Malvoisin's War of the Burning Sky - IC Thread
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Malvoisin
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"Right!"
Torrent seems to be glad that the small band of adventurers has been able to lend some aid to the beleaguered people of Gate Pass, but it is clear she too is eager to keep moving. She leads the way further east, to the gate house that divides this district from the next.
As the group nears the gate, it becomes clear that passage will not be quick...the gate is packed with too many people trying to squeeze through a too-narrow passage. However, before the situation can be addressed, a sudden wave of fear rolls across the party like a cold wind!
[Will Save DC 21: Taren 22 (Succeeds), Cassandra 13, Markus 20, Coldan 20, Aridha 6, Xander 17, Torrent 20 (All Fail)]
Nearly everyone in the crowd finds themselves panicking at once for no obvious reason, and the majority of the party (excepting only Taren) succumbs to the fear as well. Screams erupt in the night as people begin to shove and tear at one another to flee for their lives!
[REF Save DC 12: Markus 21, Aridha 13, Taren 18, Torrent 13 (Succeed); Cassandra 6, Coldan 10, Xander 10 (Fail); Failed Saves take Nonlethal Damage: Cassandra 1, Coldan 6, Xander 3.]
Everyone except Taren flees irrationally into the crowd. Cassandra and Xander get crushed painfully against a wall in the mad stampede. Meanwhile, Coldan gets knocked to the ground and trampled viciously, forcing the strong knight to fight for consciousness.
The soldiers patrolling the top of the wall are not exempted from the panic, and they too flee uncontrollably. One of them jumps from the wall in terror and falls amid the crowd, where he is trampled, and does not get back up.
[sblock=Taren Spot Check]As he fights to avoid being trampled by the mob, Taren looks up and notices a crimson, bat-winged shape the size of a house swooping through the sky about a hundred feet overhead. As it passes out of view over other buildings, a surge of panicked screams rise along its path. It is too dark to make out clearly what this terror-sowing creature may be.[/sblock]
[OOC: All righty, this panic will last for one minute, after which the party can regroup. Have fun role-playing your PC's panic, that should be keen. Erekose, if you have any particular actions in mind for Taren, please post such, as he was the only character to not run screaming like a little baby.
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[HP Update: Taren 6/7, Coldan 13/14 (6 NL), Cassandra 7/7 (6 NL), Aridha 10/10 (6 NL), Xander 16/16 (4 NL), Markus 9/10]
Torrent seems to be glad that the small band of adventurers has been able to lend some aid to the beleaguered people of Gate Pass, but it is clear she too is eager to keep moving. She leads the way further east, to the gate house that divides this district from the next.
As the group nears the gate, it becomes clear that passage will not be quick...the gate is packed with too many people trying to squeeze through a too-narrow passage. However, before the situation can be addressed, a sudden wave of fear rolls across the party like a cold wind!
[Will Save DC 21: Taren 22 (Succeeds), Cassandra 13, Markus 20, Coldan 20, Aridha 6, Xander 17, Torrent 20 (All Fail)]
Nearly everyone in the crowd finds themselves panicking at once for no obvious reason, and the majority of the party (excepting only Taren) succumbs to the fear as well. Screams erupt in the night as people begin to shove and tear at one another to flee for their lives!
[REF Save DC 12: Markus 21, Aridha 13, Taren 18, Torrent 13 (Succeed); Cassandra 6, Coldan 10, Xander 10 (Fail); Failed Saves take Nonlethal Damage: Cassandra 1, Coldan 6, Xander 3.]
Everyone except Taren flees irrationally into the crowd. Cassandra and Xander get crushed painfully against a wall in the mad stampede. Meanwhile, Coldan gets knocked to the ground and trampled viciously, forcing the strong knight to fight for consciousness.
The soldiers patrolling the top of the wall are not exempted from the panic, and they too flee uncontrollably. One of them jumps from the wall in terror and falls amid the crowd, where he is trampled, and does not get back up.
[sblock=Taren Spot Check]As he fights to avoid being trampled by the mob, Taren looks up and notices a crimson, bat-winged shape the size of a house swooping through the sky about a hundred feet overhead. As it passes out of view over other buildings, a surge of panicked screams rise along its path. It is too dark to make out clearly what this terror-sowing creature may be.[/sblock]
[OOC: All righty, this panic will last for one minute, after which the party can regroup. Have fun role-playing your PC's panic, that should be keen. Erekose, if you have any particular actions in mind for Taren, please post such, as he was the only character to not run screaming like a little baby.
][HP Update: Taren 6/7, Coldan 13/14 (6 NL), Cassandra 7/7 (6 NL), Aridha 10/10 (6 NL), Xander 16/16 (4 NL), Markus 9/10]
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Rystil Arden
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*Cassandra attempts to flee and gets pushed against a wall.*
(OOC: Hmm, there's really not much else to do when in the panicked condition but wait for it to end. I guess that's it. This encounter would have been more interesting, I think, if the PCs were not affected but came in later and had to try to disperse the mob without hurting the innocent people--could have used Cha-skills or Enchantment magic. Of course the Beguiler would say that
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(OOC: Hmm, there's really not much else to do when in the panicked condition but wait for it to end. I guess that's it. This encounter would have been more interesting, I think, if the PCs were not affected but came in later and had to try to disperse the mob without hurting the innocent people--could have used Cha-skills or Enchantment magic. Of course the Beguiler would say that
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stonegod
Spawn of Khyber/LEB Judge
it hit him out of no where, another familiar feeling, but one he hated to admit. The cold tingle of it in his spine, the panic in his heart, the visceral embodiment of the lesser cowardice he carried with him at all times. The sudden power of it stunned him, and Coldan stood frozen momentarily until the crowd bowled him over.
The pain... he almost welcomed it. A penance. A price. A smaller part said such thoughts were foolish, self destructive, would only lead to ruin, but as his chest was crushed and his face kicked, that smaller voice was ignored.
The pain... he almost welcomed it. A penance. A price. A smaller part said such thoughts were foolish, self destructive, would only lead to ruin, but as his chest was crushed and his face kicked, that smaller voice was ignored.
Malvoisin
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In the midst of the screams and chaos, Taren slips into an alley, where he can concentrate. Allowing his senses to enter the shadow realm, he looks up from the shadows of the rooftop high above. By now, the terrifying creature is winging away, but Taren still gets a better view of the reptilian beast, massive in size. Its red scales gleam in the winter moonlight as its leathery wings beat rhythmically. Taren has never seen one before, but based on legend alone, only one word seems to fit....dragon.Erekose13 said:
Rystil Arden
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[SBLOCK=Random Rules Comment]This is more out of academic interest than anything else, but in the module as written, is that supposed to be dragon Frightful Presence and are we really supposed to be affected without seeing it? I don't mind at all, but since we have RW peeking in from time to time--
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