the Kyri Chronicles - last updated 22 Oct

[Darklone]

Hey Guys - I've just become a daddy again!

Katarina Ruth White was born in the early hours of 18th December, she weighed in at 9lb 8oz and I think she is a little darling. We have yet to determine exactly what her big sister Felicity (2 1/2) will make of her

Guess I´m horribly late... but congratulations!
She looks soooo cute!

 

[Plane Sailing]

Hey Darklone, I'll take compliments to my family any time over the next forty years - and Katarina is only 8 days old

Thanks mate,

 

[Plane Sailing]

Taran quickly ascertains that the door is not merely locked but it is barred from the inside. After considerable debate Arilyn tuts and mentions that she has the secret power to make anyone gaseous for a short while. While she doesn’t believe it would be wise for her to become gaseous herself, perhaps one of the mighty warriors could volunteer for the spell, since they can do some good on the other side of the door?

Anne-Marie is still slightly wounded and Trajan is still improved invisible, so Trajan agrees to the spell. It is a strange feeling, having your insides and then your skin transform into mist. Unable to communicate with the others, Trajan knows that he can cause the spell to cease once and once only. Ignoring the strange sensations, and putting aside all that he knows to be true, he attempts to force his body through a tiny crack at the side of the door.

To his surprise the spell has apparently worked. His invisible, gaseous body reforms inside a large guardroom. On one side is a huge iron door blocked with a sizeable bar of oak. On the opposite side is a less formidable door. The room is lit by candles in an iron chandelier hanging over a sturdy wooden table. Seated at the table is a troll wearing half-plate armour which has a two-bladed sword to hand.

Trajan reforms himself next to the door and starts to slide the bar out of position. The troll sniffs and then snorts hugely, rumbling to itself “Krall smell Intruders”. It leaps to the door and slashes at Trajan’s position – but its sense of smell can’t pinpoint him clearly and it merely scores the door. Trajan yells out “PUSH” and both Anne-Marie and Meliamne burst the door open while Trajan opens up a gash in Krall’s side. Krall the troll is an experienced fighter and he decides to take the fight to his visible foes. Unleashing a full attack with his two bladed sword he snakes past Anne-Marie’s defences and with a critical hit to her chest takes her down! Reversing his strike his blade slices deeply into Meliamne with another critical hit which takes the elvish bard down!

Taran remains hidden in cover in the side of the passageway. Arilyn goggles at the ferocious troll.

Krall is struck again badly by Trajan – only one of the Jazumai’s blows connect, but it is a critical and opens up another wound in the trolls back. Krall realises that he’s got to get out of here if his regeneration is going to do him any good. He charges away from Trajan, ducking the AoO and guts Arilyn on the end of his huge weapon, hoisting her skyward and then tossing her aside. Taran glides quietly in cover over to Meliamne and attempts to stop him bleeding to death, and then moves over to Anne-Marie who was at deaths door. The severely wounded troll keeps running while Trajan calls to Asura for healing for his friends.

But for Arilyn it is too late. Her entrails are spilled across the floor and it would take more powerful divine magic than they possess to return her to life.

They all enter the guardroom together, wrapping up Arilyns body and mourning over her death.

 

[Plane Sailing]

Arilyn was a Wizard 7/ Stormlord 1 at the time of her death.

 

[robberbaron]

Isn't hindsight wonderful?

Approximately 5 seconds after the door was opened I KNEW Trajan should have taken the Troll out himself.
But then, you can't predict a run of hostile criticals like we had.

 

[Old One]

Ouch...

Arilyn was a Wizard 7/ Stormlord 1 at the time of her death.

Alex,

You are making the rest of us softies look bad...I am going to have to get busy killing some players !

~ Old One

 

[(contact)]

Alex,

You are making the rest of us softies look bad...I am going to have to get busy killing some players

You can't kill Taran.

 

[robberbaron]

You can't kill Taran.

Hang on a minute. I thought Trajan was the hero here!

If FNG Taran is already wowing the audience I guess I'll have to be extra heroic from now on.

 

[Plane Sailing]

Alex,

You are making the rest of us softies look bad...I am going to have to get busy killing some players !

~ Old One

Come now, I'm not that harsh... I only kill characters

I've not finished yet though...

The worst of it is, I actively try NOT to kill anyone

I've mentioned before the "avoid instant death" Fort ST which I give anyone who gets to -10 or below... without that safety net I don't know how other DM's get *any* survivors!

Cheers

 

[Old One]

Durn You English...

Come now, I'm not that harsh... I only kill characters

I've not finished yet though...

The worst of it is, I actively try NOT to kill anyone

I've mentioned before the "avoid instant death" Fort ST which I give anyone who gets to -10 or below... without that safety net I don't know how other DM's get *any* survivors!

Cheers

Alex,

Durn you Englishmenz and your proper semantics! Of course I meant characters...yeah...that's it...no killin' of players by Old One...nope...that would never happen...

Old One looks around carefully and places his Austrian made hand-and-a-half sword back in the corner.

Now git back ta work and post sum more stuff !

~ Old One