Post by David on Mar 23, 2012 0:15:22 GMT -5
The heroes (Maedhros, Daj, Helga, Saanau, Cliffy, Moonlight, Black Robe, Jamal, and Willish) continue along across the steppes for two days. Daj notices the following animal tracks: deer, tiger, wolf, tarq, fox, giant “cow” (Black Robe identifies them as bison). Saanau has been flying around and sees huge herds of misshapen cows (bison). Black Robe and Saanau fly off to slaughter one for food.
That night, as he is on watch outside the secure shelter, Jamal hears wolves howling nearby. He starts waking up the party. Moonlight understands that the wolves are going to attack. He communicates back a warning to ward them off. He goes off to give them some bison meat, and Daj insists on accompanying him for defense. One of the wolves attacks Daj, which breaks her stoneskin. She and Moonlight command the grass to entangle him, but he evades it. Daj kills it with a lightning bolt. That convinces the wolves to leave them alone.
They continue on two more days. The flying party members see a whole bunch of hawks flying toward them from the northeast, over a dozen, which is unusual. They circle them when they reach them. Eleven bloodhawks charge down. Black Robe casts hold animal, Saanau fireballs, Maedhros casts lightning bolt, Daj casts improved magic missile. That kills ten of them, and the rest flee.
They continue on for three more days. They see a large group of animals that look at first like ugly deer. As they get closer, they see they are tarqs. Helga tries out flame strike on one of them, but it does almost nothing. So Saanau kills it with an improved magic missile volley. The rest flee. They now have tarq for food.
They continue another four days. Black Robe is off looking for berries the next morning and gets surprised by a lion. It breaks two of his legs, and he collapses. Daj and Moonlight note the sound of combat and come running to help. Moonlight entangles the lion while Black Robe rolls aside. Moonlight casts speak with animals. He offers food if it doesn’t attack. Daj wants to keep him. Black Robe casts heal on himself. As they get ready to leave, the lion wants to join them. But they have to leave it behind. It follows them anyway. Moonlight charms it and convinces it to stay behind. Daj is bummed.
They continue three more days. They approach hills. Ankhegs burrow out of the ground and attack some of the party. Maedhros and Jamal get caught in their jaws. Black Robe holds two of them. Daj casts improved magic missileat another one. Another rises and also attacks Maedhros. They kill the ankhegs and move on. They spend a day repairing Maedhros’ leather armor that was damaged by the ankheg acid.
The next day, they see 2-foot long ants eating the ankhegs. They decide to leave them alone and continue on through the hills for four days. They come to a series of caves. They hear a voice calling from one of the caves. They head towards it. As they enter the cave, it goes dark and they lose sight of and can't hear each other.
Moonlight sees a “loyal protector” up ahead. He guesses it’s Helga.
Saanau sees a “handsome protector.” She guesses it’s Willish.
Maedhros sees an “unsophisticated tomboy.” He guesses it’s Daj. Correct!
Helga spies a “studious pilferer.” She guesses it’s Cliffy. Correct!
Black Robe sees a “scarred survivor.” He thinks it’s Maedhros.
Daj finds a “protective feminist.” She thinks it’s Helga. Correct!
Jamal finds a “spiritual naturalist.” He thinks it’s Black Robe. Correct!
Cliffy finds a “mischievous prankster.” He guesses it’s Willish. Correct!
Willish sees an “overconfident experience-seeker.” He thinks it’s Saanau. Correct!
The following were correctly identified and can choose an attribute to be absorbed into their form and get 1000 eeps:
Daj
Clffy
Helga
Black Robe
Willish
Saanau
The following correctly identified someone and can get a missing possession and 1000 eeps:
Maedhros
Helga
Daj
Jamal
Cliffy
Willish
The following possessions are returned:
Maedhros -- Luckblade +1
Cliffy -- Bracers AC 5
Helga -- Scrolls
Willish -- Bronze dagger +1 --
Jamal -- Magic dagger +2
Daj -- Scimitar +2 +3 vs. ?
