[FR][PBP] Against the Storm Game Thread

[Elric]

"The underground river seems like a good method of travel. To go by sea, we have to be willing to trust on a captain and the incompetence of inspectors. If we travel there on horseback, we risk being sighted by Storm's army and attacked. Staying hidden will be hard in a group the size of ours. Once we take the underground river, we must rely on our wits to find a passage to the surface. I do not know of any better means of transportation.

Irusyl, it seems that we have no choice but to trust you for now. You do seem deserving of our trust. However, it is clear to me that we will not learn all of your or your employer's motives.

We do not know if the results of this action will be for the best. Your initial promises that brought us here spoke of an attack on Storm. I can see that this will probably be an indirect attack on Storm, but the extent of that is unknown to me. We will see you again after this mission, and I hope that we will have more answers and you will have more answers for us then."

(OOC: Gond is the God of inventions. We are stealing lore from Gond. This is probably lore that is about some kind of weapon, especially a weapon that helps fight against the spirits. It could be so ancient that it is unknown even to the priests of Gond. Thus, telling the priests would not gain one their assistance- if anything, they would want to keep it as a sacred text)

 

[MeepoTheMighty]

I could easily travel ahead in animal form and scout out our route. If there were some way for us to communicate magically, my skills could make for a perfect reconnassiance.

 

[Paragon Badger]

Alcar will make his opinion know.

"I'll second the underground river. I'd prefer a way that they wouldn't see us coming. As for the specifics of the mission I'll reserve judgements until I can see with my own eyes. One question though. How does one travel on an underground river?"

 

[dead_radish]

Elone considers the choices. "How...how long would our travels on the river last? I am loathe to spend more than a few days without being able to see the stars above, and feel the light of the sun, and the wind on my face. That does sound the best route, however."

OOC: I nearly added a bit o' flavor to Elone that she could only pray for spells under the open sky. That would have been bad, it seems.

 

[DM_Matt]

Irusyl: "The underground river is dangerous as well, but your danger is not from Storm's forces. Rather , there may be pirates and various malificent underdark beings, along with other strange creatures of the depths."

Rana: "One time traveling on that river, we were attacked by a green dragon, who could strike from both above and below. He nearly killed us. I think that this group would have been able to take him, though. We were about as strong, but fewer and greatly weakened at the time."

 

[dead_radish]

Elone considers this. "I assume you mean Drow?" Her eyes shine a bit at the thought. "I would not be averse to that. Solonor's wrath is not as great as others', but it still burns for the Betrayers."

"I suggest the river route."

OOC: Bump on the mysticism domain question.

 

[reapersaurus]

Ubaar adds "Eh - drow not so tough.
Their fabled resistance to magic not help when you get in close and rip 'em apart."

 

[dead_radish]

Elone grins at Ubaar. "Precisely how I feel, my friend. Solonor cares not for their fabled magic resistance, or their deceit and trickery. An arrow pierces anyone's heart, no matter how many lies they tell."

 

[Fenrir]

Calain's eyes burn with rage.

"You're walking on thin ice, drow. I come and go as I choose, kill or spare as I please, and I will not be led along on a string like some sort of puppet for your own personal agenda. I'll go to this temple of yours, on the off chance that Storm may be harmed by my choice, but if I discover that your secret little 'motives' are not to my taste, I'll make sure you suffer for it. Dearly."

He turns to the others, looks over them briefly, snorts and leans against a wall.

 

[DM_Matt]

Now that your route is settled, you say farewell to your hosts and Rana leads you to the docks.

"You have several choices as to how you should travel the river. You can go via cargo ship (as passengers), aboard a fast smuggling craft, in a medium-sized passenger ship, or we can hire you your own ship of almost any kind, complete with crew and captain."

Choose quickly so I can arrange it. I really hate this place. The first time I was here I was nearly killed by bounty hunters working for the Pasha of Calimshan. Hermod was there, Ubaar, by the way. If it were not for him, I would have drowned."