D&D II Act One Scene IV(a) - The Mines of Dhurn Dharal

Fourier

OOC: Sorry, tome is basically 'Intro to being a Wizard', the scrolls are for being an Eldritch Knight

Necro

Fourier wrote: »

OOC: Sorry, tome is basically 'Intro to being a Wizard', the scrolls are for being an Eldritch Knight

OOC: Oops... edited

Fourier

The spider hands over the scrolls.

"Read them Dragon, best to get it over with, there will be pain, but you can apprise my items more accurately."

OOC: Obvious difference between Eldritch Knight and Wizard is that a Wizard can swap spells between his spellbook and his mind, Eldritch Knight cannot, spells are fixed in his head, no ability to really read and write magic like a Wizard. So choose yer spells lad!

Necrominus wrote: »

OOC: Oops... edited

OOC: No worries!

Fourier

Evade wrote: »

Iuric doesn't dally too long, he nods at the other being as he leaves. "If that is some sort of temple, leaving this amulet in their charge without knowing who they are is far too dangerous." Iuric thinks as he crawl out of the exit.

Iuric stands back in the streets. A few of the beings that live in the city look at him and bow, before walking off.

Necro

Vrakrash sits down and studies the scrolls for a number of hours, painstakingly deciding which spells to imprint on his mind.

He finally stands and addresses the spider/box.

'I have made my decisions... hopefully I don't regret this in the future.'

OOC:

Cantrips: Poison (Porn) Spray, Firebolt

Level 1 Spells: Thunderwave, Chromatic Orb, Shield

Imprinting Thunderwave and Chromatic Orb into my slots for now

Fourier

Necrominus wrote: »

Vrakrash sits down and studies the scrolls for a number of hours, painstakingly deciding which spells to imprint on his mind.

He finally stands and addresses the spider/box.

'I have made my decisions... hopefully I don't regret this in the future.'

The spider instructs Vrakrash in reading the scrolls correctly. When he finishes each one, the latent imprinting spell activates and forges the full metamathemagical formulae into his head, almost knocking him out at times. False memories of learning them in Tholern's academy in the Far East are imprinted with it, so that he performs them exactly as required and to deepen the memory.

When they are finished, the spider looks at him.

"Now to show you my items and magical wares..."

sKeith

Sarric, feeling his ki being completely replenished arises from his medatative state, stands looks around.

He looks around and trys to figure out this city.

He questions, is there any building he feels he can climb atop of to get a good look of the land?

Where do the inhabitants look to be going, are they just going about their business or moving in a premeditated way?

Evade

Iuric seeing Sarric meditating takes a seat next to him and quietly snacks on some of his rations.

Fourier

sKeith wrote: »

Sarric, feeling his ki being completely replenished arises from his medatative state, stands looks around.

He looks around and trys to figure out this city.

He questions, is there any building he feels he can climb atop of to get a good look of the land?

Where do the inhabitants look to be going, are the going about their business or moving in a premeditated way?

Sarric can see a building with a viewing spire on its roof.

The populace tend to leave along roads going in each of eight major cardinal directions.

Necro

Fourier wrote: »

The spider instructs Vrakrash in reading the scrolls correctly. When he finishes each one, the latent imprinting spell activates and forges the full metamathemagical formulae into his head, almost knocking him out at times. False memories of learning them in Tholern's academy in the Far East are imprinted with it, so that he performs them exactly as required and to deepen the memory.

When they are finished, the spider looks at him.

"Now to show you my items and magical wares..."

Vrakrash, feeling a little fuzzy from his brain working overdrive tries to shake the cobwebs from his head and stands.

'Yes, I would like to see them very much! Have you a name, friend? I feel I should address you by name after what you have helped me accomplish today.'

sKeith

Fourier wrote: »

Sarric can see a building with a viewing spire on its roof.

The populace tend to leave along roads going in each of eight major cardinal directions.

Sarric goes to the building with the viewing spire and jumps and attempts to flap his arms in an attempt to fly up to the viewing spire.


If that does not work he looks for an entrance into the building, if there is none, he will attempt to attempt to scale the building freeclimbing.

Fourier

Necrominus wrote: »

Vrakrash, feeling a little fuzzy from his brain working overdrive tries to shake the cobwebs from his head and stands.

'Yes, I would like to see them very much! Have you a name, friend? I feel I should address you by name after what you have helped me accomplish today.'

"Not one you could say, call me...Webby"

He shows Vrakrash three objects.

"These in exchange for your gems. A healing poultice, a scroll of resurrection and a scroll of Galdum's Doughnut trap"

Fourier

sKeith wrote: »

Sarric goes to the building with the viewing spire and jumps and attempts to flap his arms in an attempt to fly up to the viewing spire.


If that does not work he looks for an entrance into the building, if there is none, he will attempt to attempt to scale the building freeclimbing.

