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Rutgard Barnaby: IT'S TIME FOR BARNY'S ADVENTURES IN FUNLAND
Rutgard Barnaby: Ascend to godhood
Charles: I don't mind waiting
The story begins:
DM: Roll reflex save
Rutgard -> Reflex save [AUTOMATIC SUCCESS]
Berd: 2
Berd: it's 3!
DM: Roll balance checks
DM: Roll swim checks
DM: 7 damage to Charles and Berd
You are all wet and tired.
Berd: So I just got 7 damage and I don't know why ... great.
Rutgard, you hear a low grunting sound directly over your head.
Rutgard looks up.
There is a large black wolf looming over you as you lay on the beach. It has glowing yellow eyes.
It growls at you.
The wolf growls louder.
The water washing over your bodies wakes up Berd and Charles.
Rutgard: Oh my.
Charles finds a similar wolf moving towards him, and Berd can see some kind of indistinct black shape hovering over herself.
Berd -> Spell [Light] ->
The beach grows lighter, but the shape remains as starkly black as ever, and no more well defined.
Berd: I do so hope you're nothig more than a coconut branch.
Charles manages to calm the wolf.
Berd draws her weapon.
Charles gets up and takes in the situation
You are on a beach. The sun is low in the sky behind a tall forest that starts about am mile inland. The beach runs from some rocky cliffs in the northwest to denser forests and pebbly beaches in the southeast.
The remains of your ship are scattered around the beach behind you.
Berd
The wolf is lying down.
Rutgard
Rutgard: Double move: Five feet then stand up.
The wolf moves toward Rutgard and attacks.
It catches him on the arm.
[17]
The other wolf growls at Charlie but does not move.
Charles
Charles draw his Kama and his Tower sheild
The shadow advances toward Berd.
It rakes an insubstantial limb at her.
Berd
It hits her.
The hand passes through her.
The shadow dissolves from the positive energy.
Berd lowers her Medal with a smile.
Charles: Nicely done
Berd: Thank you, Charles!
Berd: We should get away from these wolves, they are dangerous animals you know.
Miu washes up to the south.
Rutgard: Really?
Rutgard
Rutgard: Tumbbbbbbble
Rutgard: shoot an arrow
Rutgard -> Longbow (Attack 1) [CRITICAL THREAT]
Miu wakes up to see the wreckage of the ship and some large black wolves with glowing yellow eyes.
Rutgard: There's something strange about the color of these dire wolves.
DM: The arrow hits the wolf.
Miu
Rutgard (without sarcasm): Good day, Miu. Glad you didn't drown.
Miu turns into a black bear.
Miu is now a black bear.
The direwolf heads toward the others and attacks Charles.
The wolf has no chance of getting past Charles' tower shield.
The other wolf begins to back away from the battle.
Charles
Charles attempts to scare the wolf away
The wolf is demoralized.
Berd
Berd -> Spell [Detect Magic] ->
Rutgard
Berd: ... oh, interesting.
Rutgard: Something?
Berd: No, nothing. Whatever is affecting this poor wolf is not magical in nature.
The wolf now has two arrows in it. It yelps quietly.
Rutgard: Hmm.
Miu
Miu's claw cuts into the wolf.
The wolf looks worried, but it is confident it can eat this new bear.
DM: The wolf bites Miu.
[15]
right in her bear parts
Charles
Charles uses the half of his kama to deal non-lethal damage to the wolf
The wolf is bopped.
Berd
Berd takes a five foot step then hits with her warhammer.
The wolf just manages to duck out of the hammer's path.
Rutgard
The wolf adds a third arrow to its collection.
Miu
Miu hits the wolf.
Miu rips the wolf's head off.
Berd wipes blood splatter from her face.
The sun is setting now, and it is getting dark.
Berd: My word, Miu, that was violent.
Omara and Skoll are nowhere to be found.
Miu chews the ripped off head a few times.
Charles: I wonder what was wrong with those wolves
Rutgard examines the corpse.
Rutgard: It was peculiar.
Berd: I believe Rutgard is looking into that ... Please becareful Rutgard.
