Post by David on Jun 16, 2010 16:26:19 GMT -5
After locating and rescuing Torr's warhorse, Zayüß, the heroes (Maedhros, Torr, Idky, Squattingbeaver, Lowdog, Aine with Dresher, Stephan, and Yavin, plus Aurora) seek out saddles, bit, bridle, and the like for race-horses and polo ponies they've found. The new steeds are a bit skittish, but Zayüß helps out with keeping the them in line and in fact Yavin finds that he can communicate telepathically with Zayüß; the warhorse is actually smarter than many of the party members!
The local horses know where the train station is as they have ridden in the "moving buildings" between cities for matches elsewhere. The group asks Yavin to use his precognition ability to see what they will encounter (esp if Sidra is there). The cleric of Celestian sees the group being attacked by a bunch of ghouls and shadows, huge waves of undead. 'Beaver questions Gorma-Sar to find out if necromancers have any spells to travel, but the skull's spirits informs the shaman that this is a weakness of his Art.
On the way into the city, the party encounters nine cat-sized giant rats. 'Beaver feeds them a goodberry each and the beasts let the heroes pass. Later, eleven ghouls rush in from behind the group. Maehdros dusts nine of them and while some dismount, Aine faerie fires the rest. Zayüß rushes forward to stomp one but both the ghouls get to attack first . . .critically wounding the warhorse. Torr's mount smashes one and Maedhros vaporizes the last one.
The group is alarmed that Torr is counseling Zayüß not to rush undead, so 'Beaver ESPs him. 'Beaver casts detect charm on Torr to make sure he's not being charmed, but the paladin explains that his mount lacks the protection needed to charge into melee. Zayüß seems to disagree slightly, after the shaman and Idky have tended his wounds, but obeys his rider.
The party continues on and it gets darker. Seven ghouls show up and are turned to dust.
Later, 16 ghouls, whom both Torr and Maedhros don't see at first swarm the party. Aurora's horse goes down, pinning her under it. The princess unleashes her magic missiles on a ghoul, but it survives. Torr turns some of the undead, as Zayüß moves to protect the downed princess. 'Beaver leaps off his horse, turning into a lion in midair to land over the princess (*begin Facebook post-fest*). The shaman teabags the princess as he lands and Maedhros dusts four ghouls. Four of the horses flee and one ghoul gives chase. Aurora starts getting eaten alive...! Maedhros dusts the ghouls around the princess, and Torr clears the rest. Idky death's door the princess and heals her to consciousness. Maedhros and Yavin pass out healing to party and horses. Meanwhile, Zayüß calms down the other horses, especially those spooked by the the presence of Beaver-the-lion...!
Continuing on, four ghouls get dusted as they approach the heroes.
A voice in Ninevehn commands the party not to move. Aurora identifies herself as the princess and the voice says she's not his princess. He demands to know who the group is. The man steps out to reveal himself as Jean-Louis Brideau (and his trusty horse, Cheval). He is surprised that the animals seem to understand them, and the owl can talk. Yavin plays a little telephathic joke on him, posing as the voice of the royal family, commanding him to protect the princess. Jean-Louis joins the party, in part from the command and in part because he wants to stay alive and this group seems to be doing a good job of that...!
JD: "The Beaver that teabags."
18 shadows swarm the group. 'Beaver 'the lionheart' flees like the pussy he is to the far side of the group. Idky airwalks up to cast a spell, but realizes he doesn't have any second levels left--shit!! Aine faerie fires seven of the undead. Jean-Louis moves to protect the princess.
Aine and her horse get swarmed. Idky's horse goes down.
Aurora magic missiles a shadow. Aine dismounts before her horse gives out under her. Maedhros dusts two shadows. Aine's horse collapses.
Maedhros dusts 11 more shadows, leaving two. 'Beaver and Lowdog kill the last two. 'Beaver turns back to human to start healing people.
The group arrives at train station, and Yavin gets a premonition of imminent attack. The group prepares for battle. 'Beaver notices one of Turquoise Rain's talisman ahead, so he starts casting call lightning. Lowdog summons his onyx dog. Stephan goes invisible. Idky casts protection from evil 10' on Dresher.
Nine Ghouls burrow out of the ground and 16 shadows rush out of the nearby buildings. Maedhros dusts 8 ghouls. Torr charges and tells Zayüß to stay out of the fight. Idky cast prayer. Yavin jumps off his horse to stand guard over 'Beaver. Aurora hides behind Maedhros. Jean-Louis fires five founds at the remaining ghoul, hitting three times and blowing it away.
