Post by David on Jan 30, 2009 15:52:10 GMT -5
The heroes (Ichi, Idky, Squattingbeaver, Lowdog, Yavin, Robyndella with Meldenya, and Widdershins) awoke to a loud buzzing. Actually, not all of them got to their feet at the same time; Ichi and Lowdog slept through the initial noise while Robyndella was in some nearby schrubs "taking care of business". Squattingbeaver, however, sprang to his feet and cast insect barrier while Idky cast prayer...you see four giant wasps, each large enough to carry off a man, were hunting the party!
While the stalwart men took cover under the protection of the shaman's spell, a mirror imaged Robyndella emerged from cover without her bow or weapons. The half-elven princess managed to reach the rest of her party, but only after one of her illusions died in her place and Lowdog charged out to help her. Once with the others, the archer grabbed her bow and began gunning down the insects with lethal arrow-fire. Widdershins tried to lance a wasp, but missed. Idky tried to attack physically as well, getting stung for his efforts, as Lowdog soon was. Robyndella's arrows finished off the last of the bugs and Idky and Squattingbeaver used spells to remove the toxins.
After breakfast, as the heroes hiked, they felt as if they were being watched. Idky tried a protection from evil 10'r to no avail.
In the afternoon, Moorak appeared, along with Maedhros and Moorak's half-drow son, Malok. The baron cast a legend lore for Ichi on his ring, then casting a number of additional spells such as stoneskin and strength for free. He also wanted to bring Robyndella back with him to Oerth, but she asked to continue with the group until Torr was free. Moorak agreed but gave his daughter Torr's jumpgem; clearly he expected as much. He also resupplied the heroes with arrows, goodberries, and warding staves for camping before teleporting away.
The next day the group hiked to Luxor. Situated on the heights above two intersecting rivers, the heroes had to cross one of the steel bridges with iron rails to reach the city. Above the whole area was a cloud of darkness, like Pommeville and Chateauenfer, but here there were many gaps letting the sunlight reach the ground with each globe of darkness quite a bit smaller than before. In the patches of light ringing the city, dark foliage with yellow blossoms had grown up. Several such plants choked the access to the bridge and as the heroes approached, zombies covered in plants arose from the brush.
It was here that Ichi put his newly-revealed magic ring to good use, controling the plant-zombies. Maedhros tried to turn the creatures, but to no effect. Squattingbeaver called lightning and destroyed all the plants in a 300' radius, allowing the heroes easy access to the bridge and therefore Luxor.
Once within the darkness, the heroes crossed into the former capitol, battling a scarecrow guarding the other side of the bridge. The creature had five shadows as allies, but Maedhros turned them after Yavin faerie fired them. Yes, less than a minute later, three more shadows arrived, these quickly destroyed by the heroes (although they did manage to drain Lowdog and Ichi's strength).
The group continued through the perpetual twilight toward the heart of Luxor, near the Pink Palace and well before the three ancient ziggarauts. Nearly 15 minutes passed before the heroes encountered anything but darkness...
Appearing in their midst was a gargoyle-like demon with scaly wings and baleful eyes. The heroes' light went out plunging the group into darkness while the nabassu radiated paralysis, catching the unicorn just as nine ghouls and six shadows charged from either side. Robyndella's fireball destroyed three shadows and damaged four ghouls while Maedhros turned the other shadows. But that's when things got hairy...!
Ichi soon found himself surrounded by four ghouls and Maedhros battled three. Widdershins was paralyzed and Yavin seemed unable to mentally attack the demon. Lowdog charged the demon and Robyndella mirror imaged herself. Idky and Squattingbeaver each battled a ghoul as well.
The half-elven priest fell quickly while Ichi took a beating. The demon claimed Yavin's living soul. Yet neither his nor Lowdogs attacks could score on the nabassu. Amazingly, Idky kept on his feet while Robyn rained arrows into Ichi's foes. For her efforts, she was attacked and paralyzed although Yavin managed to retain his life from the demon.
Ichi cleared away two ghouls as Meldenya, Idky, and Squattingbeaver moved to save Robyn. By this time everyone's stoneskin had failed -- although several killing blows were thus thwarted. After being nearly killed in a single attack by the nabassu, Yavin had to jump to safety, taking cover behind the paralyzed unicorn. Squattingbeaver removed fear on Robyndella so she could rejoin the battle, although Lowdog couldn't manage to land a blow on the demon.
Yavin created a flame blade, giving some light. Squattingbeaver reminded the young girl of the arrows he had blessed for her; they proved QUITE effective at hurting the demon! Suddenly it was the nabassu who was on the defensive! But before it could really react, Yavin finally struck the creature mentally, erasing its short-term memory. The heroes pressed their assault with Ichi and Lowdog meleeing the demon while Robyndella rained arrows at it. The demon kept fighting and the archer ran out of arrows, but the fighters still couldn't land a solid hit. Squattingbeaver cast firebow, allowing Robyndella to keep shooting and Yavin again erased the demon's memory, so it forgot that the girl was the real threat. After a fierce stuggle, the totemic warrior ran the demon through, killing it.