However, a small dragonbird peaks out from behind a piece of driftwood, chirps, and flies over to land on Miu.
Rutgard: I doubt it is dangerous without a head.
Rutgard scribbles some things in a notebook.
Miu: growl?
You are all wet and cold.
Charles: Has anyone seen Omara?
The storm is over now. You were on your way to Gryphon Point when a near hurricane force wind started up and capsized the ship.
Rutgard: No. We'll need to search the coast.
DM: spot checks
To the south you see what appears to be another ship. This one looks to be intact. It's on the shore a few miles away.
Migglins chirps.
Rutgard: It would probably be a bad idea to split up. Let's search in that direction.
Charles: That sounds like an excellent plan
Miu growls in assent.
You travel to the ship, taking about an hour to get threre. The sun has gone down and it is now night. A cold breeze blows over the shore, promising a layer of frost by morning.
Rutgard starts walking south.
As you approach the ship you notice that it isn't quite as intact as you thought.
Miu growls in surprise and rushes toward the shadow of the ship.
The sails are tattered and the rigging is rotting away. There is a skeleton caught in the ropes by the top of the mast, little more than a pile of bones wrapped in a cloak that seems to be in oddly good condition.
Berd: Miu!
Rutgard: Curious.
Berd: We should be more cautious (spelling sucks today).
Also, the entire front of the ship appears to be embedded in the solid rock cliff in front of it.
Whispy tendrils of darkness seep from around the areas where they touch.
There is nothing religious looking going on here.
Rutgard climbs up onto the ship.
Miu has found Omara. Skoll is licking her face in an attempt to wake her up, but she remains unconscious.
She is lying on the beach near the aft of the ship.
Miu roars to attract the party's attention to Omara.
roll climb.
Berd approachs Miu.
Berd: Miu, what is it? Have you found Bree or the others?
Rutgard finds several handholds and manages to get to the top.
Berd: Wait ... she can't talk right now, can she?
Berd sees Omara.
Charles: No, I dont think she can
Berd: Oh dear, Omara.
Rutgard, there is a mast and some stairs.
Berd bends down to check for wounds.
Rutgard climbs up to the corpse.
Rutgard navigates the ancient rotting rigging like it was brand new.
He gets to the skeleton.
Rutgard examines the skeleton.
Berd No, I thought you wanted me to roll when I said I was checking Omara for wounds.
What little clothing remains appear to be old fashioned sailing clothes.
But his cloak is in perfect condition.
It is dark and has a large silver arrow on the back.
Rutgard doesn't know enough to tell what this does.
Rutgard rifles through the corpse's pockets.
It has no pockets.
Omara does not seem to be seriously hurt.
Rutgard removes the cloak and climbs back down.
Berd: Charles! Can you see Rutgard, is he alright?
DM: listen check.
There is a low but persistant rumbling, like a soft hum, that berd doesn't hear.
Rutgard: You guys hear that?
Charles: yeah
Charles: what is that?
Berd looks up from her observations of Omara (still need an answer on that btw).
Berd: Huh? Hear what?
Rutgard: That rumbling.
Berd: Ah, I hear it now ... sorry, was intent on my patient. She's fine, just knocked out.
Rutgard picks at his wounded arm.
Berd: So, crashed ship, missing crew (looks at the corpse) for the most part and a rumbling coming from underground ...
Berd: Rutgard! Why hadn't you told me about this! Get down here so I can patch you up before it gets infected!
Rutgard sighs.
Berd -> Spell [Cure Light Wounds] ->
Berd -> Spell [Cure Light Wounds] ->
Rutgard tips his hat, turns, and climbs back up on the ship, proceeding into the hold.
Miu: [1d4 = 8911]
Rutgard is on the thing and walks down.
The room is dimly lit by the moonlight.
Miu IOUN?!
There are a few pieces of broken furniture scattered around.
Rutgard opens the door.
This room also has some broken furniture, with the addition of a few skeletons.
Charles tries to climb up to the ship again
There is a large table overturned in the middle of the room and some dishes scattered around.
Charles falls down.
