A Tunnels and Trolls PBP (Play By Posting) Adventure
Chapter 10: Looty Call
[[Taran]] With each bite of lizard parts, Taran
winces. Every few minutes, he holds his slightly
shiny bastard sword in front of him and checks
his reflection in paranoia. "Once you've been a
lizard," he thinks to himself, "you'll never
eat sun-dried
Taran happily surveys the aftermath of the battle,
and not feeling particularly hungry, stands
and addresses the group. "Well done, to all,"
he offers with a salute. "I'm gonna head
downstairs and see what's left. I'll leave
the obvious treasure room," he adds, gesturing
the door atop the landing, "with all its traps,
to the sneakier types." He winks at the hobbit.
[[Lilac]] "Here's your bolt, Mr. SniperOrc!" The
fairy flits to Taran as he passes her from atop
her orc-perch. "I found it near one of the
pillars."
[[Taran]] "Thanks, Ms. Fairy, and thanks for
freeing my brother so he could save my green
hide." He slides the bolt into his enchanted
quiver. Passing Mak, he whispers, "Welcome
to the party, hu-mann." He bares his tusks
in a toothy smile of welcome.
Once downstairs, Taran sees if there is anything
salvagable from the slain goblins' possessions.
749 - khara_khang - 5/30/00 10:57 pm
Khara_Khang...(continues) O==I======>
[[GM]] Searching through the grisly smashed and bloodied goblin bodies
like a vulture at dinner time you (Taran) find the following items;
54 gold lions, 13 silver eagles, and 6 copper stars. Within the crumbled
remains of the Golum you find a single ruby the size of a Hobbit’s
fist. Holding it up you notice it sparkles brightly. The other golum was
crushed under the 40 ton statue, so thoughts of finding a second ruby
are quickly forgotten. You also find; a set of bone dice, a necklace totem
to some goblin god, a small book titled ‘101 Ways To Prepare A
Fairy’, dozens of barbed spears, and one black stove pipe hat. This takes
you about fifteen minutes of searching.
At the same time Taran heads down stairs the rest of the group approaches
the wooden door in the southeast corner of the balcony. Taking
his time Shipy finds no traps (on the door), but yet the door itself is
locked, even though the door has no keyhole to lock. Waving his hand
(Kopfy) and speaking several ancient words of power the door swings open
by magic. Standing in the doorway everyone looks into the
very fancy (20 by 20 foot) wizards chamber (see map for details).
What does everyone do?
[I can now reveal to you the full map that Lilac has
drawn. Click on the maps to view in full size. --Editor]
[[Lilac’s map:]]
[[Wizard's room:]]
754 - tarandracon - 5/31/00 7:26 am
[[Taran]] Taran snatches up the booty as he
finds it, including the hat. He leaves the
spears where they lie, glad that their tips
never met his hide, and in some solemn way,
respects a warrior's last honor to lie
dead with his weapon at his side. Pocketing
the cookbook, he smiles to himself as he thinks
about what Lilac would say upon seeing it, and
what kind of sarcastic remark Michael would have
for the situation.
[[If, while Taran is scavenging, the others
enter the wizard room to investigate, Taran will
climb half-way up the stairs and wait for them
to finish, keeping watch with his crossbow and
cranked bolt at the ready.]]
755 - jaxdracon - 5/31/00 8:21 am
Were this the Jax of old, before he joined up with
Lerotra'hh to battle the Death Goddess's enemies,
he might have boldly strode into the room, and
sized it up from within. But the last time his
impetuousness got the better of him, he ended up
plunging into a hidden pool filled with stale beer
and jellyfish, and that really sucked big time.
If delving through Gristlegrim those many moons
ago had taught him anything, it was the value of
patience and restraint.
Jax asks Kopfy, "OK, nice trick with the door.
Now where's the magic? Surely a wizard's lair
will be magically trapped?" He taps the floor
inside the room with his scimitar to check that
the floor is not illusionary.
786 - khara_khang - 6/1/00 10:47 am
Khara_Khang...(continues) O==I======>
[[OOC: If you enter the wizards room tell me (Jax, Taran, Mak, Lilac),
otherwise I will consider you outside of the room (or in the
doorway at most). Vortex cannot enter the room, because he’s to big (P~).
Oh, and you're doing a great job drawning the maps
Misfitsprite... <waves at Lilac>.]]
[[GM]] Tapping the floor Jax finds it to be real. Shipy, Kopfy, and Mike
move into the room first. Inside the (20 by 20 foot) room you see
a table with five chairs. A beautiful gold/green and red rug beneath it.
Two book shelves filled with books. A phoenix symbol/flag hanging
from one wall. Beside it stands a golden candelabra, an over stuffed chair
(with a foot stool). Beside it on the wall hangs a small picture. On
the other side of the door hangs a cloak, and a large wooden chest beside it.
[[Kopfy]] "I don't do tricks, that's Michael of the Midnight Magicks area
of expertise. Not all traps need to be magical or mechanical Jax to
be deadly."
