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Back Foul Beast

5/28/2014

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Ptolmek grimaces. 'We are making too much noise,' he thinks to himself. He tries to shake the worst of the viscera off the mace.

"Someone sharp search this vile corpse while I keep watch," he says shaking his head, moving north. "The place to start is with the dowel-lever we spotted before." Blackbird McAllister silently follows Ptolmek to the north.

Piker watches Ptomlek clean his mace of the worst of the Grimlock's viscera. Piker acknowledges Ptomlek's suggestion. "We should be sure to check on the way back for other side passages as well. Gods know what else we might have missed."

Kneeling next to the grimlock, Piker uses his low light vision to search the body. Even in the dim light of the ancient Vault he is able to locate and retrieve a Rusty Dagger +1, a Leather Cap +1, and 5 Gold coins.

(OOC: Successful Action Piker, searching the body you locate several items and 5 Gold coins. Please add 0:05 min to your Perception Skill and Wisdom Ability Focus Times.)

Morcant walks to the corpse and retrieves his silver dagger, flicking the blood off to the side. He talks to Ptolmek, "You handle yourself well. Let's backtrack so that we might move forward." He eyes the rusted dagger snatched up by Piker.

(OOC: Failed Action Morcant, you could not take the dagger because Piker retrieved it first. You can discuss in-character, or on other channels, if you wish to pass the dagger between yourselves. Remember to update your Character Sheets with the new inventory, whomever keeps the weapon.)

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Meanwhile... perched upon a rocky crag hundreds of meters into the sky, a solitary Thunderbird observes the valley below. Her nest sits quiet and undisturbed near the base of an uncharted waterfall. It is here the hatchlings will take their first breaths, stretch their downy wings, and consume their first meals.

The constant beating of crashing water against the jagged rocks prepares the hatchlings for a life flying within the heart of turbulent storms. In time, she will carry them to larger and stronger nests near the top of The Highwall Peaks. It is there the tiny Thunderbirds will be struck by their first bolts of lightning and discover their mastery over the mysteries of storms.

From this distance the great Thunderbird cannot judge if the approaching party is dangerous or docile.  Taking flight, sailing between the clouds, she swoops and dives toward the valley floor with speed and precision. Tilting her head and arcing her back the giant bird levels off high above the party, and well out of range of any projectile attack.

Marching up the skree field surrounding the recently revealed entrance to the Vaults is a small band of diminutive people. They are heavily laden and are clearly weary under the weight of their load. But on they push, without a moments rest. As they approach the small doorway in the side of the granite cliff the Thunderbird screeches loudly. The cry echoes down the fissures and faces of the rock wall until it is firmly planted in the ears of every adventurer. Along with the fear which it was intended to instill.

(OOC: Players, the party approaching the Secret Vaults of Kas the Betrayer are not known to you at this time. However, they could become one of your greatest assets and some of your closest allies.

As you recall, you are but one member of a small hand selected Adventuring Party sent by The Great University to research the Vaults. The selection committee gathered innumerable able bodied adventurers for the journey. With each wave of applicants the University took greater care in the selection process.

You are also aware that the University has been known to send reinforcements and supply groups to parties that are waylaid, or tally in the field. It is a prudent move for a quorum of learned scholars, but hardly a vote of confidence for a proud adventurer.

Should you choose to undertake a second Character, you will be required to create a Character Sheet for the individual. The new additions will be known as Followers. A Heraldry Shield will be added to the Game Map and Easy Click Character Stack for you to keep tabs on your Follower.

When you post your next turn on Thursday, June 5 - you may include a more detailed background on the Follower you are introducing if you wish. You can also save that introduction for later in the story when the two parties actually meet for the first time, face to face.

