in alphabetical order...(need more! see babombs post at end)
Slaad, then
Alright…
Mid-afternoon-- the PC party comes across a remote village. The whole town is quite, and appears deserted from a distance. Crows flap their wings and caw from roof tops, and a pack of feral dogs can bee seen tearing into what appears to be a corpse as the PCs approach the outskirts of the village.
Late afternoon--as the PCs get closer and begin to explore the village, they find a half-dozen of villagers, all with their chests blown out from the center, like something tore its way out from the inside. The town shows clear signs of fighting, and several huts have been reduced to smoldering ruins. The corpses scattered about can’t possibly account for the entire village though, so surely someone is hiding somewhere…
Evening—the PCs begin to notice that something or someone is tracking their movements through the village. Eventually they discover a young girl, who beckons them to her. She warns them that it is not safe to be in the village after dark, and asks them to follow her to a place of safety.
She leads them to the basement of the old mill. There are a handful of other survivors, including the village priest. The priest takes them to a cooled locker, where there are another dozen or so comatose people lined up, all under an altered version of the preserve corpse spell the priest was able to work out with his god. The priest explains they have all been infected with whatever it is that killed some the villagers above. He says that horrible monsters had burst through their chests, killing the host and slaughtered dozens of other villagers, dragging them off into the darkness to feed.
Through the battle during that first night, the priest as able to organize some of the village members to put up a resistance, but most of the town was slain. The next morning, before the PCs arrived, the survivors crept out and found the few villagers left up top, all of whom had been implanted with slaad eggs (the priest doesn’t know this is what’s going on, he just knows something is inside of them). The priest had these comatose people brought back to the basement of the mill, where he was able to put them in a sort of stasis. However, he knows his preserve corpse spell is weakening, due to the magical resistances of whatever is incubating inside their chests.
Nightfall—The PCs are now trapped in the basement of the mill with the priest and his fellow villagers. They must fend off the onslaught of 5-6 slaad, hoping the preserve corpse spells don’t fail and they are not attacked from the inside by even more slaad as the eggs hatch and new slaad burst forth.
If they succeed, can they find a way to “cure” the remaining villagers? Is it possible the originator of the infestation is IN THE MILL with them, disguised as one of the surviving villagers?
Alright…
Mid-afternoon-- the PC party comes across a remote village. The whole town is quite, and appears deserted from a distance. Crows flap their wings and caw from roof tops, and a pack of feral dogs can bee seen tearing into what appears to be a corpse as the PCs approach the outskirts of the village.
Late afternoon--as the PCs get closer and begin to explore the village, they find a half-dozen of villagers, all with their chests blown out from the center, like something tore its way out from the inside. The town shows clear signs of fighting, and several huts have been reduced to smoldering ruins. The corpses scattered about can’t possibly account for the entire village though, so surely someone is hiding somewhere…
Evening—the PCs begin to notice that something or someone is tracking their movements through the village. Eventually they discover a young girl, who beckons them to her. She warns them that it is not safe to be in the village after dark, and asks them to follow her to a place of safety.
She leads them to the basement of the old mill. There are a handful of other survivors, including the village priest. The priest takes them to a cooled locker, where there are another dozen or so comatose people lined up, all under an altered version of the preserve corpse spell the priest was able to work out with his god. The priest explains they have all been infected with whatever it is that killed some the villagers above. He says that horrible monsters had burst through their chests, killing the host and slaughtered dozens of other villagers, dragging them off into the darkness to feed.
Through the battle during that first night, the priest as able to organize some of the village members to put up a resistance, but most of the town was slain. The next morning, before the PCs arrived, the survivors crept out and found the few villagers left up top, all of whom had been implanted with slaad eggs (the priest doesn’t know this is what’s going on, he just knows something is inside of them). The priest had these comatose people brought back to the basement of the mill, where he was able to put them in a sort of stasis. However, he knows his preserve corpse spell is weakening, due to the magical resistances of whatever is incubating inside their chests.
Nightfall—The PCs are now trapped in the basement of the mill with the priest and his fellow villagers. They must fend off the onslaught of 5-6 slaad, hoping the preserve corpse spells don’t fail and they are not attacked from the inside by even more slaad as the eggs hatch and new slaad burst forth.
If they succeed, can they find a way to “cure” the remaining villagers? Is it possible the originator of the infestation is IN THE MILL with them, disguised as one of the surviving villagers?
BiggusGeekus
That's Latin for "cool"
:: casts true ressurrection on the thread ::
BiggusGeekus
That's Latin for "cool"
Spectre
The party recieves an odd message. When they were just beginning their adventures they slew a foe. But the small villiage they saved are now requesting that they slay the foe again! They are threatening to spread the word that the party "left the job half finished"
When the party returns they meet and greet many of the people they had met when they were 1st level. They now have the opportunity to interact with such folk on an equal basis and with much more wealth.
