I just heard that Wizards of the Coast announced a 4th edition of AD&D to be released May 2008. No details yet...
But user friendly has some amusing cartoons on the subject:
http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20070825
Friday, August 24, 2007
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Tora's Inner Fears
Alone in a room, by a fire, long since darkened, Tora cries to his gods “Oh why is the round eye so much more powerful than I”.
Only silence answers the sword-master. Boroto enters the room, seeing the distressed hero, she removes her robes hoping to comfort his aching heart, but Tora will have none of her love-pity. He must find a way to master the mostly nekked little man, Drako. Spurning her advances he spins about: “He doesn’t even wear armor! How is it that he is so nearly invulnerable to attack?”
Boroto quickly regains her robes and turns away from Tora. “He is a monk, highly disciplined, focused beyond standard human measure. His path is not one that all may walk and so the gods reward him for that.”
Quietly she thinks: “this is my third attempt to seduce this bastard. What is his problem? I’m so totally hot. I wonder if he has the hots for Drako?
Not that there’s anything wrong with that. I mean really, Drako is so hot! Maybe I should go after Drako? No, skinny round eye is too, I don’t know, hmm....
Tora turns about, drawing his sword (and in the same stroke), slices through a pineapple that happens to be lying about, despite the fact that he has never seen a pineapple and they are not even indigenous to this clime.
He wonders about the odd fruit as he slices through it, reveling in the fact that he has hit something, at least. Quietly to himself, he imagines Drako’s ugly head detached from his body, rolling about on the floor. Tora laughs then kicks the fruit. It hits Boroto, who seems rather annoyed. “Look, Romeo, unlike normal people, Drako adds his wisdom to his ability to avoid blows.” If you haven’t noticed, he has godlike wisdom.”
Tora snorts at this and states: “I’ve never seen his wisdom, just those stupid acrobatic show-off stunts that he pulls. What a dick! Stupid round eye!” Oh, sure, he gave me this dragon armor, fan-frickin-tastic! Ooh! What a nice guy?!
“I didn’t say he was a nice guy, in fact I’m a little worried about his motives of late considering the several times that he has bathed in dragons’ blood. He also seems to really enjoy smacking around Illya. I mean, who doesn’t really? But he seems to take an almost unnatural joy from the experience. Is it the dragon blood? Yes, probably. Also, he seems a bit more frightening to me these days and I can’t explain why. However, he has been very focused on making himself as invulnerable as possible. He must have gotten something for being in the heart of a living dragon. I mean that’s got to count for something. Plus, he bathed in the blood of a black dragon once I believe.”
“Freak!” Tora yells and slices through another strange fruit entirely non-indigenous to this clime. “Why does he do that? It weirds me out?” “It grants him power, Tora. It imbues him with the power of creatures that are near godlike. He himself worships F'thrun, as do I. We are such a perfect match, that hot little man and I?”
“Screw that freak!” Tora yells as he once again spins his sword about cutting a swallow in two – leaving two smaller, but equal swallows in its place to fly off.
Tora is impressed at his ability for a moment and doesn’t continue the conversation with Boroto.
Time passes. ...
“And as I was saying, that is why the mighty Drako is so powerful! Being a monk does most of it, but really, he has focused all of his efforts to be as invulnerable as possible. I mean, look at his spell resistance. The spell resistance itself comes from being a high level monk, but part of it comes from the fact that he’s a damn fine human specimen. But still, it seems like he has preternaturally high abilities to resist magic, most probably from his focus and discipline and all of those damned magic items that he’s been hoarding for so long.
Come to think of it, he’s probably gay. I mean really, all the good ones are right? Seriously, he’s never had a date. In all these months of adventuring, not one date? I mean, look at Artemis, if I weren’t so straight, I would go after her. Meow! Bad kitty! Down kttty, down, lower, lower, ooh, good kitty!
“Boroto! You are not making me feel better.”“Oh, sorry, as I was saying, it makes perfect sense when you think about it. Monks are very limited, but very focused. Almost all of the abilities that he has can be attributed to his monk status and the fact that he has worked hard to be as invulnerable as possible.”
