The Swords of Sunndi, a.k.a. Three Halfling Boys Plus Two

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

A tight spot?

Bart,
Turns out the main headquarters of the slavers is an island in the middle of a volcano lake. It was guarded by humanoids and a Dragon (whome WW so nicely dealt with). Wind walking the next day brought us right to the main keep on the island. We descended from above fighting 30 or so guards on the roof and forcing our way down the ladders to what seams to be baracks. Fighting the remaining gaurds on this level we eventualy took the upper two floors. Pausing to listen briefley we heard activity on the floor below. Many humanoids were making way for a Blood Golem. As the golem ascended from below a group of high level heavy hitters descended from our entry point above. We know for certain that one is Ajaxtu, one of the slave lords, the some or all of the rest may also hold that title. 2 casters, a fighter, a rouge, and a monk? plus the blood Golem is what we face currently. Our spells are low but our hit points are relativley hi again. One caster is sleeping from one of their own knockout potions, administered by Kespin. Some wounds have been dealt but they are more or less at full. A full round action will wake the sleeping caster. Tess's healing/ and area affects are all but spent, as she has been hurling heavy handed pelorian slap downs all day while keeping us standing. 2-3 of our party members have already begun their 5 round transformation back to vapor form while Westwind and Kespin have yet to intiate this transformation. Top of the order, stakes are high.
Oh yeah we got this one...

-joshua

Monday, April 30, 2007

Future Gaming Dates

 
Good evening all!
 
Here are the dates that we discussed for future gaming:
 
June 2nd
July 21st
Sept 22nd
Oct 20th
Nov 10th
Dec 15th
 
No dates in May or August
 
Do these dates work for everyone else?
 
Tracey

--
"A group of people who all share the same mental illness does not constitute a culture."  - Mike Bilodeau

Saturday, April 28, 2007

april summary

We are camped in the troll tunnel for the night.

The dragon comes along and collapses the tunnel mouth on us then fuses it with his fire breath.

We decide to investigate the tunnel. We encounter, piercers, various fungi and some ropers who give us a real problem. We over come them and decide to spend time on the ledge formerly occupied by the ropers.

In the morning we decide to head back and deal with the dragon. Tess stone-shapes a hole in the rock wall. I look ands listen at the hole. I hear the dragon and jump away from the hole as a gout of fire fills the room. Most of the others are caught in it. They flee the room to heal. I ready my bow with the arrow of dragon slaying and take aim out the hole there is something there so I let fly. The dragon screams and there is a loud thump, then all is silent.

 

1 dragon

1 shot

1 kill!

 

WW

Friday, April 27, 2007

RE: april (dragon hunting)

Westwind starts to talk then stops. After a moment he says, “I agree we do not have enough information to answer your questions. When has not knowing what we are doing stopped us in the past?”


RE: april (dragon hunting)

Well thats the best plan I've heard yet, I'm in. 

I still can't shake the feeling that there is more than one dragon around here. Normally I would agree with Westwind and say that Reds are so territorial and mean that one of this size would be the only one for many many miles. However some things don't add up yet, probably because of lack of information.

1.) Why was big red flying as if on patrol? Why not let his inferior minions do that sort of thing?

2.) There are 9 slave lords. If one could be a dragon than more than one could also be a dragon.

3) We still no nothing about this Earth Dragon Cult.

4) We do know of a family of Blue Dragons that works together.

5) The other thing that Reds are known for is their greed. An arrangement that would be lucrative for multiple territorial Reds might be enough for them to form an alliance and live in close proximity. Slaving would certainly be lucrative, not to mention free food.

6) The slavers have employed at least one dragon, they could employ more.

Whatever the case may be we will find our answers soon and likely the hard way. And we are garunteed a very tough battle, but there is NO CHANCE we are avoiding it. Its time to even the score. This ones for Wrye, Kobort and Cellume! If we have to harry them, fine that sounds smart. But the slavers are going to pay for their evil deeds, and we'll start with big Red.

-Kespin

 
 

From: "Patty Rutins" <patty@rutins.com>
Reply-To: patty@rutins.com
To: <aithdim@comcast.net>,<vt.dolphin@gmail.com>,<chris@perkett.net>
CC: <djawshua@hotmail.com>,<cperkett@adelphia.net>,<erik@rutins.com>,<argg.swords@blogger.com>
Subject: RE: april (dragon hunting)
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:36:00 -0400

Well, that works for me.


From: "Andrew Cancellieri" <aithdim@comcast.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 4:15 PM
To: patty@rutins.com>, <vt.dolphin@gmail.com>, <chris@perkett.net
Subject: RE: april (dragon hunting)


I agree we should plan on more than the dragon. In truth though I don't see how that effects our preparations, as it is impossible to over-prepare for the dragon we saw.

 

PLAN:

Sleep

Investigate tunnel

Slay dragon

Ransack horde

Get attacked by the dragon's allies

Kill them

Take there stuff too.

 

WW

 

OOC:

Tracy: Heroes' Feast.


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RE: april (dragon hunting)

Well, that works for me.


From: "Andrew Cancellieri" <aithdim@comcast.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 4:15 PM
To: patty@rutins.com>, <vt.dolphin@gmail.com>, <chris@perkett.net
Subject: RE: april (dragon hunting)


I agree we should plan on more than the dragon. In truth though I don't see how that effects our preparations, as it is impossible to over-prepare for the dragon we saw.

 

PLAN:

Sleep

Investigate tunnel

Slay dragon

Ransack horde

Get attacked by the dragon's allies

Kill them

Take there stuff too.

 

WW

 

OOC:

Tracy: Heroes' Feast.


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Thursday, April 26, 2007

RE: april (dragon hunting)

I agree we should plan on more than the dragon. In truth though I don’t see how that effects our preparations, as it is impossible to over-prepare for the dragon we saw.

 

PLAN:

Sleep

Investigate tunnel

Slay dragon

Ransack horde

Get attacked by the dragon’s allies

Kill them

Take there stuff too.

