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Johnm: /* Conclusion */

2018-07-14T18:33:40Z

Conclusion

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	Raziel doesn't hesitate and begins hacking wildly at the moldy old timbers.		Raziel doesn't hesitate and begins hacking wildly at the moldy old timbers.

	Just in time, the shaft collapses and Raziel narrowly escapes the disaster.		Just in time, the shaft collapses on the pursuers and Raziel narrowly escapes the disaster.

	Dazed children begin crying now, and the team leads them down the hill away from the village, arriving at an uninhabited beach hours after dark.		Dazed children begin crying now, and the team leads them down the hill away from the village, arriving at an uninhabited beach hours after dark.

Johnm: /* Conclusion */

2018-07-14T18:30:56Z

Conclusion

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	A patrol of five lizardmen spots them and approaches aggressively. Too burdened to flee as a group, Q, Drip and Raziel stand their ground. Four lizardmen are slain with difficulty, but one runs off emitting a reptilian squeal that could only be an alarm.		A patrol of five lizardmen spots them and approaches aggressively. Too burdened to flee as a group, Q, Drip and Raziel stand their ground. Four lizardmen are slain with difficulty, but one runs off emitting a reptilian squeal that could only be an alarm.

	A debate ensues about next steps. Raziel demands that the Necromancer reveal the location of the other kidnapped children. When the blinded Necro defers, Raziel stabs in the gut and threatens to behead him forthwith.		A debate ensues about next steps. Raziel demands that the Necromancer reveal the location of the other kidnapped children. When the blinded Necro defers, Raziel stabs him in the gut and threatens to behead him forthwith.

	The wounded, blinded Necromancer collapses next to Bella and divulges that a ravine leads to a waterfall of a stream that may be followed into an old mine, and that is where the children are kept.		The wounded, blinded Necromancer collapses next to Bella and divulges that a ravine leads to a waterfall of a stream that may be followed into an old mine, and that is where the children are kept.

Johnm: /* Conclusion */

2018-07-14T18:29:05Z

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	== Conclusion ==		== Conclusion ==
	[[Image:Quiquampoix.jpg\|thumb\|right\|220px\|[[Quiquampoix]]		[[Image:Quiquampoix.jpg\|thumb\|right\|220px\|[[Quiquampoix]]]]
	[[Image:Raziel.jpg\|thumb\|right\|220px\|[[Raziel Rameriez]]		[[Image:Raziel.jpg\|thumb\|right\|220px\|[[Raziel Rameriez]]]]
	[[Image:Drip.jpg\|thumb\|right\|220px\|[[Drip Magnete]]		[[Image:Drip.jpg\|thumb\|right\|220px\|[[Drip Magnete]]]]
	''After a long hiatus, we decided to wrap this campaign up with a summary vignette.''		''After a long hiatus, we decided to wrap this campaign up with a summary vignette.''

Johnm: /* Conclusion */

2018-07-14T18:28:46Z

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	== Conclusion ==		== Conclusion ==
			[[Image:Quiquampoix.jpg\|thumb\|right\|220px\|[[Quiquampoix]]
			[[Image:Raziel.jpg\|thumb\|right\|220px\|[[Raziel Rameriez]]
			[[Image:Drip.jpg\|thumb\|right\|220px\|[[Drip Magnete]]
	''After a long hiatus, we decided to wrap this campaign up with a summary vignette.''		''After a long hiatus, we decided to wrap this campaign up with a summary vignette.''

Johnm: /* Arcane stuff raided from Urog's Castle */

2018-07-14T18:25:20Z

Arcane stuff raided from Urog's Castle

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	wooden 'pizza box' containing a shrivelled face		wooden 'pizza box' containing a shrivelled face
	bone tube containing a map of the southern isles		bone tube containing a map of the southern isles

			== Conclusion ==
			''After a long hiatus, we decided to wrap this campaign up with a summary vignette.''

			The exhausted party of 7 ([[Quiquampoix]], [[Drip Magnete]], [[Raziel Rameriez]], blinded Necromancer [[Vasolith Crade]], unconscious witch [[Bella]], paralyzed Easterner [[Altant Setseg]], and his sidekick [[Sora]]) hides in the bushes, catching their breath, for two minutes.

