Post by David on Nov 12, 2012 18:01:03 GMT -5
The townsfolk of Dronabar gather in the night at the Scarlet Skeleton tavern to complain about the undead who have been kidnapping and killing villagers recently. Some of those assembled blamed the problem on a stranger who came to town recently asking about the old cemetery and ruins. For more than a day, quick moving zombies or clever ghouls have been raiding outlying farmsteads. For a normally-safe region, these attacks have greatly traumatized the local population...!
Answering the call after a brief sleep are Esmerelda the witch and her bipedal bird-man companion, Meep as well as the hobbit archer, Bobby. Joining them are some of their associates the half-elven farmer, Joe, a cleric of Hercules, Demeter, an elven priest, Namunhi, a Kara-Turan warrior, Kashi. In the Scarlet Skeleton, the group also picks up the elven summoner, Tamisin.
Esmerelda leads the party toward the cemetery, with Meep scouting ahead. They hear some noise, and three zombies rush out of the forest to attack them. Three more join those. Meep goes down during the battle. The zombies seem to be trying to kill the birdman, whereas they are only striking to subdue the others. After finishing off the zombies, they notice that their fingernails were cracked like they had been scraping at stone.
The party continues on and come upon a combat. A man in platemail is backed up against the arch of the cemetery fighting six zombies. There are some unconscious (or maybe dead) women and children on the ground at their feet. Namuhni runs up and turns five, but the remaining swift zombie turns on Namuhni in a rage, with Joe luckily intercepting it. Bobby shoots at the fleeing group, unturning the lot. Tamsin casts monster summoning I, and seven large squirrels appear. The man, Gilean, takes a moment to activate a psi power before continuing to attack.
As the rest of the party takes on the zombies, Esmerelda starts triaging and bandaging the victims. Bobby provides arrow fire but also manages to hit a squirrel and Kashi. Zombies take out Namuhni and Meep.
There are too many badly-wounded party members, so the heroes decide to take the victims back to the town to get some healing and goodberries from the druidess, Thyme. Rose and Dante both offer to company the heroes, but Thyme insists that the children remain with her.
The party then heads back to the cemetery and arrive shortly after dawn. They step through and are once again on the Demi-plane of Shadow. Within a minute, the portal closes behind them. It is now “daytime” here with a sun only twice as bright as their moon in a deep purple star filled with stars.
The group moves on toward the temple. They meet Rath’Soram again and bandy words. They continue through the dark forest of graves. Then suddenly, Demeter’s, Joe’s, and Tamsin’s shadows peel off the ground and attack them. Joe pulls out his wand of illumination and creates a sunburst, damaging the shadows and blinding most of the party. He does it again, but it doesn’t kill them although a third sunburst kills one. The fourth time, however, killing another and brings the last close to destruction with Esmerelda killing it. Unfortunately, many of the heroes are now damaged and weak from the undead.
They continue onto the temple, but none of their strength comes back during that time. They head back to the hole in the wall they had entered before. Namuhni enters first and sees a pale-skinned woman standing there. She fires a crossbow bolt at him and misses. He charges, as she yells out. He hits her and realizes she is a vampire.
Gilean attempts to hit her with id insinuation but hits Namuhni instead, who tries to jump back through the hole to attack Gilean. Tamsin casts monster summoning I, and five giant ants appear. The vampire stabs Namuhni in the back with her trident, stunning him. Joe gets in, breaks her arm, and stuns her. Tamsin notices that the four zombies that had been guarding the front door are responding to her yells and coming toward the party’s back. He casts monster summoning II, and a lizardman appears to try to head them off. As the zombies get closer, they notice one is actually a man in chainmail armed with short swords. Esmerelda casts sleep at the man but it doesn’t affect him. Tamsin casts monster summoning I again, and five shadow mastiff pups appear. The zombies kill the lizardman. The man pulls out a bow.
Meep lands a double crit on the vampire’s leg, and she now can’t stand or move. Tamsin casts his final monster summoning II, and four vipers made of shadow appear. Bobby and Namuhni start firing arrows at the man and hit him. He draws his swords and steps back to avoid the viper attack.
Kashi brings down the vampire, and Gilean removes her head and slices her lengthwise. Esmerelda runs up and grabs the man’s composite longbow. The man calls out for help, now that he’s gotten away.
