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Chapter 1: The Hunt for Spurilous
Editor's note: Before we begin the adventure archive, I
would like to note that I have preserved the original spelling, grammar,
punctuation of the player's game text, for the most part. Hey, it's not
like I got paid to do this! [grin]
2715 - Shrsholn - Thu Aug 23, 2001 6:02pm
Royal Proclamation
Her Empress, the Death
Goddes of Khazan, through her appointed
representative, the Baron of Khole, has issued a 7,000 GP reward
for the live capture of Spurlious Trask, infamous
ring leader of the Nightshade Gang, and a 500 GP
reward for the primary hand of each gang
member.These cowardly miscreants have vandalized the magickal
mural of our Empress located on the outer, west wall of
the Styxtrene Temple in the heart of
Khole.Devoted citizens of the beneficient Empress who wish to
prove their loyalty should report to the Temple
Autorities for additional information, and generous
provisions provided for the mission.That is
all.
Have a nice day.
2716 - hobbit_king - Thu Aug 23, 2001 8:16pm
THREAD 0: Shipy
Runs by and throw a rotten mater' at the west wall of the Styxtrene Temple in
the heart of Khole and keeps running.
Editor's Note: Shipy, while not actually appearing in the
main storyline of this game, nevertheless found himself a spot in the
archive for not only being the first to reply to the initial game's
invitation, but also for later participating in a side-adventure,
explained later!
2719 - Shrsholn - Fri Aug 24, 2001 10:17am
THREAD 1: Throst
The worm-eaten beams and pillars of the abandoned
quarter seem like carved pannels as the early sunlight
streams through the organic patterns etched by the slow
creep of the ravenous creatures which taste all who
come into the world.The fettid gutters,
swilling with tidal wash and the refuse of the old, but
small city mix terribly with the greasy and full aroma
of snail-sausages roasting on the open coals across
from the Styxtrene Temple.There, at the Rat on
a Stick stand, an enterprising and somewhat
atractive woman has a long line waiting to receive
break-fast.As you near, you can see that several different
items are for sale: Rat Chunks in Sewer Sauce;
timbermen's cakes w. sap; and some sort of deep-fried potato
cakes.Her customers are as varied as orc businessmen with
their tradesman's bags in hand, occasionally checking
the water clock in the center of town, just a few
dozen yards away; Schwartzalven mothers trying to
retain control of their inky broods; and the occasional
pick-pocket 'earning' his or her meal in line.There
is no sign of any other adventerous/'loyal' souls at
the Temple, and the scaffolds which are dangling next
to the now-draped mural are unattended -- the
workers sitting on the cobblestones eating their meals,
and drinking their steaming chickory-brew.The
Styxtrene Temple, a converted temple of a long-forgotten
demi-god, is as run down as everything else in this
quarter.A lone acolyte, a bald headed, depressed-looking
young man, sits near the head of the bird dropping
decorated stairs, propping-up his head with his fists which
rest on his knees.
He is dressed in silver trimmed
blackish robes, and wears sandals upon his feet.He
looks up at your approach, and his eyes begin to widen,
the gloom of his countenance
fading."Ah...Loyal subjects of the Empress, come, come in, wev'e
been waiting for you..."
2720 - throst54 - Fri Aug 24, 2001 7:19pm
THREAD 1: Throst
A lone acolyte, a bald headed,
depressed-looking young man, sits near the head of the bird
dropping decorated stairs, propping-up his head with his
fists which rest on his knees.
He is dressed in
silver trimmed blackish robes, and wears sandals upon
his feet.
we'll have to fix that hair problem,
sandals? oh well i', a helper not a miracle; though it
usually is a miricale that i'm not always killed first
hand.
He looks up at your approach, and his eyes begin to
widen, the gloom of his countenance fading.
I assume you mean he looks at hobbit_king's
dude.
"Ah...Loyal subjects of the Empress, come, come in, wev'e
been waiting for you..."
*POOF* Throst the
dwarven sorceror comes out of his invisiblity spell. He
looks incredibly smart and powerful, but the smartest
minds are always way way out there...but Throst is way
way out there."Hello bald one. I am suprized
you knew I was coming." *ZAP* He points his finger at
the bald man and now he has hair, much of it on his
head; and well he also 'accidently' increased his
armpit hair growth. "There ye go, *EGH* ye got some grog
for a chap's work?" he ajusts his spectacles which
have a wierd tint which change countinually.
