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<blockquote data-quote="gideonpepys" data-source="post: 6177165" data-attributes="member: 79141"><p><strong>Session 85 - Wrapping up Unit B's last mission</strong></p><p></p><p>My intention over the last ten weeks of our game had been to briefly outline what the main unit had done towards their skill challenge and then run a few one-shot adventures with unit B to level them up from 1 to 6. But we enjoyed the 'downtime' sessions so much that the unit B stuff got completed pushed to one side. Now, anticipating another hiatus in our game in a few weeks, I decided to delay starting <em>Cauldron Born</em> until our game resumes and pick up where we left off with unit B in the meantime.</p><p></p><p>To recap, Unit B comprises:</p><p></p><p><strong>Captain Theren Silverspire</strong> – level-headed elven warden</p><p><strong>Brajham Silverspire</strong> – flamboyant elementalist and brother to Theren</p><p><strong>Niniel Erendis</strong> – inquisitive half-elf bard native to Flint</p><p><strong>Sevitar Anrathi</strong> – grim and single-minded shadowmaster (rumoured to be undead)</p><p><strong>Doctor William Stanmore</strong> – bookish wizard, and veteran of Yerasol IV</p><p><strong>Ffenwig </strong>– bugbear slayer and longtime companion of the Silverspire brothers</p><p></p><p>When last we saw Unit B, they were deep underground exploring a strange ancient tomb. This is how they got there:</p><p></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A plantation owner on the edge of the Cloudwood petitioned the government for help following the disappearance of a number of workers.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It turned out that some oddly mutated dragonborn were responsible, and that they were searching the jungle for something which they had now found:</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">During a fight, their leader emerged from the deep ancient ruin the unit are now exploring and summoned a strange thoughtform creature to aid him in combat.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The ruin turned out to be occupied by orcish ghosts and zombies. Two radial burial chambers had already been disturbed, leaving three still sealed.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ffenwig took a pickaxe to the sealed portal of one but stopped when movement was detected from beyond. Peering through the hole, the unit could see more undead shambling forward to fend off intruders.</li> </ul><p></p><p>And this is what happened when we finally caught up with them:</p><p></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Before Ffewig could resume her attempts to break into the radial chamber, Will - who had been left to guard the exit – reported some strange effects on the surface: stormy conditions with an oddly arcane resonance were being whipped up around them. Leaving Brajham and Sevitar to keep an eye on the undead, Theren, Ffenwig and Niniel rejoined Will up top.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Brajham began to idly toy with the large silver hemisphere that dominated the circular entrance chamber and ended up causing the doors to the radial chamber to slide open one by one. Realising his mistake, he sent his firebird familiar to warn Theren, while making for the staircase himself. The bird escaped, but both he and Sevitar were sealed in by a slab of stone that cut across the stairwell.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The headed back down to deal with the orcish zombies that spilled out of the third room. Theren reported that he was on his way, while Sevitar jammed the final doorway, giving Brajham time to fool with the hemisphere some more. He succeeded in causing a set of spiral steps to emerge from the walls of the main chamber.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Eventually the jammed portal gave way and two wights sprang out, just as Brajham caused the stone that blocked the stairwell to slide open, allowing Theren to join them. Together, they successfully dispatched the wights.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">In the burial chambers they found some ancient golden magical items. Then they headed up the newly revealed steps to a now open secret door some twenty feet up.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Within was a strange glowing artefact upon a plinth, defended by a female orcish spectre wielding a shield and a sword. This creature was able to attack them from the air and proved difficult to deal with, but eventually they were rid of it, and were able to claim the object she had guarded so assiduously:</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It was made from crystal and difficult to look at without becoming disoriented. Whispers emanated from the crystal and grew louder when it was taken in hand. The walls of the room were decorated with star-fields which none of them recognised. (Later they learned – from copies made by Brajham – that they were constellations as they would have been viewed thousands of years ago.)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Heading back up the stairs to the surface, they could make no contact with the others through Brajham’s firebird. They stole carefully towards the exit hatch, finding the clearing beyond was obscured by a thick, roiling cloud. They could see the fallen forms of their allies close to the entrance. They might have headed straight back down, had concern for their comrades not overwhelmed them, and they moved to quickly inspect them for injury.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">At that moment, parting the mists like the prow of a ship, a great dragon – a dragon, despite all the tales of their long extinction – emerged and loomed over them. It’s features were distorted and it seemed oddly mutated, as the dragonborn had been.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Before the creature could strike at them, Brajham guessed what it had come for. Had it’s servants not been scouring the tomb when they were interrupted? He bravely addressed the beast in obsequious terms, begged for mercy and threw the crystal artefact into its grasping foreclaw.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The dragon seemed rapt with the object and, forgetting all else, withdrew.