 

WW

 

OOC:

Tracy: Heroes’ Feast.

RE: april (dragon hunting)

I agree that there probably aren't two dragons like the one we saw.  However, it'd be a mistake to form a plan based on the assumption that we won't have anything else nasty attack us at the same time or shortly after we tangle with the dragon.  This is supposed to be the stronghold of the slave lords, yes?  Let's assume it'll be well-guarded and then we can celebrate afterward if it turned out to be easy, how's that?

Yes, let's investigate the tunnel.


From: "Andrew Cancellieri" <aithdim@comcast.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 4:55 PM
To: "'Tracey Newton'" <vt.dolphin@gmail.com>, <chris@perkett.net>
Subject: RE: april (dragon hunting)


PLAN OF ACTION?

 

Well you all convinced me that going straight up against the dragon, is not a good idea. So I thought we were going to investigate the tunnel that goes down into the mountain. It may be a back door or it may be a dead end. As for other dragons, this is a red and I don't think they like other dragons around. Am I wrong Kespin? Those other dragon like things don't worry me, they are behind us. I don't think we should over think this. Let's investigate the tunnel. All this talking is making my head hurt. LET'S GO, after waiting for spell casters to have their full compliments of spells if we want to sleep in this place.

 

Westwind

 


From: Tracey Newton [mailto:vt.dolphin@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 11:21 AM
To: chris@perkett.net
Cc: Andrew Cancellieri; patty@rutins.com; djawshua@hotmail.com; cperkett@adelphia.net; erik@rutins.com; argg.swords@blogger.com
Subject: Re: april (dragon hunting)

 

 

Just a quick check...did we come up with a plan of action?

 

We are gaming this Saturday, correct? Starting as close to noon as possible?

 

Cheers!

 

Tracey

 

On 3/29/07, Tracey Newton <vt.dolphin@gmail.com> wrote:

 

My friends and comrades.

 

I agree that we should wait until morning, because I can ask Pelor for His divine help in ways more specific to our immediate task. For example, he can grant us Protection from Fire (or other energy) that will remove 120 points of damage from every fire-based attack for a couple of hours. His presence will also improve our abilty to resist the dragon's aura of Fear (+4). For that matter, His presence in me will help those around me regardless of what spells are cast. I believe that I can also give Bull's Strength to everyone if desired, though Cat's Grace is not a clerical spell.
 

I would prefer to not fight this creature at the top of the mountain. That's it's territory and allows it to fly around us with impunity. I could try to entange it in a briar web, but I have a feeling that it will simply break free, if it gets entangled at all. I could try summoning some air elementals, but apart from that, I can't think of anything I can do to keep the thing grounded.

 

May the light of Pelor illuminate you all.

 

Tess.


 

On 3/28/07, Chris Perkett <cperkett@comcast.net > wrote:

I certainly agree with waiting until we are full on spells.  Yes, my
fists will hurt the dragon.  We haven't mentioned the other dragon-like
things that we saw, smaller tho they were...should we try and destroy
those first before taking on the older wyrm?

I cannot use a bow of that sort (read: my weapon groups don't include
bows, just crossbows), so Westwind is likely the best person to take the
shot.  I suppose I could run up and stick the arrow in by hand! :)  I am
really not good at ranged combat; I prefer to get up close and personal
to my prey.  Quite frankly, I think cornering the dragon inside a cavern
would make sense, as it negates the dragon's flight ability.  Perhaps we
should scout out a cavern large enough for it to enter, and set a trap?
We don't HAVE to go into its lair if we don't want to.

I know little about dragons, but I am not worried about fear.  After
all, haven't you slayed dragons before?  I am more concerned about the
other flying lizards we observed.  I mislike the idea of sending
Westwind in alone as "bait"... if this dragon is somehow connected with
the Slave Lords, it may know about a powerful halfling warrior named
Westwind.  The Slave Lords themselves know about you all, we should
expect the worst, that this dragon may know as well.

I do not think the tunnel will lead to anywhere, but I am willing, since
we are resting up anyway, to continue to explore it.

[OOC for a moment] Andrew, the dragon that attacked our ship, that one
also looked demonic in nature.  Wraith doesn't know about that, but I
bet Westwind and Kespin (who saw it close up) remember that vividly.

Chris

Andrew Cancellieri wrote:
>
> Want true strike scroll though it could create problems if I can't
> make it work the first time.
>
> I definitely want to use the slaying arrow on this dragon. It is a
> greater slaying arrow.
>
> Kespin I for one did not think you were trying to avoid the combat. I
> am also uncertain if you can actually kill it if it takes more than
> 50% damage.
>
> I will definitely take the cat's grace as it will improve my accuracy
> with the bow as well as my efforts to dodge the dragon's fire breath.
>
> Lysander, when Volsabi told us of red dragons in the area he was
> speaking of the area in terms of the entire mountain range, not
> specifically of this one mountain.
>
> As far as I know the only demonic-draconic we encountered was the
> death knights companion. Did I miss something?
>
> I think we need to spend the night as Tess has used spells today, and
> all our spellcasters should have a full compliment of spells before we
> battle this dragon.
>
> Expeditious retreat does not affect non-land speeds. It doesn't make
> you faster flying. Haste does.
>
>
>
> I have a novel and possibly futile idea. We could scout down the cave
> we are in. We didn't go too far down and this may lead us somewhere we
> want to be. If we can all fly to take on the dragon, we could all fly
> down this tunnel.
>
>
>
> Though I still like going up and luring it close enough to use the
> slaying arrow.
>
>
>
> WW
>
>
>
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Re: april (dragon hunting)

 
I like this Plan! We sleep, get all spells back, and GO!!
 
See you all at noon!
 
Tracey

 
On 4/25/07, Andrew Cancellieri <aithdim@comcast.net> wrote:

PLAN OF ACTION?