[OOC] are we possd` to have stats for these tavern
personae's?? --Throst
2721 - Shrsholn - Fri Aug 24, 2001 8:43pm
THREAD 1: Throst
The acolyte gestures for you to follow him in to
the temple.Your keen dwarven nose detects
more than a hint of gold within the dimly lit
interior, incense overflowing as he opens the left pannel
of a double door, which still shows sign of old
battering -- apparently from smaller axe blades."I
had hoped that your group would be larger...", the
man hesitates looking at you with a faint, nervous
smile."Follow me, please, sir.", He says as he begins to
dissaper into the darkness.As you follow, you
begin to understand the layout of the temple's
construction, due to your inherent dwarven abilities -- and,
perhaps more importantly, sense that you are nearing a
large concentration of worked gold."Daergesh,
have we any other takers?", a smoothe, woman's voice
asks from the room. Daergesh -- the acolyte -- is
leading you to."Yes, my lady. A stout dwarf, and
capable, it appears--", Daergesh begins, but is cut
short."Your opinion is hardly based on experience. I won't be
needing it. You are dismissed to your pressing duties,
Daergesh.", the same voice, now slightly harsher.You
are shown in, by the now subserviant and shamed
Daergesh, who immediately leaves, further down the dark,
perfumed hallway.The room you are at the threshold
of is a smallish affair, perhaps ten by eight, with
a ten foot ceiling. It is covered in black laqured
wood, intricately carven with human figures and lurking
creatures which almost seem to ooze along as light plays
across its surface.There is a massive desk,
which takes up most of the floor space. It too is made
of black laqured wood, but of a more spectacular
design -- including wildly raised projections from the
legs, and decorated with images of the Death Empress on
her various victories both on the surface world, as
well as in nightmarish underworld scenes.Your
mouth nearly agape at the craftsmanship, you slowly
raise your eys to peer over the top, to the woman
sitting behind the desk.She is a purple-skinned
woman, somewhat elven looking, though clearly a
halfbreen of some sort -- likely schwarzalven and human.
She is possessed of such similar features to the
Empress herself that you feel uneasy in her
presnce."Ah, a dawrven magician, I see...", she says, smiling
wickedly."Would you care for some wine this morning?", she
offers, standing slightly from her seated position,
leaning over the immaculate desk's surface, her ample
boosom and spidry waist accented by a black lace and
leather dress, decorated with dangling silver orniments
of agonized-looking skulls of many types of
creatures -- some of which you can not readily
identify."Lady Silkervish re'Hakt, Priestess in Her service."
Again, her wicked smile, flashing snow-white teeth,
sends a chill down your spine. "Please, have a
seat."A slight creak to your left causes you to turn, and
you see a form writhing in the wall panneling begin
to separate itself...
2722 - Shrsholn - Fri Aug 24, 2001 8:57pm
Throst, thanks for replying.I think we
can dispense with the formalities for now. 'Mebbey if
we get some other serious takers it will become
necessary, but for now, let's just go with the narritive and
reply, if that's okay?As far as the general
gamish stuff, I figure low-level characters would be
best, so let's say that your dwarven wizard is at about
2nd/3rd level.
Spells are not limited to the book, but
I would like to introduce the new ones -- to keep
the campiness to a minimum, if everyone can groove
with that.You don't need to list any
equipment, or spells, we'll play it off the cuff. Besides,
the priestess will apparently provide specific gear
for the mission that she deems necessary.If
others are interested in a relatively serious game, they
[you] are welcome to join in as adventurers who have
already answered the summons, and are waiting in the
wings -- as it were.Looking forward to
it...-Shrsholn
2723 - Shrsholn - Fri Aug 24, 2001 9:20pm
THREAD 1: Throst
"Lady Silkervish re'Hakt, Priestess in Her
service." Again, her wicked smile, flashing snow-white
teeth, sends a chill down your spine.
"Please, have a
seat."A slight creak to your left causes you to turn, and
you see a form writhing in the wall panneling begin
to separate itself...
The magicks you
detect allow you to relax a bit, as a chair separates
from the wall, and trots over to you, lowering to
accomodate your shorter size.The chair is made of
the same wood, and is at least as ornate as the wall,
and nearly approaching the detail of the creepy
desk. It has both wolfish and hawkish characteristics, and
seems to be magickally endowed with a sort of life and
sentience, and a slight undertone of palpable evil emminates
from it, as does everything in the room -- most of
all, Lady Silkervish herself.It stops behind
your legs, and seats you on itself, then slowly trots
closer to the ominous desk."The seven thousand
gold pieces is for the LIVE capture of Spurlious
Trask. You do understand that, don't you my dear?", she
glowers slightly, then, biting her lip a bit, she
continues, "I'm not really all that interested in his gang. You
should make sure that the leader is the focus of your
search."Now standing fully, you can see that she has an
ornate scimitar strapped to her left on a curious
looking leather belt. The weapon and its scabbard are
clearly magickal as well, and you need not expend much
concentration to determine that the enchantment is not a
pleasant one."I will provide you with an enchanted
weapon of your request -- within your martial ability --
as well as three scrolls, two potions, and one
lantern. These are yours to use in the furtherance of the
mission, and are not to be disposed of under ANY
circumstance." The Lady's look assures you that she means dealy
business on this point."I have already received
other guests. Will you follow me,
please?"Turning her back to you, you see that her dress is very
low cut in back, showing off her toned muscles and
sleek figure. However, the tattoo of the Empress is
far more attention-getting to you, as it is also
clearly of great magickal power.The Lady raises
her left hand away from her body, and above her
shoulder, and with a quick flick of her wrist, you hear
another, long creak from the wall she is now
facing.From beyond the threshold, you can hear a few muted
voices -- normal kindred, speaking in the common tongue.