			A patrol of five lizardmen spots them and approaches aggressively. Too burdened to flee as a group, Q, Drip and Raziel stand their ground. Four lizardmen are slain with difficulty, but one runs off emitting a reptilian squeal that could only be an alarm.

			A debate ensues about next steps. Raziel demands that the Necromancer reveal the location of the other kidnapped children. When the blinded Necro defers, Raziel stabs in the gut and threatens to behead him forthwith.

			The wounded, blinded Necromancer collapses next to Bella and divulges that a ravine leads to a waterfall of a stream that may be followed into an old mine, and that is where the children are kept.

			Meanwhile, Sora has splashed blood all over herself and Altant, and says they're going to play dead while the party escapes.

			As a much larger force of lizardmen approaches, Q, Drip, and Raziel flee into the woods, leaving the rest of the group behind.

			The ravine is actually a cliff with a green pool at its base. Faced with no better escape route as they are tracked by spear-wielding beasts, the trio leaps into the muck, fights off giant leeches, and trudges upstream for hours, evading their pursuers.

			Cresting the waterfall, they enter the soggy mineshaft, fight off spiders the size of cats, Drip fashions snorkels, and the team emerges in a huge cavern with scant daylight coming through a handful of tiny dripping shafts above. A dozen lizardmen lean on their spears and a twenty black robed men kneel before one gesticulating gray-robed man with flowing white hair.

			And eleven children squat in the mud nearby, staring at the party in wide-eyed silence. They are emaciated and have filthy bandages wrapped around both skinny forearms.

			A whispered debate ensues, but just as it is starting, Q's strange curse returns, and a glowing wisp of red vapor unfolds into existence in the middle of the cavern. From it, a grotesque tiny winged humanoid emerges, points at Q, and shrieks, "Master, Master, I have found him!"

			The lizardmen and robed figures pause, startled for a moment, and then the white-haired man bellows, "Seize them!"

			The party springs into action, gathering up the children and retreating into the underwater tunnel. They emerge sputtering and coughing in the dark, desperately scrambling through the fetid water towards the faraway mine shaft entrance.

			And they are pursued. The lizardmen come through first, followed by an unknown number of human voices.

			At the shaft entrance, Drip pauses while Q ushers the children out into the fading daylight. Raziel turns to fight the approaching beasts, but then Drip says, "Knock out those two supports, NOW!"

			Raziel doesn't hesitate and begins hacking wildly at the moldy old timbers.

			Just in time, the shaft collapses and Raziel narrowly escapes the disaster.

			Dazed children begin crying now, and the team leads them down the hill away from the village, arriving at an uninhabited beach hours after dark.

			After following the beach away from the village for another hour, carrying children now, the party arrives a tiny fishing hamlet and absconds with a sailing vessel well-stocked with rations and fresh water.

			After a harrowing week at sea, the party makes it back to Talathese, bearded and sunburned, where they are greeted as heroes.

Johnm: /* Through Urog's Castle */

2017-09-25T01:20:08Z

Through Urog's Castle

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	Sora and Drip are soon investigating the upstairs, where they find [[Rada]], a bedraggled servant, hiding in a closet. Drip also finds a variety of arcane supplies (noted *below), some of which [[Bella]] advises him to not touch (or stop touching), but he does so anyway. Upon opening a huge book, popping sparks alight in the air.		Sora and Drip are soon investigating the upstairs, where they find [[Rada]], a bedraggled servant, hiding in a closet. Drip also finds a variety of arcane supplies (noted *below), some of which [[Bella]] advises him to not touch (or stop touching), but he does so anyway. Upon opening a huge book, popping sparks alight in the air.

	Meanwhile, Q paints himself purple with crushed berries in the kitchen, and Raziel kills one of the acolytes after the young priest fails to provide useful information. He then drags the corpse upstairs and sets the house on fire.		Meanwhile, Q paints himself purple with crushed berries in the kitchen, and Raziel kills one of the acolytes after the young priest fails to provide useful information. He then drags the corpse upstairs and sets the house on fire. [[Rada]] wisely departs, which the party allows.