A few notes on creating your Follower:
  • The Follower must either be a Dwarf, Halfling, or Gnome.
  • They do not have to be from the same House as your Primary Character.
  • You will control and manage the Follower fully, as if it were another Adventurer.
  • Followers may carry any gear, equipment, or magical items you 'forgot' to pack.
  • The University has decided to send you items based on their evaluation of your particular skill set and abilities.
  • The logical limits are: seven (7) slots per body part, three (3) seven-slot containers, three (3) seven-slot Trained Creatures, and seven-slots each of Spell Books & Scrolls, Magical Items, and Potions & Elixers.
  • The hardy Follower adventurers can even wear multiple layers of armor in order to supply the Primary Characters, and protect themselves following delivery.

Follow the steps for Creating a Character:
http://www.realmsofadventures.com/sign-up.html

As the Game Master, I look forward to seeing your creativity and ingenuity at supplying your party, and managing an influx of new adventurers. It will be my pleasure to increase the potential hazards to scale with the growth of your party.

In addition, keep in mind that doubling a party of treasure hungry adventurers is not always conducive to a cohesive team spirit. The alliances you've built to this point may be tested. And the new relationships you forge may not be without frustrations.)

Reminder! On-hold May 29-June 4, resumes Thursday, June 5!

Round Ends: Thursday, June 5 at 9 PM - Please post your turn


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Aiden Morax
Aiyana
Akasha
Beltin Hawklight
Blackbird McAllister
Morcant Gunnar
Piker Silentall
Ptolmek Skarab
Sir Jaidev Kaul

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8 Comments
Morcant Gunnar
5/29/2014 06:27:19 am

OOC: I think there's a simple misunderstanding on my dagger(s). I carry silver throwing daggers one of them was in the corpse of the grimlock and it wouldn't be rusty or contested

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Ptolmek Skarab
5/29/2014 11:11:35 am

OOC: I think the GM was referring to the Rusty Dagger on the Grimlock you were eyeing.

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Ptolmek Skarab
5/29/2014 11:45:18 am

Ptolmek looks somewhat appeased as the party snaps-to attention.

You honor the gods with your diligence, he will say to the adventuring party.

The fighter is troubled a moment. A vision of a massive bird of prey and her brood falls like a shadow over his mind.

A letter arrived magically from the University. He sighed and unfurled the letter, written in easy-to-read common tongue on a vellum scroll, with the seal of the University impressed upon it.

He very slowly parsed out the words (reading- not his strong suit) tracing them with a calloused fingertip.

Followers. Hmm sounds like the University, scrying them with their magical monitors, weren't too pleased with their progress so far and sent some greens to come in
One of 'em was probably that little hobbit lass who was always hanging around after her curfew trying to learn how to pick pockets from the Backwards Man.

The Backwards Man was the leader of the rogues guild in that particular town and was named such due to an incident in which he had been bound to a chair and tortured, thus causing the disfiguration of his arms.

Nevertheless he retained a strong charisma and many followers sought to be his acolytes.
Most were rejected.
A few neophytes were selected to serve including this particular hobbit.

Ptolmek remembered the last time he had seen her. She was not comely and wore a hood even in daylight.

It should have been amusing to see such a small figure clad in leather armor and wielding what looked like letter openers but were tiny yet dangerous daggers.

He shrugged.

He wondered why the Backwards Man would send someone. To keep an eye on him? Best to keep this secret from the others for the time being.
Instead he will say, addressing the party again: "Everyone should have read the notice by now. We can always use more talent. Especially people good with spells, traps, or killing monsters.

The better treasure is probably deeper down, and we need more muscle to get further, is my way of thinking so we should find better loot the further in we go."


1) Move 5 north
2) Move 5 north




AE Jackson, Game Master
6/4/2014 11:18:52 pm

(OOC: In the event you are *stuck* creating a new character as a Follower, I have generated a few pre-fab Characters to choose from.

