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<blockquote data-quote="Lylandra" data-source="post: 7251979" data-attributes="member: 6816692"><p><strong>Intermezzo, Pt. 2</strong></p><p></p><p>After their brief adventure in the swamps of Vidor, Cuin, Tinuviel and Torrent invite the rest of the crew (Crystin, Katrina and Tiljann) to a small feast in the bilge pump in Seaquen. The elves talk about their plans to go back to Gate Pass and check up on the situation there as they have heard that the war against the second army is still going. </p><p></p><p>Katrina says that she misses her home and her brother as well, but she adds that she's been feeling quite uncomfortable lately, as if she was being watched. She fears that this might be Guthwulf's magic and that the guy still hasn't given up on “winning her back”. So the elves suggest that she might want to stay in the Lyceum where Simeonne can protect her from further divination. Katrina agrees and adds that Simeonne would need her help and organizational talent anyway. </p><p></p><p>The next morning, Tinuviel receives a message from his aunt Mariel. She speaks very politely and cautiously about the political situation in Calanis and she hints that Shaaladel has put his attention away from Seaquen and Dassen after the fleet incident and the storm ultimatum. He now sees Leska as a bigger threat (which is not surprising as the 4th is still advancing onto Calanis). She also mentions that Shalosha has departed from the capital with an entourage to search for the torch (and possible allies) on her own.</p><p></p><p>Tinuviel fears that the calming influence of Shalosha and the political pressure from the recent losses in the north might lead Shaaladel to more aggressive politics and he shares his thoughts wuth Cuin. He also thinks about maybe trying to contact Shalosha soon to find out more about her plans. </p><p>The group wants to check up on Tinuviel's brothers and sisters in spirit, and especially Kathor, aftre the demise of Madness. So they decide to travel to Gate Pass and take Crystin with them so she can make contact with another trillith-bound. </p><p></p><p>As their journey would lead them through Innotendar Forest, Cuin also plans to visit the Seela and the surviving elves who might be about to rebuild their home. He remembers the promise he gave Lady Timor most recently and sends her an invitation to accompany them all to the Forest. He then remembers that he also promised to help Lord Rego with trade agreements, so he invites him to make contact with the elves as well. </p><p></p><p>They all meet up in Cornerwood which seems to be in a better condition than before. The townsfolk explain that they get far more visitors (and their money) now that the Elfroad is open again. And they didn't see any Ragesians yet. They also mention friendly elves who shyly tried to make contact and with whom they want to start trading. </p><p></p><p>Lady Timor and her two mages spend their time in the inn and the Lady seems pretty happy to see Cuin'halar again this soon. </p><p></p><p>Together they continue to the former Fire Forest and first meet up with the twelve surviving Innotendar elves who decided to waste no time and now call a quite functional village their own. The group is led by the siblings Aubron and Nuada who don't seem to agree on all of the other's plans for the future. Aubron wants to keep his community secret while his elder sister Nuada seeks justice for her people. She wants to question Diashan Shediell and find proof that Lord Shaaladel was directly involved in the torching of Innotendar. </p><p></p><p>They promise the elves to get the reports on Diashan to them and to hold Shaaladel accountable to his crimes. Cuin explains that he wouldn't let the guy get away, especially after he killed almost all of his people. The elves also tell the party that they started to form patrols with the Seela and that they cut down all Ragesians who dare to enter their forest. </p><p></p><p>Among the elves is Saelynn, a woman they know from Gate Pass. She says that she fled the forest when the tensions with the Shahalesti started to rise and she now returned to hide from the ongoing siege of Gate Pass. She's lost her husband and didn't want to endanger her son and unborn child. She asks Cuin and Tinu to greet Tharaleth should they see him as he was a colleague of her late husband. </p><p></p><p>Lady Timor is very inspired by the defiant spirit of the elves and she's very interested in the Seela and their songs as well. She promises them to become good neighbors and to stay in close contact with them. Rego's proxy is a bit more hesitant, but he cannot really say no to such a promising trade opportunity. </p><p></p><p>Last but not least, Cuin'halar leads Myriam Timor to the First Tree and Timbre. The dryad embraces the wielder of Anyariel's blade and says she's really glad that the Tree is recovering very quickly. She then leads the two to the Tree which is in full bloom and Cuin gets all poetic about the beauty of life and his duty to protect the Seela and maybe all of creation. He then kind of asks the tree for permission to pick one of its blossoms and gives it to Lady Timor. She is very touched by his gesture and promises to keep it safe.