by Noric Synphase (Beau W.)TL;DR: Adventurers break open the second sylvan obelisk in Black River Swamp and recover a mithral blade (one of four). See Obelisks of the Bayou So, the story starts off with a healthy band of adventures that decide to head West in search of the Obelisk they found a short while ago. We needed some experienced fighters on our side for the dangers that we could be facing, and we ventured out in search of knowledge and treasure. The perilous journey Westward began shortly after they traveled about a day. Our warriors are ambushed by a small group of 6 or so lizard folk. As the battle raged on, the party was able to dispatch the raiding party, while knocking 2 unconscious. Because I can speak their language, I find out that their way of fighting is of honor and for “Their King”. We as the group tried to see if there was a way to get an audience with the leader, the two warriors said that (Roughly translated) “since we do not speak for our group of people, our king will not hear your words, because your words hold no weight”… more or less. After a bit of talking, we find out that WE have disgraced them by not killing them in battle. In order to appease their own “honor code”, we challenged them to a one-on-one battle to the death. Because we are here to tell this story, you now know that battle was ours! The adventures move farther into the woods avoiding the problems near the shore and the birds that could possibly pound us into the sandy beach. We avoided the encounter all together and started heading North to the Obelisk. After a short walk, we find the obelisk and proceed to devise a way to open the door without triggering the spire. At this point, we have no idea how the spire is triggered which made the next hour-long discussion fun and intriguing. With some brilliant planning and expert stonecutter knowledge we were able to attach ropes to the door, placing large poles that we dug into the ground and in a “pully style” method, we as the group were able to open the door.
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11/12/2017 0 Comments "Creatures of the far realm in a cave; approach with caution or meet your grave."by Tormund firehammer (Dan o.) 14-16 hsTL;DR: A party of new adventurers take on a quest for the hag of the west coast; discover a monument, giant buffalo, and a toxic waterfall. Related: Aredhel's recap | Noric's recap As my brothers and sister in arms have already shared, Team Diplomacy shared an adventure of valor and exploration today, the 16th of High Spring. I arrived in town on the 14th, and spent the following two days seeking information on the local smithy, and contacts from the smith's guild. I also sought to make contact with any clerics or temples linked to my deity, Njord. Njord is pretty great by the way, you should check him out. Finding the smithing activity in town to be...lacking, I drifted towards the nearest pub where I encountered a group of clerics, and ale. None had heard of Njord, but I quickly corrected that lapse. Apparently this crew are adherents to Sif and Set, but they seemed alright nonetheless. They spoke of an ongoing situation in the area regarding some miserable hag (hags?), and some lizards, and some territorial related madness (ye gods) but all I heard was an opportunity for adventure so I joined their party. Having spent most of my 35 years either in a temple or at the forge, the opportunity to explore a new land called strongly. They were accompanied by an elven ranger, Carric, and a human soldier, Kellen, both of whom seemed quite capable of holding their own. Being a party of three clerics up to this point, we needed people to heal so the more the merrier. Surely, these folk would prove invaluable in our quest to reclaim the lost staff of one of the local townsfolk. 11/12/2017 0 Comments Noric's first adventure in the swampby noric synphase (beau w.) 16-20 hsTL;DR: Strike a deal with the hag to eliminate a threat in a cave; party finds a monument and discovers a blighted creek/falls. Well hello everyone, I am Noric Synphase and boy do I have a story to tell you. It begins on the 16th day of Spring, with Aredel, Kellen, Carric, Tormund and myself all wanting to head out to explore the shipwreck to the West. The party was asleep when we were awoken just before dawn by a horrible blue skinned "Sea Creature" charging out of the ocean. We were graced by the "Gods" not to be harmed by it, but quickly dispatched this creature with expert skill and a bit of luck. As a warning to any other creatures in the area, we put his severed head on HIS own trident and proceeded Westward to the shipwreck. Meeting up with the Hag, we ask for the staff back, striking a deal. The deal was to eliminate a threat that is in a cave that is even farther West. Once we are done, we can get the staff back. With our expert negotiating skills, we struck the deal and ventured farther into the swamp and went searching for this cave. After a long day of avoiding some deadly birds and finding a monument, the party decides to search the surrounding area. Thank goodness we had a dwarf that could inspect the ruins and this structure could be way older than anything else in the area. The biggest thing of note was that the door leading into the ruins was sealed from the inside. That same day we find some large grazing “Cow” like creatures feasting on the hillside eating the grass and minding their own business. To the West of these creatures was a blighted creek flowing from Northwest to the South where it has a small waterfall about 30’ tall. While “I” was gathering firewood for the evening I was savagely attacked by a flying snake that almost killed me in one strike. Thank goodness I have a strong constitution or you may not be hearing this story from my lips. Quickly destroyed by the blast from a friendly cleric, I made it out alive. We rested for the evening, and during this rest, the huge “Cow like” creatures that weighed over 1,000 pounds each were savagely attacked in the middle of the night and one was carried off toward the blighted creek. By the way, we have no idea where this disease is originating from. Before we travel any further, we all decided to return to this tavern to tell you what we have found. You know, just in case we do not make it out alive once we travel back Westward to investigate this source of the blighted creek. I hope all of you enjoyed this story, for there is so much more than just a shipwreck to the West. A Hag that has a small contingent of blue skinned guards, a huge nest of flat beaked birds as large as a human to the West of that on a hillside, a sealed obelisk temple with a sealed door Northwest of that and finally a blighted creek a half of a mile to the west of the obelisk. Happy hunting!!!! |
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July 2018
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