Rel's Faded Glory III: Glory Reborn (FINAL UPDATE 6/22 - SHE'S DONE, BABY!!)
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The part I'm baffled at is that Lazarius types all of these notes into his laptop each night. How he found the time to transcribe them into his own unique handwriting and then deliver to Rel is the real interesting question.
Apparently he didn't start using the laptop until later. A lesser familiarity with his laptop might explain why he keeps accidently hitting the power off button while typing in the battle reports.
Apparently he didn't start using the laptop until later. A lesser familiarity with his laptop might explain why he keeps accidently hitting the power off button while typing in the battle reports.
Rel
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I believe I promised you folks an update:
The Queen Under the Mountain
The group took a few moments to rest and heal themselves from the harrowing battle in and around the pool before pressing ahead toward the waiting cave. Marius preceded the rest of the group, studying the ground carefully and looking for signs of tracks and recent use. He found something rather odd.
While there were no footprints or tracks that he could identify, there were dozens of small holes in the mud on the floor near the entrance. It was almost as if someone had taken a sharp stick and randomly and repeatedly plunged it into the ground throughout the area. But he could find no indication that this was done with purpose or represented writing or some kind of trap. Puzzled, the group moved on.
They found themselves in a relatively narrow tunnel, some ten feet across and 15 feet high. There were signs that it had been worked in places but largely seemed natural. It trended generally northward and somewhat back to the east.
For some of the party, this was among their first experiences with spelunking and the group stayed close together as they peered into the darkness ahead. Some 15 minutes after they had entered the cave, they heard a strange popping noise behind them.
Cathal was first to react and yelled out a warning as he ran back to protect the rear of the group. He was still frustrated from being caught in the fish men’s net for the entirety of the previous battle and felt himself lose control of his anger and Rage. As he charged back to see if the fish men had pursued them, he was surprised as he came face to face with a pair of handsome men whose good looks stopped at the waist and thereafter became a horror of arachnid evil. He gained further insight as to their anatomy when a scorpion-like tail arched over each of their backs and attempted to sting him as a large pair of claws extended from below their humanoid torsos and sought to pinch him. None of these attacks penetrated the Brigante’s armor.
Another pair of the creatures had materialized, seemingly from nowhere, and attacked Speaks and Scipio. They were less fortunate than Cathal and suffered painful stings and Scipio was left with some scratches from the creature’s claw. Both managed to fight off the numbness they felt from the stinger wounds.
Marcus launched himself toward the battle aided by magic from Lazarius that radically enhanced the speed of his movements. But Marius was close enough to the fight already and he hurled a dagger at one of the creatures causing it a minor wound. Speaks reacted by calling upon the Wild and a burst of green magic surged out from him. Those around him felt their bodies filled with regenerative power. Scipio pounced upon the one that stung him and slashed him with his claws, leaving bloody streaks across the torso of the creature.
Cathal bellowed a battle cry and slashed Mailbiter at one of the foes he faced. The supernaturally sharp blade neatly parted the humanoid portion of the creature from the scorpion part and continued toward its companion. But the other scorpion-man moved out of the path of the blade with nimble grace. It backed up a further step and disappeared completely in a flash of red light and brief whiff of brimstone.
Marcus moved past Speaks with lightning speed and struck his adversary thrice, smashing the creature into a bloody, ichorous pulp. The other scorpion-man saw this and lashed out once at Scipio with his tail before also vanishing in a burst of light and stink.
“What the hell were those,” asked Lazarius.
“I’ve no idea. But I think after what Singer told us, we should get used to the unexpected.” The party regrouped and moved forward even more cautiously than before.
Just a few minutes later, they heard the same popping noise come from up ahead in the darkness. This was followed immediately by the thrumming of two arbalest strings and a large bolt buried itself in Speaks hide armor. The Druid let out a gasp from the impact.
Everyone froze for a moment. These creatures had shown the ability to appear out of nowhere and they wanted to make sure they didn’t charge into a trap. Speaks peered into the darkness ahead and could just barely make out one of their forms but that was enough. He wove a spell and the creature was suddenly wreathed in unburning Faerie Fire, illuminating him and his companion. “Sic ‘em!”