The shadows invade...!
11 more ghouls and 16 more shadows appear and start to move in. Torr turns and gets nine of the incoming ghouls. Stephan sees a black cat attacking by spells. It's only slightly green, glowing brighter as it's casting spells. Stephan sneaks up to it, as an assassin while Maedhros dusts two ghouls, but the other nine shadows resist the turn--Sidra is here!!
The party gets SWARMED!
Aine's horse goes down. An angel of death appears (summoned by the cat) and targets 'Beaver. Nine more ghouls and 15 shadows arrive. Maedhros manages to dust a single ghoul. Beaver interrrupts his spell and starts to go ethereal. Stephan stabs the cat, but doesn't manage to stun or kill it. Aurora starts shooting ghouls, as does Jean-Louis. He blows the leg off one and kills another.
Jean-Louis gets critically hit by a shadow, which necrofies the flesh on his right leg. Aurora's horse goes down. Aine gets grabbed by ghouls and dragged away, but strangely the ghouls are being very careful and even delicate about how they treat the witch. Meanwhile, while the shadows attack her mount, none bother Aine herself. Lowdog's onyx dog gets ravaged. Unfortunately, 'Beaver finds out that the angel of death can strike him ethereally.
13 more ghouls show up. The cat runs away from Stephan, who gives chase. Stephan notices a "ghoul" dimly glowing green, hiding in the shadows. She looks like Aurora as a ghoul and the cat is running right for her and a group of five incoming ghouls. The she-ghoul casts spasm on Stephan, who screams in agony, his strength and dexterity failing him. The cat escapes.
Stephan goes gaseous. Aine manages to pull her hands free from the ghouls dragging her way, although one each have the witch's legs. Torr turns and destroys ten ghouls, including the ones holding Aine. This is when Zayüß, still disengaged, charges to where Stephan was and riverdances on the black cat. Maedhros dusts 7 ghouls.
Another ghoul runs to grab Aine and yet another runs to grab Aurora. Yavin loses too much strength and drops his spear. The ghoul on the princess gingerly grabs her, being careful not to claw the young woman. Although there are eight shadows near her, the undead move away from Aurora and instead drain the life and heat from her horse. Sidra casts spasm on Torr's warhorse, but the spell fails. 13 more ghouls appear.
Aurora continues firing at ghouls, as does Jean-Louis, who kills two undead. Yavin jumps onto a building, escaping the shadows around him. Zayüß stoms the cat familiar and it is no longer moving. Idky attempts to airwalk away from his shadows, getting hit a couple of times in the process. Maedhros only manages to vaporize two ghouls. On the ethereal plane, 'Beaver has turned into a hummingbird and leads the angel of death on a chase around the combat. Meanwhile, still gaseous, Stephan floats over behind the she-ghoul-Sidra.
Shadows now start attacking horses in earnest until only one remains. Sidra dashes forward to scoop up and protect her cat.
The two remaining ghouls run up to grab the princess, one grasping her wrist. Six ghouls charge from the front and two from the rear of the group. Two shadows break off to menace Zayüß. Things look bleak...
Status in the late afternoon in Louisville
Maedhros: 28 of 41, -7 STR with LL, cast MMx2 *and* CLWx3 and ideax2, aid
'Beaver: 27 of 71, -3 STR, lion, huming, ether, cast speak with spiritsx2 and ddoor, call light and summon and CCW
Lowdog: 80 of 91, -4 STR, with LL and Aura, cast CLWx2
Stephan: 30 of 34, -2 STR, 8gbs, 6psi, with LL and Aura, cast present
Aine: 19 of 21, -3 STR, 8gbs, cast FFx5 and sleep
Dresher: 10 (full), with Protection from evil 10'r
Torr: 76 of 82, -2 STR
Zayüß: 42 (full)
Idky: 44 of 59, -5 STR, with LL and Aura, cast CLW and all 2nds and prayerx2, ddoor and prot e10r, CSW
Yavin 39 of 49, -6 STR, with LL and Aura, jump, cast CLW and lightenload, 35 of 89 PSPs (+30 still)
Aurora: 15 (full) with LL and Aura, only one gun left with NO bullets, cast all spells
Jean-Louis: 9 of 39, -10 STR, 1/2 dex due to necro right leg
Eeps prior to Jean-Louis: 43,810 xps
Eeps since: 17,550 xps (18 shadows) plus whatever the heroes earn from the 65 ghouls and 47 shadows encountered (see graphic)
The local horses know where the train station is as they have ridden in the "moving buildings" between cities for matches elsewhere. The group asks Yavin to use his precognition ability to see what they will encounter (esp if Sidra is there). The cleric of Celestian sees the group being attacked by a bunch of ghouls and shadows, huge waves of undead. 'Beaver questions Gorma-Sar to find out if necromancers have any spells to travel, but the skull's spirits informs the shaman that this is a weakness of his Art.
