Theodore and Macaw Monday June 13th, 2005 4:46:51 PM
Theodore sends Macaw ahead to scout their path to the temple and make sure there are no hidden dangers.
"A cure? What do we have to do with that?" He thinks about the book that they recently gave up and hopes that it has nothing to do with this current calamity. "Is the sickness contagious? Is it something we should be worried about?"
Vorelle Monday June 13th, 2005 5:13:14 PM
Vorelle looks around, unable to quite believe that they are truly back in Dirt City--just like that. She wonders how the magical ring works.
She frowns when she hears about the strange phenomena in Dirt City. She is sure the eyes she saw, and this sleeping king person, have something to do with it all. But what?
Rose Monday June 13th, 2005 8:30:02 PM "Vauhwyt, when are you getting back to your normal size? then you can move faster and take me to see Junior. impatiently as she hurries as fast as she can. Suddenly the fact that people got sick after eating the weird plants hits her and she asks liam "Um, I ate some of the berries that sprouted the other day am I going to get sick?"
ADM Shegger (Posting for DM) Tuesday June 14th, 2005 10:44:45 AM
"The Prince has kept himself locked up, as well," Liam says in answer to Vauhwyt. "We don't know what he's up to. As to how we've gotten involved, we are adventurers, my dear. If this is not an adventure, I don't know what is." He grins enigmatically at the liontaur.
"Questions about the prophecy, the cure, and getting sick are all best reserved for the temple. Speaking of which..."
The group quickly comes upon the temple. A few priests usher them into a central location you are quite familiar with. It is just outside the area where the three "prophets" are kept.
As the group enters the room, a halfling male with facial features akin to Rose's turns. Noticing his sister, a huge grin almost splits the little fellow's face in two. "Rosie!" he hollers, dashing forward to give her a big hug.
Behind him, a tall human smiles on the pair. "I'm glad you could make it in such a timely fashion Mr. Kent."
"But of course," the extravagant man says with an exaggerated bow. "Anything for the servants of Wardd."
"I'm sure," the cleric says, fixing the adventurer with a searching look. "I am Clu'eth. It looks as if you have received Junior's letter."
He sweeps a hand across the group, and you notice that it is much shorter than his other one, the fingers withered and useless. "As you may have gleaned, already, we have had another prophecy from Ellana and the other two. We have done our best to decipher its meaning and have come to the conclusion that your group can collect the final ingredients to an antidote which will be used to cure the contagion plaguing the city."
"Yeah, sis," pipes up Junior. "You'll be happy to know that I've been helping a lot. Clu'eth says that I've been indispensable."
"And so you have," Clu'eth favors the energetic halfling with another smile. Turning his gaze back to the heroes, he continues, "We need three seeds from the big pumpkin."
He pauses a moment to let the information sink in. After receiving nothing but confused looks from the heroes, Clu'eth turns to Liam Kent. "You did not tell them?"
Liam shrugs, "I thought it best if you did. Better all at once than a bit at a time."
Clu'eth harumphs. "All of the giant fruits have turned rotten. All except for a very LARGE pumpkin in the middle of the Full Moon Market. It has recently been heavily populated by fey creatures. It is hard to say, but some of the local elves have even rallied to the pumpkin, defending it against their own neighbors. Suffice it to say, it will be difficult to collect the seeds. But we have faith in you, and the well-being of Dirt City rests in your hands. Collect three seeds from the pumpkin and return here as fast as you can."
Theodore and Macaw Tuesday June 14th, 2005 2:12:17 PM
"I guess we need to come up with a plan, then," says Theodore to his friends. "Maybe we should go see what things look like before we go charging in." He gives the small Vauhwyt a meaningful look.
"You don't happen to know what kind of odds we're up against do you?" he asks Clu'eth.
Dietrich Tuesday June 14th, 2005 4:12:19 PM
Dietrich nods in agreement to Theo's speech and smiles behind the heavy helmet. He isn't happy with the current developments and swears silently about the (*&& fairies.
"Theodore is right. Let's gather information about our enemy first, plan and only than act. Maybe there is even a way to avoid a risky and bloody fight. It would be sad to be forced to kill elves and neighbours." Despite the cool reasoning, the warrior already feels the excitement of battle rising.