[[Michael of the Midnight Magicks]] "Hey.... I resemble that remark,"
giving Kopfy a wide grin.
[[Kopfy]] Scrutinizing the room closely with detect magic I say, "The rug
is magical, as is three books on the shelf, the cloak, and the
chest."
[[Shipy]] "I would feel better if there was at least one trap here
somewhere!" I motion for Jax to come inside.
794 - jaxdracon - 6/1/00 12:18 pm
"Strangely, I agree," says Jax, striding into the
wizard's chamber. "Probably on this here chest,"
he indicates to Shipy. "Hmm, wonder what this
cloak does?" Jax says aloud, as he takes the
cloak off its hook and tries it on.
798 - al_tjm - 6/1/00 12:46 pm
[[al_tjm]] Mak's going to head up to the Wizard's room, and take out the
roundest sling stone he has. Or ask if he can use Mike's 8-ball.
[[Mak]] "Ooogch, be careful in here, okay everyone?" Taking sling bullet or
8-ball, Mak will set it on the floor to test for an angle...
"I'm just wondering if there's a hidden drain for blood and gooie bits.
Nice carpet. Probably cleans itself after each victim."
799 - khara_khang - 6/1/00 1:06 pm
Khara_Khang...(continues) O==I======>
[[GM]] Taking the bluish/greenish hooded cloak from the wall you (Jax)
put it on (putting the hood up). Suddenly you disappear from view
and your friends start looking around the room for you. Seated in the green
over-stuffed chair (with the foot stool), you see a large demon
looking Invisible Stalker. (Now that you are invisible you can see him.)
He smiles widely as if he was waiting for some idiot to touch something.
[[GM]] Shipy hands Mak... Mike's 8-ball and make some comment about Mak
being a plumber. Everyone notices Jax's sudden
disappearance. Mak's words about being careful were just a bit too late.
830 - jaxdracon - 6/2/00 12:49 pm
The idiot's jaw drops. It takes only a few
milliseconds for Jax to realize that he's
invisible and that they're not alone. "Uh, guys,
I'm invisible, and we're not alone!"
"Still here, dudes!" emits a Jax-like voice from
near the cloak hook.
[Khara Khang would later confirm that Lilac could indeed
see invisible creatures whether she is invisible or not, so Lilac's
confusion and smack seemed to need to be axed. The rewrite for this post,
as well as 837-838, in red italics + black strikeout. Thanks to Jax
for researching and pointing this out December 21, 2004!
--Editor, April 21, 2007]
Addressing the grinning demon, Jax tries the same
tactic that worked with the Water Wierd, "Uh,
hello Mr. Large Invisible Demon sitting in the
green over-stuffed chair (with the foot stool)."
He speaks loudly enough so that the others
(including his ever-stinkin' brother) can hear.
Swallowing hard, Jax continues, "We were in the
neighborhood and decided to pay our respects to
the goblin wizard, when he managed to get himself
flattened underneath a goblin-god statue. We're
just here to collect his belongings, then we'll be
on our way!" Well, it was the truth.
837 - misfitsprite - 6/2/00 5:46 pm
After flattening myself against the invisible Jax (for which I broke a nail),
and hearing him address the large invisible demon fella, I
Flying around Jax to see what he could see, I instinctively
turn invisible at will and look to the green over-stuffed chair & foot stool
to see what Jax was talking about. Seeing the wicked grin on the
creatures face, I take a loud gulp.
"Uuhh.. Hi Mr. Demon fella. That looks like quite a compfy seat you got
there. You don't have to get up, we'll be outta you way shortly." I
say in my sweetest little faerie voice I can muster.
Landing on Jax's shoulder,
838 - khara_khang - 6/2/00 6:31 pm
Khara_Khang...(continues) O==I======>
[[OOC: Taran is the only character not in the room. He was outside coming
up the stairs when the door slammed shut.]]
[[GM]] Jumping to his feet out of the chair that demon stands to his full
height of about 6 and a half feet. His claws extend like a cats and he
bares his wickedly sharp teeth. "I didn't want to kill anyone you know,
but you went and touched his stuff and now I have to kill ya.
Nothing personal... really. Yeah, that is a really nice chair I have.
I'll try to make quick and painless as possible, unless you like pain. I'm
really flexible in either case. I guess this would be what you would call a
bad day!" (No one but Jax and Lilac can hear or see the demon at
this moment). The demon motions to the door and it slams shut (magically
locking). What does everyone do?
[Invisible and Inaudible? Hm! Ah well, leave that
for another mystery solver I guess! --Editor.]
882 - jaxdracon - 6/5/00 8:40 am
Jax takes one look at the Demon....
Apparently the Demon *liked* the goblin wizard,
for Jax had just revealed to him that the wiz
was dead. So taking the "but wait a second, he's
dead, so you're *free*!" approach was out of the
question. "Why did I hafta go an' touch this
confounded cloak?" he thinks.