Sarric easily freeclimbs his way up onto the building and then up the viewing spire.
The eight roads lead out into the Gigadark, North and NorthEast towards very dark caverns, East toward an enormous Crocodile with a city on its back lying in a river, SouthEast to some sort of Dwarven stronghold with the Fire Moon symbol of Dhurn Dharal on it. South to a massive statue. SouthWest to a Beholder kingdom, a giant queen beholder visible even from here. West to a mountain whose peak reaches the underside of the surface of the LowerDark. NorthWest to another city like this one.

sKeith

Fourier wrote: »

Sarric easily freeclimbs his way up onto the building and then up the viewing spire.
The eight roads lead out into the Gigadark, North and NorthEast towards very dark caverns, East toward an enormous Crocodile with a city on its back lying in a river, SouthEast to some sort of Dwarven stronghold with the Fire Moon symbol of Dhurn Dharal on it. South to a massive statue. SouthWest to a Beholder kingdom, a giant queen beholder visible even from here. West to a mountain whose peak reaches the underside of the surface of the LowerDark. NorthWest to another city like this one.

Sarric, happy with his reconnaissance, climbs back down the building and rejoins iuric and shares his reconnaissance.

Evade

"The Dwarf fortress is likely a way back to the city, I'm told the bottom of the city goes all the way to the inner world." Iuric says as he offers Sarric a biscuit.

sKeith

Sarric accepts the biscuit and enjoys the nurisment it brings.

Necro

Fourier wrote: »

"Not one you could say, call me...Webby"

He shows Vrakrash three objects.

"These in exchange for your gems. A healing poultice, a scroll of resurrection and a scroll of Galdum's Doughnut trap"

Vrakrash takes the items and hands over the gems.

'Galdum's Doughnut Trap... care to give me any further info on that one?

Thank you, nonetheless Webby. Should I ever come by this way again, I will be sure to check in with you.'

Fourier

Necrominus wrote: »

Vrakrash takes the items and hands over the gems.

'Galdum's Doughnut Trap... care to give me any further info on that one?

Thank you, nonetheless Webby. Should I ever come by this way again, I will be sure to check in with you.'

"It creates a cube with each face a portal to the one opposite, effectively trapping the targets."

Necro

Fourier wrote:

"It creates a cube with each face a portal to the one opposite, effectively trapping the targets."

Vrakrash places the scrolls and the poultice in his backpack and tips a wave to Webby.

'Thank you again. One final question. Would you be able to direct me to someplace to rest and recuperate in the city before journeying forth into the Gigadark?'

Fourier

Necrominus wrote: »

Vrakrash places the scrolls and the poultice in his backpack and tips a wave to Webby.

'Thank you again. One final question. Would you be able to direct me to someplace to rest and recuperate in the city before journeying forth into the Gigadark?'

"The street...you will be safe and the GigaDark is often warm enough to sleepp without risk of illness. The locals are friendly beyond belief, this is the reason I left my kind and came here...I am a mutant, the rest of my race is prone to abject violence without thought."

Necro

Fourier wrote: »

"The street...you will be safe and the GigaDark is often warm enough to sleepp without risk of illness. The locals are friendly beyond belief, this is the reason I left my kind and came here...I am a mutant, the rest of my race is prone to abject violence without thought."

'Mutant... no. You are a great example of why your kind need not use violence as the answer to everything. Perhaps at some point trying to bring order to your race, showing them there is a different way... this could allow your kind to integrate with other civilisations... and given how much you have helped me in a short time - this could be beneficial to all.

If you are interested in trying, I would be willing to help upon my return from my current quest. If you don't believe it to be possible... then I will say no more on the matter.'

Fourier

Necrominus wrote: »

'Mutant... no. You are a great example of why your kind need not use violence as the answer to everything. Perhaps at some point trying to bring order to your race, showing them there is a different way... this could allow your kind to integrate with other civilisations... and given how much you have helped me in a short time - this could be beneficial to all.

If you are interested in trying, I would be willing to help upon my return from my current quest. If you don't believe it to be possible... then I will say no more on the matter.'

"Return when you are done, we can speak then, in the meantime I will visit my family, see how things are"

Necro

Vrakrash nods, waves and crawls back out onto the street.

He looks around him but decides to unfurl his bedroll at the base of the shop, hops in and goes to sleep.

Evade

If it's that time of day/evening/night* Iuric will doff his armour, get out his blanket, and sleep.


*OOC: Is there any obvious indication of what time of day it is in the Gigadark?

sKeith

Sarric ventures southbound to investigate the statue while some may sleep.

Fourier

Iuric looks around at the him. The only light is from bioluminescent stalactites on the underside of the Lowerdark's surface, making telling the time virtually impossible.

The group get a good long sleep and wake to the city in much the same state as it was when they went to sleep.

Jack Moore

Fourier wrote: »

Iuric looks around at the him. The only light is from bioluminescent stalactites on the underside of the Lowerdark's surface, making telling the time virtually impossible.

The group get a good long sleep and wake to the city in much the same state as it was when they went to sleep.

“Morning “

Necro

Vrakrash rises and places his bedroll back into his pack.

He heads off to find the rest of his party, feeling refreshed and excited about possibly getting to show off his new skills soon.