 

Well you all convinced me that going straight up against the dragon, is not a good idea. So I thought we were going to investigate the tunnel that goes down into the mountain. It may be a back door or it may be a dead end. As for other dragons, this is a red and I don't think they like other dragons around. Am I wrong Kespin? Those other dragon like things don't worry me, they are behind us. I don't think we should over think this. Let's investigate the tunnel. All this talking is making my head hurt. LET'S GO, after waiting for spell casters to have their full compliments of spells if we want to sleep in this place.

 

Westwind

 


From: Tracey Newton [mailto: vt.dolphin@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 11:21 AM
To: chris@perkett.net
Cc: Andrew Cancellieri; patty@rutins.com; djawshua@hotmail.com; cperkett@adelphia.net; erik@rutins.com; argg.swords@blogger.com
Subject: Re: april (dragon hunting)

 

 

Just a quick check...did we come up with a plan of action?

 

We are gaming this Saturday, correct? Starting as close to noon as possible?

 

Cheers!

 

Tracey

 

On 3/29/07, Tracey Newton < vt.dolphin@gmail.com> wrote:

 

My friends and comrades.

 

I agree that we should wait until morning, because I can ask Pelor for His divine help in ways more specific to our immediate task. For example, he can grant us Protection from Fire (or other energy) that will remove 120 points of damage from every fire-based attack for a couple of hours. His presence will also improve our abilty to resist the dragon's aura of Fear (+4). For that matter, His presence in me will help those around me regardless of what spells are cast. I believe that I can also give Bull's Strength to everyone if desired, though Cat's Grace is not a clerical spell.
 

I would prefer to not fight this creature at the top of the mountain. That's it's territory and allows it to fly around us with impunity. I could try to entange it in a briar web, but I have a feeling that it will simply break free, if it gets entangled at all. I could try summoning some air elementals, but apart from that, I can't think of anything I can do to keep the thing grounded.

 

May the light of Pelor illuminate you all.

 

Tess.


 

On 3/28/07, Chris Perkett < cperkett@comcast.net > wrote:

I certainly agree with waiting until we are full on spells.  Yes, my
fists will hurt the dragon.  We haven't mentioned the other dragon-like
things that we saw, smaller tho they were...should we try and destroy
those first before taking on the older wyrm?

I cannot use a bow of that sort (read: my weapon groups don't include
bows, just crossbows), so Westwind is likely the best person to take the
shot.  I suppose I could run up and stick the arrow in by hand! :)  I am
really not good at ranged combat; I prefer to get up close and personal
to my prey.  Quite frankly, I think cornering the dragon inside a cavern
would make sense, as it negates the dragon's flight ability.  Perhaps we
should scout out a cavern large enough for it to enter, and set a trap?
We don't HAVE to go into its lair if we don't want to.

I know little about dragons, but I am not worried about fear.  After
all, haven't you slayed dragons before?  I am more concerned about the
other flying lizards we observed.  I mislike the idea of sending
Westwind in alone as "bait"... if this dragon is somehow connected with
the Slave Lords, it may know about a powerful halfling warrior named
Westwind.  The Slave Lords themselves know about you all, we should
expect the worst, that this dragon may know as well.

I do not think the tunnel will lead to anywhere, but I am willing, since
we are resting up anyway, to continue to explore it.

[OOC for a moment] Andrew, the dragon that attacked our ship, that one
also looked demonic in nature.  Wraith doesn't know about that, but I
bet Westwind and Kespin (who saw it close up) remember that vividly.

Chris

Andrew Cancellieri wrote:
>
> Want true strike scroll though it could create problems if I can't
> make it work the first time.
>
> I definitely want to use the slaying arrow on this dragon. It is a
> greater slaying arrow.
>
> Kespin I for one did not think you were trying to avoid the combat. I
> am also uncertain if you can actually kill it if it takes more than
> 50% damage.
>
> I will definitely take the cat's grace as it will improve my accuracy
> with the bow as well as my efforts to dodge the dragon's fire breath.
>
> Lysander, when Volsabi told us of red dragons in the area he was
> speaking of the area in terms of the entire mountain range, not
> specifically of this one mountain.
>
> As far as I know the only demonic-draconic we encountered was the
> death knights companion. Did I miss something?
>
> I think we need to spend the night as Tess has used spells today, and
> all our spellcasters should have a full compliment of spells before we
> battle this dragon.
>
> Expeditious retreat does not affect non-land speeds. It doesn't make
> you faster flying. Haste does.
>
>
>
> I have a novel and possibly futile idea. We could scout down the cave
> we are in. We didn't go too far down and this may lead us somewhere we
> want to be. If we can all fly to take on the dragon, we could all fly
> down this tunnel.
>
>
>
> Though I still like going up and luring it close enough to use the
> slaying arrow.
>
>
>
> WW
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
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Wednesday, April 25, 2007

RE: april (dragon hunting)

PLAN OF ACTION?

 

Well you all convinced me that going straight up against the dragon, is not a good idea. So I thought we were going to investigate the tunnel that goes down into the mountain. It may be a back door or it may be a dead end. As for other dragons, this is a red and I don’t think they like other dragons around. Am I wrong Kespin? Those other dragon like things don’t worry me, they are behind us. I don’t think we should over think this. Let’s investigate the tunnel. All this talking is making my head hurt. LET’S GO, after waiting for spell casters to have their full compliments of spells if we want to sleep in this place.

 

Westwind

 


From: Tracey Newton [mailto:vt.dolphin@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 11:21 AM
To: chris@perkett.net
Cc: Andrew Cancellieri; patty@rutins.com; djawshua@hotmail.com; cperkett@adelphia.net; erik@rutins.com; argg.swords@blogger.com
Subject: Re: april (dragon hunting)

 

 

Just a quick check...did we come up with a plan of action?

 

We are gaming this Saturday, correct? Starting as close to noon as possible?

 

Cheers!

