Turko
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Post by Turko on Mar 3, 2012 12:21:28 GMT -5
SESSION: THE SEA OF TIME (Part II) What has come before... 1) The Heroes are traveling across bridges and platforms that are raised hundreds of feet above the roiling Sea of Time in an effort to find a path to a glowing tower in the distance. 2) Crow is supposed to be in the tower and he was responsible for bringing the party to this plane. 3) The Heroes continued on their journey and stepped onto a large rectangular platform that instantly turned into a battlefield between 3 adventurers and a large force of hobgoblins. 4) Having defeated the hobgoblins the Heroes were introduced to their new allies...Seychelle (Swordmage of the Feywood), Watcher (Cleric of Ioun), and a mysterious Samurai who moved with the speed of the wind! 5) The Heroes joined forces and continued along the bridges until they faced 3 active portals on a single platform. 6) Choosing the right portal the Heroes found themselves in an underground complex of mithral mines where they battled a host of duergar. 7) Having defeated the duergar (at the cost of the valiant Valeros) and searching around they found that the mines were amid an abandoned work area for the time mage Grella Thunderstone. 8) Finding their way back through the portal the Heroes again faced the choice of which of the remaining two portals to enter. They chose the middle one. 9) The portal sent the Heroes to a large ceremonial chamber that contained a plethora of demons...carnage, wrackspawn, and a shock troop devil. Standing in front of a throne was the time mage Galatasarey who commented on their resilience and seemed amused at their progress. He turned his host of demons and devils upon them and disappeared. 10) The Heroes unleashed their fury on the demons and watched as the shock troop devil "gated" in a dreaded glabrezu! 11) Fortunately the Heroes defeated the glabrezu (and sent it back from whence it came) before it grew too powerful.
The Current Situation... 1) The Heroes are headed back through the portal to then access the third and final portal on the platform.
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Post by Turko on Mar 11, 2012 12:16:22 GMT -5
SESSION: THE SEA OF TIME (Part III) What has come before... 1) The Heroes headed through the final portal and found themselves in a large drow enclave. They were in the center of the chamber with a force bubble around them. 2) The Heroes were completely surrounded by spiders of lolth, deathjump spiders, a blade spider, drider fanglords, a drider sorcerer, and a hideous clawborn scorrow. 3) In the back of the enclave stood the time mage Tannak Soone. He congratulated them on their progress. He then made a gesture and the bubble started to dissipate as he teleported away. 4) As the force walls slowly lowered the Heroes had a few moments to prepare for the coming battle...and to introduce themselves to the half-orc barbarian Brand who found himself in the frying pan with the Heroes. 5) The battle was furious and when the smoke cleared the Heroes searched around until they found a scroll case containing an ancient elven portal phrase. 6) Continuing their search the Heroes found a hidden portal and activated it. Reciting the elvish phrase and stepping through sent the Heroes to another dungeon. 7) The Heroes moved through a few rooms until they found a room with a large pit containing about a dozen drakes. Like shooting "fish in a barrel" the Heroes took out the drakes...eventually. 8) While the drake-slaughter was occurring the Heroes entered a side chamber that was occupied by the time mage Pyman and his adepts. He beckoned the party inside to talk. 9) The "charismatic" half-orc Brand headed in and began negotiations. Watcher joined him and it was discovered that Watcher and Pyman had adventured together many years ago. 10) Pyman explained that the adepts in the room were the "jury". He then teleported in his "judge" which happened to be a large flesh golem of high intelligence. 11) Pyman explained that Crow was being given a chance to join the time mages but he must sacrifice something that he truly cared about...Crow chose his allies. 12) This was too much for Praetoria. She had had enough and negotiated by use of her Pyro Pulse Scepter. The battle was on as Pyman teleported away. 13) The Heroes battled the adepts (one of which turned out to be an old friend of Brand's) and the flesh golem. 14) When the smoke cleared Seychelle and Watcher lay dead and the Heroes had a new ally in Brand's friend Reggie. The Current Situation... 1) The Heroes need to find a portal and a phrase in order to leave the dungeon of Pyman.
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Turko
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Post by Turko on Apr 7, 2012 8:13:46 GMT -5
SESSION: THE SEA OF TIME (Part IV) What has come before... 1) The Heroes searched the dungeon of Pyman and found a scrying portal. The Heroes figured out how to use the portal to leave and also found Pyman's "Little Black Book" of portal phrases. This book gives the Heroes the ability to navigate hundreds of portals. 2) The Heroes used the portal to teleport to the stairs leading to the base of the Tower in the Sea of Time. 3) As they climbed the stairs they were met by its guardians -- A Djinn, Ice Archons, an Ethereal Marauder, and a Thunderblast Cyclone. 4) Having defeated the guardians, the Heroes entered the tower and found the 4 Time Mages waiting with Crow. 5) Crow let them all know that his plan was now complete. He wasn't sacrificing his friends...he was bringing them here to help him defeat the mages. 6) The battle was on good ground so Crow constructed a "time anchor" that wouldn't allow them to leave. Before the anchor was completely set Grella escaped...the rest of the time mages were not so lucky. 7) During the battle Carric was slain but the rest of the group survived. 8) When the battle was over the room was filled with 5 Astral Giants led by a Time Titan. The Heroes were clearly over-matched. 9) To their relief the Time Titan instructed them to leave through a portal he enacted and told them that the Time Mages were stretching the time stream too thin with their activity. He was sent to destroy this place and the mages. Lying at his feet was the crumpled body of Grella...the only time mage to escape. 10) For their assistance in the destruction of Tannak Soone, Galataserey, and Pyman the Heroes were allowed to leave. 11) As they stepped through the portal one of the Astral Giants raised his spear and hurled it at the portal..destroying it and sending a shock-wave through time. The Current Situation... 1) The Heroes have appeared at the ruins of a large structure. As they got their bearings they realized that they were standing in the ruins of Falconmeer Academy!
