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<blockquote data-quote="sniffles" data-source="post: 3123923" data-attributes="member: 30035">Aboard the lightning railFrom: Caelen Siorath, ThraneI'm writing you from the lightning rail to Flamekeep. We're still in pursuit of our quarry, who's heading for Karrnath.The gnome woman turned up again at the airship crash site. She'd somehow been knocked unconscious in the hold, although I'm still not certain which ship she was on. Kylara, Grinner and I stayed at the wreckage to keep scavengers and looters from the bodies, while the rest went to Sterngate to report the crash. When the town guard came we went to get rooms at the inn. There was no sign of the vampire there. But we assumed he'd be taking the lightning rail toward his destination, so we bought tickets ourselves.An elf came up and started chatting with us in the common room, but he seemed a little too curious so the gnome followed him when he left. She got in a fight with him in his room and we had to go to her defense. We still don't know exactly what this fellow wants, but we're not having anything to do with him. He's not one of Kylara's people or ours.On the way to the lightning rail the following morning we had our first sign that we were on the right trail. Bats swarmed us as we tried to board. The guards had been mind-controlled somehow, and the rail started to leave before everyone had boarded. I jumped aboard to try to help my companions but the carts moved forward so far I couldn't reach them. They all got aboard, though. I think someone must have cast a spell that made us all faster.Kylara and the half-orc tried their best to find the vampire with magic, but had no success. The private compartments are all lined with lead. We just had to wait for him to make a move. During the night some warforged showed up and started threatening other passengers. When my companions blocked the doorway some of them went onto the roof, so I climbed up to meet them. I managed to knock one off the roof of the cart, but then the rail stopped suddenly and I nearly fell off myself. I managed to climb back up with help from Valirdryn, Kylara's Undying companion. Then one of the warforged demanded that we hand over the schema! I couldn't believe they still thought we had that thing.We had more trouble than just the warforged, though. Halflings on flying lizards threw javelins at me. And my friends were fighting the vampire in the cart below.I did my best to uphold the memory of Coriandor, but I can't do that if I die so I jumped back down in the cart. The vampire got away again, it seems. (to be continued)___________________________________________________________________Quips &amp; Quotes (maybe I need to start a separate section for these!):Jubilee: &quot;Hutch can see? Where are his eyes?&quot; Devo: &quot;He keeps them in a lower drawer.&quot;Zora(to Jubilee after she rolled poorly several times): &quot;You might want to choose new dice today if you're going to come adventuring with us.&quot;patv: &quot;Market day is a specific day of the week. It's called Market Day.&quot;DH: &quot;But it's so hard to market.&quot;sniffles: &quot;Artemis takes a 5-foot step off the parapet.&quot;&nbsp; Jubilee: &quot;That's okay, he can't hit the ground - you've seen his dice rolls.&quot;patv: &quot;Because he's Captain Suck-Up, we took the job.&quot;&nbsp; Devo: &quot;Excuse me, General Suck-Up.&quot;Zora: &quot;Do you have any carry-on undead?&quot;Jubilee: &quot;Well, we look like adventurers. He's undying&quot; (gestures vaguely toward Devo) - &quot;well, not him, but him.&quot; (pretends to point to Valirdryn).&nbsp; Zora (pointing to Devo): &quot;He's just brain-dead.&quot;Zora: &quot;Illithid vampires - it's like surf &amp; turf but different.&quot;sniffles: &quot;I don't think we should give him any info.&quot;&nbsp; patv: &quot;So we're at an impath.&quot;&nbsp; sniffles: &quot;An empath?&quot;Zora: &quot;I feel for the guy.&quot;Hedrin: &quot;We rub each other the wrong way.&quot;Jubilee: &quot;Perhaps you should stop rubbing.&quot;DH: &quot;So while everyone else draws weapons, Artemis just plays with his cane.&quot;&nbsp; Zora: &quot;It's a full round action.&quot;&nbsp; Hedrin: &quot;Actually, for a boy it's a standard action.&quot;&nbsp; patv: &quot;I think it's a free action.&quot;Zora: &quot;Do Undying come with Undying flies?&quot;&nbsp; Hedrin: &quot;You only get flies with the combo.&quot;&nbsp; Jubilee: &quot;Waiter, I'm in my soup!&quot;sniffles: &quot;Do we get on at Platform 9 3/4 and go through the illusory wall?&quot;&nbsp; Devo: &quot;No, just the loser wall.&quot;sniffles: &quot;Artemis gets to go first!&quot;Zora: &quot;There's Lucan!&quot;&nbsp; Devo: &quot;He's Lucan pretty.&quot;DH (getting up from the table): &quot;I'm going to pee, then Grinner's up.&quot;sniffles: &quot;TMI!!&quot;&nbsp; Zora: &quot;Yeah, we don't wanna know when Grinner's up.&quot;Devo (rolls poorly on a Spot check): &quot;Artemis goes, 'Where?! Boba Fett?'.&quot;Jubilee: &quot;I cast magic circle against evil. No non-good creatures can be in my circle.&quot;&nbsp; patv: &quot;They're not on your calling plan?&quot;&nbsp; Hedrin: &quot;They're not in her circle of fiends.&quot;Jubilee: &quot;Would the train work in an antimagic zone?&quot;&nbsp; Devo: &quot;No.&quot;&nbsp; Jubilee: &quot;I'd better not do that, then.&quot;Hedrin: &quot;Can you detect alignment? Has this sandwich gone bad?&quot;DH: &quot;The captain casts protection from PCs.&quot;sniffles: &quot;The bats are hanging out in their cave - 'Oh, crap, he's calling us again.' &quot;&nbsp; DH: &quot;Nobody answer the batphone.