 

Tracey

 

On 3/29/07, Tracey Newton <vt.dolphin@gmail.com> wrote:

 

My friends and comrades.

 

I agree that we should wait until morning, because I can ask Pelor for His divine help in ways more specific to our immediate task. For example, he can grant us Protection from Fire (or other energy) that will remove 120 points of damage from every fire-based attack for a couple of hours. His presence will also improve our abilty to resist the dragon's aura of Fear (+4). For that matter, His presence in me will help those around me regardless of what spells are cast. I believe that I can also give Bull's Strength to everyone if desired, though Cat's Grace is not a clerical spell.
 

I would prefer to not fight this creature at the top of the mountain. That's it's territory and allows it to fly around us with impunity. I could try to entange it in a briar web, but I have a feeling that it will simply break free, if it gets entangled at all. I could try summoning some air elementals, but apart from that, I can't think of anything I can do to keep the thing grounded.

 

May the light of Pelor illuminate you all.

 

Tess.


 

On 3/28/07, Chris Perkett <cperkett@comcast.net > wrote:

I certainly agree with waiting until we are full on spells.  Yes, my
fists will hurt the dragon.  We haven't mentioned the other dragon-like
things that we saw, smaller tho they were...should we try and destroy
those first before taking on the older wyrm?

I cannot use a bow of that sort (read: my weapon groups don't include
bows, just crossbows), so Westwind is likely the best person to take the
shot.  I suppose I could run up and stick the arrow in by hand! :)  I am
really not good at ranged combat; I prefer to get up close and personal
to my prey.  Quite frankly, I think cornering the dragon inside a cavern
would make sense, as it negates the dragon's flight ability.  Perhaps we
should scout out a cavern large enough for it to enter, and set a trap?
We don't HAVE to go into its lair if we don't want to.

I know little about dragons, but I am not worried about fear.  After
all, haven't you slayed dragons before?  I am more concerned about the
other flying lizards we observed.  I mislike the idea of sending
Westwind in alone as "bait"... if this dragon is somehow connected with
the Slave Lords, it may know about a powerful halfling warrior named
Westwind.  The Slave Lords themselves know about you all, we should
expect the worst, that this dragon may know as well.

I do not think the tunnel will lead to anywhere, but I am willing, since
we are resting up anyway, to continue to explore it.

[OOC for a moment] Andrew, the dragon that attacked our ship, that one
also looked demonic in nature.  Wraith doesn't know about that, but I
bet Westwind and Kespin (who saw it close up) remember that vividly.

Chris

Andrew Cancellieri wrote:
>
> Want true strike scroll though it could create problems if I can't
> make it work the first time.
>
> I definitely want to use the slaying arrow on this dragon. It is a
> greater slaying arrow.
>
> Kespin I for one did not think you were trying to avoid the combat. I
> am also uncertain if you can actually kill it if it takes more than
> 50% damage.
>
> I will definitely take the cat's grace as it will improve my accuracy
> with the bow as well as my efforts to dodge the dragon's fire breath.
>
> Lysander, when Volsabi told us of red dragons in the area he was
> speaking of the area in terms of the entire mountain range, not
> specifically of this one mountain.
>
> As far as I know the only demonic-draconic we encountered was the
> death knights companion. Did I miss something?
>
> I think we need to spend the night as Tess has used spells today, and
> all our spellcasters should have a full compliment of spells before we
> battle this dragon.
>
> Expeditious retreat does not affect non-land speeds. It doesn't make
> you faster flying. Haste does.
>
>
>
> I have a novel and possibly futile idea. We could scout down the cave
> we are in. We didn't go too far down and this may lead us somewhere we
> want to be. If we can all fly to take on the dragon, we could all fly
> down this tunnel.
>
>
>
> Though I still like going up and luring it close enough to use the
> slaying arrow.
>
>
>
> WW
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> --
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Re: april (dragon hunting)

I'm not sure...

I suspect that as soon as we take on one dragon or dragon-like creature, the rest will know all about us.  Dragons can be spellcasters as well, so why wouldn't they use "message" just like we would?  We know there's at least one red dragon, plus the other dragonish-things (we saw two?), and then there were troll minions.  I suspect that reconnaissance wouldn't be a bad idea.

We should keep a Windwalk spell ready as well.  If we get in over our heads, we can hopefully get Windwalk going in time and zoom away.  With well-used Windwalk spells, we could harry this place for quite some time -- pick a target, whack it, and be somewhere completely different by afternoon to confuse pursuit.


From: "Tracey Newton" <vt.dolphin@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 11:22 AM
To: chris@perkett.net
Subject: Re: april (dragon hunting)


 
Just a quick check...did we come up with a plan of action?
 
We are gaming this Saturday, correct? Starting as close to noon as possible?
 
Cheers!
 
Tracey

 
On 3/29/07, Tracey Newton <vt.dolphin@gmail.com> wrote:
 
My friends and comrades.
 
I agree that we should wait until morning, because I can ask Pelor for His divine help in ways more specific to our immediate task. For example, he can grant us Protection from Fire (or other energy) that will remove 120 points of damage from every fire-based attack for a couple of hours. His presence will also improve our abilty to resist the dragon's aura of Fear (+4). For that matter, His presence in me will help those around me regardless of what spells are cast. I believe that I can also give Bull's Strength to everyone if desired, though Cat's Grace is not a clerical spell.
 
I would prefer to not fight this creature at the top of the mountain. That's it's territory and allows it to fly around us with impunity. I could try to entange it in a briar web, but I have a feeling that it will simply break free, if it gets entangled at all. I could try summoning some air elementals, but apart from that, I can't think of anything I can do to keep the thing grounded.
 
May the light of Pelor illuminate you all.
 
Tess.

 
On 3/28/07, Chris Perkett <cperkett@comcast.net > wrote:
I certainly agree with waiting until we are full on spells.  Yes, my
fists will hurt the dragon.  We haven't mentioned the other dragon-like
things that we saw, smaller tho they were...should we try and destroy
those first before taking on the older wyrm?