The following abilities are reclaimed:
Daj -- dryad senses
Saanau -- Elven resistances
Cliffy -- Dexterity
Helga -- Dwarvish fortitude
Abilities lost:
Helga -- weather powers
Willish -- Eagle vision
Maedhros -- +1 to hit with bow/sword
Moonlight -- Hoof attacks
Eeps: 626 (plus other applicable bonuses)
They travel four more days. It’s getting noticeably warmer. That night, two large cave bears enter the camp. Moonlight talks to them and feeds them. One kisses Black Robe on the forehead while he sleeps. He receives a dream from some shamans (including his wife) who have been trying to contact him. He decides to cast a dream message to Black Eagle and Kalavor. He knows the spell failed but did get sent to Kalavor. He knows that a bear spirit carried it to him.
The next day, the fliers sees four giant wasps (with many more farther behind them) heading toward them. A series of fireballs kills all of them. Moonlight and Maedhros had cast repel insects spells, which weren’t needed.
Three days later, they come to a river heading south (the direction they’ve been heading). They use Black Robe’s water gate spell and end up in a marsh. They saved about a week of traveling. Black Robe drops everyone, and . . .
Black Robe sees white and reaches for Willish.
Helga sees green and reaches for Daj.
Daj sees forest green and azure and reaches for Saanau.
Saanau sees rainbow colors and reaches for Daj. Correct.
Cliffy sees purple and green and reaches for Jamal.
Jamal sees blue and reaches for Saanau.
Maedhros sees green and copper and reaches for Jamal.
Moonlight sees sliver and blue and reaches for Helga.
Willish sees light brown and reaches for Moonlight. Correct.
The following were correctly identified and can choose an attribute to be absorbed into their form and get 1000 eeps:
Daj
Moonlight
The following correctly identified someone and can get a missing possession and 1000 eeps:
Saanau
Wilish
The following possessions are returned:
Saanau -- Flying sandals
Willish -- Dagger +1
Moonlight -- Red ruby of titan
Maedhros -- iridescent blue rhomboid
Cliffy -- Staff
Daj -- gauntlets of swimming and climbing
Willish -- spear
Black Robe -- staff --
The following abilities are reclaimed:
Moonlight -- Back to being a human but retains centaur base AC
Daj -- full dryad abilities (and back to being a half-dryad)
Abilities lost:
Helga -- levitation
They continue on through the marsh. They encounter 13 six-foot long frogs. Saanau fireballs three, Black Robe holds two, Maedhros frostballs two, Cliffy IMMs two, Daj IMMs two. Helga and Jamal attack the remaining frogs. Nine more frogs hop in to join. Daj casts lightning bolt at Helga, who carries it to attack and kill three frogs. It also hits poor Willish! Silly (lame?) dwarf! More IMMs and lightning bolts clear them, causing the frogs to flee.
They continue moving through the marsh two more days. They encounter giant water spiders. They finish them off quickly and Helga, Black Robe, Willish, Daj, and Moonlight head to their underwater lair. They find:
Daj -- amulet of fire resistance
Willish -- bracers of AC 8
Black Robe -- Grey misty boots
Within a few minutes, Cliffy notices three giant leeches on him. He magic missiles them, but it doesn’t kill them. The others start checking themselves and find leeches on them. They clear them off and move on, but Moonlight in particular lost a lot of blood.
Two days later, they are approaching the ocean. Daj notices something is wrong. She smells something “sinister.” They all climb onto land. Suddenly, one of the trees drops nooses on them. Only Daj is immune to the hallucinogenic pollen, so she sees what’s happening. She pushes Cliffy to safety. It slips a noose around her head instead nd picks the half-drad up off the ground. Jamal also gets noosed. Jamal and Daj free themselves. Spells have little effect (magic resistance). It grabs Cliffy and Moonlight. After some Melf’s magic arrows from Saanau and Maedhros, Daj uses her ring of plant control (which she finally remembers she has) to force it into the ocean to drown.
