Post by thedungeonmaster on Feb 5, 2012 15:48:52 GMT 8
3rd February 2012
PCs present – Tas'sadar / Asher / Kai / Thor / Mobius
The adventure resumes from where the PCs encountered the woman in chains. The session ended with the group caught in battle with the twin sister.
And so the adventure continues...
In the madness of battle, Mobius manages to break the chains that held the woman down. Just in time for her to rush out and deal with the twin sister. The party questions the woman of her origins. To which she reveals her name as Zera. She identifies herself as a divine essence from the Astral Plane, for she serves Torm – Lawful Good Greater God. In the aftermath of the Spellplagued, Shar, driven by madness, desires for absolute power. She manages to steal the divine essence, however, she is unable to use Zera for her own purposes. With black magic, Shar manages to absorb enough energies from Zera to create an evil twin. And weakened, Shar manages to enslave Zera and hopes to consume all of her energies. For years, Zera has been kept hidden in the dungeons of the Temple of the Fire Knives.
After telling her story in brief, Zera hands to Asher an orb. She tells him that she owes a favour to the group, and she says for once, the orb can summon an angel to help them in times of need. She then disappears before the party.
The party emerge from the Temple of the Fire Knives to a group gathering outside. Anger consumes the group of commoners as they start hurling stones at the party for desecrating their temple. But amidst the public outcry, Asher spreads his wings and flies to the top of the temple and utters a prayer to Selune. Mobius hands out the parchment of paper that describes the vile pact between Lord Jaundamicar and the Netherese. From anger, the crowd starts to feel fear and sadness grip them. But the party assures the crowd and suddenly, bright light shines towards Asher's medallion and a radiance washes over the people. Illidian's follower, Jade, appears with another priestess and starts to console the crowd of commoners, muttering praises to Selune. The Selunite silverstar priestesses make contact with Asher and tells him that he is welcome anytime to the Temple of Selune in Westgate and that more people are converting to the faith. Asher promises to contribute to the temple in time to come.
Goku appears amidst the throng of people and congratulates the party for destroying the Fire Knives in Westgate. He wishes the party well and tells them that they might want to catch up with him when they recover the remaining rods. The party sense his sincerity but know that he has a hidden agenda, but it might not necessarily be evil. He extends his warm welcome by allowing the party to trade their magical items with his merchants.
After all the rest and gearing of equipment, the party board the Manta Ray and make their way towards Shadowdale. Along the way, they are ambushed by Fire Demons who try to set the ship on fire. With renewed strength and confidence, the party manage to destroy the demons, but the crew lose control of the air-ship, however, they manage to crash land the Manta Ray onto a clearing. Before the party can take note of their surroundings, they are approached by creatures of the Underdark and demons led by a death knight of the Fire Knives. The similar hooded figure the party encountered in the temple.
He addresses the party and urges them to join the dark side. Kai dismounts from the air-ship and approaches the hooded figure and says he will join forces with Shar and declares that he is not in allegiance with the party. The hooded figure laughs and asks if there is more to join. However, standing beside the hooded figure, Kai makes a sudden attack and a battle ensues. The party combine their powers and destroy the death knight. The rest of the creatures make a retreat. The party manage to repair the air-ship and on their way, they proceed to the heart of Shadowdale – the Druid's Grove. They land in the clearing where the distinctive series of standing stones surround the party. Shortly, they feel like pairs of eyes are looking at them. And before long, an elf emerges from the woods into the clearing. He does not welcome the party and the party know better than to start a fight. Although Kai makes uncalled-for remarks, which only makes the elf feel even bitter. An uneasy truce is made and the elf tells Asher that only if he is able to prove his worth, would he be able to receive healing from the elves.
The party proceed on to look for the farm – Silverhand.