“Fine!” I don’t care. It doesn’t bother me at all. I’ll just laugh twice as hard when he gets his tail kicked by one of the undead creatures wandering about. Let’s see him teleport inside a vampire. Now that will be funny!”
Boroto shakes her head. “Poor Tora, you don’t realize that Drako has moved beyond all that. He is a magical creature now, an outsider. Perhaps we have can learn from him. He will be a good and kind master when he rules these lands. Perhaps it is best if we start praising him now. I think I’ll just go and offer myself to him. Perhaps that will buy me some favor.”
“Aaaah!”Tora snaps his head up. He had drifted off on watch, but it had only been a few seconds. The sleeping forms Drako, Boroto, and the others of the League of Law were nearby. “Yosh!” Tora mumbled under his breath. Drako’s sleeping form smiles.
Only silence answers the sword-master. Boroto enters the room, seeing the distressed hero, she removes her robes hoping to comfort his aching heart, but Tora will have none of her love-pity. He must find a way to master the mostly nekked little man, Drako. Spurning her advances he spins about: “He doesn’t even wear armor! How is it that he is so nearly invulnerable to attack?”
Boroto quickly regains her robes and turns away from Tora. “He is a monk, highly disciplined, focused beyond standard human measure. His path is not one that all may walk and so the gods reward him for that.”
Quietly she thinks: “this is my third attempt to seduce this bastard. What is his problem? I’m so totally hot. I wonder if he has the hots for Drako?
Not that there’s anything wrong with that. I mean really, Drako is so hot! Maybe I should go after Drako? No, skinny round eye is too, I don’t know, hmm....
Tora turns about, drawing his sword (and in the same stroke), slices through a pineapple that happens to be lying about, despite the fact that he has never seen a pineapple and they are not even indigenous to this clime.
He wonders about the odd fruit as he slices through it, reveling in the fact that he has hit something, at least. Quietly to himself, he imagines Drako’s ugly head detached from his body, rolling about on the floor. Tora laughs then kicks the fruit. It hits Boroto, who seems rather annoyed. “Look, Romeo, unlike normal people, Drako adds his wisdom to his ability to avoid blows.” If you haven’t noticed, he has godlike wisdom.”
Tora snorts at this and states: “I’ve never seen his wisdom, just those stupid acrobatic show-off stunts that he pulls. What a dick! Stupid round eye!” Oh, sure, he gave me this dragon armor, fan-frickin-tastic! Ooh! What a nice guy?!
“I didn’t say he was a nice guy, in fact I’m a little worried about his motives of late considering the several times that he has bathed in dragons’ blood. He also seems to really enjoy smacking around Illya. I mean, who doesn’t really? But he seems to take an almost unnatural joy from the experience. Is it the dragon blood? Yes, probably. Also, he seems a bit more frightening to me these days and I can’t explain why. However, he has been very focused on making himself as invulnerable as possible. He must have gotten something for being in the heart of a living dragon. I mean that’s got to count for something. Plus, he bathed in the blood of a black dragon once I believe.”
“Freak!” Tora yells and slices through another strange fruit entirely non-indigenous to this clime. “Why does he do that? It weirds me out?” “It grants him power, Tora. It imbues him with the power of creatures that are near godlike. He himself worships F'thrun, as do I. We are such a perfect match, that hot little man and I?”
“Screw that freak!” Tora yells as he once again spins his sword about cutting a swallow in two – leaving two smaller, but equal swallows in its place to fly off.
Tora is impressed at his ability for a moment and doesn’t continue the conversation with Boroto.
Time passes. ...
“And as I was saying, that is why the mighty Drako is so powerful! Being a monk does most of it, but really, he has focused all of his efforts to be as invulnerable as possible. I mean, look at his spell resistance. The spell resistance itself comes from being a high level monk, but part of it comes from the fact that he’s a damn fine human specimen. But still, it seems like he has preternaturally high abilities to resist magic, most probably from his focus and discipline and all of those damned magic items that he’s been hoarding for so long.
Come to think of it, he’s probably gay. I mean really, all the good ones are right? Seriously, he’s never had a date. In all these months of adventuring, not one date? I mean, look at Artemis, if I weren’t so straight, I would go after her. Meow! Bad kitty! Down kttty, down, lower, lower, ooh, good kitty!