As they are setting up camp on the beach, they are attacked by giant crabs. Saanau casts a fireball, and the party has a crab feast on the beach and watches the sunset. In the clouds off the coast, they see shapes.
Helga sees a “reliant out-there wizard.” She says it looks like Saanau. Correct.
Cliffy sees a “kind, wealthy merchant.” He thinks it looks like Maedhros.
Black Robe sees an “open-minded, eclectic friend.” He say that looks like Moonlight.
Jamal sees a “soaring, self-reliant survivor.” He thinks it’s Willish. Correct.
Saanau sees a “serious, brooding elf.” She thinks it looks like Maedhros. Correct.
Moonlight sees a “brave, loyal friend.” He says it looks like Helga.
Maedhros sees a “slightly phobic spellcaster.” He thinks that looks like Daj.
Willish sees a “serious confident saver.” He thinks it’s Black Robe.
Daj sees a “dutiful devout defender.” She says it is Helga. Correct.
The following were correctly identified and can choose an attribute to be absorbed into their form and get 1000 eeps:
Saanau
Willish
Maedhros
Helga
The following correctly identified someone and can get a missing possession and 1000 eeps:
Helga
Jamal
Saanau
Daj
The following possessions are returned:
Helga -- urn of holding
Jamal -- armor
Saanau -- bracers of AC 5
Daj -- spell books
The following abilities are reclaimed:
Saanau -- elven senses
Willish -- innate sense of flying
Maedhros -- elven longevity (and look more like an elf)
Helga -- dwarven resistances
Abilities lost:
Helga -- water-based storm giant abilities
Eeps: 1298 (plus any bonuses)
They water gate across the ocean to the edge of a mangrove swamp. Daj and Willish are in their element. They move through the swamp at a fairly quick pace. Within the day, they see seven logs in the water start moving toward them (they’re giant crocodiles). Helga, in her totem shape of a crocodile, attempts to talk to them, but they ignore her and attack. Cliffy fireballs, but it doesn’t do much to them, since they’re mostly underwater. Saanau casts thunderbolt at another one, killing it. Daj faerie fires two of them. During the fight, Wilish (in bird form) gets caught in a croc’s mouth. He kills it from inside but starts sinking with it. He turns into a sea snake to escape. They heal up on shore.
Three days of travel later, as Daj is off in the woods relieving herself, she spots a giant snake. It manages to loop around her. She dimension doors away and then lightning bolts it to death.
Two days later, while Moonlight is out communing with nature in the morning, he gets attacked by a jaguar. He calls for help as he attacks back. Cliffy, Daj, and Willish hear and rush out. When they get within sight, he is down, stunned, and fountaining blood. Cliffy and Daj IMM the jaguar, killing it immediately.
The next day in the evening, they see colored lights in the mist:
Saanau sees a green light and thinks it’s Willish.
Black Robe sees a silver and blue light and thinks it’s Saanau.
Helga sees a green and copper light and thinks it’s Maedhros.
Moonlight sees a blue light and thinks it’s Cliffy. Correct.
Cliffy sees a rainbow colored light and thinks it’s Daj. Correct.
Jamal sees a white light and thinks it’s Moonlight. Correct.
Maedhros sees a purple and green light and thinks it’s Cliffy.
Willish sees a light brown light and thinks it’s Moonlight.
Daj sees forest green and azure and thinks it’s Maedhros. Correct.