On the way into the city, the party encounters nine cat-sized giant rats. 'Beaver feeds them a goodberry each and the beasts let the heroes pass. Later, eleven ghouls rush in from behind the group. Maehdros dusts nine of them and while some dismount, Aine faerie fires the rest. Zayüß rushes forward to stomp one but both the ghouls get to attack first . . .critically wounding the warhorse. Torr's mount smashes one and Maedhros vaporizes the last one.
The group is alarmed that Torr is counseling Zayüß not to rush undead, so 'Beaver ESPs him. 'Beaver casts detect charm on Torr to make sure he's not being charmed, but the paladin explains that his mount lacks the protection needed to charge into melee. Zayüß seems to disagree slightly, after the shaman and Idky have tended his wounds, but obeys his rider.
The party continues on and it gets darker. Seven ghouls show up and are turned to dust.
Later, 16 ghouls, whom both Torr and Maedhros don't see at first swarm the party. Aurora's horse goes down, pinning her under it. The princess unleashes her magic missiles on a ghoul, but it survives. Torr turns some of the undead, as Zayüß moves to protect the downed princess. 'Beaver leaps off his horse, turning into a lion in midair to land over the princess (*begin Facebook post-fest*). The shaman teabags the princess as he lands and Maedhros dusts four ghouls. Four of the horses flee and one ghoul gives chase. Aurora starts getting eaten alive...! Maedhros dusts the ghouls around the princess, and Torr clears the rest. Idky death's door the princess and heals her to consciousness. Maedhros and Yavin pass out healing to party and horses. Meanwhile, Zayüß calms down the other horses, especially those spooked by the the presence of Beaver-the-lion...!
Continuing on, four ghouls get dusted as they approach the heroes.
A voice in Ninevehn commands the party not to move. Aurora identifies herself as the princess and the voice says she's not his princess. He demands to know who the group is. The man steps out to reveal himself as Jean-Louis Brideau (and his trusty horse, Cheval). He is surprised that the animals seem to understand them, and the owl can talk. Yavin plays a little telephathic joke on him, posing as the voice of the royal family, commanding him to protect the princess. Jean-Louis joins the party, in part from the command and in part because he wants to stay alive and this group seems to be doing a good job of that...!
JD: "The Beaver that teabags."
18 shadows swarm the group. 'Beaver 'the lionheart' flees like the pussy he is to the far side of the group. Idky airwalks up to cast a spell, but realizes he doesn't have any second levels left--shit!! Aine faerie fires seven of the undead. Jean-Louis moves to protect the princess.
Aine and her horse get swarmed. Idky's horse goes down.
Aurora magic missiles a shadow. Aine dismounts before her horse gives out under her. Maedhros dusts two shadows. Aine's horse collapses.
Maedhros dusts 11 more shadows, leaving two. 'Beaver and Lowdog kill the last two. 'Beaver turns back to human to start healing people.
The group arrives at train station, and Yavin gets a premonition of imminent attack. The group prepares for battle. 'Beaver notices one of Turquoise Rain's talisman ahead, so he starts casting call lightning. Lowdog summons his onyx dog. Stephan goes invisible. Idky casts protection from evil 10' on Dresher.
Nine Ghouls burrow out of the ground and 16 shadows rush out of the nearby buildings. Maedhros dusts 8 ghouls. Torr charges and tells Zayüß to stay out of the fight. Idky cast prayer. Yavin jumps off his horse to stand guard over 'Beaver. Aurora hides behind Maedhros. Jean-Louis fires five founds at the remaining ghoul, hitting three times and blowing it away.
The shadows invade...!
