timber breaks free that strikes his just partially healed shoulder. The wolves have disappeared. Lee and the three remaining shifters do not get up. Several wolf bodies remain down including one where a Dire Rat charged it and while biting it’s throat ripped it out through its own momentum (natural 20 that was confirmed on a charge!). None of the wolves changed shape when they died. “If I didn’t know better, I would swear the one wolf used magic.” Says Saudo d’Vadalis as he looks about. “I want you to take down these damned creatures. NOW!” “No.” says Gilfer leaning over the body of a fallen shifter. “No?” says Saudo with his face becoming red with anger. He marches over to the shifter. Each step a stomping motion. “You will hunt down those creatures and kill them! You will do this so that I lose nothing else. You will do this for the amount of money and payment agreed on. NOW!” and Vadalis begins to confront the shifter directly. He is pushing him and poking him hard. (DM NOTE: To get the severity of the anger and rage apparent to Tim and Cathy I had Tim stand up and we role played it complete with my pushing and poking of him. The look on his face was priceless and the Wife nearly soiled herself laughing at it all) “Well thankyou and I hope you are HAPPY since we saved your precious horses while the shifters you hired died. One died in a way so horrible I still can’t…..” He turns away with tears in his eyes. Too much happening at once. Gilfer collects drink from the living quarters. He is taking the deaths of his fellow shifters very close to heart. He somehow feels to blame. The morning comes quickly… too quickly for Gilfer. They go to Kato’s healing hut to buy potions with the money Saudo d’Vadalis has prepaid them with a great deal of reluctance. Even though it was considered party treasure, Gilfer gives Piik one potion and says they are even. Piik looks at him carefully. He suspects he is being tricked but can’t figure out how. They then go to the Wine Tree. Perhaps Sir John can help them. “Fire will stretch from the North to the South and West to East. The world will bow before its power and embrace.” “Bah! The cold will spread and bury the forest in snow! Storm after storm.” Hollers the druid. The adventurers pause briefly at the cursing druids. “It’s too late for Fire or your Cold. The world has already gone to Hell.” Curses the shifter suffering from a hangover and the memory of dissolving bodies and those fiendish red eyes. “I heard you folks had a rough night. Barn burned down and the shifters didn’t return home.” Says Sir John as he swipes down the counter. Gilfer sits down and sets down his head on his crossed arms. His eyes closed tight. Piik smiles as he quietly sits down next to him. He raises his arm and prepares to slam it down on the counter. “Don’t if you value your life.” Mumbles the shifter. Piik puts an innocent look on his face and begins to scratch at imaginary fleas on the back of his head. “Sir John…. We saw something last night that we don’t understand. We thought you might know something about it with your many worldly adventures and experiences.” Leaffa asks with obvious need in her eyes. “Hurm…. Well yes. Yes. Tell me what you know and I’ll do my best to help you.” A huge smile of pride appears on the aged adventurer’s face. It has been a long time since he felt needed. It felt good and he resisted making comments until she was done. “There were wolves. There was also something… else. It was a shapeshifter. It had red eyes and was very intelligent and seemed to command the wolves. It used magic several times to escape or cause fear. What could it be?” “Sounds like a werewolf magic user to me.” Says Arkoose. The two druids also felt Leaffa’s need and have put their debate aside for the moment. “What kind of magic was used?” asks Task the other druid. “It made me miss.” Says Piik with a sour look on his face. “I had it sighted and when I swung my blade it missed. Several times.” “Sounds like Displacement.” Says Task. “Was it really a Displacer Beast? They can be very dangerous and they do live in the mountains. “Displacement yes but kind of creature? There are other creatures with that power also. Once fought a Displacer Serpent in the Marches.” “Too small to be a Displacer Pack Lord. Once fought one of those in Xen’drik. Bad news those monsters. Damned thing ate my pack animal and the guide. I was lost for weeks. Lived on bugs and berries alone. Then I found the lair of the Drow. They are scary people those Drow.” “Please Sir John…. Let me finish.” Implores Leaffa. “Don’t forget about the shifter.” Mumbles Gilfer. “What happened?” asks Sir John lighting his magical pipe once more. “From what Gilfer say he saw the beast consumed him. Not only did he eat the body but a mist like substance that came from the body. All very quickly also.” The smoke rises and forms into a humanoid that becomes hunched over and then disappears. Sir John thinks for a moment. “Fiend?” suggests Arkoose. “Outsider Anyway.” Sir John hesitates to answer as he goes over what he has been told. “Magic, shape shifting, consumption of body and soul.” He hesitates as he considers the many things he has seen and heard about. “Barghest.” He leans back and smiles. Several puffs of smoke later he resumes his conclusion. “Were there goblins there?” “Not that we saw.” Answers Leaffa. “Been some in the area however”, says Piik. Gilfer points his finger at the bugbear to literally point out that he has a point. “What is a Barghest? Asks the druid with a mixture of concern and excitement. “Not so much a fiend as an Outsider. A creature from another dimension. I never saw it but my regiment faced one on the Aundair / Cyre border during the war when I was just a young lad. It changes shape. People said they saw it become a wolf and also a goblin. It has powers to cause fear in its victims and also open dimensional doors. It can caste Displacement on itself to better avoid heavy hitting bugbears.” He looks at Piik and winks at him. “They are said to come to the Prime Material Plane to feed. They eat their victim’s body and soul. The stronger the foe the more power they gain. In time they grow and become stronger and develop additional powers. If this is what you face you and this entire valley are all in great danger.” [/QUOTE]
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