Post by David on Aug 11, 2015 18:05:27 GMT -5
The heroes (Taarna, Brock, Esmerelda with Drusilla, Cymoril with Tarjar, and Tolus) heal up in Klarr at both the Temple of Frey as well as the Temple of Apollo. Rhom and Wind remain behind while Esmerelda uses an extradimensional manipulation to allow her bag of holding to hold four lighten loaded people and she then teleports back to the Temple of Wee Jas, appearing slightly off in a nearby temple to Bralm. Cymoril and Tarjar guide the party back to the Temple of Wee Jas where they meet up with Sage and Kahan joins their group.
When the group enters the buried metropolis of Suendrako with Kahan, he almost immediately has a very powerful déjà vu -- he has been dreaming of these ruins for days. Included in the dreams are attacks by storybook Suloise monsters...
It's not long, in fact, before the party is waylaid by nine vulture lions, monsters from Limbo which cannot remain long in our reality. Tarjar takes the main group but is nearly slaughtered for his bravery (or foolishness). Cymoril and Taarna handle the party's other flank. After the Son of Kord falls, Kahan pulls him back while Tolus and Brock form a fighting line and together the heroes slay all of the creatures. They heal up and continue following Taarna's track when the party is jumped by a greater wraith and two lesser ones. Tarjar, Taarna, and Tolus handily destroy it will Cymoril commands the other two to attack "the other humans." Before the undead can comply, the party is rocked by a frostball and slow spells. Kahan, Brock, Cymoril are slowed and the champion quickly falls while Tarjar is barely alive.
Unfortunately for the Scarlet Brotherhood raiders, both their champion of Wee Jas and their cleric of Wee Jas fail to get control of the undead, who then attack them. Esmerelda tosses a phantasmal force of a fireball at the other party, intentionally catching the wraiths. The lead fighter and the champion are both stunned and the cleric crumples. Taarna hits the champion once, sending her careening back into a stone wall -- her spine shatters on impact. The other fighter finds himself attacked by both wraiths, which slowly siphon off the man's life force. Meanwhile, a bounty hunter charges Brock but seems incapable of landing a solid blow. Tarjar takes out the Scarlet Brotherhood monk before leaping into the windows above and ungently tosses the mage to the ground before where he is quickly slaughtered. Taarna does the same to the bounty hunter. Drusilla, meanwhile, tries to engage the lich, but her claws and beak are useless against the creature -- a man in a LIVING body wrapped in dark energies. He holds Kahan, Tarjar, and Cymoril.
Undead spill out from the window above, summoned by the other cleric of Wee Jas. Tolus engages the undead as well as the Brotherhood assassin, who flees using the wraiths as cover. Taarna carves a path of destruction and sucks up a lightning bolt from the lich, which mostly just annoys her. Meanwhile, Esmerelda invisibly sneaks up on the remaining cleric and uses a sumo move to push her out the open window -- the Wee Jasian falls two stories to the street below, badly landing on her kneecap, which breaks. Taarna goes after the lich, but can't find a way to reach him, so she collapses the building he's in. He simply dimension doors away. This gives Brock the time he needs to remove paralysis on Cymoril, Kahan, and Tarjar. Tolus, meanwhile, finishes off the last wraith and starts tracking the assassin that fled. The Son of Kord leaps into action and when the lich tries to return, savages him. The decrepit villain disappears again.
On the ground floor, the last remaining Brotherhood member offers to do "anything" if the party will call off the two wraiths which have nearly drained his soul. Kahan commands them to only attack that which bears weapons and the (now nearly untrained) fighter drops his weapons and runs for his life...into Tarjar who slaps him unconscious. The heroes gather up the fallen and retreat to the Temple of Wee Jas.
Status:
Kahan: 11 of 35, 33 of 50 PSPs, STANDING 17 STR, Resist Cold/Fire, Prot Light, cast CLWx4 / hold AND MM
Brock: 6+1 of 65, 8gbs, -1 LVL, cast CLWx5 / jump / pray, remove P, prot fire / CSWx2 / CCW
Tolus: 42 of 56, 8 gbs
Taarna: 54 of 96, 8gbs, STANDING NPP, resist cold, cast FF
Esmerelda: 47 (full), STANDING NPP, Resist Cold/Fire, cast CWx3, FF / hypno, d.invisx2, ESP, hold / speakx2, PF / X / X
__Drusilla: 19 (full)
Cymoril: 13 of 77, 8gbs, LAY
__Tarjar: 6 of 101, 8gbs
Moonlight: 98 (full), HAWK & "other" form, cast FFx2, CLWx4 / CLWx5 / NPx2, prot fire, stone / perfect, CSW, NP / true, air
When the group enters the buried metropolis of Suendrako with Kahan, he almost immediately has a very powerful déjà vu -- he has been dreaming of these ruins for days. Included in the dreams are attacks by storybook Suloise monsters...
