Stopover in the Sargrass (DMSteveK) Thursday March 25th, 2010 12:21:06 PM
Rash asks the powers through an augury and gets an answer: Weal
Peerimus calls on the spellcasters to prepare Endure Elements spells for thier travel in the morning.
Further bantering goes on between the dwarfs and gnome.
The ladies of the group also talk about communicating with loved ones far away.
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In the morning, Endure Elements spells are cast, Windwalks and two Greater Teleports, and the protected from heat COC heroes are soon flying over the southern edges of the Sargrass Plains. (ooc: check off appropriate spells on posts)
The next land rises from the scorching, grassy Plains into rolling hills of light forest and brush. It is a thin land in this location, as the COC heroes can see the end of the land while still passing over the border between the Sargrass and this new land. At that end, the land abruptly stops.
As the heroes Windwalk closer, they see the hilly terrain ending in a line of cliffs falling down from the hills in a east-west line as far as the heroes can see. Tremendous winds are beginning to buffet the Windwalking heroes, and the feeling is there that it would be DEFINITELY safer on the ground.
The heroes walk lower and lower until they touch land on a hillside near a copse of trees about a hundred feet from the edge of the cliffs that do not seem to have an end. They have made it! They are at THE EDGE!
Xenia (AC29/, HP99/99) Thursday March 25th, 2010 3:41:36 PM
Xenia stands at the edge of the Wold and looks out into the swirling winds. She squats on an outcropping of rock and pulls her cloak in close around her. In her mind, her thoughts are as tumultuous as the winds above. Who was that man they had seen in Momma Rash's scrying? The man sitting against a wall somewhere huddled in a dirty cloak? It could have been Wynn. It could have been him all disguised up. But it was so hard to tell with him sitting there all balled up with his arms holding his knees like that. She'd know for sure if she could've seen the gills along side his neck. But, all that tangled hair (streaked with white!!!) hid his neck from view.
What did that mean? She reaches out of the folds of her cloak and picks a stone up off the ground. Why would Momma Rash's magic show her this guy if he wasn't Wynn? And, if he was Wynn, why would he be looking like that, and where was he? Instead of answers, the scrying only lead to more questions. Wasn't that like life, though? Did the questions ever stop? Isn't that what they're here for? To ask question? So, where was this Flik Guy, to show them how to get the answers?
The slim girl stands and lets the wind catch her cloak, teasing it before billowing it out behind her. Cocking back her arm, she heaves the stone out over the edge of the cliff and into the empty space beyond.
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Durgan Stonewall (AC 34(temp33); HP 239/239) Thursday March 25th, 2010 7:04:56 PM
"So that's it eh? The Edge." Durgan looks up and down the cliffs, wondering how far they went. "That's a good name fer them anyway. So what do we do now?"
Kazak Stonewall.Ac 36 (Ac 41 w/Barkskin +5)Hp 212/212) Thursday March 25th, 2010 10:44:11 PM
Not minding the wind walk but Kazak fees better as his feet touch the ground .... " always feels betta when ya have solid ground unda ya boot s" growls the dwarf
walking closer to the edge ....the warrior watches as Xenia's rock sails over the edge ..... " dont' think dats gonna hit anything soon " ... laughs kazak
" So da wold is indeed flat ..... i always wondered bout dat .... i mean afta all how deep could we dwarves dig before we fell out da bottom ??" ......
" Wonder if der are any caves of secret doors down on da dides of dem cliffs ..... be real trciky to climb down der wit all dis wind "
"Gotta tell ya da name fits ..... da edge ...... i bet not many see dis ..... well at least most .... da area dont seem dat bad dat it couldnt support some folks ...... amybe yous magicmen could scry for what lives about here ..... before we get surprised ......or eaten ( as thoughts flash thru Kazak head of being eaten by Ozhone .)
Peerimus AC 24 HP 131/131 and Yorrick AC 37 HP 160/160 Thursday March 25th, 2010 10:56:15 PM
Peerimus resumes for with the rest of the group. The Edge of the Wold. What wonder, what unbridled wonder. For a moment the thought crosses his mind of stepping into the void, but it quickly passes before it truly even forms itself completely. Rash's querey snaps his head around, "I was actually hoping a Discern location would simply suffice in truth."
