4812 - Kyrinn S. Ozan - Wed Feb 5, 2003 4:42pm

When does hand of thieves take place? I can't seem to recall.

-Shrsh

4814 - jawillroy - Wed Feb 5, 2003 4:52pm

I've got Thorne's homeland as Khazan, but if it's helpful for him to be from anywhere else in terms of storyline I can change all that at this point. I can provide the following for Meester Archivist's assistance: Thorne's character sheet as per my last discussion with Shrsh'. Any and all questions entertained.

4823 - Shrsholn - Wed Feb 12, 2003 0:18am

INTRO- : Having found the _Sreln Klar_ diamond turned out to be one of the worst capers of your life. Soon after nabbing it from a fence who didn't realize it's value, you had great difficulty brokering it off for anything approching its true value (which you have heard estimated at GP 10,000.)

: Unwilling to sell it for dirt, travel to a richer, more stable port was your only recourse. As the forces of Zweets and his allies continue their deadlock struggle with the scattered and broken Khazani Empire, more and more of the trade routes dry up and die. Once bustling ports and trade cities and outposts now are either abandoned, fortified and xenophobic, or falling under the sway of the alien god.

: Within the last week, dreams which involve the diamond, its facets, and travel using mirrors continue to build each night, and in the last two days, have even begun to spill over into your waking thoughts.

: Along side those waking dreams, you have been pondering your fate in the pirate port of Braecht, along the desolate coast south of Khol. An unnatural storm has been gathering for over three days, and on this day, if daytime it is, your magickal senses identify a great accumulation of planetary essence. The wizard's tower is the source of this concentration, and with each rainbowed stroke of lightning which falls upon the gathering spire, the boundaries of reality fade more.

: Catching a ship to points east may not happen at all...

=The bar is about the only place to be in public, that is indoors. It is patron'd by sea dogs, buccaneers, and outright cut throats. An attractive, buxom, blone haired girl serves a thick, foamy ale and is barely able to maneuver through the groping maze to bring your plain order to your table. Perhaps twenty to twenty-five armed men, not including the bartender, drink rowdily here...

=Thunder is crashing almost continuously, and other dabblers in the arcane arts also show great dis-ease at the buildup of aetheric power.

"'ere ewe go mistah..." the girl, Jaqlinne, says in the peculiar dialect spoken here. She smiles briefly, sweetly. You have seen this look on a dozen human girls' faces; girls with no future gambling that a non-human might offer them some hope, or at least passage out of her doom.

=Jaqlinne then is roughly handled as she passes between a lot of stumble-drunk pirates, at least six in number.

P: "Give uus the luuv, lass..." J: "Sir...noo, I beg ahv yah..."

=The bartender, her father from what you've gleaned, looks up, then with a sorrowful face, walks out of the room, and into the storage area.

=Jaqlinne's pleas grow louder and more desperate...

-Shrsh'

4826 - jawillroy - Wed Feb 12, 2003 8:22am

=Jaqlinne's pleas grow louder and more desperate...

"Boys, this lass' got sauce, but not so much as you can share it with all here. Best unhand her and leave her to her work, or all here must get their own drinks without her! If you're lonesome, you must needs drown your sorrows properly, so I'll stand you seamen a round... and you may even get it, too, IF you'll leave the lass about her business."

OOC: IF the pirate doesn't settle and unhand her, he'll find a handful of his hair in my hand, cranking his head back for the dagger at his throat.

4833 - Shrsholn - Tue Feb 18, 2003 9:53pm

In the same instant that daggers or cleavers are readied, a pulse of magickal energy rips through the area. Lesser magickers are immediately overcome and pass out, sparks dancing above the crowns of their heads.

This is enough to allow Thorne one Round of action before others can react.

4834 - jawillroy - Wed Feb 19, 2003 10:01am

IF the pirates continue to press an attack (unwisely, under these circumstances I should think) Thorne'll respond magically, probably with blasting power.

4838 - Shrsholn - Mon Feb 24, 2003 5:18pm

O GM, What Danger doth he Sense with his Sense Danger?) "I'll have no trouble on my account, but I'll not watch and see a lass molested with none to aid her. If you are so keen to avoid mayhem that you magick the place, tune it more sharply to aid your employees in their need!"