	The party then slips out the back door and infiltrates the garden shed out back. Stairs lead down, and Altant volunteers to charge into the darkness alone. He bellows twice and then goes silent.		The party then slips out the back door and infiltrates the garden shed out back. Stairs lead down, and Altant volunteers to charge into the darkness alone. He bellows twice and then goes silent.
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	Previous contact and skirmishes are acknowledged, and yet all agree that the priority must be to get off the mansion grounds and into the adjoining woods.		Previous contact and skirmishes are acknowledged, and yet all agree that the priority must be to get off the mansion grounds and into the adjoining woods.

			A lizardman greets the party as they emerge from the shed, but Drip (again!) convinces the brute that all is well.

	Carrying a paralyzed Altant and unconscious Bella, the party labors to traverse the iron fence behind the house and maneuver into the the camouflage of the woodlands before [[Urog Beartaker]] or his henchman return.		Carrying a paralyzed Altant and unconscious Bella, the party labors to traverse the iron fence behind the house and maneuver into the the camouflage of the woodlands before [[Urog Beartaker]] or his henchman return.

Johnm: /* Through Urog's Castle */

2017-09-23T14:00:04Z

Through Urog's Castle

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	Within, two bald black-robed acolytes greet the rest of the party with some consternation and suspicion. Altant's patience runs out first, and he bonks one on the head with a closed fist, felling him. Q and Drip grapple the other and tie him up.		Within, two bald black-robed acolytes greet the rest of the party with some consternation and suspicion. Altant's patience runs out first, and he bonks one on the head with a closed fist, felling him. Q and Drip grapple the other and tie him up.

	Sora and Drip are soon investigating the upstairs, where they find [[Rada]], a bedraggled servant, hiding in a closet. Drip also finds a variety of arcane supplies, some of which [[Bella]] advises him to not touch (or stop touching), but he does so anyway. Upon opening a huge book, popping sparks alight in the air.		Sora and Drip are soon investigating the upstairs, where they find [[Rada]], a bedraggled servant, hiding in a closet. Drip also finds a variety of arcane supplies (noted *below), some of which [[Bella]] advises him to not touch (or stop touching), but he does so anyway. Upon opening a huge book, popping sparks alight in the air.

	Meanwhile, Q paints himself purple with crushed berries in the kitchen, and Raziel kills one of the acolytes after the young priest fails to provide useful information. He then drags the corpse upstairs and sets the house on fire.		Meanwhile, Q paints himself purple with crushed berries in the kitchen, and Raziel kills one of the acolytes after the young priest fails to provide useful information. He then drags the corpse upstairs and sets the house on fire.
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	Previous contact and skirmishes are acknowledged, and yet all agree that the priority must be to get off the mansion grounds and into the adjoining woods.		Previous contact and skirmishes are acknowledged, and yet all agree that the priority must be to get off the mansion grounds and into the adjoining woods.

			Carrying a paralyzed Altant and unconscious Bella, the party labors to traverse the iron fence behind the house and maneuver into the the camouflage of the woodlands before [[Urog Beartaker]] or his henchman return.

			===Arcane stuff raided from Urog's Castle===

	Arcane stuff raided from Urog's Castle:

	Huge leatherbound book that pops sparks when opened		Huge leatherbound book that pops sparks when opened

Johnm: /* Infiltrating Naxos */

2017-09-15T17:44:24Z

Infiltrating Naxos

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	The party proceeds to openly discuss their plans among themselves, leading one of the lizardmen, and after a croak and click, to raise his spear high.		The party proceeds to openly discuss their plans among themselves, leading one of the lizardmen, and after a croak and click, to raise his spear high.

			== Through Urog's Castle ==

			Tensions seem poised to boil over into violence, when Q is overtaken with the urge to strip naked. The baffled onlookers blink in surprise, but Drip spots an opportunity.

			He hoists his nude compatriot onto his shoulder, and informs the lizardmen that this is just part of the entertainment that their master ordered. Somehow (critical die roll), he convinces the enormous brutes that the entire party should be allowed to enter the mansion.

			Sora slips away in the process and slides in behind a hedge along the side wall of the mansion.

			Within, two bald black-robed acolytes greet the rest of the party with some consternation and suspicion. Altant's patience runs out first, and he bonks one on the head with a closed fist, felling him. Q and Drip grapple the other and tie him up.

