Post by David on Feb 14, 2012 20:08:31 GMT -5
The heroes (Maedhros, Daj, Helga, Saanau, Cliffy, Moonlight, Black Robe, Jamal, and Willish) are awoken by a mountain-like furry beast with tiny wings on it's head, two huge tusks, and a long tentacle on it's face. The party slaughters the woolly mammoth ("cave-mind-flayer" says Daj) and continue their journey. They meet snow hares and arctic foxes the next day, Black Robe chatting with both. Given that Maedhros' create food and water seems to food palatable and nutritious to himself, Cliffy, Daj, and Jamal, the rest of the party start hunting bunnies... Saanau picks off a few bunnies for food and Cliffy turns 'em into clothing for Daj.
About four days later, as the heroes are working through the boreal woods, Maedhros is attacked by a fur-covered snow snake. The 100' long creature nearly kills the cleric/mage, but the heroes save him.
Two days later, the group come a huge valley filled with "chunky ugly deer." Black Robe uses a hold animal spell to effortlessly kill two animals to provide the group with several days of food.
After three more days, a snow cat attacks Cliffy while he is relieving himself in the woods. Only the sharp ears (and quick legs) of Willish and Daj save the mage/thief as the leopard opened two of the poor guy's arteries. Black Robe heals Cliffy, saving him just in time!
Four more days pass and the group arrives at a massive lake. They encounter many giant otters on the shores and Willish changes shape and plays with them. The heroes then fly across, but half way, they feel as if there is something in the water which they need to attend to. Saanau uses a wall of ice to create a small platform for the group to land on (Black Robe is in eagle-form and Willish is an aaracrocra). The giants, Helga the storm giantess and Jamal the half-desert giant, wind up dangling in the water. And that's when the 30' long giant gar attacks.
As the heroes move to help Helga, they spy a fresh water umber hulk (similar to a vodyanoi) with ten electrical eels. The monster's confusion causes problems, but Saanau's wizard's wraths and Cliffy's magic missiles take the beastie out. Willish gets messed up by the electrical eels, but Helga just chuckles...!
The heroes feel draw to the lake bottom where they find some baubles. Amid the treasure are "word" describing each hero. The one that finds the word then tries to match it up with the person it describes. Black Robe correctly linked Dajamira with "joyful" and Cliffy correctly linked Moonlight with "deliberate." The group also found more gear from their former lives, including a beard for Helga!
The heroes then continued their journey across the lake, avoiding a group a aggressive giant snapping turtles. Now on the other side of the massive body of water, they continued south, noting that the forest had become more deciduous. Deer and squirrels were everywhere. Black Robe and the druids found an abundance of herbs and berries for goodberry spells!
Four nights later, while most of the heroes slept within Maedhros' secure shelter (he recovered his spell books from the bottom of the lake), Helga was attacked in her created campsite outside (since even as a short storm giantess, she still can't fit in the shelter). The two owlbears caused Helga some serious wounds but the party took care of them.
Four more days and the heroes were ambushed by a group of seven fearless giant weasels. Moonlight spoke to them and convinced them to leave after the animals were seriously thrashed in the first few moments of combat. A handful of goodberries took care of their hunger and the giant rodents slipped away into the woods.
The next day, Helga went off into the woods to relieve herself and was attacked by five displacer beasts! She managed to hold them off at first, but there were just too many. Within the cabin, the other heroes heard the fight and came to her rescue just in time.
One more day passed and the grew came to a great oak tree with strange nuts it its branches. Each nut was shaped like an animal, ironically, one of the animals representing the totems of the heroes present. The heroes correctly linked Black Robe with the bear, Helga with the alligator, Moonlight with the owl, Cliffy with the raccoon, Daj with the squirrel, and Maedhros with the stag.
About four days later, as the heroes are working through the boreal woods, Maedhros is attacked by a fur-covered snow snake. The 100' long creature nearly kills the cleric/mage, but the heroes save him.
Two days later, the group come a huge valley filled with "chunky ugly deer." Black Robe uses a hold animal spell to effortlessly kill two animals to provide the group with several days of food.
After three more days, a snow cat attacks Cliffy while he is relieving himself in the woods. Only the sharp ears (and quick legs) of Willish and Daj save the mage/thief as the leopard opened two of the poor guy's arteries. Black Robe heals Cliffy, saving him just in time!
Four more days pass and the group arrives at a massive lake. They encounter many giant otters on the shores and Willish changes shape and plays with them. The heroes then fly across, but half way, they feel as if there is something in the water which they need to attend to. Saanau uses a wall of ice to create a small platform for the group to land on (Black Robe is in eagle-form and Willish is an aaracrocra). The giants, Helga the storm giantess and Jamal the half-desert giant, wind up dangling in the water. And that's when the 30' long giant gar attacks.
As the heroes move to help Helga, they spy a fresh water umber hulk (similar to a vodyanoi) with ten electrical eels. The monster's confusion causes problems, but Saanau's wizard's wraths and Cliffy's magic missiles take the beastie out. Willish gets messed up by the electrical eels, but Helga just chuckles...!
The heroes feel draw to the lake bottom where they find some baubles. Amid the treasure are "word" describing each hero. The one that finds the word then tries to match it up with the person it describes. Black Robe correctly linked Dajamira with "joyful" and Cliffy correctly linked Moonlight with "deliberate." The group also found more gear from their former lives, including a beard for Helga!
The heroes then continued their journey across the lake, avoiding a group a aggressive giant snapping turtles. Now on the other side of the massive body of water, they continued south, noting that the forest had become more deciduous. Deer and squirrels were everywhere. Black Robe and the druids found an abundance of herbs and berries for goodberry spells!
Four nights later, while most of the heroes slept within Maedhros' secure shelter (he recovered his spell books from the bottom of the lake), Helga was attacked in her created campsite outside (since even as a short storm giantess, she still can't fit in the shelter). The two owlbears caused Helga some serious wounds but the party took care of them.
Four more days and the heroes were ambushed by a group of seven fearless giant weasels. Moonlight spoke to them and convinced them to leave after the animals were seriously thrashed in the first few moments of combat. A handful of goodberries took care of their hunger and the giant rodents slipped away into the woods.
The next day, Helga went off into the woods to relieve herself and was attacked by five displacer beasts! She managed to hold them off at first, but there were just too many. Within the cabin, the other heroes heard the fight and came to her rescue just in time.
One more day passed and the grew came to a great oak tree with strange nuts it its branches. Each nut was shaped like an animal, ironically, one of the animals representing the totems of the heroes present. The heroes correctly linked Black Robe with the bear, Helga with the alligator, Moonlight with the owl, Cliffy with the raccoon, Daj with the squirrel, and Maedhros with the stag.