IF the pirates continue to press an attack (unwisely, under these circumstances I should think) Thorne'll respond magically, probably with blasting power.

Your self-preservation insinct screams for you to blast the pirates as the lot of them draw cutlasses and maces.

4839 - jawillroy - Mon Feb 24, 2003 6:41pm

grand total of (LK, SR, and Danger Sense)]

Your self-preservation insinct screams for you to blast the pirates as the lot of them draw cutlasses and maces.

If he's stuck with it, he's stuck, and he'll follow up the BP with sword and dagger, trying to pick off foes one at a time as much as possible.

4848 - Kyrinn S. Ozan - Mon Mar 10, 2003 7:21pm

Eesh. 27 total, O boss o'da world.

Since Thorne seems to be wrong about his guess re: magical bouncer system, he goes ahead and lets the lot of'em have it with the blasting power, and does his best to get clear of the crowd so he doesn't have to fight everyone at once.

If he's stuck with it, he's stuck, and he'll follow up the BP with sword and dagger, trying to pick off foes one at a time as much as possible.

4849 - jawillroy - Tue Mar 11, 2003 9:53am

If'n they don't take this magnificent opportunity to run like hell, Thorne just gets all Errol-Flynny on them, sword and dagger.

Mr 32 /2 =16 adds,
so 4d +16 vs Thorne's 5+20 (although I forget what my blades-6 does for me here)
My rolls: pirates 34, Thorne 46
So I pink each of the three for 4 hits, encouraging them to abandon their foolish argument and leave posthaste. "Avaunt!" Slash. "Begone!" Poke. "Scat!"

4883 - Shrsholn - Fri Apr 4, 2003 0:24am

My rolls: pirates 34, Thorne 46 So I pink each of the three for 4 hits, encouraging them to abandon their foolish argument and leave posthaste. "Avaunt!" Slash. "Begone!" Poke. "Scat!"

= They are less than interested in dying tonight than in fleeing to imagined safety in nearby hideouts.
= You'll not soon be forgotten in these parts.

---
The tavern is essentially empty of combatants, and everyone else looks to be content to remain here, silently waiting to stay-out the storm.

The Tower still seems to be the only place the magickal-draining effect could be coming from, though in this terrible a dry lighting storm, it is an unpalatable choice to investigate at such a late hour.

There are enough provisions here for Thorne to replenish his supplies handily, as well as attempt to glean information from the few patron who remain.

4964 - thekid2247 - Wed May 28, 2003 11:54am

4967 - tarandracon - Wed May 28, 2003 2:33pm

TD

4970 - thekid2247 - Wed May 28, 2003 5:13pm

Editor's Note: Rogan's character sheet was originally published in this post. It has been archived on this site at Rogan's character sheet.

4984 - Shrsholn - Sun Jun 1, 2003 8:39pm

Thanks for your interest.

4985 - Shrsholn - Sun Jun 1, 2003 8:42pm

I will post a character then and let her decide.

-Shrsh'

5020 - Shrsholn - Sat Jun 7, 2003 9:46am

-Shrsh'

5043 - Shrsholn - Wed Jun 11, 2003 10:13pm

Rogan, your employer of late has been the Khazan Internal Intelligence Legion (KIIL), headed by Khara Khang. You were sent out to assist another KIIL agent, Dijani K., in the pursuit of capturing or killing a rogue agent, Willim Dritauge, and his accomplice, Spurlious Trask.

Your travels brought you first to Khol, a decrepit, backwater canal city on the south-eastern cost, where you caught the trail of an adventuring party also after your quarry.

Then the trail stopped cold.

After much consternation and footwork, Rogan, you have found your way to the rocky coast, where Trask's patron, the disbarred Wizard Bjolfe, dwells in a tower (natch').

Braecht is the only named town in proximity to the tower, though he holds over forty serfs, and is rumoured to traffick with monster- types.

A daring elven fellow has recently flamed a crowd of hostile pirates in the same tavern you were resting in.

You too felt a great magickal surge which depleted all but 1d6+3 of your MYS points.