With them clearly in sight, Scipio growled and charged forward followed closely by Marius. Each found himself under attack as the scorpion-men dropped their large crossbows and stepped up to attack with stinger and claws. Each managed to land a hit on his target.
At the same moment, another pair of the enemy popped into view directly in front of the rest of the party, cutting off Marius and Scipio from their companions. One immediately attacked Marius from behind but the Explorer’s instincts took over and he managed to dodge out of the way. Marcus stepped forward to give the scorpion-men someone else to worry about and delivered another pair of solid blows, laying one of them low. Lazarius let fly a volley of Magic Missiles wounding another of them as Speaks charged in with his club, missing his target.
Though flanked by the scorpion-men, Marius found that the one behind him was in turn flanked by Speaks now. He turned and thrust his rapier through the distracted creature’s torso, taking him through the kidney and dropping him. This must have disheartened the other two attackers who had initially started the battle because they exchanged a brief glance before disappearing yet again.
“That crap is getting old!” said Marius.
The group managed to patch up the minor damage they had suffered but were pleased that they’d left half the enemy dead after each of the last two encounters. Now if they could just figure out how the scorpion-men were appearing and disappearing like that, and why they were so belligerent in the first place, they’d be doing just fine. They pressed on.
Not much further up the passage, a total of less than an hour’s walk from the waterfall, they could see that it opened up into a larger room. They cautiously moved forward as a group, not wanting to leave gaps where the scorpion-men might suddenly appear within their ranks. They stood in the mouth of the smaller tunnel, peering into the room ahead. They could see a passage leading out from either of the far corners.
Marius’ attention was drawn to one of the passages where he thought he saw a brief red light and then a gorgeous, regal looking woman appeared out of the tunnel. Unfortunately she was rather scorpion-like from the ass backward. Marius wondered if he’d ever meet a nice woman with non-arachnid reproductive organs who didn’t want to kill him (like there was a chance in hell for that!). Before anyone could react, she waved her hands in mystical fashion and the roof of the tunnel above them transformed into loose earth and gravel and promptly collapsed on them.
NEXT: Queen Under the Mountain – Part 2
The Queen Under the Mountain
The group took a few moments to rest and heal themselves from the harrowing battle in and around the pool before pressing ahead toward the waiting cave. Marius preceded the rest of the group, studying the ground carefully and looking for signs of tracks and recent use. He found something rather odd.
While there were no footprints or tracks that he could identify, there were dozens of small holes in the mud on the floor near the entrance. It was almost as if someone had taken a sharp stick and randomly and repeatedly plunged it into the ground throughout the area. But he could find no indication that this was done with purpose or represented writing or some kind of trap. Puzzled, the group moved on.
They found themselves in a relatively narrow tunnel, some ten feet across and 15 feet high. There were signs that it had been worked in places but largely seemed natural. It trended generally northward and somewhat back to the east.
For some of the party, this was among their first experiences with spelunking and the group stayed close together as they peered into the darkness ahead. Some 15 minutes after they had entered the cave, they heard a strange popping noise behind them.
Cathal was first to react and yelled out a warning as he ran back to protect the rear of the group. He was still frustrated from being caught in the fish men’s net for the entirety of the previous battle and felt himself lose control of his anger and Rage. As he charged back to see if the fish men had pursued them, he was surprised as he came face to face with a pair of handsome men whose good looks stopped at the waist and thereafter became a horror of arachnid evil. He gained further insight as to their anatomy when a scorpion-like tail arched over each of their backs and attempted to sting him as a large pair of claws extended from below their humanoid torsos and sought to pinch him. None of these attacks penetrated the Brigante’s armor.
Another pair of the creatures had materialized, seemingly from nowhere, and attacked Speaks and Scipio. They were less fortunate than Cathal and suffered painful stings and Scipio was left with some scratches from the creature’s claw. Both managed to fight off the numbness they felt from the stinger wounds.
Marcus launched himself toward the battle aided by magic from Lazarius that radically enhanced the speed of his movements. But Marius was close enough to the fight already and he hurled a dagger at one of the creatures causing it a minor wound. Speaks reacted by calling upon the Wild and a burst of green magic surged out from him. Those around him felt their bodies filled with regenerative power. Scipio pounced upon the one that stung him and slashed him with his claws, leaving bloody streaks across the torso of the creature.
