[dungeoncrawl] Re: Tuesday morning review
- From: jimkaren@xxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: dungeoncrawl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 10:59:18 US/Eastern
Pretty good except for "Dendybar".
Sheesh. It shounds like Barney the
Purple Dinosaur, destroyer of worlds. :)
Actually, it's Dendar - but your
description's right on. I forgot all
about Talosaard's dead wife, though -
she's still on the to-do list, I guess.
I was happy with how last night went.
To be honest, the plot scares me to
death at times - so much power and risk
of demise, and all. That's one reason
I'm so anal about everything
being "above board" right now.
At one point, the party also
encountered some devils in a mountain
pass. It was a really cool encounter,
with characters doing things that were
unexpected and the monsters actually
being sort of effective.
And I liked the character interaction -
it really seemed like they've been at
this together for years. I just have
to remember to make Matt feel included -
too much referral to the past might
make him feel like a "newbie".
Next time should be fun as well - I
just hope the party's ready for what's
in store. Don't say I didn't warn
you! :)
> Last night began when the group
of Riders that are going after the
> power of the gods (Magnus, Nadan,
Quasit, Baish, Talosaard, Carpathia
> and their ally Mileena) started their
quest. They went to Ambrosia's
> new tavern, where they confronted
Mileena about some of her activities
> against the group. They found that
she has hidden Talosaard's dead wife
> away as a way to control him (and by
extension Magnus) and she also used
> necromantic magic to bind her life
force to Ambrosia's (again to control
> her and Magnus). They convinced her
to remove the spell binding her to
> Ambrosia, and she told them that they
would eventually come upon
> Talosaard's dead wife in their
travels.
> She then informed them that
Celane was heading to a city called
> Ribcage, which was a gateway to Hell,
to begin her quest. Apparently
> the Black Legion had also gone that
way. Knowing they had no time to
> waste, the group quickly hired a tout
and made their way to Ribcage.
> After a short altercation with three
minions of Hell, they entered the
> city of Ribcage, and made their way
to the tower headquarters of its
> ruler.
> By the time they got there, they
found the tower had been attacked
> by the Black Legion, and the ruler
slain. They also found that Dennis
> had been there, but had managed to
flee by portal to Sigil, while the
> Black Legion continued to Hell.
Deciding to try and find Dennis, the
> Riders also returned to Sigil. Once
there, Magnus used his Crystal Ball
> to find Dennis leaving the city of
Sigil. Teleporting the group there,
> he found Ambrosia, who said that
Dennis was going back "to where it all
> started". The Riders quickly
followed through the portal and found
> themselves at Amrikol's castle in the
Thunderpeaks.
> As they prepared to enter the
castle, they found themselves blocked
> by a magical barrier. Elminster
appeared, claiming that he had been
> charged with blocking the entry to
the castle. He stated that he must
> not allow the Riders to interfere
with what was happening inside, but
> agreed that the good members of the
group (Nadan, Carpathia and Quasit)
> could go in, while the rest waited
outside.
> Upon entering the castle, they
found Dennis and Celane. Celane had
> the tooth of Dendybar the Night
Serpent, and was casting a spell of
> awesome power. She had decided to
remove the power that the Black
> Legion and the Riders were searching
for, by reconstituting the
> destroyed world which had created the
power in the first place. To do
> this, she was drawing back the gods
that had been destroyed when this
> world died. The Riders were willing
to allow this, and it seemed it
> would restore this world and all it's
people, who had died before their
> time. However, Dennis began to say
how this plan had been hatched with
> help from Amrikol and General Claw,
who seemed to be the Dr. Klaw that
> had fought Gadget on so many
occasions. As the Riders began to
realize
> what was happening, Celane was caught
up in a huge burst of power, and
> the spirits of the gods from this
destroyed world filled the room.
> The Riders were unsure of what to
do, but felt that this should be
> stopped. They were blasted by a
Meteor Swarm from the circle of gods,
> and when that did not stop them, they
released Talos to a physical
> form. Nadan cast Greater Shield of
Lathander, hoping that he could use
> it to get close enough for one round
to grab the tooth from Celane.
> Quasit cast Dimensional Anchor to try
and keep the deities from escaping
> through a portal at the back of the
room.
> Talos quickly stood between
Celane and the party, blasting them with
> Chain Lightning and Cone of Cold
(which killed Dennis). Realizing he
> could not get past Talos as he
originally hoped, Nadan put the two of
> them in a Prismatic Sphere, hoping
that he could take the brunt of
> Talos' attack, and save Quasit and
Carpathia. Talos, not realizing that
> Nadan was now vulnerable, tried to
dispel Nadan's protections, and then
> filled the sphere with water (which
Nadan was not affected by, due to
> his Ring of Water Elemental Command).
> At this time, the deities managed
to overcome the Dimensional Anchor
> spell and fled through the portal,
just as the rest of the Riders
> entered the room (Elminster finally
letting them in, after they all saw
> the Meteor Swarm blow the hell out of
that section of the castle). As
> soon as the gods disappeared, Talos'
form crumbled to dust. The Riders
> gathered up Dennis' corpse and
returned to Sigil.
>
> I'll do my thoughts in another e-
mail. I have detailed this out, so
> people can see how I thought things
went last night. Feel free to
> correct my errors.
>
>
>
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