Post by Van on May 21, 2009 23:55:11 GMT -5
After leaving Luxor, our heroes (Idky, Squatting Beaver, Lowdog, Robyndella w/ Meldenya, Maedhros, Ichi, and Yavin) head overland toward Calvados to further disrupt the flow of Sidra's power. Along the way, Yavin trains 'Beaver in the use of his newfound psionic ability--ESP. (He also explains something called "burning for eeps" to him so that he can master the ability more quickly.) They travel for the next two days, Lowdog and 'Beaver working on and finishing the dragon leather armor. They camp out in a Leomund's Secure Shelter each night.
During the second night, as the group is sleeping and Ichi is on watch, a ghostlike creature enters right through the door. Ichi immediately wakes up Maedhros and Lowdog as the creature touches him. It is attempting to enter his body and to possess him! Fortunately, it doesn't succeed. Maedhros attempts to turn it, failing and angering the creature, as Lowdog and Ichi attack. It lets out a scream, causing Robyndella, Meldenya, and Ichi to be paralyzed with fear. 'Beaver wakes up and removes fear on Ichi, while Lowdog continues to attack. Maedhros casts magic missile, which has no effect. Yavin next attacks, provoking an attack from her. The creature also attempts to possess him and fails. As 'Beaver calls up a prayer, the spirits do their best to restrain her, with some success. Robyn recovers from her fear and casts improved doomblade on Lowdog's vorpal scimitar. One attack with the doomblade kills the thing. The spirits later reveal that it was an ekimmu, a ghostlike spirit that is extremely vengeful toward the living. If it had succeeded in possessing one of them, it would have been extremely difficult to expel it.
Eeps: 500 each
As the group is packing up to leave the next morning, they are met by Moorak with Torr (finally done with his penance) and a strange-looking half-elven/half-Asian young lady named Ziyi. The time has now come for Robyndella and Meldenya to return home to help manage the fief. They take advantage of the visit to get magical assistance from Moorak in the form of legend lores, stoneskins and strength spells. They say their good-byes to Robyn and get to know Ziyi (a very odd mix, even for a half-elf) a bit before continuing on.
Traveling five more days toward Calvados over mountainous forested terrain, the heroes are attacked by two gallu demons along the trail. One jumps 'Beaver and the other attacks Ziyi, who has been moving through the trees. The one on 'Beaver grabs him and attempts to "beam" away with him ethereally, but a mind thrust from Yavin interrupts the process as Torr and Lowdog attack it. Ziyi and Maedhros attack the other. Maedhros finds his magic missiles ineffective, as the creature has magic resistance. Lowdog drops the one holding 'Beaver, and 'Beaver casts a prayer. The gallu demon on Ziyi manages to grab a hold of her. Lowdog makes use of his boots of striding and springing to jump into the tree to assist as Torr airwalks up to attack. 'Beaver uses his new cloak to turn into a lion, as Maedhros casts fly on him so he can reach the thing in the tree. Ichi does major damage to it. Yavin mind thrusts it successfully, stopping it from beaming away with Ziyi. Lowdog brings it nearly to death, as Maedhros takes a desperate chance on another magic missile volley. This time, he manages to break through its magic resistance, and the thing dies.
Eeps: 1500 each
Later that night, 'Beaver on watch hears wolves scratching at the door of their shelter. He speaks to them through the door, and they ask him for food. He throws them some goodberries and wins their loyalty. They're at the front of the Shelter waiting for them (and more food) in the morning. 'Beaver offers more goodberries to them before the group heads off. The next twelve days pass uneventfully as they draw closer to Calvados.
During the second night, as the group is sleeping and Ichi is on watch, a ghostlike creature enters right through the door. Ichi immediately wakes up Maedhros and Lowdog as the creature touches him. It is attempting to enter his body and to possess him! Fortunately, it doesn't succeed. Maedhros attempts to turn it, failing and angering the creature, as Lowdog and Ichi attack. It lets out a scream, causing Robyndella, Meldenya, and Ichi to be paralyzed with fear. 'Beaver wakes up and removes fear on Ichi, while Lowdog continues to attack. Maedhros casts magic missile, which has no effect. Yavin next attacks, provoking an attack from her. The creature also attempts to possess him and fails. As 'Beaver calls up a prayer, the spirits do their best to restrain her, with some success. Robyn recovers from her fear and casts improved doomblade on Lowdog's vorpal scimitar. One attack with the doomblade kills the thing. The spirits later reveal that it was an ekimmu, a ghostlike spirit that is extremely vengeful toward the living. If it had succeeded in possessing one of them, it would have been extremely difficult to expel it.
Eeps: 500 each
As the group is packing up to leave the next morning, they are met by Moorak with Torr (finally done with his penance) and a strange-looking half-elven/half-Asian young lady named Ziyi. The time has now come for Robyndella and Meldenya to return home to help manage the fief. They take advantage of the visit to get magical assistance from Moorak in the form of legend lores, stoneskins and strength spells. They say their good-byes to Robyn and get to know Ziyi (a very odd mix, even for a half-elf) a bit before continuing on.
Traveling five more days toward Calvados over mountainous forested terrain, the heroes are attacked by two gallu demons along the trail. One jumps 'Beaver and the other attacks Ziyi, who has been moving through the trees. The one on 'Beaver grabs him and attempts to "beam" away with him ethereally, but a mind thrust from Yavin interrupts the process as Torr and Lowdog attack it. Ziyi and Maedhros attack the other. Maedhros finds his magic missiles ineffective, as the creature has magic resistance. Lowdog drops the one holding 'Beaver, and 'Beaver casts a prayer. The gallu demon on Ziyi manages to grab a hold of her. Lowdog makes use of his boots of striding and springing to jump into the tree to assist as Torr airwalks up to attack. 'Beaver uses his new cloak to turn into a lion, as Maedhros casts fly on him so he can reach the thing in the tree. Ichi does major damage to it. Yavin mind thrusts it successfully, stopping it from beaming away with Ziyi. Lowdog brings it nearly to death, as Maedhros takes a desperate chance on another magic missile volley. This time, he manages to break through its magic resistance, and the thing dies.
Eeps: 1500 each
Later that night, 'Beaver on watch hears wolves scratching at the door of their shelter. He speaks to them through the door, and they ask him for food. He throws them some goodberries and wins their loyalty. They're at the front of the Shelter waiting for them (and more food) in the morning. 'Beaver offers more goodberries to them before the group heads off. The next twelve days pass uneventfully as they draw closer to Calvados.