Upon arrival the next day, the party find themselves in the peace and tranquil – far away from the darkness they've experienced in Loudwater, the Dragon Coast etc. Kai disguises himself as the elf who had approached them at the Druid's Grove. He manages to mingle with two elderly elves and and one human. Kai tries to incite the group to believe that the rest of the party are troublemakers. However, before anything happens, Mobius sees a figure walking towards them along the small path and as the figure gets nearer, they see a pointed hat and a staff with red robes that adorn an elderly man. A smoking pipe to go along with. Mobius can sense the strong arcane vibes from the man. Upon reaching the party, the elderly man looks at Kai and tells him to drop the disguise, to which Kai does, and the group he sat with got up and start to cower away with fear.
Mobius approaches the man and greets him with respect and urges him to help the party.
The man identifies himself as Elminster and speaks of Mystra's death with great sorrow and says there is naught he can do and does not wish to be disturbed. Kai interferes but his mouth is kept shut with a simple spell cast by Elminster.
However, Mobius persists and shows the 4 rods he has in his possession and seeks the advise of the wise sage. Elminster tells Mobius that he will aid the party if they agree to rid a problem plaguing the lands of the Shadowdale. He reveals that a portal sealing the darkness of the Underdark has been weakened, and as such, drow and other Underdark creatures have been coming to the surface, causing much trouble to the Shadowdale people. If they can prove their worth on this small quest, Elminster will consider talking to them further.
XP earned
Asher / Tas'sadar – 3800XP
Kai – 2800XP
Thor – 3720XP
Mobius - 3750XP
Treasure
Two Thayan black gems worth 5000gp each
A black leather bound book with gold-plated letterings annotating the ancient Netherese war worth 5000gp
The next session continues a fortnight later! Will the party be able to resolve the problems of Old Skull? Will they be able to convince Elminster to assist them? Will the elves remove the curse on Asher? Will Selune guide the party further? Will Mobius discover stronger arcane powers? Will Kai survive in this lands? Will Tas'sadar's destiny be revealed? Will Thor find the meaning of his alliance with the party?
Will the Fire Knives return? Will the forces of Shar overcome the party? Or will the party cross yet another milestone on their quest to destroy Netheril?
PCs present – Tas'sadar / Asher / Kai / Thor / Mobius
The adventure resumes from where the PCs encountered the woman in chains. The session ended with the group caught in battle with the twin sister.
And so the adventure continues...
In the madness of battle, Mobius manages to break the chains that held the woman down. Just in time for her to rush out and deal with the twin sister. The party questions the woman of her origins. To which she reveals her name as Zera. She identifies herself as a divine essence from the Astral Plane, for she serves Torm – Lawful Good Greater God. In the aftermath of the Spellplagued, Shar, driven by madness, desires for absolute power. She manages to steal the divine essence, however, she is unable to use Zera for her own purposes. With black magic, Shar manages to absorb enough energies from Zera to create an evil twin. And weakened, Shar manages to enslave Zera and hopes to consume all of her energies. For years, Zera has been kept hidden in the dungeons of the Temple of the Fire Knives.
After telling her story in brief, Zera hands to Asher an orb. She tells him that she owes a favour to the group, and she says for once, the orb can summon an angel to help them in times of need. She then disappears before the party.
The party emerge from the Temple of the Fire Knives to a group gathering outside. Anger consumes the group of commoners as they start hurling stones at the party for desecrating their temple. But amidst the public outcry, Asher spreads his wings and flies to the top of the temple and utters a prayer to Selune. Mobius hands out the parchment of paper that describes the vile pact between Lord Jaundamicar and the Netherese. From anger, the crowd starts to feel fear and sadness grip them. But the party assures the crowd and suddenly, bright light shines towards Asher's medallion and a radiance washes over the people. Illidian's follower, Jade, appears with another priestess and starts to console the crowd of commoners, muttering praises to Selune. The Selunite silverstar priestesses make contact with Asher and tells him that he is welcome anytime to the Temple of Selune in Westgate and that more people are converting to the faith. Asher promises to contribute to the temple in time to come.