Jax takes one look at his EverSharp(TM) blade....
He hadn't used its Haroouugh-sharpened vorpal
edge yet. As of late, it seemed to activate only
once a day. Maybe Shipy would get to see how it
works after all.
Jax takes one look at Lilac....
Perhaps his last look? He wouldn't be able to
live without her... sun-dried lizards. Wow,
they were good. "Sheesh, thinking wif' me
stomach again," Jax thinks in his best imitation
of Pnahk.
Jax takes one look at the door....
Taran is behind that door. Well, at least his
ever-stinkin' brother wouldn't *see* him die.
Seeing Taran meet his fiery death, crushed beneath
a fallen Balrog back during the siege of Khazan
was more than even his cruel Orcish heart could
take. He wished his brother would just take his
loot and run.
It was clobberin' time. But they must make the
Demon visible to the others somehow. Perhaps
Lilac's bolt would make the Demon visible again,
or at the least make him glow. It was worth a
shot. If not, well, it was "a good day to die,"
as his uncle said. Once. He flexed his sinews,
gripped his scimitar and tensed to spring into
action.
"Light 'im up, Lilac."
894 - lamia_best - 6/6/00 11:23 am
[[OOC: I am again stepping into the role of Lilac De Sprite
<may the real lady live forever> as I fear she will be unable to
return. Shipy tells me he will miss her whole bunches (like a hand full
of sun-dried lizards).]]
[[Lilac]] Pointing my silver and ivory wand at the phoenix symbol/flag
hanging from one wall I blast it into smithereens with a single lightning
bolt (missing the demon) and then say, "OOPS.. didn’t mean to do that.
I gots’ to remember it pulls a wee bit to the left. Was that thing
important to you Mr. Demon?" <*Batting my eyelashes*>
895 - hobbit_king - 6/6/00 11:37 am
[[Shipy]] Seeing the door slam shut and noticing Jax and Lilac both
disappear I stand in stunned silence scratching my head. I almost crap
my pants when a lightning bolt appears from no where and blasts the phoenix
symbol/flag hanging on the wall to nothing.
I get under the table and hide.
896 - tarandracon - 6/6/00 12:07 pm
[[Taran]] As he bounds up the stairs, Taran
sees the door through which his companions
entered slam closed with a wham. His eyes
widening with surprise and a hint of fear,
Taran reaches the top landing and tries to
open the door. He finds that it is locked
tight. "Frak!" he mutters to himself, and
he listen to what is going on by pressing his
ear to the door.
"WWZZzZKWWZKKZKKEKWKKACCCCCHCKCOOOWOW!"
The sound of a mini-sonic boom from inside
the door causes Taran to jump back in
astonishment, and then he smells something.
Something dirty. Something breathing on him.
He turns around and looks at Lilac's rhino.
"I guess you're not going to be much help,
are you?" Taran says to the rhino, which might
as well be no one at all. Returning his gaze
to the door, he decides that it is time for
a grand entrance. His brother is in trouble,
that means he's gotta go rescue him!
[[OOC: Taran will attempt to bash the door down,
not realizing it is magically locked, of course.
Perhaps the rhino will join in with the bashing,
perhaps not. If he cannot get the door down,
he'll at least start yelling and making a ruckus,
so as to at least be a distraction to the
assumed baddies and let his friends and brother
know he's trying to get in to help.]]
900 - khara_khang - 6/6/00 2:13 pm
Khara_Khang...(continues) O==I======>
[[GM]] (Outside the room) Taran beats on the door attempting to bust
it down to no avail. Unfortunately everyone inside does not hear
him. The magical protection somehow shields it.
(Inside the room) "That was just plain mean of you miss Sprite. I really
liked that flag too. It was a gift to my master from a captain of the
city guard. Nice sword Mr. Orc (looking a Jax)." Slowing the demon moves
toward you.
[[Kopfy]] Raising his hands Kopfy casts a spell and instantly everyone can
see everyone.
[[Michael of the Midnight Magicks]] Can we go back the way we were before?"
asks Michael, noticing the wicked looking demon.
901 - misfitsprite - 6/6/00 3:57 pm
[[OOC: Just to let you guys know, I am here for a few more days then it
will be occasional due to the fact it is summer break and I have to
get a job (yuckie). Thanx lamia_best, you are the best.]]
Giggling cause I think I am witty for destroying the flag,
I cut off suddenly and make a strangling noise as the demon approaches us
and addresses me.
"Oops, did I do that? I really didn't mean to hit the flag Mr. Demon fella.
Honestly, it was an accident." I poke Jax, "Tell him Jax, it was an
accident right?"
At that moment Kopfy casts his spell and everyone can see the nice Mr.
Demon fella. "It's about time guys, I think I hindered more than
helped the situation here. My work is done, you fellas can finish up."
I say as I look about the group wide-eyed and waiting for a little
back-up.