Cathal bellowed a battle cry and slashed Mailbiter at one of the foes he faced. The supernaturally sharp blade neatly parted the humanoid portion of the creature from the scorpion part and continued toward its companion. But the other scorpion-man moved out of the path of the blade with nimble grace. It backed up a further step and disappeared completely in a flash of red light and brief whiff of brimstone.
Marcus moved past Speaks with lightning speed and struck his adversary thrice, smashing the creature into a bloody, ichorous pulp. The other scorpion-man saw this and lashed out once at Scipio with his tail before also vanishing in a burst of light and stink.
“What the hell were those,” asked Lazarius.
“I’ve no idea. But I think after what Singer told us, we should get used to the unexpected.” The party regrouped and moved forward even more cautiously than before.
Just a few minutes later, they heard the same popping noise come from up ahead in the darkness. This was followed immediately by the thrumming of two arbalest strings and a large bolt buried itself in Speaks hide armor. The Druid let out a gasp from the impact.
Everyone froze for a moment. These creatures had shown the ability to appear out of nowhere and they wanted to make sure they didn’t charge into a trap. Speaks peered into the darkness ahead and could just barely make out one of their forms but that was enough. He wove a spell and the creature was suddenly wreathed in unburning Faerie Fire, illuminating him and his companion. “Sic ‘em!”
With them clearly in sight, Scipio growled and charged forward followed closely by Marius. Each found himself under attack as the scorpion-men dropped their large crossbows and stepped up to attack with stinger and claws. Each managed to land a hit on his target.
At the same moment, another pair of the enemy popped into view directly in front of the rest of the party, cutting off Marius and Scipio from their companions. One immediately attacked Marius from behind but the Explorer’s instincts took over and he managed to dodge out of the way. Marcus stepped forward to give the scorpion-men someone else to worry about and delivered another pair of solid blows, laying one of them low. Lazarius let fly a volley of Magic Missiles wounding another of them as Speaks charged in with his club, missing his target.
Though flanked by the scorpion-men, Marius found that the one behind him was in turn flanked by Speaks now. He turned and thrust his rapier through the distracted creature’s torso, taking him through the kidney and dropping him. This must have disheartened the other two attackers who had initially started the battle because they exchanged a brief glance before disappearing yet again.
“That crap is getting old!” said Marius.
The group managed to patch up the minor damage they had suffered but were pleased that they’d left half the enemy dead after each of the last two encounters. Now if they could just figure out how the scorpion-men were appearing and disappearing like that, and why they were so belligerent in the first place, they’d be doing just fine. They pressed on.
Not much further up the passage, a total of less than an hour’s walk from the waterfall, they could see that it opened up into a larger room. They cautiously moved forward as a group, not wanting to leave gaps where the scorpion-men might suddenly appear within their ranks. They stood in the mouth of the smaller tunnel, peering into the room ahead. They could see a passage leading out from either of the far corners.
Marius’ attention was drawn to one of the passages where he thought he saw a brief red light and then a gorgeous, regal looking woman appeared out of the tunnel. Unfortunately she was rather scorpion-like from the ass backward. Marius wondered if he’d ever meet a nice woman with non-arachnid reproductive organs who didn’t want to kill him (like there was a chance in hell for that!). Before anyone could react, she waved her hands in mystical fashion and the roof of the tunnel above them transformed into loose earth and gravel and promptly collapsed on them.
NEXT: Queen Under the Mountain – Part 2
Riggs
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"they mostly come out at night...mostly"
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Don't expend too much energy saying Rel is a RBDM at this point, it gets much, much better...
Not to be completely outdone, we roll a ridiculous amount of 1s on key rolls and even not-so-key rolls.
And I think Lazarius types in Wingdings font, hence the confused notes.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Don't expend too much energy saying Rel is a RBDM at this point, it gets much, much better...
Not to be completely outdone, we roll a ridiculous amount of 1s on key rolls and even not-so-key rolls.
And I think Lazarius types in Wingdings font, hence the confused notes.
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