Gerka Thodukr - Female, Dwarf, Monk
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ArzXIXBYslQFdF9DakRwOU4xQ3VhNXFJaGlodVJSV3c&usp=sharing

Torgdan Gorondur - Male, Dwarf, Cleric
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ArzXIXBYslQFdF9PNUQ0TjVtWWNiYTY0V296czZfZEE&usp=sharing

Rodin Thodak - Male, Dwarf, Barbarian
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ArzXIXBYslQFdEhFTlhGcHl3bVp1bEFGNHNlN1VjU1E&usp=sharing

Rathra Stundar - Female, Dwarf, Druid
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ArzXIXBYslQFdDFKMEtHc2pSV2VVTTlBTm1CemRQamc&usp=sharing

Naldo Kikmud - Male, Dwarf, Sorcerer
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ArzXIXBYslQFdDI4UWY5bmM1eElOMmczajdaenlVbGc&usp=sharing

Marlit Garkasten - Female, Dwarf, Wizard
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ArzXIXBYslQFdEVlZTJBOGtoUEZSR2d6alJMaWh5eGc&usp=sharing

If you would like one of these Characters to become your Follower, let me know by sending an email to [email protected]

You can also include the equipment and items you wish the University to send your current Character through the arrival of your Follower.)

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Blackbird McAllister
6/5/2014 09:20:22 am

Blackbird follows Ptolmek's lead and heads north quickly. After being presented with such an odd note from the University, appearing in such an abrupt and startling way, Blackbird is eager to meet the others.

It is strange the things one considers to be valuable when preparing for a journey. And stranger still how the list of items regrettably left behind lengthens with every step. But to be granted the opportunity to resupply is extraordinary! So much so that Blackbird finds it strangest of all the ideas bubbling up in his mind about the items he hopes the others are carrying.

Moving swiftly to keep stride with Ptolmek, Blackbird exits the room with the briefest of glances back toward the grimlock. Would the run in with this foul creature be an isolated incident? Or was he merely a scout for a a party of disgusting stench ridden beasts?

Best to stay alert, and watch not only for passageways on either side, but even from behind - as he retreats. There is no telling how infested these Vaults may have become over the centuries.

Follow directly behind Ptolmek...
1) Move 5 north
2) Move 5 north

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Marlit Garkasten
6/5/2014 09:41:59 am

(OOC: Marlit Garkasten is Blackbird McAllister's Follower for the continuation of this story... )

Marlit Garkasten trails behind the guide of the small party now entering the Vaults. When she agreed to the errand - "supplying a crew delayed by unforeseen, and hereunto unknown, circumstances at the far reaches of The Highwall Peaks on expedition on behalf of The Great University" - it was her hope she could wrangle some time in the Archmage's laboratory from the head of the order. But being a Dwarf...

As the representatives of the University began to assemble the supplies - heaping pile after pile of assorted equipment before the band gathered on the commons - she wondered how many pack animals they were expected to lead. Hearing the scant number, and estimating the weight involved, she was relieved to recall a Levitation scroll tucked away in her study. Application of that particular mantra combined with a spell of weightlessness would allow her to carry a great deal. It struck her how the University had never considered this, and was merely building the burden based on her race. But being a Dwarf...

Setting out in the early morning, the band was met with a heavy rain. The rain dampened her spirit, her path, and worst of all her hair. Fortunately her thick robe was adorned with an ample hood which she often found useful for hiding her face in crowds, avoiding conversation, and dodging pelting rains. The others appeared similarly soaked, but trudged along. For some of them, slogging through mud and delivering dry goods might be common. But being a Dwarf...

When she finally found her charge - one Blackbird McAllister, a human ranger from the House of Achcester she was told - there would be a slew of choice words. And... being a Dwarf!

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Gurin Firebeard
6/5/2014 10:04:06 am

Wisened Gurin Firebeard looked around at the hallway and breathed deep. The smells at the beginning of a dark and dank labyrinth are unlike anything else. Adventuring is his favorite way of gathering stories for the young beards back home. With all the enthusiasm of his sixties he struts forward into the dark.

Move
Move all the way to J2

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Morcant Gunnar
6/5/2014 10:16:15 am

Morcant Gunnar sensed the hope building in his party. It is often the case that one must take a few steps backwards in order to find the right path forward again. With a bout of optimism he moves north (as far as the GM will let him).

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