903 - jaxdracon - 6/6/00 6:04 pm
Frowning inwardly at the faerie's impossibly bad
aim, Jax reaches for a reply, but no witty quip
emerges from his brain's quip-neurons. Actually,
one neuron (you mean there's more?) does
manufacture "Faeries: can't live with 'em, can't
swipe at 'em", but the gravity of the situation
prevents this quip from being unleashed into
Trollworld. Too bad.
Instead Jax realizes that there was still a chance
to prevent what would surely be a bloody mess.
With the odds evened just a tad by Kopfy's spell,
and given the Demon's expressed interest in his
EverSharp(TM) blade, there were a host of new
probabilities.
"So, Good Sir Demon, you like?" Jax hefts his
scimitar, making sure it glinted nicely. His
guts wrenched with what he was going to say next.
His swordarm's muscles cringed and protested, "No
way dude! You're cr---" Jax interrupted his
muscles and continued calmly, "Cuts
through brass like butter!"
Then in his most threateningly cunning voice,
"Wanna make a deal?"
906 - khara_khang - 6/6/00 11:42 pm
Khara_Khang...(continues) O==I======>
[[OOC: Hey people... we're just getting to the best part.
Okay, time for some blood and guts.]]
[[GM]] "No deals Orc (talking to Jax), I only deal death," says the demon.
Stepping forward to attack Jax cuts a deep groove from the
demons neck to his waist in one motion with his EverSharp(TM) blade.
Unfortunately to Jax’s astonishment the death dealing wound heals
itself instantly (Think ‘Terminator II’ the movie). Stepping forward the
demon twists the blade from Jax’s hand, letting it fall to the floor.
Taking Jax by the throat the demon tosses Jax across the room,
where he lands on the table and then falls off onto the floor on the other
side. Take (4 hits). Hidden under the table not far from where you end up
landing (or quit falling) you see Shipy under the table looking
back at you, like a mouse looking out of its hole.
[[Shipy]] "Jezz Jax, can’t you find somewhere else to hide.
Can’t you see I’m already here!"
[[Kopfy]] "His power must be linked to something within the room,"
says Kopfy moving around on your side of the table.
[[Michael of the Midnight Magicks]] "Funny, that’s just what I was thinking
too!" says Michael, keeping beside Kopfy.
[[GM]] Moving quickly around the table Mak helps Jax to his feet.
907 - jaxdracon - 6/7/00 8:28 am
"Thanks Mak," Jax says worriedly. He gave the
demon his best slash, to no avail! And now he
feels helpless without a sword in his hand. But
why hadn't the Demon just outright killed him?
"The bastard is probably toying with me," he
thinks darkly.
"Righto---didn't you say the rug, chest, some
books and this here cloak were magical? Maybe
we should try destroying them?" Jax says, keeping
the table between the Demon and himself, while
taking off the cloak. "Lilac, try aiming that
wand at something magical!"
"But that's our loot!" Shipy cries out. Jax's
glare brings him back to reality.
908 - tarandracon - 6/7/00 8:32 am
[[Taran]] <bam! wham! bam! slam!> "Open the door!"
Taran's pleas and abuse of the door seem to be
gaining him no ground, so he brainstorms for
another entry. He turns to the rhino, snorting
happily behind him. "This is the wizard's room, eh?
Well then surely he must have a way to get in
there." Taran bounds back down the stairs
quickly, and tries to uncover what's left of the
wizard to see if he has a key among his squooshed
posessions. Lucky for him, he does not know
his brother and friends are in grave danger, but
he still proceeds with all due alacrity.
909 - khara_khang - 6/7/00 9:53 am
Khara_Khang...(continues) O==I======>
[[OOC: This post is just for you Taran. Don’t you feel special? (P~).]]
[[GM]] Searching around the huge (now crushed) statue you find only
faint traces of goo seeping from beneath the statue. Anything which
was the Goblin wizard is now thinner than a pancake. Your search proves
fruitless.
911 - al_tjm - 6/7/00 11:59 am
[[Mak]] (seeing foul, deviant beast) "AIEEE! Zap the overstuffed chair!
Zap the cloak, man! Zap everything, or it's GAME OVER!!"
912 - tarandracon - 6/7/00 12:03 pm
[[ICN:]] "Frak!" Taran bounds back up the stairs
and tries to think of another solution to get
the door down. Inspiration hits him about
half-way up the stairs. "If I can't bash the
door down," he wonders to himself, "maybe I can
go around the door." He searches for cracks
in the foundation and walls around the door
and the landing, which may have been caused by
the tremendous crash.
[[OCN: If he finds any, he'll try to start
digging!]]
915 - misfitsprite - 6/7/00 12:32 pm
[[Mak]] (seeing foul, deviant beast) "AIEEE! Zap the overstuffed chair!
Zap the cloak, man! Zap everything, or it's GAME OVER!!"
Muttering to myself, "Zap, Zap.. hhmm. has to be another way.....I got it!!!"