“Boroto! You are not making me feel better.”“Oh, sorry, as I was saying, it makes perfect sense when you think about it. Monks are very limited, but very focused. Almost all of the abilities that he has can be attributed to his monk status and the fact that he has worked hard to be as invulnerable as possible.”
“Fine!” I don’t care. It doesn’t bother me at all. I’ll just laugh twice as hard when he gets his tail kicked by one of the undead creatures wandering about. Let’s see him teleport inside a vampire. Now that will be funny!”
Boroto shakes her head. “Poor Tora, you don’t realize that Drako has moved beyond all that. He is a magical creature now, an outsider. Perhaps we have can learn from him. He will be a good and kind master when he rules these lands. Perhaps it is best if we start praising him now. I think I’ll just go and offer myself to him. Perhaps that will buy me some favor.”
“Aaaah!”Tora snaps his head up. He had drifted off on watch, but it had only been a few seconds. The sleeping forms Drako, Boroto, and the others of the League of Law were nearby. “Yosh!” Tora mumbled under his breath. Drako’s sleeping form smiles.
Hero's Lament
As you trek into the underdark
where lurid monsters dwell
or climb the highest peaks of ice
or into the planes of Hell.
Do not pack Elf chain for armor
or a cloak to ward off chills.
Just find some lucky dice my friend,
for a one in twenty kills.
A dragon breathes a burst of flame
that steel cannot withstand
and vampires have unholy bites
and undead to command.
But fire and fang you can combat
with bravery, wit, and skill,
but not if you can't roll for shit,
for a one in twenty kills.
You have slain the mighty dragon.
You have crushed the evil king.
You have claimed the crown of glory.
You have mastered Sauron's ring.
Though you have many triumphs
and a destiny to fulfill,
The best hero needs some loaded dice,
for a one in twenty kills.
where lurid monsters dwell
or climb the highest peaks of ice
or into the planes of Hell.
Do not pack Elf chain for armor
or a cloak to ward off chills.
Just find some lucky dice my friend,
for a one in twenty kills.
A dragon breathes a burst of flame
that steel cannot withstand
and vampires have unholy bites
and undead to command.
But fire and fang you can combat
with bravery, wit, and skill,
but not if you can't roll for shit,
for a one in twenty kills.
You have slain the mighty dragon.
You have crushed the evil king.
You have claimed the crown of glory.
You have mastered Sauron's ring.
Though you have many triumphs
and a destiny to fulfill,
The best hero needs some loaded dice,
for a one in twenty kills.
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Game Schedules and Whatnot
Alright my mighty band of heroes! Time for the unpleasant business of scheduling the next game(s).
With the fall upon us, at least 4 of our troop will be more or less "out" for the weekends (hunting, SCA, etc.) so we will be moving games to Monday evenings (7pm -10pm). This means the games will be, necessarily, shorter and more focused, and will need to end at 10pm, no matter where we are. You will need to get as much planning as you can done on the blog or via email. Everyone needs to plan on eating before they get there and we'll just have snacky food/drinks. Fortunately, it also means we might be able to play a bit more often - I'm thinking 2x/month - since it's only a 3 hour commitment.
So, taking a look at the rest of the year, I'm proposing the 1st and 3rd Monday of every month. Let me know what you think (is twice a month too often? are Mondays good/bad/indifferent?) I know some folks may only be able to make 1/month due to other commitments, and that's ok, as long as we have at least 4 players for each game.
Also, as an aside, I'd like to have a dinner party in the near future (late September/early October) for anyone interested in working on their back story and/or leveling up their characters. If you haven't applied your experience points in a while, or want some input from your compadre's in shuffling around your skill points, this would be your opportunity. If there's interest, I'll send around a follow up email with details/dates.
That's all for now folks. Look for posts on the blog from Birodo, Marion, and possibly others in the near future...
With the fall upon us, at least 4 of our troop will be more or less "out" for the weekends (hunting, SCA, etc.) so we will be moving games to Monday evenings (7pm -10pm). This means the games will be, necessarily, shorter and more focused, and will need to end at 10pm, no matter where we are. You will need to get as much planning as you can done on the blog or via email. Everyone needs to plan on eating before they get there and we'll just have snacky food/drinks. Fortunately, it also means we might be able to play a bit more often - I'm thinking 2x/month - since it's only a 3 hour commitment.