Berlon Tuesday June 14th, 2005 10:35:22 PM
Berlon follows along silently, at the back of the group. Once the situation is explained, he lets out an angry grunt.
"Are we going right now, or waiting until the morning? If the few hours don't matter, perhaps we can finally deal with items we've accumulated, including," he adds, looking at Theodore, "selling that ring. It would fetch a pretty penny and help the group more as a whole."
"Besides, if we wait until the morning, we might be able to get some quick shopping done. We should consider stocking up on rope. One can never have enough rope..."
Vauhwyt and Mookie Tuesday June 14th, 2005 10:57:28 PM
Tiny Vauhwyt says, "hmmm. this pumpkin sounds like a tight fit. maybe it is better for me to be smallerr. i wonder when this spell will wear off?"
" 'as fast as we can,' hey? well, that means no rest for the weary. I used up some magic, but my armor and unseen servant should still be good for a while."
Vauhwyt is in favor of tackling the pumpkin right away. When Theo gives her the evil eye, she puts on her innocent look and says, "what? i am the soul of discretion! right mookie?"
The raven just looks at his master, as if at a tasty bug.
"maybe we should bring big knives and just carve our way in and out"
rose Tuesday June 14th, 2005 11:47:09 PM "Junior, are you alright? How's mom and dad, what about everyone else?" Rose asks her brother as she gives him a big hug. "A giant pumpkin? Ok, I'll just be sure not to eat any." Rose says smiling. "Vauhwyt maybe it would be better for you to be big, apparently there's going to be alot of fighting and it might help."
Vorelle Wednesday June 15th, 2005 2:20:18 AM
"M-m-maybe V-V-Vauhwyt and I c-c-c-could s-s-s-scout it," Vorelle suggests, "wh-while you all r-r-rest."
Vorelle herself could use a little rest, but she's anxious to get started on this assignment. And Dietrich's right--they need the information.
ADM Shegger (Posting for DM) Wednesday June 15th, 2005 9:22:00 AM
"Come now, the City won't blow up if our exhausted friends take a rest," Liam Kent admonishes Clu'eth.
The cleric's lips tighten and he passes his deformed hand over his mouth. "I suppose you're right...for once. It won't do to go at less than full strength. The pumpkin is well guarded."
"I'll take a look at this pumpkin for myself," states Fiedel, hands on hips, legs planted wide in a stance of self-assuredness. "Any who would come with are welcome. The rest should get yourselves together."
Junior smiles at his sister. "Don't you worry about anyone, Rosie. We're all just fine and dandy. You keep your mind set on what's ahead."
Vauhwyt and Mookie (unseen servant, mage armor, shrunk) Wednesday June 15th, 2005 10:31:08 AM
When Mookie stares so unkindly at her, Vauhwyt stares right back in the raven's eye. At one-sixth her usual size, Vauhwyt can look Mookie in the face while both are standing on the ground. "come on, mookie! be nice!" she says in her tiny high-pitched voice, "hey! you know what i can do in this size?!" she leaps on the raven and gives him a huge (tiny) hug!
"Get off! Get off!" the raven caws. "Boss! Get off!" He flaps furiously and almost lifts Vauhwyt off the ground before freeing himself. "Not funny!" he says.
Vauhwyt, on to the next topic, listens eagerly to her big human friend, Vorelle. Visibly excited about Vorelle's idea of scouting around, Vauhwyt jumps a full three inches into the air. "hey! as tiny as i am now, i would make a great scout! those fey folk are going to have to look awfully sharp to find me! yes, yes, let's go scouting! rosie, i can be big tomorrow! plenty of time to fight then!"
[OOC: Assuming the shrinkage spell lasts, do I need some stats to go wth it? A Reduce Person spell would shrink Vauhwyt by half to three feet tall and Medium size. That would give her +2 Dex, -2 Str. This unfamiliar magic, shrinking Vauhwyt down to one-sixth size (per the June 8 DM post) has, I figure, made Vauhwyt effectively Tiny. That would mean, maybe, a total of +6 Dex, -6 Str, and a five-foot reach with her spear (a reach weapon). Also the standard bonuses and penalties to attacks, AC, Hide, and Intimidate based on size, I figure?]
