Post by David on Sept 11, 2011 23:51:36 GMT -5
The heroes (Mikhail, Moonlight, Jamal, Maedhros, Daj, Helga, Saanau, and Cliffy) sleep in at the Green Griffon. Moonlight awakens to Maedhros and Mikhail standing over him, asking him about his dreams. Shortly afterward, Black Robe arrives and informs the party that he's there to help them bring the Spirit Braid to the Valley of Spirits and deal with the threat of Vertigo once and for all. Jyolli shows up during the commotion as does Minosti.
Rested, Mikhail teleports the group back to the heart of the Black Ice, where Maedhros uses a create campsite to create a spot to rest on the top of the glacier. Black Robe then uses a speak with greater spirit to communicate directly with the spirit of the Black Ice. The spirit is NOT happy to be disturbed and only agrees to tell Black Robe how to get to the Valley after the shaman explains his purpose is to dispose of an evil spirit and after he agrees never to trouble the Black Ice again... The heroes head due north from there, having been five degrees off for several hundred miles already. A series of teleports exhausts Mikhail, but then Black Robe turns into a giant eagle and soars for well over a hundred miles to the very northern edge of the Black Ice.
With the ocean within sight, suddenly the shaman is attacked by giant ballista fired by frost giants. The jotuns' missile fire is withering and the heroes are forced to avoid them, in truth saved by a combination of Jyolli's feather fall (and Aerdrie Faenya's displeasure) the illusion cast by Moonlight's Staff of Avanrakash -- Zeus and a chorus of storm giants tell the frost giants to discontinue their attack...at least providing some cover in the process. Saanau bravely (fool-heartedly) charged after the giants using her winged sandals, but realized going toe-to-toe (or spell-to-boulder) would be suicide, so once she returned, Mikhail used what strength he'd recovered to teleport out to sea amid the ice floes...
From there, first Moonlight and then Saanau used their various forms of flying to travel above a storm and farther north. Finally, Mikhail took over again and teleported with the heroes to solid land. Jyolli used her know direction to determine that the heroes had overshot the north pole. Not sure what to do next and nearly out of spells, Mikhail offered to transport the party somewhere Old Wicked couldn't possibly find them...
...When the heroes emerged from the bags of holding (or itemized states) they found themselves in a simple, English-style village. The folk, however, did not speak Common and seemed quite curious about and warry of the heroes, especially the non-human one. Mikhail had brought the party to Chipping Dale on the world of Eon. There, the group met Andar, Mikhail's teacher, as well as many town-folk. Jyolli had dinner with her old buddy, Sean, his wife, Brianna, and their sons, Brenden and Stefan. The rest of the heroes camped outside of town. A patrol of orcish sherrifs arrived and asked about the heroes' business (Mikhail had already warned them how orcs on Eon are "different" and represent the authority of the Crown). One of the orcs recognized Black Robe from when he was a boy and fetched a very elderly orc who spoke Common, Alloysius. The Elder put the young orcs to work hunting for game and making firewood for the party...with a pleasant evening on a quiet forest world enjoyed by all.
In the morning, Mikhail gathered the group together and teleported back to the edge of the mountains on Oerth. The heroes began to get out of the bags of holding and plan their next move when two babau, a hezrou, and a spectre arrived and attacked. Minosti was drained of life force and the he and Mikhail feared. Then more babau as well as vrocks and glabrezu arrived! Things deteriorated QUITE quickly...!
The heroes fought valiantly, aided greatly by Moonlight's staff -- which created the illusion of a 20-headed polar hydra that munch on several of the demons and bought the heroes time to regroup and gather their wits. In the confusion of the battle, no one noticed the succubi tossing charm person spells into the party...until she finally nailed Daj and told her to hand over the Spirit Braid...!
