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<blockquote data-quote="arwink" data-source="post: 271325" data-attributes="member: 2292"><p><strong>Meanwhile...</strong></p><p></p><p>This was the second introductory game, run a few weeks later for Madeline and Solomon...</p><p></p><p>When the priest of Olidammara lost near on five thousand gold to her in a dice game, Madeline thought she was rich. When she found out he couldn't pay, but offered his services as a guide and bodyguard, she was leery but figured it couldn't hurt to have a local guide to help her earn money. When the next three days were spent sleeping on the floor of a thieves flophouse in the undercity, whiling the day in gambling dens that merged her protector further in debt, she realized they were going no-where fast.</p><p><em>(Campaign note - The Brotherhood of the Shadow, the destitute and a host of the cities citizens who abhor daylight have created a second city around the sewer-system, various underground chambers and other tunnels that exist beneath Eaglespire. The undercity is slightly smaller and more lawless than the over-city, and many areas of the sewers are considered wild and dangerous.)</em></p><p></p><p>After a quick explanation that such behavior was unlikely to repay the coins owed to her, Madeline forced Solomon to think of some other form of work. Racking his brain, Solomon suggested they try their luck with an old friend of his - Romesh of the Sharn Gladiator Stable. While neither was particularly skilled in the arts of combat, Solomon figured they might be able to make some gold fighting in the smaller, open bouts that pitted down-on-their-luck adventurers against one another. All they needed was the right backing to get the easiest and most profitable matches.</p><p></p><p>With few other options, Madeline agreed. Romesh turned out to be a somewhat personable man; a swarthy Spiran (blood-spires native) pirate who'd made a small fortune as a gladiator himself before retiring to run his stable. He put up the coin to back the pair in three matches over three days, officially signing them on as a part of his gladiator stable and threatening grave legal consequences should they fight for any of his competitors.</p><p></p><p>Their first bout was easy, the two of them taking down a group of kobold warriors from the fledgling Ahtor stable. Their second match was slightly more difficult, facing off against the skeleton of a former ogre champion, which had been bought and reanimated by the stable of Atrius the Damned. The fight against the skeleton was short, the pair of them falling back on healing magic and harm undead cantrips after an initial foray with mace and morning star proved slightly too dangerous.</p><p></p><p>It was their final bout that drew the most attention. They arrived at the arena to find that for the first time in nearly sixty years, the Temple of Tiamat had entered a champion in the bout. As the pair walked into the small arena that had become their testing ground, they noticed a priest wearing the five-colored robes of Tiamat, covering them with the snowy tabard of the white dragon order. The priest glared at them, watching them intently as the Temple's champion was lead into the arena. Although somewhat disturbed by the unknown priests attention, neither human nor gnome had time to dwell on it for long. The Temple's champion was a small creature, perhaps some four feet in height, with a winged body that burned with an amber flame. Small talons smoldered as it flexed its hands in readiness, and Solomon's remembered enough of his training as a neophyte priest to identify the beast as a creature from the elemental planes.</p><p></p><p>It was Solomon who reacted first, casting a hasty spell to protect his charge from fire. HE finished the spell with bare fractions of a second to spare, as the creature immediately breathed a gout of flame at the pair. Thanks to the magical protection of Solomon's spell, Madeline was barely wounded, but the lithe priest wasn't quite fast enough to escape the worst of the creature’s blast. Confident in her protection, Madeline started hammering the fire-creature with magic missiles, while her companion spent a few seconds more protecting himself before engaging the creature in hand to hand. It took nearly a minute to wear the creature down, both adventurers taking wounds from the beast’s claws and suffering minor burns despite Solomon's magic. Finally, they stood victorious. The crowd cheered, and the Robed priest sneered at them as he walked away. Unable to let the moment slip past, Solomon let out a quick taunt over his victory. The Dragon-priest whirled, his anger restrained but barely. Madeline sighed at her companion’s impetuousness, but figuring that being in for a copper is as good as being in for a gold, offered a few more choice barbs of her own. As the priest left the arena, it was to the sound of the crowd roars of amusement and encouragement. </p><p></p><p>When talking with Romesh after the fight, the pair discovered they'd made a good haul for three days work. They'd need some time to rest and heal, but they'd made more than enough gold to pay their membership to the dungeoneers guild, and discovered that Tiamat's temple had even fronted a few choice magic items to ensure their champion drew the match against Solomon and Madeline. Splitting the gold, two scrolls and healing potions that made up their half of the winnings, it was decided that the arena would take second place to real adventuring. Even as they made plans to find a real place to rest before heading to the Guild's headquarters in the morning, a lingering thought hung in both their heads: Why were Tiamat's priests so determined that their champion should fight the pair? Madeline had a bad feeling that insulting the temple's representative after their victory was only going to make matters worse...