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">They were able to establish that, while overcome by some means or other, Will, Niniel and Ffenwig were not dead. With great difficulty, they set about returning through the Cloudwood, dragging their friends on makeshift stretchers. One further surprise they had was realising that Niniel’s true form was that of a non-descript grey-skinned humanoid with lank white hair, not the beautiful half-elf she posed as.</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gideonpepys, post: 6177165, member: 79141"] [b]Session 85 - Wrapping up Unit B's last mission[/b] My intention over the last ten weeks of our game had been to briefly outline what the main unit had done towards their skill challenge and then run a few one-shot adventures with unit B to level them up from 1 to 6. But we enjoyed the 'downtime' sessions so much that the unit B stuff got completed pushed to one side. Now, anticipating another hiatus in our game in a few weeks, I decided to delay starting [I]Cauldron Born[/I] until our game resumes and pick up where we left off with unit B in the meantime. To recap, Unit B comprises: [B]Captain Theren Silverspire[/B] – level-headed elven warden [B]Brajham Silverspire[/B] – flamboyant elementalist and brother to Theren [B]Niniel Erendis[/B] – inquisitive half-elf bard native to Flint [B]Sevitar Anrathi[/B] – grim and single-minded shadowmaster (rumoured to be undead) [B]Doctor William Stanmore[/B] – bookish wizard, and veteran of Yerasol IV [B]Ffenwig [/B]– bugbear slayer and longtime companion of the Silverspire brothers When last we saw Unit B, they were deep underground exploring a strange ancient tomb. This is how they got there: [LIST] [*]A plantation owner on the edge of the Cloudwood petitioned the government for help following the disappearance of a number of workers. [*]It turned out that some oddly mutated dragonborn were responsible, and that they were searching the jungle for something which they had now found: [*]During a fight, their leader emerged from the deep ancient ruin the unit are now exploring and summoned a strange thoughtform creature to aid him in combat. [*]The ruin turned out to be occupied by orcish ghosts and zombies. Two radial burial chambers had already been disturbed, leaving three still sealed. [*]Ffenwig took a pickaxe to the sealed portal of one but stopped when movement was detected from beyond. Peering through the hole, the unit could see more undead shambling forward to fend off intruders. [/LIST] And this is what happened when we finally caught up with them: [LIST] [*]Before Ffewig could resume her attempts to break into the radial chamber, Will - who had been left to guard the exit – reported some strange effects on the surface: stormy conditions with an oddly arcane resonance were being whipped up around them. Leaving Brajham and Sevitar to keep an eye on the undead, Theren, Ffenwig and Niniel rejoined Will up top. [*]Brajham began to idly toy with the large silver hemisphere that dominated the circular entrance chamber and ended up causing the doors to the radial chamber to slide open one by one. Realising his mistake, he sent his firebird familiar to warn Theren, while making for the staircase himself. The bird escaped, but both he and Sevitar were sealed in by a slab of stone that cut across the stairwell. [*]The headed back down to deal with the orcish zombies that spilled out of the third room. Theren reported that he was on his way, while Sevitar jammed the final doorway, giving Brajham time to fool with the hemisphere some more. He succeeded in causing a set of spiral steps to emerge from the walls of the main chamber. [*]Eventually the jammed portal gave way and two wights sprang out, just as Brajham caused the stone that blocked the stairwell to slide open, allowing Theren to join them. Together, they successfully dispatched the wights. [*]In the burial chambers they found some ancient golden magical items. Then they headed up the newly revealed steps to a now open secret door some twenty feet up. [*]Within was a strange glowing artefact upon a plinth, defended by a female orcish spectre wielding a shield and a sword. This creature was able to attack them from the air and proved difficult to deal with, but eventually they were rid of it, and were able to claim the object she had guarded so assiduously: [*]It was made from crystal and difficult to look at without becoming disoriented. Whispers emanated from the crystal and grew louder when it was taken in hand. The walls of the room were decorated with star-fields which none of them recognised. (Later they learned – from copies made by Brajham – that they were constellations as they would have been viewed thousands of years ago.) [*]Heading back up the stairs to the surface, they could make no contact with the others through Brajham’s firebird. They stole carefully towards the exit hatch, finding the clearing beyond was obscured by a thick, roiling cloud. They could see the fallen forms of their allies close to the entrance. They might have headed straight back down, had concern for their comrades not overwhelmed them, and they moved to quickly inspect them for injury. [*]At that moment, parting the mists like the prow of a ship, a great dragon – a dragon, despite all the tales of their long extinction – emerged and loomed over them. It’s features were distorted and it seemed oddly mutated, as the dragonborn had been. [*]Before the creature could strike at them, Brajham guessed what it had come for. Had it’s servants not been scouring the tomb when they were interrupted? He bravely addressed the beast in obsequious terms, begged for mercy and threw the crystal artefact into its grasping foreclaw. [*]The dragon seemed rapt with the object and, forgetting all else, withdrew. [*]They were able to establish that, while overcome by some means or other, Will, Niniel and Ffenwig were not dead. With great difficulty, they set about returning through the Cloudwood, dragging their friends on makeshift stretchers. One further surprise they had was realising that Niniel’s true form was that of a non-descript grey-skinned humanoid with lank white hair, not the beautiful half-elf she posed as. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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