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<blockquote data-quote="Eccles" data-source="post: 3905458" data-attributes="member: 5675"><p>Grabbing everything of value, Janga cast a powerful spell to transport us all back to the Prime Material plane, and then teleported us back to the Free Cities. After a period of selling and buying and a night’s rest, we were back on the island, wreathed in storms. Figuring that we would have to locate Darl Zuethos’ group to recover the feather they had taken, we decided that we would find them and then work out how best to ambush them.</p><p></p><p>“Fez,” I casually remarked as I cast a spell, “I just remembered. There is a gigantic fat woman who wanted to speak to you back in Mage Point – you only have to step through this doorway to see her.”</p><p></p><p>We all followed him through the portal to Tilagos, at which point we realised something was wrong. Something was very wrong indeed. </p><p></p><p>.oOo.</p><p></p><p>The gaunt figure of Darl Zuethos stood a short distance away from us, his near-skeletal left hand raised as though in command to the rest of his team. A flaming djinn sat on a massive black mount, which breathed thick dark smoke and whose hooves were wreathed in fire. Off to our right was the huge heavy-set figure of a horned devil, whose massive wings unfurled as its tremendous clawed hands twisted angrily around a huge spiked chain easily three times my height in length. </p><p></p><p>Finally, Zuethos’ two tiefling followers, each clearly trained in speed and unarmed fighting could be seen hurtling towards us. As they closed, I had just enough time to register that they were both heavily enchanted before they got too close, and everything went silent. Clearly one of the spells they were enchanted with was a silence dweomer. </p><p></p><p>Picking their target carefully, each of the two monks drove a powerful blow into Endo’s chest. Fists driving into each side of his lungs and kidneys, the wizard’s half orc face went slack with a breathless and confused expression. </p><p></p><p>Gesturing, the efreeti blasted a series of rays of fire at Endo, then threw a fireball which burst in our midst. As we blinked away the pain, we could just see the nightmare the efreeti was riding rise into the air away from us. </p><p></p><p>Fez stepped back, and drove his scythe heavily into one of the monks threatening Endo, before the horned devil lumbered forwards, striking Flynne across the side of his face with the massive spiked chain. A brief flash of a strange otherworldly power sparked from the chain to Flynne, and I could see that he was dazed by the blow.</p><p></p><p>I could see, but not hear, the necromancer casting a spell of great potency and complexity, and held my breath for a second awaiting the hammer to fall – but it didn’t. Janga hurtled up into the sky, tiny wings attached to his boots fluttering madly, and I could see him throwing a powerful dispelling magic down onto one of the two tiefling monks. Looking around through the magical lenses of my <em>Clair de Lunettes</em>, I could see some of the auras around the monk disappear, and hastened to follow suit. I called on the levitating powers of my boots and shot up out of the silenced area and flung a dispelling spell of my own down at the second monk. Instantly I could hear the moaning of Flynne and Endo, as well as Fez’ furious angry bellowing beneath me. </p><p></p><p>I could also hear the repeated sounds of fists smacking into orc flesh, as the two monks pummelled Endo, and amidst the sound of bones breaking, my comrade collapsed to the floor. </p><p></p><p>Wielding a flaming falchion, the efreeti rode down from the sky slashing at Fez as he came, before turning in the saddle and launching another stream of fire down towards the barbarian, wreathing him in fire and making him bellow in pain and rage. </p><p></p><p>Turning, Fez took out his anger on the monk he was still near, hacking at it several times with his scythe until it collapsed to the floor by his feet. </p><p></p><p>.oOo.</p><p></p><p>My heart leapt as I saw Flynne groaning and begin to stir, but immediately he was beaten to the point of insensibility by the towering devil. The foot long barbs down the length of the chain had torn terrible gaps in his flesh, whilst the devil’s innate stunning ability had again staggered my comrade; the scaled elf was sagging at the knee, clearly only standing through force of will. </p><p></p><p>At a magical exhortation from Darl, the near-dead monk at Fez’ feet started to gasp a deep and ragged breath and I could see the tiefling’s muscles tense in readiness before it leapt back to its feet. I dropped down to join the others, flinging an ineffectual spell at Zuethos as I yelled up to Janga “get us out of here!”