The druid thinks for a few moments, "I could commune and ask Mother if any are about? I saw no signs of anyone while we were coming down, so I do not think we could simply call out and expect an answer and unfortuantely I did not take any spells that would allow me to speak to the locals." Peerimus pauses again, "Well actually that is not entirely true. Barring any other ideas I will, but i would rather entertain others. Divinations, Augury? Rash Firngaer, your thoughts?"
Level 0: (2) Create Water, Mending, (2) Read Magic, Detect Magic 7-Level 1: ******(6) Endure Elements, *Long strider, *Pass Without a Trace, 7-Level 2: (4) Barkskin, Bull Strength, (1) Lesser Restoration, Warp wood 7-Level 3: (4) Protection from Energy, Daylight, Stone shape, Sleet Storm 6-Level 4: (3) Freedom of Movement, (2) Flamestrike, Rusting Grasp, Repel Vermin 5-Level 5: Animal Growth, CCW, Stone skin, Commune with Nature, Deathward 4-Level 6: Fire Seeds, (2)Greater Dispel Magic, Transport via Plants 4-Level 7: (2) Heal, Sunbeam, Animate Plants 3-Level 8: Animal Shapes, *Wind Walk x3 1-Level 9: Heighten Greater Scrying, Shapechange
*Cast Spell Staff contains ShapeChange
Rash Thursday March 25th, 2010 11:23:42 PM
Rash stares at Peerimus and then shouts as loud as she can, FLIK!!! . She stops and cocks her head listening and says, "Do you think it worked?"
She turns and looks at the others asking, "Any bright ideas?" She turns back to Peerimus and asks, "Why don't you want to commune with nature. I would think that would be the best thing right now. Summon a thousand birds, butterflies or bees and send them out in all directions and to see if they can find this Flik."
Stopover in the Sargrass (DMSteveK) d100=99 ; Friday March 26th, 2010 10:16:09 AM
The Children of Chaos take time to admire the amazing cliffs of the EDGE. Unlike any other cliff in the Wold, looking out from this view, the heroes can't see anything beyond the edge of the land. There is no bottom, there is no other side, there are no clouds floating in the sky on the other side of the cliffs!
Xenia tossing pebbles over the side has an interesting side effect: the pebbles don't fall. Sometimes the small stones are caught by winds and tossed high into the air to land on the hills behind the heroes. Sometimes the wind takes the pebble straight down and then back into the side of the cliff where it is buried into the cliffface. And one time, the pebble thrown hangs in mid air, buffeted by opposite winds until it pops out right back at Xenia!
Peerimus calls for some magic to call for Flik, and Rash teasingly uses a loud shout to see if it would work.
"No need to shout, good travellers, I'm right here." The voice comes out of nowhere, but spinning around, there is a wrinkled gnome with twinkling eyes laying on the ground and resting his head on a grassy hummock.
Popping up like a cork, the gnome appears to have the full troubadour's regalia about him, complete with lute, and he flourishes a bow. "Flik Tarnblaster Flugelfingers, at your service. You have come to the Edge to learn answers to your questions, eh? Of course you have. That's the only reason people come here!"
"Cliffs echo, right? Right. And the Edge is the biggest cliff in the Wold because it is the edge of the Wold. Yep yep, literally. So everything that has ever, EVER been said has its echo here at The Edge. You just get right to the Edge and belt out your question at the top of your lungs, OK? OK. And if you are lucky, the answer will come back in the wind. Course, if you're not lucky, you may get blown off the cliff and fall forever and ever."
"But you gotta think carefully, cause even if the Edge answers, a person can only get ONE questioned answered in thier lifetime. There's people who spend years living here at the Edge trying to think of the ONE question they can't learn some other way."
Rash Friday March 26th, 2010 11:49:34 AM
Rash literally jumps in fright as the gnome appears at there feet, arms pinwheeling at the edge. She catches her balance and gives a stern and then somewhat sheepish look at the gnome troubadour. "Well I guess I had that coming." She will bow deeply to the gnome and eyes sparkling ask, "Is that what you are doing here? Trying to come up with the perfect question?"