From this dark room too emmanates groos volumes of
thick, heady smoke of rare inscense.Looking
back, smiling over her left shoulder at you, Silkervish
asks, "and how shall I introduce you to the others?"
2724 - throst54 - Sun Aug 26, 2001 3:28am
THREAD 1: Throst
[OOC]
first off, this is my tavern persona,
which is around level 8 (so he can play all the pranks
he wants) I thought this was just a
fooling-around-not-serious-SCREW-OFF game.
I was expecting that a bunch of other
tavern personae's were gonna get in on this. (IE
Hobbit_King said he was gonna through tomatoes at the church)
so I figured 'split' and his pet ferret was gonna
get in on this, alog with the rubber chicken dude and
everyone else. so if I do end up giving you stats
they will be high level. so can U just raise the bar
of teh monsters in your dungeons and so forth??
Now standing fully, you can see that she has an ornate
scimitar strapped to her left on a curious looking leather
belt. The weapon and its scabbard are clearly magickal
as well, and you need not expend much concentration
to determine that the enchantment is not a pleasant
one.
well throst is the evil insane(ly smart) type. so he
likes it.
"I will provide you with an
enchanted weapon of your request -- within your martial
ability -- as well as three scrolls, two potions, and one
lantern. These are yours to use in the furtherance of the
mission, and are not to be disposed of under ANY
circumstance." The Lady's look assures you that she means dealy
business on this point.
"how about a girdle that
gives me the knowledge and skill to use better weapons
that this dagger."--he pulls out a dagger which; like
his spectacles continuesly changes colors, but this
one blinds everyone in the room 4 1d6 minutes(unless
make a LUK SR of Throst's LVL)
"OOPS!! sorry. That's
my sparkly dagger that only I can use. It's pretty
cool." --he puts the scabbard on it and waves it around,
after casting a spell to fix everyone's eyesight, maybe
even making it better than before.-- "Sparkle sparkle,
fizzel and sizzels! Potions? um could I please get one
extra healing potion and a potion that makes big
explosions. One one scroll could I get your number? The other
teo are your choice. I have a friend who went through
a dungeon and found a scroll with all the spells up
to 13 on it. I could teach you them if U want. He
was a warrior so he gave it to me."
"I have already received other guests. Will you follow
me, please?"
"Of course
me`lady."
Turning her back to you, you see that her dress is very
low cut in back, showing off her toned muscles and
sleek figure.
OK Throst wants her, not any magic
stuff.
However, the tattoo of the Empress is far more
attention-getting to you, as it is also clearly of great magickal
power.
the must be a tattoo must be placed
well.
The Lady raises her left hand away from her body, and
above her shoulder, and with a quick flick of her
wrist, you hear another, long creak from the wall she is
now facing.
ah a lefty I see. must be a good
drawer.
From beyond the threshold, you can hear a few muted
voices -- normal kindred, speaking in the common tongue.
From this dark room too emmanates groos volumes of
thick, heady smoke of rare inscense.
if your mute doesn't it mean u can't speak???
Looking back, smiling over her left shoulder at you,
Silkervish asks, "and how shall I introduce you to the
others?"
"well first off I need a tux, and
probably shouldn't be wearing these. Thank you Lady
Silkervish re'Hakt, Priestess in Her service."--he takes off
is spectacles to reveal irises (or contacts MAYBE)
with the same look as the spectacles' lenses, then he
kisses her hand----Throst
2725 - Shrsholn - Sun Aug 26, 2001 1:37pm
THREAD 1: Throst
The low volume of the other guests Lady
Silkervish has received comes to dead stop as they see her
accompanied by a rare dwarven wizard of your obvious skill
and power."Darling, while I do appreciate
your social grace, unusual for your kin, I must ask
you to refrain from kissing my hand in the future. I
have too little time to quell any rumors of our --
liason...", she says, smiling genuinely.The chamber
you find yourself in now is lit by oil lamps which
flicker with purplish-blue ghost light, like tormented
souls too weary to escape their confines. Large
pillows are scattered about the floor, also decorated
with rare carpets from Tiern.
water pipes, fuming
silvery smoke bubble throughout the easily twenty by
twenty foot room.Other miscreants, rogues, and
cut-throats -- loyal servants of Lerotra'hh -- who likewise
have answered the summons look at you with varying
expressions. None of them are as flamboyant or dazling in their
manner as you, but then, who is?A comely
hobbitess, dressed in weather worn, skin-tight leather, and
armed with two sax, and a self-bow is immediately to
your right. She smiles, and offers you a seat next to
her on a fluffy violet pillow trimmed in gold
brocade.Lady Silkervish peers around the now silent
room. "My friends, we are joined now by the Wizard Throst.