So, taking a look at the rest of the year, I'm proposing the 1st and 3rd Monday of every month. Let me know what you think (is twice a month too often? are Mondays good/bad/indifferent?) I know some folks may only be able to make 1/month due to other commitments, and that's ok, as long as we have at least 4 players for each game.
Also, as an aside, I'd like to have a dinner party in the near future (late September/early October) for anyone interested in working on their back story and/or leveling up their characters. If you haven't applied your experience points in a while, or want some input from your compadre's in shuffling around your skill points, this would be your opportunity. If there's interest, I'll send around a follow up email with details/dates.
That's all for now folks. Look for posts on the blog from Birodo, Marion, and possibly others in the near future...
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Upcoming Game
Next game, Sunday, August 19th, 2pm-9pm
We will have barbeque chicken and cherry cheese dessert pizza - bring side dishes or chips/snacks!
Starting point: When last we saw our intrepid adventurers, they were licking their wounds from a recent battle with a horror from the mirror in Mira's room. The clerics/druid are low on spells and now have to sleep fully to be able to recover them (since they were interrupted in the middle of the night and had to fight the tentacle - monsters are so inconsiderate!). They have 2 cats shut up in a bedroom and a possible change of landscape outside.
Tora also needs a nap. Good thing Gammy's on his way! :)
We will have barbeque chicken and cherry cheese dessert pizza - bring side dishes or chips/snacks!
Starting point: When last we saw our intrepid adventurers, they were licking their wounds from a recent battle with a horror from the mirror in Mira's room. The clerics/druid are low on spells and now have to sleep fully to be able to recover them (since they were interrupted in the middle of the night and had to fight the tentacle - monsters are so inconsiderate!). They have 2 cats shut up in a bedroom and a possible change of landscape outside.
Tora also needs a nap. Good thing Gammy's on his way! :)
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Tuesday, August 07, 2007
2 Games in 1 Month - Yikes
Wow! 2 games this month! How much will that be!! Well, hopefully a lot.
A few reminders before our game this Sunday:
A few reminders before our game this Sunday:
- Writing a summary, a letter home, sketching one of the fantastic animals you see on the way, writing a poem about your adventure, etc. (be creative) earns you a 10% experience point bonus.
- To get the bonus, you have to give me the work of art, letter, poem, cheese sculpture, etc. or post it (or a picture of it) here.
- Everyone in the game should have rights to create posts on this blog. If you don't, let me know and I'll resend the invitation.
- Planning ahead is good.
I want to have a scheduling discussion at the next game. I've kicked around the idea with some of you about playing on Monday nights, twice a month. It would probably be easier for us to coordinate, especially with the holiday's fast approaching, and if we limit it to, say, 6-10pm, order out pizza or Thai or some such, we should all still be good for Tuesday morning work. Anyway, I'm interested in your thoughts on the matter.
Friday, July 28, 2006
Ping!
Still looking for inventory, letters home, etc....I *know* y'all like those extra points :)
Tell you what - first person to write and post a summary of the last game gets 2,000 XP. Seriously. Offer expires by the next game. Which reminds me....
Tell you what - first person to write and post a summary of the last game gets 2,000 XP. Seriously. Offer expires by the next game. Which reminds me....
Friday, June 09, 2006
Inventory
If you have property in town, please send me an inventory of items that are currently in that property.
Gammy and Drako - this means you! :)
Gammy and Drako - this means you! :)
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Monday, May 22, 2006
The Oracle?
What I owe you now is a expanded map of the known world with Landess. If you go back to Treyjack before continuing, I owe you:
- Org chart for the Treyjack city government (for Gammy)
- Any further information from Belina
- Any further information from the temple of Odin
- Item descriptions
What I need from you:
- If you leveled up, new stats please
- List of items for identification - Gammy gave me some, but I know you have others
Tuesday, May 09, 2006
The magic identification spell is sputtering...
Just a note guys - still haven't gotten the list of items you wanted IDed. If I don't get it before I log in on May13th (that's this Saturday), an oddity of magical fields will descend upon said objects rendering them unidentifiable.