The following were correctly identified and can choose an attribute to be absorbed into their form and get 1000 eeps:
Cliffy
Daj
Moonlight
Maedhros --
The following correctly identified someone and can get a missing possession and 1000 eeps:
Moonlight
Cliffy
Jamal
Daj
The following possessions are returned:
Moonlight --
Cliffy --
Jamal --
Daj -- cloak of elvenkind
The following abilities are reclaimed:
Cliffy -- half-elven thief bonuses (where better than elven)
Daj -- gnomish ability to talk with small animals
Moonlight --
Maedhros -- more of an elven nature
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That night, as he is on watch outside the secure shelter, Jamal hears wolves howling nearby. He starts waking up the party. Moonlight understands that the wolves are going to attack. He communicates back a warning to ward them off. He goes off to give them some bison meat, and Daj insists on accompanying him for defense. One of the wolves attacks Daj, which breaks her stoneskin. She and Moonlight command the grass to entangle him, but he evades it. Daj kills it with a lightning bolt. That convinces the wolves to leave them alone.
They continue on two more days. The flying party members see a whole bunch of hawks flying toward them from the northeast, over a dozen, which is unusual. They circle them when they reach them. Eleven bloodhawks charge down. Black Robe casts hold animal, Saanau fireballs, Maedhros casts lightning bolt, Daj casts improved magic missile. That kills ten of them, and the rest flee.
They continue on for three more days. They see a large group of animals that look at first like ugly deer. As they get closer, they see they are tarqs. Helga tries out flame strike on one of them, but it does almost nothing. So Saanau kills it with an improved magic missile volley. The rest flee. They now have tarq for food.
They continue another four days. Black Robe is off looking for berries the next morning and gets surprised by a lion. It breaks two of his legs, and he collapses. Daj and Moonlight note the sound of combat and come running to help. Moonlight entangles the lion while Black Robe rolls aside. Moonlight casts speak with animals. He offers food if it doesn’t attack. Daj wants to keep him. Black Robe casts heal on himself. As they get ready to leave, the lion wants to join them. But they have to leave it behind. It follows them anyway. Moonlight charms it and convinces it to stay behind. Daj is bummed.
They continue three more days. They approach hills. Ankhegs burrow out of the ground and attack some of the party. Maedhros and Jamal get caught in their jaws. Black Robe holds two of them. Daj casts improved magic missileat another one. Another rises and also attacks Maedhros. They kill the ankhegs and move on. They spend a day repairing Maedhros’ leather armor that was damaged by the ankheg acid.
The next day, they see 2-foot long ants eating the ankhegs. They decide to leave them alone and continue on through the hills for four days. They come to a series of caves. They hear a voice calling from one of the caves. They head towards it. As they enter the cave, it goes dark and they lose sight of and can't hear each other.
Moonlight sees a “loyal protector” up ahead. He guesses it’s Helga.
Saanau sees a “handsome protector.” She guesses it’s Willish.
Maedhros sees an “unsophisticated tomboy.” He guesses it’s Daj. Correct!
Helga spies a “studious pilferer.” She guesses it’s Cliffy. Correct!
Black Robe sees a “scarred survivor.” He thinks it’s Maedhros.
Daj finds a “protective feminist.” She thinks it’s Helga. Correct!
Jamal finds a “spiritual naturalist.” He thinks it’s Black Robe. Correct!
Cliffy finds a “mischievous prankster.” He guesses it’s Willish. Correct!
Willish sees an “overconfident experience-seeker.” He thinks it’s Saanau. Correct!
The following were correctly identified and can choose an attribute to be absorbed into their form and get 1000 eeps:
Daj
Clffy
Helga
Black Robe
Willish
Saanau
The following correctly identified someone and can get a missing possession and 1000 eeps:
Maedhros
Helga
Daj
Jamal
Cliffy
Willish
The following possessions are returned:
Maedhros -- Luckblade +1
Cliffy -- Bracers AC 5
Helga -- Scrolls
Willish -- Bronze dagger +1 --
Jamal -- Magic dagger +2
Daj -- Scimitar +2 +3 vs. ?