Flying up to the ceiling, I yell to everyone below, "Better stand clear,
this is gonna be a gusher fellas!!" Giggling softly, I fly behind the
candleabrea (spelt wrong) so it is between myself and the compfy chair
and hover there. Reaching a slender hand into one of my pouches, I
bring my hand to my face and open it as if blowing a kiss. Exhaling deeply,
glittery faerie dust flutters through the air, into the flame of the
candle and makes what is known as a modern flamethrower to light the
chair on fire.
[[OOC: GM (may you never choke on a chicken bone) how was my aim this time?]]
916 - khara_khang - 6/7/00 1:04 pm
Khara_Khang...(continues) O==I======>
[[GM]] Moving across the room with lightning speed the demon grasps Mak
around the throat lifting him off the floor squeezing his neck
ever so tightly. Kicking, scratching, stabbing does little good as Mak
begins to turn an off shade of blue. Given a few more minutes of time
the demon will rip your head off your shoulders.
[[GM]] If there had been such a thing as a flame-thrower Lilac would have
just invented it. With a burst of air, fairy dust, and fire from the
candelabra the Demon’s favorite chair and foot stool are suddenly
engulfed in a blast of searing flames. Stopping for a moment (from pulling
Mak’s head off) the Demon turns to look at Lilac’s handiwork. "Argh!... Damn
fairy... why’d have to go and do that for?" Suddenly the
demon frowns (he had been smiling) and then fades to nothingness
(gone forever).
[[GM]] Finding no way in you give up and rest for a moment,
leaning on the doorknob. The door swings open easily as if it had never
locked.
918 - misfitsprite - 6/7/00 1:28 pm
[[Lilac]] Dusting my hands together, I smile proudly. "Told ya fellas it'd
be a gusher. Am I good or am I good?" Sighs happily as a smile
remains on my lips.
Looking up and seeing no one else hurt (esp hobby who's hiding like a girl
:P) I fly outside to see Vortex. "Vortexy! I am glad to see you
are alright out here & Taran didn't pick on you." I cast a smile over my
shoulder at Taran. Petting Voretx fondly, I ramble on to him about
how brave I was and how that faeries do have there uses and how I
single-handedly killed the demon while he snorts his happiness to see me.
921 - jaxdracon - 6/7/00 6:55 pm
Jax blinks in utter disbelief. What was that
saying about eating crow? He'd just been upstaged
by a faerie!! Picking up his EverSharp(TM) blade
and his new cloak of invisibility, he swallows
his pride yet again and pretends it tastes like
sun-dried lizards.
"Took some flak, eh bro?" Taran remarks to his
bedraggled elder brother.
"Yeah, Mak an' I both. You missed Lilac's
fireworks. That was one buuutt-ugly Demon.
But I'll live, T," Jax emits gruffly, rubbing his
sore neck. "Got a nice magic cloak outta the deal
too," Jax adds, lifting up the cloak and hiding
behind it both his embarassment and the fact
that his rashness had nearly gotten him killed
again.
Brushing past the others, busy looting, Jax
stops short of Vortex's horn, and its resident
faerie, basking in the rhino's happy snorts.
Jax chokes out, "That was ... spectacular,
Lilac... I ... uh ... thanks!"
922 - khara_khang - 6/8/00 9:56 am
Khara_Khang...(continues) O==I======>
[[GM]] With the Demon destroyed, you finish searching the room.
Among the magic items collected and identified by Kopfy are; (Jax’s)
cloak of Invisibility, a small wand of fire, a magical jeweled dagger,
a magical silver Misericorde, A large rug of flying, three magical spells
books, and a large magical chest of holding. Once opened the chest of
holding contains; 2,345 gold lion coins (and one of each of the
following normal weapons), great sword, two-handed broadsword,
hand-and-a-half sword, broadsword, gladius, short sword, falchion,
sabre, shotel, manople, rapier, terbutje, broad axe, great axe, sickle,
taper axe, bec de corbin, adze, pick axe, heavy mace, war hammer,
morningstar, flail, mitre, clubs, ankus, quarterstaff. poleaxe,
ranseur, halbard, pike, fauchard, scythe, billhook, spear, trident,
hoko, assegai, javelin, sax, kukri, kris, dirk, main gauche, poniard,
stiletto, crossbow, sling, bow, throwing knife, chakram, throwing dart,
and war bola, war net, hooked net, plate, mail, scale, leather, quilted,
arming doublet, shoulder doublet, gauntlet, greaves (all parts), full helm,
greek helm, steel cap, face mask, target shield, buckler, spiked shield.
The chest itself weighs no more than that of a normal chest of the same
size (4 by 3 feet).
924 - tarandracon - 6/8/00 10:49 am
From Jax's description of the demon, Taran is
both glad he missed the near catastrophe and
sorry he didn't get to see the firework display
himself. Nevertheless, he does not feel bashful
about peering into the chest of weapons to claim
a souvenir of his own. After all, they need to
bring back to Captain Huros "proof of their
endeavors," as Kopfy had boldly stated [[OOC: back
in post 265]] in the Blue Frog Tavern the night
they were comissioned.