I know that you will extend your full cooperation
in your dealings with him, as I have asked of each
of you in turn as we have met new
members."The others nod at you, and some servants approach,
offering rare delights on platinum platters.After
a moment, you find seating to your satisfaction,
and are able to engage in chit-chat for a bit before
the Lady speaks again of the
mission.
2726 - Shrsholn - Sun Aug 26, 2001 1:38pm
THREAD 1: Throst
"We have two mages of power in this expiditionary group,
namely our newly arrived Throst, and my kin,
Larshes'ke," she pauses, motioning you toward a frail looking
woman with a scarlet patch over her left eye, and
possessing a lavender right eye. Larshes'ke has long
reddish-brown hair, slightly pointed ears, and a long, nearly
triangular face, devoid of any emotion. Her one eye
regarding you cooly."The others of you each are
somewhat well known in your various and sundry fields of
endeavor: the warrior of Gallek Fal, Neridd Desh [male,
dressed in slick-looking scale and armed with a
hand-and-a-half-sword amongst other weapons]; the stealthy and slippery
Mavin Seul [a rakish looking youth of indeterminate
sex, though clearly of human stock]; Fury Master, Vrok
Talinn [an older, former barbarian of the cold northern
wastes, armed with a double-bladed axe with a handle as
big around as your neck, and carved with shamanic
runes]; Silthis the Fleet [a seeming Faeiry-Leprechaun
half-breed, with green skin, and gleeming golden eyes, armed
with a blue-bladed stiletto which is unsheathed, lying
across her lap]; and, lastly, an orc who looks as if he
has been chewed up and spat out by a dragon, whom
Lady Silkervish does not mention in name, though she
points him out to you."I will not be involved in
the actual undertaking beyond providing you with the
most up to date intelligence regarding the Nightshade
Gang, their m/o, and the use of the magical provisions
which the party is to use in the furtherance of the
success of the mission.", she informs the group, and you
are certain that this is the most she has thus
disclosed to the group, so you are not at any more of a
loss than thay."Throst, in reference to your
request for a means to enhance your martial abilities, I
shall do the next best thing...", she says, motioning
an unseen attaendant with her right hand."This
is an ichorous automaton which shall do the fighting
in melee for you."The attendant arrives with
a reddish, wooden, multifaced box plated at the
various corners in gold.Lady Silkervish takes the
box, and silently muttering something, opens the box
through a series of twists and sliding panels, to reveal
a mose-sized mechanical creature. The small thing
opens its mechanical eys, which begin to glow a dull
red, then leaps to you shoulder, and clutching the
fabric, hunkers-down and peers at you, gibbering in a
low, music-box like voice.It looks a bit like
a wingless bat, mixed with a monkey or lemur, and
is apparently made of brass.
It seems to take to
you, as it slowly pads and paws at your shoulder, all
the while, chattering in a low tone.The
others seem surprised that you have been singled-out to
receive a specific gift, but quickly regain their
composure as Silkervish stands once again, and bids you all
to follow her further into the temple
complex."If you have any items you wish to store here before
setting out, leave them. They will be dutifully attended
to, and will be returned upon your successful
return," she offers, but there are no takers.
"Very
well, let us continue, then..."
2727 - throst54 - Sun Aug 26, 2001 2:37pm
THREAD 1: Throst
We have two mages of power in this
expiditionary group, namely our newly arrived Throst, and my
kin, Larshes'ke,", she pauses, motioning you toward a
frail looking woman with a scarlet patch over her left
eye, and possessing a lavender right eye. Larshes'ke
has long reddish-brown hair, slightly pointed ears,
and a long, nearly triangular face, devoid of any
emotion. Her one eye regarding you cooly.
"nice to meet ye" --he bows--
"The others of
you each are somewhat well known in your various and
sundry fields of endeavor: the warrior of Gallek Fal,
Neridd Desh [male, dressed in slick-looking scale and
armed with a hand-and-a-half-sword amongst other
weapons]
"egh! ello friend, or we shall be son yet!"
the stealthy and slippery Mavin Seul [a rakish
looking youth of indeterminate sex, though clearly of
human stock] Fury Master, Vrok Talinn [an older, former
barbarian of the cold northern wastes, armed with a
double-bladed axe with a handle as big around as your neck, and
carved with shamanic runes]
"arg, egh Wazza! Nice
axe ye got there, U know sometime maybe I could forge
you a nicer one, unless it has some enchantment I am
unaware of. I made such an axe before. Would sever a head
off 1 outta 4 times..."
