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Mad Libs? Are they democrats that voted for Cthuhlu?thatdarncat said:
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I heard as soon as he got home. How could you! (I laughed!)
Argent Silvermage
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He said you didn't heal him when you could. I Laughed.dravot said:
Um... Righty-o Shutting up now.dravot said:
Without naming any Names There is someone in my home who is tyring to convince me that Multiclassing Battlemage and Duskblade is a GOOD idea.
I may have to beat him until I feel better. I feel REAL bad right now.
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Zenith Trajectory - Chapter 4
Zenith Trajectory – Chapter 4
OOC Notes:
Revised exp: for 6th level characters, 4,433. For 5th level characters, 4,946.
This Week’s Adventure:
With the stone door open, the plans were laid. In order to get any farther, we would need to get past the Whips, and that would mean killing them. Spells were cast and Glyph augmented the girl’s weapons to be especially potent against the kua-toa. The thinking was that the priests would be the true threat and better to fully prepare against them.
How wrong we were.
Astrid, still looking like a kua-toa, went in and went to the left trying to look like she belonged there. The rest of us went to the right towards the stairs leading down to the Whips. We weren’t far in when we were noticed. It wasn’t the Whips though – it was the warriors on the upper balcony. But the die was cast and in we went.
Astrid and Elizabeth charged downstairs. Astrid struck down one priest before they could respond. The remaining three joined together and hurled lightning at Astrid but she kept coming and killed another just as Elizabeth struck a third. It wasn’t long before the fourth fell as well. The Whips had excellent armor and were surprisingly hard to land a blow on, but for a change some luck was with us.
On the upper balcony, things were more chaotic. Maris and Tzaddik were trying to stop them before they could raise the alarm, supported by arrow fire from Kris and eventually Astrid. After a few seconds the last one was run down by Tzaddik and things were quiet.
Too quiet.
Something was happening at the statue. The statue to the kua-toan goddess dominated the room and was building up some kind of magical charge. It had certainly had an impact on the kua-toa when we were fighting them but now it was readying something else entirely. We started trying to grab the bodies of the fallen and leave the room as quickly as possible, but we weren’t all out when there was a burst of flame and a vortex opened before the statue. The smell of brimstone wafted through the room, and a lilting voice called quietly.
“Who summons Aushanna?”
It was an attractive woman, with bright eyes and red hair. But the smell and the flame made it obvious she wasn’t from this world.
“An erinyes!” Maris gasped. Even her usual wonder was completely overwhelmed by fear.
“She’s far too powerful for us to attack,” Kris warned.
“But,” Glyph said “the power required to summon her is considerable. It may be that she will only be here a very short time.”
“Right, so we run and try to out last her. Let’s move out.” Elizabeth said quickly.
Her voice called out almost teasingly after she saw the fallen priests. “Ah adventurers I see. Well they served the Sea Mother poorly, but I’ll have to kill you in retaliation.” The devil’s eyes fell on Astrid who had been trying to drag out a body. “I’ve never killed a changeling before.”
Then she looked hard at Bellsin and stopped. “Don’t worry dear, I’m not allowed to kill you. Not as long as you bear the Mark. But you look tasty. Maybe I’ll have a taste of your blood before I kill the others.”
“Run!” Astrid yelled.
Aushanna loosed a volley of arrows made of pure fire, striking various people. But before Astrid could leave, she charmed her. “No need to run dear, I won’t hurt you. It’s just a misunderstanding.”
Astrid nodded quietly and the erinyes called out. “Your little changeling friend is mine now. It’s not like I can’t catch you. I can read every thought in you head from here. Just stay where you are for a minute.”
Of course that’s precisely what we didn’t do, retreating into one of the rooms near the entrance.
There was a soft pop as the erinyes appeared in the hallway. “Come out come out…” she said, and the curtain was blown aside as a sickly grey gas rolled into the room. Everyone immediately started choking on the foul smoke. Tzaddik collapsed immediately and his skin instantly turned the color of ash as his breathing stopped.
“Go go go!” Elizabeth said, moving up the stairs to the guard post in the eye of the fish temple. The fatality only made running a more potent option – Elizabeth was sure we couldn’t fight the devil.
I can also tell you she was terrified. Be calm and see the whole field I tried to reassure her.
Such power can’t last long or the priests would not have died as readily she said trying to steady herself. Must retreat until we gain advantage.
But Maris didn’t retreat. She tried to cast a spell, stepping close to the devil to do so. The spell washed over with no effect.
“That’s very charming dear. But pointless,” the erinyes said patronizingly. Aushanna flung a length of rope towards Astrid and it tried to entangle her, but Astrid knocked it aside, the attack bringing her back to herself.
“Keep running!” Elizabeth yelled.
“I’m not leaving Maris!” Kris said flatly.
