Dursk Starkfire
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now you've done it Celtavian, now we're going to see 30 posts asking Doc to put them in his story hour, and we're going to have the "WHAT, N'Sync is going to be in Star Wars?!?!?!" phenomenom again. 
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The Adventures of the Knights of Spellforge Keep- UPDATED 6/6
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Dr Midnight
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I'm getting the feeling Horacio's not loving the whole "Thees ees how I talk" thing. Is that not okay? Email me, Horacio, if that bothers you. I just thought it would be a funny thing, but if it's coming across abrasively, please let me know. Les poissons les poissons HEE HEE HEE ho ho ho.
Except for those times I did, with Tsunami and Horacio...Celtavian said:
I'm getting the feeling Horacio's not loving the whole "Thees ees how I talk" thing. Is that not okay? Email me, Horacio, if that bothers you. I just thought it would be a funny thing, but if it's coming across abrasively, please let me know. Les poissons les poissons HEE HEE HEE ho ho ho.
Stone Angel
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Hey Doc just wanted to chime in and say I still love your story. This thread is the I started coming to ENWorld at all in the first place, but with time I have learned to love every little detail.
Anyway I just wondered a few things like what the average party level is? I am also curious on how much steam is left in campaign? Was the Dragon the climax and are the ends going to be tied up with the Eye of Herioness(sp?) and the titans? Also you can use my name if you like, though it might be hard(My real name is Joe, if that is easier).
As a sidenote I noticed Wee Jas had posted that you might like some help drawing some of the campaign art. I mostly do B&W sketches and I am not really your caliber of artist. But I could send them to you and you could color them. I grew up on comics and in my early youth I wanted to be a Penciller for Marvel, but now it is just a hobby. But my main concern is that I do not want to infringe upon your domain, I would hate to upset you now, espicially since you have recently aquired the deity like status as a moderator(LOL). Anyway just wanted to say I'm hooked, until the next update make mine KoSK!!!
The Seraph of Earth and Stone
Anyway I just wondered a few things like what the average party level is? I am also curious on how much steam is left in campaign? Was the Dragon the climax and are the ends going to be tied up with the Eye of Herioness(sp?) and the titans? Also you can use my name if you like, though it might be hard(My real name is Joe, if that is easier).
As a sidenote I noticed Wee Jas had posted that you might like some help drawing some of the campaign art. I mostly do B&W sketches and I am not really your caliber of artist. But I could send them to you and you could color them. I grew up on comics and in my early youth I wanted to be a Penciller for Marvel, but now it is just a hobby. But my main concern is that I do not want to infringe upon your domain, I would hate to upset you now, espicially since you have recently aquired the deity like status as a moderator(LOL). Anyway just wanted to say I'm hooked, until the next update make mine KoSK!!!
The Seraph of Earth and Stone
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Neverwinter Knight
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Well maybe there'll be some knights from the far away town of Neverwinter in the Challenge of Champions, and there they'll be hugged by Grumbar, laughed at by Kizzlorn, frowned upon by Oaken, Edge will steal their gems before Jameson kills them in a cruel fashion. After that, Vek might raise them and give them all brooms.
Or they could just be defeated in the contest...
Hmm - now that I think of it...Celtavian said:
Well maybe there'll be some knights from the far away town of Neverwinter in the Challenge of Champions, and there they'll be hugged by Grumbar, laughed at by Kizzlorn, frowned upon by Oaken, Edge will steal their gems before Jameson kills them in a cruel fashion. After that, Vek might raise them and give them all brooms.
Or they could just be defeated in the contest...
Dr Midnight
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I'm afraid Neverwinter is so far away that it doesn't exist. Forgotten Realms and drow: Not in MY campaigns, buddy.
Wow
I just finished getting through the entire story - KotSQ to here, and man, it is pretty amazing. Congrats to the whole group on being a classic example of good roleplaying!
Yes, I have to admit that Vek is my favorite character - I gotta try the lich thing someday. Jamison is a close second, even though I want to strangle him most of the time.
It's kind of a shock realizing that there isn't any more to read until you post again, but I'll try to survive somehow.