This when all Pandemonium broke loose! With several babau facing them, the heroes struggled desperately to disable the demoness. Maedhros' magic missiles crippled her wings, forcing her to crash into the snow face-first. Mikhail, who'd spent the first half of the battle FAILING to initiate his powers to summon planar energies or emotionally restablize Minosti, then spent nearly the next minute recovering from having his bowels removed (a heal spell from Black Robe saved the young druid), finally proved helpful and used the very last of his psionic strength to enhance is physical strength and slaughter first the succubus, then a vrock, then a bar-lgura. Helga fought valiantly and after the talisman had been saved, snatched it away so that the monsters would attack her, trusting to her dwarven stamina and her nice armor. Unfortunately, since Daj removed the Spirit Braid, some of its power (and Vertigo's influence) leaked out with several party members falling into the snow, having their weapons foul, or even having their pants fall down...
Dajamira got the Spirit Braid back from Maedhros, who'd presented it from Helga, allowing the surges of ill fortune to come somewhat under control. That's when more babau arrived! After a fierce battle with several sun dazzles and a sticks to snakes on Maedhros' arrows from Moonlight, the heroes managed to fight off the last of the demons and slay the illusion-defeated ones that lay about the snow. Looking up in the sky, however, more demons were on their way and with Mikhail out of psionic strength and Saanau level-drained, there's no way to teleport to safety...
Status:
Moonlight: 1 of 84, cast EC x5 / sun x3 / / CSW, sticks, used owl
Helga: 66 of 87, cast flame strike
Black Robe: 26 of 93, cast EC / hold / prayer, call, mud x2 / / hold monster x2 / heal, used eagle -- currently has ENDURE COLD
Minosti: 8 of
and drained of TWO levels, fleeing in fear across the snow...
Jyolli: 18 down and cast EC, call, remove / / / confusionx2, mental
Mikhail: 32 of 75, 1 PSP
Maedhros: 31 of 34, cast EC x2 / / emotion / mental, prot 10'r AND reduce, MMx3 / Melf x2 / / stone
Saanau: 39 of 59, cast MMx3 / Melf's x3 / fire, item / WWx2 and drained of TWO levels
Cliffy: 7 of 65, cast MMx2 / IMMx3 / fire, item / WWx2
Daj : 4 of 56, cast MM / IMM, mirrorx2 / / stone -- currently SEVEN images AND a stoneskin AND ENDURE COLD!
Eeps to this point (do NOT write them on your character sheet as folks could still die...) are 11,800 xps EACH since you did slay 8 babau, 4 vrocks, 2 glabrezu, 2 herzou, a bar-lgura, and a succubus...as well as a spectre...!
Rested, Mikhail teleports the group back to the heart of the Black Ice, where Maedhros uses a create campsite to create a spot to rest on the top of the glacier. Black Robe then uses a speak with greater spirit to communicate directly with the spirit of the Black Ice. The spirit is NOT happy to be disturbed and only agrees to tell Black Robe how to get to the Valley after the shaman explains his purpose is to dispose of an evil spirit and after he agrees never to trouble the Black Ice again... The heroes head due north from there, having been five degrees off for several hundred miles already. A series of teleports exhausts Mikhail, but then Black Robe turns into a giant eagle and soars for well over a hundred miles to the very northern edge of the Black Ice.
With the ocean within sight, suddenly the shaman is attacked by giant ballista fired by frost giants. The jotuns' missile fire is withering and the heroes are forced to avoid them, in truth saved by a combination of Jyolli's feather fall (and Aerdrie Faenya's displeasure) the illusion cast by Moonlight's Staff of Avanrakash -- Zeus and a chorus of storm giants tell the frost giants to discontinue their attack...at least providing some cover in the process. Saanau bravely (fool-heartedly) charged after the giants using her winged sandals, but realized going toe-to-toe (or spell-to-boulder) would be suicide, so once she returned, Mikhail used what strength he'd recovered to teleport out to sea amid the ice floes...
From there, first Moonlight and then Saanau used their various forms of flying to travel above a storm and farther north. Finally, Mikhail took over again and teleported with the heroes to solid land. Jyolli used her know direction to determine that the heroes had overshot the north pole. Not sure what to do next and nearly out of spells, Mikhail offered to transport the party somewhere Old Wicked couldn't possibly find them...
