Post by Andre on Sept 20, 2011 10:07:03 GMT -5
Like the FG game session before it, 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 26 (or for that matter the one before that FG game sessions 25 or 24) .. by the time this FG game session ends the sun is setting and night is falling ...
see
http://whatifdragonlancedm.proboards.com....play&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
The keys Zane grabbed from the skeleton in skullcap , room with the orche jelly in it, came in handy disarming various statue-traps (the keys being inserted into the bases of the statues)... the heroes came across three golden circlets belonging to the skeletal warriors who had begged Rin (in 350 year old Common , requiring Rin to use his tongues spell to understand them ) to free them from their undead servitude to Fistaldanius (hereafter referred to as "F" ) by destroying the gold circlets.. Rin did indeed destroy the circlets - however...
The skull rose up into the air and began talking, images flashing in it's eye sockets :
Rin and Serinda instantly recognized the first image - Fistaldanius .. ..
The skull (presumably F? ) proceeded to mock each PC in turn , calling Rin a "rank amateur" for not learning the arcane arts through careful practice and study but rather being born with the gift .. the skull mocked Zane for his golden scales, apparently able to see Zane's true form , and kept referring to Zane as a lizard... the skull mocked both Zane and Udyr , saying anyone who relied on the gods was a fool and quoted what happened to the kingpriest as an example of such ...
(what happened with the kingpriest ? see
www.dlnexus.com/lexicon/13213.aspx
and that would be considered "in character " knowledge for pretty much all the PC's due to the various knowledge skills you all possess
.... the last straw for the gods was when the kingpriest demanded that Paladine, head of the gods of good, appear by the kingpriest's side to destroy all "evil" in Krynn.. the thought control , destroy any races considered inherently evil edicts and general corruption among the kingpriest's government officials didn't help either as far as the gods' view of the kingpriest ... )
The skull saved the worst for Serinda, demanding to know how losing Za'era made Serinda feel on an emotional level (Udyr, Za'era was Serinda's lover - Za'era is now catonic, in a sort of coma) and the skull insinuated that Serinda abandoned Za'era.. Serinda basically responded that it had emotionally near-destroyed Serinda and serinda got through each day only with great difficulty ... Udyr got pissed at the skull, an irate Zane used the skull for target practice with his bow and Rin responded with his normal witty repartee... the skull took exception to Zane firing arrows at it, giving Zane a warning - that the skull would "address" Zane's behavior one day in the future..and when that day came Zane would be loathe to attack F at that time.
Strangely enough the skull seemed rather concerned both about Serinda's physical health and her mastery of the arcane arts, encouraging Serinda to continue to take care of and/or excel in both areas, insinuating he would have use for Serinda one day ...
Rin asked that whisper the shadow dragon be freed (see earlier FG game session recaps )
A request that the skull granted... after directing the heroes to where the "map to Thorbardin" could be found the skull then fall silent.. DRaug took the opportunity to relieve himself on it (number one) at Zane's suggestion .. the heroes found a map that will take them to the particular area of the mountains that Thorbardin is in - but not the actual location of the entrance.
Rin put on a helmet and was instantly possessed by the ghost of a dwarf from 300 years ago, a prince who fought in the dwarfgate wars (hill vs mountain dwarf fighting each other for food and treasure in the dark famine-filled days following the Cataclysm)... the prince said he would direct the heroes to the gates of Thorbardin (hopefully the dwarves in Thorbardin will provide shelter and safety deep in their mountain city to the hundreds of human refugees the heroes liberated from dragonarmy captivity) ..
While possessed Rin abruptly punched himself in the face.. Zane suggested that Udyr punch Rin as well , which Udyr proceeded to do , quite painfully, in the beak (in game terms Udyr got a natural "20" on his unarmed non lethal damage attack roll) ... Rin responded by changing into a raven and taking a poo on udyr's head ...
The heroes found a strange statue filled with glowing energies , shaped like an eye .. Serinda and Rin deduced that the statue can be used to both scry (spy on) people far away and to teleport yourself to said people.. Draug announced his intention to scry his lady love , jumped on the eye and vanished, presumably teleported to her.. wherever she is ... Rin, Udyr and Zane opted to return to the refugees and the arms of their respective lovers... Serinda waited to go last, made sure the succubus summoning room books and other summoning materials were destroyed (they were - after she froze them the ink on the books ran and smudged becoming useless as they dethawed ) .. Serinda tried to come up with a way to destroy the magical eye but came to the conclusion that destroying it would take days of time, time she didn't have right now .. Serinda then used the eye to teleport herself back to Northern Ergoth to check on her father.