Thanks for sharing!
I just finished getting through the entire story - KotSQ to here, and man, it is pretty amazing. Congrats to the whole group on being a classic example of good roleplaying!
Yes, I have to admit that Vek is my favorite character - I gotta try the lich thing someday.
Jamison is a close second, even though I want to strangle him most of the time.It's kind of a shock realizing that there isn't any more to read until you post again, but I'll try to survive somehow.
Thanks for sharing!
Neverwinter Knight
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I can understand. FR is too munchkin-like for my groups as well, although a certain CRPGDr Midnight said:I'm afraid Neverwinter is so far away that it doesn't exist. Forgotten Realms and drow: Not in MY campaigns, buddy.
is great despite the setting! But for PnP: Greyhawk rules!
PS: This means that I am safe from Doc's story.
Besides being addicted...
Dr Midnight
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23rd of Ready’reat
“Good luck, Kizz.” Raelin waved, and Kizzlorn gave the signal.
The four Knights left the castle on a beam of light, teleporting across miles of stone and soil to the city of Greyhawk. They appeared in a flash of blinding gold sparkles. “We’re here.” Kizzlorn, Edge, Oak, and Grumbar were the members of the Knights selected to compete in the fifth Challenge of Champions. Jamison of course couldn’t come due to his identity, and Vek had things to tend to, corpses to raise. Anyway, it was not widely believed that a lich would walk the streets of Greyhawk unmolested.
They registered to enter the contest. The official there told them to “Remove any and all weapons, equipment, magical items, and spell materials. Please move into line and wait for your group to be called.”
The Knights stood in line and waited nervously. “There are a lot of other contenders here,” Edge observed. “Do we have a shot of winning this?”
“We HAVE to,” Kizzlorn said. “If we don’t, we won’t find that orb. The fate of Greyhawk is in our hands. We cannot fail.” The others nodded somberly.
One of the officials finally called them. “The Knights of Spellforge Keep,” he shouted in a bored tone.
Kizzlorn led them in with her head held high. “Let’s go save the world.”
Two and a half hours later, they walked out and stood. Finally, Edge spoke. “What the hell.”
“How did we get eighth place?” Grumbar wondered aloud.
Silence. Then, Edge spoke again. “What the hell.”
Kizzlorn looked disgusted. “Let’s just go buy the spell.”
That sounded good to everyone, so they found a powerful mage and paid him quite a few gold pieces in exchange for a ring that contained a Wish spell. They teleported back to Spellforge Keep.
Raelin and Kyler were sparring in the yard when they appeared. “How’d it go?” Raelin asked with a smile.
Kizzlorn grumbled something and walked past him. “Jamison!” she called. “Get out here and wish for your memory.”
“You must have won, or you wouldn’t have the Wish! Nice job, Kizz. I knew you could do it.”
“Shut up.”
Raelin and Kyler exchanged a look.
Jamison came outside and slipped the ring on his finger. He said “I wish to remember everything I once knew about the Orb of Thuriaq.”
Kizzlorn, still in her dark mood, said “It might have been more helpful to wish for your entire memory back, Jamison.”
“Oops. Sorry.” His brow knotted as the spell took effect, and pieces of information blossomed in his mind like spring flowers. “Oh. Oh, that’s not good at all.”
“What?”
“Pretty much all of it. We knew the Orb of Thuriaq frees the creature to crush the earth. We knew that I was working with the creature freeing him. We knew that I hid the Orb when my mind came back to me. Here’s what we didn’t know.
“The she-beast under the cowl is known as Glamgorthea. She is very powerful, and has been orchestrating the return of several dozen titans… The deadliest is, of course, Thuriaq, who could easily consume the world in fire and death. The only things that could possibly do battle with the titans are dragons and colossal beasts that walk the earth. Glamgorthea has been collecting these monsters in mirrors, so that none will stand against the onslaught. Dragons all over the world. We found them, caught them. That is why Acessiwal was trapped inside that mirror. That is where my adopted father- Gorgoldand- is. We had dozens, maybe hundreds, more. Dragons of every color and size. We tried to imprison them all. This was fifteen years ago. Gods know what stage of the plan she’s up to now…
“There’s good news and there’s extremely bad news. The good news is that she hasn’t found the Orb yet.”
