Post by David on Aug 31, 2009 19:51:55 GMT -5
The heroes (Ichi, Maedhros, Torr, Idky, Squattingbeaver, Lowdog, Yavin, and Stephen) go back to bed after the vampire attack and Lowdog dreams of having a vision of what is guarding the skyship of Marthasville. The totemic warrior sees a vision of some powerful, otherworldly entity being summoned by a desperate spell-caster. The summoner is slain and the being is suddenly free. Using the considerable power at its desposal, this entity wrests control of the skyship from Sidra's forces and takes command for itself!
When they awaken, the heroes continue on to Marthasville, arriving mid-morning. The region has tall hills on three sides with a large plain of lakes and small waterways dotting a largely-level valley covered in woodlands. The trackers picked up signs of bears, boars, lions, and leopards as well as various game species including deer and rabbits. But the predators seem to be quite prevalent...especially since the heroes also pick up signs of demonic creature HUNTING all the of the non-carnivorous prey!
The region is windy, warm, and sub-tropical. The envelope of balloons that attacked the city must have been larger and a few were clearly destroyed, but the road heading into town is littered with carcasses of rocs. Meanwhile there appears to be multiple "metal roads" used in this city as if it is some major hub. The structures show signs of multiple waves of culture; although the downtown is not clear in the perpetual gloom, there are several very tall structures in the core with large stone buildings surround this and then the small, Victorian-like buildings in most of the other city. What's more there appears to be both a massive coloseum and even a 300 yard diameter crystaline bowl sitting half full to the side of the city -- and something moves within the brakish water! In short, Marthasville must be a site on par with Luxor in age and complexity...!
Like Chateauenfer, Marthasville is also full of blazing firepits. The center of town has, in addition, a network of continual lighted street lamps. But particularly thick clouds have also gathered around the darkness of the skyships, leaving the city without warm or direct light.
The party reaches the edge of the greenbelt around Marthasville and decides to find some of the native wild life. First, however, the party wants to divide some of the magical treasure they recovered from the vampires. Squattingbeaver tries the red potion and transforms into a weretiger! Somehow, the shaman manages to remain in control of his faculties and transforms into a beaver before resuming his human shape. He and Yavin then discuss sexual mores in various contexts. Because of the transformation, 'Beaver's dragon-leather armor is ruined, so Idky loans the shaman his.
Lowdog and Artec take point and after tracking the animals for two hours run into a pack of undead, including 22 skeletons (some more powerful than others), 9 zombies (ditto), 5 ghouls, 4 manes, and 14 strange scavenger demons. The fiends and undead charge!
Maedhros notices a surprise attack by ghouls and zombies and starts turning undead, dusting skeletons first. Torr and Artec start mowing through the demons and Stephan finds that the new dagger he's using kills the little demons with no trouble. More ghouls and zombies join the battle, circling behind the party of having lain in ambush. The heroes get swarmed by ghouls and zombies since they can move through the protection from evil auras protecting Idky and Torr. Maedhros gets rocked by a ghoul, but is relieved by Lowdog. Torr helps out Beaver with his ghoul after the demons around him are gone.
Stephan gets rocked by some demons and skeletons and goes down as Maedhros' magic missiles his opponents to help. At some point during battle with a ghoul and a juju zombie, 'Beaver suddenly turns into an out-of-control weretiger and gets taken out by his opponents (before the party has to!).
The monsters slain, Lowdog searches for something to help the shaman and opens a cursed scroll that transforms the totemic warrior into a medusa. Artec and Yavin instantly turn into stone.
But a quick removes curse from Idky changes Lowdog back. The other two are not so lucky...
With 'Beaver a weretiger and two party members turned to stone, the group deliberates what to do. They decide to wait to see if Beaver wakes up and if can return to human form, but head back outside the perimeter to the portion of the greenbelt where they first saw Marthaville. While waiting, six ghouls attack, but the heroes slaughter them.
