D&D Act Three Scene IV - The pyramid

Banjo

"so you had legs, then you lost legs, then you had legas again, then you lost them and your arms, then you died and got them back again and then you became a god and the best use of your powers was speaking to animals like a simple adept, and then you saved the world and became a statue face? The rat ****ing was more plausible

Necro

Banjo wrote: »

"so you had legs, then you lost legs, then you had legas again, then you lost them and your arms, then you died and got them back again and then you became a god and the best use of your powers was speaking to animals like a simple adept, and then you saved the world and became a statue face? The rat ****ing was more plausible

Bandylegs laughs.

'Aye. Believe it or not - ye've seen firsthand the power in the group lass. And what of ye? What brought ye to fight that beast in the first place?'

Fourier

Necrominus wrote: »

Bandylegs frowns.

'Aye. They were sayin' that alright. That ye snakes were the worst kind o'reptile. Slitherin' on yer bellies and eatin' rats. Very embarrasin' fer 'em.

And what they be sayin' about Bill there... that he doesn't even eat rats but has... carnal relations with 'em.. I dinnae. Said I'd tell ye what they said anyways.'

"What!!!

With rats!! And after us attending Carlos's Canasta bash last summer. Argggh!!!"

The snakes head off toward the dragons.

Fourier

Dragons:

Tigger wrote: »

what big fella dragons?

"Carlos your father was always talking about him, Zabby something...."

"Zha'satep dear, tough customer from what Dad used to say, we've only seen him twice these past four centuries"

Necro

Bandylegs makes haste for the pyramid side entrance and inspects it for any signs of danger. He also looks tries to tell from the stonework if there are any secret entrances and uses his axe to walk along the wall.

Fourier

A giant flash blasts in front of BandyLegs and Ekbard.

A red dragon slightly bigger than a horse lands in front of the pair.

Fourier

Dragons:
The snakes arrive.

"Carlos what is this about fuking rats?!"

"What?" says the Dragon.

"Have me confused with your mother" Bill shouts lunging at him with a powerful bite.

"Bill, my word, how inappropriate my mother was a prim and proud blue dragon. I know somebody who's off the this years Desert ball invite list."

Bill retorts with some choice words about Dragon orifices with no shame that Goodie is listening.

Tigger

Fourier wrote: »

Dragons:
The snakes arrive.

"Carlos what is this about fuking rats?!"

"What?" says the Dragon.

"Have me confused with your mother" Bill shouts lunging at him with a powerful bite.

"Bill, my word, how inappropriate my mother was a prim and proud blue dragon. I know somebody who's off the this years Desert ball invite list."

Bill retorts with some choice words about Dragon orifices with no shame that Goodie is listening.

ship take me up to a decent height and scan the area

Fourier

The pyramid is a fifth of a square mile at its base.

The ship can detect some kind of power source within the pyramid.

The area in general is largely uninhabited outside of life typical to the desert, such as Ogres, Dragons, Scorpion, Dinosaurs, Snakes and the odd Roc.

Tigger

Fourier wrote: »

The pyramid is a fifth of a square mile at its base.

The ship can detect some kind of power source within the pyramid.

The area in general is largely uninhabited outside of life typical to the desert, such as Ogres, Dragons, Scorpion, Dinosaurs, Snakes and the odd Roc.

i scry into the pyramid to where the ship told me the p;ower was coming from

Fourier

Something blocks the scrying, giving Goodie a tremendous headache and a nose bleed.

"ONE WARNING MASTER" says a calm voice, in fact in a non-threatening tone.

Necro

Fourier wrote: »

A giant flash blasts in front of BandyLegs and Ekbard.

A red dragon slightly bigger than a horse lands in front of the pair.

Bandylegs turns around from inspecting the pyramid entrance to see the dragon.

'Sweet mother o'Dumathoin! What the hell be goin' on?

Be ye friend or foe? Speak!'

Tigger

Fourier wrote: »

Something blocks the scrying, giving Goodie a tremendous headache and a nose bleed.

