What's in the Box
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etherialFrom the Journal of Jik'escala, T'Skrang Swordswoman Extraordinaire:
15 Riag, 1422 T.H.
Having made my way to Throal, I must now seek out opportunities for adventure. Lobaeck Honorstone, a wizened Dwarf librarian, has informed us that he believes he has discovered a Kaer in the mountains, hidden beneath a false ruined tower near the Serpent River. Accompanying him are Fliver, male Windling Illusionist, Robert, male Human Wizard, Whyr'wyndyl, male Windling Warrior, and of course myself.
20 Riag
After trekking over the mountains for several days and seeing nothing interesting, a pack of wolves happens upon us in the middle of the night. Fliver cast his "Nobody Here" spell, and the wolves came into our camp sniffing things. Eventually Whyr'wyndyl caught their attention and they attacked, so I responded by stabbing their leader in the belly and thumping him with my tail. A grand melee ensued, with Whyr'wyndyl getting knocked prone at one point. I bravely stood over him and sliced the Alpha Wolf from stem to stern. With its body still twitching on the ground, I gave its second a good thumping. At this point, the surviving wolves ran off. They acquitted themselves well, however, having wounded me in the process.
22 Riag
We arrive at the ruin, which has been repopulated with Cadaver Men. Robert develops a cunning plan to use layered Life Circles of One to defend himself and then manages to walk into a Bear Trap! The Cadaver Men seized that opportunity to attack him and though I tried to gather their attention with some well-placed Taunts, Whyr'wyndyl stayed outside the defensive radii, rendering them moot. They were no math for us, however, and though they got one good shot in, we took them out forthwith.
That left us with the Kaer Entrance, which had a large circle with five depressions in it, each one labeled with one of the elements. First we tried sticking a kernel of True Wood in the wood depression, but a poison gas cloud expelled itself at us and that was horrible. We tried using Robert's Levitate Spell to try to insert all five elements at the same time, but that just resulted in a large cataclysm of elemental reactions. We then managed to puzzle out which element was weak against which element and when we tried that combination, a staircase opened up allowing us to climb deeper into the Kaer.
Robert reported that Astral Space down here was Safe and a simple door was flanked by statues of Garlen and Floranuus. I knocked politely on the door and when nobody answered, I opened the door and found an armed group of Namegivers there to greet us. We talked and danced and stuff and brought back a few representatives from Kaer Archmouth with us back to Throal.
PCs:
Fliver, male Windling Illusionist
Jik'escala, female T'Skrang Swordmaster
Robert, male Human Wizard
Whyr'wyndyl, male Windling Warrior
NPCs:
Lobaeck Honorstone
15 Riag, 1422 T.H.
Having made my way to Throal, I must now seek out opportunities for adventure. Lobaeck Honorstone, a wizened Dwarf librarian, has informed us that he believes he has discovered a Kaer in the mountains, hidden beneath a false ruined tower near the Serpent River. Accompanying him are Fliver, male Windling Illusionist, Robert, male Human Wizard, Whyr'wyndyl, male Windling Warrior, and of course myself.
20 Riag
After trekking over the mountains for several days and seeing nothing interesting, a pack of wolves happens upon us in the middle of the night. Fliver cast his "Nobody Here" spell, and the wolves came into our camp sniffing things. Eventually Whyr'wyndyl caught their attention and they attacked, so I responded by stabbing their leader in the belly and thumping him with my tail. A grand melee ensued, with Whyr'wyndyl getting knocked prone at one point. I bravely stood over him and sliced the Alpha Wolf from stem to stern. With its body still twitching on the ground, I gave its second a good thumping. At this point, the surviving wolves ran off. They acquitted themselves well, however, having wounded me in the process.
22 Riag
We arrive at the ruin, which has been repopulated with Cadaver Men. Robert develops a cunning plan to use layered Life Circles of One to defend himself and then manages to walk into a Bear Trap! The Cadaver Men seized that opportunity to attack him and though I tried to gather their attention with some well-placed Taunts, Whyr'wyndyl stayed outside the defensive radii, rendering them moot. They were no math for us, however, and though they got one good shot in, we took them out forthwith.
That left us with the Kaer Entrance, which had a large circle with five depressions in it, each one labeled with one of the elements. First we tried sticking a kernel of True Wood in the wood depression, but a poison gas cloud expelled itself at us and that was horrible. We tried using Robert's Levitate Spell to try to insert all five elements at the same time, but that just resulted in a large cataclysm of elemental reactions. We then managed to puzzle out which element was weak against which element and when we tried that combination, a staircase opened up allowing us to climb deeper into the Kaer.
Robert reported that Astral Space down here was Safe and a simple door was flanked by statues of Garlen and Floranuus. I knocked politely on the door and when nobody answered, I opened the door and found an armed group of Namegivers there to greet us. We talked and danced and stuff and brought back a few representatives from Kaer Archmouth with us back to Throal.
PCs:
Fliver, male Windling Illusionist
Jik'escala, female T'Skrang Swordmaster
Robert, male Human Wizard
Whyr'wyndyl, male Windling Warrior
NPCs:
Lobaeck Honorstone