Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
The
VOIDRUNNER'S CODEX
is LIVE! Explore new worlds, fight oppressive empires, fend off fearsome aliens, and wield deadly psionics with this comprehensive boxed set expansion for 5E and A5E!
Community
Playing the Game
Story Hour
Seravin's Tales of the Night Below (Two Updates this Week - 07/24/07)
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Seravin" data-source="post: 2814186" data-attributes="member: 6783"><p><strong>Odds and Ends</strong></p><p></p><p><em>The heroes made two quick trips before they were to meet with Jaylissa at her house.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Their first trip was back to the warehouse to check on the body of Halloran, the dead monk. They quietly stripped the monk of the few magical items in his possession in order to prevent the equipment from being stolen and used by criminals. Not having a good way to dispose of the body they left the ravaged body on the floor of the warehouse. Later, when they were not wanted, they would direct the City Watch to pick up the body. Little did they know that their time to deal with the monk was short.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Though still unknown to most, the city was falling sway under the influence of both devils and illithid, creating a spiritual cesspool within the city. Halloran’s spirit, nearly as lawful as these creatures, was growing uneasy. Failing in the defense of his charge and then having his corpse looted without so much a prayer the spirit of the monk began to grow angry. In three short days the warehouse would soon be haunted by a vengeful ghost.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>---</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Their second trip was to the basement of the Library of Corlean, where there were four sturdy cells capable of holding anything from a small dog to a large giant. The assassin, Valadan, was stripped to his underclothes and manacled to the bars in one of the cells. His care and feeding passed uneventfully, punctuated by one notable exchange.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Kellron was trying to get Valadan to provide them with more information on what the assassin knew about Father Dark.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>“Why should I trust you?” Asked the assassin.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>“Because I am a paladin of Sarath and I will not lie to you.” Kellron’s chest almost puffed with pride.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Valadan snorted. “So what? Everyone knows that the title is just a political appointment to give the church some validity”</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Kellron sputtered for a few moments, but the interrogation was effectively over.*</em></p><p></p><p>---</p><p></p><p>The sun was still up when they left the Library, but just barely. Cautiously the four friends began their way to the Deverex estate under the cover of various illusions. Again, Kellron was invisible while Jared and Kestral used their disguising head gear. Jallarzi alone was disguised without the aid of spell, dressed in clothes and makeup raided from the Library.</p><p></p><p>So far they had been lucky and had avoided any official contact throughout the day. The luck evaporated just two streets away from the Library. Only a few feet out of an alleyway, the group began crossing a wide street, hoping to duck into another alley.</p><p></p><p>A quick call of “Halt!” from down the street caused them all to stop momentarily and look.</p><p></p><p>A squad of Watchmen had turned the corner only sixty feet away and had easily spotted Kestral, Jallarzi, and Jared in the middle of the road.</p><p></p><p>“Hells.” Muttered Jared. Jared, a lieutenant in the Church of Sarath, didn’t want to fight the Watchmen. It would be a slaughter and they were only doing their jobs. He caught Jallarzi’s eye and the pair took the only remaining option. Fighting was out so that left flight. The two turned and ran away from the guards.</p><p></p><p>Kestral’s eyes grew wide for a moment and then inspiration struck.</p><p></p><p>“Guys! Wait! Hold on! It’s the Watch! Come back!” The young woman, disguised as Semina again, then turned to the approaching Watchmen. “Thank Latina you’re here!” She said breathlessly. “We ran into some crazy people casting spells just a few streets up that away!” She said pointing back the way she and her friends had just come from.</p><p></p><p>Kellron, unable to run very far in full kit, had stayed with Kestral. As a general principle he disapproved of lying but none of the Watchmen seemed interested in questioning him at the moment. Of course he was invisible and they couldn’t see him but the paladin decided to not let that affect his decision to remain quiet.</p><p></p><p>The Watch-sergeant signaled for half his squad to go after the fleeing man and woman while he used the priviledge of rank to talk to the reasonable woman.</p><p></p><p>“Who are you?” Barked the man. He looked tired and worried from the stresses of the day.</p><p></p><p>Kestral remembered to look properly relieved as she spoke. “My name is Semina and I work at the Blue Gorgon. We were going to meet some friends when these crazy people started threatening us a few streets over.” She took a deep breath. “We thought they were the people who attacked the Gaming Den, so we ran for it.” She then looked apologetic. “We thought you were them. I’m sorry.”</p><p></p><p>Jared and Jallarzi had gotten over a hundred feet away when they realized that Kestral wasn’t with them. Hearing her shouts the pair skidded to a stop in the wet snow and turned, hoping they were about to avoid a fight. Seeing that the Watchmen were being reasonable they raised their hands and trudged back to the squadmen who were running to catch up with the pair.