Rutgard searches the room to try and discern what happened.
Rutgard finds the bodies in much the same condition as the one above. The furniture is slowly rotting away, but it looks like something violent happened here, but whether it was to this room itself or the this ship as a whole remains to be seen.
Charles makes it up.
Berd: Rut ... oh damn it!
Berd looks toward the ship and then back toward Omara
One of the skeletons was wearing a thing.
Fancy gloves.
fancy like they are magic and don't get dirty because magic items are like that.
Rutgard retrieves the gloves.
Rutgard opens the northern door.
Charles: Hey Berd, I am going to make sure Rutgard doesn't get into more trouble
Charles: i'll be right back
Rutgard: Hello, Charlie.
Charles: Hello, Rutgard
Charles: doing a bit of exploration are we?
Rutgard: I find it's the best way to find things.
Miu walks around the outside of the ship.
Berd: Please ...oh, he's gone already ...
Berd: Dang it, Omara, wake up!
There is a hallway filled with the occasional supply and dead sailor.
Rutgard opens the southern door.
As Rutgard reaches for the door-------
Three dark amorphous shapes emerge from the walls.
Rutgard: Oh, dear.
They looks vaguely humanoid.
Charles: I knew I should have followed you
Charles: lets get the others as soon as we can
Rutgard: Indeed.
They sink back into the walls.
Charles: Thats ominous
Charles: lets get out of here
Rutgard: Oh, but... very well.
Miu: there doesn't seem to be much else around the ship.
Charles: Hey, something strange is going on in here, we should investigate
The ship itself does not look damage, just very old.
Rutgard: Floating spectres!
Charles: IS Omara awake?
Berd: No, unfortunately not.
Charles: Well, lets just take her with us for now then
Berd: I didn't see any injuries but there may be internal bleeding or a head wound. I wouldn't advice moving her uless the situation is very extreme.
Rutgard tries to gauge how far a drop it is from the aft deck.
Charles: I don't think she has any internal injuries, she just seems unconsious. Tell you what, lets make a improvised gurney out of my tower shield for her and then explore the ship. It is too dangerous to leave her here alone
Charles: and this ship requires our immediate investigation
Rutgard: Have you tried pouring water on her face?
Berd: Agreed, can you get some of the remains of the sail, the cloth should be thick enough if not entirely rotted.
OMARA GET
Skoll follows Omara cautiously.
Migglins clucks a little.
Rutgard lowers rope for climbing.
Berd gives one more look around to see if she sees Bree anywhere.
People climb.
Berd falls down, but eventually you all make it onto the deck.
Rutgard: Shall we proceed belowdecks?
Miu follows Rutgard.
Charles since his tower sheild is otherwise being used, uses his other sheild and takes out his kama
Rutgard attempts to open the southern door again.
The door is stuck, swollen from years sitting on the beach.
Rutgard manages to get the door unstuck.
This hallway is almost completely empty, aside from the pile of skeletons at the east end.
Rutgard opens THIS door.
It's a little storage room.
Miu walks down to the end of the hallway.
The dark shapes appear around you again.
Rutgard: Hello.
The thing takes a swing at Rutgard with its EPHEMERAL ARM-PART
DM: roll init
Rutgard: Rudeness!
Rutgard feels an icy chill as the hand passes through his body.
normal cold [11]
Berd: Care Rutgard, these things seem like the undead I fought on the beach.
Rutgard: You don't say!
Miu hears "undead" and immediately turns to run back toward the party.
Charles: I don't these are mere shadows, something strange is going on here
The other thing with Rutgard flies through a wall and reappears in front of Charles
It attacks Charles
Its incorporeal limb easily passes through your armor.
[11]
The one near Miu raises its arms.
Charles: These are shadow elementals!
Charles: not undead
Rutgard: Indeed.
The elemental makes the room darker. It is now pitch black in the hallway with Miu.
Berd: Then I apologize, they looked almost like the one I turned. Charles, how do we get rid of these ... shadow elementals?
Berd
Charles: as far as I know, hitting them. I would assume Rutgard is more informed then I am
Berd: Then I shall hit them.