</p><p></p><p>They continue their journey to Gate Pass where the entourages meet up with the current Gate Pass resistance council: Erdan Menash, Diogenes, Tharaleth and, to everyone's surprise, Rantle. When asked, Tharaleth explains that roguish Rantle felt that something was missing after Cuin and Tinu left Gate Pass. He tried to fill that gap with even more enthusiasm of his own and Tharaleth saw a genuine care for Gate Pass in the young man, so he decided to give him a chance to prove himself. </p><p></p><p>The party then takes a trip to everyone's favorite “very manly” tavern. They are welcomed by Olivier who hands them booze and says that his “best customer”, the Black Knight and Battering Ram of Gate Pass, tends to arrive in the evening hours when the ragesian skirmishes ebb down. </p><p>After a while, Kathor arrives and makes his first contact with Crystin. At first, he's a bit confused that they endangered this cute little girl just to meet a guy like him, but Crystin tells “Mr. Ram” that she's fine on her own. She also mutters that his Justice will soon meet someone vigilant and that they'd together be among the protectors of Gate Pass. </p><p></p><p>Kathor feels something strange when he's around Crystin and Tinuviel explains him what they've learned about the Trillith and their mother, Trilla. They ask him whether he's interested in finding the missing dragon and promise to keep him informed. Kathor thanks them all for their effort, but says that he feels quite comfortable in Gate Pass right now, as if someone's telling him that this is the right place to be and to fight for. He adds that he's still confused and uneasy about his feelings towards the Ragesians, his own people. He seems a bit afraid to confront his father and even more afraid to put shame on the honorable man.</p><p></p><p>The next day, all negotiations seem to be done and the group(s) travel back to their home towns. </p><p></p><p>When the party returns to Seaquen, they discuss the result of the Dasseni diplomatic endeavour with Simeonne. She seems to be satisfied with strengthening trade through the Elfroad but also a bit worried that the Ragesians might find some easy targets there. </p><p></p><p>She also mentions that she's fed up with casting defensive spells on Katrina all day (that girl only knows blaster spells...) and that she's commissioned a mental shield crown to protect her “handmaiden” - as she jokingly calls the sorceress – from further scrying attempts. </p><p></p><p>Simeonne then proceeds to discuss the worrisome situation of the team she send to Ostalin. For now, all communication with them stopped completely and she doesn't really know what happened to them. The last time she heard from Shelton, the party's wizard, was a couple of days ago when they were in a town called Eresh. She adds that some of the refugees, the monks of the Echoed Soul might know the area surrounding the monastery, so they maybe want to ask them for a guide should they want to check up on Eril and his team. (wink, wink, hint, hint)</p><p></p><p>She also talks about her other team she's still in contact with. They send messages in very irregular frequency, but they found out that the First Ragesian army is still near Korstull and in control of the area surrounding the rain of fire. So they surely have to act in secret. </p><p></p><p>Tinuviel asks the headmastress about news on the Burning Sky research and she says that she, Kiernan and Sheena did a lot of calculations recently. They found out that the Burning Sky was slightly less severe at night, and even less during a new moon. She then laughs and adds that Kiernan then, after a night without sleep, called them all idiots and suggested to transform people who'd like to teleport into something inflammable, like, for example, a fire elemental. Tinu bursts into laughter and says that he'll ask Kiernan for a polymorph should he feel the need to teleport long distances in the future.</p><p></p><p><em>Note: A day full of wrap-ups. Cuin became very invested in Innotendar and Tinuviel seems keen on keeping the friendly fellow Trillith-bound together as some sort of extended family. Both players really like Kathor and I kind of envision him as a more family-bound version of Berserk's Guts. In time, he will become an one-man-army, so I guess that description fits him. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>I still wanted to let my party decide whether to focus on Ostalin or Sindaire first and it seemed like Ostalin got the vote, so I made Simeonne lose contact with Eril first. The Sindairese team will be captured by the First army in time, so they'll get there soon as well. (I'm not sure whether it was ever discussed what happened to the team Simeon send to Sindaire, but I thought it made sense that they could get captured by Magdus' people)</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Oh and for the Burning Sky... I had a good laugh when I read about the polymorph option. I was surprised that none of my players came up with it first and then realized that Pathfinder polymorph doesn't give you all the immunities the original creature has. So I ruled that you can polymorph into a tiny, harmless version of the creature to get the full template.