Silthis the
Fleet [a seeming Faeiry-Leprechaun half-breed, with
green skin, and gleeming golden eyes, armed with a
blue-bladed stiletto which is unsheathed, lying across her
lap];
"Sup lil` one. beauty o` a blade you have got
there."--Throst
2728 - throst54 - Sun Aug 26, 2001 2:38pm
THREAD 1: Throst
and,
lastly, an orc who looks as if he has been chewed up and
spat out by a dragon, whom Lady Silkervish does not
mention in name, though she points him out to
you.
hmm must not like `em much, "hello Orc friend, you
should drop into BFT sometime, two orc bros there all
the time, although they disappeared
recently..."
Editor's note: see Oblique
Streams to find out what happened to Taran and Jax Dracon, to whom
Throst is referring. However, this is an anachronism as it is later revealed
that this game is set in a different time and space than the Khazan of Taran
and Jax, and therefore Throst would have no knowledge of them.
"I will not be involved in the actual undertaking
beyond providing you with the most up to date
intelligence regarding the Nightshade Gang, their m/o, and the
use of the magical provisions which the party is to
use in the furtherance of the success of the
mission.", she informs the group, and you are certain that
this is the most she has thus disclosed to the group,
so you are not at any more of a loss than
thay.
"ah, I see the way it is, you sweeten me up then drop
me off we this motley crew. Then let it be done
me`lady"
"Throst, in reference to your request for a means to
enhance your martial abilities, I shall do the next best
thing...", she says, motioning an unseen attaendant with her
right hand.
"This is an ichorous automaton which
shall do the fighting in melee for you."
"ah, thank you once again me`lady"
The
attendant arrives with a reddish, wooden, multifaced box
plated at the various corners in gold.
kool, how much did she waste on that, cardboard would've been fine
Lady Silkervish takes the box, and silently muttering
something, opens the box through a series of twists and
sliding panels, to reveal a mose-sized mechanical
creature. The small thing opens its mechanical eys, which
begin to glow a dull red, then leaps to you shoulder,
and clutching the fabric, hunkers-down and peers at
you, gibbering in a low, music-box like
voice.
whow! I got a monkey bat friend!
It looks a bit like a wingless bat, mixed with a monkey or
lemur, and is apparently made of brass.It seems to take
to you, as it slowly pads and paws at your shoulder,
all the while, chattering in a low
tone.
"Wazza monkee brothdar. Your name shall be Silk" you
can either compare this name to the priestess's name
or if U have ever seen the Thundercat Episode where
Tigra eats the Sily-Fruit, heh.
The others seem surprised that you have been singled-out to
receive a specific gift, but quickly regain their
composure as Silkervish stands once again, and bids you all
to follow her further into the temple
complex.
whow invisible chill pills!!
"If
you have any items you wish to store here before
setting out, leave them. They will be dutifully attended
to, and will be returned upon your successful
return.", she offers, but there are no takers."Very well,
let us continue, then..."
"yes then me`lady."--Throst
2734 - Shrsholn - Sun Aug 26, 2001 11:30pm
THREAD 1: Throst
'Silk' continues to chime away as the lot of you
continue through the lybrinthine temple, your nose all the
while noting the scent of worked gold, though, as of
yet, you yet to see any except on the box which held
'him'.Naridd Desh, steps nearer to you as you all are walking,
and says, "If you will, sir, please tell me what clan
you belong to. I have traveled far and wide, and have
never met a dwarf quite as sophisticated." He seems
solid enough a warrior, and his battle-worn appearance
adds credibility to his claims of
experience.Meanwhile, as you two are speaking briefly, you hear the
hobbitess speaking to Silthis the Fleet. You manage to
catch the pretty one's name, 'Escemine', but little
else is audiable over the light conversation carried
on among the group.Lady Silkervish leads the
group down a hall which bends to the left by at least
30* every forty-five feet or so. At the same time,
you are aware of a slight slope to the
passageway.Vrok Talinn, has joined in the conversation, and asks
you, "You say that you can forge another -- and a
better weapon...", he snorts, but is smiling, then shift
the weight of the weapon in his left hand, the twin
heads glinting in the soft light of a torch on a sconce
nearby. "I very much doubt that, though it's no slight
against you my dwarven friend. I have never seen its
equal, and it needs no further enchantments -- having
been cooled in the blood of an acient mountain
troll," he says, smiling broadly.Scrutinizing the
handle again, you do notice a few Trollish runes among
other you can not easily identify.The group
stops at a large pair of bronze doors, which open at
Lady Silkervish' command, "Tsokshraelleh!"The
massive barracades, easily eight inches thick, and
obviously solid, swing open on greased bearings, then boom
against the rough hewn walls of a grotto.The
others slowly file in, while Silkervish remains at the
portal, then follows you and Vrok inside.The
grotto is expansive, its full extend obscurred by mists
and darkness.
Cave animals such as blind
scorpions, and vessher moths dart for cover at the group's
approach."Keep to your left, there is a dock a few yards beyond
the next turn", the Lady announces, moving past you,
toward the head of the group, lead by Mavin, who has
'its' hand on a sheathed blade longer than many
daggers, but narrower than a
shortsword.