It's not long, in fact, before the party is waylaid by nine vulture lions, monsters from Limbo which cannot remain long in our reality. Tarjar takes the main group but is nearly slaughtered for his bravery (or foolishness). Cymoril and Taarna handle the party's other flank. After the Son of Kord falls, Kahan pulls him back while Tolus and Brock form a fighting line and together the heroes slay all of the creatures. They heal up and continue following Taarna's track when the party is jumped by a greater wraith and two lesser ones. Tarjar, Taarna, and Tolus handily destroy it will Cymoril commands the other two to attack "the other humans." Before the undead can comply, the party is rocked by a frostball and slow spells. Kahan, Brock, Cymoril are slowed and the champion quickly falls while Tarjar is barely alive.
Unfortunately for the Scarlet Brotherhood raiders, both their champion of Wee Jas and their cleric of Wee Jas fail to get control of the undead, who then attack them. Esmerelda tosses a phantasmal force of a fireball at the other party, intentionally catching the wraiths. The lead fighter and the champion are both stunned and the cleric crumples. Taarna hits the champion once, sending her careening back into a stone wall -- her spine shatters on impact. The other fighter finds himself attacked by both wraiths, which slowly siphon off the man's life force. Meanwhile, a bounty hunter charges Brock but seems incapable of landing a solid blow. Tarjar takes out the Scarlet Brotherhood monk before leaping into the windows above and ungently tosses the mage to the ground before where he is quickly slaughtered. Taarna does the same to the bounty hunter. Drusilla, meanwhile, tries to engage the lich, but her claws and beak are useless against the creature -- a man in a LIVING body wrapped in dark energies. He holds Kahan, Tarjar, and Cymoril.
Undead spill out from the window above, summoned by the other cleric of Wee Jas. Tolus engages the undead as well as the Brotherhood assassin, who flees using the wraiths as cover. Taarna carves a path of destruction and sucks up a lightning bolt from the lich, which mostly just annoys her. Meanwhile, Esmerelda invisibly sneaks up on the remaining cleric and uses a sumo move to push her out the open window -- the Wee Jasian falls two stories to the street below, badly landing on her kneecap, which breaks. Taarna goes after the lich, but can't find a way to reach him, so she collapses the building he's in. He simply dimension doors away. This gives Brock the time he needs to remove paralysis on Cymoril, Kahan, and Tarjar. Tolus, meanwhile, finishes off the last wraith and starts tracking the assassin that fled. The Son of Kord leaps into action and when the lich tries to return, savages him. The decrepit villain disappears again.
On the ground floor, the last remaining Brotherhood member offers to do "anything" if the party will call off the two wraiths which have nearly drained his soul. Kahan commands them to only attack that which bears weapons and the (now nearly untrained) fighter drops his weapons and runs for his life...into Tarjar who slaps him unconscious. The heroes gather up the fallen and retreat to the Temple of Wee Jas.
Status:
Kahan: 11 of 35, 33 of 50 PSPs, STANDING 17 STR, Resist Cold/Fire, Prot Light, cast CLWx4 / hold AND MM
Brock: 6+1 of 65, 8gbs, -1 LVL, cast CLWx5 / jump / pray, remove P, prot fire / CSWx2 / CCW
Tolus: 42 of 56, 8 gbs
Taarna: 54 of 96, 8gbs, STANDING NPP, resist cold, cast FF
Esmerelda: 47 (full), STANDING NPP, Resist Cold/Fire, cast CWx3, FF / hypno, d.invisx2, ESP, hold / speakx2, PF / X / X
__Drusilla: 19 (full)
Cymoril: 13 of 77, 8gbs, LAY
__Tarjar: 6 of 101, 8gbs
Moonlight: 98 (full), HAWK & "other" form, cast FFx2, CLWx4 / CLWx5 / NPx2, prot fire, stone / perfect, CSW, NP / true, air