Taran reaches in and takes the buckler from
its cluttered hiding spot among the armor and
weapons stashed in the magic chest. Then he
thinks back to the descriptions of the items
Kopfy noted were magical, and queries, "Hey
Kopfy, what's a 'magical silver Misericorde'
anyway?"
After any single items of booty are claimed
by the party, Taran wonders aloud where they're
going to stash the chest. "I guess we could
figure out how to fly the rug, and fly us all,"
he pauses, considering Vortex, "well, most of
us, anyway," back to town, chest and loot in
tow....
925 - misfitsprite - 6/8/00 2:18 pm
[[Lilac]] "Oh sheesh, it twas nuttin Jax! Just using my misfit for the
good of the team for once."
[[Vortex]] Snorts in agreement and tosses his head.
[[Lilac]] "So, tell me Jax, did they find anything good in there?
And whose gonna carry the chest cause Vortex can if need be. And that way
all your hands will be free if more fighting occurs." I smile happily
at my wise (is that what they call it?) thoughts.
926 - khara_khang - 6/8/00 6:20 pm
Khara_Khang...(continues) O==I======>
[[Lilac]] "So, tell me Jax, did they find anything good in there?
And whose gonna carry the chest cause Vortex can if need be. And that
way all your hands will be free if more fighting occurs." I smile happily
at my wise (is that what they call it?) thoughts.
[[Shipy]] As any Hobbit would, Shipy eyes the a magical jeweled dagger
wondering how it would look on his belt.
[[Kopfy]] "A misericorde’ is a long narrow dagger intended for thrusting.
Like the one Mak is using. I’m sure he would prefer using a
magical one, since he is already proficient in its use. If you want the
chest and all its items (minus the gold), I’m sure no one would oppose
you taking it Taran." Turning Lilac I hand her the a small (pencil length)
all red wand of fire. "Take this wand, its more suited for you Lilac.
It can create a small burst of fire 3 times per day. It’s activation is the
word ‘Shazam’. Moving the table and chairs off the rug with help I
motion for everyone to bring everything (excluding Vortex) and get on it.
Not needing any more incentive everyone drags the loot onto the
rug.
".... "Bagdad," I say, and the beautiful rug responds by slowly lifting a
few inches off the floor. "Everyone ready to leave?"
[[GM]] The magical rug folds and bends itself as it exits the door.
929 - jaxdracon - 6/9/00 7:43 am
"Now we're stylin'! Hey T, we gotta get one of
these!" Jax exclaimed with rare Orcish delight,
as the carpet heads down the stairs to the
temple's main floor.
Taran agrees and motions toward the chest, "Think
Oother can make use of all this armor and weaponry
for clan Dracon?"
Jax replies with a tusky grin, "Do hobbits have
hairy feet?"
Before Taran can respond, Shipy overhears and
adds, "Hey, no hobbit jokes yet---wait 'til we get
to the tavern, when I'm in my element, and can
respond in due kind!"
Noting Lilac's more than usual jitteriness, Jax
says to the group, "I think Lilac's worried about
Vortex. How are we gonna get him out of this
dump? After all, he did help us out quite
valiantly."
Michael consults his eight-ball. "Try again
later." He frowns.
Mac asks the Orc shaman, "Check out your magic
books, Kopfy, maybe there's a teleport spell?"
938 - misfitsprite - 6/9/00 2:25 pm
[[Lilac]] Taking the wand in my hands, I examine with the curiosity
that of a child. "Ohh.. thanx Kopfy, this will come in
handy! I must admit, it was quite fun making the fire dance like that!
Umm, just one question, which end does the fire come out?"
[[Lilac]] Eyes resting on Vortex, I address Jax, "Although I would truly
like him to come with us, the faerie dust will
wear off on him soon and he will turn on us." A single tear rolls down my
face, first from the left eye, then the right. "I trully
wish he could come with us but I think he would cause less danger
down here then if we brought him to the surface with
us. I just don't wanna say goodbye."
Petting my rhino fondly, I look to the group. "You guys know,
there is one other problem we have which has been
discussed yet." Wiping the tears from my face, I steel myself at the
thought of leaving Vortex and get down to buisness.
"The captain and goblin wizard had some kind of deal. We know this
because of the flag in the wizards room and also
what the demon said about the flag when I zaped it. I believe him.
There's something fishy about this campaign. Why did
the captain agree to let us take the job if he was in league with the
goblins? Did the captain think we would all die before
getting this close? And how do you think the captain will react when
we come up to the surface with our 'proof'? I
dunno about you, but something stinks here and it's not the sewer!"
940 - michael_midnight_magicks - 6/9/00 2:52 pm
[[Michael of the Midnight Magicks]] "Something stinks?... hmmm, I bet
it's my lackey Shippo!" I whisper to Kopfy, not wishing to insult my henchman.
Speaking loudly I say, "After seeing you destroy that demon,
we're behind you one hundred percent, Peablossom!"