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lylandra, post: 7251979, member: 6816692"] [b]Intermezzo, Pt. 2[/b] After their brief adventure in the swamps of Vidor, Cuin, Tinuviel and Torrent invite the rest of the crew (Crystin, Katrina and Tiljann) to a small feast in the bilge pump in Seaquen. The elves talk about their plans to go back to Gate Pass and check up on the situation there as they have heard that the war against the second army is still going. Katrina says that she misses her home and her brother as well, but she adds that she's been feeling quite uncomfortable lately, as if she was being watched. She fears that this might be Guthwulf's magic and that the guy still hasn't given up on “winning her back”. So the elves suggest that she might want to stay in the Lyceum where Simeonne can protect her from further divination. Katrina agrees and adds that Simeonne would need her help and organizational talent anyway. The next morning, Tinuviel receives a message from his aunt Mariel. She speaks very politely and cautiously about the political situation in Calanis and she hints that Shaaladel has put his attention away from Seaquen and Dassen after the fleet incident and the storm ultimatum. He now sees Leska as a bigger threat (which is not surprising as the 4th is still advancing onto Calanis). She also mentions that Shalosha has departed from the capital with an entourage to search for the torch (and possible allies) on her own. Tinuviel fears that the calming influence of Shalosha and the political pressure from the recent losses in the north might lead Shaaladel to more aggressive politics and he shares his thoughts wuth Cuin. He also thinks about maybe trying to contact Shalosha soon to find out more about her plans. The group wants to check up on Tinuviel's brothers and sisters in spirit, and especially Kathor, aftre the demise of Madness. So they decide to travel to Gate Pass and take Crystin with them so she can make contact with another trillith-bound. As their journey would lead them through Innotendar Forest, Cuin also plans to visit the Seela and the surviving elves who might be about to rebuild their home. He remembers the promise he gave Lady Timor most recently and sends her an invitation to accompany them all to the Forest. He then remembers that he also promised to help Lord Rego with trade agreements, so he invites him to make contact with the elves as well. They all meet up in Cornerwood which seems to be in a better condition than before. The townsfolk explain that they get far more visitors (and their money) now that the Elfroad is open again. And they didn't see any Ragesians yet. They also mention friendly elves who shyly tried to make contact and with whom they want to start trading. Lady Timor and her two mages spend their time in the inn and the Lady seems pretty happy to see Cuin'halar again this soon. Together they continue to the former Fire Forest and first meet up with the twelve surviving Innotendar elves who decided to waste no time and now call a quite functional village their own. The group is led by the siblings Aubron and Nuada who don't seem to agree on all of the other's plans for the future. Aubron wants to keep his community secret while his elder sister Nuada seeks justice for her people. She wants to question Diashan Shediell and find proof that Lord Shaaladel was directly involved in the torching of Innotendar. They promise the elves to get the reports on Diashan to them and to hold Shaaladel accountable to his crimes. Cuin explains that he wouldn't let the guy get away, especially after he killed almost all of his people. The elves also tell the party that they started to form patrols with the Seela and that they cut down all Ragesians who dare to enter their forest. Among the elves is Saelynn, a woman they know from Gate Pass. She says that she fled the forest when the tensions with the Shahalesti started to rise and she now returned to hide from the ongoing siege of Gate Pass. She's lost her husband and didn't want to endanger her son and unborn child. She asks Cuin and Tinu to greet Tharaleth should they see him as he was a colleague of her late husband. Lady Timor is very inspired by the defiant spirit of the elves and she's very interested in the Seela and their songs as well. She promises them to become good neighbors and to stay in close contact with them. Rego's proxy is a bit more hesitant, but he cannot really say no to such a promising trade opportunity. Last but not least, Cuin'halar leads Myriam Timor to the First Tree and Timbre. The dryad embraces the wielder of Anyariel's blade and says she's really glad that the Tree is recovering very quickly. She then leads the two to the Tree which is in full bloom and Cuin gets all poetic about the beauty of life and his duty to protect the Seela and maybe all of creation. He then kind of asks the tree for permission to pick one of its blossoms and gives