Post by David on Nov 16, 2012 13:43:54 GMT -5
That morning, after returning from the Plane of Shadows for a second time, the party (Namuhni, Esmerelda, Meep, Demeter, Joe, and Cyric) are resting at the Scarlet Skeleton in Dronabar while Anasta has returned with her friend. A stocky, unarmored, well-dressed fighter type with reddish hair and beard shows up and thanks the heroes for having saved Dante and his family. Most of the heroes recognize the Wizard of Tanorim, Brand, the Planesman. He offers to transport the party back to Greyhawk after he returns Lily and Rose to their mother in Portown. Joe and Esmerelda agree, the former to get supplies and the later to get her broken arm healed.
On the 4th, Brand teleports the group to Portown where they enter the High Temple of Wee Jas. The High Priestess, Sage, a beautiful pale-skinned red-head with pale skin, clad in a white gown healed the witch's arm as "the least she could do" for looking after Sage's daughter, Rose.
That's when Rose hands the half-orc priest’s mask to Sage, setting of a curse that calls all who pillaged from the temple to "the Domain of Orcus." It is attenuated, however, by the fact that the party is all scattered across Oerth and that the Orb of Law is nearby when the effect goes off. So instead of being sent straight to the Abyss, the heroes begin to sink through the ground wherever they are, including hundreds of miles away! Meep grabs onto Demeter, bringing him with and Cyric gets himself pulled along, as he tries to keep Namuhni from sinking.
The really nasty part of the curse is that only things that can die or are magical can be thus transported. So they all arrive at their destination in various states of undress and largely without armor or weapons.
Joe and Rose appear in a darkened zombie full of zombies. In the distance, he also sees a number of demonic looking creatures. Joe uses his wand of illumination to cast a sunburst and clears out nine zombies. Rose runs off and attacks another zombie not in the blast radius. Meantime, a ghoul, four two-feet tall demonic kobold-looking things armed with knives, and two demonic rats move over to the two. Rose finishes off her zombie. They then get swarmed. Rose is starting to get beat up badly, and Joe gets paralyzed by the ghoul.
At this point, the rest of the party appears way down at the other end of the series of rooms. Esmerelda is able to see Rose in a globe of continual light at the other end and moves up to casts sleep at the monsters, catching them all. Anasta mind thrusts a nearby demonic rat. Esmerelda notices that Joe is paralyzed.
Meep, Namuhni, Demeter, and Cyric have appeared in near total darkness but see a glow from behind them and head toward it. Then they get attacked by the zombies, a ghoul, skeletons, and a rat demon. Meep, who has infravision, notices and turns to face them. Namuhni gets stunned by the ghoul.
Cyric continues moving toward the light. He then gets paralyzed by the ghoul and killed by the small demon. Meep goes down under the onslaught. Namuhni turns three skeletons. Esmerelda cast sleep on the small demon and it falls.
Rose, now free, grabs a continual light stone and brings it over to the rest of the room. Now everyone has light. Anasta, with body weaponry active, moves to form a fighting line with Demeter. Rose grabs Joe’s wand. Namuhni turns the last skeleton, leaving still a number of undead. Namuhni casts aid on Demeter as Rose uses the wand on the undead, killing the remaining zombies. They kill the remaining ghoul. Meep kills off the sleeping monsters.
They realize now that they are in a crypt. They heal up and destroy the remaining undead. Namuhni casts find traps and they go through the items in the room. They find:
As they are making the rounds, three skeletons and a small demon enter through the open hallway. Namuhni turns the skeletons, and everyone gangs up on the rat and kill it. They then finish off the skeletons. They continue their search. Now better equipped, they continue.
They open a door to an empty room. They then decide to go through the doorway the skeletons came through. They encounter two small demons and four skeletons. Namuhni turns the undead, and they destroy everything quickly. They then find a small library with four skeletons and two tougher-looking skeletons. Namuhni fails to turn them, so they have to fight. It takes a bit, but they clear them out.
During the combat, Anasta had been trying to make telepathic contact with various party members. When she got to Esmerelda, she was met with a psionic defense (she’s a latent psionic, which have just been activated). She collapses for a moment.
They explore the books in the library and find a spell book. While Joe prepares to cast read magic on it to read it, the rest of the party find books written in Suloise that they can’t read. They grab a couple of them to take along.
They find a small glowing gem, which Cyric takes. It discharges energy at him, which damages him and knocks him unconscious. They bring him back up. Joe then picks it up but is able to put it back down before it harms him. Meep tries next and absorbs some of the energy without being harmed (fire resistance). Esmerelda suddenly feels more experienced. Demeter tries and his strength increases slightly, he loses one level, and becomes a sorcerer. However, something strange happens. The effect gets channeled through him to everyone else who hadn’t tried yet. Nothing really happens to anyone except Anasta and Rose, who take damage. The gem now stops glowing.
They break down a door that opens into a room with a large coffin sealed with wax. Guarding the coffin are a four skeletons and two tougher ones. Namuhni turns the lesser skeletons as the tougher ones come through the door. Demeter tries out his sorcerer power, and a personal fireball consumes the skeleton.
After looting the room, they lure the turned skeletons out with another fireball from Demeter and face them outside the room and destroy them.