&quot;DH: &quot;The tops of the train cars aren't flat. They're only flat in the lower level adventure.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="sniffles, post: 3123923, member: 30035"] [b]Aboard the lightning rail[/b] From: Caelen Siorath, Thrane I'm writing you from the lightning rail to Flamekeep. We're still in pursuit of our quarry, who's heading for Karrnath. The gnome woman turned up again at the airship crash site. She'd somehow been knocked unconscious in the hold, although I'm still not certain which ship she was on. Kylara, Grinner and I stayed at the wreckage to keep scavengers and looters from the bodies, while the rest went to Sterngate to report the crash. When the town guard came we went to get rooms at the inn. There was no sign of the vampire there. But we assumed he'd be taking the lightning rail toward his destination, so we bought tickets ourselves. An elf came up and started chatting with us in the common room, but he seemed a little too curious so the gnome followed him when he left. She got in a fight with him in his room and we had to go to her defense. We still don't know exactly what this fellow wants, but we're not having anything to do with him. He's not one of Kylara's people or ours. On the way to the lightning rail the following morning we had our first sign that we were on the right trail. Bats swarmed us as we tried to board. The guards had been mind-controlled somehow, and the rail started to leave before everyone had boarded. I jumped aboard to try to help my companions but the carts moved forward so far I couldn't reach them. They all got aboard, though. I think someone must have cast a spell that made us all faster. Kylara and the half-orc tried their best to find the vampire with magic, but had no success. The private compartments are all lined with lead. We just had to wait for him to make a move. During the night some warforged showed up and started threatening other passengers. When my companions blocked the doorway some of them went onto the roof, so I climbed up to meet them. I managed to knock one off the roof of the cart, but then the rail stopped suddenly and I nearly fell off myself. I managed to climb back up with help from Valirdryn, Kylara's Undying companion. Then one of the warforged demanded that we hand over the schema! I couldn't believe they still thought we had that thing. We had more trouble than just the warforged, though. Halflings on flying lizards threw javelins at me. And my friends were fighting the vampire in the cart below. I did my best to uphold the memory of Coriandor, but I can't do that if I die so I jumped back down in the cart. The vampire got away again, it seems. [I](to be continued)[/I] ___________________________________________________________________ [B]Quips & Quotes[/B] [I](maybe I need to start a separate section for these!)[/I]: [U]Jubilee[/U]: "Hutch can see? Where are his eyes?" [U]Devo[/U]: "He keeps them in a lower drawer." [U]Zora[/U](to Jubilee after she rolled poorly several times): "You might want to choose new dice today if you're going to come adventuring with us." [U]patv[/U]: "Market day is a specific day of the week. It's called Market Day." [U]DH[/U]: "But it's so hard to market." [U]sniffles[/U]: "Artemis takes a 5-foot step off the parapet." [U]Jubilee[/U]: "That's okay, he can't hit the ground - you've seen his dice rolls." patv: "Because he's Captain Suck-Up, we took the job." [U]Devo[/U]: "Excuse me, [U]General[/U] Suck-Up." [U]Zora[/U]: "Do you have any carry-on undead?" [U]Jubilee[/U]: "Well, we look like adventurers. He's undying" (gestures vaguely toward Devo) - "well, not him, but him." (pretends to point to Valirdryn). [U]Zora[/U] (pointing to Devo): "He's just brain-dead." [U]Zora[/U]: "Illithid vampires - it's like surf & turf but different." [U]sniffles[/U]: "I don't think we should give him any info." [U]patv[/U]: "So we're at an impath." [U]sniffles[/U]: "An empath?" [U]Zora[/U]: "I feel for the guy." [U]Hedrin[/U]: "We rub each other the wrong way." [U]Jubilee[/U]: "Perhaps you should stop rubbing." [U]DH[/U]: "So while everyone else draws weapons, Artemis just plays with his cane." [U]Zora[/U]: "It's a full round action." [U]Hedrin[/U]: "Actually, for a boy it's a standard action." [U]patv[/U]: "I think it's a free action." [U]Zora[/U]: "Do Undying come with Undying flies?" [U]Hedrin[/U]: "You only get flies with the combo." [U]Jubilee[/U]: "Waiter, I'm in my soup!" [U]sniffles[/U]: "Do we get on at Platform 9 3/4 and go through the illusory wall?" [U]Devo[/U]: "No, just the loser wall." [U]sniffles[/U]: "Artemis gets to go first!" [U]Zora[/U]: "There's Lucan!" [U]Devo[/U]: "He's Lucan pretty." [U]DH [/U] (getting up from the table): "I'm going to pee, then Grinner's up." [U]sniffles[/U]: "TMI!!" [U]Zora[/U]: "Yeah, we don't wanna know when Grinner's up." [U]Devo [/U] (rolls poorly on a Spot check): "Artemis goes, 'Where?! Boba Fett?'." [U]Jubilee[/U]: "I cast [I]magic circle against evil[/I]. No non-good creatures can be in my circle." [U]patv[/U]: "They're not on your calling plan?" [U]Hedrin[/U]: "They're not in her circle of fiends." [U]Jubilee[/U]: "Would the train work in an [I]antimagic zone[/I]?" [U]Devo[/U]: "No." [U]Jubilee[/U]: "I'd better not do that, then." [U]Hedrin[/U]: "Can you detect alignment? Has this sandwich gone bad?" [U]DH[/U]: "The captain casts [I]protection from PCs[/I]." [U]sniffles[/U]: "The bats are hanging out in their cave - 'Oh, crap, he's calling us again.' " [U]DH[/U]: "Nobody answer the batphone." [U]DH[/U]: "The tops of the train cars aren't flat. They're only flat in the lower level adventure." [/QUOTE]

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