I cannot use a bow of that sort (read: my weapon groups don't include
bows, just crossbows), so Westwind is likely the best person to take the
shot.  I suppose I could run up and stick the arrow in by hand! :)  I am
really not good at ranged combat; I prefer to get up close and personal
to my prey.  Quite frankly, I think cornering the dragon inside a cavern
would make sense, as it negates the dragon's flight ability.  Perhaps we
should scout out a cavern large enough for it to enter, and set a trap?
We don't HAVE to go into its lair if we don't want to.

I know little about dragons, but I am not worried about fear.  After
all, haven't you slayed dragons before?  I am more concerned about the
other flying lizards we observed.  I mislike the idea of sending
Westwind in alone as "bait"... if this dragon is somehow connected with
the Slave Lords, it may know about a powerful halfling warrior named
Westwind.  The Slave Lords themselves know about you all, we should
expect the worst, that this dragon may know as well.

I do not think the tunnel will lead to anywhere, but I am willing, since
we are resting up anyway, to continue to explore it.

[OOC for a moment] Andrew, the dragon that attacked our ship, that one
also looked demonic in nature.  Wraith doesn't know about that, but I
bet Westwind and Kespin (who saw it close up) remember that vividly.

Chris

Andrew Cancellieri wrote:
>
> Want true strike scroll though it could create problems if I can't
> make it work the first time.
>
> I definitely want to use the slaying arrow on this dragon. It is a
> greater slaying arrow.
>
> Kespin I for one did not think you were trying to avoid the combat. I
> am also uncertain if you can actually kill it if it takes more than
> 50% damage.
>
> I will definitely take the cat's grace as it will improve my accuracy
> with the bow as well as my efforts to dodge the dragon's fire breath.
>
> Lysander, when Volsabi told us of red dragons in the area he was
> speaking of the area in terms of the entire mountain range, not
> specifically of this one mountain.
>
> As far as I know the only demonic-draconic we encountered was the
> death knights companion. Did I miss something?
>
> I think we need to spend the night as Tess has used spells today, and
> all our spellcasters should have a full compliment of spells before we
> battle this dragon.
>
> Expeditious retreat does not affect non-land speeds. It doesn't make
> you faster flying. Haste does.
>
>
>
> I have a novel and possibly futile idea. We could scout down the cave
> we are in. We didn't go too far down and this may lead us somewhere we
> want to be. If we can all fly to take on the dragon, we could all fly
> down this tunnel.
>
>
>
> Though I still like going up and luring it close enough to use the
> slaying arrow.
>
>
>
> WW
>
>
>
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Re: april (dragon hunting)

 
Just a quick check...did we come up with a plan of action?
 
We are gaming this Saturday, correct? Starting as close to noon as possible?
 
Cheers!
 
Tracey

 
On 3/29/07, Tracey Newton <vt.dolphin@gmail.com> wrote:
 
My friends and comrades.
 
I agree that we should wait until morning, because I can ask Pelor for His divine help in ways more specific to our immediate task. For example, he can grant us Protection from Fire (or other energy) that will remove 120 points of damage from every fire-based attack for a couple of hours. His presence will also improve our abilty to resist the dragon's aura of Fear (+4). For that matter, His presence in me will help those around me regardless of what spells are cast. I believe that I can also give Bull's Strength to everyone if desired, though Cat's Grace is not a clerical spell.
 
I would prefer to not fight this creature at the top of the mountain. That's it's territory and allows it to fly around us with impunity. I could try to entange it in a briar web, but I have a feeling that it will simply break free, if it gets entangled at all. I could try summoning some air elementals, but apart from that, I can't think of anything I can do to keep the thing grounded.
 
May the light of Pelor illuminate you all.
 
Tess.

 
On 3/28/07, Chris Perkett <cperkett@comcast.net > wrote:
I certainly agree with waiting until we are full on spells.  Yes, my
fists will hurt the dragon.  We haven't mentioned the other dragon-like
things that we saw, smaller tho they were...should we try and destroy
those first before taking on the older wyrm?

I cannot use a bow of that sort (read: my weapon groups don't include
bows, just crossbows), so Westwind is likely the best person to take the
shot.  I suppose I could run up and stick the arrow in by hand! :)  I am
really not good at ranged combat; I prefer to get up close and personal
to my prey.  Quite frankly, I think cornering the dragon inside a cavern
would make sense, as it negates the dragon's flight ability.  Perhaps we
should scout out a cavern large enough for it to enter, and set a trap?
We don't HAVE to go into its lair if we don't want to.

I know little about dragons, but I am not worried about fear.  After
all, haven't you slayed dragons before?  I am more concerned about the
other flying lizards we observed.  I mislike the idea of sending
Westwind in alone as "bait"... if this dragon is somehow connected with
the Slave Lords, it may know about a powerful halfling warrior named
Westwind.  The Slave Lords themselves know about you all, we should
expect the worst, that this dragon may know as well.

I do not think the tunnel will lead to anywhere, but I am willing, since
we are resting up anyway, to continue to explore it.

[OOC for a moment] Andrew, the dragon that attacked our ship, that one
also looked demonic in nature.  Wraith doesn't know about that, but I
bet Westwind and Kespin (who saw it close up) remember that vividly.