Similarly, if I don't get updated character information before I log in on May 20th (that's next Saturday, the day before the game), your level, equipment, etc. will revert to whatever I have on my last character sheet from you, erasing all experience awards and treasure gathered to date. I don't need the whole hairy deal - just your new level, new treasure/equipment, and anything relevant to leveling up (hit points, etc.) - just the NEW stuff, in other words.
Similarly, if I don't get updated character information before I log in on May 20th (that's next Saturday, the day before the game), your level, equipment, etc. will revert to whatever I have on my last character sheet from you, erasing all experience awards and treasure gathered to date. I don't need the whole hairy deal - just your new level, new treasure/equipment, and anything relevant to leveling up (hit points, etc.) - just the NEW stuff, in other words.
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Reminder...
OK, ladies and gentlemen. I'm going to be working on maps this weekend, so if someone would like to send me the list of goods that need identifying, that would be peachy.
Monday, April 10, 2006
Accounting
From my notes, I currently owe everyone:
I need from everyone:
- Gammy: Map of the city with locations of the Water Dog and Gammy temple, architectural diagrams of the Water Dog, temple, and riverboats.
- Drako: Map of the city with location of store front and architectural diagram of the store front, character sheet for Sparky (or whatever name you and he agree on).
- Party: Map of the known world with locations of Oracle (as indicated by the druids) and mines, descriptions of all the powers of the magic items you have on hand.
I need from everyone:
- Updated character sheets (updated levels, skills, items, etc.)
- List of items you wanted identified
- Any back story items you have not provided
- If you have property in town, any specific improvements/investments you want to make
Talking to the Temple
Artemis casts her Stone Tell spell and asks her questions. A low and rumbling voice grates from the very depths of the rock, rolling over you like molten lava.
Q. Is there a magical bronze long sword or any bronze long sword in the building?
A. There are many things inside the building but whether they are swords is a question for a beater of metal. And I am not sure what this thing is that you call bronze or swords. There are children of stone here - ores that have been heated and shaped and beaten into shapes by such as yourself. Perhaps that is what you call bronze sword.
Q. Is there a magical gold crown inside the building?
A. Gold...yes there is gold here. I do not know if a crown would be the thing that it is, but there is much gold here, enough to make a mighty vein within the living earth. It is all heated and beaten and molded in ways that are not the way it is.
Q. What force or power could destroy the walls of this building?
A. Destroy? You may break this stone or melt it with your fires, but it is only changed not destroyed. You may carry it away, but it is only made distant from its place of uncovering. Nothing can ever be destroyed, only changed and melted or melded into another thing. You can do this with anything if you have enough heat and pressure.
Q. How many levels are there within or below the building?
A. There are empty places encased in stone below this outcrop that reach a finger into the earth. It does not reach more than a little way to the stone heart of this world, but that may be a very great way for such as you.
Q. How many entrances are there to this building?
A. There is a gap in the stone near where you stand. Other gaps are deep within the earth or come from places I cannot see.
Q. Other than smearing blood on the door, what are the other ways to get into the building?
A. You may move through the gap if you are small enough. Perhaps if you break yourself into pebbles, you will be able to move more easily through them.
Q. How many living creatures are inside of this building?
A. There are many things that move rapidly inside my walls, not like the slow steady comfortable speed of stone. They go here and there, in nearly all of the places in the stone. And they go out too.
Q. How many undead creature are inside of this building?
A. All of the things inside seem the same to me.
Q. Are there powerful magic items or artifacts in this building?
A. There are many types of power inside the walls. Some are old and some are young.
Q. Has anyone or anything come into or out of the building in the last day (warmer/colder cycle) or the last 30 warmer/colder cycles?
A. Things go in and out all the time.
Q. Are there protection spells in place to keep people out?
A. I do not know.
Q. Are there protection spells in place to keep people in?
A. I do not know.
Q. Is there a magical bronze long sword or any bronze long sword in the building?
A. There are many things inside the building but whether they are swords is a question for a beater of metal. And I am not sure what this thing is that you call bronze or swords. There are children of stone here - ores that have been heated and shaped and beaten into shapes by such as yourself. Perhaps that is what you call bronze sword.