</p><p></p><p>He fell from the sky to join us, casting a spell of planar transport as he did so. In a heartbeat, the storm-filled sky of Tilagos was replaced by the calm blue sky over a meadow some distance from an unfamiliar range of mountains. We lay on the grass, gripping one another tightly as we registered that Endo’s broken body wasn’t moving at all. The wizard was dead once again.</p><p></p><p>Counting to 5 to allow Zuethos’ spell to pick up on us before we teleported away, Janga and I did what we could to heal the others and prepare for a second ambush. Janga then teleported us away and back to the town of Mage Point – we staggered and fell into the inn, where we knew we would be protected from further scrying magics.</p><p></p><p>.oOo.</p><p></p><p>The next day, we teleported to the Free City, where we sold Kranathos’ massive maul and bought two powerful scrolls of resurrection magics, one of which we used immediately to bring Endo back to life. We returned to Mage Point, and rested within one of Endo’s Magnificent Mansion spells. Once there, Janga cast a powerful spell to allow him to ask questions of Fahrlanghan, his deity.</p><p></p><p>“Was our arrival on the plane of Tilagos disclosed to Darl Zuethos by the female kenku,” he asked. </p><p><strong><em>YES</em></strong></p><p></p><p>“Is she in Mage Point?”</p><p><strong><em>NO</em></strong></p><p></p><p>“Does Zuethos and his group intend to ambush us again?”</p><p><strong><em>YES</em></strong></p><p></p><p>“Are our quests complete?”</p><p><strong><em>NO</em></strong></p><p></p><p>“Is the only task yet to complete that of claiming the roc’s feather?”</p><p><strong><em>YES</em></strong></p><p></p><p>“Could we complete that task by restoring the roc to life?”</p><p><strong><em>YES</em></strong></p><p></p><p>“Have Zuethos and his team completed their own quests?”</p><p><strong><em>NO</em></strong></p><p></p><p>“Do they need the belt from us?”</p><p><strong><em>YES</em></strong></p><p></p><p>“Is Zuethos protected from magical spells?”</p><p><strong><em>YES</em></strong></p><p></p><p>“Would the monks be affected by enchantment spells?”</p><p><strong><em>YES</em></strong></p><p></p><p>“Are the group which recently killed Endo within 100 feet of the portal on the Tilagos demi-plane?”</p><p><strong><em>NO</em></strong></p><p></p><p>“Is the true name of the devil which we recently faced contained within Manzorian’s library?”</p><p><strong><em>YES</em></strong></p><p></p><p>“Does Zuethos have someone tasked to watch the portal?”</p><p><strong><em>YES</em></strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>We contacted Manzorian’s assistant immediately, but she was either unwilling, or unable to help us, claiming not to know how to get into Manzorian’s library and telling us that he was still off-plane dealing with “an unruly demon lord”. </p><p></p><p>Thwarted, we turned again to make plans.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Eccles, post: 3905458, member: 5675"] Grabbing everything of value, Janga cast a powerful spell to transport us all back to the Prime Material plane, and then teleported us back to the Free Cities. After a period of selling and buying and a night’s rest, we were back on the island, wreathed in storms. Figuring that we would have to locate Darl Zuethos’ group to recover the feather they had taken, we decided that we would find them and then work out how best to ambush them. “Fez,” I casually remarked as I cast a spell, “I just remembered. There is a gigantic fat woman who wanted to speak to you back in Mage Point – you only have to step through this doorway to see her.” We all followed him through the portal to Tilagos, at which point we realised something was wrong. Something was very wrong indeed. .oOo. The gaunt figure of Darl Zuethos stood a short distance away from us, his near-skeletal left hand raised as though in command to the rest of his team. A flaming djinn sat on a massive black mount, which breathed thick dark smoke and whose hooves were wreathed in fire. Off to our right was the huge heavy-set figure of a horned devil, whose massive wings unfurled as its tremendous clawed hands twisted angrily around a huge spiked chain easily three times my height in length. Finally, Zuethos’ two tiefling followers, each clearly trained in speed and unarmed fighting could be seen hurtling towards us. As they closed, I had just enough time to register that they were both heavily enchanted before they got too close, and everything went silent. Clearly one of the spells they were enchanted with was a silence dweomer. Picking their target carefully, each of the two monks drove a powerful blow into Endo’s chest. Fists driving into each side of his lungs and kidneys, the wizard’s half orc face went slack with a breathless and confused expression. Gesturing, the efreeti blasted a series of rays of fire at Endo, then threw a fireball which burst in our midst. As we blinked away the pain, we could just see the