Kizzlorn interrupted. “How do you know?”
Jamison replied “We wouldn’t be here if she had.”
“Oh. What’s the bad news?”
“The bad news is that I hid the Orb very, very well. I hid it in the lair of an ancient red dragon named Ashardalon, on another plane of existence, in the Bastion of Unborn Souls, where he dwells.”
Raelin said “I thought you said you captured all the dragons.”
Jamison shook his head. “No, I said we tried. Ashardalon was too powerful for us to make an assault on just yet. He’s as powerful and as wicked as dragons get. I remember Glamgorthea saying that he was among the few dragons that might be able to defeat Thuriaq in a one on one battle.”
Kizzlorn looked confused. “Well, isn’t this good news? I mean, if the Orb of Thuriaq is in a location where Glam… where the she-creature can’t reach it, and it’s being defended by a red dragon she won’t want to mess with, why should we consider this a problem?”
“Hmm. You’ve got a point. Even if she knew where it was, she couldn’t fetch it without incredible difficulty. I’m going to have to delve into the library and learn what I can of Ashardalon’s last fifteen years. The Orb may well be safe, but I’d best look into the matter and be certain.”
“Good idea.”
“Meanwhile,” Raelin said. “Kizz, I heard you recovered the Glaring Sun from Acessiwal’s horde. I was wondering if I might have it. It should be in the possession of a cleric, and a relative of Aunt Kyla’s, as well. I mean to destroy the black stone that bound Jamison’s soul to evil, and I need the medallion of the Shining One to do it.”
“Certainly,” she said. She searched her pockets and pulled it out. She passed it to him. “You’re right… Aunt Kyla would want you to have it. Use it well.”
“Ahh,” he said, turning it over in his hands. “The disc of power, used to turn an entire nation to rights again when Tharizdun assaulted us all. Pelor’s will shall use the Glaring Sun to fight Tharizdun’s evil one last time. Jamison, let’s get that stone and destroy it.”
Jamison grinned, very happily. Soon the thing that turned him into a killer would be destroyed for good.
NEXT TIME: GUESS WHO’S BACK
“Good luck, Kizz.” Raelin waved, and Kizzlorn gave the signal.
The four Knights left the castle on a beam of light, teleporting across miles of stone and soil to the city of Greyhawk. They appeared in a flash of blinding gold sparkles. “We’re here.” Kizzlorn, Edge, Oak, and Grumbar were the members of the Knights selected to compete in the fifth Challenge of Champions. Jamison of course couldn’t come due to his identity, and Vek had things to tend to, corpses to raise. Anyway, it was not widely believed that a lich would walk the streets of Greyhawk unmolested.
They registered to enter the contest. The official there told them to “Remove any and all weapons, equipment, magical items, and spell materials. Please move into line and wait for your group to be called.”
The Knights stood in line and waited nervously. “There are a lot of other contenders here,” Edge observed. “Do we have a shot of winning this?”
“We HAVE to,” Kizzlorn said. “If we don’t, we won’t find that orb. The fate of Greyhawk is in our hands. We cannot fail.” The others nodded somberly.
One of the officials finally called them. “The Knights of Spellforge Keep,” he shouted in a bored tone.
Kizzlorn led them in with her head held high. “Let’s go save the world.”
Two and a half hours later, they walked out and stood. Finally, Edge spoke. “What the hell.”
“How did we get eighth place?” Grumbar wondered aloud.
Silence. Then, Edge spoke again. “What the hell.”
Kizzlorn looked disgusted. “Let’s just go buy the spell.”
That sounded good to everyone, so they found a powerful mage and paid him quite a few gold pieces in exchange for a ring that contained a Wish spell. They teleported back to Spellforge Keep.
Raelin and Kyler were sparring in the yard when they appeared. “How’d it go?” Raelin asked with a smile.
