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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Goonalan" data-source="post: 1467941" data-attributes="member: 16069">The Wednesday KnightsSESSION XXI.Satyrday 11th Mork 2000Characters presentLiandri Male Half-Elf Rogue level 2 Wizard level 1 (Kev. M.)Xeolus Male Human Monk level 1 Priest of Hieroneous level 1 (Kev. H.)Endrin Male Human Bard level 3 Sorcerer level 1 (Wayne)Bob Male Human Ranger level 2 (Emma) Gorgoldand’s Gauntlet part deux.“At the top of the stairs is darkness…”The Knights’ torches illuminate a room with a metal door at the far end and a number of plaques on the wall, each holding a weapon along with an engraving-A pair of Siangham (look it up I had to)“Pa’s Hand Weapons, Gutstickers.”A Metal Gauntlet“Pa’s Gauntlet, Fist of Pain.”A Falchion“Pa’s sword, islet’s laughter.”After cautiously (checking for traps etc.) taking the weapons down and distributing them the Knights head over to the door- where a mouth appears and asks-“Not without the password you don’t. What’s the password?”A bit of head scratching commences until Xeolus begins to smile and chuckle to himself- he’s a lot happier these days it seems.Xeolus approaches the door and says-“Password is let slaughter.”The door swings open revealing a corridor beyond- Xeolus smirks at the other Knights and strides through- Endrin in the meantime casts Detect Magic and discovers each of the weapons to be magical- the group is overjoyed with their find.The group enters a large chamber- lit this time by torches, there are four stationary skeletons in the room and a mirror with some writing on it, all on the far wall- cautiously the group creep in.Xeolus, holy symbol in hand approaches the skeletons- “Begone foul demons of the nether world, back whence you came, never to ret… oh there made of wood or something.”Endrin and Bob move to the centre of the chamber and Liandri goes over to the mirror.“There not real skeletons, they’re carved of something- what does the mirror say?”“Tirianisportius- whatever that is, I’m just gonna check it for traps.”The moment Liandri touches the mirror the four skeletons take a step forward, while from the entrance to the room a crashing sound is heard- a portcullis falls, preventing retreat.The first skeleton slams Xeolus’ holy symbol out of his hand- the group draw weapons and leap into combat. Once again they have trouble as they are all using bladed weapons (except Xeolus with the Magical Metal Gauntlet). The skeletons are incredibly hard many of the Knights’ blows seem to cause little or no damage- it takes a while but in the end they are victorious.However, their wounds are such that it is necessary to use the last of Xeolus’ and Endrin’s cure spells. They return to the problem of the mirror-“Try it without the “I’s”, the Skeletons don’t have eyes…” Xeolus once again comes up with the goods.“Transportus”, Liandri shouts at the mirror.The surface of the mirror swirls and beyond is an image of an identical room to the one in which they stand except for the pile of treasure at the centre- Liandri rubs his hands together and steps through the portal, the others follow.In the mirror room they cautiously approach the pile of treasure in the centre of the chamber- each individually calculating there new found worth. When Xeolus and Liandri are within five feet a single coin (gold) picks itself up and lazily wheels itself towards the centre of the room- then another and then another. Soon gems, jewellery and the other items in the pile are coalescing- growing into an amorphous figure made from the treasure. The Knights look on, unsure as to how to react-“What’s that?”“Dunno.”“D’you reckon it’ll hurt.”The group turn to stare at the DM.“Look at ‘im, he’s smiling- bound to be bad for us health.”“Come on… Come on, let’s get on with it.”The amorphous blob begins to bulge and form into the shape of a dragon- a Coin Dragon, it slaps it’s tail once making a loud jingling sound, dislodging a few coins, and then flexes it’s wings.“Not bad.”The group turn to nod their appreciation to the DM.The Dragon in the meantime launches a barrage of coins and gems at Liandri and Endrin- Liandri dodges but Endrin is hit ruining his spell. He also notes how the coins expelled (the dragon’s breath weapon) immediately gather themselves up and head back to the dragon, it’s as if the creature is healing itself. Xeolus attacks with the Magic Gauntlet, Liandri & Endrin each with a Magic Siangham and Bob with the Magic Falchion. The fight is difficult the creature is hit a number of times but does a fair amount of damage back- however the outcome is not in question- the four Knights are able to surround the creature and batter it into submission. Eventually it crashes to the ground spilling its contents over the whole of the room- noticeably its spine an engraved longsword.The Knights look at each other and then leap to the floor scrabbling around for gems, jewels and whatever is around- they stuff there pockets and packs. Note they decide to leave the Longsword there- not wanting to disturb it a second time as they’re all on low hit points. After giving the rest of the room a cursory search, in which they discover some nice leather bound journals, which are inscribed on the cover with the words-“The Tales of The Wednesday Knights.”Which makes them all smile. They then head back through the mirror and in the room beyond set up camp for the night- they have no spells left and are all low on hit points, guard duty is decided and the buggers get some much needed rest.  