941 - misfitsprite - 6/9/00 3:04 pm
[[Lilac]] Rolling my eyes at Mike, I look to Kopfy. "I am quite serious.
Kopfy, doesn't it strike your funny bone? I think
something is rotten in Demark and I don't like it at all."
942 - khara_khang - 6/9/00 4:15 pm
Khara_Khang...(continues) O==I======>
[[Kopfy]] "I believe you, and I would have to agree with you Lilac.
The only motive I can think of as to why the captain
would be in cahoots with the goblin wizard would be greed.
I wonder if the Captain was selling all those weapons
(found in the magical chest) to the goblins, taking them a few at
a time from this city armory?" I scratch my chin and
consider my words. Slowly the rug begins retracing our way out of the sewer."
"Sorry Lilac, I know you like him and all, but he would starve to
death down here if we left him." Turning toward Vortex
who is following us I speak the ancient words of a spell, and
'Unsummon's the Rhino, who disappears in a puff of dust."
945 - jaxdracon - 6/9/00 5:24 pm
[[Michael of the Midnight Magicks]]
[[Kopfy]]
Jax nods his head, agreeing as well. He is also
impressed at the ever-intuitive faery's knowledge
of Shakespeare (best heard in its original Orcish,
as Taran would proudly state).
For her (and the other Orcs') benefit, he adds,
"Aye, 'tis 'the rankest compound of villainous
smell that ever offended nostril,' _Merry Wives
of Khazil_, act 3, scene 5." And then,
"Let's expose our captain's dirty little secret!"
Shipy lifts an eyebrow, and blurts out, "You mean
he dances naked around frog statues at night,
too?" But then he pipes down when he realizes
nobody has the froggiest idea what he is talking
about.
Just then, Kopfy unsummons the rhino, much to
everyone's surprise. "Well, solves that problem,"
Jax deadpans.
965 - misfitsprite - 6/11/00 2:26 pm
[[Lilac]] Waving to the spot where Vortex was last visable,
I whisper a slient goodbye. Sighing, I look at Kopfy,
"Thanks, that makes me feel better than leaving him down here alone.
I hope that he is ok there."
Squareing my shoulders, I start tapping my finger against my lip.
"Hhhmm.... Even if it is greed and he did sell the stuff to
the goblin, he really is not making much in the long run because for one,
he has to pay us, two he's not getting all the stuff
he sold back because we took our fair share, and three, wouldn't
the captain make more money in the long run by still
selling stuff to the goblins. I wonder if his higher ups noticed stuff
was missing and he needed a scap goat. If that's the
case, aren't we the scap goats?" Tapping my finger againist my lip again...
I think to myself, "and I don't trust that new
guy. His presence might mean something else since he was sent by the
captain to join us."
Taran happily surveys the aftermath of the battle,
and not feeling particularly hungry, stands and addresses the group.
"Well done, to all,"
he offers with a salute. "I'm gonna head downstairs and see what's left.
I'll leave the obvious treasure room," he adds, gesturing the door
atop the landing, "with all its traps, to the sneakier types."
He winks at the hobbit. Once downstairs, Taran sees if there is anything
salvagable from the slain goblins' possessions.
[[GM]]
Standing in the doorway everyone looks into the
very fancy (20 by 20 foot) wizards chamber (see
map for details). What does everyone do?
Jax asks Kopfy, "OK, nice trick with the door. Now where's
the magic? Surely a wizard's lair will be magically trapped?" He taps the
floor inside the room with his scimitar to check that the floor is not
illusionary.
[[Jax]] "Strangely, I agree," says Jax, striding into the wizard's chamber.
"Probably on this here chest," he indicates to Shipy. "Hmm,
wonder what this cloak does?" Jax says aloud, as he takes the cloak off
its hook and tries it on.
[[Mak]] Mak's going to head up to the Wizard's room, and take out the
roundest sling stone he has. Or ask if he can use Mike's 8-ball.
"Ooogch, be careful in here, okay everyone?" Taking sling the 8-ball,
Mak will set it on the floor to test for an angle... "I'm just wondering if
there's a hidden drain for blood and gooie bits. Nice carpet. Probably
cleans itself after each victim."
[[GM]]
Seated in the green over-stuffed chair (with the
foot stool), you see a large demon looking
Invisible Stalker. (Now that you are invisible
you can see him.) He smiles widely as if he was
waiting for some idiot to touch something.
Lilac buzzes around nervously, "i don't see
nuth---" and promptly smacks into invisible Jax.
"Ow!"
Lilac buzzes around nervously, "i don't see
nuth---" and promptly smacks into invisible Jax.
"Ow!"(I can see him now that I am invisible too)
I whisper in his ear. "So, tusk face, what do you think our chances
are? Can we take him or not? Since only we can see him, I can try a
lightening bolt out on him and maybe that will make him uninvs. On the
other hand, that may just make him really mad."
