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<blockquote data-quote="TarionzCousin" data-source="post: 5079745" data-attributes="member: 31304"><p><strong>January 31, 2010</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>The Defrosters - January 31, 2010</strong></span></p><p></p><p><u>Present</u></p><p><strong>Felonius Dark</strong> – Tiefling Warlock and Disobliging Detainee</p><p><strong>Flurge </strong>– Eladrin Wizard and Bold Boaster</p><p><strong>Grommit </strong>– Dwarven Fighter and Gray Grinder</p><p><strong>Vixten </strong>– Elven Cleric of Angharrad and Communicative Commander</p><p><strong>Zanen </strong>– Deva Avenger and Zen Zealot</p><p></p><p><u>Absent</u></p><p><strong>Arvin </strong>– Human Rogue and Manure Manhandler</p><p><strong>Marcus </strong>– Half-Elven Bard and Missing Musician</p><p></p><p></p><p><u>Location</u></p><p>Gloomwrought, in the Shadowfell</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Is There Something I Should Know?</strong></span></p><p>Arvin was absent, having lost his ongoing struggle with Abyssal diarrhea while taking time out to haul manure for lonely goat herders in the Feywild.</p><p></p><p>Felonius dragged everyone to the Open Air Market. At midday, it was slightly less gloomy than at other times, and many merchants were open for business. Vixten bought Goth clothing to blend in with the locals better, including a fabulous fake porn ‘stache. Felonius upgraded his totally non-phallic rod to increase his curse damage, while Vixten improved his bow. Selling the tiefling’s Phrenic Crown netted enough gold to get everyone two Healing Potions.</p><p></p><p>The group took to the streets, questioning the locals and dragging the gutters for relevant information. Flurge questioned a toothless hag after Grommit was finished with her. Felonius led the questioning of other less-than-savory characters. After much talk, it was determined that: </p><p></p><p>A. Marcus was probably already at sea on a ship, having been shanghaied by the Veiled League; </p><p>B. The Butcher was part of a plan by something to take over the Veiled League. Also, of all the churches decorated by it, none belonged to the worship of the goddess Shar. Shar is the deity of darkness, Netheril, and bogeymen;</p><p>C. Belendithus of the Dusk is a unique fiend of some shadowy sort. She intends to take over the veiled league—probably with the help of something (see “B” above)—and is also a known assassin. To hire her, you need only provide a cute newborn baby. People have been said to get in touch with her at the King & Fool Tavern down by the docks; and</p><p>D. Wearing shoes without socks in Gloomwrought is a crime punishable by public group-hugging by unwashed manure-haulers.</p><p></p><p>The King & Fool Tavern was a degenerate hive of scum and villainy. Several clumps of shadar-kai and shadowborn humanoids were dotted throughout the main room morosely slurping their drinks. Felonius and Zanen sat at a table and observed while Flurge spoke at length with Gutless Joe. Flurge displayed his skill at the art of subtle conversation with careful forays like “Where does one go to find Belendithus?” and “We flushed the Butcher out!”</p><p></p><p>Gutless Joe was sociable, thirsty and messy.</p><p></p><p>A shadar-kai warrior from the corner suspiciously left the tavern after overhearing Flurge’s remarks. Vixten followed him down a few foggy streets and hid nearby to overhear his conversation. He told a different shadar-kai warrior how the people that they were sent to watch for were in the tavern asking about Belendithus right now. After agreeing that it would be easy to lure the hapless wizard and his associates into an ambush, the second shadar-kai returned to the tavern. Vixten followed him in. The shadar-kai conveniently overheard Flurge and Joe’s conversation and indicated that he could put Flurge in touch with a guy who knew Belendithus. All Flurge needed to do was go to a scary place near the docks at midnight. </p><p></p><p>“I’ll be there!” Flurge agreed.</p><p></p><p>Zanen found the local temple to Selune and checked in. He met with a friendly priestess who gave him 50,000 platinum coins, a pair of magical über-comfortable socks, and the legendary Axe of the Dwarvish Lords. Zanen told her that the Butcher’s wacky antics seemed to be tied to the worship of Shar, as that goddess was the only major deity whose church had not been defiled by the monster’s corpse leavings. The priestess informed the Deva that agents of Selune were aware of increased activity by the vile worshippers of Shar and that they had agents who were looking into it.