Goku appears amidst the throng of people and congratulates the party for destroying the Fire Knives in Westgate. He wishes the party well and tells them that they might want to catch up with him when they recover the remaining rods. The party sense his sincerity but know that he has a hidden agenda, but it might not necessarily be evil. He extends his warm welcome by allowing the party to trade their magical items with his merchants.
After all the rest and gearing of equipment, the party board the Manta Ray and make their way towards Shadowdale. Along the way, they are ambushed by Fire Demons who try to set the ship on fire. With renewed strength and confidence, the party manage to destroy the demons, but the crew lose control of the air-ship, however, they manage to crash land the Manta Ray onto a clearing. Before the party can take note of their surroundings, they are approached by creatures of the Underdark and demons led by a death knight of the Fire Knives. The similar hooded figure the party encountered in the temple.
He addresses the party and urges them to join the dark side. Kai dismounts from the air-ship and approaches the hooded figure and says he will join forces with Shar and declares that he is not in allegiance with the party. The hooded figure laughs and asks if there is more to join. However, standing beside the hooded figure, Kai makes a sudden attack and a battle ensues. The party combine their powers and destroy the death knight. The rest of the creatures make a retreat. The party manage to repair the air-ship and on their way, they proceed to the heart of Shadowdale – the Druid's Grove. They land in the clearing where the distinctive series of standing stones surround the party. Shortly, they feel like pairs of eyes are looking at them. And before long, an elf emerges from the woods into the clearing. He does not welcome the party and the party know better than to start a fight. Although Kai makes uncalled-for remarks, which only makes the elf feel even bitter. An uneasy truce is made and the elf tells Asher that only if he is able to prove his worth, would he be able to receive healing from the elves.
The party proceed on to look for the farm – Silverhand.
Upon arrival the next day, the party find themselves in the peace and tranquil – far away from the darkness they've experienced in Loudwater, the Dragon Coast etc. Kai disguises himself as the elf who had approached them at the Druid's Grove. He manages to mingle with two elderly elves and and one human. Kai tries to incite the group to believe that the rest of the party are troublemakers. However, before anything happens, Mobius sees a figure walking towards them along the small path and as the figure gets nearer, they see a pointed hat and a staff with red robes that adorn an elderly man. A smoking pipe to go along with. Mobius can sense the strong arcane vibes from the man. Upon reaching the party, the elderly man looks at Kai and tells him to drop the disguise, to which Kai does, and the group he sat with got up and start to cower away with fear.
Mobius approaches the man and greets him with respect and urges him to help the party.
The man identifies himself as Elminster and speaks of Mystra's death with great sorrow and says there is naught he can do and does not wish to be disturbed. Kai interferes but his mouth is kept shut with a simple spell cast by Elminster.
However, Mobius persists and shows the 4 rods he has in his possession and seeks the advise of the wise sage. Elminster tells Mobius that he will aid the party if they agree to rid a problem plaguing the lands of the Shadowdale. He reveals that a portal sealing the darkness of the Underdark has been weakened, and as such, drow and other Underdark creatures have been coming to the surface, causing much trouble to the Shadowdale people. If they can prove their worth on this small quest, Elminster will consider talking to them further.
XP earned
Asher / Tas'sadar – 3800XP
Kai – 2800XP
Thor – 3720XP
Mobius - 3750XP
Treasure
Two Thayan black gems worth 5000gp each
A black leather bound book with gold-plated letterings annotating the ancient Netherese war worth 5000gp
The next session continues a fortnight later! Will the party be able to resolve the problems of Old Skull? Will they be able to convince Elminster to assist them? Will the elves remove the curse on Asher? Will Selune guide the party further? Will Mobius discover stronger arcane powers? Will Kai survive in this lands? Will Tas'sadar's destiny be revealed? Will Thor find the meaning of his alliance with the party?
Will the Fire Knives return? Will the forces of Shar overcome the party? Or will the party cross yet another milestone on their quest to destroy Netheril?