Rutgard: They are incorporeal, possess the ability to use cold as a weapon, and they aren't very smart.
Your hammer passes through the elemental
Miu
Berd: Guys, I think it is best if we leave.
Miu: SPIRITJAWS
The jaws clamp down on the elemental.
It cannot escape.
Charles
Charles drops his sheild and kama
Charles takes out his greatsword
Rutgard
Rutgard costs FLAMING SPHERE
The ball hits the elemental dead on.
The elemental thirsts for revenge
[9]
punch CHARLES
[5]
Berd
Berd: cast flame of faith on Charles' greatsword.
Miu
Miu: grapple
Miu: cast Flaming Sphere
A big ol' fireball appears.
Charles
Rutgard
The elemental does not manage to avoid the fireball.
The elemental is just angry now.
[9]
attacking BEEERD
Berd almost avoids it but the elemental is too fast.
[5]
The other elemental struggles to break the jaw's grasp but misses.
Berd
The hammer punches a hole in the elemental.
Miu
Miu: Jaw grapple
Miu: Damage:
The jaws manage to bite the elemental in half. it dissolves.
Miu moves the flaming sphere to the enemy attacking Charles.
The big ball of fire barrels around the corner and into the room.
Charles
the sword connects
Charles puts everything into his next attack
Charles -> Mwk. Greatsword (Attack 1) (Charisma bonus , ) [CRITICAL THREAT]
The beast is vanquished.
Rutgard
Rutgard: Tumble
The elemental burns up.
The abandoned hulk grows quiet once again, save for the soft hum from below.
Miu -> Spell [Spiritjaws] -> 2d6 damage, grapples enemy
Rutgard: Hmm.
Rutgard opens the next door.
It's part of the same room.
there is a SMALL CHEST.
Miu opens THIS door.
it is popped open and you can see a potion and some coins in it.
Miu opens the door!
Rutgard gathers it all up.
This room is similar to the previous square room. Broken furniture, skeletons. It looks like it was a mess hall.
Miu also realizes that from what she saw outside, this part of the ship should be solid rock.
Rutgard opens THIS door.
Rutgard finds a tall room with a man sitting behind a nice table. There is a fancy jewelled mug on the table, next to a skeleton. Though his clothes have rotted away, what is left was obviously nicer than the rest of the sailors. The skeleton is wearing a gold ring.
Rutgard: Hmm.
the furniture is in much the same condition as the rest of the ship, but it looks fancier.
there are the remains of some books and charts, but exposure has long ago rendered them unreadble. The mug appears to be made of brass and inlaid with jade. The ring has little stylized puffy face cloud men blowing wind around engraved on it.
Charles: it would be nice they'd at least wait till thier wounds were taken care of before scurrying about this dangerous ship
Miu finds nothing but some cheap rusted cookware.
Berd: It would be but ... tough love, as loathe as I am to practice it.
Berd chases after Rut unable to not want to help.
Charles finds Miu since Rut is taken care of
The big door in Miu's room is rather ominous.
Miu looks at the door curiously, as if she really wants to open it.
darkness seems to be leaking out from below it.
Berd: nothing ...
Miu looks between Charles and the door, obviously wanting to open it.
Rutgard: Oh, Berd.
Berd: Rutgard?
Rutgard: Help me search this room.
Rutgard pockets the ring and mug.
Berd: Not until you heal yoursel up. If I have to you'll never here the end of it.
Rutgard sighs.
Rutgard: HEAL SELF
Berd crosses her arms and tries to look stern
Berd fails to do so.
Rutgard: OPPORTUNISTIC PIEEEEEEEEEETY
Berd: Good, now then let us see if there are any clues here and not just things for you to pillage.
Rutgard: I'll have you know I'm looking for both.
Berd finds nothing Rutgard did not before.
Berd: Nick, you're next when I get close enough. Okay?
Rutgard: search again!
Charles: You should at least heal yourself before you open the door, Miu
Rutgard: Let's go meet up with the others.
Berd -> Spell [Cure Mod. Wounds] ->
you two spend about 20 minutes searching the room but come up empty.