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>A View to a Kill</strong></span></p><p>The group decided to scout out their designated meeting place/ambush zone ahead of time. A few hours before midnight, Vixten and Felonius scrambled to take up advantageous positions on two separate rooftops to wait. </p><p></p><p>Grommit, Flurge and Zanen spent the time before the meeting partying at the Racy Wrestler, a combination strip club/velodrome where naked elf maidens wrestled in ambrosia while nude she-orc bicyclists raced around a raucous gambling crowd. Bonus: it was Free Lap Dance Night!</p><p></p><p>Several happy hours later, the three ambled over to the ambush zone. Grommit spotted a shadar-kai waiting patiently to speak with him, so he swung his mighty hammer around his head and charged!</p><p></p><p>“Surprise, bitches!” Grommit explained.</p><p></p><p>One nearly-completely ineffectual surprise round later, our heroes were engaged in a street fight with five shadar-kai, none of whom was wielding a spiked chain. Zanen and Grommit rushed forward while Flurge positioned himself carefully. The bad guys teleported around and ruined a well-coordinated frontal assault. Felonius threw fiery bolts into the mix with mixed results. Someone tried to open the door to Vixten’s rooftop hideout but discovered that the cleric had blocked the door. </p><p></p><p>“Heh heh,” Vixten chortled. </p><p></p><p>The Elf Cleric pointed out where the bad guys were hiding in the buildings, so Zanen rushed headlong through a door and attacked without even knocking first. The villain confronting Grommit decided that the cleric would be easier prey and he popped up onto the rooftop after immobilizing the dwarf.</p><p></p><p>A wizardly bad guy rounded the corner and summoned a large insectile fiend on Felonius’s rooftop. It salivated and looked hungrily at the tiefling. Fel casually insulted its lineage, jumped down to the ground, and unloaded hot flaming pain on the evil wizard, bloodying it in a single attack.</p><p></p><p>Grommit shouted out that dinner was served and that he was one damned delicious dwarf. Both the warriors in range immediately rushed to taste him and got the business end of the hammer instead (They were very disappointed). Everyone piled on, with six successful attacks in a row by the good guys culminating in two shadar-kai down for the count.</p><p></p><p>But all was not well in Defrosterland! The insectile fiend leapt onto and grabbed Felonius, click-clacked “You No Talk Bad About Me Momma!” and teleported too far away to catch. Felonius taunted the infernal creature further and backed it up with a big boom and an even bigger poof. The poor insulted creature crumbled to ash.</p><p></p><p>Back in the fray, Zanen shouted at his opponent to surrender. He refused, then capitulated and dropped his katars on his turn. Zanen bound his hands and feet while explaining to him the flextime and healthcare benefits of the Light Side™. The shadar-kai was expressing interest when Felonius fell off the roof and his sympathetic damage killed the helpless villain. Zanen shrugged and looked coolly pragmatic.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">Save A Prayer</span></strong></p><p>The last remaining bad guy fled. Wanting to take him alive for questioning, Flurge, Grommit, and Vixten all surrounded him. But he used his opposable thumb and opened a door to supposed safety. Flurge concussed him into a wall. Grommit pounded his melon beyond the waking world. Then Vixten brought him back to consciousness with a gentle prayer and a nice, healthy slapping. Paleskin was more than happy to divulge what little useful information he knew, including:</p><p></p><p>1. Belendithus’ hideout was a place called “Shade Isle,” somewhere out in the Shadowfell via the Stormy Seas (which flow through and connect all of the Planes);</p><p>2. People shanghaied into service in Belendithus’ army were taken into the sea by boat to a place called “Devil Reef.” Most likely Marcus was already there;</p><p>3. The Manure-Haulers Guild has bought up all of the available socks from every Gloomwrought merchant. Prices are outrageous;</p><p>4. Naga had been seen working for Belendithus, but only as Temps. The Netherese army wasn’t known for its generosity and often kept its Temp workers as Temps for several years without actually hiring them as permanent employees.