2735 - Shrsholn - Sun Aug 26, 2001 11:31pm
THREAD 1: Throst
Lighting is provided by
natural phosphorouscence, seemingly oozing from the
obsidian-like rock face. This light is dim, and cool, and it
swims on the surface of the water like stars of doom in
the final night's sky.Lady Silkervish has
passed Mavin, and seemingly steps out onto the water. It
is only as you approach that you can see the planks,
barely above the surface, stretching out into the inky
darkness.Mutterings from the group neatly echo in the cave, as does
the lapping of the waves over the dock. Continuing,
you begin to see the lead elements of the group step
up and away from the direction of the dock, on what
must be a craft of some sort.By the time you
are near enough to make it out, you realize that the
craft is a Khazani War Skiff, complete with ram's head
prow, and the Imperial seal of Lerotra'hh on its
already raised square sail.
It easily accomodates the
whole party, and unexpectidly, seems to house a few
attendants as well.To everyone's surprise, save Lady
Silkervish, and Larshes'ke, the attendants are black lacqured
skeletons, wearing suits of chain, and carrying similar
scimitars to the Lady's, though less ornate."Set us
off." She commands the undead bosun, who bows sharply,
then silently barks orders to the others, who
weigh-anchor, and the like in preparation."After we
have travelled to our next destination, I shall be
returning with the skiff. Your quarry are nearer to us now
than when we were on the surface, and so I lead you to
their last trace," she says, smoothing the fabric of
her dress as she sits upon a throne-like chair facing
aft.
"Where in the glooms are you taking us, Lady
Silkervish?" Vrok asks, clearly uneasy.Looking about
you, only Larshes'ke seems unaffected by the
surroundings.There is a long pause, while the Lady sips a skull
goblet, crimson wine dappling her beautiful, black lips,
then, "The Glooms indeed..."
2736 - throst54 - Sun Aug 26, 2001 11:54pm
THREAD 1: Throst
Throst looks for a place to sit closest to
Silkervish as he can. he makes it seem as though he is
drooling at her inside, which he partially is, but he is
more importantly watching her to make sure she doesn't
betray them for one reason or another. He doesn't
believe things could be this close to perfect. (on a boat
in a dark cavern and nothing has
happened...)
--Throst
2737 - Shrsholn - Mon Aug 27, 2001 0:15am
THREAD 1: Throst
Occasionally, you sense either the Lady, or
Larshes'ke watching you, but upon investigating, neither
seems to be acting odd.It must simply be the
waves of evil rolling off Silkervish, after all, which
set you at un-ease.Similarly, the group,
seems disturbed by the oppressive atmosphere, and long,
silent journey.
Vrok and Neridd in particular often
look across at each other, as if silently planning a
course of action, should the need arise.The
skiff continues on, the sail lazily moving with the
often stiff draft which rolls off the glassy
walls.
The water's surface, like shimmering heatwaves,
scintillates under the dim light, the wake of the boat
rippling off into seeming infinite night.
'Silk', your new pet, seems to have gone dormant for the time
being. You and the others, as uneasy as you are, seem to be
getting somewhat sleepy...[we'll hold it here
'til I get Throst's write-up]
2742 - throst54 - Mon Aug 27, 2001 8:58pm
THREAD 1: Throst
It must simply be the waves of evil
rolling off Silkervish, after all, which set you at
un-ease.
though I do like to know if ppl are evil or not would
like to point out that Throst is more on the evil
side than the good. my post in a few days that will
have his 'history' wiil explian
that.
Similarly, the group, seems disturbed by the oppressive
atmosphere, and long, silent journey.
Vrok and Neridd in
particular often look across at each other, as if silently
planning a course of action, should the need
arise.
hmm. he keeps watch on everyone
The
skiff continues on, the sail lazily moving with the
often stiff draft which rolls off the glassy
walls.
see!! to good to be true!!
The water's
surface, like shimmering heatwaves, scintillates under the
dim light, the wake of the boat rippling off into
seeming infinite night.
is this evil detect te
tunnel of love??(cause love would be evil to an evil
person...)
'Silk', your new pet, seems to have gone dormant for the
time being.
smart guy let ME keep lookoout.
You and the others, as uneasy as you are, seem to be
getting somewhat sleepy...
aww crap. first I cast
'DETECT MAGIC' in a secretive manner so that no one
notices. then after that I go and sit next to Silkerfish.
"This gloom you spoke of, what shall our objective be
once we arrive?" If Throst falls asleep we makes sure
he positions himself so that he falls onto
ladysilverfishes' lap if he does. that way if she gets up I will
most likely wake up.--Throst
2744 - Shrsholn - Mon Aug 27, 2001 9:16pm
THREAD 1: Throst
[ooc] all in good time my friend, all in good time...[heh, heh, heh...]BTW, Throst, I imagine that the 'Silverfish' routine is kept to Throst's
mind, and not spoken, or no?
2746 - throst54 - Mon Aug 27, 2001 9:24pm
THREAD 1: Throst
[ooc] all in good time my friend,
all in good time...[heh, heh, heh...]
