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<blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 3867035" data-attributes="member: 8530"><p><strong>Chapter 10, "Off to See The Sage", June 20th, 1005: </strong> </p><p></p><p>Mark finishes his apprenticeship, and joins Augustine, Hherrmyie, Klaaze, Nimmy, Kharole, and Aurora as they head off to see the Sage. Aurora is recognized by the guards at the gate, and lets the group pass by. They tell Tao that they will be back in a few days, and to wait around until the others finish their apprenticeships. </p><p></p><p>As they head off down the road a large egg-shaped object off in the distance. Aurora says not to disturb it, as it is a Fuzzy nest. Klaaze goes over and disturbs it, and it begins to hatch. A large blue blob hatches out. As it's fur dries (and it is almost all fur) it enlarges to about eight-foot in diameter, with two eyes, two antennae, and two huge feet. Klaaze is the first thing that it sees, and it thinks that he is its mother, an idea that Klaaze seems to enjoy. He gives it the name "Buzz", and it joins them on their hike. </p><p></p><p><em>[DM’s Note #12: The above silly encounter resulted from the DM finding one of those little desk trinkets that was popular back in 1982. It looked like a miniature tribble with a pair of felt feet and two stick-on eyes. I threw it in just for laughs, figuring it would provide an interesting role playing opportunity for one of the female characters to have some maternal instincts, and didn’t anticipate for one of the macho fighters to adopt it.] </em> </p><p></p><p>In town, Adajia wakes up around noon. Instead of being in Mickey's house, she finds herself tied and gagged in a room beside Vilicus. When Ruth questions her she also decides not to talk. </p><p></p><p>Getting nowhere with her two prisoners Ruth decides to start dealing with her two apprentices. The thief Natasha reveals false information to her instructor Imok. The assassin Annie also gives misinformation to her instructor Korthe. Ruth detects the lies, and decides to teach the two a lesson. For their final test each is sent into the City Lord's castle to steal something. Inside the castle, Korthe makes arrangements for them both to get caught. Natasha fall right into the trap, but Annie does not since she does not go where she is supposed to. Rather than steal what the guild instructed her to, Annie heads off to the City Lords' bedchambers, to try to assassinate Lord Kohlorahdooh's brother, Sir Phillip (Lord Toronas had hired her to do this). </p><p></p><p>[<em>DM’s Note #13: Yet another subplot. Before the group had ever started one potential player had rolled up the Assassin Annie, who was to pretend to be a fighter and act as a spy and assassin for Lord Toronas. That player never showed up, but the character was still put into the mix. This was the first chance I had for her to go after one of her targets. </em> </p><p></p><p>Annie is unsuccessful in killing him, but does manage to wound him. She manages to escape from the castle, killing four guards in the process. Natasha is blamed for these deaths, and is thrown into the castle dungeon. Later that night the Thieves Guild kills and hides the bodies of ten of Bennett's men, to further complicate matters. </p><p></p><p>June 21st, 1005: </p><p></p><p>Shortly after breakfast Tao and Trimble are joined by Silas and Serita. She had been traveling to Curigull, and was seen by Silas, who warned her that extra troops were in the area. The four are soon joined by Timothy, who has finished his apprenticeship. They tell Timothy that the others will be back in a few days, so he decides to go back to the church until then. </p><p></p><p>An hour later the four are approached by a cloaked elf (Belegurth), calling himself Leaflock. He says that they had better leave the area, and rather quickly, as the previous night's Town Patrol had disappeared and that all visitors were being questioned. Trimble scales the wall, and verifies his story. They thank the elf, and head off after the others. </p><p></p><p>Back with the other group, after killing some giant frogs the main group starts to climb the mountains. They are later attacked by a pair of pink winged gorillas. The two gorillas are killed. The group next runs into a swarm of forty killer flying fish, who attack Kharole's camel. The party kills them all, but the camel also dies. </p><p></p><p>The morning is then interrupted by an earthquake. During the quake the ground opens up and swallows Mark, Kharole, Nimmy, Hherrmyie, and Aurora, who manage to climb back up after only minimal damage. They also notice that the streams running down from the mountain have turned black. </p><p></p><p>Elsewhere, the same thing occurs