Idky used a remove curse to restore Yavin's soul and the heroes quickly tended their wounds:
Idky: 17 of 41, 8gbs, cast, CLW, remove C, remove P, prayer x2
Beaver: 27 of 36, 8gbs, cast call lightning, fire bow
Lowdog: full (79), 8gbs
Yavin: 20 of 29, 8gbs, used jump, cast FFx2, flame blade, used 24 PSPs
Ichi: 32 of 58, 8gbs
Robyndella: full (32), 18/60 str, cast mirror image, has 36 gbs in pouch
Meldenya: full (14), 6gbs
Widdershin: full (42) -- still has stoneskin
Maedhros: 25 of 40, 8gbs, cast MM
While the stalwart men took cover under the protection of the shaman's spell, a mirror imaged Robyndella emerged from cover without her bow or weapons. The half-elven princess managed to reach the rest of her party, but only after one of her illusions died in her place and Lowdog charged out to help her. Once with the others, the archer grabbed her bow and began gunning down the insects with lethal arrow-fire. Widdershins tried to lance a wasp, but missed. Idky tried to attack physically as well, getting stung for his efforts, as Lowdog soon was. Robyndella's arrows finished off the last of the bugs and Idky and Squattingbeaver used spells to remove the toxins.
After breakfast, as the heroes hiked, they felt as if they were being watched. Idky tried a protection from evil 10'r to no avail.
In the afternoon, Moorak appeared, along with Maedhros and Moorak's half-drow son, Malok. The baron cast a legend lore for Ichi on his ring, then casting a number of additional spells such as stoneskin and strength for free. He also wanted to bring Robyndella back with him to Oerth, but she asked to continue with the group until Torr was free. Moorak agreed but gave his daughter Torr's jumpgem; clearly he expected as much. He also resupplied the heroes with arrows, goodberries, and warding staves for camping before teleporting away.
The next day the group hiked to Luxor. Situated on the heights above two intersecting rivers, the heroes had to cross one of the steel bridges with iron rails to reach the city. Above the whole area was a cloud of darkness, like Pommeville and Chateauenfer, but here there were many gaps letting the sunlight reach the ground with each globe of darkness quite a bit smaller than before. In the patches of light ringing the city, dark foliage with yellow blossoms had grown up. Several such plants choked the access to the bridge and as the heroes approached, zombies covered in plants arose from the brush.
It was here that Ichi put his newly-revealed magic ring to good use, controling the plant-zombies. Maedhros tried to turn the creatures, but to no effect. Squattingbeaver called lightning and destroyed all the plants in a 300' radius, allowing the heroes easy access to the bridge and therefore Luxor.
Once within the darkness, the heroes crossed into the former capitol, battling a scarecrow guarding the other side of the bridge. The creature had five shadows as allies, but Maedhros turned them after Yavin faerie fired them. Yes, less than a minute later, three more shadows arrived, these quickly destroyed by the heroes (although they did manage to drain Lowdog and Ichi's strength).
The group continued through the perpetual twilight toward the heart of Luxor, near the Pink Palace and well before the three ancient ziggarauts. Nearly 15 minutes passed before the heroes encountered anything but darkness...
Appearing in their midst was a gargoyle-like demon with scaly wings and baleful eyes. The heroes' light went out plunging the group into darkness while the nabassu radiated paralysis, catching the unicorn just as nine ghouls and six shadows charged from either side. Robyndella's fireball destroyed three shadows and damaged four ghouls while Maedhros turned the other shadows. But that's when things got hairy...!
Ichi soon found himself surrounded by four ghouls and Maedhros battled three. Widdershins was paralyzed and Yavin seemed unable to mentally attack the demon. Lowdog charged the demon and Robyndella mirror imaged herself. Idky and Squattingbeaver each battled a ghoul as well.
The half-elven priest fell quickly while Ichi took a beating. The demon claimed Yavin's living soul. Yet neither his nor Lowdogs attacks could score on the nabassu. Amazingly, Idky kept on his feet while Robyn rained arrows into Ichi's foes. For her efforts, she was attacked and paralyzed although Yavin managed to retain his life from the demon.
Ichi cleared away two ghouls as Meldenya, Idky, and Squattingbeaver moved to save Robyn. By this time everyone's stoneskin had failed -- although several killing blows were thus thwarted. After being nearly killed in a single attack by the nabassu, Yavin had to jump to safety, taking cover behind the paralyzed unicorn. Squattingbeaver removed fear on Robyndella so she could rejoin the battle, although Lowdog couldn't manage to land a blow on the demon.
Yavin created a flame blade, giving some light. Squattingbeaver reminded the young girl of the arrows he had blessed for her; they proved QUITE effective at hurting the demon! Suddenly it was the nabassu who was on the defensive! But before it could really react, Yavin finally struck the creature mentally, erasing its short-term memory. The heroes pressed their assault with Ichi and Lowdog meleeing the demon while Robyndella rained arrows at it. The demon kept fighting and the archer ran out of arrows, but the fighters still couldn't land a solid hit. Squattingbeaver cast firebow, allowing Robyndella to keep shooting and Yavin again erased the demon's memory, so it forgot that the girl was the real threat. After a fierce stuggle, the totemic warrior ran the demon through, killing it.
Idky used a remove curse to restore Yavin's soul and the heroes quickly tended their wounds:
Idky: 17 of 41, 8gbs, cast, CLW, remove C, remove P, prayer x2
Beaver: 27 of 36, 8gbs, cast call lightning, fire bow
Lowdog: full (79), 8gbs
Yavin: 20 of 29, 8gbs, used jump, cast FFx2, flame blade, used 24 PSPs
Ichi: 32 of 58, 8gbs
Robyndella: full (32), 18/60 str, cast mirror image, has 36 gbs in pouch
Meldenya: full (14), 6gbs
Widdershin: full (42) -- still has stoneskin
Maedhros: 25 of 40, 8gbs, cast MM