BTW, Throst,
I imagine that the 'Silverfish' routine is kept to
Throst's mind, and not spoken, or no?
everythin is
thought except 4 what is in quotation marks.
Editor's note: This is the last post in-game on this page.
To continue
reading the out-of-character posts, read below. To bypass the rest of
the out-of-character posts and continue reading the adventure, continue to page 2.
2750 - tarandracon - Tue Aug 28, 2001 2:38pm
IF someone were thinking of joining the current
"Hands of thieves" game, where would SOMEONE join in? A
little birdy told me SOMEBODY MIGHT be interested in
playing along....(Not that I have any idea of who
this might be.)<toothy grin>
2753 - Shrsholn - Tue Aug 28, 2001 7:17pm
THREAD 1: Throst
"Well, yes stranger, Lady Silkervish is looking
for hardy adventurers to apprehend Spurlious Trask
and his band of thieves. Please, follow
me."
[ooc] All that's necessary is a concept, kindred, and
the base 3d6 rolls (ignoring 1's) for the character
(no kindred mods.).
I'm using my own house-rules,
posted on http://homepages.about.com/kynkrea/aetherwire/ which I'm
going to update asap, but which gives
all the gory details regarding the changes to 5th
that I've conviced myself I need to use ;-)So
far Throst, and Mistwalker have characters (though
I've yet to convert Throst the Mad Dwarven Wizard to
my h-r's).Come one, come all, to what could
actually be a nifty little romp through the lower, earthly
realms, and beyond...p.s., even Tavern
proprieters, and game designer-heroes are welcome.
;-)[WARNING: The Torturer General of Khazan has stated, that
quitting delving now, greatly reduces the risk of being
flayed, crunched, and *(CENSORED)*. Thank you.]
Editor's note: above link no longer works; try
http://darkcosmos.org/gg_house_rules.html instead.
2756 - Shrsholn - Tue Aug 28, 2001 8:57pm
The updated file is up.
http://homepages.about.com/kynkrea/aetherwire/
Arr!
Editor's note: see previous note about bad URL!
2765 - eickeric - Wed Aug 29, 2001 1:33am
Throst: are we possd` to have stats for these tavern
personae's
Shrsholn: I think we can dispense with the formalities for
now. 'Mebbey if we get some other serious takers it
will become necessary, but for now, let's just go with
the narritive and reply, if that's
okay?
Taran: IF someone were thinking of joining the current
"Hands of thieves" game, where would SOMEONE join in? A
little birdy told me SOMEBODY MIGHT be interested in
playing along....
Shrsholn: All that's necessary
is a concept, kindred, and the base 3d6 rolls
(ignoring 1's) for the character (no kindred mods.).
I'm
using my own house-rules… Come one, come all, to what
could actually be a nifty little romp through the
lower, earthly realms, and beyond...
I had been staying back and observing, because I prefer the
formalities to the narrative & reply. It appears you’re
getting others though, and this post suggests to me that
you are going with a more structured game. If so, and
you still are accepting people, I’d like to
join.
As far as the general gamish stuff, I figure
low-level characters would be best, so let's say that your
dwarven wizard is at about 2nd/3rd level.
Spells are
not limited to the book, but I would like to
introduce the new ones -- to keep the campiness to a
minimum, if everyone can groove with
that.
Campiness kept to a minimum?
So much for using Sir
Floyd the Pink, or Sir Sabbath the Black.
Throst: I thought this was just a
fooling-around-not-serious-SCREW-OFF game. I was expecting that a bunch of other
tavern personae's were gonna get in on this. (IE
Hobbit_King said he was gonna through tomatoes at the church)
He’s too busy flipping a coin over and over and over
and over...
Throst: is this evil detect
te tunnel of love??(cause love would be evil to an
evil person...)
I disagree with that.All
sorts of evil people throughout history have been quite
passionate about someone- in some cases, it’s what drove
them to commit their crimes.
Shrsholn: BTW, Throst, I imagine that the 'Silverfish' routine
is kept to Throst's mind, and not spoken, or
no
Throst has a problem with names.Why, he couldn’t
even pronounce something as simple as
Glarghj’naslk’ncdl’n properly.Arr!Ya scurvy dog.
2766 - throst54 - Wed Aug 29, 2001 1:47am
As far as the general gamish stuff, I figure
low-level characters would be best, so let's say that your
dwarven wizard is at about 2nd/3rd level.
Spells are
not limited to the book, but I would like to
introduce the new ones -- to keep the campiness to a
minimum, if everyone can groove with that.
Actually Throst is gonna b lvl 6 or lvl 8...
Throst:
is this evil detect te tunnel of love??(cause love
would be evil to an evil
person...)
eickeric: I disagree with that.