The following abilities are reclaimed:
Daj -- dryad senses
Saanau -- Elven resistances
Cliffy -- Dexterity
Helga -- Dwarvish fortitude
Abilities lost:
Helga -- weather powers
Willish -- Eagle vision
Maedhros -- +1 to hit with bow/sword
Moonlight -- Hoof attacks
Eeps: 626 (plus other applicable bonuses)
They travel four more days. It’s getting noticeably warmer. That night, two large cave bears enter the camp. Moonlight talks to them and feeds them. One kisses Black Robe on the forehead while he sleeps. He receives a dream from some shamans (including his wife) who have been trying to contact him. He decides to cast a dream message to Black Eagle and Kalavor. He knows the spell failed but did get sent to Kalavor. He knows that a bear spirit carried it to him.
The next day, the fliers sees four giant wasps (with many more farther behind them) heading toward them. A series of fireballs kills all of them. Moonlight and Maedhros had cast repel insects spells, which weren’t needed.
Three days later, they come to a river heading south (the direction they’ve been heading). They use Black Robe’s water gate spell and end up in a marsh. They saved about a week of traveling. Black Robe drops everyone, and . . .
Black Robe sees white and reaches for Willish.
Helga sees green and reaches for Daj.
Daj sees forest green and azure and reaches for Saanau.
Saanau sees rainbow colors and reaches for Daj. Correct.
Cliffy sees purple and green and reaches for Jamal.
Jamal sees blue and reaches for Saanau.
Maedhros sees green and copper and reaches for Jamal.
Moonlight sees sliver and blue and reaches for Helga.
Willish sees light brown and reaches for Moonlight. Correct.
The following were correctly identified and can choose an attribute to be absorbed into their form and get 1000 eeps:
Daj
Moonlight
The following correctly identified someone and can get a missing possession and 1000 eeps:
Saanau
Wilish
The following possessions are returned:
Saanau -- Flying sandals
Willish -- Dagger +1
Moonlight -- Red ruby of titan
Maedhros -- iridescent blue rhomboid
Cliffy -- Staff
Daj -- gauntlets of swimming and climbing
Willish -- spear
Black Robe -- staff --
The following abilities are reclaimed:
Moonlight -- Back to being a human but retains centaur base AC
Daj -- full dryad abilities (and back to being a half-dryad)
Abilities lost:
Helga -- levitation
They continue on through the marsh. They encounter 13 six-foot long frogs. Saanau fireballs three, Black Robe holds two, Maedhros frostballs two, Cliffy IMMs two, Daj IMMs two. Helga and Jamal attack the remaining frogs. Nine more frogs hop in to join. Daj casts lightning bolt at Helga, who carries it to attack and kill three frogs. It also hits poor Willish! Silly (lame?) dwarf! More IMMs and lightning bolts clear them, causing the frogs to flee.
They continue moving through the marsh two more days. They encounter giant water spiders. They finish them off quickly and Helga, Black Robe, Willish, Daj, and Moonlight head to their underwater lair. They find:
Daj -- amulet of fire resistance
Willish -- bracers of AC 8
Black Robe -- Grey misty boots
Within a few minutes, Cliffy notices three giant leeches on him. He magic missiles them, but it doesn’t kill them. The others start checking themselves and find leeches on them. They clear them off and move on, but Moonlight in particular lost a lot of blood.
Two days later, they are approaching the ocean. Daj notices something is wrong. She smells something “sinister.” They all climb onto land. Suddenly, one of the trees drops nooses on them. Only Daj is immune to the hallucinogenic pollen, so she sees what’s happening. She pushes Cliffy to safety. It slips a noose around her head instead nd picks the half-drad up off the ground. Jamal also gets noosed. Jamal and Daj free themselves. Spells have little effect (magic resistance). It grabs Cliffy and Moonlight. After some Melf’s magic arrows from Saanau and Maedhros, Daj uses her ring of plant control (which she finally remembers she has) to force it into the ocean to drown.
As they are setting up camp on the beach, they are attacked by giant crabs. Saanau casts a fireball, and the party has a crab feast on the beach and watches the sunset. In the clouds off the coast, they see shapes.