Xenia (AC29/, HP99/99) Friday March 26th, 2010 12:50:12 PM
The dark rogue looks first one way up the line of the Cliffs, then down the other way. "Where did you just come from?" she asks the Flik Guy, with the hint of suspicion in her voice. "You weren't here just a moment ago. I know you weren't."
"You live around here?" Again she scans the bleak and barren rocks at the Edge of the Wold. "You actually *live* around here?" Xenia steps up for a closer look at the gnome. "I mean ... do you mind?" As both prelude and explanation for her question, Xenia reaches forth a gloved hand. "I mean, do you mind if I just sorta touch you? It's, like, you know, kinda sorta hard to believe that you're, like, here, and you're, like, real. If you know what I mean."
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Peerimus AC 24 HP 131/131 and Yorrick AC 37 HP 160/160 Saturday March 27th, 2010 8:56:55 AM
Peerimus smiles as Rash gives out a shout. "It's not that I don't want to cast the commune, I have another spell I could use to speak to the plants, but Shapechange it a bit overkill..." Flik's voice causes Rash to jump and the causes Peerimus to start as well.
Peerimus nods and places his hand across his chest, "Well met Tarnblaster Flugelfingers, I am Peerimus, Druid of Hernamar and leader of The Champions of Chaos."
The druid listens and starts going through a list of questions to ask, each of them would need to follow upon the other and they needed to have the complete solution within 9 questions, possibly 7 so Xenia and one of the brothers would not have to use thier question. "We will need to go in succession and plan an appropriate set of questions that build off each other. Things like 'How can we stop the current turmoil of the lands moving on the Southern Continent, how can we use the cube, where is the location given in the first answer and so on."
While Xenia is quite interested in Flik, Peerimus is too distracted on the thought of putting the lands right. In the back of his mind a tiny voice starts singing lightly, 'Dog with a bone, dog with a bone, dog with a bone.'
Level 0: (2) Create Water, Mending, (2) Read Magic, Detect Magic 7-Level 1: ******(6) Endure Elements, *Long strider, *Pass Without a Trace, 7-Level 2: (4) Barkskin, Bull Strength, (1) Lesser Restoration, Warp wood 7-Level 3: (4) Protection from Energy, Daylight, Stone shape, Sleet Storm 6-Level 4: (3) Freedom of Movement, (2) Flamestrike, Rusting Grasp, Repel Vermin 5-Level 5: Animal Growth, CCW, Stone skin, Commune with Nature, Deathward 4-Level 6: Fire Seeds, (2)Greater Dispel Magic, Transport via Plants 4-Level 7: (2) Heal, Sunbeam, Animate Plants 3-Level 8: Animal Shapes, *Wind Walk x3 1-Level 9: Heighten Greater Scrying, Shapechange
*Cast Spell Staff contains ShapeChange
Firn'gaer Arcane Sight, Detect Magic, Endure Elements, Overland Flight, See Invisibility, Read Magic, SR18 Saturday March 27th, 2010 12:42:44 PM
Firn'gaer stands in awe of the end of the Wold. He, too, is surprised at the sudden appearance of the gnome. After gathering himself, he gives Flik Tarnblaster Flugelfingers a nod in greetings.
"Possible questions would be who is the group that we should be wary of that fears change or where is the location we must go to stop the Migration."
"Time is not on our side in this, but haste should be tempered with the gravity of the situation. I will need to think of this." With that the gnome takes out his pipe and after packing the tobacco sits among the trees and looks out into the nothing beyond the cliffs (of insssthanity).
Rash Sunday March 28th, 2010 10:14:45 PM
Rash understands Xenia's reaction but fears that she might be playing with powers more powerful than she knows. "Xenia stop manhandling Mr. Flik. How would you like it if some stranger just started rubbing their hands all over you? Its rude!"
Rash sits down and fingers her chin also pondering questions.
Kazak Stonewall.Ac 36 (Ac 41 w/Barkskin +5)Hp 212/212) Sunday March 28th, 2010 10:46:33 PM
The dwarf peers out of the edge of the Wold .......he turns quickly at the gnome's appeareance ..... but the gnome has made no threatning moves towards any of them ...... so Kazak just sizes him up .....