</p><p></p><p>The seargent was a good man and despite a slight disposition to laziness believed in doing his duty. Everyone knew about the attackers of the gambling house a few days ago. In fact there were standing orders to try and apprehend them at all costs. He looked over the woman calling herself Semina with a critical eye and then glanced at her returning friends.</p><p></p><p>The sergeant also deemed himself a fair judge of character. Unfortunately for him, Kestral’s skills at lying were quite unfair. The sergeant decided to trust the breathless young woman. “There’s a curfew ma’am. You three need to get indoors as soon as possible.”</p><p></p><p>Kestral nodded, wide-eyed. “Yes sir. Our friend’s place is just a few streets over.” She then looked fearfully down the alley she had just come from. “You might need to hurry to get to those crazy people.”</p><p></p><p>The Watch-sergeant nodded. “Come on men! Let’s go see if we can track these people down!” He called. His men groaned slightly but followed him as he turned and broke into a trot down the alley.</p><p></p><p>Kestral, Jared, Jallarzi, and Kellron broke into a collective sigh of relief.</p><p></p><p>---</p><p></p><p><em>They made the rest of the way to the Deverex estate without incident. Lore met them at the door and invited them in. The group was invited to use the estate for the next couple days until the current crisises were resolved. Unfortunately the sorceror had grim news for them as he explains why there is a curfew in place.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>“The Cathredal is under siege.” Explained the sorceror. “The rumors say that the priests have locked it up and are defending it with the aid of fiends. That might be as far as it went except that people off the street have just been going up to the temple to join the Latinans.” He shook his head. “The Sarathians have now taken to the streets to quarantine the Cathedral and people say they’re planning to raid the Cathedral sometime tomorrow. They better do it soon, because some of them have been defecting too.”</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>The news sparked a debate amongst the friends on whether to help immediately or wait until the morning. When asked, Deverat urged immediate action to defend the Empire. Upon finding out that kuo-toa were not likely involved, Finslayer opined that they should head back to the Night Below and finish the more important job. In the end they decided to wait until the morning. The news of fiends manning the walls of the Cathedral provided enough incentive to wait until they were fully prepared.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Under Jaylissa’s hospitality the four friends went to bed and had a quiet evening. Only Jallarzi was disturbed. While studying the wizardess sensed the presence of a scrying sphere appearing. With an angry snort she atttemped a dispel magic against the spying magic but it was unsuccessful. Unable to do anything else the wizardess waited patiently to see if the spell would disappear. Fortunately it did less than a quarter of an hour later. Once it was gone she left her room to notify everyone else.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>The four friends waited together for about an hour and then went to bed. There were no other distubances.</em></p><p></p><p>---</p><p></p><p><em>*I soooo loved this exchange. <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Seravin, post: 2814186, member: 6783"] [b]Odds and Ends[/b] [i]The heroes made two quick trips before they were to meet with Jaylissa at her house. Their first trip was back to the warehouse to check on the body of Halloran, the dead monk. They quietly stripped the monk of the few magical items in his possession in order to prevent the equipment from being stolen and used by criminals. Not having a good way to dispose of the body they left the ravaged body on the floor of the warehouse. Later, when they were not wanted, they would direct the City Watch to pick up the body. Little did they know that their time to deal with the monk was short. Though still unknown to most, the city was falling sway under the influence of both devils and illithid, creating a spiritual cesspool within the city. Halloran’s spirit, nearly as lawful as these creatures, was growing uneasy. Failing in the defense of his charge and then having his corpse looted without so much a prayer the spirit of the monk began to grow angry. In three short days the warehouse would soon be haunted by a vengeful ghost. --- Their second trip was to the basement of the Library of Corlean, where there were four sturdy cells capable of holding anything from a small dog to a large giant. The assassin, Valadan, was stripped to his underclothes and manacled to the bars in one of the cells. His care and feeding passed uneventfully, punctuated by one notable exchange. Kellron was trying to get Valadan to provide them with more information on what the assassin knew about Father Dark. “Why should I trust you?” Asked the assassin. “Because I am a paladin of Sarath and I will not lie to you.” Kellron’s chest almost puffed with pride. Valadan snorted. “So what? Everyone knows that the title is just a political appointment to give the church some validity” Kellron sputtered for a few moments, but the interrogation was effectively over.