to the others, Tao and Silas falling into a thirty foot crevice that appears beneath them. They notice that the river has turned from blue to black, and decide to wait until they find a bridge to cross it. They head up the mountain in the direction of the Sage's home. </p><p></p><p>[DM’s Note #14: The above paragraphs are a result of a god-war that is simultaneously taking place between Lawful Good and Lawful Evil deities. Before the module began certain pre-determined things would occur at specific times and places, regardless of where the characters were and what they would be doing. Sufficient clues were provided for the party to try to determine why these things were happening, but nobody ever bothered to find out.] </p><p></p><p>In Curigull, Timothy undergoes his Priesthood ceremony, officially making him a 4th level cleric. After the ceremony he gets backstabbed by Eyvonne, and carted off to the Thief and Assassins Guild. Ruth finds him to be less talkative that Vilicus and Adajia. </p><p></p><p>By evening the first group reaches the Sage's home. Aurora explains what they are doing. The Sage agrees to assist them, and gives them lodgings for the night. </p><p></p><p>June 22nd, 1005: </p><p></p><p>The Sage spends the day listening to the party's story. The other four arrive at the Sage's home. The Sage recognizes Silas's beer mug (found in the Rabbitman cave) to be magical, and shows him how to make it work. Those that had fallen into the ground the day before suddenly feel much better, and all "black" waters change back again. </p><p></p><p>Phuddi and Beulla notice that the other's have all left town. They assume that the group was scared off by all of the extra soldiers running around town. Annie spends the day hiding out. </p><p></p><p>June 23rd, 1005: </p><p></p><p>The Sage spends the entire day researching about the Rod. </p><p></p><p>June 24th, 1005: </p><p></p><p>The Sage announces that he has found a way to get the Rod off of Augustine's hand. Augustine, Hherrmyie, Nimmy, Mark, Kharole, Trimble, Klaaze, Silas, Aurora and the Sage gather in the Sage's library. The Sage explains that it will remain attached to his hand until the rod is fully assembled, or until he dies. The Sage says that he will cast a "Feign Death" spell on Augustine, followed by a "Dispel Magic," which should cause the rod to fall off. </p><p></p><p>He casts these spells, and the rod falls off. As soon as it falls to the floor Aurora decides that now is the time to get the Rod away from the group. She casts a ventriloquism spell outside the window, and yells for "Help" in Serita's voice. The Sage, Kharole, and Nimmy rush out of the room. Aurora then casts a "wizard lock" on the door to keep them out. </p><p></p><p>Mark reaches for the rod, but she casts a "push" spell, rolling it to the opposite wall. Klaaze rushes over to it, so she casts a "levitate", bringing it up to the ceiling. Klaaze climbs onto a chair, and jumps up, grabbing it. It sticks to his hand, with the "levitate" causing him to hang from the ceiling. By this point Mark, Hherrmyie, and Silas have drawn their swords. Tao starts to try to knock down the locked door from the outside. </p><p></p><p>Aurora realizes that her plan to grab the rod, turn invisible, and then run off, has gone sour. She tells them "Don't move, or I'll fireball you." This stops the three fighters, who are on the opposite side of the room. Silas notices that Trimble is only ten feet from Aurora, and yells "Jump her Trimble, you're too close for her to blast you." Trimble starts to rush forward. Aurora reaches for a dagger, during which the three fighters starts to rush across the room. As Aurora turns in their direction Trimble lets fly three darts, all of which hit. Silas dives at the magic-user, finishing her off with one sword swipe. The "levitate" ceases, and Klaaze falls to the ground. </p><p></p><p>Tao breaks down the door, and the other's enter the room. The Sage is heartbroken by the death of his former pupil. He tells the group that she was of good alignment, and that her threat to Fireball them was only a bluff. As the Sage gets her body ready for burial the first piece of the Rod is found. He says that he will keep it. </p><p></p><p>June 25th, 1005: </p><p></p><p>The group sets up camp beside the Sage's home. They decide that it is best for them to leave him alone for the day, but they do not want to leave the mountain without the other piece of the Rod. </p><p></p><p>June 26th, 1005: </p><p></p><p>The Sage approaches the party in the morning. He says that, although they were justified in their actions, he would rather not have such brutal people in his home and asks them to leave. As they start to climb down the mountain, Augustine and Tao discuss way's to get the Rod piece back from him. Trimble takes the rod piece out of her pack, having gone in and stolen it the night before. Klaaze fastens it onto the rest of the Rod, but doesn't notice anything different.