After six hours, the weretiger wakes up. Amazingly, he manages to return to human form. Using a firegate , 'Beaver returns to Pommeville where he steps through the gate to Tovag Baragu. There, Squattingbeaver asks Blackrobe to cast remove curse and cure disease on him. The party shaman then drops off the reduced, lighten loaded, petrified bodies of Yavin and Artec for restoration.
Next move? Eeps: 3600
When they awaken, the heroes continue on to Marthasville, arriving mid-morning. The region has tall hills on three sides with a large plain of lakes and small waterways dotting a largely-level valley covered in woodlands. The trackers picked up signs of bears, boars, lions, and leopards as well as various game species including deer and rabbits. But the predators seem to be quite prevalent...especially since the heroes also pick up signs of demonic creature HUNTING all the of the non-carnivorous prey!
The region is windy, warm, and sub-tropical. The envelope of balloons that attacked the city must have been larger and a few were clearly destroyed, but the road heading into town is littered with carcasses of rocs. Meanwhile there appears to be multiple "metal roads" used in this city as if it is some major hub. The structures show signs of multiple waves of culture; although the downtown is not clear in the perpetual gloom, there are several very tall structures in the core with large stone buildings surround this and then the small, Victorian-like buildings in most of the other city. What's more there appears to be both a massive coloseum and even a 300 yard diameter crystaline bowl sitting half full to the side of the city -- and something moves within the brakish water! In short, Marthasville must be a site on par with Luxor in age and complexity...!
Like Chateauenfer, Marthasville is also full of blazing firepits. The center of town has, in addition, a network of continual lighted street lamps. But particularly thick clouds have also gathered around the darkness of the skyships, leaving the city without warm or direct light.
The party reaches the edge of the greenbelt around Marthasville and decides to find some of the native wild life. First, however, the party wants to divide some of the magical treasure they recovered from the vampires. Squattingbeaver tries the red potion and transforms into a weretiger! Somehow, the shaman manages to remain in control of his faculties and transforms into a beaver before resuming his human shape. He and Yavin then discuss sexual mores in various contexts. Because of the transformation, 'Beaver's dragon-leather armor is ruined, so Idky loans the shaman his.
Lowdog and Artec take point and after tracking the animals for two hours run into a pack of undead, including 22 skeletons (some more powerful than others), 9 zombies (ditto), 5 ghouls, 4 manes, and 14 strange scavenger demons. The fiends and undead charge!
Maedhros notices a surprise attack by ghouls and zombies and starts turning undead, dusting skeletons first. Torr and Artec start mowing through the demons and Stephan finds that the new dagger he's using kills the little demons with no trouble. More ghouls and zombies join the battle, circling behind the party of having lain in ambush. The heroes get swarmed by ghouls and zombies since they can move through the protection from evil auras protecting Idky and Torr. Maedhros gets rocked by a ghoul, but is relieved by Lowdog. Torr helps out Beaver with his ghoul after the demons around him are gone.
Stephan gets rocked by some demons and skeletons and goes down as Maedhros' magic missiles his opponents to help. At some point during battle with a ghoul and a juju zombie, 'Beaver suddenly turns into an out-of-control weretiger and gets taken out by his opponents (before the party has to!).
The monsters slain, Lowdog searches for something to help the shaman and opens a cursed scroll that transforms the totemic warrior into a medusa. Artec and Yavin instantly turn into stone.
But a quick removes curse from Idky changes Lowdog back. The other two are not so lucky...
With 'Beaver a weretiger and two party members turned to stone, the group deliberates what to do. They decide to wait to see if Beaver wakes up and if can return to human form, but head back outside the perimeter to the portion of the greenbelt where they first saw Marthaville. While waiting, six ghouls attack, but the heroes slaughter them.
After six hours, the weretiger wakes up. Amazingly, he manages to return to human form. Using a firegate , 'Beaver returns to Pommeville where he steps through the gate to Tovag Baragu. There, Squattingbeaver asks Blackrobe to cast remove curse and cure disease on him. The party shaman then drops off the reduced, lighten loaded, petrified bodies of Yavin and Artec for restoration.
Next move? Eeps: 3600