"Easy Xenia ..... living out here ain't easy ..... he ain't no fresh faced wanderer ..."
" Good to meet ya sir ..... i'm Kazak Stonewall ..... "
Staring at Flik ....... " people live out here ?? ..... any villages ??? place of shelter ?? .... care to share dinner wit us ? .... gives us a chnace to chat some "
" Any questions we git should be talked about first since as da gnome says we only git once question each ..... and dats in our lifetime "
" we need a place to hash out dem questions "
Flik Tarnblaster Flugelfingers (DMSteveK) Monday March 29th, 2010 12:05:12 PM
Flik seems amused by the reactions of the COC, and lets Xenia poke at him. The rogue's finger passes right through Flik! Firn'gaer can see that Flik is not an illusion, he's here right enough, and looks solid enough. Skill DC 20 Religion Highlight to display spoiler: { subtle hints indicate Flik is a ghost }.
The gnome bard, though, doesn't seem to notice any consternation on the part of the heroes. Sense Motive DC 15 Highlight to display spoiler: { In fact, while Flik seems very sensitive to the motivations and body language of the COC, he doesn't seem to notice anything that is about him being incorporal.}. "See? See? I'm completely here, no problems, none." He gives a sly look to Kazak. Oh, you are a smart one. Yes, there is a major bard's college near the Edge, the only permenant settlement this close to the cliffs. Wrapped in lots of non-detection enchantments and abjurations, you know. For me, well, I'm still trying to decide what answer I want. After that, I'll have to think of the right question, and after that... well, there's still a lot to do, a lot to do."
"But in the meantime, I can help you out. I know the best place on the Cliffs to actually ask questions; where you can get the best answers and least likely to get blown over the Edge."
"Wah!" If the dark girl had not been unnerved by the sudden appearance of the Gnome Flik Guy, she most certainly is when her hand passes through him. "I knew it! Lookit this," she says as though it is not plain for all to see. "I knew it."
Then the rogue stills, going very quiet, eying the Gnome Flik Guy with a subtle wariness. "Um ... yeah. Well, I think it would be real nice of you to show us some of these spots. But ... it might be better for us to have Fernie or Momma Rash make us our own place to stay out here rather than bothering your bard college friends. My boyfriend, he's a bard, and he's not always up for guests when he's deep into writing stuff, if you know what I mean."
Not to mention the fact that your bard college friends might all be ghost too.
"As to the Migration-Anti-Migration thing problem we're trying to stop now, whyn't we start with that song poem thing that we saw in that dream?"
"Children of Chaos, hear our plea The signs are there for those who see Tower of Light with anger will leave Noble Race hammer and bow will cleave Gates be many, gates be none Before the Great Migration is done Yet beware the side that seeks not change For..."
Xenia recites it from memory to bring the ideas to the fore once again. "I mean, we were saying that we already knew most of this already. Right? The Tower. The Hammer and Bows. What we don't know about is the side that seeks not change. Maybe we don't know the gates thing either."
"So, why not start by asking how the Song Poemy ends. Then ask what the Song Poemy means by the Sid that Seeks not Change. We can move on from there, then to ask how we can stop all these Migration After Effecting things despite these Sides and their Seeking not Changes."
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Durgan Stonewall (AC 34(temp33); HP 239/239) Monday March 29th, 2010 9:40:02 PM
All this talk of questions and answers had Durgan's head spinning. "I think I need me an ale."
"Or two or three."
Peerimus AC 24 HP 131/131 and Yorrick AC 37 HP 160/160 Monday March 29th, 2010 9:54:50 PM
Firngear and Xenia are quite right a good line of thinking." Addressing Flik, "Your assistance in where to best ask would be greatly appreciated, though your state does raise some questions of thier own. Like how did you come to be precisely here and yet," the druid seems to pause for a the right words before settling on "but not exactly here."
"I agree with Xenia that learning the entire prophsey would be the best starting point. Asking what is the entire prophetic poem that begins "Children of Chaos, hear our plea, The signs are there for those who see."