By now, Elizabeth was in the guard post, and jumped on to the stairs as the kua-toa had. She and Astrid both began moving towards the devil. It was suicide, but unless they were going to retreat together, options were few. Astrid managed to land a glancing blow, and that was enough to make Aushanna retreat. She teleported away.
A pregnant silence followed as they waited for her to re-appear. When several seconds went by, people started preparing and healing rather than just waiting.
Kris renewed the blessings on the Tygers. “When we retreat, all that happens is we get picked off one at a time.”
Elizabeth replied between mental preparations. “That’s because we don’t all retreat when we’re told. THAT’S when we get picked off. We need to all move together, not have one of us stand their ground.”
Glyph finished lacing Elizabeth’s weapon with a holy preparation, and was about to start on Astrid’s when a pop announced Aushanna’s return at the base of the temple stairs. She fired arrows at Elizabeth but Elizabeth was ready and the arrows all missed.
Elizabeth moved with reckless abandon. With caution thrown to the wind, she charged down the stairs and swung hard. The enchanted falchion bit deep into the devil’s midsection and black blood sprayed out. Aushanna shrieked in disgust and teleported away.
Astrid saw an opportunity and took it. She called out “You’ve shown what you can do. And you’ve seen what we can do. You have fulfilled the terms of your contract and you can go.”
Aushanna reappeared out of immediate reach. She took a long look at the group and the glimmering weapons – a more serious look than she had before. And she looked at her own wounds. “Perhaps you’re right. When the Iron Tree cracks your souls, I shall see you again. You win this time.”
“Enjoy your time in the cage,” she said smiling, and disappeared in a burst of flame.
“We did it,” Elizabeth said, out of breath.
“We won?” Glyph asked.
“No,” Astrid said. “we survived. Which is good enough.”
“Not for Tzaddik…” Kris said quietly.
Loot:
4 masterwork heavy steel shield
4 masterwork rapier
4 masterwork hand crossbow
4 sets of +1 banded mail
4 masterwork morningtars
4 scrolls bear’s endurance
1 potion cure moderate
2 scrolls cure moderate
Zenith Trajectory – Chapter 4
OOC Notes:
Revised exp: for 6th level characters, 4,433. For 5th level characters, 4,946.
This Week’s Adventure:
With the stone door open, the plans were laid. In order to get any farther, we would need to get past the Whips, and that would mean killing them. Spells were cast and Glyph augmented the girl’s weapons to be especially potent against the kua-toa. The thinking was that the priests would be the true threat and better to fully prepare against them.
How wrong we were.
Astrid, still looking like a kua-toa, went in and went to the left trying to look like she belonged there. The rest of us went to the right towards the stairs leading down to the Whips. We weren’t far in when we were noticed. It wasn’t the Whips though – it was the warriors on the upper balcony. But the die was cast and in we went.
Astrid and Elizabeth charged downstairs. Astrid struck down one priest before they could respond. The remaining three joined together and hurled lightning at Astrid but she kept coming and killed another just as Elizabeth struck a third. It wasn’t long before the fourth fell as well. The Whips had excellent armor and were surprisingly hard to land a blow on, but for a change some luck was with us.
On the upper balcony, things were more chaotic. Maris and Tzaddik were trying to stop them before they could raise the alarm, supported by arrow fire from Kris and eventually Astrid. After a few seconds the last one was run down by Tzaddik and things were quiet.
Too quiet.
Something was happening at the statue. The statue to the kua-toan goddess dominated the room and was building up some kind of magical charge. It had certainly had an impact on the kua-toa when we were fighting them but now it was readying something else entirely. We started trying to grab the bodies of the fallen and leave the room as quickly as possible, but we weren’t all out when there was a burst of flame and a vortex opened before the statue. The smell of brimstone wafted through the room, and a lilting voice called quietly.
“Who summons Aushanna?”
It was an attractive woman, with bright eyes and red hair. But the smell and the flame made it obvious she wasn’t from this world.
“An erinyes!” Maris gasped. Even her usual wonder was completely overwhelmed by fear.
“She’s far too powerful for us to attack,” Kris warned.
“But,” Glyph said “the power required to summon her is considerable. It may be that she will only be here a very short time.”
“Right, so we run and try to out last her. Let’s move out.” Elizabeth said quickly.
Her voice called out almost teasingly after she saw the fallen priests. “Ah adventurers I see. Well they served the Sea Mother poorly, but I’ll have to kill you in retaliation.” The devil’s eyes fell on Astrid who had been trying to drag out a body. “I’ve never killed a changeling before.”
Then she looked hard at Bellsin and stopped. “Don’t worry dear, I’m not allowed to kill you. Not as long as you bear the Mark. But you look tasty. Maybe I’ll have a taste of your blood before I kill the others.”
“Run!” Astrid yelled.
Aushanna loosed a volley of arrows made of pure fire, striking various people. But before Astrid could leave, she charmed her. “No need to run dear, I won’t hurt you. It’s just a misunderstanding.”