...When the heroes emerged from the bags of holding (or itemized states) they found themselves in a simple, English-style village. The folk, however, did not speak Common and seemed quite curious about and warry of the heroes, especially the non-human one. Mikhail had brought the party to Chipping Dale on the world of Eon. There, the group met Andar, Mikhail's teacher, as well as many town-folk. Jyolli had dinner with her old buddy, Sean, his wife, Brianna, and their sons, Brenden and Stefan. The rest of the heroes camped outside of town. A patrol of orcish sherrifs arrived and asked about the heroes' business (Mikhail had already warned them how orcs on Eon are "different" and represent the authority of the Crown). One of the orcs recognized Black Robe from when he was a boy and fetched a very elderly orc who spoke Common, Alloysius. The Elder put the young orcs to work hunting for game and making firewood for the party...with a pleasant evening on a quiet forest world enjoyed by all.
In the morning, Mikhail gathered the group together and teleported back to the edge of the mountains on Oerth. The heroes began to get out of the bags of holding and plan their next move when two babau, a hezrou, and a spectre arrived and attacked. Minosti was drained of life force and the he and Mikhail feared. Then more babau as well as vrocks and glabrezu arrived! Things deteriorated QUITE quickly...!
The heroes fought valiantly, aided greatly by Moonlight's staff -- which created the illusion of a 20-headed polar hydra that munch on several of the demons and bought the heroes time to regroup and gather their wits. In the confusion of the battle, no one noticed the succubi tossing charm person spells into the party...until she finally nailed Daj and told her to hand over the Spirit Braid...!
This when all Pandemonium broke loose! With several babau facing them, the heroes struggled desperately to disable the demoness. Maedhros' magic missiles crippled her wings, forcing her to crash into the snow face-first. Mikhail, who'd spent the first half of the battle FAILING to initiate his powers to summon planar energies or emotionally restablize Minosti, then spent nearly the next minute recovering from having his bowels removed (a heal spell from Black Robe saved the young druid), finally proved helpful and used the very last of his psionic strength to enhance is physical strength and slaughter first the succubus, then a vrock, then a bar-lgura. Helga fought valiantly and after the talisman had been saved, snatched it away so that the monsters would attack her, trusting to her dwarven stamina and her nice armor. Unfortunately, since Daj removed the Spirit Braid, some of its power (and Vertigo's influence) leaked out with several party members falling into the snow, having their weapons foul, or even having their pants fall down...
Dajamira got the Spirit Braid back from Maedhros, who'd presented it from Helga, allowing the surges of ill fortune to come somewhat under control. That's when more babau arrived! After a fierce battle with several sun dazzles and a sticks to snakes on Maedhros' arrows from Moonlight, the heroes managed to fight off the last of the demons and slay the illusion-defeated ones that lay about the snow. Looking up in the sky, however, more demons were on their way and with Mikhail out of psionic strength and Saanau level-drained, there's no way to teleport to safety...
Status:
Moonlight: 1 of 84, cast EC x5 / sun x3 / / CSW, sticks, used owl
Helga: 66 of 87, cast flame strike
Black Robe: 26 of 93, cast EC / hold / prayer, call, mud x2 / / hold monster x2 / heal, used eagle -- currently has ENDURE COLD
Minosti: 8 of
and drained of TWO levels, fleeing in fear across the snow...Jyolli: 18 down and cast EC, call, remove / / / confusionx2, mental
Mikhail: 32 of 75, 1 PSP
Maedhros: 31 of 34, cast EC x2 / / emotion / mental, prot 10'r AND reduce, MMx3 / Melf x2 / / stone
Saanau: 39 of 59, cast MMx3 / Melf's x3 / fire, item / WWx2 and drained of TWO levels
Cliffy: 7 of 65, cast MMx2 / IMMx3 / fire, item / WWx2
Daj : 4 of 56, cast MM / IMM, mirrorx2 / / stone -- currently SEVEN images AND a stoneskin AND ENDURE COLD!
Eeps to this point (do NOT write them on your character sheet as folks could still die...) are 11,800 xps EACH since you did slay 8 babau, 4 vrocks, 2 glabrezu, 2 herzou, a bar-lgura, and a succubus...as well as a spectre...!