Miu sighs and casts heal on self.
Miu -> Spell [Heal Moderate Wounds] -> heal 2d8 damage
Miu opens the door.
A strange black shadow twirls around the room. There are several crates and barrels in the room that may have once held food.
A stairway leads down.
It is definitely magic, but you can't identify it.
There doesn't seem to be anything out of the ordinary as far as the boxes in the room go. This looks like it is just a normal cargo hold.
the cargon having decomposed a very long time ago.
Charles is hesitant to enter the room, so he just looks on from the doorway
Berd: If it was not for Omara I would not think this was the ship we were on at all.
Rutgard: Well, hmm.
Rutgard goes down the stairs.
Miu ventures after Rutgard.
Rutgard finds more of the same.
Berd: This is not the safest course of ... dang it!
Rutgard opens the door.
Charles: yay
The door is locked.
Rutgard takes his crowbar and attempts to break through.
The crowbar bounces off the door ineffectively.
Rutgard: Curses!
Miu bounces off the door.
Rutgard picks the lock.
The lock clicks open.
Rutgard: Ha!
Rutgard opens it.
This room is also full of rates and chests, but they seem to contain more valuable cargo than old compost.
Miu can see some of the chests are open and have gold coins in them.
There is a large thing in the middleo f the room.
It is dark and seems to be in shadow even when light is brought near it. It is 7 feet in diameter and divided into 6 sections.
Long ridges run up to make a tall point int the center.
Rutgard: Shadow magic.
In between the high ridges are 6 small depressions with purple stones in them, each which woudl fit in the palm of your hand.
One of them is jammed in strangely, and small black sparks are coming out of the hole.
Rutgard: Hmm.
There is an open door on the other side of the room.
Rutgard tries to fit the jewel back in correctly.
Rutgard also sees the scattered gold.
As Rutgard corrects the placement of the stone, crackling black arcs of shadow spread out from the device and around the ship.
Suddenly, the rock cliff face that should be in the front of the room reappears.
Miu stumbles back in surprise.
Charles and Berd are violently pushed out of the way by the rock.
Rutgard: Hmm.
DM: 5 damage to you two.
Berd -> Spell [Cure Light Wounds] ->
The humming grows louder.
Miu de-wildeshapes and starts to collect the gold coins.
Among the chests Miu also finds some gems and a scroll.
Miu IDENTIFIES THE SCROLLSPELL
It's remove paralysis
There is a huge black hole in the floor of this room.
Miu stuffs the items into her haversack and follows Charles and Rutgard.
The floor seems to be sinking into it.
Rutgard: That's probably not supposed to be there.
Charles: I don't like the looks of that
Above the humming you can hear the occasional drip of water from inside the hole.
Miu: That doesn't look very good.
the darkness seems to be almost moving.
No matter how close you bring you lights to it it does not get lit up.
Charles: Well then
Charles: I think we've investigated enough
Charles: lets leave
Rutgard looks offended.
Miu: I don't think we can get back.
Rutgard: You bite your tongue.
Miu: The cliff is blocking us.
Rutgard moves back over to the device and removes the jewel that was jammed in earlier.
DM: listen check.
Berd: We could put a hole in the roof and climb out ... I can cast Bull Strength on Miu in one of her stronger forms ...
The stone turns black as he removes it. The other stones turn red.
You don't hear anything.
Rutgard: Hmm.
Miu: I don't like the sound of that.
DM: spot check
Rutgard jams it back in like it was initially.
It doesn't fit like that again.
Rutgard reinserts it.
It just turns back to purple, along with the others, when placed back in its slot.
Rutgard pulls all the jewels out.
Rutgard Starting at the top.
As each stone is removed, the humming gets louder.
Miu takes the chance to attempt another search of the room.
When the last stone is removed, more black sparks shoot out of the device, and the humming returns to its original level.
Suddenly all the stones turn white.
Rutgard: Hmm.
Miu, you don't find anything extra in this room, but you do notice something in the other room.
A hulking mass of black tentacles sprouts from the top of the hole.