However, this is not a time for happy reunion! The old foe has met an end at violent hands (the party's!) and now thirsts for revenge!
edit: next is sphinx. This should be a puzzler. "Puzzler"! Get it? Bwah-hah-hah! I kill me.
The party recieves an odd message. When they were just beginning their adventures they slew a foe. But the small villiage they saved are now requesting that they slay the foe again! They are threatening to spread the word that the party "left the job half finished"
When the party returns they meet and greet many of the people they had met when they were 1st level. They now have the opportunity to interact with such folk on an equal basis and with much more wealth.
However, this is not a time for happy reunion! The old foe has met an end at violent hands (the party's!) and now thirsts for revenge!
edit: next is sphinx. This should be a puzzler. "Puzzler"! Get it? Bwah-hah-hah! I kill me.
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NiTessine
Explorer
Sphinx
The heroes happen upon a gynosphinx trying to resist the advances of an overly amorous hieracosphinx. She calls out to them to help her get rid of the creature. After the hieracosphinx is dead, she explains that there is also a criosphinx in the region who has been making advances towards her. She would be pleased to reward the party with a portion of her hoard if they could find an her an androsphinx to keep her company and deal with the criosphinx.
Next: Spider eater.
The heroes happen upon a gynosphinx trying to resist the advances of an overly amorous hieracosphinx. She calls out to them to help her get rid of the creature. After the hieracosphinx is dead, she explains that there is also a criosphinx in the region who has been making advances towards her. She would be pleased to reward the party with a portion of her hoard if they could find an her an androsphinx to keep her company and deal with the criosphinx.
Next: Spider eater.
BrooklynKnight
First Post
gynosphinx?
Is that like the OB\GYN of the Sphinx world?
Is that like the OB\GYN of the Sphinx world?
Tabarnak Smokeblower
First Post
Spider eater
(i was saying to myself, "ok, i gotta participate..." and now i'm sutck with the spider eater? dang...
)
A very wealthy man breeds spidereaters. In a bold coup, his precious creatures (2 adult specimens and 5 still young and unable to fly) have been stolen by bandits, who now use them for raids on merchant caravans. The breeder hires the PC's to bring him back at least 1 living adult specimen, or he will be ruined.
(bleh. It's late and I'm under medication)
TS
(next: sprite)
(i was saying to myself, "ok, i gotta participate..." and now i'm sutck with the spider eater? dang...
)A very wealthy man breeds spidereaters. In a bold coup, his precious creatures (2 adult specimens and 5 still young and unable to fly) have been stolen by bandits, who now use them for raids on merchant caravans. The breeder hires the PC's to bring him back at least 1 living adult specimen, or he will be ruined.
(bleh. It's late and I'm under medication
)TS
(next: sprite)
David Argall
First Post
Sprite - Grig
A grig tried too many practical jokes on somebody powerful with no sense of humor. Sp its friends have hired the party to guard it.
Of course, the minor fact that the party is the only thing keep it from a very painful death does not stop, or even slow down, the sprite's preference for pranks, and the party is so available...
So the party must guard itself, and any bystanders who may be dangerous, from the sprite while they guard the sprite.
A grig tried too many practical jokes on somebody powerful with no sense of humor. Sp its friends have hired the party to guard it.
Of course, the minor fact that the party is the only thing keep it from a very painful death does not stop, or even slow down, the sprite's preference for pranks, and the party is so available...
So the party must guard itself, and any bystanders who may be dangerous, from the sprite while they guard the sprite.
NiTessine
Explorer
Sprite - Nixie
The village blacksmith's son has disappeared, and evidence points in that he wandered to a lake in the woods. The lake is a source of superstition and has been considered haunted for untold centuries.
Turns out that one of the nixies of the lake took a liking to the boy and is keeping him charmed permanently, casting it anew every 24 hours. He is being kept in a cave, where the only entrance is underwater. There is an airhole at the top, but it is hidden under the roots of a great tree on an island in the middle of the lake.
So, the party has to find the boy, and convince the nixie to let him go. If they come to blows, remember that the nixie will only be able to use its charm person ability twice per day, having already used it once on the boy.
Next: Sprite - Pixie
The village blacksmith's son has disappeared, and evidence points in that he wandered to a lake in the woods. The lake is a source of superstition and has been considered haunted for untold centuries.
Turns out that one of the nixies of the lake took a liking to the boy and is keeping him charmed permanently, casting it anew every 24 hours. He is being kept in a cave, where the only entrance is underwater. There is an airhole at the top, but it is hidden under the roots of a great tree on an island in the middle of the lake.
So, the party has to find the boy, and convince the nixie to let him go. If they come to blows, remember that the nixie will only be able to use its charm person ability twice per day, having already used it once on the boy.
Next: Sprite - Pixie
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