Astrid nodded quietly and the erinyes called out. “Your little changeling friend is mine now. It’s not like I can’t catch you. I can read every thought in you head from here. Just stay where you are for a minute.”
Of course that’s precisely what we didn’t do, retreating into one of the rooms near the entrance.
There was a soft pop as the erinyes appeared in the hallway. “Come out come out…” she said, and the curtain was blown aside as a sickly grey gas rolled into the room. Everyone immediately started choking on the foul smoke. Tzaddik collapsed immediately and his skin instantly turned the color of ash as his breathing stopped.
“Go go go!” Elizabeth said, moving up the stairs to the guard post in the eye of the fish temple. The fatality only made running a more potent option – Elizabeth was sure we couldn’t fight the devil.
I can also tell you she was terrified. Be calm and see the whole field I tried to reassure her.
Such power can’t last long or the priests would not have died as readily she said trying to steady herself. Must retreat until we gain advantage.
But Maris didn’t retreat. She tried to cast a spell, stepping close to the devil to do so. The spell washed over with no effect.
“That’s very charming dear. But pointless,” the erinyes said patronizingly. Aushanna flung a length of rope towards Astrid and it tried to entangle her, but Astrid knocked it aside, the attack bringing her back to herself.
“Keep running!” Elizabeth yelled.
“I’m not leaving Maris!” Kris said flatly.
By now, Elizabeth was in the guard post, and jumped on to the stairs as the kua-toa had. She and Astrid both began moving towards the devil. It was suicide, but unless they were going to retreat together, options were few. Astrid managed to land a glancing blow, and that was enough to make Aushanna retreat. She teleported away.
A pregnant silence followed as they waited for her to re-appear. When several seconds went by, people started preparing and healing rather than just waiting.
Kris renewed the blessings on the Tygers. “When we retreat, all that happens is we get picked off one at a time.”
Elizabeth replied between mental preparations. “That’s because we don’t all retreat when we’re told. THAT’S when we get picked off. We need to all move together, not have one of us stand their ground.”
Glyph finished lacing Elizabeth’s weapon with a holy preparation, and was about to start on Astrid’s when a pop announced Aushanna’s return at the base of the temple stairs. She fired arrows at Elizabeth but Elizabeth was ready and the arrows all missed.
Elizabeth moved with reckless abandon. With caution thrown to the wind, she charged down the stairs and swung hard. The enchanted falchion bit deep into the devil’s midsection and black blood sprayed out. Aushanna shrieked in disgust and teleported away.
Astrid saw an opportunity and took it. She called out “You’ve shown what you can do. And you’ve seen what we can do. You have fulfilled the terms of your contract and you can go.”
Aushanna reappeared out of immediate reach. She took a long look at the group and the glimmering weapons – a more serious look than she had before. And she looked at her own wounds. “Perhaps you’re right. When the Iron Tree cracks your souls, I shall see you again. You win this time.”
“Enjoy your time in the cage,” she said smiling, and disappeared in a burst of flame.
“We did it,” Elizabeth said, out of breath.
“We won?” Glyph asked.
“No,” Astrid said. “we survived. Which is good enough.”
“Not for Tzaddik…” Kris said quietly.
Loot:
4 masterwork heavy steel shield
4 masterwork rapier
4 masterwork hand crossbow
4 sets of +1 banded mail
4 masterwork morningtars
4 scrolls bear’s endurance
1 potion cure moderate
2 scrolls cure moderate
Zad
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Yep, he's dead Jim.
Tzaddik, due to missing several sessions, was a level or two behind everyone else. When he failed the save against the unholy blight, that was all it took to make him dead dead dead.
We won't be searching for a way to resurrect him. While you might think this is due to cost, or the fact that nobody in Cauldron seems to have that kind of power, the more primary reason is that Old_school_1e said not to bother - the character hasn't worked out as he was hoping, especially the multi-classing of wizard and ranger. He'll be re-rolling something new.
As for the devil, all I can say is "wow". This module has Bruce Cordell written all over it. (In our group, that's not a good thing.)
For those interested, most of the party hit 7th level.
Tzaddik, due to missing several sessions, was a level or two behind everyone else. When he failed the save against the unholy blight, that was all it took to make him dead dead dead.
We won't be searching for a way to resurrect him. While you might think this is due to cost, or the fact that nobody in Cauldron seems to have that kind of power, the more primary reason is that Old_school_1e said not to bother - the character hasn't worked out as he was hoping, especially the multi-classing of wizard and ranger. He'll be re-rolling something new.
As for the devil, all I can say is "wow". This module has Bruce Cordell written all over it. (In our group, that's not a good thing.)
For those interested, most of the party hit 7th level.
Argent Silvermage
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I think we sould bring back Tzaddic as a warforged under Glyphs control. 
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