All sorts of evil people
throughout history have been quite passionate about someone-
in some cases, it’s what drove them to commit their
crimes.
of course you disagree, it's your nature
2. Anyways, if a person was trully evil they would
hate love. Example?? Satan Hates God, and yet God is
true and infinite good, love and so forth. humans are
not evil by nature, they become that way one way or
another. You can never trully rid your self of
anyhting(well ok U can some things but for the sake of
arguement)
Shrsholn: BTW, Throst, I imagine that the 'Silverfish'
routine is kept to Throst's mind, and not spoken, or no
eickeric: Throst has a problem with names.
Why, he couldn’t
even pronounce something as simple as
Glarghj’naslk’ncdl’n properly.
no no no I spelt it
Glash'Clash'clucky'ducky' it is the true spelling, you were just ignorant.
Actually I was just to lazy 2 cut'n'paste--Throst
2767 - Shrsholn - Wed Aug 29, 2001 2:31am
Arr!Ya scurvy dog.
Avast
ya there! Double-Arr!As far as the
game....
House rules (look for the link elsewhere on BFT), 8th
level, serious if possible -- until it can no longer be
helped -- and from there, we shall see.
2771 - jaxdracon - Wed Aug 29, 2001 0:51pm
Hmm, Shrsholn, that seems to rule out a certain
Centaur I created under Monsters! Monsters! rules. Or
does it? You can see her stats
at:http://www.angelfire.com/rpg/pbparchives/goblinlake/chereva_stats.htmlBouncing for the BFT may be her day job, but adventure is
in her veins....
2774 - split_94558 - Wed Aug 29, 2001 6:14pm
Ummmmmm... my tavern persona is kind of powerful
and not any kindred I've ever seen anyone else use.
Is it okay if instead of him I put in a slightly
crazy Iron Golem named Ijax? His craziness derives from
his teddy bear upon whom he is pyscologically
dependent. (Much like Minsc in BGI & II and his hamster Boo.
Except Ijax hasn't received any head wounds) If you
don't like this idea I have a variety of other
charecters who I can use but they are all of non-regular
kindreds. One is a medusa, another a Doppleganger, another
a small red dragon, and the final one an Ettin (A
type of two headed ogriant [Ogre/giant])
2779 - Shrsholn - Wed Aug 29, 2001 7:23pm
Hmm, Shrsholn, that seems to rule out a
certain Centaur I created under Monsters! Monsters!
rules. Or does it?
Not as far as I can
see. What I intended to be understood as saying is, that
the 5th ed. Kindred modifiers (i.e., multipliers) are
not used, but instead, those guidelines used in my
h/r's.I'll convert her over, but it would help if you could
tell me where your 2nd level stat increase went, so I
can do the math properly...The great mage
Khara Kang is welcome to play a centaur (after all what
would Lerotra'hh say about such exclusivity on my part
-- and I don't want her upset at me...) ;-)
2780 - Shrsholn - Wed Aug 29, 2001 7:34pm
Split,While all of those characters seem
interesting, they are probably best suited for other sorts of
games.Would you be willing to roll a fresh character of 1st
level, wo. kindred multiplers, so that I can convert it
and advance it to 8th level?The kindred
should be no larger than a Centaur or
Minotaur.If so, you'd be welcome to join the already, more
than slightly odd crew of characters in line for abuse
-- er, adventure with the 'Hands of Thieves'
game.Let me know.
-Shrsholn
2790 - throst54 - Wed Aug 29, 2001 9:47pm
Split,
i know him!!!
While all of those characters seem interesting, they
are probably best suited for other sorts of
games.
hey I came up with 1/2 of those charcters!
Would you be willing to roll a fresh character of 1st
level, wo. kindred multiplers, so that I can convert it
and advance it to 8th level?
The kindred should be
no larger than a Centaur or
Minotaur.
actually I thnk he should use Fuzz
2792 - Shrsholn - Wed Aug 29, 2001 11:26pm
Throst, and everyone else.
Please move the theology off my thread,
if you will.
Lerotra'hh will get very, very miffed, otherwise!
2793 - Shrsholn - Wed Aug 29, 2001 11:40pm
Okay.Folks who are interested in a
serious game, and are willing to jump through one hoop
for me, namely, willing to give me characters that I
will convert to my house rules -- which are available
to peruse at your lesure at
http://homepages.about.com/kynkrea/aetherwire/ -- and then
I'll get with you to level them to 8th, please send me e-mail at
kozan@g...I'm in the process of:
1). Designing a character
sheet that I like, and serves my purposes
2).
Converting Throst's chararacter -- Throst -- to said
changes
3). Avoiding other entanglements re: rules
interpretations, kindred origin discussions,
etal.mistwalker_'s character, Elise Ironheart, is basically good to
go, and I will begin her intro in the next
post.I'd appreciate keeping anything but _In Character_
discussions out of this thread, and will gladly answer
questions in another thread, or via e-mail, cause you see,
my little brain can't keep up with all this
extraneous stuff...So, pretty please, with sugar on
top, let's get back to the game,
okay?-Shrsholn
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