Q. Is there a magical gold crown inside the building?
A. Gold...yes there is gold here. I do not know if a crown would be the thing that it is, but there is much gold here, enough to make a mighty vein within the living earth. It is all heated and beaten and molded in ways that are not the way it is.
Q. What force or power could destroy the walls of this building?
A. Destroy? You may break this stone or melt it with your fires, but it is only changed not destroyed. You may carry it away, but it is only made distant from its place of uncovering. Nothing can ever be destroyed, only changed and melted or melded into another thing. You can do this with anything if you have enough heat and pressure.
Q. How many levels are there within or below the building?
A. There are empty places encased in stone below this outcrop that reach a finger into the earth. It does not reach more than a little way to the stone heart of this world, but that may be a very great way for such as you.
Q. How many entrances are there to this building?
A. There is a gap in the stone near where you stand. Other gaps are deep within the earth or come from places I cannot see.
Q. Other than smearing blood on the door, what are the other ways to get into the building?
A. You may move through the gap if you are small enough. Perhaps if you break yourself into pebbles, you will be able to move more easily through them.
Q. How many living creatures are inside of this building?
A. There are many things that move rapidly inside my walls, not like the slow steady comfortable speed of stone. They go here and there, in nearly all of the places in the stone. And they go out too.
Q. How many undead creature are inside of this building?
A. All of the things inside seem the same to me.
Q. Are there powerful magic items or artifacts in this building?
A. There are many types of power inside the walls. Some are old and some are young.
Q. Has anyone or anything come into or out of the building in the last day (warmer/colder cycle) or the last 30 warmer/colder cycles?
A. Things go in and out all the time.
Q. Are there protection spells in place to keep people out?
A. I do not know.
Q. Are there protection spells in place to keep people in?
A. I do not know.
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
Prep for Sunday April 9th
To save time for fun during the next game on Sunday, I have the following suggestions:
- Let’s create a list of questions for the druid to ask of the temple with her stone tell.
- Let’s then go to the temple and ask the questions. (Hopefully, this can be done before the game.)
- From the temple (unless other information gathered at the temple changes things), let’s go to town using the druid’s wind walk.
In town, let’s: - Check with Drako’s sage/researcher to see what he has discovered.
Buy any healing, vampire protection, and other general use stuff that we need. - Find out what the crown that we bought really does.
- Find out what this stupid tin foil hat does that I bought.
- Find out about these amulets.
- Get any other identifications done on the stuff we aren’t sure about (Gami can do some of the identifications if not all).
- Get some maps of the continent and see if we can find the area described to us by the “big bad”.
- Find the exact location of the mines (if possible) that we “know” to be to the North.
Please add to the list or make any other suggestions.
Thanks,
Mike
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
Drako’s Rare Item Recovery Service
Found this flyer that Drako posted around town from last time and thought everyone would enjoy it! I'll post some other bits as I locate them - I love this particular idea :)
Drako’s Rare Item Recovery Service
Are you in need of a rare spell component? Do you need a cockatrice feather or a dragon scale? All out of vampire dust? Drats, that can be a real problem. No challenge too big no monster too fierce.
In the last several months alone, I have recovered many items, including:
- Giant blood
- Formian shell
- Beholder eyes
- Hydra blood, skin, claws, and fangs
- Dragon heart, blood, claws, blood, and hide
Note: Beasts only killed when absolutely necessary. Wildlife conservation is a serious issue which I take seriously.
Are you great at research, but not inspired to trek to Northern Abaronda to scale Mount Nureid, to enter the haunted mines of Khalish to recover that ancient tome? Well, Crikey! That’s what I live for!
Very experienced, honest, highly-skilled, motivated, and professional archaeologist/xenobiologist monk.
Can’t trust anyone to perform the task for you? Tired of rogues and “professional treasure seekers” running off with your items? Do they contaminate your samples? Did they get their gnome’s blood mixed with the troll’s blood? Are they trying to pass-off wolf hairs for werewolf hair? Sleep well, knowing that a dependable lawful-good monk is on the job.
Disclaimer: Legal transactions only; no theft, murder, or criminal activities condoned or performed.