			Sora and Drip are soon investigating the upstairs, where they find [[Rada]], a bedraggled servant, hiding in a closet. Drip also finds a variety of arcane supplies, some of which [[Bella]] advises him to not touch (or stop touching), but he does so anyway. Upon opening a huge book, popping sparks alight in the air.

			Meanwhile, Q paints himself purple with crushed berries in the kitchen, and Raziel kills one of the acolytes after the young priest fails to provide useful information. He then drags the corpse upstairs and sets the house on fire.

			The party then slips out the back door and infiltrates the garden shed out back. Stairs lead down, and Altant volunteers to charge into the darkness alone. He bellows twice and then goes silent.

			The rest of the group, candles and torches in hand, streams in after him to witness a shocking sight.

			Altant is on his back, eyes wide and shaking.

			[[Vasolith Crade]], stripped nearly naked, hangs upside down by his ankles. Below him, seven small creatures batter and scratch him. They are nude hairless humanoids, a yard tall, with small heads, no eyes, and oversized clawed hands. They hiss and gibber and move towards the party, who starts throwing knives at them.

			Rather than bleed, black vapor emits from their wounds.

			Bella produces a brightly glowing orb, and the creatures retreat to a far corner of the room. She then runs to her master, who feebly touches her as the party cuts the ropes from which he hangs.

			Bella then drops limp, and the necromancer, eyes bleeding and evidently blinded, rises to his feet.

			Previous contact and skirmishes are acknowledged, and yet all agree that the priority must be to get off the mansion grounds and into the adjoining woods.




			Arcane stuff raided from Urog's Castle:

			Huge leatherbound book that pops sparks when opened
			Bloodstained leather longcoat that belonged to [[Vasolith Crade]]
			black obsidian dagger that belonged to [[Vasolith Crade]]
			simple jade pendant that belonged to [[Vasolith Crade]]
			Twin-bladed silver dagger (+3 damage vs humans)
			4 vials of some kind of blood
			4 vials of a clear liquid
			6 black candles imbued with minerals and spices
			wooden 'pizza box' containing a shrivelled face
			bone tube containing a map of the southern isles

Johnm: /* Infiltrating Naxos */

2017-08-05T02:33:56Z

Infiltrating Naxos

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	[[Image:Bella.jpg\|thumb\|right\|250px\|[[Bella]], the witch]]		[[Image:Bella.jpg\|thumb\|right\|250px\|[[Bella]], the witch]]

	The bloodied party sails west after Q overcomes a disturbed Magdalena's objections. Drip buys narcotic healing herbs from Altant for Raziel, and the little pleasurecraft makes good time through varied weather for two days while the injured recuperate ~~and~~ new armors fashioned.		The bloodied party sails west after Q overcomes a disturbed Magdalena's objections. Drip buys narcotic healing herbs from Altant for Raziel, and the little pleasurecraft makes good time through varied weather for two days while the injured recuperate, new armors fashioned, and dice games played.

	Upon approach to [[Naxos]], a swamped fishing boat is spotted and approached. Aboard is [[Bella]]. She has a black eye, her boat is sinking, and she's hungry, thirsty, exhausted, and miserable.		Upon approach to [[Naxos]], a swamped fishing boat is spotted and approached. Aboard is [[Bella]]. She has a black eye, her boat is sinking, and she's hungry, thirsty, exhausted, and miserable.

Johnm: /* Infiltrating Naxos */

2017-08-05T02:30:55Z

Infiltrating Naxos

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	== Infiltrating Naxos ==		== Infiltrating Naxos ==
			[[Image:Bella.jpg\|thumb\|right\|250px\|[[Bella]], the witch]]

	The bloodied party sails west after Q overcomes a disturbed Magdalena's objections. Drip buys narcotic healing herbs from Altant for Raziel, and the little pleasurecraft makes good time through varied weather for two days while the injured recuperate and new armors fashioned.		The bloodied party sails west after Q overcomes a disturbed Magdalena's objections. Drip buys narcotic healing herbs from Altant for Raziel, and the little pleasurecraft makes good time through varied weather for two days while the injured recuperate and new armors fashioned.