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Let's Play #5 4e Dungeon Scales of War 1) Rescue at Rivenroar The End NOW WITH PICS OF THE PCs
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<blockquote data-quote="Goonalan" data-source="post: 6140442" data-attributes="member: 16069"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 18px">Let's Play #5 Dungeon Magazine Scales of War #1 </span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 18px">Rescue at Rivenroar (Level 1)</span></p><p></p><p>Session 2.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/9262700211/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7282/9262700211_6b5dc992c8_c.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>Encounter #9 Portal Room (Area 4)</p><p></p><p>[sblock=The Map]</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/8615024880/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8397/8615024880_7494f849fa_o.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center">The Portal Room is situated in area 4 on the map (see below).</p> <p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/8615025040/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8120/8615025040_4f84046b8a_o.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>Miss Teri leads the way, the passage heads west and then north, opens out in to a strange, high-ceilinged, chamber- that’s not all that’s strange however. A shimmering portal, circular, maybe twenty feet in diameter seems to hover a few feet off the back wall.</p><p></p><p>“Blessed be Dark Mistress…” Chiggers whispers.</p><p>Gargemel smirks, less impressed.</p><p></p><p>The portal, or else- what else could it be, shows a river- in full flow, the image however seems to be turning moving left to right, very slowly, but moving all the same.</p><p></p><p>The adventurer’s stare- transfixed.</p><p></p><p>The amazing thing is the portal seems to be able to see both above and below the surface of the water, in the lower half of the image fish lazily, unperturbed, swim by; in the upper half the river runs fast and we can see the far back- perhaps something beyond.</p><p></p><p>“It’s… It’s…” Snatch fails to find words.</p><p></p><p>Thug is more- demonstrative, gingerly- looking back once or twice for reassurance, the bugbear moves towards the image, greataxe ready, nervously he reaches out to touch the image- his hand passes through, there’s nothing there- only a projection of the scene.</p><p></p><p>The bugbear giggles and turns back to his fellows with a mile-wide grin, a child’s sense of wonder.</p><p></p><p>It’s at this point that the large mass of almost colourless Ooze flops out of the image and lands behind Thug with a loud wet splat.</p><p></p><p>Several jelly-like pseudopods rise up from the Ochre Jelly and lash out- Miss Teri screams.</p><p></p><p>Bad Guys 300 XP Level 1 Encounter</p><p>Ochre Jelly Level 3 Elite Brute</p><p></p><p>[sblock=The Monster Manual]</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/8670383652/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8521/8670383652_629e5b1918_o.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>In the same instant the shadar-kai spins out a shuriken, severs one of the four pseudopods reaching for Thug’s back, the bugbear spins and slashes- severs another- the last two lash at the fighter. Thug dodges desperately, avoids one blow but steps in to the other- he’s battered, and burning; the ooze exudes acid and leaves its mark.</p><p></p><p>Snatch takes a cautionary step back and then fires, his Two-Fanged Strike serves to splatter the ooze’s two remaining viscous tentacles. Gargemel steps forward, and breathes out- lightning fills the air and smashes in to the great clump of jelly, the sorcerer’s Lightning Breath (Daily).</p><p></p><p>Two things happen- the first is a great tearing sound, the ooze has suddenly become two smaller oozes- Gargemel it seems is in the business of creating life. The second thing is the image on the portal suddenly becomes jumbled, a mix of static and crazy lines. </p><p></p><p>Miss Teri manoeuvres quickly, and with a Clever Strike slashes multiple times at the closest newly formed ooze, all the life goes out of the strange entity, its existence is exceedingly short. Thug, still burning from his acid stripe- and now bloodied, slashes at the second ooze, it too is ended.</p><p></p><p>The tough bugbear scrapes the acid from his skin and garments- the burn subsides; just as Chiggers steps closer and mutter his Healing Words, Thug nods his thanks and turns back to look at the portal.</p><p></p><p>“Hey!”</p><p></p><p>The bugbear warns- on the screen an empty dark landscape, rough terrain, mountainous in the far distance, dead ahead a whole host of tents and temporary structures- it looks like an army encampment. Overhead the clouds are dark and grey, swirls and streaks of lightning constantly flicker and arc, creating dazzling striations in the angry clouds. The scene suddenly blurs, a lurching sense of motion, as we rush closer to the sprawling black mass of the encampment- a face fills the screen, the image lasts a moment.</p><p></p><p>Less than a moment.</p><p></p><p>But is burned on to the retinas of all those watching.</p><p></p><p>An angry looking female shadar-kai staring straight out of the image, directly at the adventurers.