Post by Andre on Sept 8, 2011 12:37:04 GMT -5
This FG game session takes place on day 17 of Autumn Dark ("November" to use real earth terms) in the year 351 AC - in other words a full day has not yet passed between this FG game session and the previous one, FG game session 24.. it's perhaps early afternoon in the daytime ...
The heroes chatted with a rather bitter Whisper the shadow dragon who apparently has signed a contract with Fistaldanius to guard Fistaldanius
(see
whatifdragonlancedm.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=sessionrecaps&action=display&thread=889
for more info on Fistaldanius and the area you're in right now, skullcap, Fistaldanius's former lair and fortress before his untimely death)
Whisper makes a curious comment.. that he would have never signed the contract if he'd known that Fistaldanius was going to "live forever".. but as far as everyone knows Fistaldanius is dead! The dragon continues to make snide remarks to Serinda insinuating that Serinda is sleeping with Fistaldanius and he has an insult war with the half-gold dragon Zane whom Whisper seems to hold in contempt (Zane wins the insult war hands down
) ... Whisper also picks on Udyr, grabbing the druid and "giving him a bath" stating that Udyr smells bad. Whisper flat out refuses to help the heroes even when they offer release from his servitude which Whisper seems to think Serinda is "legally" able to offer ... despite his contempt for the shadow dragon and all evil dragons in general Zane suggests to Serinda that she tell the wretched creature that he's free anyways but Serinda refuses to release him. Whisper has a .. well, whispered.. conversation with Rin asking Rin to convince Serinda to let him go,promising Rin and the other heroes all the treasure the dragon has amassed (some of it magical) if Rin can do so .. Zane is the one hero to overhear the conversation with Rin . The heroes make their way down to the lower level of skullcap where Zane is attacked by overgrown bugs - poor Zane also loses his grip and bumps himself several times rather painfully as he climbs down the twisted metal staircase going down the chasm they use to descend to the lower level ... Rin then points out that Zane was "covered" by Rin's feather fall spell and could have just floated down anyways along with Rin and Draug (Serinda and Udyr are able to fly down under their own "power ").. Zane loudly inform Rin that the bird man "sucks" and proceeds to float down the chasm. Everyone gets a very good look at Serinda's panties as they float to the bottom of the chasm.
At the bottom of the chasm is a small tunnel leading to another room - when they enter the room by jumping down the tunnel the heroes are attacked by three skeletal warriors moaning in some strange language - apparently Common so old and archaic Rin is the only one who can understand it (thanks to the tongues spell Rin has active on him).. the skeletal warriors plead with Rin to destroy the golden circlets holding the skeletal warriors' souls captive - apparently in life they were warriors who foolishly signed a contract with Fistaldanius, binding them to his service even after their death... Rin promises he will try.. even while attacking the heroes (apparently the skeletal warriors aren't attacking the heroes of the skeletal warrior's own free will) the skeletal warriors point out that if the heroes leave the room the skeletal warriors are in the skeletal warriors cannot follow - Rin conveys this information to the others then hastily exits followed by the other heroes.. Udyr however is NOT happy about this, seeing such walking corpses as an affront to the "natural order of things" - which makes sense Udyr being a druid and all
The heroes exit the room by jumping down yet another hole/tunnel to a still lower level of skullcap.. The heroes find a skeleton with some keys - Zane takes the keys and Draug swipes rotting moldly (but still rich, well tailored looking) black robes with silver arcane markings on them to dress in ... the heroes are attacked by a gigantic (larger than normal) orche jelly clinging to the ceiling ... Serinda is the one most badly hurt in the battle with the orche jelly when it grabs her - Rin blasts away at the orche jelly with his magics (a shout spell) , doing a fair amount of damage to both the jelly and to Serinda in the process
.. Draug tries to take a shot with his bow and arrow at the orche jelly and manages to shoot Serinda in the leg instead (having rolled a natural "1" on his attack roll ) leading Zane to observe out loud that Zane, in fact, continues to be the better shot with a bow compared to Draug. After destroying the orche jelly and finding some minor items within it ( some weapons and leather armor, nothing too terribly valuable) the heroes exit the room and see something strange .. three balconies (they're on the top most balcony) overlooking a metal hydra-like creature that breathes fire, a collossal HUGE looking beast... the question now is how to get past it ...
see also the forum RP that took place while within skullcap, right after the events described above
, at :whatifdragonlancedm.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=forumroleplay&action=display&thread=878&page=2