Joe and Meep start going through the woman’s stuff. Suddenly, an explosion goes off around the man in the distance. A short person with goggles is now with the man who is throwing bombs of some sort. The man runs up to attack Bobby. Bobby yells for help, and Namuhni rushes over to assist. The man and the short creature (a kobold) start engaging Bobby. Other party members start to show up to help Bobby. The kobold whistles for help.
The dark man strikes down Namuhni as Demeter shows up. Another person shows up to join the dark man and kobold. He casts ray of enfeeblement at Demeter, draining his strength. The kobold drinks a potion and dim doors away. The mage casts mirror image on himself. Gilean charges the dark man, and Kashi goes for the mage. Meep flies in. Joe also runs up and punches the mage, getting rid of two images. The mage takes him out with magic missiles. Bobby start firing arrows at the mage, getting rid of two more images.
Esmerelda tends to Namuhni’s wounds, while Meep sets up to backstab the dark man. The mage casts another spell (shield). Kashi lands a hit on the mage, stunning him. Demeter brings up Joe with a cure light wounds. Esmerelda brings up Namuhni with a cure wounds.
The mage takes out Demeter with magic missiles. Meep changes to attack the mage and is able to get his rear (behind the shield). Bobby starts firing arrows at the dark man’s back. Esmerelda takes out the mage. Namuhni attempts to cast aid on Gilean but doesn’t touch him . . . twice in a row!! Gilean brings him down. Joe, who had activated fist of stone, makes sure he doesn’t ever get back up -- by punching THROUGH the man's face until all that's left is gray mush with white chunks in the froth!
Meep breaks the mage’s fingers and pop out one eye. They manacle him and regroup in the temple. The mage comes conscious, and they gag him. After several hours, they head back toward the arch. They meet Rath’Soram again, who demands payment. After some haggling, the price is 100gp and the mage after which the party heads off to the arch. There are three shadows. Joe sunbursts them twice, badly damaging them but not killing any. Namuhni’s turn fails. A third sunburst destroys one. The fourth sunburst destroys the rest.
The get back through the arch.
Eeps (1): 315 (before going through arch)
Eeps (2): 1405 (inside cemetery and temple)
Eeps (3): 525 (just before leaving cemetery)
The heroes divide the treasure immediately afterwards. Tamisin gets a magic dagger and (VAN, what else did Tamisin/David get?). Unfortunately, unknown to the party, the magic of the dagger was similar to that used by the drow and is destroyed by first light back on Oerth...8-(
Answering the call after a brief sleep are Esmerelda the witch and her bipedal bird-man companion, Meep as well as the hobbit archer, Bobby. Joining them are some of their associates the half-elven farmer, Joe, a cleric of Hercules, Demeter, an elven priest, Namunhi, a Kara-Turan warrior, Kashi. In the Scarlet Skeleton, the group also picks up the elven summoner, Tamisin.
Esmerelda leads the party toward the cemetery, with Meep scouting ahead. They hear some noise, and three zombies rush out of the forest to attack them. Three more join those. Meep goes down during the battle. The zombies seem to be trying to kill the birdman, whereas they are only striking to subdue the others. After finishing off the zombies, they notice that their fingernails were cracked like they had been scraping at stone.
The party continues on and come upon a combat. A man in platemail is backed up against the arch of the cemetery fighting six zombies. There are some unconscious (or maybe dead) women and children on the ground at their feet. Namuhni runs up and turns five, but the remaining swift zombie turns on Namuhni in a rage, with Joe luckily intercepting it. Bobby shoots at the fleeing group, unturning the lot. Tamsin casts monster summoning I, and seven large squirrels appear. The man, Gilean, takes a moment to activate a psi power before continuing to attack.
As the rest of the party takes on the zombies, Esmerelda starts triaging and bandaging the victims. Bobby provides arrow fire but also manages to hit a squirrel and Kashi. Zombies take out Namuhni and Meep.
There are too many badly-wounded party members, so the heroes decide to take the victims back to the town to get some healing and goodberries from the druidess, Thyme. Rose and Dante both offer to company the heroes, but Thyme insists that the children remain with her.
The party then heads back to the cemetery and arrive shortly after dawn. They step through and are once again on the Demi-plane of Shadow. Within a minute, the portal closes behind them. It is now “daytime” here with a sun only twice as bright as their moon in a deep purple star filled with stars.