</p><p></p><p>At the same moment the first of the magic portal undead servitors shimmers and glides through the wall and in to the chamber- the spectre moans and wails, a second spectre enters from the opposite wall and takes up the chorus.</p><p></p><p>Bad Guys 650 XP Level 2 Encounter</p><p>Ochre Jelly Level 3 Elite Brute</p><p>Spectre Level 4 Lurker x2</p><p></p><p>[sblock=The Monster Manual]</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/8669280551/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8543/8669280551_6aee8d0638_o.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>Chiggers, Thug, Gargemel and Snatch clutch at their ears, trying to block the sound, and pull faces- they scream wildly as they sink to their knees.</p><p></p><p>Miss Teri’s dagger lashes out and slices in to one of the spectral figures, the spell is broken.</p><p></p><p>Thug staggers to his feet and lashes out, Snatch lunges up and away- turns swiftly, bow at the ready, and fires a Twin Strike- the first spectre shimmers and is gone.</p><p></p><p>Chiggers fights the undead creature’s power, drags himself to his feet and slowly, painfully, presents his holy symbol- he Turns the Undead fiend- radiant light bathes the spectre, it stops wailing and starts screaming- it burns.</p><p></p><p>But not for long, the spectre glides aback a little and then manoeuvres and begins to wail and moan again- its Spectral Barrage, the same four adventurers clutch at their ears, scream some more, and once again fall to their knees, all of them are bloodied, with rivers of blood running down their faces.</p><p></p><p>Miss Teri’s shuriken saves them a second time, her Confounding Attack (Daily) leaves the spectre speechless and unsure of what just happened, and also bloodied.</p><p></p><p>The adventurers grasp their opportunity- Gargemel hits the thing with an Acid Orb, Snatch’s arrow punches a hole in the spirit with his Hunt’s End (Daily), Chiggers Avenging Flame (Daily) follow up ends the spectre.</p><p></p><p>The adventurer’s breath hard, the fight is won.</p><p></p><p>Bad Guys 650 XP Level 2 Encounter</p><p>Ochre Jelly Level 3 Elite Brute</p><p>Spectre Level 4 Lurker x2</p><p></p><p>The adventurers are spent- that is their resources are extremely low.</p><p></p><p>“We cannot go on…” Chiggers states.</p><p>Adronsius looks unhappy- but even he can see how bruised and battered his rescuers are- he nods.</p><p></p><p>The guy’s head back the way they came, clearing up- as best they can en route to the Von Jallach crypt. Once there they set watch, and hidden in the room they rescued the dwarf alchemist from, except for the fellow on watch, they attempt to hide and lick their wounds.</p><p></p><p>Comment: I made the Pcs undertake a minor skill challenge (no XP reward), to see how well they managed to hide their tracks et al- they were allowed one check each, as decided by me after hearing their role-played actions.</p><p></p><p>The highest roll (with modifiers) was something like a ‘13’, I played the game and pretended everything would be okay.</p><p></p><p>Last thing- what a gift, by which I mean a giant TV screen in the middle of the adventure, you can show anything you want- my snippet was something from the future. As I say, a gift to DMs everywhere.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Goonalan, post: 6140442, member: 16069"] [CENTER][SIZE="5"]Let's Play #5 Dungeon Magazine Scales of War #1 Rescue at Rivenroar (Level 1)[/SIZE][/CENTER] Session 2. [CENTER][url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/9262700211/][img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7282/9262700211_6b5dc992c8_c.jpg[/img][/url][/CENTER] Encounter #9 Portal Room (Area 4) [sblock=The Map] [CENTER][url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/8615024880/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8397/8615024880_7494f849fa_o.jpg[/img][/url] The Portal Room is situated in area 4 on the map (see below). [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/8615025040/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8120/8615025040_4f84046b8a_o.jpg[/img][/url][/CENTER] [/sblock] Miss Teri leads the way, the passage heads west and then north, opens out in to a strange, high-ceilinged, chamber- that’s not all that’s strange however. A shimmering portal, circular, maybe twenty feet in diameter seems to hover a few feet off the back wall. “Blessed be Dark Mistress…” Chiggers whispers. Gargemel smirks, less impressed. The portal, or else- what else could it be, shows a river- in full flow, the image however seems to be turning moving left to right, very slowly, but moving all the same. The adventurer’s stare- transfixed. The amazing thing is the portal seems to be able to see both above and below the surface of the water, in the lower half of the image fish lazily, unperturbed, swim by; in the upper half the river runs fast and we can see the far back- perhaps something beyond. “It’s… It’s…” Snatch fails to find words. Thug is more- demonstrative, gingerly- looking back once or twice for reassurance, the bugbear moves towards the image, greataxe ready, nervously he reaches out to touch the image- his hand passes through, there’s nothing there- only a projection of the scene. The bugbear giggles and turns back to his fellows with a mile-wide grin, a child’s sense of wonder. It’s at this point that the large mass of almost colourless Ooze flops out of the image and lands behind Thug with a loud wet splat. Several jelly-like pseudopods rise up from the Ochre Jelly and lash out- Miss Teri