</p><p></p><p>Zanen and Felonius searched the dead bodies and found not only diddly but also squat. Then they hid the corpses in a place so secret even the DM will never find them.</p><p></p><p>Carrying the sole surviving bad guy, the group decided to take him to Prince Roland, the ineffectual clueless ruler of the city, in hopes of netting a huge reward.</p><p></p><p><em>--End Session</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TarionzCousin, post: 5079745, member: 31304"] [b]January 31, 2010[/b] [SIZE="4"][B]The Defrosters - January 31, 2010[/B][/SIZE] [U]Present[/U] [B]Felonius Dark[/B] – Tiefling Warlock and Disobliging Detainee [B]Flurge [/B]– Eladrin Wizard and Bold Boaster [B]Grommit [/B]– Dwarven Fighter and Gray Grinder [B]Vixten [/B]– Elven Cleric of Angharrad and Communicative Commander [B]Zanen [/B]– Deva Avenger and Zen Zealot [U]Absent[/U] [B]Arvin [/B]– Human Rogue and Manure Manhandler [B]Marcus [/B]– Half-Elven Bard and Missing Musician [U]Location[/U] Gloomwrought, in the Shadowfell [SIZE="4"][B]Is There Something I Should Know?[/B][/SIZE] Arvin was absent, having lost his ongoing struggle with Abyssal diarrhea while taking time out to haul manure for lonely goat herders in the Feywild. Felonius dragged everyone to the Open Air Market. At midday, it was slightly less gloomy than at other times, and many merchants were open for business. Vixten bought Goth clothing to blend in with the locals better, including a fabulous fake porn ‘stache. Felonius upgraded his totally non-phallic rod to increase his curse damage, while Vixten improved his bow. Selling the tiefling’s Phrenic Crown netted enough gold to get everyone two Healing Potions. The group took to the streets, questioning the locals and dragging the gutters for relevant information. Flurge questioned a toothless hag after Grommit was finished with her. Felonius led the questioning of other less-than-savory characters. After much talk, it was determined that: A. Marcus was probably already at sea on a ship, having been shanghaied by the Veiled League; B. The Butcher was part of a plan by something to take over the Veiled League. Also, of all the churches decorated by it, none belonged to the worship of the goddess Shar. Shar is the deity of darkness, Netheril, and bogeymen; C. Belendithus of the Dusk is a unique fiend of some shadowy sort. She intends to take over the veiled league—probably with the help of something (see “B” above)—and is also a known assassin. To hire her, you need only provide a cute newborn baby. People have been said to get in touch with her at the King & Fool Tavern down by the docks; and D. Wearing shoes without socks in Gloomwrought is a crime punishable by public group-hugging by unwashed manure-haulers. The King & Fool Tavern was a degenerate hive of scum and villainy. Several clumps of shadar-kai and shadowborn humanoids were dotted throughout the main room morosely slurping their drinks. Felonius and Zanen sat at a table and observed while Flurge spoke at length with Gutless Joe. Flurge displayed his skill at the art of subtle conversation with careful forays like “Where does one go to find Belendithus?” and “We flushed the Butcher out!” Gutless Joe was sociable, thirsty and messy. A shadar-kai warrior from the corner suspiciously left the tavern after overhearing Flurge’s remarks. Vixten followed him down a few foggy streets and hid nearby to overhear his conversation. He told a different shadar-kai warrior how the people that they were sent to watch for were in the tavern asking about Belendithus right now. After agreeing that it would be easy to lure the hapless wizard and his associates into an ambush, the second shadar-kai returned to the tavern. Vixten followed him in. The shadar-kai conveniently overheard Flurge and Joe’s conversation and indicated that he could put Flurge in touch with a guy who knew Belendithus. All Flurge needed to do was go to a scary place near the docks at midnight. “I’ll be there!” Flurge agreed. Zanen found the local temple to Selune and checked in. He met with a friendly priestess who gave him 50,000 platinum coins, a pair of magical über-comfortable socks, and the legendary Axe of the Dwarvish Lords. Zanen told her that the Butcher’s wacky antics seemed to be tied to the worship of Shar, as that goddess was the only major deity whose church had not been defiled by the monster’s corpse leavings. The priestess informed the Deva that agents of Selune were aware of increased activity by the vile worshippers of Shar and that they had agents who were looking into