Evade

"Good morning" Iuric dons his armour and packs away his blanket. He then heads over to Vrakrash and once he wakes up asks "Any news of the Master secret room?"

Necro

Evade wrote: »

"Good morning" Iuric dons his armour and packs away his blanket. He then heads over to Vrakrash and once he wakes up asks "Any news of the Master secret room?"

'Nothing of note. Only what the being told me before entering the city. It is two days travel from here... but I am told through unspeakable dangers.

Sounds like fun to me.'

OOC: Er... what direction is the masters secret room in

sKeith

Necrominus wrote: »

'Nothing of note. Only what the being told me before entering the city. It is two days travel from here... but I am told through unspeakable dangers.

Sounds like fun to me.'

OOC: Er... what direction is the masters secret room in

ooc: unknown to my character, i believe it was west, correct me if wrong

Fourier

sKeith wrote: »

Sarric ventures southbound to investigate the statue while some may sleep.

The statue depicts a powerful Nerosian warrior with a massive sword on his back, riding on a Dragvil. The statue commerates an enormous fissure leading through to the Inner World, that the hero Ekbard cut out of the Earth after he killed the local God King of this region, apparently liberating the odd telepathic beings that live here.

sKeith

Fourier wrote: »

The statue depicts a powerful Nerosian warrior with a massive sword on his back, riding on a Dragvil. The statue commerates an enormous fissure leading through to the Inner World, that the hero Ekbard cut out of the Earth after he killed the local God King of this region, apparently liberating the odd telepathic beings that live here.

Sarric investigate the fissure, is it big enough to crawl through, big enough to drive a camper van through, or likely to close up right after venturing through it.

Fourier

sKeith wrote: »

Sarric investigate the fissure, is it big enough to crawl through, big enough to drive a camper van through, or likely to close up right after venturing through it.

Large enough to see the Inner World's sky as a bright blue light. Over 200 yards wide and a over half a mile long.

Fourier

sKeith wrote: »

ooc: unknown to my character, i believe it was west, correct me if wrong

OOC: That's the valley with the Iuric's sword. The direction to the room is unknown.

sKeith

Sarric, against all better judjement, ventures onwards, through the fissure, into the inner world, as if there is this pull that he cannot explain to himself.

Fourier

One of the telepathic beings informs Vrakrash that others of his race saw Sarric disappear into the fissure over an hour ago.

Fourier

Karinth and Ser Boros run off to the fissure.

"Trust Sarric to grant this sojourn some chest hair" Karinth roars back to the others as they head off.

Necro

Fourier wrote: »

One of the telepathic beings informs Vrakrash that others of his race saw Sarric disappear into the fissure over an hour ago.

Vrakrash looks around to the others.

'We should follow Sarric, lest something happen to him. I would never forgive myself if I let it happen in search of a simple little room.'

Vrakrash takes off running towards the fissure and when he arrives, starts climbing in.

Evade

Iuric follows after Vrakrash.

Fourier

They begin to climb down along the fissure, the warmth of the Inner World's sun on their skin getting stronger as they descend. Suddenly and strangely gravity switches direction and they begin to have to climb up. Up into the new Sun....

OOC: Stopping there for tonight. Map of the Inner World tomorrow

Jack Moore

Necrominus wrote: »

Vrakrash looks around to the others.

'We should follow Sarric, lest something happen to him. I would never forgive myself if I let it happen in search of a simple little room.'

Vrakrash takes off running towards the fissure and when he arrives, starts climbing in.

I cast longstrider on myself and follow
Ocky on my shoulder facing backwards

Fourier

Sarric emerges out into the light of a Sun a little more orange than the one he left. Around him is an icy wilderness, the wind battering him.

As he looks up at the sky, he feels like throwing up, for instead of the blue he is famaliar with, he sees instead, higher than the sun, continents and oceans. Lands that rest on the other side of the funnel shaped Inner World.

An ancient spell then takes effect, masking this from his vision and replacing it with blue.

A few minutes later Jeremy pops out of the fissure behind him.

Fourier

Iuric and Vrakrash climb the fissure walls, feeling the cold arctic winds above them....

OOC: Dex check

Evade

Fourier wrote: »

Iuric and Vrakrash climb the fissure walls, feeling the cold arctic winds above them....

OOC: Dex check

OOC: Dex check = 22

Necro

OOC: 16

Fourier

A torrent of snow is blown into the fissure, but both Iuric and Vrakrash leap to nearby secure footing before it reaches them. About ten minutes later, they emerge from the fissure, out into the Sun. The same disorientation overcomes them, but equally the same spell shields them from it.

Necro

Vrakrash looks about for any sign of Sarric or Jeremy.

OOC: Presumably Karinth and Ser Boros are just ahead of us

Evade

Iuric also looks around the oppressively white landscape for any sign of his comrades.


OOC: Does this look like the inside of the Dyson Sphere from TNG's Relics? Can we see the surface on the other side or is the sun too bright?

sKeith

Sarric licks his finger then sticks it up in the air. He had seen others do this in the past, now seems like a good as time as any to try it out.