Monday, April 03, 2006
Current Party Location (start of game for 4/2/06)
Currently, our adventurers are standing around a large pit in the ground which they suspect strongly leads to a green dragon, with whom they have tangled often. Assuming it's the same green dragon. Assuming it's actually a green dragon and not something else.
Behind them, a temple with a door that will not open. An evil temple. And a missing village. And an iron golem, that lays rusting in the snow. Did I mention that it was snowing? It's snowing alright. Yep...snow in summer...
Behind them, a temple with a door that will not open. An evil temple. And a missing village. And an iron golem, that lays rusting in the snow. Did I mention that it was snowing? It's snowing alright. Yep...snow in summer...
Tips from Mike
The following information is not a series of questions, but a series of conclusions (and some assumptions) and/or answers that I gleaned from the DM or other sources. I ask one question at the end. We did not search or investigate the iron golem after defeating it and we should have. There is something about it that is important. It could be something it is carrying or is inside it. It could be something about the actual material or composition of the creature. It could be the mission it was on. Remember that it was coming for or to the amulet - which should not be destroyed! It may be that investigating it could give us clues about the council, the dragon, or one of the artifacts (the iron axe most likely. Perhaps it could be reanimated and used to approach the dragon. Perhaps it could be used to spy on the dragon.
This is more of a clarification and assumption. We had asked (and had been informed before) that we need all 6 of the items to defeat the council's plans. But it has never been stated (one way or another) as to whether or not we can defeat individual members of the council without all of the items. However, from speaking with the DM and by communing with rocks and a nice mixture of tea leaves, I have determined that the individual members of the council (however formidable) are not unbeatable without all of the artifacts.
Warning: When the party found the mithril hammer, it was in an abandoned temple. The markings on the temple were similar in origin (Ancient Ones of Chaos type) to the symbols on the round and mysterious temple a stone's throw through the forest (assuming a clear line of site and one hell of an arm). The important bit to know is that entering the other temple caused a temporary insanity on all party members (who entered). The insanities ended upon leaving the building. Oh joy! Heeeeeere's Drako!
This is more of a clarification and assumption. We had asked (and had been informed before) that we need all 6 of the items to defeat the council's plans. But it has never been stated (one way or another) as to whether or not we can defeat individual members of the council without all of the items. However, from speaking with the DM and by communing with rocks and a nice mixture of tea leaves, I have determined that the individual members of the council (however formidable) are not unbeatable without all of the artifacts.
Warning: When the party found the mithril hammer, it was in an abandoned temple. The markings on the temple were similar in origin (Ancient Ones of Chaos type) to the symbols on the round and mysterious temple a stone's throw through the forest (assuming a clear line of site and one hell of an arm). The important bit to know is that entering the other temple caused a temporary insanity on all party members (who entered). The insanities ended upon leaving the building. Oh joy! Heeeeeere's Drako!
Summary of Campaign
In another place, in another world, an ill-bred, young lady, was given an armed escort of women to take her across the mountains to meet with the prince of that land, in the hopes that he would be pleased with her countenance and take her hand in marriage.
He wasn't.
He didn't.
Point in fact, the bonny prince Herschel is an evil wizard/fighter, whose plans extend far beyond this world. With the help of a number of like minded fellows of varying races, he intends to bring chaos back to it's rightful place on top. The women barely escape his dungeon, stumbly through a series of misadventures until.....
Our brave adventurers lay huddled in the musty library as Estefan, their host, swirls his brandy absently. Brandy that he hasn't touched since he is, afterall, a vampire. Vargoyles circle outside the castle windows, no more than a rustle of bat wings against the dirty panes, a scrabble of claws, a hiss. The night stretches before them, and dawn, and its safety, an eternity away. Estefan offers them a choice - sacrifice one of their party and leave the castle immediately to fight the vargoyles and wolves that roam the grounds or...accept a quest from thier host, a quest he will not describe until they have promised to take it.
They have had better days.
Deciding to take on the quest, they find themselves pawns in an ugly game between the forces of chaos and law - with evil on both sides. To fulfill their oath, they must travel to the southern continent and destroy a portal to another plane - or die trying. Transported far to the south by a portal stone, they find themselves in forbidding surroundings. Dwarven slaves, forced to mine a strange ore by beholders, trudge through the valley below them. A dark jungle beckons to the east. The sea rages at their backs. And a road leads south to a foreign city.