Chris

Andrew Cancellieri wrote:
>
> Want true strike scroll though it could create problems if I can't
> make it work the first time.
>
> I definitely want to use the slaying arrow on this dragon. It is a
> greater slaying arrow.
>
> Kespin I for one did not think you were trying to avoid the combat. I
> am also uncertain if you can actually kill it if it takes more than
> 50% damage.
>
> I will definitely take the cat's grace as it will improve my accuracy
> with the bow as well as my efforts to dodge the dragon's fire breath.
>
> Lysander, when Volsabi told us of red dragons in the area he was
> speaking of the area in terms of the entire mountain range, not
> specifically of this one mountain.
>
> As far as I know the only demonic-draconic we encountered was the
> death knights companion. Did I miss something?
>
> I think we need to spend the night as Tess has used spells today, and
> all our spellcasters should have a full compliment of spells before we
> battle this dragon.
>
> Expeditious retreat does not affect non-land speeds. It doesn't make
> you faster flying. Haste does.
>
>
>
> I have a novel and possibly futile idea. We could scout down the cave
> we are in. We didn't go too far down and this may lead us somewhere we
> want to be. If we can all fly to take on the dragon, we could all fly
> down this tunnel.
>
>
>
> Though I still like going up and luring it close enough to use the
> slaying arrow.
>
>
>
> WW
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> --
> No virus found in this outgoing message.
> Checked by AVG Free Edition.
> Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.20/737 - Release Date:
> 3/28/2007 4:23 PM
>



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Sunday, April 15, 2007

More Letters Home

Hello, Girard.

 

I am writing these letters, not knowing if I will ever get a chance to send them to you. In any event, it could be important to have these events documented.

We stayed in a copse of trees overnight where we encountered a trio of basilisks. Stupid creatures. They didn't last too long against Westwind, however, and we finished out the night. As we approached Highport the next morning, a flock of stirges fled the city followed by Harpies. The Harpies charmed Westwind, and questioned us. Our responses were acceptable, and they allowed us to continue. We were further questioned at the southern gate of the city. We passed ourselves off as slave-buyers, and it seemed that our disguises worked. We headed toward the center of the city, where the slave markets were located. The streets were filled with every type of vermin, from rats to trolls. I believe I even saw something like ghouls sitting on rooftops, like ravens by a slaughter-yard. We passed a side street that was barricaded by humans and orcs, sitting on what looked like casks of oil. Further down the street, we passed another avenue to the east that led to a temple guarded by two bronze-skinned people.

Ahead, a wider avenue led to a square filled by an open air market where slaves were being auctioned off. There was a guarded stockade, with a yard inside the stockade with a raised platform. Across the street from the market, there was a fortified manor house guarded by half-orcs and men with blue sashes in very good armor. It seems we missed the viewing of the slaves; we should have come in the morning to see the slaves before the auction. The current lot of 10 was being sold for 70 gold pieces. We were about to leave in disgust, when a lot of children came up for sale. There was no way we could pass them up, so we bought them to keep them out of the hands of the slavers still at the market.

We gathered up the children and started to leave the city. A feral-looking man seemed to be staring intently at me. I believe he was trying to detect the level of goodness associated with me. We got very suspicious, and Kespin ducked to the side and became invisible, and Wrye did the same (those his method of invisibility was more due to skill than magic). I gathered the children close to me, and we continued on the most direct path to the gate. The feral-guy (and 8 others) was following us south, when we passed the barricaded avenue. The feral man went to the barricade and said, "Time to Worship" and 30-40 people joined him in pursuing us. 9 of them dropped back and turned toward Wrye, as Lysander and I ducked into a side alleyway with the children.

I cast blade barrier across the road, and Lysander summoned a swarm of rats into the rubble where the men were pursuing us. At this point, the 9 moving toward Wrye engaged him. He dropped one with an arrow, but the feral-man shot a searing light at Wrye, and then a half-orc, called Grolsh, struck Wrye critically with his sword, and then hit him again. I started leading the kids down the road as Lysander hit the rabble heading at us with a fireball. One of them fell, but the rest stayed up. Kespin rushed him, and struck down the feral looking cleric with a called shot to the neck. Wrye retreated down the alleyway and encountered a green slime stretching across the alley. Grolsh pursued Wrye and struck at him again with his sword. In an act of desperation, Wrye tried to jump over the slime, but missed. Unfortunately, landing in the slime proved to be too much for his little body to handle, and he died in the alleyway. Kespin breathed fire, and Lysander shot bolts of that dark energy, and the remaining enemies fell. As expected in a city this evil, the dead began to rise. I called upon Pelor, and the undead were restored to their natural state. We recovered Wrye's body and retreated to the copse of trees. When I spoke to Wrye's spirit, he told me that he did not want to return. He was looking forward to seeing his friend Kobort and other friends again. We will miss the little archer. Pray for his soul, my love.

On the fourth of Goodmonth, I wind-walked back to Safeton with the first four children. When there, I found that Safeton had been attacked! Orcs from the Pomarj had entered the city at the harbor. The orcs had been repelled but the fires were still burning when I arrived. I deposited the children at the temple of Pelor and went out to heal the wounded. The next day, I went back to the copse. It seems that while I was gone, Westwind got bored and went to go play with a group of goblins that were walking by. His actions attracted some Harpies, who came out and charmed him (again), but Kespin was able to dispel the harpy song with his countersong and Westwind was freed of the enchantment. I got back to the group that night, and we moved to yet another copse a bit further on. I left the morning of the sixth with the last two children and headed back to Safeton.

I gave the children over to the care of the clerics at the temple of Pelor and went to check on those that I had healed earlier. Bendelle approached me and told me that someone was looking for me. A shadowy figure, wrapped in a dark cloak, trailed after her. She said, "I leave this one in your hands" and walked away. It was not a very reassuring introduction, and I got the feeling that Bendelle did not entirely trust the one behind her. The figure refused to give its name or the name of those who sent it to find me, but then told me that it needed to find the swords of Sunndi. It told me to refer to it as "Wraith". It said that it was sent to find us by someone whom the swords knew, but would not be more specific than that. It then showed me that it was either a shape-changer or a master of illusion by changing itself to look like me. This was not a good move in trying to build any measure of trust between us. I understand the need for secrecy in many aspects of life, but when asking someone to trust you, I feel it is better to downplay those aspects that you do not wish to share. It didn't seem to be evil, but one does not need to be evil to be used as a tool for evil, so I wasn't going to simply bring it along to the rest of the party without further probing. In any event, it did eventually give me enough information that I could give it some measure of trust, and I brought it down to meet the party on the 6th. I gave my oath to not reveal what secrets it gave me. I felt that removing it from the city was a good idea for the safety of the townsfolk, and I felt that the party could deal with any threat posed by this "Wraith" creature. I do not like its penchant for mimicking the undead, though. Or at least taking the moniker. Perhaps if its cloak were white, or a pale grey, it would be less disturbing. It's something to think about at least.