11 more ghouls and 16 more shadows appear and start to move in. Torr turns and gets nine of the incoming ghouls. Stephan sees a black cat attacking by spells. It's only slightly green, glowing brighter as it's casting spells. Stephan sneaks up to it, as an assassin while Maedhros dusts two ghouls, but the other nine shadows resist the turn--Sidra is here!!
The party gets SWARMED!
Aine's horse goes down. An angel of death appears (summoned by the cat) and targets 'Beaver. Nine more ghouls and 15 shadows arrive. Maedhros manages to dust a single ghoul. Beaver interrrupts his spell and starts to go ethereal. Stephan stabs the cat, but doesn't manage to stun or kill it. Aurora starts shooting ghouls, as does Jean-Louis. He blows the leg off one and kills another.
Jean-Louis gets critically hit by a shadow, which necrofies the flesh on his right leg. Aurora's horse goes down. Aine gets grabbed by ghouls and dragged away, but strangely the ghouls are being very careful and even delicate about how they treat the witch. Meanwhile, while the shadows attack her mount, none bother Aine herself. Lowdog's onyx dog gets ravaged. Unfortunately, 'Beaver finds out that the angel of death can strike him ethereally.
13 more ghouls show up. The cat runs away from Stephan, who gives chase. Stephan notices a "ghoul" dimly glowing green, hiding in the shadows. She looks like Aurora as a ghoul and the cat is running right for her and a group of five incoming ghouls. The she-ghoul casts spasm on Stephan, who screams in agony, his strength and dexterity failing him. The cat escapes.
Stephan goes gaseous. Aine manages to pull her hands free from the ghouls dragging her way, although one each have the witch's legs. Torr turns and destroys ten ghouls, including the ones holding Aine. This is when Zayüß, still disengaged, charges to where Stephan was and riverdances on the black cat. Maedhros dusts 7 ghouls.
Another ghoul runs to grab Aine and yet another runs to grab Aurora. Yavin loses too much strength and drops his spear. The ghoul on the princess gingerly grabs her, being careful not to claw the young woman. Although there are eight shadows near her, the undead move away from Aurora and instead drain the life and heat from her horse. Sidra casts spasm on Torr's warhorse, but the spell fails. 13 more ghouls appear.
Aurora continues firing at ghouls, as does Jean-Louis, who kills two undead. Yavin jumps onto a building, escaping the shadows around him. Zayüß stoms the cat familiar and it is no longer moving. Idky attempts to airwalk away from his shadows, getting hit a couple of times in the process. Maedhros only manages to vaporize two ghouls. On the ethereal plane, 'Beaver has turned into a hummingbird and leads the angel of death on a chase around the combat. Meanwhile, still gaseous, Stephan floats over behind the she-ghoul-Sidra.
Shadows now start attacking horses in earnest until only one remains. Sidra dashes forward to scoop up and protect her cat.
The two remaining ghouls run up to grab the princess, one grasping her wrist. Six ghouls charge from the front and two from the rear of the group. Two shadows break off to menace Zayüß. Things look bleak...
Status in the late afternoon in Louisville
Maedhros: 28 of 41, -7 STR with LL, cast MMx2 *and* CLWx3 and ideax2, aid
'Beaver: 27 of 71, -3 STR, lion, huming, ether, cast speak with spiritsx2 and ddoor, call light and summon and CCW
Lowdog: 80 of 91, -4 STR, with LL and Aura, cast CLWx2
Stephan: 30 of 34, -2 STR, 8gbs, 6psi, with LL and Aura, cast present
Aine: 19 of 21, -3 STR, 8gbs, cast FFx5 and sleep
Dresher: 10 (full), with Protection from evil 10'r
Torr: 76 of 82, -2 STR
Zayüß: 42 (full)
Idky: 44 of 59, -5 STR, with LL and Aura, cast CLW and all 2nds and prayerx2, ddoor and prot e10r, CSW
Yavin 39 of 49, -6 STR, with LL and Aura, jump, cast CLW and lightenload, 35 of 89 PSPs (+30 still)
Aurora: 15 (full) with LL and Aura, only one gun left with NO bullets, cast all spells
Jean-Louis: 9 of 39, -10 STR, 1/2 dex due to necro right leg
Eeps prior to Jean-Louis: 43,810 xps
Eeps since: 17,550 xps (18 shadows) plus whatever the heroes earn from the 65 ghouls and 47 shadows encountered (see graphic)