Rutgard plugs all the stones back in.
Miu: I don't like the look of that.
The thing pulls its trunklike body out of the hole, and you can see the ring of sharp teeth at the center of the tentacles.
DM: roll init
Berd: Would anyone happen to secretly be a rather powerful wizard in disguise?
Rutgard
Hangman TENDRILS
Berd: Well then if no one can hurl the power arcane out there backends ... says a slight prayer to Oriel for guidence and protection for her companions.
Charles: An ephemeral hangman!
Charles: we won't have trouble hitting it at least, but you shoudl keep an eye on those tentacles
Charles: they very very dangerous
Rutgard delays out of keigo not being here.
The hangman slams its tendril at Berd.
[8]
DM: and a will save
Berd feels a magic effect beginning to take hold, but manages to shake it off.
Charles
Berd: D-don't let it touch you if you can!
Charles -> Spell [Shield of Faith] -> Standard action, duration 1 min, deflection to ac
Charles does a thing
Miu
Miu -> Spell [Flaming Sphere] -> 2d6 damage, lasts 6 rounds, moves 30 feet
The hangman barely notices the flaming sphere.
Berd
Berd cast's Bull's strength on Charles.
Berd -> Spell [Bull's Strength] ->
Rutgard: Those things eat children.
Rutgard looks somewhat bothered by the fact.
Berd is utterly disgusted by that fact.
Berd: Then live or die we make sure it never moves a foot further.
The beast deflects the arrow with a tendril.
Rutgard
monster attacks chuck
Charles parries the tetacle.
The hangman attacks 3 more times.
Charles deflects again and again, but SUDDENLY
[10]
DM: will save
Charles easily blocks the magic.
BUT THEN
DM: grapple check
The beast lifts Charles toward its mouth and bites him.
[10]
Rutgard: Charlie!
Charles
Berd: Sonova ...
Charles: FEEL DIVINE FURY FOUL ABOMINATION
The kama hits the hangman.
The hangman is holding Charles around the waist near its mouth.
Charles: DIVINE JUSTICE
Charles slices off one of the hangman's tendrils.
It roars in pain.
Charles slices off the tendril that was holding him.
He is now on the ground.
Miu
Miu Flaming Sphere damage:
The hangman is burned by the sphere.
Miu summons a Dire Wolf to aide.
A dire wolf coalesces from the ground.
Miu wildshapes back into a black bear.
SUDDENLY, MIUBEAR
Berd
Berd -> Spell [Cure Serious Wound] -> (augmented Healing) 6 (Caster Level)
Rutgard
The hangman knocks another arrow away
One tendril at the wolf, one at berd, two at charles, and a bite at charles.
Each of the tendrils attacks its target, with a particularly damaging strike at Charles.
DM: hits all around
[10]
[11]
[26]
Charles
Charles screams a horrifying reality bending shout at the monster
The hangman writhes in agitation.
Charles: if you have anything you've been saving up, now is the time to do it
Miu
Miu damage from Flaming Sphere
Miu charges the monster while incapacitated.
SUDDENLY OMARA WAKES UP
Miu attacks the hangman with claws.
Berd
Charles: I can last another turn, Berd, if you think you can do anything to bring this beast down during that turn, take it , don't worry about me
Omara: is so, so/ooc I so cannot see the text box
Black blood gushes out of the wolf's bite wound.
Berd: I got nothing left like that unfortunately, Charles.
Berd -> Spell [Cure Serious Wound] -> (augmented Healing) 6 (Caster Level)
Rutgard
The hangman is visibly weaker now.
it punches everyone.
and misses them all.
Charles
But now it seems more in control than before.
Charles lets lose another horrible reality rending scream at the monster
The hangman fails again.
Miu
Miu: fire damage:
Miu viciously attacks the hangman.
Miu: damage:
Miu: the wolf attacks:
Another deep gash from the wolf.
Berd
Rutgard
doin' that thing
missss
Charles
Charles -> Mwk. Kama (Attack 1) () [CRITICAL THREAT]
The hangman staggers backwards as the kama tears through its precious innards.
