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<blockquote data-quote="Tormyr" data-source="post: 7589068" data-attributes="member: 6776887"><p>The heroes followed the road, the burning forest forcing them to stay on the path. They came upon another bridge, which they gingerly started to cross. On the other side, a hell hound padded out of the burning forest up to the bridge's exit. The heroes froze, waiting for an attack before they realized it was taking no hostile action and was carrying a large bone in its mouth. The hell hound dropped the bone at the end of the bridge, backed up 30 feet, and sat down to watch the heroes' reaction.</p><p></p><p>Byron, the most resistant to fire and best at escaping, slowly walked forward and examined the bone. Its work finished, the hell hound retreated into the forest. The bone was the femur of a humanoid, and a note was scratched into its surface.</p><p></p><p></p><p>They did not know who the message was from, and complying was going to be a problem as they did not have the case with the Ragesian intelligence. In any case, they decided to carry the bone so they could initiate dialog with the sender. Ten minutes later, a green bearded devil appeared in their path. He introduced himself as Kazyk, a humble servant of Ragesia, and demanded the case in the nicest way possible: with honeyed words and veiled threats. The heroes tried to explain that they only had a few pages instead of the entire book, but the devil sighed and said he would have to make sure of that to fulfill the requirements of his contract. He summoned some imps and directed them to attack.</p><p></p><p>The imps turned invisible and flew toward the heroes. Meanwhile, Kazyk used <em>misty step</em> to jump into the burning forest and flank the heroes. The heroes circled up and tried to defend themselves, but Kazyk would run up, attack with his glaive, and <em>misty step</em> back to the safety of the forest. Meanwhile, Zed dropped his battleaxe at his feet and switched to his porcupine crossbow. One of the invisible imps flew between his feet, grabbed the battleaxe, and dropped it 30 feet away in the burning forest.</p><p></p><p>The heroes managed to destroy the imps, but Kazyk handily beat them. After striking each of the heroes with nary a scratch on himself, Kazyk bid the heroes farewell and warned them to be more helpful in the future.</p><p></p><p>The heroes picked themselves up, nursed their wounds, and continued on. Byron ran into the forest and retrieved Zed's battleaxe. They were worried about what they had gotten themselves into. The forest's worst problem was supposed to be that it was forever burning, but the inhabitants of the forest seemed much more dangerous.</p><p></p><p>[gm]Haddin's arc progressed much faster than I thought it would. After achieving maximum jerk after just a few sessions, the Haddin's and the heroes' impressions of each other changed with his near-death experience. Seeing Byron act selflessly to retrieve Zed's battleaxe after having saved D'buld on the bridge presented him as someone who fought for others, and that clashed with Haddin's worldview.</p><p></p><p>With how the encounters in the forest had gone so far, it was surprisingly easy to sell that the forest was a dangerous and deeply oppressive place. Then it got worse.[/gm]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tormyr, post: 7589068, member: 6776887"] The heroes followed the road, the burning forest forcing them to stay on the path. They came upon another bridge, which they gingerly started to cross. On the other side, a hell hound padded out of the burning forest up to the bridge's exit. The heroes froze, waiting for an attack before they realized it was taking no hostile action and was carrying a large bone in its mouth. The hell hound dropped the bone at the end of the bridge, backed up 30 feet, and sat down to watch the heroes' reaction. Byron, the most resistant to fire and best at escaping, slowly walked forward and examined the bone. Its work finished, the hell hound retreated into the forest. The bone was the femur of a humanoid, and a note was scratched into its surface. They did not know who the message was from, and complying was going to be a problem as they did not have the case with the Ragesian intelligence. In any case, they decided to carry the bone so they could initiate dialog with the sender. Ten minutes later, a green bearded devil appeared in their path. He introduced himself as Kazyk, a humble servant of Ragesia, and demanded the case in the nicest way possible: with honeyed words and veiled threats. The heroes tried to explain that they only had a few pages instead of the entire book, but the devil sighed and said he would have to make sure of that to fulfill the requirements of his contract. He summoned some imps and directed them to attack. The imps turned invisible and flew toward the heroes. Meanwhile, Kazyk used [I]misty step[/I] to jump into the burning forest and flank the heroes. The heroes circled up and tried to defend themselves, but Kazyk would run up, attack with his glaive, and [I]misty step[/I] back to the safety of the forest. Meanwhile, Zed dropped his battleaxe at his feet and switched to his porcupine crossbow. One of the invisible imps flew between his feet, grabbed the battleaxe, and dropped it 30 feet away in the burning forest. The heroes managed to destroy the imps, but Kazyk handily beat them. After striking each of the heroes with nary a scratch on himself, Kazyk bid the heroes farewell and warned them to be more helpful in the future. The heroes picked themselves up, nursed their wounds, and continued on. Byron ran into the forest and retrieved Zed's battleaxe. They were worried about what they had gotten themselves into. The forest's worst problem was supposed to be that it was forever burning, but the inhabitants of the forest seemed much more dangerous. [gm]Haddin's arc progressed much faster than I thought it would. After achieving maximum jerk after just a few sessions, the Haddin's and the heroes' impressions of each other changed with his near-death experience. Seeing Byron act selflessly to retrieve Zed's battleaxe after having saved D'buld on the bridge presented him as someone who fought for others, and that clashed with Haddin's worldview. With how the encounters in the forest had gone so far, it was surprisingly easy to sell that the forest was a dangerous and deeply oppressive place. Then it got worse.[/gm] [/QUOTE]
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