When Rin went to check on whisper the shadow dragon Whisper was gone but had arranged his piles of treasure into words "for the bird" , leaving it behind for Rin as per the shadow dragon's promise should he be released.. Rin stuffed it all into his bag of holding as well as the treasure from both treasure rooms the heroes encountered .. for a list of all treasure recovered from skullcap see:
whatifdragonlancedm.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=loot&thread=912
Note also Rin is in possession of the "Helm of Grallen", the helmet with the dwarf ghost (presumably named Grallen) bound to it.
see
http://whatifdragonlancedm.proboards.com....play&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
The keys Zane grabbed from the skeleton in skullcap , room with the orche jelly in it, came in handy disarming various statue-traps (the keys being inserted into the bases of the statues)... the heroes came across three golden circlets belonging to the skeletal warriors who had begged Rin (in 350 year old Common , requiring Rin to use his tongues spell to understand them ) to free them from their undead servitude to Fistaldanius (hereafter referred to as "F" ) by destroying the gold circlets.. Rin did indeed destroy the circlets - however...
The skull rose up into the air and began talking, images flashing in it's eye sockets :
Rin and Serinda instantly recognized the first image - Fistaldanius .. ..
The skull (presumably F? ) proceeded to mock each PC in turn , calling Rin a "rank amateur" for not learning the arcane arts through careful practice and study but rather being born with the gift .. the skull mocked Zane for his golden scales, apparently able to see Zane's true form , and kept referring to Zane as a lizard... the skull mocked both Zane and Udyr , saying anyone who relied on the gods was a fool and quoted what happened to the kingpriest as an example of such ...
(what happened with the kingpriest ? see
www.dlnexus.com/lexicon/13213.aspx
and that would be considered "in character " knowledge for pretty much all the PC's due to the various knowledge skills you all possess
.... the last straw for the gods was when the kingpriest demanded that Paladine, head of the gods of good, appear by the kingpriest's side to destroy all "evil" in Krynn.. the thought control , destroy any races considered inherently evil edicts and general corruption among the kingpriest's government officials didn't help either as far as the gods' view of the kingpriest ... ) The skull saved the worst for Serinda, demanding to know how losing Za'era made Serinda feel on an emotional level (Udyr, Za'era was Serinda's lover - Za'era is now catonic, in a sort of coma) and the skull insinuated that Serinda abandoned Za'era.. Serinda basically responded that it had emotionally near-destroyed Serinda and serinda got through each day only with great difficulty ... Udyr got pissed at the skull, an irate Zane used the skull for target practice with his bow and Rin responded with his normal witty repartee... the skull took exception to Zane firing arrows at it, giving Zane a warning - that the skull would "address" Zane's behavior one day in the future..and when that day came Zane would be loathe to attack F at that time.
Strangely enough the skull seemed rather concerned both about Serinda's physical health and her mastery of the arcane arts, encouraging Serinda to continue to take care of and/or excel in both areas, insinuating he would have use for Serinda one day ...
Rin asked that whisper the shadow dragon be freed (see earlier FG game session recaps )
A request that the skull granted... after directing the heroes to where the "map to Thorbardin" could be found the skull then fall silent.. DRaug took the opportunity to relieve himself on it (number one) at Zane's suggestion .. the heroes found a map that will take them to the particular area of the mountains that Thorbardin is in - but not the actual location of the entrance.
Rin put on a helmet and was instantly possessed by the ghost of a dwarf from 300 years ago, a prince who fought in the dwarfgate wars (hill vs mountain dwarf fighting each other for food and treasure in the dark famine-filled days following the Cataclysm)... the prince said he would direct the heroes to the gates of Thorbardin (hopefully the dwarves in Thorbardin will provide shelter and safety deep in their mountain city to the hundreds of human refugees the heroes liberated from dragonarmy captivity) ..
While possessed Rin abruptly punched himself in the face.. Zane suggested that Udyr punch Rin as well , which Udyr proceeded to do , quite painfully, in the beak (in game terms Udyr got a natural "20" on his unarmed non lethal damage attack roll) ... Rin responded by changing into a raven and taking a poo on udyr's head ...
The heroes found a strange statue filled with glowing energies , shaped like an eye .. Serinda and Rin deduced that the statue can be used to both scry (spy on) people far away and to teleport yourself to said people.. Draug announced his intention to scry his lady love , jumped on the eye and vanished, presumably teleported to her.. wherever she is ... Rin, Udyr and Zane opted to return to the refugees and the arms of their respective lovers... Serinda waited to go last, made sure the succubus summoning room books and other summoning materials were destroyed (they were - after she froze them the ink on the books ran and smudged becoming useless as they dethawed ) .. Serinda tried to come up with a way to destroy the magical eye but came to the conclusion that destroying it would take days of time, time she didn't have right now .. Serinda then used the eye to teleport herself back to Northern Ergoth to check on her father.
When Rin went to check on whisper the shadow dragon Whisper was gone but had arranged his piles of treasure into words "for the bird" , leaving it behind for Rin as per the shadow dragon's promise should he be released.. Rin stuffed it all into his bag of holding as well as the treasure from both treasure rooms the heroes encountered .. for a list of all treasure recovered from skullcap see:
whatifdragonlancedm.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=loot&thread=912
Note also Rin is in possession of the "Helm of Grallen", the helmet with the dwarf ghost (presumably named Grallen) bound to it.