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="arwink, post: 271325, member: 2292"] [b]Meanwhile...[/b] This was the second introductory game, run a few weeks later for Madeline and Solomon... When the priest of Olidammara lost near on five thousand gold to her in a dice game, Madeline thought she was rich. When she found out he couldn't pay, but offered his services as a guide and bodyguard, she was leery but figured it couldn't hurt to have a local guide to help her earn money. When the next three days were spent sleeping on the floor of a thieves flophouse in the undercity, whiling the day in gambling dens that merged her protector further in debt, she realized they were going no-where fast. [I](Campaign note - The Brotherhood of the Shadow, the destitute and a host of the cities citizens who abhor daylight have created a second city around the sewer-system, various underground chambers and other tunnels that exist beneath Eaglespire. The undercity is slightly smaller and more lawless than the over-city, and many areas of the sewers are considered wild and dangerous.)[/I] After a quick explanation that such behavior was unlikely to repay the coins owed to her, Madeline forced Solomon to think of some other form of work. Racking his brain, Solomon suggested they try their luck with an old friend of his - Romesh of the Sharn Gladiator Stable. While neither was particularly skilled in the arts of combat, Solomon figured they might be able to make some gold fighting in the smaller, open bouts that pitted down-on-their-luck adventurers against one another. All they needed was the right backing to get the easiest and most profitable matches. With few other options, Madeline agreed. Romesh turned out to be a somewhat personable man; a swarthy Spiran (blood-spires native) pirate who'd made a small fortune as a gladiator himself before retiring to run his stable. He put up the coin to back the pair in three matches over three days, officially signing them on as a part of his gladiator stable and threatening grave legal consequences should they fight for any of his competitors. Their first bout was easy, the two of them taking down a group of kobold warriors from the fledgling Ahtor stable. Their second match was slightly more difficult, facing off against the skeleton of a former ogre champion, which had been bought and reanimated by the stable of Atrius the Damned. The fight against the skeleton was short, the pair of them falling back on healing magic and harm undead cantrips after an initial foray with mace and morning star proved slightly too dangerous. It was their final bout that drew the most attention. They arrived at the arena to find that for the first time in nearly sixty years, the Temple of Tiamat had entered a champion in the bout. As the pair walked into the small arena that had become their testing ground, they noticed a priest wearing the five-colored robes of Tiamat, covering them with the snowy tabard of the white dragon order. The priest glared at them, watching them intently as the Temple's champion was lead into the arena. Although somewhat disturbed by the unknown priests attention, neither human nor gnome had time to dwell on it for long. The Temple's champion was a small creature, perhaps some four feet in height, with a winged body that burned with an amber flame. Small talons smoldered as it flexed its hands in readiness, and Solomon's remembered enough of his training as a neophyte priest to identify the beast as a creature from the elemental planes. It was Solomon who reacted first, casting a hasty spell to protect his charge from fire. HE finished the spell with bare fractions of a second to spare, as the creature immediately breathed a gout of flame at the pair. Thanks to the magical protection of Solomon's spell, Madeline was barely wounded, but the lithe priest wasn't quite fast enough to escape the worst of the creature’s blast. Confident in her protection, Madeline started hammering the fire-creature with magic missiles, while her companion spent a few seconds more protecting himself before engaging the creature in hand to hand. It took nearly a minute to wear the creature down, both adventurers taking wounds from the beast’s claws and suffering minor burns despite Solomon's magic. Finally, they stood victorious. The crowd cheered, and the Robed priest sneered at them as he walked away. Unable to let the moment slip past, Solomon let out a quick taunt over his victory. The Dragon-priest whirled, his anger restrained but barely. Madeline sighed at her companion’s impetuousness, but figuring that being in for a copper is as good as being in for a gold, offered a few more choice barbs of her own. As the priest left the arena, it was to the sound of the crowd roars of amusement and encouragement. When talking with Romesh after the fight, the pair discovered they'd made a good haul for three days work. They'd need some time to rest and heal, but they'd made more than enough gold to pay their membership to the dungeoneers guild, and discovered that Tiamat's temple had even fronted a few choice magic items to ensure their champion drew the match against Solomon and Madeline. Splitting the gold, two scrolls and healing potions that made up their half of the winnings, it was decided that the arena would take second place to real adventuring. Even as they made plans to find a real place to rest before heading to the Guild's headquarters in the morning, a lingering thought hung in both their heads: Why were Tiamat's priests so determined that their champion should fight the pair? Madeline had a bad feeling that insulting the temple's representative after their victory was only going to make matters worse... [/QUOTE]
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