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silver Moon, post: 3867035, member: 8530"] [B]Chapter 10, "Off to See The Sage", June 20th, 1005: [/B] Mark finishes his apprenticeship, and joins Augustine, Hherrmyie, Klaaze, Nimmy, Kharole, and Aurora as they head off to see the Sage. Aurora is recognized by the guards at the gate, and lets the group pass by. They tell Tao that they will be back in a few days, and to wait around until the others finish their apprenticeships. As they head off down the road a large egg-shaped object off in the distance. Aurora says not to disturb it, as it is a Fuzzy nest. Klaaze goes over and disturbs it, and it begins to hatch. A large blue blob hatches out. As it's fur dries (and it is almost all fur) it enlarges to about eight-foot in diameter, with two eyes, two antennae, and two huge feet. Klaaze is the first thing that it sees, and it thinks that he is its mother, an idea that Klaaze seems to enjoy. He gives it the name "Buzz", and it joins them on their hike. [I][DM’s Note #12: The above silly encounter resulted from the DM finding one of those little desk trinkets that was popular back in 1982. It looked like a miniature tribble with a pair of felt feet and two stick-on eyes. I threw it in just for laughs, figuring it would provide an interesting role playing opportunity for one of the female characters to have some maternal instincts, and didn’t anticipate for one of the macho fighters to adopt it.] [/I] In town, Adajia wakes up around noon. Instead of being in Mickey's house, she finds herself tied and gagged in a room beside Vilicus. When Ruth questions her she also decides not to talk. Getting nowhere with her two prisoners Ruth decides to start dealing with her two apprentices. The thief Natasha reveals false information to her instructor Imok. The assassin Annie also gives misinformation to her instructor Korthe. Ruth detects the lies, and decides to teach the two a lesson. For their final test each is sent into the City Lord's castle to steal something. Inside the castle, Korthe makes arrangements for them both to get caught. Natasha fall right into the trap, but Annie does not since she does not go where she is supposed to. Rather than steal what the guild instructed her to, Annie heads off to the City Lords' bedchambers, to try to assassinate Lord Kohlorahdooh's brother, Sir Phillip (Lord Toronas had hired her to do this). [[I]DM’s Note #13: Yet another subplot. Before the group had ever started one potential player had rolled up the Assassin Annie, who was to pretend to be a fighter and act as a spy and assassin for Lord Toronas. That player never showed up, but the character was still put into the mix. This was the first chance I had for her to go after one of her targets. [/I] Annie is unsuccessful in killing him, but does manage to wound him. She manages to escape from the castle, killing four guards in the process. Natasha is blamed for these deaths, and is thrown into the castle dungeon. Later that night the Thieves Guild kills and hides the bodies of ten of Bennett's men, to further complicate matters. June 21st, 1005: Shortly after breakfast Tao and Trimble are joined by Silas and Serita. She had been traveling to Curigull, and was seen by Silas, who warned her that extra troops were in the area. The four are soon joined by Timothy, who has finished his apprenticeship. They tell Timothy that the others will be back in a few days, so he decides to go back to the church until then. An hour later the four are approached by a cloaked elf (Belegurth), calling himself Leaflock. He says that they had better leave the area, and rather quickly, as the previous night's Town Patrol had disappeared and that all visitors were being questioned. Trimble scales the wall, and verifies his story. They thank the elf, and head off after the others. Back with the other group, after killing some giant frogs the main group starts to climb the mountains. They are later attacked by a pair of pink winged gorillas. The two gorillas are killed. The group next runs into a swarm of forty killer flying fish, who attack Kharole's camel. The party kills them all, but the camel also dies. The morning is then interrupted by an earthquake. During the quake the ground opens up and swallows Mark, Kharole, Nimmy, Hherrmyie, and Aurora, who manage to climb back up after only minimal damage. They also notice that the streams running down from the mountain have turned black. Elsewhere, the same thing occurs to the others, Tao and Silas