This other fellow took charge, and set out after the wizard. Accompanied by the serving girl, Kerah, you believe you heard her name.

The pirates are licking their wounds, debating going after the two and doing things most dire, but then all think it best to leave them to the evil wizard.

The magickally-foul weather has suddenly calmed.

The air outside is heavy with moisture, but the air is perfectly still although black clouds hang over the area...

5045 - thekid2247 - Thu Jun 12, 2003 11:07am

5070 - Shrsholn - Wed Jun 18, 2003 7:28pm

Kerah, or whatever she is named, looks Rogan over carefully then turns to the adventurer, "He looks official. Maybe we can gain the wizard's audience with his, um, _kreden-shuls_?"

A shadow projected from within the tower on to the curved wall distracts each of you. It appears horned, and walks in a sort of lumbering prance...oh, and it has a swooshy tail.

5072 - thekid2247 - Thu Jun 19, 2003 0:48am

OCC : Is the girl armed ?

5073 - thekid2247 - Thu Jun 19, 2003 1:07am

Rogan grabs his staff and prepares himself to cast a spell if need be. He stays as concealed as possible while attemting to get a view of the creature !

OCC: is the girl armed ?

5075 - Shrsholn - Thu Jun 19, 2003 9:46pm

The shadow's source turns out to be a cat-like, scaly gremlin. The creature sniffs at the air, lingers uncomfortably long while almost staring right at the three of you, then about 30 seconds before the duration expires, turns away and walks back on its patrol.

5076 - Shrsholn - Thu Jun 19, 2003 9:50pm

Rogan grabs hold to his staff and utters Hidey Hole ! He then watches the beast as the shadow moves .

5077 - thekid2247 - Thu Jun 19, 2003 11:40pm

Rogan

5090 - Shrsholn - Tue Jun 24, 2003 5:05pm

Luck : 14 + 2d6 (4+5)= 23

The Gremlin snifs once more, then makes its way back inside the tower.

[[Are you going for the L2 DEX SR to disarm the trap that Thorne found on the portcullis, or call out after a while to 'Meet The Wizard'?]]

-Shrsh'

5092 - thekid2247 - Tue Jun 24, 2003 6:16pm

5100 - thekid2247 - Thu Jun 26, 2003 11:37pm

Editor's note: This was the last in-character post for Thorne and Rogan. Sadly, their adventures on Shrsholn's Trollworld have come to an end, perhaps to be picked up one day by another GM. To read some out of character postings for their thread including some new characters that tried to join the game too late (in retrospect), read below.

5111 - DH88 - Wed Jul 2, 2003 0:27am

5122 - Shrsholn - Sat Jul 5, 2003 11:07pm

<= Best to you,
-That Wench <warm smile & a wink>

5132 - DH88 - Mon Jul 7, 2003 8:20am

5139 - Shrsholn - Wed Jul 9, 2003 6:46pm

-Shrsh'

5155 - ericeick - Mon Jul 14, 2003 1:24am

Game As A Non Player I Cannot Use Title Of In A Post - Comments

Shrsh: Sorry about the extra delay. I've yet to hear from the player whose character you are following. Barring his response, I'll simply play this version of 'Thorne' -- frowned upon, no doubt by BFTeers all over the world -- as an NPC.

My apologies if anyone went running off to nasty buildings with boarded up windows and sticky floors looking for them.

5164 - DH88 - Thu Jul 17, 2003 0:41am

Editor's Note: Amos's character sheet revisions noted on his character sheet and not preserved in this post.

I rolled 3D6 and got 13, multiplied by 40 giving Amos a total of 520gp. I bought him a Hand-And-A-Half Sword, a Tower Shield, some Scale Armor, a Single Bladed Broadaxe, a Pick Axe, Warm dry clothing and pack, and some Knee High boots. After all this, Amos is left with 120gp.

