Post by David on Jul 13, 2015 20:43:33 GMT -5
Xarella Snowbird, mage of Portown, again rushes to the Temple of Wee Jas. She's brought with her a few neophyte heroes from the Dragon's Lair -- Lohaheel, the Flan shaman, Angus, a Baklunish warrior, and James, a cavalier. It would seem that more of the magenta creepers she had been experimenting on have been found around town, specifically along the coast. Unfortunately, Sage has left with Cymoril and a party of adventurers for Suendrako, the Lost City of the Sea of Dust. And, Shang-Lung is with Cameron in Bloodstone. Brand and Allyrion are watching the temple as well as baby-sitting Rose, Lily, and Cassandra as well as Dante and Gabriel. Faced with the possibility of dragging children and noobs along with them, the three heroes tell the children and neophyte heroes to stay in the temple and "watch it." Then, Allyrion takes off with Xarella and Darya while Brand takes Dante skyward on Xon to scout for more evidence. Meanwhile, Gabriel is assigned to stay with and watch over the other griffon, Venus.
After the adults leave, Lily marches out of the temple wearing chainmail and bearing her mothers spare magical mace. She then pulls out a holy symbol of Wee Jas and says, "don't just stand there -- let's help them!" The young girl then goes from rose bush to rose bush, trying to command her mother's skeletal guardians to come forth and serve her. One attempt succeeds, but Lily mangles the order and cannot command them well enough to issue another. She then manages to get six skeletons to act as "muscle" for herself and Rose. As Lily, Rose, Cassandra (and Puddles, the undead puppy!), Nymphadorus, Pwatol, Lohaheel, Angus, and James are in the garden, they notice one of the rose bushes begin to move. It slowly rises out of the ground and move to attack! The heroes battle this first rose bush, though during the fight Nymphadorus and Lohaheel run back into the temple to get acolytes for help after first Lily and then Rose are dropped. Pwatol, Angus, and James, aided by Lily's skeletons manage to defeat the bush. Lohaheel's medicine herbs prove invaluable as does Nymphadorus' knowledge of healing. Everyone is restored to consciousness as a second rose bush moves to melee. The heroes defeat this one too but after the battle, the acolytes' healing is exhausted so they bring Lily to Taurix for help.
Lily and Lohaheel return to the temple, but the group picks up the cleric Kahan as well as Elsa in town. Using Puddles' nose, the rag-tag band is better able to track the plant creatures than the powerfulo heroes and soon they encounter and battle a band of veggiepygmies and thornies trying to transport yellow musk creepers to strategic points along the shore. The heroes defeat these creatures and continue their search, now checking out the west side of town, near the cemetery. Here they again encounter veggiepygmies as well as two six tall dandylions with serrated leafs that cut through steal. After a fierce battle, the plant monsters are dead and more musk creepers destroyed. Yea!
After the adults leave, Lily marches out of the temple wearing chainmail and bearing her mothers spare magical mace. She then pulls out a holy symbol of Wee Jas and says, "don't just stand there -- let's help them!" The young girl then goes from rose bush to rose bush, trying to command her mother's skeletal guardians to come forth and serve her. One attempt succeeds, but Lily mangles the order and cannot command them well enough to issue another. She then manages to get six skeletons to act as "muscle" for herself and Rose. As Lily, Rose, Cassandra (and Puddles, the undead puppy!), Nymphadorus, Pwatol, Lohaheel, Angus, and James are in the garden, they notice one of the rose bushes begin to move. It slowly rises out of the ground and move to attack! The heroes battle this first rose bush, though during the fight Nymphadorus and Lohaheel run back into the temple to get acolytes for help after first Lily and then Rose are dropped. Pwatol, Angus, and James, aided by Lily's skeletons manage to defeat the bush. Lohaheel's medicine herbs prove invaluable as does Nymphadorus' knowledge of healing. Everyone is restored to consciousness as a second rose bush moves to melee. The heroes defeat this one too but after the battle, the acolytes' healing is exhausted so they bring Lily to Taurix for help.
Lily and Lohaheel return to the temple, but the group picks up the cleric Kahan as well as Elsa in town. Using Puddles' nose, the rag-tag band is better able to track the plant creatures than the powerfulo heroes and soon they encounter and battle a band of veggiepygmies and thornies trying to transport yellow musk creepers to strategic points along the shore. The heroes defeat these creatures and continue their search, now checking out the west side of town, near the cemetery. Here they again encounter veggiepygmies as well as two six tall dandylions with serrated leafs that cut through steal. After a fierce battle, the plant monsters are dead and more musk creepers destroyed. Yea!