I will leave this letter in Bendelle's care to send to you when she can.

 

Be well, love.

 

Tess

 

Greetings again, Girard.

 

I am continuing my documentation of our quest. I have found that I am trying to watch events unfold with the objectiveness that you so often display. It makes me feel closer to you, love.

While I was up in Safeton, it seems that a large flock of 30 or so stirges attacked Lysander, Kespin, and Westwind. Horrible creatures, really. Kespin wasn't badly hurt, Westwind took 2 Con damage from the 8 stirges that attached to him, but Lysander was nearly killed by the 12 con damage that she took. Kespin was able to breathe fire on him, killing all the stirges that were attached to him, through dropping him in the process as well. <Lysander spends one fate point to stabilize.> They healed him as best they could, and I brought both Westwind and Lysander up to full strength when I returned.

Wraith was able to give more information to Westwind and Kespin when it met them, and they did (grudgingly) allow it to join the party. It revealed that the slave lord behind the capture of the Swords of Suundi was Ajaxtu, a name we have heard before. Now that it was with the Swords, it revealed that it is working for the Lord Mayor of Irongate, and that its name is Lawrence of Woton Manor. Kespin and Westwind immediately began calling it "Larry", which I find most amusing. That night, we were awakened by another presence in the copse of trees where we were camping. When we investigated, we saw a ghost of something very large. I knew that it did not pose any danger to us, but also that we did not have the time to spare to send it on its way to the afterlife. We will have to return to this place to put this spirit to rest after we have completed our task with the slave lords in the mountains.

We moved off on the 8th toward the mountains. I have sketched out a rough map of the paths that we followed. We chose to windwalk to avoid incidental encounters along the way as well as move more quickly across the terrain. We took the small trail that went south of the largest fort we found. It led into the forest in the foothills and started moving up into the mountains. The trail was just wide enough for one wagon, and it did not seem to get a lot of traffic. As it moved farther up into the mountains, the forest changed from mostly deciduous to almost completely coniferous. We eventually lost the trail when it petered out in some more rocky terrain. We decided to fly up the mountain. It seems that the top of the mountain has been sheared off, leaving a large flat terrace at the very top. We suspected that we would find our quarry at the top, so we headed up. We passed a couple of caves, and two yellow-green flying lizards with no eyes flew out at us. We flew quickly away from the mountain, and they gave up the pursuit. We came back to the mountain and renewed our ascent. At that point, we saw a very large dragon fly out over the edge of the mountain, circle around lazily, and return back to the top out of sight. We stopped our ascent at that point. We landed and tried to discuss possible approaches to our assault on the top. Unfortunately, our discussion was overheard by some trolls in a guard post in a nearby cave. They came out, we flew around them and into the cave where we dropped the windwalk and joined battle. We defeated them, anointed them with oil, and set them afire. We then explored the cave. There was a pit trap in a tunnel that seems to go nowhere. The other split passed a shallow pond. The wall by the pond was seeping water, and the floor of the tunnel is damp and very slippery in sections. The tunnel then started sloping downward. It split, and Wraith went ahead to scout it out. The right fork ended in a dead end, and the left fork had nothing within 50 feet of the split.

We returned to the main room where we had fought the trolls. We searched around and found a small statuette of a horse among their belongings. There is an inscription on the statuette that says "Steelhoof" in dwarvish. Unfortunately, none of us speak dwarvish, so for now, the statuette is useless to us. We found a bone scroll case in the pit trap with an arcane mark on the end of it: the letter "O" in draconic, and the arcane rune for "ice". The scroll inside has the spell "Power Word Stun", and we gave the scroll to Lysander.

We will stay here tonight and decide what to do in the morning.

 

I hope you are well, my love. Pelor watch over us.

 

Tesseran

 


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"A group of people who all share the same mental illness does not constitute a culture."  - Mike Bilodeau

Thursday, March 29, 2007

dragon prep

Tess- Hero's Feast!

(andrew)

Re: april (dragon hunting)

 
My friends and comrades.
 
I agree that we should wait until morning, because I can ask Pelor for His divine help in ways more specific to our immediate task. For example, he can grant us Protection from Fire (or other energy) that will remove 120 points of damage from every fire-based attack for a couple of hours. His presence will also improve our abilty to resist the dragon's aura of Fear (+4). For that matter, His presence in me will help those around me regardless of what spells are cast. I believe that I can also give Bull's Strength to everyone if desired, though Cat's Grace is not a clerical spell.
 
I would prefer to not fight this creature at the top of the mountain. That's it's territory and allows it to fly around us with impunity. I could try to entange it in a briar web, but I have a feeling that it will simply break free, if it gets entangled at all. I could try summoning some air elementals, but apart from that, I can't think of anything I can do to keep the thing grounded.
 
May the light of Pelor illuminate you all.
 
Tess.

 
On 3/28/07, Chris Perkett <cperkett@comcast.net> wrote:
I certainly agree with waiting until we are full on spells.  Yes, my
fists will hurt the dragon.  We haven't mentioned the other dragon-like
things that we saw, smaller tho they were...should we try and destroy
those first before taking on the older wyrm?

I cannot use a bow of that sort (read: my weapon groups don't include
bows, just crossbows), so Westwind is likely the best person to take the
shot.  I suppose I could run up and stick the arrow in by hand! :)  I am
really not good at ranged combat; I prefer to get up close and personal
to my prey.  Quite frankly, I think cornering the dragon inside a cavern
would make sense, as it negates the dragon's flight ability.  Perhaps we
should scout out a cavern large enough for it to enter, and set a trap?
We don't HAVE to go into its lair if we don't want to.