it. [SIZE="4"][B]A View to a Kill[/B][/SIZE] The group decided to scout out their designated meeting place/ambush zone ahead of time. A few hours before midnight, Vixten and Felonius scrambled to take up advantageous positions on two separate rooftops to wait. Grommit, Flurge and Zanen spent the time before the meeting partying at the Racy Wrestler, a combination strip club/velodrome where naked elf maidens wrestled in ambrosia while nude she-orc bicyclists raced around a raucous gambling crowd. Bonus: it was Free Lap Dance Night! Several happy hours later, the three ambled over to the ambush zone. Grommit spotted a shadar-kai waiting patiently to speak with him, so he swung his mighty hammer around his head and charged! “Surprise, bitches!” Grommit explained. One nearly-completely ineffectual surprise round later, our heroes were engaged in a street fight with five shadar-kai, none of whom was wielding a spiked chain. Zanen and Grommit rushed forward while Flurge positioned himself carefully. The bad guys teleported around and ruined a well-coordinated frontal assault. Felonius threw fiery bolts into the mix with mixed results. Someone tried to open the door to Vixten’s rooftop hideout but discovered that the cleric had blocked the door. “Heh heh,” Vixten chortled. The Elf Cleric pointed out where the bad guys were hiding in the buildings, so Zanen rushed headlong through a door and attacked without even knocking first. The villain confronting Grommit decided that the cleric would be easier prey and he popped up onto the rooftop after immobilizing the dwarf. A wizardly bad guy rounded the corner and summoned a large insectile fiend on Felonius’s rooftop. It salivated and looked hungrily at the tiefling. Fel casually insulted its lineage, jumped down to the ground, and unloaded hot flaming pain on the evil wizard, bloodying it in a single attack. Grommit shouted out that dinner was served and that he was one damned delicious dwarf. Both the warriors in range immediately rushed to taste him and got the business end of the hammer instead (They were very disappointed). Everyone piled on, with six successful attacks in a row by the good guys culminating in two shadar-kai down for the count. But all was not well in Defrosterland! The insectile fiend leapt onto and grabbed Felonius, click-clacked “You No Talk Bad About Me Momma!” and teleported too far away to catch. Felonius taunted the infernal creature further and backed it up with a big boom and an even bigger poof. The poor insulted creature crumbled to ash. Back in the fray, Zanen shouted at his opponent to surrender. He refused, then capitulated and dropped his katars on his turn. Zanen bound his hands and feet while explaining to him the flextime and healthcare benefits of the Light Side™. The shadar-kai was expressing interest when Felonius fell off the roof and his sympathetic damage killed the helpless villain. Zanen shrugged and looked coolly pragmatic. [B][SIZE="4"]Save A Prayer[/SIZE][/B] The last remaining bad guy fled. Wanting to take him alive for questioning, Flurge, Grommit, and Vixten all surrounded him. But he used his opposable thumb and opened a door to supposed safety. Flurge concussed him into a wall. Grommit pounded his melon beyond the waking world. Then Vixten brought him back to consciousness with a gentle prayer and a nice, healthy slapping. Paleskin was more than happy to divulge what little useful information he knew, including: 1. Belendithus’ hideout was a place called “Shade Isle,” somewhere out in the Shadowfell via the Stormy Seas (which flow through and connect all of the Planes); 2. People shanghaied into service in Belendithus’ army were taken into the sea by boat to a place called “Devil Reef.” Most likely Marcus was already there; 3. The Manure-Haulers Guild has bought up all of the available socks from every Gloomwrought merchant. Prices are outrageous; 4. Naga had been seen working for Belendithus, but only as Temps. The Netherese army wasn’t known for its generosity and often kept its Temp workers as Temps for several years without actually hiring them as permanent employees. Zanen and Felonius searched the dead bodies and found not only diddly but also squat. Then they hid the corpses in a place so secret even the DM will never find them. Carrying the sole surviving bad guy, the group decided to take him to Prince Roland, the ineffectual clueless ruler of the city, in hopes of netting a huge reward. [I]--End Session[/I] [/QUOTE]
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