"ONE WARNING MASTER" says a calm voice, in fact in a non-threatening tone.

is that the presence i met before?

sKeith

Fourier wrote: »

A giant flash blasts in front of BandyLegs and Ekbard.

A red dragon slightly bigger than a horse lands in front of the pair.

"Hello there dragon, come here for a drink i suppose, let me move out of your way so you can get easy access to the water, important to keep hydrated in the desert.

What do folk around hear call you? Are you pals with Bill?"

Necro

Bandylegs sees Ekbard conversing with the dragon, shrugs and tries to enter the pyramid through the side entrance.

Fourier

Tigger wrote: »

is that the presence i met before?

Goodie recognises the mental presence from the Shire scyring he did a few weeks ago.

Fourier

Pyramid:
BandyLegs enters into a library filled with shelves holding scrolls. Probably over a thousand scrolls in total.

BandyLegs can hear odd wails from the rest of the pyramid.

Two tents with beans on a gentle boil lie in the center of the room in a clearing among the shelves.

To the south is a set of stairs.

Necro

Bandylegs inches forward and gently opens one of the flaps on one of the tents.

sKeith

Ekbard follows bandylegs.

sKeith

Fourier wrote: »

Pyramid:
BandyLegs enters into a library filled with shelves holding scrolls. Probably over a thousand scrolls in total.

BandyLegs can hear odd wails from the rest of the pyramid.

Two tents with beans on a gentle boil lie in the center of the room in a clearing among the shelves.

To the south is a set of stairs.

Ekbard shoots the shelves and scrolls with the laser gun.

Fourier

Necrominus wrote: »

Bandylegs inches forward and gently opens one of the flaps on one of the tents.

There is some food cooking. Good quality stuff, meat, beans and eggs.

Some lower quality swords and bows lie here. Well good quality, but not to the party's standards. At least one Cleric is among the group that used these tents.

Fourier

sKeith wrote: »

Ekbard shoots the shelves and scrolls with the laser gun.

They are quickly reduced to ash.

Necro

Bandylegs walks over to Ekbard.

'Not a fan o'literature laddie? Well... ye might be more interested in this.'

Bandylegs takes out the geasa scroll and has his axe explain the power of it to Ekbard. Then he hands it to him.

'Mind it. Use it in times o'real peril my friend. I have an ill feeling that I shall ne'er return from here.'

Bandylegs heads to the stairs.

sKeith

Necrominus wrote: »

Bandylegs walks over to Ekbard.

'Not a fan o'literature laddie? Well... ye might be more interested in this.'

Bandylegs takes out the geasa scroll and has his axe explain the power of it to Ekbard. Then he hands it to him.

'Mind it. Use it in times o'real peril my friend. I have an ill feeling that I shall ne'er return from here.'

Bandylegs heads to the stairs.

"I was hoping to start a big fire, the likes that would cause the place to fill up with smokes, and cause everyone within to have to go out to get fresh air..... Didn't I already share that plan with you?"

Necro

Bandylegs shakes his head.

'I dinnae think that will work laddie. Go back if you wish, I must push on.'

sKeith

"Hey axe, does the target of the geasa have to be in front of me? Can I geasa a whole race? Can I geasa vergerdain?"

sKeith

"I'll follow you, i'm having a conversation with your axe, carry on"

Fourier

sKeith wrote: »

"Hey axe, does the target of the geasa have to be in front of me? Can I geasa a whole race? Can I geasa vergerdain?"

"Depends on the population of the race I guess, I doubt dwarves as a whole could be affected.

And a god? No way!"

Fourier

BandyLegs descends the stairs. To a room with several skeletal corpses on the ground reaching out, almost pleading. None are reanimated, but almost seem so from the poses. Death must have happened instantly.

The clothing on some looks martial.

Ekbard recognises some as wearing ancient Nerosian garb.

Necro

Bandylegs casts Detect Magic on the area with the corpses.

Banjo

Kyokuma is following on autopilot

Fourier

Necrominus wrote: »

Bandylegs casts Detect Magic on the area with the corpses.