The group moves on toward the temple. They meet Rath’Soram again and bandy words. They continue through the dark forest of graves. Then suddenly, Demeter’s, Joe’s, and Tamsin’s shadows peel off the ground and attack them. Joe pulls out his wand of illumination and creates a sunburst, damaging the shadows and blinding most of the party. He does it again, but it doesn’t kill them although a third sunburst kills one. The fourth time, however, killing another and brings the last close to destruction with Esmerelda killing it. Unfortunately, many of the heroes are now damaged and weak from the undead.
They continue onto the temple, but none of their strength comes back during that time. They head back to the hole in the wall they had entered before. Namuhni enters first and sees a pale-skinned woman standing there. She fires a crossbow bolt at him and misses. He charges, as she yells out. He hits her and realizes she is a vampire.
Gilean attempts to hit her with id insinuation but hits Namuhni instead, who tries to jump back through the hole to attack Gilean. Tamsin casts monster summoning I, and five giant ants appear. The vampire stabs Namuhni in the back with her trident, stunning him. Joe gets in, breaks her arm, and stuns her. Tamsin notices that the four zombies that had been guarding the front door are responding to her yells and coming toward the party’s back. He casts monster summoning II, and a lizardman appears to try to head them off. As the zombies get closer, they notice one is actually a man in chainmail armed with short swords. Esmerelda casts sleep at the man but it doesn’t affect him. Tamsin casts monster summoning I again, and five shadow mastiff pups appear. The zombies kill the lizardman. The man pulls out a bow.
Meep lands a double crit on the vampire’s leg, and she now can’t stand or move. Tamsin casts his final monster summoning II, and four vipers made of shadow appear. Bobby and Namuhni start firing arrows at the man and hit him. He draws his swords and steps back to avoid the viper attack.
Kashi brings down the vampire, and Gilean removes her head and slices her lengthwise. Esmerelda runs up and grabs the man’s composite longbow. The man calls out for help, now that he’s gotten away.
Joe and Meep start going through the woman’s stuff. Suddenly, an explosion goes off around the man in the distance. A short person with goggles is now with the man who is throwing bombs of some sort. The man runs up to attack Bobby. Bobby yells for help, and Namuhni rushes over to assist. The man and the short creature (a kobold) start engaging Bobby. Other party members start to show up to help Bobby. The kobold whistles for help.
The dark man strikes down Namuhni as Demeter shows up. Another person shows up to join the dark man and kobold. He casts ray of enfeeblement at Demeter, draining his strength. The kobold drinks a potion and dim doors away. The mage casts mirror image on himself. Gilean charges the dark man, and Kashi goes for the mage. Meep flies in. Joe also runs up and punches the mage, getting rid of two images. The mage takes him out with magic missiles. Bobby start firing arrows at the mage, getting rid of two more images.
Esmerelda tends to Namuhni’s wounds, while Meep sets up to backstab the dark man. The mage casts another spell (shield). Kashi lands a hit on the mage, stunning him. Demeter brings up Joe with a cure light wounds. Esmerelda brings up Namuhni with a cure wounds.
The mage takes out Demeter with magic missiles. Meep changes to attack the mage and is able to get his rear (behind the shield). Bobby starts firing arrows at the dark man’s back. Esmerelda takes out the mage. Namuhni attempts to cast aid on Gilean but doesn’t touch him . . . twice in a row!! Gilean brings him down. Joe, who had activated fist of stone, makes sure he doesn’t ever get back up -- by punching THROUGH the man's face until all that's left is gray mush with white chunks in the froth!
Meep breaks the mage’s fingers and pop out one eye. They manacle him and regroup in the temple. The mage comes conscious, and they gag him. After several hours, they head back toward the arch. They meet Rath’Soram again, who demands payment. After some haggling, the price is 100gp and the mage after which the party heads off to the arch. There are three shadows. Joe sunbursts them twice, badly damaging them but not killing any. Namuhni’s turn fails. A third sunburst destroys one. The fourth sunburst destroys the rest.
The get back through the arch.
Eeps (1): 315 (before going through arch)
Eeps (2): 1405 (inside cemetery and temple)
Eeps (3): 525 (just before leaving cemetery)
The heroes divide the treasure immediately afterwards. Tamisin gets a magic dagger and (VAN, what else did Tamisin/David get?). Unfortunately, unknown to the party, the magic of the dagger was similar to that used by the drow and is destroyed by first light back on Oerth...8-(