I know little about dragons, but I am not worried about fear.  After
all, haven't you slayed dragons before?  I am more concerned about the
other flying lizards we observed.  I mislike the idea of sending
Westwind in alone as "bait"... if this dragon is somehow connected with
the Slave Lords, it may know about a powerful halfling warrior named
Westwind.  The Slave Lords themselves know about you all, we should
expect the worst, that this dragon may know as well.

I do not think the tunnel will lead to anywhere, but I am willing, since
we are resting up anyway, to continue to explore it.

[OOC for a moment] Andrew, the dragon that attacked our ship, that one
also looked demonic in nature.  Wraith doesn't know about that, but I
bet Westwind and Kespin (who saw it close up) remember that vividly.

Chris

Andrew Cancellieri wrote:
>
> Want true strike scroll though it could create problems if I can't
> make it work the first time.
>
> I definitely want to use the slaying arrow on this dragon. It is a
> greater slaying arrow.
>
> Kespin I for one did not think you were trying to avoid the combat. I
> am also uncertain if you can actually kill it if it takes more than
> 50% damage.
>
> I will definitely take the cat's grace as it will improve my accuracy
> with the bow as well as my efforts to dodge the dragon's fire breath.
>
> Lysander, when Volsabi told us of red dragons in the area he was
> speaking of the area in terms of the entire mountain range, not
> specifically of this one mountain.
>
> As far as I know the only demonic-draconic we encountered was the
> death knights companion. Did I miss something?
>
> I think we need to spend the night as Tess has used spells today, and
> all our spellcasters should have a full compliment of spells before we
> battle this dragon.
>
> Expeditious retreat does not affect non-land speeds. It doesn't make
> you faster flying. Haste does.
>
>
>
> I have a novel and possibly futile idea. We could scout down the cave
> we are in. We didn't go too far down and this may lead us somewhere we
> want to be. If we can all fly to take on the dragon, we could all fly
> down this tunnel.
>
>
>
> Though I still like going up and luring it close enough to use the
> slaying arrow.
>
>
>
> WW
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> --
> No virus found in this outgoing message.
> Checked by AVG Free Edition.
> Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.20/737 - Release Date:
> 3/28/2007 4:23 PM
>



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Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Re: april (dragon hunting)

I certainly agree with waiting until we are full on spells. Yes, my
fists will hurt the dragon. We haven't mentioned the other dragon-like
things that we saw, smaller tho they were...should we try and destroy
those first before taking on the older wyrm?

I cannot use a bow of that sort (read: my weapon groups don't include
bows, just crossbows), so Westwind is likely the best person to take the
shot. I suppose I could run up and stick the arrow in by hand! :) I am
really not good at ranged combat; I prefer to get up close and personal
to my prey. Quite frankly, I think cornering the dragon inside a cavern
would make sense, as it negates the dragon's flight ability. Perhaps we
should scout out a cavern large enough for it to enter, and set a trap?
We don't HAVE to go into its lair if we don't want to.

I know little about dragons, but I am not worried about fear. After
all, haven't you slayed dragons before? I am more concerned about the
other flying lizards we observed. I mislike the idea of sending
Westwind in alone as "bait"... if this dragon is somehow connected with
the Slave Lords, it may know about a powerful halfling warrior named
Westwind. The Slave Lords themselves know about you all, we should
expect the worst, that this dragon may know as well.

I do not think the tunnel will lead to anywhere, but I am willing, since
we are resting up anyway, to continue to explore it.

[OOC for a moment] Andrew, the dragon that attacked our ship, that one
also looked demonic in nature. Wraith doesn't know about that, but I
bet Westwind and Kespin (who saw it close up) remember that vividly.

Chris

Andrew Cancellieri wrote:
>
> Want true strike scroll though it could create problems if I can't
> make it work the first time.
>
> I definitely want to use the slaying arrow on this dragon. It is a
> greater slaying arrow.
>
> Kespin I for one did not think you were trying to avoid the combat. I
> am also uncertain if you can actually kill it if it takes more than
> 50% damage.
>
> I will definitely take the cat's grace as it will improve my accuracy
> with the bow as well as my efforts to dodge the dragon's fire breath.
>
> Lysander, when Volsabi told us of red dragons in the area he was
> speaking of the area in terms of the entire mountain range, not
> specifically of this one mountain.
>
> As far as I know the only demonic-draconic we encountered was the
> death knights companion. Did I miss something?
>
> I think we need to spend the night as Tess has used spells today, and
> all our spellcasters should have a full compliment of spells before we
> battle this dragon.
>
> Expeditious retreat does not affect non-land speeds. It doesn't make
> you faster flying. Haste does.
>
>
>
> I have a novel and possibly futile idea. We could scout down the cave
> we are in. We didn't go too far down and this may lead us somewhere we
> want to be. If we can all fly to take on the dragon, we could all fly
> down this tunnel.
>
>
>
> Though I still like going up and luring it close enough to use the
> slaying arrow.
>
>
>
> WW
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> --
> No virus found in this outgoing message.
> Checked by AVG Free Edition.
> Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.20/737 - Release Date:
> 3/28/2007 4:23 PM
>

Re: april (dragon hunting)

The red dragon that was part of the ambush on the seas outside of Hardby
was not quite normal in countenance -- I thought that was the dragon you
were talking about.

We don't really know what's in this mountain yet, do we? Although I
admit it's unlikely to have more than one red in a small area, a
mountain of this size could house more than one especially if they are
working toward a common purpose. In any case, a flying battle is likely
to draw the attention of any in the surrounding mountains as well. I
think we're generally agreed that we don't want to do battle in the air.

Scouting this cave would certainly be sensible if we want to use it as a
haven.

Even if we find a way into a lair, we can certainly still use the
halfling-as-bait trick. :)

RE: april (dragon hunting)