The attack of the External Invigilators.Sunday 12th Mork 2000.The next day, healed up to full, the Knights head off out of The Gauntlet- the only thing of note is their momentary return to naturalism (they all get naked) to shoo away the Rust Monsters, with one of the little creatures getting killed in the process.Armour on they climb back out into the first light of morning and begin to get their bearings, as they do so a loud shout is heard from the bushes approximately 60 or so feet away.“Cluckin’ ‘ell it’s ‘em. Kufo… Kufo.”A large Half-Orc rushes into the clearing followed by a human in simple robes, the party also spots a number of creatures (two) hiding in the bushes, possibly creeping closer.The Half-Orc slows to a walk and unsheathes a huge Greatsword as he does so- he points it at Liandri…“You die, fecking Elf.” <SPITS>    “Kufo…”, Liandri stammers.“You know this feck?” Bob asks.“Remember I said that I lived with some bandits in the Amberdale Forest a while back, this… feck, was the self-appointed leader of our group.”Kufo rocks back on his heels and smiles, the robed figure takes a fighting stance and stares directly at Xeolus who throws down his weapon and does likewise, both awaiting the signal to go at it Karate Kid style.“What was he like?” Bob continues.“As thick as pig-poo, a right dick.”Kufo’s smile disappears, “Now you die.” With that the Half-Orc begins screaming (raging) where he stands and then rushes at Liandri with his Greatsword. The Monks rush at each other all arms, legs, fists, knees, heads and elbows; Endrin and Bob meanwhile reach for their bows and return fire at the two hiding in the bushes.Xeolus delivers a beautifully executed kick to his opponents’ ribs- there is a crunching sound the Monk’s breath becomes ragged. He receives a smack in the jaw back as his opponent attempts a “flurry of blows”, however the fight is soon over when Xeolus grapples his opponent and in the same move delivers a heavy blow to the guys temple- the Monks head snaps back and he goes limp.Meanwhile Liandri is hit by a dagger thrown by Kufo, Liandri draws his longsword and charges in delivering a vicious hit. In the next moment he is struck back and slashed across the chest and neck reducing part of his armour to peek-a-boo style.In the background the firefight is fairly short and sweet, the two in the bushes miss with their initial volley- however Bob & Endrin are much better shots. The first creature, a female human in leathers, is struck in the arm by Endrin and drops her crossbow and scarpers. The second, a male dwarf, also in leathers is hit in the chest by Bob and begins to back off protecting his partners retreat- this however does not last. Before he can reload and fire he is caught in the throat and falls to the floor screaming and kicking, where he soon expires.Back at the main to-do Kufo is a whirling dervish, however Liandri is small and nippy (like a little crab)- the Half-Orc fails to connect, Liandri on the other hand strikes thrice and the stumbling Half-Orc finally goes to visit whatever Deity he pays lip service to. Liandri kicks the creature spits on him and then robs him of every penny he has- there’s nothing like justice Liandri style. While Xeolus protests, and is cut short by a sneer, he decapitates the creature and shoves Kufo’s head in a sack, to collect the reward later. He knows there’s a reward as Kufo carries a copy of his own wanted poster.After a bit of healing the group piss off sharpish back to Fiddle, where they meet up with Gorgoldand.The above was taken from “Gorgoladand’s Gauntlet” from Dungeon magazine- I think if you look about there’s also a copy of it somewhere on the web. All in all it’s a cracking little scenario, oh and if you’re playing D20 D&D and not subscribing to Dungeon magazine then shame on you.. rectify the situation immediately. Here We Go… Pre-Ramble.Later the same day the group are de-briefed (er… perhaps not the correct term) by Gorgoldand- who then goes on to talk about their new quest. It’s also worth noting at this point that the Magic weapons they found (Gauntlet, Falchion etc.) have disappeared- and when they tell Gorgoldand that they left the longsword from the Coin Dragon in the dungeon he just looks at them and shakes his head.The Knights are told about the Hucrele family and their importance locally, they are given a brief descriptions of Talgon and Sharwyn, the missing son and daughter, and are told that there were others present in their adventuring group. They hear a little about “The Sunless Citadel”, the missing groups last known location. This done they are told of the great rewards that can be theirs-Return of Sharwyn/Talgon    alive $1,250 for each (Hucrele’s)Complete mapping of area    $2,500 (Gorgoldand)Gorgoldand sees that they are equipped for the road and lends them swift steeds, with that they are off to Oakhurst-two and a half days travel, and the home of the Hucrele’s. Next week… Into The Sunless Citadel.And so endeth session 21.</blockquote>

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