nightmare the efreeti was riding rise into the air away from us. Fez stepped back, and drove his scythe heavily into one of the monks threatening Endo, before the horned devil lumbered forwards, striking Flynne across the side of his face with the massive spiked chain. A brief flash of a strange otherworldly power sparked from the chain to Flynne, and I could see that he was dazed by the blow. I could see, but not hear, the necromancer casting a spell of great potency and complexity, and held my breath for a second awaiting the hammer to fall – but it didn’t. Janga hurtled up into the sky, tiny wings attached to his boots fluttering madly, and I could see him throwing a powerful dispelling magic down onto one of the two tiefling monks. Looking around through the magical lenses of my [i]Clair de Lunettes[/i], I could see some of the auras around the monk disappear, and hastened to follow suit. I called on the levitating powers of my boots and shot up out of the silenced area and flung a dispelling spell of my own down at the second monk. Instantly I could hear the moaning of Flynne and Endo, as well as Fez’ furious angry bellowing beneath me. I could also hear the repeated sounds of fists smacking into orc flesh, as the two monks pummelled Endo, and amidst the sound of bones breaking, my comrade collapsed to the floor. Wielding a flaming falchion, the efreeti rode down from the sky slashing at Fez as he came, before turning in the saddle and launching another stream of fire down towards the barbarian, wreathing him in fire and making him bellow in pain and rage. Turning, Fez took out his anger on the monk he was still near, hacking at it several times with his scythe until it collapsed to the floor by his feet. .oOo. My heart leapt as I saw Flynne groaning and begin to stir, but immediately he was beaten to the point of insensibility by the towering devil. The foot long barbs down the length of the chain had torn terrible gaps in his flesh, whilst the devil’s innate stunning ability had again staggered my comrade; the scaled elf was sagging at the knee, clearly only standing through force of will. At a magical exhortation from Darl, the near-dead monk at Fez’ feet started to gasp a deep and ragged breath and I could see the tiefling’s muscles tense in readiness before it leapt back to its feet. I dropped down to join the others, flinging an ineffectual spell at Zuethos as I yelled up to Janga “get us out of here!” He fell from the sky to join us, casting a spell of planar transport as he did so. In a heartbeat, the storm-filled sky of Tilagos was replaced by the calm blue sky over a meadow some distance from an unfamiliar range of mountains. We lay on the grass, gripping one another tightly as we registered that Endo’s broken body wasn’t moving at all. The wizard was dead once again. Counting to 5 to allow Zuethos’ spell to pick up on us before we teleported away, Janga and I did what we could to heal the others and prepare for a second ambush. Janga then teleported us away and back to the town of Mage Point – we staggered and fell into the inn, where we knew we would be protected from further scrying magics. .oOo. The next day, we teleported to the Free City, where we sold Kranathos’ massive maul and bought two powerful scrolls of resurrection magics, one of which we used immediately to bring Endo back to life. We returned to Mage Point, and rested within one of Endo’s Magnificent Mansion spells. Once there, Janga cast a powerful spell to allow him to ask questions of Fahrlanghan, his deity. “Was our arrival on the plane of Tilagos disclosed to Darl Zuethos by the female kenku,” he asked. [b][i]YES[/i][/b] “Is she in Mage Point?” [b][i]NO[/i][/b] “Does Zuethos and his group intend to ambush us again?” [b][i]YES[/i][/b] “Are our quests complete?” [b][i]NO[/i][/b] “Is the only task yet to complete that of claiming the roc’s feather?” [b][i]YES[/i][/b] “Could we complete that task by restoring the roc to life?” [b][i]YES[/i][/b] “Have Zuethos and his team completed their own quests?” [b][i]NO[/i][/b] “Do they need the belt from us?” [b][i]YES[/i][/b] “Is Zuethos protected from magical spells?” [b][i]YES[/i][/b] “Would the monks be affected by enchantment spells?” [b][i]YES[/i][/b] “Are the group which recently killed Endo within 100 feet of the portal on the Tilagos demi-plane?” [b][i]NO[/i][/b] “Is the true name of the devil which we recently faced contained within Manzorian’s library?” [b][i]YES[/i][/b] “Does Zuethos have someone tasked to watch the portal?” [b][i]YES[/i][/b] We contacted Manzorian’s assistant immediately, but she was either unwilling, or unable to help us, claiming not to know how to get into Manzorian’s library and telling us that he was still off-plane dealing with “an unruly demon lord”. Thwarted, we turned again to make plans. [/QUOTE]
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