After finding thier feet, the intrepid party strikes off in an attempt to close the portal before *something* get through. But it never seems as simple as all that.
A gnome that looks like an orc.
An orc that looks like an elf, then an orc, then an elf, then an orc.
Two elves that might make the summer Olympic track team.
One really nasty city.
Exploding temples.
The medieval mafia.
A Godfather with a Deliverance accent.
And a tournament that delivered more damage to one poor spectator than to the participants.
Gammy “the made man” and the lovely, unpredictable Sam trick poor slobs into loosening their purse strings, the magic users immolate monsters (and party member), and the party handles a persistently annoying green dragon.
After many adventures, the party discovers that there is more to this wicked chess game than simple politics. The prince and his "counsel" intend to bring one of the Old Ones into the world, misguided in their belief that they can control this awesome power. As they bring in minions from other planes in the form of Slaadi, the repercussions of their actions is already main plain in sweeping weather changes. The only way to stop them and close the portal is to gather ancient weapons - those forged by the metal kings.
A silver ring
A golden crown
A mithril hammer
A copper sword
An iron axe
A bronze long sword
And....
Seperately, each artifact is powerful, but together they can close the portal and send the Old Ones back...if they can be found. And the counsel....who are they? The prince and his lady Mira are simple enough but the rest remain a mystery. And how do the mines tie in to all of it?
He wasn't.
He didn't.
Point in fact, the bonny prince Herschel is an evil wizard/fighter, whose plans extend far beyond this world. With the help of a number of like minded fellows of varying races, he intends to bring chaos back to it's rightful place on top. The women barely escape his dungeon, stumbly through a series of misadventures until.....
Our brave adventurers lay huddled in the musty library as Estefan, their host, swirls his brandy absently. Brandy that he hasn't touched since he is, afterall, a vampire. Vargoyles circle outside the castle windows, no more than a rustle of bat wings against the dirty panes, a scrabble of claws, a hiss. The night stretches before them, and dawn, and its safety, an eternity away. Estefan offers them a choice - sacrifice one of their party and leave the castle immediately to fight the vargoyles and wolves that roam the grounds or...accept a quest from thier host, a quest he will not describe until they have promised to take it.
They have had better days.
Deciding to take on the quest, they find themselves pawns in an ugly game between the forces of chaos and law - with evil on both sides. To fulfill their oath, they must travel to the southern continent and destroy a portal to another plane - or die trying. Transported far to the south by a portal stone, they find themselves in forbidding surroundings. Dwarven slaves, forced to mine a strange ore by beholders, trudge through the valley below them. A dark jungle beckons to the east. The sea rages at their backs. And a road leads south to a foreign city.
After finding thier feet, the intrepid party strikes off in an attempt to close the portal before *something* get through. But it never seems as simple as all that.
A gnome that looks like an orc.
An orc that looks like an elf, then an orc, then an elf, then an orc.
Two elves that might make the summer Olympic track team.
One really nasty city.
Exploding temples.
The medieval mafia.
A Godfather with a Deliverance accent.
And a tournament that delivered more damage to one poor spectator than to the participants.
Gammy “the made man” and the lovely, unpredictable Sam trick poor slobs into loosening their purse strings, the magic users immolate monsters (and party member), and the party handles a persistently annoying green dragon.
After many adventures, the party discovers that there is more to this wicked chess game than simple politics. The prince and his "counsel" intend to bring one of the Old Ones into the world, misguided in their belief that they can control this awesome power. As they bring in minions from other planes in the form of Slaadi, the repercussions of their actions is already main plain in sweeping weather changes. The only way to stop them and close the portal is to gather ancient weapons - those forged by the metal kings.
A silver ring
A golden crown
A mithril hammer
A copper sword
An iron axe
A bronze long sword
And....
Seperately, each artifact is powerful, but together they can close the portal and send the Old Ones back...if they can be found. And the counsel....who are they? The prince and his lady Mira are simple enough but the rest remain a mystery. And how do the mines tie in to all of it?
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