Scales of War #1 Rescue at Rivenroar IC

[Goonalan]

"Let's just avoid the magic painting if we can. The dwarf's account described going west past the crackling noise.". Freggo will lead the way through the room with sword extended, trying to detect any specific energies and ready to meet any dangers.

GM: Not exactly the wonder and awe I was aiming for... LOL

Alas Freggo's arcana skills seem to be letting him down at present, while the device is clearly magical, and more than likely powerful, Freggo is having trouble working out what it is, or what purpose it serves.

Spizz- seeing Freggo, sword drawn, decides to leap in to action.

"Don't be 'fraid Freggy- watch!"

Spizz jumps to his feet rushes at the device, leaps up and gives it a good hard whack.

<BAMM!>

The noise reverberates, and just for a second- less than a second the picture clears, or at least you can make it out...

The image is in a desert, the fogging and clouding of the image is seemingly caused by high winds- in the desert. The particles running down the image are great swathes of sand- you're peering through a sandstorm in a desert- peering at...

New Map-

129 Ruin in the desert

A ruined building in the desert...

And then the image distorts- lost to the storm again, and is gone...

 

[RavenBlackthorne]

Sitting by Spizz, Viator spends a short time checking the device.

Exciting isn't it, Spizz? What do you...?

Springing up as the goblin charges at the device, his eyes widen.

Watching the image clear, Viator smiles in wonderment. His eyes light up and he stares for as long as he can.

 

[larryfinnjr]

Velani

"It's..."

OOC: History check to see what that place is... Sorry, couldn't help myself, just got done a few rounds of the Monty Python edition of Fluxx... Also - WOW factor very high on that map... especially impressed with the lighting effect from the portal.

 

[Goonalan]

Sitting by Spizz, Viator spends a short time checking the device.

Exciting isn't it, Spizz? What do you...?

Springing up as the goblin charges at the device, his eyes widen.

Watching the image clear, Viator smiles in wonderment. His eyes light up and he stares for as long as he can.

As Viator stares at the device the image seems to clear- as if... but...

Spizz dawdles over to Viator- follows his masters vision- Viator stares intently at the screen... Spizz watches- he watches Viator, he watches the screen- waiting for...

The picture suddenly changes...

Spizz giggles.

It's very different, very different indeed, and yet very familiar.

GM: I don't have an image for this, so here goes...

The image seems blurred in the lower half- or at least... there's something wrong with it...

The upper half shows an shimmering expanse of blue, a river- looking across the surface of the water, to a grassy bank. Up the grassy bank is a flat expanse of grass and dirt- a track that leads along the river- beyond this is a building, a large well-presented stucco building, beautifully painted- white, clean and... it's an Inn, and not just any Inn, the multiple gabled roofs give it away- it's the Nentir Inn in Fallcrest.

To the right of the image you can just make out the first span of Five Arch bridge...

You are looking across the Nentir River at the Nentir Inn...

Sudden gasps from your group- Sgt. Thurmina, the female Sgt. you met during the Red Hand attack, she's walking across the image left to right- heading towards Five Arch bridge.

It's early evening in the image, if you were to guess the time you'd say... about now.

GM: Viator, by looking at the image, and using your arcana skill you seem to be able to affect it- I wont say control it, but...

 

[Goonalan]

Velani

"It's..."

OOC: History check to see what that place is... Sorry, couldn't help myself, just got done a few rounds of the Monty Python edition of Fluxx... Also - WOW factor very high on that map... especially impressed with the lighting effect from the portal.

Velani is Fallcrest born and bred- deserts? Deserts? There are no deserts in the Nentir Vale, where it is... Erathis only knows.

That said the second image is much more familiar...

 

[tiornys]

A scrying device? Is that showing us what's going on now? Ah-shahran looks nervously at the lower half of the picture, then considers whether he's seen such phenomena before.

[sblock=Mechanics]A history check on devices like this. And a nature check to see if OOC doubts are appropriate to bring up IC

edit: Given that nature check, does Ah-shahran agree that Kartenix is certainly dead, or does he think that at least some spiders/spider-like creatures would web live but weakened prey? For that matter, does he recognize the description of the web users?[/sblock]

 

[Goonalan]

A scrying device? Is that showing us what's going on now? Ah-shahran looks nervously at the lower half of the picture, then considers whether he's seen such phenomena before.

[sblock=Mechanics]A history check on devices like this. And a nature check to see if OOC doubts are appropriate to bring up IC

edit: Given that nature check, does Ah-shahran agree that Kartenix is certainly dead, or does he think that at least some spiders/spider-like creatures would web live but weakened prey? For that matter, does he recognize the description of the web users?[/sblock]

Ah-shahran thinks back, from the description given it seems that Kartenix's attackers were Ettercaps- strange humanoid spider creatures, furthermore the beasts described sound like Fang Guards- real nasty critters. That said Fang Guards are usually guarding something, chances are they wont be alone- there may be other Ettercaps present, or something else. As to the nature of their eating habits- Ah-shahran can only guess, some spiders web their prey before death- after injecting them with poison, others... well, the only way to really find out is to go and check- that said Zerriksa said the Fang Guards were using axes- that doesn't sound good.

Ah-shahran next concentrates his efforts on the lower half of the screen- murky colours blend and swirl together, the bottom few inches of the screen are hard black, what can it mean... unless- that's it.

The top half of the screen is showing above the surface of the water, the bottom half below- right on time to prove the theory a startled school of silver darts come straight towards the screen, only at the last instant to dart away- fish.

It looks to be showing the present time... at least as best you can tell.

The bottom half of the screen is again shrouded in a mixture of brown and black- something is stirring the dirt up in the bottom of the river that's for sure.

 

[RavenBlackthorne]

Spizz, what does Sinruth look like? Describe him in detail. And as much of the lair he's set up here as possible.

 

[Goonalan]

Spizz, what does Sinruth look like? Describe him in detail. And as much of the lair he's set up here as possible.

Spizz looks a little... unsure-

"He's a great big Goblin Lord with horns and..." Spizz looks embarrassed, he mumbles a while.

Viator arches an eyebrow and stares at Spizz.

"Alrigh'. He's a scrawny looking bugger, with a great big nose- and a big 'elmet- that's to make 'im look bigger, he wears bits of wood on the bottom of his boots, an' they're great big boots... He looks... wimpy, dead wimpy. But he's dead brave, and dead violent- I swear down. He's a nasty piece of work... I dunno where he lives tho', I've never been below- 'cept once, an' that was only in to a guard chamber..."

<PLOOOOP>

As one everyone turns to look back at the screen...

A small blob of jelly like dirt has just dropped out of the screen, seemingly, onto the floor- nothing happens for a second.

Then the blob of dirt exudes a jelly-like wavering pseudopod- straight up, the pseudopod seems to be looking around- at you, to the doors to the east, to the doors to the west, then finally back to the screen.

The pseudopod is retracted at great speed- it snaps back in to the blobs body- the creature begins to move off- in a caterpillar type motion- stretching its body ahead and then dragging the rest of it forward to catch up...

Most odd.

"Never done dat before..." Spizz scratches his head.

New Map-

129 The Portal Chamber- The Blob

What's to be done?

 

[tiornys]

Ah-shahran looks at the blob, then at Spizz with an uneasy expression. Spizz, might want to have some of us between you and that thing. Just in case it's looking for food or otherwise has a bad attitude.

[sblock=Mechanics]Trying to identify the odd blob[/sblock]