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Post by Turko on Apr 9, 2012 15:24:08 GMT -5
SESSION: The MAGICLYSMWhat has come before... 1) The Heroes found themselves standing in the ruins of Falconmeer Academy. As they collected their thoughts a force of Cyclopsi teleported into the ruins to do battle. 2) During the battle the Heroes were aided by 3 Champions of Baros -- Darth (a drow spiked chain wielding warrior), Shuug (a dwarven priestess of Moradin), and Beandvio (a small warforged giantslayer). Before anyone knew what was going on a cloud of darkness had enveloped a cyclops (who quickly died) and Beanie leaped over a wall landing on the shoulders of another cyclops and rode it down as she ended its existence. 3) When the battle ended, the 3 Champions introduced themselves and revealed that they were instructed to meet them there as a 50 year old prophecy told of their arrival. 4) The Heroes quickly gathered some much needed information. - The Magiclysm happened over 50 years ago
- Mistress Wrenn (an instructor at Falconmeer Academy before the Magiclysm) had a journal that detailed information about the 4 Sisters of which Praetoria is one. The other sisters are thought to be Birel-Nala, Adrie Sol, and Selsha.
- The Magiclysm occurred due to the "stretching" of the time stream. Apparently by the time mages led by Pyman.
5) The Heroes know that they are tasked with preventing the Magiclysm from happening. 6) The Heroes went back to the Champions' fortress in Loudwater (the town that rose from the ashes of Lakewood). 7) The Heroes found out that they need to head to the Feydark to find the "Eye of Shar" -- An artifact that acts like a mirror and creates doubles of those who gaze into it. This is very unstable and it spreads chaos. It is believed that this artifact is at the heart of the trouble that culminated in the Magiclysm. 8) The Heroes found out that the owner of the "Eye of Shar" is someone named Artemis. 9) The Heroes took a portal to the Feydark to look for the artifact. When they arrived they were attacked by a group of cyclopsi led by a fomorian giant. 10) After defeating the giants, the Heroes headed into a ruined fortress that was built into the side of a mountain. When they entered they were met by a force of Rakshasa and Kenku. 11) After a successful parlay they were able to work out an agreement with the Rakshasa leader (a Rakshasa mage named Felton) and head into the mountain caves in order to deal with a clan of Foulspawn that lurked within. 12) The Heroes entered the Foulspawn's domain and were met by a company of the disgusting creatures. 13) A confident Foulspawn Berserker stepped forward and challenged Brand to single combat in an attempt to impress his commander. 14) Brand dealt with him swiftly so the rest of the company attacked. The Heroes were triumphant once again. The Current Situation... 1) The Heroes are in Foulspawn territory and face options as the caverns stretch to the north, south, and east.
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Post by Turko on Apr 14, 2012 21:43:34 GMT -5
SESSION: INTO THE FOULSPAWN What has Come Before... 1) Facing a decision the Heroes elected to head east to find out where the Foulspawn Mangler and Berserker came from. 2) Heading down the tunnel led immediately to another encounter with the foulspawn. 3) The Heroes entered a large chamber that was illuminated by glowing fungi that covered the cavern walls. In the chamber were a collection of foulspawn grue, berserkers, and a mangler. 4) The Heroes defeated the monsters and were aided by an accomplished swordswoman named Toreil. She was being held prisoner in a cage cut into a stalagmite. The foulspawn were under the false impression that they were controlling her mind. 5) Toreil drew her twin blades and began cutting down her captors. The battle was on and the Heroes were triumphant. 6) The chamber had two large doors exiting to the northeast and southeast. The Heroes headed to the southeast and entered a hallway that seemed to be more worked by the builders of the complex. The workmanship was not up to dwarven standards but obvious effort was put into making the tunnel more stable. 7) The Heroes heard noises from the hallway and hatched a plan to lure their foes into a more advantageous position. 8) Crow made his way quietly down the hallway to an intersection. He peered around the corner and spotted what appeared to be a host of stone and plant creatures. Some abberation from the Feydark. Crow fired a concussive arrow and teleported back to the waiting Heroes. 9) With the plan in motion, Praetoria rushed out and started blasting them with her Pyro Pulse Scepter...not very subtle but she was curious as to what it would do. 10) The battle was joined by additional plant creatures that resembled scarecrows but made of plant matter instead of straw. 11) The Heroes were successful yet again but some injuries were sustained. While attempting to heal up, another group of the scarecrows and plant creatures arrived from all directions to slay the intruders. Something is alerting the creatures of the Heroes' presence. 12) The battle was won but at the loss of the Champion of Baros Beandvio. The warforged giantslayer was surrounded and slain by a group of scarecrows. Her injuries proved to be too severe for healing or repairwork to revive her. The Current Situation... 1) The Heroes must continue deeper into the foulspawn complex in search of the foulspawn seer and the Eye of Shar
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