Rutgard: Hmm.
It falls down the pit, dead.
Rutgard peers into the hole.
It is pure black.
Berd: WOuld it be a good idea to possibly smash this statue to bits?
Rutgard: A portal to the plane of shadow?
Charles: That was a bit rough
Berd casts CSW on herself.
Rutgard: I suppose we should destroy it.
Rutgard collects the jewels.
The wolf eventually melts.
Berd -> Spell [Cure Mod. Wounds] ->
Rutgard tries to push the pillar over.
Berd asks for Oriel's aid than smashes at it with her warhammer with an almost wild scream.
the warhammer bounces off harmlessly.
Berd: Oooow.
Rutgard searches around for mechanical parts on the device, but finds none.
There is some writing and some sort of magic circle inscribed under a ledge around the bottom of the device.
But Rutgard cannot disable it.
Rutgard: Hmm, some sort of magic circle here.
Rutgard: Let's all lift from the bottom at once.
Charles: ok
Omara falls asleep again.
Berd: Remember lift with your legs.
You manage to lift the device a few inches off the ground.
But not flip it over.
Rutgard: Let's just push it into the portal. What's the worst that could happen?
Charles: A lot
Charles: lets do it
Rutgard shoves.
You push it a few inches.
The hole in the other room seems to be shrinking.
Rutgard pulls the jewels out of his pockets.
Rutgard: Hmm, they're getting warm.
They are now a pleasing gold color.
Berd: Throw them into the hole!
Charles: I like that color
Rutgard: Well, if the hole is shrinking on its own, it might not be necessary to do anything.
Rutgard watches the hole.
As Rutgard watchs it seems less that the hole is shirnking, and more that the hole is turning into an atual hole, rather than a pure black portal into nothingness.
There is a roughly circular pit in the ground with a dead tentacle monster, now.
Miu moves toward the hole and looks in.
Rutgard: Hmm.
The hole is dug through the keel of the ship and into the sand below. There is water at the bottom.
Berd: push the thing ... I want to break, I don't trust it.
It's very heavy.
Rutgard: Hmm, note to self, bring a sledgehammer on adventures...
Rutgard: Oh well. No helping it. let's get out of here.
Charles: you got the stones with you still?
Miu attempts to discern how far down the hole is.
About 20 feet.
Rutgard: Yep.
Charles: Good as long as we take those no one else will be able to use that device
Miu starts to climb down the hole.
Charles: lets finally head for griffon point
Rutgard: What are you doing, Miu?
Miu makes it down safely.
Berd: Ummm (looks back at the cliff wall) how do we get out of here?
It is wet and smells bad.
Miu looks around.
Rutgard: We'll just dig up through the sand.
Charles: its only a wooden boat
Charles: a rotting wodden boat
Rutgard takes his crowbar to the side of the boat.
There is a dead ephemeral hangman lying in a puddle about 5 inches deep.
Rutgard pries off a few planks.
Miu searches for an exit back to the beach.
There is no exit in the hole.
Charles helps rutgard
Miu climbs back up.
Rutgard looks about.
Rutgard: Do you hear that, Charles?
Charles: hear what?
Rutgard: Hmm.
Rutgard: That light metallic singing?
There is now a hole in the ship.
Charles exits ship
Charles: what singing, rutgard?
Charles: did that hangman hit you too hard?
Rutgard: I guess?
Charles: it'll pass
Rutgard pulls out one of the stones and presses it to his ear.
The stone is warm.
Rutgard: Hmm.
Rutgard: I want to try one last thing.
Rutgard replaces all the stones now that the shadows are gone, just to see what happens.
Charles: Damn it Rutgard!
Berd: You mind coming ... oh boy.
Rutgard: We have to know what will happen.
Rutgard: Don't you think?
As the final stone is placed back in the device, it rumbles slightly. More sparks and bolts of crackling shadow energy are emitted as the stones fluctuate from gold back to purple, when suddenly they all fade to purple. A small black bubble appears at the point
Berd: No we don't. It could be nothing, it could be another ... thing. It could be worse but we DON'T need to know. Now let's go before you somehow blow us all up.
at the top of the device. It begins to grow.
