Tuesday, October 27, 2009

The Treasure Chest

GP: 12000

Gems: 12-red spinels

Potions: 1-Potion of Vitality

Chapter 6:

quick notes for catching up. will expand later

swim through underdark deep water caverns using aboleth slime to prevent drowning. spotted an elder sea hydra. found cave with aboleth and followers. defeated aboleth 'leviticus', traveled through caves ran into 'i am my cage dream sequence'. Drider encounter, plus abyssal ghoul. drow escape to warn encampment. bridge encounter, dag runs ahead to follow vadriar, overrun by spiders, falls off ledge, stuck to bottom of bridge, swings out to safety, rest of the team joins and defeats spider, monster spider runs away, introduced to phaervorul, the city on fire. make there way to barracks/jail, run into fight with goblins and troll warrior, destroy tower after fight, causing army of undead to investigate. forced towards jaelants tower, leudo phases through wall to let every one in, then talks with jaehlant.

Monday, October 26, 2009

Players

I need email addresses so i can add you to the author list. Send them to me via e-mail or post them on this post as a comment.

Obviously, the most current posts are incomplete. That's why i work for the county. So i can devote hours of paid work to labor on my dnd campaign and dnd blog. I am from nerdtown... and i'm probably the mayor there, so, deal with it.

I hope to see some pictures of characters and some background details a plenty.

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Then, everytime you want to add to that column, you make a new post and give the same label (e.g Journal of a warforged, clerical writings, etc etc).

But most importantly, I NEED YO EMAIL SO GET CRACKIN Y'ALL FOOLS and such.

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Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Po Tam Gum

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Character Deaths

*Died at the hands of Kalarel and his minions

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D.M's notes

Po Tam Gum is a great addition to the party. He's a goblin. I mean, what more really is there to say about adding a goblin to the party? They have fun, they're really crazy, and are really skilled at what they do. Shenaningans abound whenever Po Tam Gum shows up. But as frequently as he shows up, he also dissappears for long periods of time. His absence is felt when the team is in a tough situation but when he is with the group, and he really does make some grand entrances, the party is really clicking on all cylinders.

Oh yeah, he's also like thirteen years old and doesn't know any better about a lot of things. That creates some really interesting situations for the rest of his team. Mainly during social events like discussions, bartering, and diplomacy.

Ruts Bigfart & Bossomar Wurmhand

Gender: Male
Race: Derro

Status: Slain

These two derro were first seen in a cave in the Underdark alongside hero Po Tam Gum. They had, apparently, been wandering the Underdark for days, not really knowing what they were looking for.

Ruts Bigfart was clearly shot through the chest with a sheaf arrow but continued to be his joyful self. Bossomar was an incredibly talented armpit-farter, able to squeak out any tune.

Unable to keep quite or to themselves, the pair of Derro were slaughtered mercilessly in the Underdark by Thohand and Dag.

Chapter 5: Old Friend, New Enemy

After a frightening bridge encounter with a Beholder and an Elder Primordial Beast, the party revives their guide and seeks out shelter to rest for the night. Using unseen abilities, Vadriar is able to find a strongly fortified cave with which to rest in but it was occupied by a party already...

Digging their way into the cave, the party was met by two derro and a goblin, completely absorbed in a small game of goblin jacks. Picking his head up to see who was intruding on the fun, Po Tam Gum, rogue prodigy, realized it was his pevious adventuring group. Excitedly reuniting with old friends, the group went over their current situation and where they were going.

After an extended rest, the newly formed party continued through the underdark pausing only to examine a strange slime found on the stalagmites. Vadriar identified it as fresh Aboleth slime and began to consume the slime in small doses. Following on his lead, the rest of the party downed the slime and were quick to realize they could no longer breath in the air around them. Breathless but still calm, Vadriar jumped into a nearby underground stream which plummeted shortly into a massive underwater cavern. Fully submerged in the underdark cavern, the adventurers were able to breath underwater from the temporary gills the Aboleth slime had gifted them with. The one time site of a megalopolis long forgotten, buildings and settlements now lay suspended underneath the crushing force of underdark waters. Upon exiting the depths of the freezing water, Vadriar (the first one out of the water) handed each party member a mysterious herb which was able to subdue the effects of the Aboleth slime. The successful and dangerous journey through the underwater cavern was quick lived as the group stumbled across several dead bodies of grimmerzhul dwarves.

The brief investigation lead them straight into the layer of an Aboleth and his minions. Dominating the minds of his slaves, the Aboleth known as Leviticus quickly attempted to take over the team through psychic attacks and physical force from his minion brutes. Devastating dailies rained down on Leviticus and he was quickly overwhelmed by the party. Moving through the caves of the Underdark, the adventurers found more and more carved stone and other forms of civilization. The journey to Phaervorul was almost complete.

Chapter 4: Journey through the Underdark

Traveling the Underdark was like entering a new realm; Gone were the familiarities associated with the Labryinth as never-before seen creatures replaced arcane directions, undiscovered foto-lichens instead of sustainable resources, and neutral-friendly monsters interacting with curiousity rather than malice.

Without pausing to explain certain Underdark phenomena, flora, or fauna, Vadriar pressed on only mentioning to "keep quiet" and "pay attention". Traveling for hours in relative silence, surrounded by the black void of the Underdark, the group reaches an open hallway filled with giant statues of long forgotten beasts and demi-gods. Taking their first break, Vadriar informs the group that they will soon enter a cavern of unimaginable size and must cross a small bridge, roughly three miles in length, to pass to the other side.

Dimming a trail of everburning torches, Vadriar begins the trek across the bridge, warning the party to be extra quiet and not to emit any light sources. Halfway through, Vadriar abruptly stops as a large, floating head, wreathed in eye-stalks, blocks the way. Attempting to appease the Beholder, Dag asks the mighty and powerful Abberant what it is doing on the bridge. The beholder introduces itself as Lamentations, a powerful and demanding being seeking the lost relic of Ithiqua. Producing the item for the Beholder causes a spark of excitement, lighting up the cave momentarily with its many eyebeams. Just as soon as Lamentations asks for the relic, an elder primordial beast of the rock rises from the infinite depths of the chasm to swallow the Beholder whole.

Stunned and in awe of the 1 mile long rock leviathan, the party stands still on the bridge as it braces for impact from the gale force winds produced by the beasts wings. Vadriar and Van Gibson are sent flying off the bridge while Unsung, Dag, and Leudo are slammed into the rock bridge. Thohand withstands the full power of the wind and asks for divine assistance from the Raven Queen to save the now unconscious guide while Van Gibson manages to catch himself on the edge of the bridge before falling completely into the void. Sensing the beast may make a turnaround inside the chasm, the team runs the rest of the way across the bridge, carrying their unconscious guide to safety.