Helga sees a “reliant out-there wizard.” She says it looks like Saanau. Correct.
Cliffy sees a “kind, wealthy merchant.” He thinks it looks like Maedhros.
Black Robe sees an “open-minded, eclectic friend.” He say that looks like Moonlight.
Jamal sees a “soaring, self-reliant survivor.” He thinks it’s Willish. Correct.
Saanau sees a “serious, brooding elf.” She thinks it looks like Maedhros. Correct.
Moonlight sees a “brave, loyal friend.” He says it looks like Helga.
Maedhros sees a “slightly phobic spellcaster.” He thinks that looks like Daj.
Willish sees a “serious confident saver.” He thinks it’s Black Robe.
Daj sees a “dutiful devout defender.” She says it is Helga. Correct.
The following were correctly identified and can choose an attribute to be absorbed into their form and get 1000 eeps:
Saanau
Willish
Maedhros
Helga
The following correctly identified someone and can get a missing possession and 1000 eeps:
Helga
Jamal
Saanau
Daj
The following possessions are returned:
Helga -- urn of holding
Jamal -- armor
Saanau -- bracers of AC 5
Daj -- spell books
The following abilities are reclaimed:
Saanau -- elven senses
Willish -- innate sense of flying
Maedhros -- elven longevity (and look more like an elf)
Helga -- dwarven resistances
Abilities lost:
Helga -- water-based storm giant abilities
Eeps: 1298 (plus any bonuses)
They water gate across the ocean to the edge of a mangrove swamp. Daj and Willish are in their element. They move through the swamp at a fairly quick pace. Within the day, they see seven logs in the water start moving toward them (they’re giant crocodiles). Helga, in her totem shape of a crocodile, attempts to talk to them, but they ignore her and attack. Cliffy fireballs, but it doesn’t do much to them, since they’re mostly underwater. Saanau casts thunderbolt at another one, killing it. Daj faerie fires two of them. During the fight, Wilish (in bird form) gets caught in a croc’s mouth. He kills it from inside but starts sinking with it. He turns into a sea snake to escape. They heal up on shore.
Three days of travel later, as Daj is off in the woods relieving herself, she spots a giant snake. It manages to loop around her. She dimension doors away and then lightning bolts it to death.
Two days later, while Moonlight is out communing with nature in the morning, he gets attacked by a jaguar. He calls for help as he attacks back. Cliffy, Daj, and Willish hear and rush out. When they get within sight, he is down, stunned, and fountaining blood. Cliffy and Daj IMM the jaguar, killing it immediately.
The next day in the evening, they see colored lights in the mist:
Saanau sees a green light and thinks it’s Willish.
Black Robe sees a silver and blue light and thinks it’s Saanau.
Helga sees a green and copper light and thinks it’s Maedhros.
Moonlight sees a blue light and thinks it’s Cliffy. Correct.
Cliffy sees a rainbow colored light and thinks it’s Daj. Correct.
Jamal sees a white light and thinks it’s Moonlight. Correct.
Maedhros sees a purple and green light and thinks it’s Cliffy.
Willish sees a light brown light and thinks it’s Moonlight.
Daj sees forest green and azure and thinks it’s Maedhros. Correct.
The following were correctly identified and can choose an attribute to be absorbed into their form and get 1000 eeps:
Cliffy
Daj
Moonlight
Maedhros --
The following correctly identified someone and can get a missing possession and 1000 eeps:
Moonlight
Cliffy
Jamal
Daj
The following possessions are returned:
Moonlight --
Cliffy --
Jamal --
Daj -- cloak of elvenkind
The following abilities are reclaimed:
Cliffy -- half-elven thief bonuses (where better than elven)
Daj -- gnomish ability to talk with small animals
Moonlight --
Maedhros -- more of an elven nature
If you have , then I NEED you to answer that before the next game...!