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<blockquote data-quote="(contact)" data-source="post: 480416" data-attributes="member: 41"><p>Readye'en 8, CY 593</p><p></p><p><strong>4: All Covered in Blood and Nowhere to Go.</strong></p><p></p><p>As the <em>charmed</em>Stonefister's attitude degenerates, so does his life span. The Fister says something unintelligible in his native tongue, but the meaning is clear. He wants to fight Heydricus. </p><p></p><p>Bad call.</p><p></p><p>Heydricus tears a strip from the cloak of the dead Fister and writes the following on the wall in his blood: "Let this be a warning to all those who displease the Old One. Cross Iuz at your peril. Next time we will kill you all." </p><p></p><p>Hoping that will confuse their foes, the group tries to decide where to flee to. Ethel makes Elijah <em>invisible</em>, and the ranger guards the entrance to the chamber o' gore. Prisantha stays behind with Elijah, keeping her <em>dimension door</em> spell at the ready. Heydricus takes Gnomer and Ethel with him out the kitchen door and over the wall. Both groups of adventurers spot Fister groups at the same time. One band of Fisters is searching the temple grounds and attacks the group going over the wall with missile fire. A second band is exploring the battle site, and an advance scout gets enough ahead of his fellows to catch a <em>charm</em> spell from Pris. The Ravishing Enchantress and Elijah take their opportunity to flee to safety through an opening in space/time.</p><p></p><p>Ethel covers the second group's retreat with an <em>obscuring mist</em>, and the party reunites itself on the other side of the compound wall. Gnomishic uses Intimidation on a bunch of gutter-urchins who had mistaken him for a very bloody (and well armed!) little kid. It would have been funny if they weren't so pathetic.</p><p></p><p>The party are dirty, disheveled, wounded, and covered in blood, most of it not their own. The stench of burning <em>feebleminded</em> barbarians clings to Pris and Ethel's clothes and hair. There is a wild-eyed post-combat look on each and every face. </p><p></p><p>Now they finally fit in here in Stoink.</p><p></p><p>The party decides that in the rougher part of town a group of gore-covered adventurers would be less likely to draw attention from the guard. So off to the slums of Stoink they go. To further 'blend in', Prisantha decides to disguise herself as an Iuzian Priest. As she has only ever met two, she chooses the more dashing of the two to mimic, and behold! Helthrax leads a group of bloody, bristling mercenaries, including an old lady in a sun hat and a 9' tall giant.</p><p></p><p>What's so unusual about that, you say? Nothing, except the surprising amount of street traffic that bows to Helthrax, muttering "Dread Lord". After a few minutes, Pris is approached by a young man in a fine tunic. </p><p></p><p>"Sum of My Fears", he begins "don't you remember me? It is I, Mirn, your altar boy from Chendl!"</p><p></p><p>(Now, there have been some cases where Iuzian priests <em>don't</em> molest and abuse their altar boys, but they have been hushed by the Church, and all offending parties have been sacrificed.)</p><p></p><p>Prisantha begins to answer the boy in her high-pitched voice, but Heydricus thinks fast and covers up, explaining that the Dread Lord has a terrible cold and has lost his voice. Mirn cringes from the nine foot tall blood covered warrior and begins to apologize with that curious mix of abject terror and hatred that only a member of the Iuzian clergy can produce. </p><p></p><p>The lad takes them to his house, and forces his young wife to go out and obtain some clean clothes for the group. He is convinced that Helthrax has come in response to his request for poison from the church hierarchy. He crowingly unfurls a map of Stoink, with all the wells circled. The boy plans to poison the entire city, and march the corpses back to Dorakka as an undead army.</p><p></p><p>Prisantha <em>dominates</em> the young fool, and gives him instructions to sail to Admunfort and explain his plan to the Port Authority, who will, she tells him, give him the poison. The lad, overjoyed, practically floats to the docks, looking for the first transport to sail.</p><p></p><p>The group returns to their hideout, where Elijah has to dress down the men for throwing a party while the party was out fighting Stonefisters. No parties without the party! That's the party line. </p><p></p><p>A couple of soldiers get flogged, and so much extra detail is handed out that Elijah assures Heydricus that he will soon be in command of the cleanest hideout in Stoink. (A city known for its impeccable hideouts.)</p><p></p><p>As the party settles in to rest, they send Elijah to spy on the Stonefister stronghold. She spots a group of Fisters dragging the old lady informant into their stronghold. She immediately returns to tell the others, but notices a pair of suspicious customers tailing her.</p><p></p><p>The party is convinced that the old lady sold them out to the Fisters, and after the assault has been called in for 'questioning'. What is worrisome is the fact that the informant met with Heydricus at the young slave's home. Heydricus, Ren Qi and Elijah take 4 of the lads and double-time it to the home, convinced that the Fisters will attack.</p><p></p><p>They are right, but they are also there first. They set up an ambush, and attack the group of five barbarians who arrive. The battle goes the PC's way, but Elijah and two of the lads are left hurt and unconscious. One villain escapes, running into the night. </p><p></p><p>Heydricus remains behind to convince the boy and his aunt to go into hiding. The other two lads and Ren Qi gather the casualties and high-tail it back to the hideout, but are confronted along the way by the two suspicious customers - - a young boy and an older man. </p><p></p><p>The suspicious customers demand to know what the PCs were doing in the company of Helthrax, and tell Ren Qi that she is under arrest. Ren Qi cleverly demands to see their warrant. When the older man produces a Lord's Writ, Ren Qi runs for it. The rogues cannot hope to catch the fleet-footed monk, but they do capture Elijah and the four guardsmen.