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Message: <blockquote data-quote="megamania" data-source="post: 2820505" data-attributes="member: 9255">EBERRON: THE CREATION SCHEMA01/07/06SEGMENT 177“Unexpected Surprises”The adventuring party rests inside the room.  They marvel at the snow.  So much snow in such a sort time they all think.  Even for the end of Zarantyr** it is an amazing amount.**DM NOTES- The PCs are aware of the time twisting effects of being within the Trap.  It is really the beginning of Eyre.  They think about 35 days have gone by.  In truth over 100 have.As they dig they find more skeletal figures with shovels.  It appears the Emerald Claw were snowed in at one point.  The bones are brittle and frozen throughout.  Some of the skeletons are even frozen in ice as if the snow was melted then refrozen quickly.  Vale wonders in awe.  “It is as if a portal to Risia had opened.”“Risia?”  What’s that?” asks Cedious.“The plane of Ice and Eternal Cold.” Answers Taskerdoo.  He is assuming the same thing.  Cedious levitates up through the hole Vale created the night before.  He is amazed by something he sees near the edge of the woods.  An Airship!  He is quick to report it and the tunneling that Black sands and Sharshek has begun turns to that general direction.Black sands continues to look to the sky.  Finally Sharshek asks him what is happening.  “The sun sits low for the month of Olarune.  It sits as if it is spring- not the beginning of winter.”Vale stops suddenly as he sees Cedious pull out his decanter of Endless Water.  He aims it to the side of the tunnel Black sands and Taskerdoo have created.“Stop!”Cedious turns and frowns.“You can’t be serious- First you will drown us then you will freeze our dead bodies!”Cedious looks at the Decanter and ponders if Vale is being truthful with him and if it was worth the risk to find out anyway.“He’s right- the water has no where to go.  It’ll flood and freeze eventually.  We will become soaked and die from the exposure.  Save it for later.” And with that Black sands continues to push and shove snow around as he tries to create a path.“The water may even cause the roof of our snow tunnel to collapse in on us.” Adds Sharshek.“Oh.”  A pause.   “I was just looking at it anyway.  I wasn’t really going to us it to tunnel.”  He looks at the doubting faces of his teammates.   “No.  Really I wasn’t!”They finally get into the general area as the snow is more ice like and finally tapers off.  When standing directly under the airship the snow is gone from the ground.  The spinning Fire Elemental that lifts and empowers the airship is a mere 25 feet above them.  Cedious smiles and levitates up to check on the ship.He sneaks up quietly and from directly under it.  Sneaking as he always does he peers over the side and sees …undead.There are several dozen skeletons standing on the deck as if frozen.  Many stand before the Captain’s cabin.Smiling still, Cedious carefully releases the rope ladder and the others begin to climb up.  He informs them of the guarded room.  Black sands smiles.  Under his breathe he says-  “Take the ship and go due East.”</blockquote>

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