Post by David on Nov 2, 2011 19:14:59 GMT -5
The water group (Daj, Cliffy, Jamal, Maedhros) wakes up naked floating in ocean draped over an atoll (the least sharp section). They feel rested (as if they had a full night of sleep). No land is in sight.
Several manta rays start approaching the party. As some of the party swim to the next elevated part of the atoll, the rays move to attack. When one is left, it takes off at high speed. They get some seaweed to use for binding wounds. They swim off to the next atoll.
The earth group (Black Robe, Helga, Moonlight) wakes up in the dark in a huge cavern. Helga sees rock and chunks of mortar everywhere. There are pieces of buildings. With her skills, she sees that these are the ruins of a dozen civilizations. This must be where buildings go when earthquakes swallow them. She thinks they are several miles down—Underdark or deeper. Like the other group, they feel rested.
Helga casts shield and armor on herself. Moonlight confirms with the staff of Avanrakash that it is fully charged for the day. Helga also casts light on her axe, but they still can’t see the walls of the cavern. Helga casts know direction to get her bearings. North is up (??!!). They can’t even see the ceiling. Black Robe becomes an eagle, grabs Helga’s axe, and flies up to see how far he can go. It goes up about 300 feet. He returns after getting a view of the entire cavern. There appear to be no exits, and they are in the center.
Headed toward them is the largest mole they’ve ever seen. Black Robe tries to talk to it in rodent. Moonlight casts speak with animals. It hesitates and asks for food. They have none. They try to get it to dig a way out so they can follow it. They use the idea of finding food as a lure. He digs straight up. The group contemplate how and if to follow.
The air group (Saanau and Willish) wake up falling. Saanau cast feather fall. Willish turns into a hawk and lands on her shoulder. Saanau asks if he can turn into something bigger that can carry her. In the distance, she sees a house-sized chunk of rock ‘falling’ perpendicular to her path. Through and effort of will, she changes direction to match the rock’s path.
As they continue swimming along, Daj notices two mako sharks. She casts mirror image on herself. There are now six of her. Daj heads straight for them. Cliffy and Maedhros blast them with improved magic missile and magic missile, respectively. Daj rips off a pectoral fin of one of them, messing up its turning ability.
Daj ends up stunning herself and starts to drown. Cliffy kills the shark on Daj then swims after her to try to grab her. Unfortunately, the mirror images foil his first attempt. Maedhros also tries but misses. Cliffy pops another mirror image but Maedhros manages to finally get Daj.
Meanwhile, back with the earth group . . . the mole has gotten too far ahead for them to try to follow. Black Robe casts polymorph self to turn into an umber hulk and starts digging in an upward spiral to allow the others to follow behind.
The water group reaches a fork and decide to continue straight ahead. They notice a mean-looking school of fish heading toward them. Cliffy sees them (over a dozen) and fires magic missile, stunning a bunch. The group gets swarmed, and Jamal gets really badly bitten up, before they finally finish off all of them.
The air group . . . Saanau has learned the secret of reorienting herself to ‘fall’ in different directions. The hawk does the same thing. They manage to land on an asteroid. She goes into a cave, which has a mirror. Saanau sees an extremely powerful elven wizardess who commands respect, but there is a shadowy skeletal figure standing behind her. She realizes that she now has her clothing back on. Willish sees his family at home back on Eon and he’s with them. He now has his clothing.
The earth party digs through chunks of various civilizations. Helga picks up souvenirs along the way for Aris. They dig themselves to a mirror. Helga sees herself in her armor, behind her are all of her former and current adventuring companions. She sees all of the other party members looking through their mirrors. She now has her armor. Black Robe sees a bipedal black bear with tiger stripes with his family. He now has his ring of protection on. Moonlight sees a dark gruff man with dark hair and face who looks like he’s been through a lot. He is slouched over with the weight of the world on his shoulders. His sacred items appear so he can now cast all his spells.
The water group encounters a 25’ gar swimming to them. Cliffy casts wizard’s wrath at it and kills it. They continue to swim on. After a while, a group of four dolphins swim up to them. Maedhros casts speak with animals. They want to play. They ride along with the dolphins. Jamal notices that his wounds are healing at an accelerated rate. The dolphins come back with some sardines. Maedhros casts produce flame and they cook the fish. The food is full of healing energy, and they actually heal their wounds. Further conversation reveals that the dolphins can take them to land across the open ocean, which they do. They take them to a mangrove swamp.
The encounter three crocodiles in the swamp. Cliffy badly wounds them with improved magic missiles. Daj finishes one off. Cliffy and Maedhros climb mangrove trees. Daj and Jamal finish off the crocodiles. Inside each is a mirror. Jamal sees himself in his regular clothing, he is no longer green, and he is in his house with his family. He now has his clothes. Daj sees herself with all her friends, and she has her ring of plant control on.
