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Message: <blockquote data-quote="megamania" data-source="post: 2856311" data-attributes="member: 9255">THE SMALL ADVENTURERS of EBERRONSEGMENT 00805/21/06“This Is the Crawler”Another short 45 minute game.  Time has been short.I began with a quick paraphrasing of how they reached the Mror Holds and what the ship looked like and then started directly into the adventure, which I believe the kids would have preferred anyway.Stab, Cathy, Torg and Fixit (the Dwarven Artificer) reach the base of operations where the Khyber Crawler is located.  Kim Elderich and Ore watch on as the dwarven artificers and scientists finish their work and try to guess what to expect and if there is anything they have over looked.  The craft is ready to go and will go on its first maiden voyage in three days.  The group will be on board.Looking at the craft, they see four linked cylinders made of wood, stone and worked raw metals.  Each end has green mica like windows with no windows on the sides.  At each of the end pieces there are a series of short loops made of worked stone and bits of metal.  Fixit, the artificer guesses correctly that these are used to contain and control earth elementals that pass on their ability to pass through earth.DM NOTE:  I created this before reading about the Tumbler in Magic of Eberron.  Go figure.“What is a cylinder?” asks Cathy“A thing that goes into the earth with those. Do you know what those are Cathy? Those are EARTH ELEMENTALS!  I know.” Answers Tim completely out of character.I then explain how the craft is built on a hillside.  At the bottom of the hill is a large dug out hole of raw earth.  It is big enough to engulf the first engine completely.  “In THEORY,” Fixit stresses, “The elementals will pass on or share if you prefer their ability to phase into the earth.  We can travel THROUGH the planet if we prepared far enough for it.” Fixit adds with a rapid and psychic clapping of his hands.  (Think Mole from Disney’s Atlantis but as an Artificer)Three days go by and they prepare to adventure.  The job Stab, Cathy, Torg and Fixit are to do is simple.  They are the bodyguards and protection for the geologists exploring the earthen tunnels below.  What the group is unaware of is what Kim Elderich is really seeking. There are two pilots and four others that are studying the results and findings.  Ten passengers total.  The very ends each have two seats.  A pilot can sit at either end to operate or more specifically direct the craft.  In each of these cars there is a small meeting room and bunks for the pilots and scientists.  The middle two cars have sleeping quarters for the adventures and rooms with locks.  Some of these rooms appear to be very large, as they seem to take up the entire side of a car.It is time to buckle up and begin the adventure.  Time to begin The Khyber Crawler!</blockquote>

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