Rutgard raises an eyebrow at Berd.
Rutgard: Well, /I/ need to know.
Rutgard: You don't have to remain here.
The bubble begins to grow faster.
Rutgard watches the bubble.
Berd: Rutgard! Get back and through the hole now! Alert the others!
WHOOPS TOO FAST
Rutgard and Berd are now in the bubble.
Before long it has expanded past the outer edge of the ship.
Rutgard: Hmm, too late.
Charles and Miu are engulfed, as well.
Berd sighs
Charles: Keep my eye off him for 1 second...
Miu is confused.
The inside of the bubble is completely black, even the magic light isn't strong enough to get through it.
Charles: I swear...
Suddenly, there is a loud tearing sound, and everything around you fades to white.
You all fall 2 feet onto the ground.
The device falls with a resounding thud on the cobblestone street.
A man walks up to you.
Sailor: Where did you guys come from?
Charles: Hi, where are we?
Rutgard: A boat.
You are in at a dock in front of some warehouses.
Sailor: I ain't never seen a boat that looks like a giant ball of light.
Some other people are crowding around.
Rutgard: Could you tell us where we are, first?
Berd: Peace friend, we're not sure how we got here ourelves ... or where here is.
Miu is still a bear.
Sailor: Gryphon Point, of course. You know any other towns on this rock?
Rutgard: That's... very convenient.
Berd: Ah, then there was some fortune in all that trouble. Thank you, sir.
The people are giving the wear a wide berth.
Rutgard retrieves the jewels.
Rutgard: We'll need to hold onto these.
This time they stay purple.
Berd (quietly_to_Rutgard): I would like to take those to the local temple, for disposal.
Rutgard (whispering): You must be mad! We can't dispose of these! This is obviously some sort of spatial distortion device!
A cleric of Baylor emerges from a nearby temple.
Charles -> Spell [Identify] ->
Norielle: Hey, what's going on?
Berd (whispering): And yet how do you plan to control it or move that (nods toward statue thing)
Rutgard (whispering): Obviously I am going to EXPERIMENT.
Charles (whisper): hey you guys
Rutgard (whisper): Hey.
Norielle: Oh a bear.
Charles (whisper): this is an amazing magic device, an artifact
Berd groans then notices the other cleric.
A dwarf in a big floppy hat shows up.
Miu nods a friendly greeting at the cleric.
Bolo: Hey, hey, what's going on here? You people can't be throwing your trash around like this what is this rubbish get this out of here.
pokes the device.
Bolo pokes the device.
The crowd disperses with Bolo's arrival.
Rutgard: Our apologies. We'll move it immediately, if we can find a way to move something this heavy.
Bolo: Who are you evil wizards I could throw you all in a cell right now. Disturbing the peace you are, disturbing the peace.
Rutgard: We didn't mean to.
Bolo becomes FRIENDLY
Charles: We aren't evil wizards, we have been on a journey to this glorious city
Charles: we just missed a little
Miu de-wildshapes.
Bolo: Well, I'll see if I can't gather some horses and bring them down here to pull this there hey where did you people say you were where are you staying?
Rutgard: That's a good question. We've only just arrived.
Rutgard: I'm looking for a man named Morteza. Do you know of him?
Rutgard (whispers to Charles): We'll crash at his place. I'm sure he'll be hospitable.
Bolo: Are you saying you haven't been processed yet? It's very late at night and customs is not usually around this time and Morteza you say I do not remember you will have to check with the official registry.
Norielle: Morteza!
Rutgard: Morteza.
Norielle: You didn't hear?
Rutgard: I probably did not.
Norielle: I'm so sorry, but Morteza isn't with us anymore.
Rutgard: Well, where did he go?
Norielle: He, he fell in battle about a month ago. He saved my life.
Rutgard appears stricken.
SESSION IS OVER
Berd: No offense but thank god! My ass is asleep.
Norielle: [1620]
Rutgard: Just post it on the forums so we can discuss what we keep or not keep.