*[/i] --- The sun was still up when they left the Library, but just barely. Cautiously the four friends began their way to the Deverex estate under the cover of various illusions. Again, Kellron was invisible while Jared and Kestral used their disguising head gear. Jallarzi alone was disguised without the aid of spell, dressed in clothes and makeup raided from the Library. So far they had been lucky and had avoided any official contact throughout the day. The luck evaporated just two streets away from the Library. Only a few feet out of an alleyway, the group began crossing a wide street, hoping to duck into another alley. A quick call of “Halt!” from down the street caused them all to stop momentarily and look. A squad of Watchmen had turned the corner only sixty feet away and had easily spotted Kestral, Jallarzi, and Jared in the middle of the road. “Hells.” Muttered Jared. Jared, a lieutenant in the Church of Sarath, didn’t want to fight the Watchmen. It would be a slaughter and they were only doing their jobs. He caught Jallarzi’s eye and the pair took the only remaining option. Fighting was out so that left flight. The two turned and ran away from the guards. Kestral’s eyes grew wide for a moment and then inspiration struck. “Guys! Wait! Hold on! It’s the Watch! Come back!” The young woman, disguised as Semina again, then turned to the approaching Watchmen. “Thank Latina you’re here!” She said breathlessly. “We ran into some crazy people casting spells just a few streets up that away!” She said pointing back the way she and her friends had just come from. Kellron, unable to run very far in full kit, had stayed with Kestral. As a general principle he disapproved of lying but none of the Watchmen seemed interested in questioning him at the moment. Of course he was invisible and they couldn’t see him but the paladin decided to not let that affect his decision to remain quiet. The Watch-sergeant signaled for half his squad to go after the fleeing man and woman while he used the priviledge of rank to talk to the reasonable woman. “Who are you?” Barked the man. He looked tired and worried from the stresses of the day. Kestral remembered to look properly relieved as she spoke. “My name is Semina and I work at the Blue Gorgon. We were going to meet some friends when these crazy people started threatening us a few streets over.” She took a deep breath. “We thought they were the people who attacked the Gaming Den, so we ran for it.” She then looked apologetic. “We thought you were them. I’m sorry.” Jared and Jallarzi had gotten over a hundred feet away when they realized that Kestral wasn’t with them. Hearing her shouts the pair skidded to a stop in the wet snow and turned, hoping they were about to avoid a fight. Seeing that the Watchmen were being reasonable they raised their hands and trudged back to the squadmen who were running to catch up with the pair. The seargent was a good man and despite a slight disposition to laziness believed in doing his duty. Everyone knew about the attackers of the gambling house a few days ago. In fact there were standing orders to try and apprehend them at all costs. He looked over the woman calling herself Semina with a critical eye and then glanced at her returning friends. The sergeant also deemed himself a fair judge of character. Unfortunately for him, Kestral’s skills at lying were quite unfair. The sergeant decided to trust the breathless young woman. “There’s a curfew ma’am. You three need to get indoors as soon as possible.” Kestral nodded, wide-eyed. “Yes sir. Our friend’s place is just a few streets over.” She then looked fearfully down the alley she had just come from. “You might need to hurry to get to those crazy people.” The Watch-sergeant nodded. “Come on men! Let’s go see if we can track these people down!” He called. His men groaned slightly but followed him as he turned and broke into a trot down the alley. Kestral, Jared, Jallarzi, and Kellron broke into a collective sigh of relief. --- [i]They made the rest of the way to the Deverex estate without incident. Lore met them at the door and invited them in. The group was invited to use the estate for the next couple days until the current crisises were resolved. Unfortunately the sorceror had grim news for them as he explains why there is a curfew in place. “The Cathredal is under siege.” Explained the sorceror. “The rumors say that the priests have locked it up and are defending it with the aid of fiends. That might be as far as it went except that people off the street have just been going up to the temple to join the Latinans.” He shook his head. “The Sarathians have now taken to the streets to quarantine the Cathedral and people say they’re planning to raid the Cathedral sometime tomorrow. They better do it soon, because some of them have been defecting too.” The news sparked a debate amongst the friends on whether to help immediately or wait until the morning. When asked, Deverat urged immediate action to defend the Empire. Upon finding out that kuo-toa were not likely involved, Finslayer opined that they should head back to the Night Below and finish the more important job. In the end they decided to wait until the morning. The news of fiends manning the walls of the Cathedral provided enough incentive to wait until they were fully prepared. Under Jaylissa’s hospitality the four friends went to bed and had a quiet evening. Only Jallarzi was disturbed. While studying the wizardess sensed the presence of a scrying sphere appearing. With an angry snort she atttemped a dispel magic against the spying magic but it was unsuccessful. Unable to do anything else the wizardess waited patiently to see if the spell would disappear. Fortunately it did less than a quarter of an hour later. Once it was gone she left her room to notify everyone else. The four friends waited together for about an hour and then went to bed. There were no other distubances.[/i] --- [I]*I soooo loved this exchange. :lol:[/I] [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
Playing the Game
Story Hour
Seravin's Tales of the Night Below (Two Updates this Week - 07/24/07)
Top