RJK'S Cairn of the Skeleton King
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Le Noir Faineant
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The burning warriors watch you silently, as you throw the paladin's body into the flames and then move after the Winter Wolf and its master...
From above in the sky, Zanax and Reezo can see that the darkness extends over miles... Yet, very, very far away, they can see a golden stream on the horizon...
The darkness ends somewhere, so it's most likely not the end of the world...
The fog, however, is extending, and the darkness that clouds the sun follows it...
Over the wideness of the flat plains of Gasconfold [your current location] you can see several red spots... Burning buildings, supposedly small villages and farmsteads that are now taken out by the legions undead...
Under you, the fog seems to shimmer... Some spots seem darker and more dense than others...
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Down on the ground, you walk behind Moja, through an increasingly ghastly landscape...
In the fog, the shadowy shapes of humanoid beings and of big buildings appear... But when you walk over to them to find out if they're real, they are gone again...
After a long walk through the cold and hostile landscape, you arrive at a small canyon.
Long ice crystals cover the ground here, and you produce a crunching sound, as you step through the hoarfrost on the ground...
It's almost dark down here - like during the hour before dawn...
And all of the familiar landscape around you ends in a dark moor of fog that absorbs everything, hidding it under a misty veil...
Through the darkness, strangely even without the light of the sun or moon, you can perceive a huge building in front of you...
Distant shadows...
It's so cold now that every breath hurts in your lungs, and you find that rime and frost cover your equipment and that you hands and feet feel dull...
From above in the sky, Zanax and Reezo can see that the darkness extends over miles... Yet, very, very far away, they can see a golden stream on the horizon...
The darkness ends somewhere, so it's most likely not the end of the world...
The fog, however, is extending, and the darkness that clouds the sun follows it...
Over the wideness of the flat plains of Gasconfold [your current location] you can see several red spots... Burning buildings, supposedly small villages and farmsteads that are now taken out by the legions undead...
Under you, the fog seems to shimmer... Some spots seem darker and more dense than others...
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Down on the ground, you walk behind Moja, through an increasingly ghastly landscape...
In the fog, the shadowy shapes of humanoid beings and of big buildings appear... But when you walk over to them to find out if they're real, they are gone again...
After a long walk through the cold and hostile landscape, you arrive at a small canyon.
Long ice crystals cover the ground here, and you produce a crunching sound, as you step through the hoarfrost on the ground...
It's almost dark down here - like during the hour before dawn...
And all of the familiar landscape around you ends in a dark moor of fog that absorbs everything, hidding it under a misty veil...
Through the darkness, strangely even without the light of the sun or moon, you can perceive a huge building in front of you...
Distant shadows...
It's so cold now that every breath hurts in your lungs, and you find that rime and frost cover your equipment and that you hands and feet feel dull...
ethandrew
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Rupert wraps his arms around his front as the increasing coldness sweeps over his body with every step.
"What is this accursed land to cause such darkness? We've seen naught but shadows in the wind."
As Rupert and his companions journey through the canyon, with each crunch of his footsteps a sense of dread builds along with an ever increasing sense of nervousness. He grabs ahold of the nearest person as the fog thickens, merely for the reassurance and the guidance.
As the building appears before the group, penetrating the fog and their senses, Rupert stops his movement and grips tightly, "This does not bode well. I do not have a good feeling about this at all."
"What is this accursed land to cause such darkness? We've seen naught but shadows in the wind."
As Rupert and his companions journey through the canyon, with each crunch of his footsteps a sense of dread builds along with an ever increasing sense of nervousness. He grabs ahold of the nearest person as the fog thickens, merely for the reassurance and the guidance.
As the building appears before the group, penetrating the fog and their senses, Rupert stops his movement and grips tightly, "This does not bode well. I do not have a good feeling about this at all."
Anton looks like he's about to say something, but he doesn't say it.
After a moment he says "Maybe we should head to that tower. It may offer shelter, and the locals may have some idea of what is happenning".
[sblock=Ivid]How many temporary hp did False Life give? 1d10+7[/sblock]
After a moment he says "Maybe we should head to that tower. It may offer shelter, and the locals may have some idea of what is happenning".
[sblock=Ivid]How many temporary hp did False Life give? 1d10+7[/sblock]
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Being no stranger to the cold, the cleric doesn't even slow down until the party points out something of interest in the fog. Battlehammer glances up at the tower as the others point it out, then to the more scholarly types. "Has that ancient ruinous tower always been so close to that last village? I think someone would have metioned a blight such as that in song and cautionary tale alike."
[sblock=OOC]How long do we march through the fog until we get to the tower? ie: 70 minute duration on the resist cold spell, 7 hours on spikes etc.[/sblock]
[sblock=OOC]How long do we march through the fog until we get to the tower? ie: 70 minute duration on the resist cold spell, 7 hours on spikes etc.[/sblock]
Le Noir Faineant
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kinem said:
[You're lucky. 12 HP on you and your familiar.]
Vertexx69 said:
[Not long, maybe ten to fifteen minutes.]
You step into the misty moor that leads to the center of the darkness...
As you come closer, you can see that what you mistook for a tower, is indeed a huge statue, over ten meters high, standow on a bleak hill...
Around the statue stand several broken gravestones, all bearing the symbol that you know from the undead banner...
Right before the statue, all of a sudden, there's a hole in the earth. As you step near, you can see that, a few meters down in the earth, a new structure out of pale stone, perhaps even marble, begins.
Nephtys
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Maigreth walks shivering trough the darkness, afraid and yet intrigued by the phenomenon. "This is truly astounding, such a powerful effect extending so far. Not just the cold, but the darkness. The amount of energy this would require... I doubt there's a wizard alive today who could manage it."
Le Noir Faineant
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"No, they don't."
The voice comes from behind you, out of the fog.
(Zanax and Moja may wonder why they had not seen this person earlier.)
A cloaked figure steps out of the dark. You can see that the person is masked. Only a few inches of a human face are reveiled under a black hood.
The newcomer bears a long halberd. On his black cloth, you can see strange symbols stenched into the leather - a magical scripture, maybe, but unlike anything you have ever seen.
The voice comes from behind you, out of the fog.
(Zanax and Moja may wonder why they had not seen this person earlier.)
A cloaked figure steps out of the dark. You can see that the person is masked. Only a few inches of a human face are reveiled under a black hood.
The newcomer bears a long halberd. On his black cloth, you can see strange symbols stenched into the leather - a magical scripture, maybe, but unlike anything you have ever seen.
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