"next I think we ask directly how to stop the current Migration of the land. From there, we see what our next questions may or should be. " Peerimus addresses the others directly, "What say you as our first two?"
Kazak Stonewall.Ac 36 (Ac 41 w/Barkskin +5)Hp 212/212) Monday March 29th, 2010 11:04:22 PM
As the debate kicks into gear ....of what and how to ask the questions ..... the dwarven warrior thinks on the gnomes phrasing of what he said
" I betcha dat da answers come back all vague and da all ...... da wise old bard over der ... " as Kazak gives him a grin " .....mentioned dat he he wanted a certain answer ... and wants ta phrase his question to git it ....... we should give dat some thought "
" I mean who knows how long he's been out here trying to come up with his question ?
"Afterall we don'y gotta belt out da quesntions just now ..... we could take some time to formulate what we hope for ...... mayb e visiting da bard college might helpful ......"
" Would ya invite us to da bards college ? " asks Kazak of the gnome
Flik Tarnblaster Flugelfingers (DMSteveK) Tuesday March 30th, 2010 8:05:52 AM "Oh, I'll show you the spot right enough, right enough. You look to be fine upstanding champions of the Wold, and I'm sure you'll use any information you get for the betterment of others."
Flik waits patiently for the group to get thier questions organized, eyeing them with insightful eyes. As before with Xenia's comment, the wily gnome seems to not even hear Peerimus' question about the bard's 'state' and being 'not exactly here'.
Peerimus' thoughts on the questions, however, garners a response. "Those two seem to be really good questions. I wish I thought of brining along friends so we could all ask questions together. Would have made my stay here on the Edge a little shorter, for sure, for sure."
Flik does immediately jump on Kazak's inquiries. After a considering look at the sky, the gnome bard answers. "Nah, I don't think they are up to entertaining people, what with the non-detection spells and all that. Why, I've even forgot how to get there myself! For me, I've been looking for the best place and the best question for 27 years, 3 months, and 2 days, give or take a week." He gives the dwarf brother a wink.
"But I'll take you to the place to ask your questions if you want." Flik leads the COC a little to the east and then right to the edge of the Edge. Here, they can see two massive rocks leaning against each other and a little ways out over the cliff. Flik crawls between the two rocks until you can just see his toes, and then comes out again. "Yep, still here. The other side of the rocks is concave, you understand? Wriggle through there, and it acts like a big megaphone, enhancing the force of your question, and augmenting the echoing answer. The rocks help you not getting tossed about by the wind, too!"
Xenia (AC29/, HP99/99) Tuesday March 30th, 2010 1:50:26 PM
Xenia stands back with her hands clasped behind her. She watches as the funny little ghost gnome demonstrates the special Question Asking Spot. Its really sort of sad. Him thinking all the long that he's real and alive, while all the time being a ghost. When they get back to Hook City, they'd have to tell Sieur Weaver that his mentor is now a ghost, and tied to the Edge of the Wold, ever trying to think of his question. Forever and forever.
"Um ... alright." The girl rogue takes a clear and distinct step backwards. "So ... who's gonna use their question first?" she asks.
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Rash d20+12=14 ; Tuesday March 30th, 2010 9:39:57 PM
Rash isn't so sure that Flik is a ghost (rolled a 2) but she will step up and say, 'Flik, I will ask the first question if you lead me to the proper spot." She will look at Xenia and say, "I think your right. Lets see if we can find out the rest of the poem.
Rash will carefully crawl out into the bowl area holding on tightly. Falling off the edge of the Wold could sting after all!
She shouts her question to the winds: "The poem starts "Children of Chaos, hear our plea The signs are there for those who see Tower of Light with anger will leave Noble Race hammer and bow will cleave Gates be many, gates be none Before the Great Migration is done Yet beware the side that seeks not change For..."
What is the end of the poem?!"
She then listens for the answer.
Kazak Stonewall.Ac 36 (Ac 41 w/Barkskin +5)Hp 212/212) Tuesday March 30th, 2010 9:41:01 PM
Following after the ghostly gnome ....Kazak takes Flik Tarnblaster Flugelfingers advice ..... and thinks what answer he wants ..... "strange way of doing it ..... but i might hafta try it " ..... ponders the dwarf
" well we don't hafta rush dem questions ..... but i think we should make dem work towards answer ....cuz like i said i think da answers will be on the vague side ... maybe even in form of questions dat we hafta figure out " ....