They explore a different hallway and encounter four zombies, nine skeletons. Namuhni turns five skeletons, and the party starts fighting the undead. As Namuhni turns the rest, seven skeletons come out following four small demons. With a combination of turning and a fighting line, they destroy all the undead and the demons. Unfortunately, Anasta goes down during the combat.
After finishing looting, they hole up in the library. After a couple hours, Sage finds them and comes to get them. They were in a temple of Orcus in the Cairn Hills.
Eeps: 1876 each
On the 4th, Brand teleports the group to Portown where they enter the High Temple of Wee Jas. The High Priestess, Sage, a beautiful pale-skinned red-head with pale skin, clad in a white gown healed the witch's arm as "the least she could do" for looking after Sage's daughter, Rose.
That's when Rose hands the half-orc priest’s mask to Sage, setting of a curse that calls all who pillaged from the temple to "the Domain of Orcus." It is attenuated, however, by the fact that the party is all scattered across Oerth and that the Orb of Law is nearby when the effect goes off. So instead of being sent straight to the Abyss, the heroes begin to sink through the ground wherever they are, including hundreds of miles away! Meep grabs onto Demeter, bringing him with and Cyric gets himself pulled along, as he tries to keep Namuhni from sinking.
The really nasty part of the curse is that only things that can die or are magical can be thus transported. So they all arrive at their destination in various states of undress and largely without armor or weapons.
Joe and Rose appear in a darkened zombie full of zombies. In the distance, he also sees a number of demonic looking creatures. Joe uses his wand of illumination to cast a sunburst and clears out nine zombies. Rose runs off and attacks another zombie not in the blast radius. Meantime, a ghoul, four two-feet tall demonic kobold-looking things armed with knives, and two demonic rats move over to the two. Rose finishes off her zombie. They then get swarmed. Rose is starting to get beat up badly, and Joe gets paralyzed by the ghoul.
At this point, the rest of the party appears way down at the other end of the series of rooms. Esmerelda is able to see Rose in a globe of continual light at the other end and moves up to casts sleep at the monsters, catching them all. Anasta mind thrusts a nearby demonic rat. Esmerelda notices that Joe is paralyzed.
Meep, Namuhni, Demeter, and Cyric have appeared in near total darkness but see a glow from behind them and head toward it. Then they get attacked by the zombies, a ghoul, skeletons, and a rat demon. Meep, who has infravision, notices and turns to face them. Namuhni gets stunned by the ghoul.
Cyric continues moving toward the light. He then gets paralyzed by the ghoul and killed by the small demon. Meep goes down under the onslaught. Namuhni turns three skeletons. Esmerelda cast sleep on the small demon and it falls.
Rose, now free, grabs a continual light stone and brings it over to the rest of the room. Now everyone has light. Anasta, with body weaponry active, moves to form a fighting line with Demeter. Rose grabs Joe’s wand. Namuhni turns the last skeleton, leaving still a number of undead. Namuhni casts aid on Demeter as Rose uses the wand on the undead, killing the remaining zombies. They kill the remaining ghoul. Meep kills off the sleeping monsters.
They realize now that they are in a crypt. They heal up and destroy the remaining undead. Namuhni casts find traps and they go through the items in the room. They find:
As they are making the rounds, three skeletons and a small demon enter through the open hallway. Namuhni turns the skeletons, and everyone gangs up on the rat and kill it. They then finish off the skeletons. They continue their search. Now better equipped, they continue.
They open a door to an empty room. They then decide to go through the doorway the skeletons came through. They encounter two small demons and four skeletons. Namuhni turns the undead, and they destroy everything quickly. They then find a small library with four skeletons and two tougher-looking skeletons. Namuhni fails to turn them, so they have to fight. It takes a bit, but they clear them out.
During the combat, Anasta had been trying to make telepathic contact with various party members. When she got to Esmerelda, she was met with a psionic defense (she’s a latent psionic, which have just been activated). She collapses for a moment.
They explore the books in the library and find a spell book. While Joe prepares to cast read magic on it to read it, the rest of the party find books written in Suloise that they can’t read. They grab a couple of them to take along.
They find a small glowing gem, which Cyric takes. It discharges energy at him, which damages him and knocks him unconscious. They bring him back up. Joe then picks it up but is able to put it back down before it harms him. Meep tries next and absorbs some of the energy without being harmed (fire resistance). Esmerelda suddenly feels more experienced. Demeter tries and his strength increases slightly, he loses one level, and becomes a sorcerer. However, something strange happens. The effect gets channeled through him to everyone else who hadn’t tried yet. Nothing really happens to anyone except Anasta and Rose, who take damage. The gem now stops glowing.
They break down a door that opens into a room with a large coffin sealed with wax. Guarding the coffin are a four skeletons and two tougher ones. Namuhni turns the lesser skeletons as the tougher ones come through the door. Demeter tries out his sorcerer power, and a personal fireball consumes the skeleton.
After looting the room, they lure the turned skeletons out with another fireball from Demeter and face them outside the room and destroy them.
They explore a different hallway and encounter four zombies, nine skeletons. Namuhni turns five skeletons, and the party starts fighting the undead. As Namuhni turns the rest, seven skeletons come out following four small demons. With a combination of turning and a fighting line, they destroy all the undead and the demons. Unfortunately, Anasta goes down during the combat.
After finishing looting, they hole up in the library. After a couple hours, Sage finds them and comes to get them. They were in a temple of Orcus in the Cairn Hills.
Eeps: 1876 each