Kizzlorn grumbled something and walked past him. “Jamison!” she called. “Get out here and wish for your memory.”
“You must have won, or you wouldn’t have the Wish! Nice job, Kizz. I knew you could do it.”
“Shut up.”
Raelin and Kyler exchanged a look.
Jamison came outside and slipped the ring on his finger. He said “I wish to remember everything I once knew about the Orb of Thuriaq.”
Kizzlorn, still in her dark mood, said “It might have been more helpful to wish for your entire memory back, Jamison.”
“Oops. Sorry.” His brow knotted as the spell took effect, and pieces of information blossomed in his mind like spring flowers. “Oh. Oh, that’s not good at all.”
“What?”
“Pretty much all of it. We knew the Orb of Thuriaq frees the creature to crush the earth. We knew that I was working with the creature freeing him. We knew that I hid the Orb when my mind came back to me. Here’s what we didn’t know.
“The she-beast under the cowl is known as Glamgorthea. She is very powerful, and has been orchestrating the return of several dozen titans… The deadliest is, of course, Thuriaq, who could easily consume the world in fire and death. The only things that could possibly do battle with the titans are dragons and colossal beasts that walk the earth. Glamgorthea has been collecting these monsters in mirrors, so that none will stand against the onslaught. Dragons all over the world. We found them, caught them. That is why Acessiwal was trapped inside that mirror. That is where my adopted father- Gorgoldand- is. We had dozens, maybe hundreds, more. Dragons of every color and size. We tried to imprison them all. This was fifteen years ago. Gods know what stage of the plan she’s up to now…
“There’s good news and there’s extremely bad news. The good news is that she hasn’t found the Orb yet.”
Kizzlorn interrupted. “How do you know?”
Jamison replied “We wouldn’t be here if she had.”
“Oh. What’s the bad news?”
“The bad news is that I hid the Orb very, very well. I hid it in the lair of an ancient red dragon named Ashardalon, on another plane of existence, in the Bastion of Unborn Souls, where he dwells.”
Raelin said “I thought you said you captured all the dragons.”
Jamison shook his head. “No, I said we tried. Ashardalon was too powerful for us to make an assault on just yet. He’s as powerful and as wicked as dragons get. I remember Glamgorthea saying that he was among the few dragons that might be able to defeat Thuriaq in a one on one battle.”
Kizzlorn looked confused. “Well, isn’t this good news? I mean, if the Orb of Thuriaq is in a location where Glam… where the she-creature can’t reach it, and it’s being defended by a red dragon she won’t want to mess with, why should we consider this a problem?”
“Hmm. You’ve got a point. Even if she knew where it was, she couldn’t fetch it without incredible difficulty. I’m going to have to delve into the library and learn what I can of Ashardalon’s last fifteen years. The Orb may well be safe, but I’d best look into the matter and be certain.”
“Good idea.”
“Meanwhile,” Raelin said. “Kizz, I heard you recovered the Glaring Sun from Acessiwal’s horde. I was wondering if I might have it. It should be in the possession of a cleric, and a relative of Aunt Kyla’s, as well. I mean to destroy the black stone that bound Jamison’s soul to evil, and I need the medallion of the Shining One to do it.”
“Certainly,” she said. She searched her pockets and pulled it out. She passed it to him. “You’re right… Aunt Kyla would want you to have it. Use it well.”
“Ahh,” he said, turning it over in his hands. “The disc of power, used to turn an entire nation to rights again when Tharizdun assaulted us all. Pelor’s will shall use the Glaring Sun to fight Tharizdun’s evil one last time. Jamison, let’s get that stone and destroy it.”
Jamison grinned, very happily. Soon the thing that turned him into a killer would be destroyed for good.
NEXT TIME: GUESS WHO’S BACK
Lela
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Dr Midnight said:
Well, I would normally say Dartan. But I know Doc too well for that. I'd say it's Gorgoldand.
Then again, we all know Vek should be back next week. But that depends on if the story is up to date or not.
And I'd just like to say "Ouch" on behalf of the party. Note to self: Curse when a DM mentions the Challange of Champions in any way related to my character.
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