Post by David on Jul 31, 2012 19:11:31 GMT -5
The heroes (Demeter, Esmerelda, "Meep", Urthur, Hagar, and Don Giovanni) meet back up with Galen at Alcastra's keep as well as are joined by an elven druid named Rumess. The group heads West to find the dead wizard, Charrellsfane's tower.
The heroes cross to the coast near Wild Wood and Oakmont in roughly nine days, encountering a few minor foes such as orcs. En route, they meet up with a band of five fellow travelers, lead by an elf. Days later, the heroes find the town of Kelling's Leap, near the site where the tower is said to be detectable by the light of the new moon. The heroes meet up with a fighter by the name of Kaystar who joins them as they wait the nine days until the first new moon of both Luna and Celene.
The fifth day, five ankhegs burst from the ground and slaughter the heroes oxen. In the resulting fight, Don Giovanni is slain, Rumess becomes a weretiger and scratches Meep. The heroes almost kick out the elven druid, including Urthur and Hagar, who have a hard time understanding him. Meep flies to Oakmont to seek a cure disease, en route "purchasing" two more oxen from a nearby farm (he just left the cost plus an extra 5gp each on the porch in neat piles and took the animals). This leads to Joe, an athletic half-elf, joining the group the next day after he came looking for more coin to pay for his family's "prize heifer".
Shortly after sunset of the 16th, Rumess and Joe make out the shadow of something on one of the promontory. The heroes investigate, Meep noting that the group is being followed...by those same five travelers... Rumess and Joe find a strange, invisible tower which is solid to them but intangible to the rest of the party. Joe enters and by leading Hagar by the hand, the Norsk berserker can also enter. The half-elf and elf lead the party into the strange, translucent structure and close the door outside.
From within, the group sees signs of a fierce battle. Those of elven descent can also dimly make out starlight lighting the view outside the structure as well. The first floor has a stable to the right, a door to the left, and main entrance ahead. The doors seem all forced. The group enters and travels up a flight of stairs. They pause as the second floor before continuing up to the third. There, the group enters the interior of this tower, finding several rooms with odd items. One chamber seems like a bestiary, complete with animals in sepia snake stasis...except for five stirge! Finally, they find another staircase, this one, however, has a strange old man in it. The man attacks and his touch drains the vitality and magical power from those it hits.
Joe, Hagar, Urthur, Galen, and Meep fight the "old man". When struck, for a moment his form wavers, revealing a strange, barely-humanoid creature with tentacles in his place. The creature feeds on Joe, Hagar, Galen, and Urthur before finally dying in an explosion of magical energy.
Meep fails to deflect the flow, which causes everyone in the fight to find themselves completely naked, save for their magical items. Hagar loses his ability to speak and is sucked into a gate...
Status:
Galen: 6 of 13, 33 of 43 PSPs, -2 STR/CON
Demeter: 18 (full), cast CLW x2
Esmerelda: 4 (full), cast CW
Meep: 10 (full)
Joe: 3 of 9, cast fist of stone
Hagar: 1 of 10, -5 STR/CON
Urthur: 7 of 27, -4 STR/CON
Rumess: 10 (full)
Kaystar: full
The heroes cross to the coast near Wild Wood and Oakmont in roughly nine days, encountering a few minor foes such as orcs. En route, they meet up with a band of five fellow travelers, lead by an elf. Days later, the heroes find the town of Kelling's Leap, near the site where the tower is said to be detectable by the light of the new moon. The heroes meet up with a fighter by the name of Kaystar who joins them as they wait the nine days until the first new moon of both Luna and Celene.
The fifth day, five ankhegs burst from the ground and slaughter the heroes oxen. In the resulting fight, Don Giovanni is slain, Rumess becomes a weretiger and scratches Meep. The heroes almost kick out the elven druid, including Urthur and Hagar, who have a hard time understanding him. Meep flies to Oakmont to seek a cure disease, en route "purchasing" two more oxen from a nearby farm (he just left the cost plus an extra 5gp each on the porch in neat piles and took the animals). This leads to Joe, an athletic half-elf, joining the group the next day after he came looking for more coin to pay for his family's "prize heifer".
Shortly after sunset of the 16th, Rumess and Joe make out the shadow of something on one of the promontory. The heroes investigate, Meep noting that the group is being followed...by those same five travelers... Rumess and Joe find a strange, invisible tower which is solid to them but intangible to the rest of the party. Joe enters and by leading Hagar by the hand, the Norsk berserker can also enter. The half-elf and elf lead the party into the strange, translucent structure and close the door outside.
From within, the group sees signs of a fierce battle. Those of elven descent can also dimly make out starlight lighting the view outside the structure as well. The first floor has a stable to the right, a door to the left, and main entrance ahead. The doors seem all forced. The group enters and travels up a flight of stairs. They pause as the second floor before continuing up to the third. There, the group enters the interior of this tower, finding several rooms with odd items. One chamber seems like a bestiary, complete with animals in sepia snake stasis...except for five stirge! Finally, they find another staircase, this one, however, has a strange old man in it. The man attacks and his touch drains the vitality and magical power from those it hits.
Joe, Hagar, Urthur, Galen, and Meep fight the "old man". When struck, for a moment his form wavers, revealing a strange, barely-humanoid creature with tentacles in his place. The creature feeds on Joe, Hagar, Galen, and Urthur before finally dying in an explosion of magical energy.
Meep fails to deflect the flow, which causes everyone in the fight to find themselves completely naked, save for their magical items. Hagar loses his ability to speak and is sucked into a gate...
Status:
Galen: 6 of 13, 33 of 43 PSPs, -2 STR/CON
Demeter: 18 (full), cast CLW x2
Esmerelda: 4 (full), cast CW
Meep: 10 (full)
Joe: 3 of 9, cast fist of stone
Hagar: 1 of 10, -5 STR/CON
Urthur: 7 of 27, -4 STR/CON
Rumess: 10 (full)
Kaystar: full