[[Lilac]] "Uuhh.. Hi Mr. Demon fella. That looks like quite
a compfy seat you got there. You don't have to get up, we'll be outta you
way shortly." I say in my sweetest little faerie voice I can muster. Landing
on Jax's shoulder, (I can see him now that I am invisible too)
I whisper in his ear. "So, tusk face, what do you think our chances are? Can
we take him or not? Since only we can see him, I can try a
lightening bolt out on him and maybe that will make him uninvs. On the other
hand, that may just make him really mad."
[[Demon]]
"I'll try to make quick and painless as possible,
unless you like pain. I'm really flexible in
either case. I guess this would be what you would
call a bad day!" (No one but Jax and Lilac can
hear or see the demon at this moment)
[[Jax]] Jax takes one look at Lilac.... Perhaps his last
look? He wouldn't be able to live without her... sun-dried lizards.
Wow, they were good. "Sheesh, thinking wif' me stomach again," Jax thinks.
It was clobberin' time. But they must make the Demon visible to the others
somehow. Perhaps Lilac's bolt would make the Demon visible again, or at the
least make him glow. It was worth a shot. If not, well, it was
"a good day to die," as his uncle said. Once. He flexed his sinews,
gripped his scimitar and tensed to spring into action. "Light 'im up,
Lilac."
[[OOC- Taran is the only character not in the
room. He was outside coming up the stairs when
the door slammed shut.]]
[[the_real_lilac :)]]
"Oops, did I do that? I really didn't mean to hit
the flag Mr. Demon fella. Honestly, it was an
accident." I poke Jax, "Tell him Jax, it was an
accident right?"
[[Jax]] "So, Good Sir Demon, you like?"
Jax hefts his scimitar, making sure it glinted nicely. His guts wrenched
with what he was going to say next. His swordarm's muscles cringed and
protested, "No way dude! You're cr---" Jax interrupted his muscles and
continued calmly, "Cuts through brass like butter!" Then in his most
threateningly cunning voice, "Wanna make a deal?"
[[Kopfy]]
"His power must be linked to something within the
room," says Kopfy moving around on your side of
the table.
[[Jax]] "Lilac, try aiming that wand at something magical!"
Your search proves fruitless.
[[Jax]] "Lilac, try aiming that wand at something magical!"
[[Mak]] (seeing foul, deviant beast) "AIEEE!
Zap the overstuffed chair! Zap the cloak, man! Zap everything, or it's
GAME OVER!!"
[[Lilac]] Muttering to myself, "Zap, Zap.. hhmm. has
to be another way.....I got it!!!" Flying up to the ceiling, I yell
to everyone below, "Better stand clear, this is gonna be a gusher fellas!!"
Giggling softly, I fly behind the candleabrea (spelt wrong) so it is
between myself and the compfy chair and hover there. Reaching a slender
hand into one of my pouches, I bring my hand to my face and open it as if
blowing a kiss. Exhaling deeply, glittery faerie dust flutters through the
air, into the flame of the candle and makes what is known as a modern
flamethrower to light the chair on fire.
[[Taran]] "Frak!" Taran bounds back up the stairs and tries
to think of another solution to get the door down. Inspiration hits him about
half-way up the stairs. "If I can't bash the door down," he wonders to
himself, "maybe I can go around the door." He searches for cracks in
the foundation and walls around the door and the landing, which may
have been caused by the tremendous crash. If he finds any, he'll try to
start digging!
Brushing past the others, busy looting, Jax stops short of
Vortex's horn, and its resident faerie, basking in the rhino's happy
snorts. Jax
chokes out, "That was ... spectacular Lilac... I ...uh ... thanks!"
[[Taran]] After all, they need to bring back to Captain
Huros "proof of their endeavors," as Kopfy had boldly stated
in the Blue Frog Tavern the night they were commissioned. "Hey Kopfy,
what's a 'magical silver Misericorde' anyway?"
Turning Lilac I hand her the a small (pencil length) all red wand of fire.
"Take this wand, its more suited for you Lilac.
It can create a small burst of fire 3 times per day.
It’s activation is the word ‘Shazam’.
Noting Lilac's more than usual jitteriness, Jax
says to the group, "I think Lilac's worried about
Vortex. How are we gonna get him out of this
dump? After all, he did help us out quite valiantly."
[[Lilac]]
I think something is rotten in Demark and I don't
like it at all."
"Something stinks?... hmmm, I bet it's my lackey
Shippo!"
"I believe you, and I would have to agree with you
Lilac. The only motive I can think of as to why
the captain would be in cahoots with the goblin
wizard would be greed.
[If you want to find out what he
is talking about, read the "Dirty little secret"
thread and mini-adventure that sprung up with
message 930. --Editor.]
[old club was deleted. Sorry!]
[[Kopfy]]"Sorry Lilac, I know you like him and all,
but he would starve to death down here if we left him." Turning
toward Vortex who is following us I speak the ancient words of a spell,
and 'Unsummon's the Rhino, who disappears in a
puff of dust."