Berlon 2d8(1+1)+5=7 2d8(4+4)+5=13 Wednesday June 15th, 2005 12:16:12 PM
"Fine."
Berlon frowns at Fiedel. "When you scout, make sure you find out how close we can safely get to the pumpkin without being noticed, so we can prepare properly. And make sure you have the inveitably necessary retreat path mapped out."
"And if we *are* to be properly prepared, someone should turn in the items we've found. As far as how anything gets divided up, I could care less."
"I will be at my lab. There are special ceremonies that must be performed on days of Great Sorrow, so I would prefer not to be disturbed."
"I will return here once my sunrise devotions are completed tomorrow."
With that, Berlon returns to his lab. Once he gets there he casts Cure Mod Wounds on himself (Spontaneously replacing Shield Other, heals 13 hp) then prepares for his tasks.
Theodore and Macaw Wednesday June 15th, 2005 2:09:30 PM
"I believe I would only get in the way," says Theodore to those going to scout out the pumpkin. "I too will rest a bit and perhaps find some equipment. Since I am heading to the Catacombs, I can take all of the gems and treasure we have collected, sell it, and bring back money."
Vorelle Wednesday June 15th, 2005 6:28:50 PM
Vorelle prepares to follow Fiedel and Vauhwyt toward the giant pumpkin.
Rose Thursday June 16th, 2005 12:37:50 AM
Rose lets go of her brother (she'd been hanging on him as she hasnt seen him for a while) and starts digging in the bag of holding at her waist. She pulls out a few jems skull ruby, small diamond, 5 emeralds, 3 amethysts, 3 sapphires. "there these are the gems from that machine. when i appraised them i thought that we would get just under 6,000gp for all of them." she says as she hands them to theo. "I'll go scout as well, there's a few things i want but i can wait to buy them...theo could you take the cost of a rose colored ribbon with everburning flame cast on it out of my money. I'm sure that if we have to go inside the pumpkin I'll need a light and i dont want a torch because i want both hands free." She then pulls out her nice set of clothing and hands it to junior "Be a nice brother and have these cleaned and get me a change from my apartment for tomorrow?" She goes over to Vauhwyt and Vorelle after putting the bag of holding back on her belt. "Come on lets go and scout. the sooner we're done the sooner we can eat and sleep."
DM Kup -- not a real DM post Thursday June 16th, 2005 10:56:26 AM Hi everyone! Just a quick word here on the board to let you all know that I'm here and I will be posting later on today. If it helps you all to plan in the future, I will typically post on weekdays by around 9 pm Woldian time, and earlier if I can and everyone has already posted. I will post earlier on Fridays--typically by around 4 pm Woldian--because I am away from a computer every week from Friday sunset until Saturday sundown.
I started following this game a couple of months ago with high hopes of being fully prepared to jump in when the time came. Real life has conspired against my preparation plans in the past month, but I still expect a fun ride. As many of you know, some of the current Wold-wide crossover event is improvisational, which is not my forte where DnD is concerned. As I get started, if I miss an important detail or get a piece of the Dirt City continuity wrong, just let me know--it'll be worth a hero point if you do!
Enjoy!
P.S. A special thank you to Matt/Shegger for filling in for the past few days, and a very special thank you and a VICTORY THUNDER! to DM SteveK!
Dietrich d20+4=22 Thursday June 16th, 2005 5:38:42 PM
Dietrich agrees with Vorelle, Rose, Vauhwyt and Fiedel scouting and just reminds them to keep out of trouble... The ex-soldier asks them about: type and number of enemies, apparent equippment, sentinels, magic and a map of the target area (military knowledge check 22 for anything else important I may have forgotten). He won't accompany them for lack of stealth and would like to use the spare time as Berlon suggested and get some equippment.
The thorough knight would also appreciate some research of the more educated friends about this Fey-king and possible weaknesses of their foe, but realises that they need their rest more and suggests to keep that for the future.
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