5373 - raxivar - Wed Oct 29, 2003 4:07am

Logan Tronos Halfling (translated from AD&D, 3/87)
1st L Warrior
Stat........original roll....mod to Halfling....mod by wish
Str.........17...............9..................85
IQ..........14..............14..................7
Lk..........10..............10..................10
Dex.........16..............24..................16
Chr.........8................8..................40
Con.........12..............24..................60
Adds........+9.............+12..................+77
M Adds......+13............+24..................+81
Height......10............2'9"..................2'9"
Weight......13............100#..................100#

Armor Stops = 20
Helm Stops = (20) ((when pulled up))
Shield Stops = 0

Wpn.......................dice +s...personal adds....range

punch.....................1D6-3.....+77..............melee
short slashing manople....2D6-3.....+77..............melee
pebbles...................1D6-4.....+81..............770'
coins.....................1D6-8.....+81..............810'straight
...............................................or 4000' skipping

.....From that moment there was no looking back, except that in the course of his various adventures Logan managed to travel to different worlds, and each interpreted the magic of his belt slightly differently. In one he had the muscular strength of a (Storm) Giant, but not the skeletal strength of a Giant in such a way that when he used one of his favorite moves (party thief hears monster-breathing immediately on the other side of the door, monster obviously waiting for party to cautiously open door so it can attack, Logan punches the door, breaking it open and causing some shrapnel damage to waiting monster), the stout wooden door opened but it was his arm-bones that shattered. The party was ready to leave the dungeon anyway, and as the treasure was being divided, Logan took one wish from a ring of 3 wishes as his portion. Then he wished: "Without this wish directly causing harm to anyone, anywhere, I wish that in everything save size, weight, and appearance, from now on I am a (Storm) Giant." ......Needless to say, adventures continued and got more interesting... Logan can hold his breath an amazingly long time (actually, he can breathe water, but he hasn't really noticed, and if this part doesn't translate into your T&T world (as it has not in a couple of others) I will understand) and he almost always makes his saves versus Lightning (immune to damage from electricity, ditto).

Logan's Possessions
Sky Blue Silk-Steel Bodystocking (Magical silk, stops as if steel (10) on the outside, self-repairs under natural sunlight (1 inch of cut per hour) );
knapsack (worn over Bodystocking);
Box of everfull Lembas (5 per day) in beltpouch 1 (worn under Bodystocking);
165 Gold, 28 Silver in beltpouch 1 ";
2 Gold, 12 Silver, 35 Copper, 16 Brass Farthings in neckpouch;
an 8x Bota of water (1 quart on outside holds 2 gallons inside);
an 8x mini-Bota of Continual Lighted (or equivalent) oil (1 cup outside holds 2 quarts inside);
an 8x mini-Bota of Continual Dark-ed (or equivalent) oil ";
2 pitons (in knapsack);
3 hollow latex balls (like medieval tennis balls);
leather belt (worn outside Bodystocking);
beltpouch 2 " (contains 50 1/2 inch diameter steel balls and a powerful magical magnet (usually used for collecting them after combat);
2 spring-loaded, lockback slashing manople-blades (1 on each forearm, worn outside the Bodystocking)

Recent History and entrance to your world
...Logan and several others had been taken as 'long lasting snacks' by some vampiric demons (or demonic vampires), when a previous enemy Wizard (enemy of the demons') attacked. An interdimensional vortex appeared, sucked everyone up, seperated them from each other, drained levels from some, added them to others, and spewed them out seperately on different worlds. The chests of treasure he'd been carrying for first the party and then the demons were gone, but Logan's personal items were all attached to him (a lesson he has learned from long ago).

5379 - raxivar - Sun Nov 2, 2003 8:01pm

5380 - jaxdracon - Mon Nov 3, 2003 8:05am

Did I do this wrong, or do I just jump into the current HoT threads as if he is okay?

Welcome Merle (raxivar's real name), welcome Rob (DH88's real name)!

About your new character, Merle, you should probably get some feedback from the GM of HoT; she may have some modifications for your character to fit her house rules.

-Jax

5381 - raxivar - Tue Nov 4, 2003 2:10am

I sent it to her first, no response.

Is there some code or something?

5382 - jaxdracon - Tue Nov 4, 2003 7:57am

-Jax

5383 - raxivar - Thu Nov 6, 2003 5:09am

(I meant it seriously! What? Arrows? Spider venaaahhhhhmmm?)
lol

5395 - tarandracon - Wed Nov 12, 2003 9:14pm

-Ben / tarandracon

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