Firn'gaer Arcane Sight, Detect Magic, Endure Elements, Overland Flight, See Invisibility, Read Magic, SR18 d20+11=27 ; d20+2=5 ; Tuesday March 30th, 2010 10:15:30 PM
"Flik, you never asked your question, did you?" He says to the ghost (KS Religion DC27). "That's why you're still here. You are still waiting for the perfect question."
Firn'gaer agrees with Kazak. We should wait for the answer to be heard before asking the next question.
Rash's Question (DMSteveK) Wednesday March 31st, 2010 10:30:05 AM
Rash dares the rocks first, and getting on hands and knees, the mature woman crawls in the space. Zephyrs of wind like the breath of a great beast go by her until her hands come to a natural holding spot and her head sticks out from behind the rocks.
Wind buffets her head, slapping it back and forth, her eyes and cheeks stinging with the wind and the slap, slap, slap of her hair flying wildly about. Through the tears, Rash can see that Flik's description was accurate. Above and below is a smooth, widening cone 20 feet long, emptying out over the Edge.
The wind slams into her again, in fits and starts, and with each supercharged zephyr, Rash can hear whispers... "Jala eloped with a half-orc and ...", "...sneak in to kill...", "... love you...", "Parnoth, let the earth swallow you, but by Domi, may it keep you!" ...
Concentrating, the cleric shouts out her question, and immediately the winds die down. A zephyr of a breeze arrives, and the voice of an elderly centaur says... ".... stasis in neutral Law would arrange."
And the winds return.
Xenia (AC29/, HP99/99) Wednesday March 31st, 2010 3:15:39 PM
Ummmm ...
"Yet beware the side that seeks not change For stasis in neutral Law would arrange,"
Xenia recites the couplet in its complete form. "Law? Whazzat mean, Law?" A puzzled expression troubles the rogue's dark face. "Like, the guard in Hook City, you mean? That little halfling guy? I don't get it."
And then a flash of epiphany creeps upon the rogue, an expanding sense of realization that draws her mouth into an 'oh' of surpise. "You ... you mean, like Law, right? I mean, like, Law law. Like you're the Chaos Guys, right? And so there's Law Guys out there somewhere too. Like you got Chaos Powers and Chaos Tattoos, and they got Law Powers and Law Tattoos."
"AND THE CUBE! Oh my stars! I get it now! The Cube Thingie. It's a Law Thingie, right? That's why it don't like us. Stars in the Sky! That's it!"
"You got the ideas of Chaos and Law running around like they're guys fighting each other. I mean, like they're gods or sump'in. No wonder you got whack stuff like mountains flying around and such. That is so messed. Who's stupid idea was that?"
"Wait! ... For stasis in neutral Law would arrange ... Stasis. Balance. Doesn't that mean the Law Guys want to put things back into balance? Isn't that what we want to do too? Bring things back to, like, neutral? So, doesn't that mean we should try and figure a way to try and work with these Law Guys?"
"Hmmm. But first we gotta find 'em, huh?"
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Rash Wednesday March 31st, 2010 5:51:48 PM
Rash crawls back and tells the others the answer not realizing that they must have heard it too. After she listens to Xenia she suggests, "Maybe someone should ask if we have lawful counterparts whom we need to find?"
Peerimus AC 24 HP 131/131 and Yorrick AC 37 HP 160/160 Wednesday March 31st, 2010 6:30:26 PM
Peerimus listens a sXenia works through the thought, "I agree in a way, but would like to put a different take on it. Stasis to me is a suspension. Describing a condition that will not change. Nuetral to also describes a current condition not to change of its own accord. The Law or Order may be trying to keep things as they are. We think the land is in Chaos, out of balance and wild. However one's who wish for no change would still fight to keep everything as it is now."
