11/28/2017 0 Comments mud, snakes, and rock monstersby hekili nalani (vera d.) 24 hsTL;DR: A young tortle warlock (Hekili) goes on her first outing with seasoned adventurers and accept a quest from a pair of yuan-ti snake worshippers. See Kellen's recap I left the great Omgar and swam to Black River Island, a new place for me to find adventure. At the tavern, I met Morgrimm, a dwarven cleric; Sang Woo, a wood elf monk; two halfling brothers named Roscoe and Benny; and a human ranger named Kellen McCall. Morgrimm and the brothers had been to Omgar before, I knew of them from Kyull, who had cleared Umberlee's palace with them. What fierce adventurers these men are! They were interested in going to Omgar, so I accompanied them back. Morgrimm was looking for a giant lizard bird at the market, but Abu, had just sold it to a traveling royal a few days before. The dwarf bought an axebeak's egg instead. Since I wanted to start practicing my spells, I agreed to take the party to the old snake ruins east of Ahoy Ahoy. Along the way, I showed Benny an orchid called nightshade that has a narcotic, paralyzing effect. He was quite happy to have it. We made a stop at the mud mephitt, Flurrb's, mud baths. Those who take full advantage of the baths will truly feel refreshed afterwards, and in some cases, feeling stronger.
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11/19/2017 0 Comments Fort Providence is oursby zorak dreadmast (Alan H) 23-24 hsTL;DR Bullywugs dead, Ft Providence is ours. Raid party included: Zorak, Merelda, Roscoe, Bennie, Namfoodle, Lindir, Morgrimm, and Vandil
Zorak pulls up a lone canoe with a blanket covered mound filling the front 2/3rd’s of the boat. His body covered in blood and you can tell from the pace of his paddle that he’s exhausted. Upon spotting Black River Island, his heart lifts and he makes the final push. A few fishermen, fearing the worst, rush up to help him pull in the canoe. As it shores, one of the men accidently peeks under the blanket and gasps. Zorak looks at the man and booms a laugh. “Haha, you won't have to worry about the damned Bullywugs anymore!” The fishermen all gather around to ask what happened and where the others are. “Oh yeah, everyone else is fine. Just starting to fortify Ft Providence until Dougal can send a group to take over there. I should probably find Udoroth too. He’ll definitely want to hear about this. It was actually pretty simple, Vandil and Lindir snuck up and dispatched some guards, but not before being spotted, then we all scaled the walls and killed them all. Fight got pretty tough, but we did it!” he boasts. Zorak fishes through his pile of bullywug heads and fishes out a couple. One has tattoos and primitive piercings all over, the other looks bigger than any bullywug head anyone has seen. “This one was a shaman or spellcaster, and this one was the chieftain that took up residence at our fort”, Zorak opens its mouth using the head as a prop and mimics “Ribbit!!”, as blood drips out the onlooking fishermen turn away in disgust. “Hehe, oops, sorry about that. I shouldn't joke about such nasty business”, Zorak composes himself remembering the vile pirate life he’s left behind and how disapproving his wife would be of the jokes he just made. “Anyway, the waterways should be slightly safer now if you don't run into a hag. Just stragglers left of the bullywug from the sound of things near the fort.” 11/19/2017 0 Comments taking back ft. providenceby merelda meznen (vera d.) 23hsA party of us descended on Fort Providence to take it back for Shield on the morning of the 23rd of High Spring:
Vandil and Lindir stealthed ahead and scaled the wall and tower to take out the bullywug guards. We stayed back until we got the signal. We infiltrated the fort and battled many bullywugs and their giant frog pets. A shaman challenged us for a bit but ultimately we prevailed. Namfoodle got the shaman staff of sleep. Lindir and I are staying here at the fort to keep it secure until reinforcement arrives. by ayten gilrin (vera D) 16-22 hsTL;DR: Adventurers arrive on Omgar and befriend its inhabitants, the Tortles. They explore the haunted palace of Umberlee, the human goddess of the sea aka "The Bitch Queen" sea pirate. They fight a lot of monsters and come back to Black River Island with a ton of resources. Plus, Ayten buys an almiraj and bloodhawk. He's using his share to start an animal sanctuary. After returning from the Eladrinne obelisk, the party and I thought of returning but instead we looked south to the rock formation that was off in the horizon. Dupree, a human cleric new to Black River Island joined us (Roscoe, Benny, Morgrimm, and Haldor). Rawq decided to head off to the west in search of stone.
Roscoe offered the services of Rayberto, a fisherman, who could take us south to investigate. Upon arriving onto the rock, we discovered it was a well developed island. Two turle-men stood guard at the gates. I cautioned Benny not to run up and engage in a threatening manner and his brother, Roscoe, was ready to pull him back. I called out to the guards and let them know we meant no harm, just curious. And in a really laidback tone, the two guards, said, “Oh cool. Yeah, welcome to Ahoy Ahoy.” These fascinating islanders, Baka and Ubo, invited us to their bustling village, Ahoy Ahoy, and shared that the island, their god, Omgar, travels the world. They identified their race as tortle. Tortle Culture Tortles come of age at 15, and leave Omgar to adventure. The only reason they return to Omgar is to breed and then die. They have a saying “We wear our homes on our backs.” They are very hospitable and kind creatures. Tortles are pragmatic and they see beauty in the ordinary. I rather appreciate their simple and harmonious culture. They gather in the town square to share stories. They keep their young eggs in a hatchery that the parents tend to until they hatch. Then the parents go away and die. It’s rather sad and beautiful at the same time. Omgar is huge and the tortles say wherever Omgar goes, they go. There is legend of yuanti, evil snake people on the island as well as a haunted palace that the young tortles go to adventure and practice for going out into the world. Dunguaro - Palace of the Bitch Queen, Umberlee While in the market, I bought a unicorn horned rabbit (almiraj) and a bloodhawk. I want to find their natural habitat and set them free. Dupree bought a basket of snakes. Baka and Ubo invited us to a community performance for the village . Dupree shared his story with the younglings. As we were listening, Baka and Ubo mentioned that the young come of age by adventuring at the palace of the human sea goddess, Umberlee. She had arrived on the island more than 100 years ago and built herself a grand palace. Rumors were that it was haunted. 11/16/2017 0 Comments Zorak Dreadmast, Slayer of Leatherheadby zorak dreadmast (Alan h.) 16-17 hsTL;DR: A party slays the giant gator atop Gator Rock; recover some loot; and get ambushed by the Shimmerscale lizardfolk clan. Zorak slams a mug of ale on the table as he regales the tale to Hurlee, “So Leatherhead came at us as we were heading north, as I’ve heard he does, and then decided to tip over Chat, Cesare, and Hadriel’s canoe. Rhoagar, Brea and I stayed to its side and took shots as it took Hadriel under. That thing took a beating from us, and Hadsy even managed to escape. The beast looked near to finished and after Brea challenged me... I just couldnt take that shit from a gnome and chased it back to its hold under that rock.” Zorak shows a fistful of gems. “Leatherhead’s trove was certainly not without bounty and I’m sure there’s more where this came from.” “Then we wandered west a bit, past the lizardfolk obelisk and in search of a “sunken ruin” that may or may not actually even exist, but the trip was cut short by an ambush from those shimmerscale bastards. Needless to say, we're back here safe and sound!” Zorak guzzles the rest of his tankard. |
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