Post by David on Feb 10, 2011 14:44:22 GMT -5
Along the trek to the new rift, Lowdog dreams to gather information:
The party (Torr with Zayüß, Idky, Lowdog with Woxin the eagle, Tensay the snow leopard, and Diawané the grizzly, Yavin with Eclipse the winged panther, and Stephan with Peter) arrives at a very fertile valley and set up camp in a clearing, get goodberries, and rest up. They notice that there are no small animals or insects, only butterflies.
During the night, while Yavin is on watch, something starts thumping outside the cabin. Yavin wakes up everyone. Lowdog heads out the door and runs into a giant two-headed troll. There is another two-headed troll, two normal trolls, and a giant troll as well. Idky goes to wake Torr and help the paladin with his armor. Yavin mind thrusts a troll but doesn’t manage to affect the monster. Stephan casts fly on himself.
The trolls thrash Lowdog and wound Yavin, the totemic warrior getting surrounded by the four largest. Lowdog asks for someone to cast darkness on him. Zayüß wakes up and stands behind Yavin to share Torr's holy aura of protection with the fighters. Yavin mind thrusts a troll to allow Torr to pass him and join Lowdog. Torr gets up, after getting his shield from Idky, and charges out. The paladin invokes his chaos strike boon against the giant troll, stunning it. He then chaos strikes Lowdog’s two-headed troll, killing it. Stephan magic missiles the mind thrusted troll and Lowdog severly damages the other two-headed troll. Idky engages the mind thrusted troll, asking Yavin to keep him out of commission.
Lowdog drops the other two-headed one. Stephan magic missiles the mind thrusted troll, dropping it. Zayüß charges out of the cabin and finishes off the last troll. Between the flaming mace and battleaxe, the heroes ensure the trolls don't regenerate.
Treasure (UPDATED BY DM):
Eeps: 2160 each
In the morning, the party heads toward the ice castle. Idky picks flowers along the way for Esmerelda. Yavin warns his priestly brother that "he's not going to get 'lucky'." The group sees flying griffons, that come down with five riders, including Esmeralda. Yavin contacts her telepathically to communicate and she sees interested in the process. The aged half-elf agrees to show the heroes how to get to the other portal in exchange for clearing out the trolls in the valley.
David as Esmeralda: “That’s what makes these trolls so dangerous . . . they’ve unionized.”
The party agrees to do as she asks and makes plans.
- Esmeralda is a late middle-aged half-elven woman dressed in green. Reddish-brown hair.
- She is the most powerful transmuter on Etheria.
- Her defenders include members of her family as well as knights from other rifts.
- Her mission: guard and protect portal to Eternia from trolls, including their new king.
- She and her family and a small group of knights guard crystal castle.
- The number varies monthly. Two daughters and a son, and about a dozen riders from other rifts.
- The knights ride griffons, not pegasi.
- She has allowed people to cross to Eternia. She is specifically guarding from Eternians crossing over to Etheria and her brother from escaping there. She allowed people through to try to establish diplomatic relations, which failed.
- Creatures on Eternia: teems with hostile life forms.
- The portal is currently not active; it should next be active in twelve years; there are people who can adjust the timing of the opening.
- There are two other gates, and she knows where one is. It is like a Tovag Baragu portal -- built by the K'thoi and functions with the Baklunish network.
- Her brother stole her family’s spell books and defected to the trolls, turning them against the elves.
- He is nearly as high level and specializes in making body alterations (transmute blood). His family used their transmuter abilities to craft the different races and creatures (including the butterflies and trees). His paternal grandfather was the surviving ship’s captain. He is a half-elf with unusually long elven ears and looks trollish. The new troll king, perhaps?
- The third gate is buried in a glacier and pretty inaccessible.
- Esmerelda knows the heroes are coming and has a mission for them.
The party (Torr with Zayüß, Idky, Lowdog with Woxin the eagle, Tensay the snow leopard, and Diawané the grizzly, Yavin with Eclipse the winged panther, and Stephan with Peter) arrives at a very fertile valley and set up camp in a clearing, get goodberries, and rest up. They notice that there are no small animals or insects, only butterflies.
During the night, while Yavin is on watch, something starts thumping outside the cabin. Yavin wakes up everyone. Lowdog heads out the door and runs into a giant two-headed troll. There is another two-headed troll, two normal trolls, and a giant troll as well. Idky goes to wake Torr and help the paladin with his armor. Yavin mind thrusts a troll but doesn’t manage to affect the monster. Stephan casts fly on himself.
The trolls thrash Lowdog and wound Yavin, the totemic warrior getting surrounded by the four largest. Lowdog asks for someone to cast darkness on him. Zayüß wakes up and stands behind Yavin to share Torr's holy aura of protection with the fighters. Yavin mind thrusts a troll to allow Torr to pass him and join Lowdog. Torr gets up, after getting his shield from Idky, and charges out. The paladin invokes his chaos strike boon against the giant troll, stunning it. He then chaos strikes Lowdog’s two-headed troll, killing it. Stephan magic missiles the mind thrusted troll and Lowdog severly damages the other two-headed troll. Idky engages the mind thrusted troll, asking Yavin to keep him out of commission.
Lowdog drops the other two-headed one. Stephan magic missiles the mind thrusted troll, dropping it. Zayüß charges out of the cabin and finishes off the last troll. Between the flaming mace and battleaxe, the heroes ensure the trolls don't regenerate.
Treasure (UPDATED BY DM):
- dark crystal with complex pattern -- POWERFUL conjuration/summoning
- dirk with ruby blade with dark runes and onyx handle -- radiates faint evil -- Woxin tosses it onto the glacier
- dirk with darkened dragon tooth blade with silver handle -- conjuration/summoning
- seven black pellets with a rune on each -- enchantment and necromancy
- pouch of twelve gems
Eeps: 2160 each
In the morning, the party heads toward the ice castle. Idky picks flowers along the way for Esmerelda. Yavin warns his priestly brother that "he's not going to get 'lucky'." The group sees flying griffons, that come down with five riders, including Esmeralda. Yavin contacts her telepathically to communicate and she sees interested in the process. The aged half-elf agrees to show the heroes how to get to the other portal in exchange for clearing out the trolls in the valley.
David as Esmeralda: “That’s what makes these trolls so dangerous . . . they’ve unionized.”
The party agrees to do as she asks and makes plans.