Maedhros and Cliffy, in the tree, notice that Daj and Jamal have disappeared. They climb down and also look in the mirrors. Cliffy sees himself back in his home in Fangoria. His spell books reappear, and he also disappears. Maedhros sees himself as a powerful priest and wizard, dressed in elven chainmail, and his proud father and brother are standing behind him on either side.
They all appear on an infinite silver plane. But each person appears as a cluster of four very different creatures. The party comes to a consensus about who each one actually appears is.
The party that appears is: al-karak-elam (Saanau), horn head (Willish), centaur (Black Robe), storm giantess (Helga), centaur (Moonlight), treant (Cliffy), gnome (Daj), desert giant (Jamal), elf (Maedhros)
There is a silver flash, and they are standing at the North Pole. They are fully healed and have all their spells back. They just know that they have to cross to the other side of the world (to the South Pole). They are on another world. They head south. Six days into their journey, they have their first encounter—a polar bear and its cubs. It charges. Black Robe speaks bear, and assures it they mean no harm. It allows them to pass. It tells them where some seals and rabbits are.
They go seal hunting for meat and seal hide for clothing. They have conquered the arctic.
One morning, Willish and Cliffy have disappeared. They all had the same dream that they chose to leave because these are not their real selves. They continue on. At the edge of the taiga, there is a pond. Helga looks in the pond. It is a silvery reflective pool. Helga sees herself with her shield, and she now has it with her. She shrinks by six inches and gets a little weaker.
Saanau looks in the pool and gets her spell components back. Black Robe gets his bracers back. Moonlight gets his ring of protection. Jamal gets his shield. Maedhros gets his spell components.
They continue across the taiga. Four days later, they have an encounter—winter wolves. Helga casts prayer when they are still far away. Improved magic missiles and magic missiles from Saanau and Maedhros kill one outright. They clear them out quickly, and one flees. Saanau magic missiles it as it tries to escape. Moonlight kills it with a parting shot. They now have plenty of meat and wolf pelts now.
Three days later, they see the reflection of the moon and each one once again gains an item.
They’ve now hit the boreal forests...
Eeps:
Elemental test (all): 500 each
Earth group (Black Robe): 650 (for the mole)
Earth group (all): 217 each
Water group: 1180 each
Polar bear (Black Robe): 1200
Winter wolves: 700 each
Several manta rays start approaching the party. As some of the party swim to the next elevated part of the atoll, the rays move to attack. When one is left, it takes off at high speed. They get some seaweed to use for binding wounds. They swim off to the next atoll.
The earth group (Black Robe, Helga, Moonlight) wakes up in the dark in a huge cavern. Helga sees rock and chunks of mortar everywhere. There are pieces of buildings. With her skills, she sees that these are the ruins of a dozen civilizations. This must be where buildings go when earthquakes swallow them. She thinks they are several miles down—Underdark or deeper. Like the other group, they feel rested.
Helga casts shield and armor on herself. Moonlight confirms with the staff of Avanrakash that it is fully charged for the day. Helga also casts light on her axe, but they still can’t see the walls of the cavern. Helga casts know direction to get her bearings. North is up (??!!). They can’t even see the ceiling. Black Robe becomes an eagle, grabs Helga’s axe, and flies up to see how far he can go. It goes up about 300 feet. He returns after getting a view of the entire cavern. There appear to be no exits, and they are in the center.
Headed toward them is the largest mole they’ve ever seen. Black Robe tries to talk to it in rodent. Moonlight casts speak with animals. It hesitates and asks for food. They have none. They try to get it to dig a way out so they can follow it. They use the idea of finding food as a lure. He digs straight up. The group contemplate how and if to follow.
The air group (Saanau and Willish) wake up falling. Saanau cast feather fall. Willish turns into a hawk and lands on her shoulder. Saanau asks if he can turn into something bigger that can carry her. In the distance, she sees a house-sized chunk of rock ‘falling’ perpendicular to her path. Through and effort of will, she changes direction to match the rock’s path.
As they continue swimming along, Daj notices two mako sharks. She casts mirror image on herself. There are now six of her. Daj heads straight for them. Cliffy and Maedhros blast them with improved magic missile and magic missile, respectively. Daj rips off a pectoral fin of one of them, messing up its turning ability.
Daj ends up stunning herself and starts to drown. Cliffy kills the shark on Daj then swims after her to try to grab her. Unfortunately, the mirror images foil his first attempt. Maedhros also tries but misses. Cliffy pops another mirror image but Maedhros manages to finally get Daj.