falling into a thirty foot crevice that appears beneath them. They notice that the river has turned from blue to black, and decide to wait until they find a bridge to cross it. They head up the mountain in the direction of the Sage's home. [DM’s Note #14: The above paragraphs are a result of a god-war that is simultaneously taking place between Lawful Good and Lawful Evil deities. Before the module began certain pre-determined things would occur at specific times and places, regardless of where the characters were and what they would be doing. Sufficient clues were provided for the party to try to determine why these things were happening, but nobody ever bothered to find out.] In Curigull, Timothy undergoes his Priesthood ceremony, officially making him a 4th level cleric. After the ceremony he gets backstabbed by Eyvonne, and carted off to the Thief and Assassins Guild. Ruth finds him to be less talkative that Vilicus and Adajia. By evening the first group reaches the Sage's home. Aurora explains what they are doing. The Sage agrees to assist them, and gives them lodgings for the night. June 22nd, 1005: The Sage spends the day listening to the party's story. The other four arrive at the Sage's home. The Sage recognizes Silas's beer mug (found in the Rabbitman cave) to be magical, and shows him how to make it work. Those that had fallen into the ground the day before suddenly feel much better, and all "black" waters change back again. Phuddi and Beulla notice that the other's have all left town. They assume that the group was scared off by all of the extra soldiers running around town. Annie spends the day hiding out. June 23rd, 1005: The Sage spends the entire day researching about the Rod. June 24th, 1005: The Sage announces that he has found a way to get the Rod off of Augustine's hand. Augustine, Hherrmyie, Nimmy, Mark, Kharole, Trimble, Klaaze, Silas, Aurora and the Sage gather in the Sage's library. The Sage explains that it will remain attached to his hand until the rod is fully assembled, or until he dies. The Sage says that he will cast a "Feign Death" spell on Augustine, followed by a "Dispel Magic," which should cause the rod to fall off. He casts these spells, and the rod falls off. As soon as it falls to the floor Aurora decides that now is the time to get the Rod away from the group. She casts a ventriloquism spell outside the window, and yells for "Help" in Serita's voice. The Sage, Kharole, and Nimmy rush out of the room. Aurora then casts a "wizard lock" on the door to keep them out. Mark reaches for the rod, but she casts a "push" spell, rolling it to the opposite wall. Klaaze rushes over to it, so she casts a "levitate", bringing it up to the ceiling. Klaaze climbs onto a chair, and jumps up, grabbing it. It sticks to his hand, with the "levitate" causing him to hang from the ceiling. By this point Mark, Hherrmyie, and Silas have drawn their swords. Tao starts to try to knock down the locked door from the outside. Aurora realizes that her plan to grab the rod, turn invisible, and then run off, has gone sour. She tells them "Don't move, or I'll fireball you." This stops the three fighters, who are on the opposite side of the room. Silas notices that Trimble is only ten feet from Aurora, and yells "Jump her Trimble, you're too close for her to blast you." Trimble starts to rush forward. Aurora reaches for a dagger, during which the three fighters starts to rush across the room. As Aurora turns in their direction Trimble lets fly three darts, all of which hit. Silas dives at the magic-user, finishing her off with one sword swipe. The "levitate" ceases, and Klaaze falls to the ground. Tao breaks down the door, and the other's enter the room. The Sage is heartbroken by the death of his former pupil. He tells the group that she was of good alignment, and that her threat to Fireball them was only a bluff. As the Sage gets her body ready for burial the first piece of the Rod is found. He says that he will keep it. June 25th, 1005: The group sets up camp beside the Sage's home. They decide that it is best for them to leave him alone for the day, but they do not want to leave the mountain without the other piece of the Rod. June 26th, 1005: The Sage approaches the party in the morning. He says that, although they were justified in their actions, he would rather not have such brutal people in his home and asks them to leave. As they start to climb down the mountain, Augustine and Tao discuss way's to get the Rod piece back from him. Trimble takes the rod piece out of her pack, having gone in and stolen it the night before. Klaaze fastens it onto the rest of the Rod, but doesn't notice anything different. [/QUOTE]
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