screams. Bad Guys 300 XP Level 1 Encounter Ochre Jelly Level 3 Elite Brute [sblock=The Monster Manual] [CENTER][url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/8670383652/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8521/8670383652_629e5b1918_o.png[/img][/url][/CENTER] [/sblock] In the same instant the shadar-kai spins out a shuriken, severs one of the four pseudopods reaching for Thug’s back, the bugbear spins and slashes- severs another- the last two lash at the fighter. Thug dodges desperately, avoids one blow but steps in to the other- he’s battered, and burning; the ooze exudes acid and leaves its mark. Snatch takes a cautionary step back and then fires, his Two-Fanged Strike serves to splatter the ooze’s two remaining viscous tentacles. Gargemel steps forward, and breathes out- lightning fills the air and smashes in to the great clump of jelly, the sorcerer’s Lightning Breath (Daily). Two things happen- the first is a great tearing sound, the ooze has suddenly become two smaller oozes- Gargemel it seems is in the business of creating life. The second thing is the image on the portal suddenly becomes jumbled, a mix of static and crazy lines. Miss Teri manoeuvres quickly, and with a Clever Strike slashes multiple times at the closest newly formed ooze, all the life goes out of the strange entity, its existence is exceedingly short. Thug, still burning from his acid stripe- and now bloodied, slashes at the second ooze, it too is ended. The tough bugbear scrapes the acid from his skin and garments- the burn subsides; just as Chiggers steps closer and mutter his Healing Words, Thug nods his thanks and turns back to look at the portal. “Hey!” The bugbear warns- on the screen an empty dark landscape, rough terrain, mountainous in the far distance, dead ahead a whole host of tents and temporary structures- it looks like an army encampment. Overhead the clouds are dark and grey, swirls and streaks of lightning constantly flicker and arc, creating dazzling striations in the angry clouds. The scene suddenly blurs, a lurching sense of motion, as we rush closer to the sprawling black mass of the encampment- a face fills the screen, the image lasts a moment. Less than a moment. But is burned on to the retinas of all those watching. An angry looking female shadar-kai staring straight out of the image, directly at the adventurers. At the same moment the first of the magic portal undead servitors shimmers and glides through the wall and in to the chamber- the spectre moans and wails, a second spectre enters from the opposite wall and takes up the chorus. Bad Guys 650 XP Level 2 Encounter Ochre Jelly Level 3 Elite Brute Spectre Level 4 Lurker x2 [sblock=The Monster Manual] [CENTER][url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/40504969@N08/8669280551/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8543/8669280551_6aee8d0638_o.png[/img][/url][/CENTER] [/sblock] Chiggers, Thug, Gargemel and Snatch clutch at their ears, trying to block the sound, and pull faces- they scream wildly as they sink to their knees. Miss Teri’s dagger lashes out and slices in to one of the spectral figures, the spell is broken. Thug staggers to his feet and lashes out, Snatch lunges up and away- turns swiftly, bow at the ready, and fires a Twin Strike- the first spectre shimmers and is gone. Chiggers fights the undead creature’s power, drags himself to his feet and slowly, painfully, presents his holy symbol- he Turns the Undead fiend- radiant light bathes the spectre, it stops wailing and starts screaming- it burns. But not for long, the spectre glides aback a little and then manoeuvres and begins to wail and moan again- its Spectral Barrage, the same four adventurers clutch at their ears, scream some more, and once again fall to their knees, all of them are bloodied, with rivers of blood running down their faces. Miss Teri’s shuriken saves them a second time, her Confounding Attack (Daily) leaves the spectre speechless and unsure of what just happened, and also bloodied. The adventurers grasp their opportunity- Gargemel hits the thing with an Acid Orb, Snatch’s arrow punches a hole in the spirit with his Hunt’s End (Daily), Chiggers Avenging Flame (Daily) follow up ends the spectre. The adventurer’s breath hard, the fight is won. Bad Guys 650 XP Level 2 Encounter Ochre Jelly Level 3 Elite Brute Spectre Level 4 Lurker x2 The adventurers are spent- that is their resources are extremely low. “We cannot go on…” Chiggers states. Adronsius looks unhappy- but even he can see how bruised and battered his rescuers are- he nods. The guy’s head back the way they came, clearing up- as best they can en route to the Von Jallach crypt. Once there they set watch, and hidden in the room they rescued the dwarf alchemist from, except for the fellow on watch, they attempt to hide and lick their wounds. Comment: I made the Pcs undertake a minor skill challenge (no XP reward), to see how well they managed to hide their tracks et al- they were allowed one check each, as decided by me after hearing their role-played actions. The highest roll (with modifiers) was something like a ‘13’, I played the game and pretended everything would be okay. Last thing- what a gift, by which I mean a giant TV screen in the middle of the adventure, you can show anything you want- my snippet was something from the future. As I say, a gift to DMs everywhere. [/QUOTE]
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