it to Lady Timor. She is very touched by his gesture and promises to keep it safe. They continue their journey to Gate Pass where the entourages meet up with the current Gate Pass resistance council: Erdan Menash, Diogenes, Tharaleth and, to everyone's surprise, Rantle. When asked, Tharaleth explains that roguish Rantle felt that something was missing after Cuin and Tinu left Gate Pass. He tried to fill that gap with even more enthusiasm of his own and Tharaleth saw a genuine care for Gate Pass in the young man, so he decided to give him a chance to prove himself. The party then takes a trip to everyone's favorite “very manly” tavern. They are welcomed by Olivier who hands them booze and says that his “best customer”, the Black Knight and Battering Ram of Gate Pass, tends to arrive in the evening hours when the ragesian skirmishes ebb down. After a while, Kathor arrives and makes his first contact with Crystin. At first, he's a bit confused that they endangered this cute little girl just to meet a guy like him, but Crystin tells “Mr. Ram” that she's fine on her own. She also mutters that his Justice will soon meet someone vigilant and that they'd together be among the protectors of Gate Pass. Kathor feels something strange when he's around Crystin and Tinuviel explains him what they've learned about the Trillith and their mother, Trilla. They ask him whether he's interested in finding the missing dragon and promise to keep him informed. Kathor thanks them all for their effort, but says that he feels quite comfortable in Gate Pass right now, as if someone's telling him that this is the right place to be and to fight for. He adds that he's still confused and uneasy about his feelings towards the Ragesians, his own people. He seems a bit afraid to confront his father and even more afraid to put shame on the honorable man. The next day, all negotiations seem to be done and the group(s) travel back to their home towns. When the party returns to Seaquen, they discuss the result of the Dasseni diplomatic endeavour with Simeonne. She seems to be satisfied with strengthening trade through the Elfroad but also a bit worried that the Ragesians might find some easy targets there. She also mentions that she's fed up with casting defensive spells on Katrina all day (that girl only knows blaster spells...) and that she's commissioned a mental shield crown to protect her “handmaiden” - as she jokingly calls the sorceress – from further scrying attempts. Simeonne then proceeds to discuss the worrisome situation of the team she send to Ostalin. For now, all communication with them stopped completely and she doesn't really know what happened to them. The last time she heard from Shelton, the party's wizard, was a couple of days ago when they were in a town called Eresh. She adds that some of the refugees, the monks of the Echoed Soul might know the area surrounding the monastery, so they maybe want to ask them for a guide should they want to check up on Eril and his team. (wink, wink, hint, hint) She also talks about her other team she's still in contact with. They send messages in very irregular frequency, but they found out that the First Ragesian army is still near Korstull and in control of the area surrounding the rain of fire. So they surely have to act in secret. Tinuviel asks the headmastress about news on the Burning Sky research and she says that she, Kiernan and Sheena did a lot of calculations recently. They found out that the Burning Sky was slightly less severe at night, and even less during a new moon. She then laughs and adds that Kiernan then, after a night without sleep, called them all idiots and suggested to transform people who'd like to teleport into something inflammable, like, for example, a fire elemental. Tinu bursts into laughter and says that he'll ask Kiernan for a polymorph should he feel the need to teleport long distances in the future. [I]Note: A day full of wrap-ups. Cuin became very invested in Innotendar and Tinuviel seems keen on keeping the friendly fellow Trillith-bound together as some sort of extended family. Both players really like Kathor and I kind of envision him as a more family-bound version of Berserk's Guts. In time, he will become an one-man-army, so I guess that description fits him. I still wanted to let my party decide whether to focus on Ostalin or Sindaire first and it seemed like Ostalin got the vote, so I made Simeonne lose contact with Eril first. The Sindairese team will be captured by the First army in time, so they'll get there soon as well. (I'm not sure whether it was ever discussed what happened to the team Simeon send to Sindaire, but I thought it made sense that they could get captured by Magdus' people) Oh and for the Burning Sky... I had a good laugh when I read about the polymorph option. I was surprised that none of my players came up with it first and then realized that Pathfinder polymorph doesn't give you all the immunities the original creature has. So I ruled that you can polymorph into a tiny, harmless version of the creature to get the full template.[/I] [/QUOTE]
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