</p><p></p><p>-----</p><p></p><p>Next: Elijah captured! (consort, cohort or convict?) Meet the Lord of Stoink! Watch the party utilize their Diplomatic skills! Plus -- The Big Brawl!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="(contact), post: 480416, member: 41"] Readye'en 8, CY 593 [b]4: All Covered in Blood and Nowhere to Go.[/b] As the [i]charmed[/i]Stonefister's attitude degenerates, so does his life span. The Fister says something unintelligible in his native tongue, but the meaning is clear. He wants to fight Heydricus. Bad call. Heydricus tears a strip from the cloak of the dead Fister and writes the following on the wall in his blood: "Let this be a warning to all those who displease the Old One. Cross Iuz at your peril. Next time we will kill you all." Hoping that will confuse their foes, the group tries to decide where to flee to. Ethel makes Elijah [i]invisible[/i], and the ranger guards the entrance to the chamber o' gore. Prisantha stays behind with Elijah, keeping her [i]dimension door[/i] spell at the ready. Heydricus takes Gnomer and Ethel with him out the kitchen door and over the wall. Both groups of adventurers spot Fister groups at the same time. One band of Fisters is searching the temple grounds and attacks the group going over the wall with missile fire. A second band is exploring the battle site, and an advance scout gets enough ahead of his fellows to catch a [i]charm[/i] spell from Pris. The Ravishing Enchantress and Elijah take their opportunity to flee to safety through an opening in space/time. Ethel covers the second group's retreat with an [i]obscuring mist[/i], and the party reunites itself on the other side of the compound wall. Gnomishic uses Intimidation on a bunch of gutter-urchins who had mistaken him for a very bloody (and well armed!) little kid. It would have been funny if they weren't so pathetic. The party are dirty, disheveled, wounded, and covered in blood, most of it not their own. The stench of burning [i]feebleminded[/i] barbarians clings to Pris and Ethel's clothes and hair. There is a wild-eyed post-combat look on each and every face. Now they finally fit in here in Stoink. The party decides that in the rougher part of town a group of gore-covered adventurers would be less likely to draw attention from the guard. So off to the slums of Stoink they go. To further 'blend in', Prisantha decides to disguise herself as an Iuzian Priest. As she has only ever met two, she chooses the more dashing of the two to mimic, and behold! Helthrax leads a group of bloody, bristling mercenaries, including an old lady in a sun hat and a 9' tall giant. What's so unusual about that, you say? Nothing, except the surprising amount of street traffic that bows to Helthrax, muttering "Dread Lord". After a few minutes, Pris is approached by a young man in a fine tunic. "Sum of My Fears", he begins "don't you remember me? It is I, Mirn, your altar boy from Chendl!" (Now, there have been some cases where Iuzian priests [i]don't[/i] molest and abuse their altar boys, but they have been hushed by the Church, and all offending parties have been sacrificed.) Prisantha begins to answer the boy in her high-pitched voice, but Heydricus thinks fast and covers up, explaining that the Dread Lord has a terrible cold and has lost his voice. Mirn cringes from the nine foot tall blood covered warrior and begins to apologize with that curious mix of abject terror and hatred that only a member of the Iuzian clergy can produce. The lad takes them to his house, and forces his young wife to go out and obtain some clean clothes for the group. He is convinced that Helthrax has come in response to his request for poison from the church hierarchy. He crowingly unfurls a map of Stoink, with all the wells circled. The boy plans to poison the entire city, and march the corpses back to Dorakka as an undead army. Prisantha [i]dominates[/i] the young fool, and gives him instructions to sail to Admunfort and explain his plan to the Port Authority, who will, she tells him, give him the poison. The lad, overjoyed, practically floats to the docks, looking for the first transport to sail. The group returns to their hideout, where Elijah has to dress down the men for throwing a party while the party was out fighting Stonefisters. No parties without the party! That's the party line. A couple of soldiers get flogged, and so much extra detail is handed out that Elijah assures Heydricus that he will soon be in command of the cleanest hideout in Stoink. (A city known for its impeccable hideouts.) As the party settles in to rest, they send Elijah to spy on the Stonefister stronghold. She spots a group of Fisters dragging the old lady informant into their stronghold. She immediately returns to tell the others, but notices a pair of suspicious customers tailing her. The party is convinced that the old lady sold them out to the Fisters, and after the assault has been called in for 'questioning'. What is worrisome is the fact that the informant met with Heydricus at the young slave's home. Heydricus, Ren Qi and Elijah take 4 of the lads and double-time it to the home, convinced that the Fisters will attack. They are right, but they are also there first. They set up an ambush, and attack the group of five barbarians who arrive. The battle goes the PC's way, but Elijah and two of the lads are left hurt and unconscious. One villain escapes, running into the night. Heydricus remains behind to convince the boy and his aunt to go into hiding. The other two lads and Ren Qi gather the casualties and high-tail it back to the hideout, but are confronted along the way by the two suspicious customers - - a young boy and an older man. The suspicious customers demand to know what the PCs were doing in the company of Helthrax, and tell Ren Qi that she is under arrest. Ren Qi cleverly demands to see their warrant. When the older man produces a Lord's Writ, Ren Qi runs for it. The rogues cannot hope to catch the fleet-footed monk, but they do capture Elijah and the four guardsmen. ----- Next: Elijah captured! (consort, cohort or convict?) Meet the Lord of Stoink! Watch the party utilize their Diplomatic skills! Plus -- The Big Brawl! [/QUOTE]
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