Lingering traces of some powerful energy spell, but nothing currently active.

sKeith

Fourier wrote: »

"Depends on the population of the race I guess, I doubt dwarves as a whole could be affected.

And a god? No way!"

"I was thinking more about a tale that a grumpy nerosian man told me a while ago. There is this race of people, lead by a guy called Kuldur. The gibberish that that entity in the building back there is lining up with grumpy mans stories. So if I could somehow put a simple geasa on that race, not to set foot on nerosian soil, would that sort of thing work?"

Fourier

sKeith wrote: »

"I was thinking more about a tale that a grumpy nerosian man told me a while ago. There is this race of people, lead by a guy called Kuldur. The gibberish that that entity in the building back there is lining up with grumpy mans stories. So if I could somehow put a simple geasa on that race, not to set foot on nerosian soil, would that sort of thing work?"

"Possible, that race might only have a small presence here."

Necro

Bandylegs turns to Ekbard.

'Ye have a penchant fer turnin' things ter dust, care to do the honours with the skeletons?'

sKeith

"Oh, and axe, these entities are dead, and from a hell plane, but they are not demon or devil. That one has puzzled the bejazus out of Menace."

sKeith

Necrominus wrote: »

Bandylegs turns to Ekbard.

'Ye have a penchant fer turnin' things ter dust, care to do the honours with the skeletons?'

"whats the point in that?", "I' told you, i wanted a big fire, but it didn't work."

Necro

'I dinnae trust that they will stay dead.'

Bandylegs looks around the rest of the room for any exits.

sKeith

Ekbard goes over to one of the skeletons and removes a rib bone and puts in in his backpack.

"There, advance notice, I'll know straight away and tell you if the bone starts moving on its own, okay."

Fourier

sKeith wrote: »

"Oh, and axe, these entities are dead, and from a hell plane, but they are not demon or devil. That one has puzzled the bejazus out of Menace."

"I'm no scholar of the afterlife, but....

...most likely they simply died and their souls passed to a Hell plane, hence they present as being from one."

sKeith

Fourier wrote: »

"I'm no scholar of the afterlife, but....

...most likely they simply died and their souls passed to a Hell plane, hence they present as being from one."

"ahh, i follow you, so they are souls. Do you think we can put a geasa on souls?"

Necro

'Sorry to interrupt ye lads. Axel, can ye find any hidden doors in here?'

He scans Axel round the room then comes back so he can Axel can finish his conversation with Ekbard

Fourier

"ahh, i follow you, so they are souls. Do you think we can put a geasa on souls?"

"I see no reason why not.

Wait Bandy....

Two doors, one...East and the other going South."

Necro

Bandylegs looks at Ekbard.

'Which way ye want to try first? I suggest South...'

Banjo

Kyokuma takes a practice swing at a Skeleton, throwing her scabbard in the air as she whirls around, decapitating it and catching the scabbard on the end of the blade as she finishes her pirouette.
"...still got it. ." She mutters.

sKeith

Fourier wrote: »

"I see no reason why not.

Wait Bandy....

Two doors, one...East and the other going South."

"Ah great, and if I word it correctly, can I do it here, or would I need actually interact with these beings? I just write it here on this here scroll, is that right?
I think I need a few more details from them anyhow, I know the name of their afterlife if they lead morale life, Vglhop, but they didn't tell me the name of their race's hell. If I am to restrict the geasa to a low population count, then I'll have to be clever in the wording"

sKeith

Necrominus wrote: »

Bandylegs looks at Ekbard.

'Which way ye want to try first? I suggest South...'

Ekbard looks up at Bandy, "heh, yes, thats sounds best, okay."

Necro

Bandylegs leads the way through the South Door, stopping at the entrance to check for any danger.

Tigger

I circle the ship round the pyramid and look to see if ican see the rest of the party

Fourier

Tigger wrote: »

I circle the ship round the pyramid and look to see if ican see the rest of the party

Goodie can see an entrance via an aqueduct that the ship last tracked BandyLegs to.