Meanwhile, back with the earth group . . . the mole has gotten too far ahead for them to try to follow. Black Robe casts polymorph self to turn into an umber hulk and starts digging in an upward spiral to allow the others to follow behind.
The water group reaches a fork and decide to continue straight ahead. They notice a mean-looking school of fish heading toward them. Cliffy sees them (over a dozen) and fires magic missile, stunning a bunch. The group gets swarmed, and Jamal gets really badly bitten up, before they finally finish off all of them.
The air group . . . Saanau has learned the secret of reorienting herself to ‘fall’ in different directions. The hawk does the same thing. They manage to land on an asteroid. She goes into a cave, which has a mirror. Saanau sees an extremely powerful elven wizardess who commands respect, but there is a shadowy skeletal figure standing behind her. She realizes that she now has her clothing back on. Willish sees his family at home back on Eon and he’s with them. He now has his clothing.
The earth party digs through chunks of various civilizations. Helga picks up souvenirs along the way for Aris. They dig themselves to a mirror. Helga sees herself in her armor, behind her are all of her former and current adventuring companions. She sees all of the other party members looking through their mirrors. She now has her armor. Black Robe sees a bipedal black bear with tiger stripes with his family. He now has his ring of protection on. Moonlight sees a dark gruff man with dark hair and face who looks like he’s been through a lot. He is slouched over with the weight of the world on his shoulders. His sacred items appear so he can now cast all his spells.
The water group encounters a 25’ gar swimming to them. Cliffy casts wizard’s wrath at it and kills it. They continue to swim on. After a while, a group of four dolphins swim up to them. Maedhros casts speak with animals. They want to play. They ride along with the dolphins. Jamal notices that his wounds are healing at an accelerated rate. The dolphins come back with some sardines. Maedhros casts produce flame and they cook the fish. The food is full of healing energy, and they actually heal their wounds. Further conversation reveals that the dolphins can take them to land across the open ocean, which they do. They take them to a mangrove swamp.
The encounter three crocodiles in the swamp. Cliffy badly wounds them with improved magic missiles. Daj finishes one off. Cliffy and Maedhros climb mangrove trees. Daj and Jamal finish off the crocodiles. Inside each is a mirror. Jamal sees himself in his regular clothing, he is no longer green, and he is in his house with his family. He now has his clothes. Daj sees herself with all her friends, and she has her ring of plant control on.
Maedhros and Cliffy, in the tree, notice that Daj and Jamal have disappeared. They climb down and also look in the mirrors. Cliffy sees himself back in his home in Fangoria. His spell books reappear, and he also disappears. Maedhros sees himself as a powerful priest and wizard, dressed in elven chainmail, and his proud father and brother are standing behind him on either side.
They all appear on an infinite silver plane. But each person appears as a cluster of four very different creatures. The party comes to a consensus about who each one actually appears is.
The party that appears is: al-karak-elam (Saanau), horn head (Willish), centaur (Black Robe), storm giantess (Helga), centaur (Moonlight), treant (Cliffy), gnome (Daj), desert giant (Jamal), elf (Maedhros)
There is a silver flash, and they are standing at the North Pole. They are fully healed and have all their spells back. They just know that they have to cross to the other side of the world (to the South Pole). They are on another world. They head south. Six days into their journey, they have their first encounter—a polar bear and its cubs. It charges. Black Robe speaks bear, and assures it they mean no harm. It allows them to pass. It tells them where some seals and rabbits are.
They go seal hunting for meat and seal hide for clothing. They have conquered the arctic.
One morning, Willish and Cliffy have disappeared. They all had the same dream that they chose to leave because these are not their real selves. They continue on. At the edge of the taiga, there is a pond. Helga looks in the pond. It is a silvery reflective pool. Helga sees herself with her shield, and she now has it with her. She shrinks by six inches and gets a little weaker.
Saanau looks in the pool and gets her spell components back. Black Robe gets his bracers back. Moonlight gets his ring of protection. Jamal gets his shield. Maedhros gets his spell components.
They continue across the taiga. Four days later, they have an encounter—winter wolves. Helga casts prayer when they are still far away. Improved magic missiles and magic missiles from Saanau and Maedhros kill one outright. They clear them out quickly, and one flees. Saanau magic missiles it as it tries to escape. Moonlight kills it with a parting shot. They now have plenty of meat and wolf pelts now.
Three days later, they see the reflection of the moon and each one once again gains an item.
They’ve now hit the boreal forests...
Eeps:
Elemental test (all): 500 each
Earth group (Black Robe): 650 (for the mole)
Earth group (all): 217 each
Water group: 1180 each
Polar bear (Black Robe): 1200
Winter wolves: 700 each