Peerimus continues, "I know that knowing what forces may oppose us and the signifgance of the Cube, Bell adn wheel we we seen as weel, but I firmly believe one of the questions we must ask is How to put a stop to the current migration and place the lands at rest."
Kazak Stonewall.Ac 36 (Ac 41 w/Barkskin +5)Hp 212/212) Wednesday March 31st, 2010 11:03:51 PM
" Ok i'll da question Peerimus " .....
The dwarf makes his way to the stones and wiggles thru ...... standing up he shouts his question
"How to put a stop to the current migration and place the lands at rest"
Kazak's Question (DMSteveK) Thursday April 1st, 2010 8:14:59 AM
As with Rash, Kazak crawls into place, and the winds surround him in the bowl of stone. A old woman faintly says "Congratulations, its a ...", a hissing voice proclaims "Ga'al is now the Master of Life and Death!", a whiny boy screams "...want a LOLLIPOP!" that echoes in the stone cone.
Kazak shouts his question, and the winds still, followed by an emotionless yet powerful voice. "...we stop the Great Migration?" and a second equal voice replies "Now that Chaos reigns, the only way to stop the effects is to bring them both to the Valley of Ahl."
And the Winds return, Kazak withdraws and tells the others of what he has learned.
(ooc: The others can't hear the echoes, only the hero asking the question. To make posting easier, I'm assuming that the hero tells the other COC when they hear the echo.)
Xenia (AC29/, HP99/99) Thursday April 1st, 2010 11:37:25 AM
"Valley of Ahl?"
What a dumb name.
"I guess the next question would probs be best to find out how we can get to this Valley of Ahl, huh? I don't think that's going to be as easy as it sounds. I mean, think of the questions. We could ask where the Valley of Ahl is, and the answer could be sump'in like, 'In the Wold'. How useless would that be? Or, we could ask how we get to the Valley of Ahl, and one answer could be, 'You walk."
Xenia frowns.
"Wonder what that answer means by 'bring them both', huh Kaz?" she asks the dwarf who's question it had been. "They talking about the Silvery Cube and your ... whazit ... your Bell Thing?"
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Firn'gaer Arcane Sight, Detect Magic, Endure Elements, Overland Flight, See Invisibility, Read Magic, SR18 Thursday April 1st, 2010 8:08:22 PM
"This will be my question unless someone objects or knows how it may be worded more clearly." He says.
"Describe a location within the Valley of Ahl, which was named in the answer to Kazak Stonewall's question, so that i may use magic to travel to the described location in the Valley of Ahl."
If no one objects to the question, Firn'gaer speaks his question next.
Durgan Stonewall (AC 34(temp33); HP 239/239) Thursday April 1st, 2010 8:18:38 PM
The questions are coming now, slowly. As Durgan listens to the answers from the Edge, he thinks about all the possible questions he would want answered. But finishing the Migration was too important for him to be greedy and save a question for himself. "I'm gonna ask how ta finish the Migration. Just let me know when yer ready fer me to drop that one." Durgan waits patiently for the others to determine the best time to ask his question.
Rash Thursday April 1st, 2010 11:17:11 PM
Rash nods at Firn'gaer and says, "Good question but we need to also make sure that we are supposed to bring the Chaos Bell as well. Hate to get there and discover we missed something!"
Rash moves over to the ghost Flik's side and settles down next to him. "I want to thank you for you advise my friend. Maybe I can give you some. What are some of the questions you have been pondering asking?
Firn'gaer's Question (DMSteveK) Friday April 2nd, 2010 8:47:53 AM
The gnome wizard is the next to brave the winds. Whispers also move around him, then cease as he shouts his question. An echo from the same powerful and emotionless voices come back, augmented by the cone shape of the stone. "But how do we get them to the center of the Valley? The land within is always changing, and even portals that once were used no longer connect!" To which, the second voice replys, "There is an immutable portal within the Court of Law, but it is useless until we have both artifacts together."
Xenia (AC29/, HP99/99) Friday April 2nd, 2010 10:48:30 AM
More thinking. More wheels continue to turn within the head of the girl rogue as Fernie comes back with the answer to his question.
"Um, so, you think you can get to this Court of Law place just from the name, huh?" she asks. "So, what we need is both Artifacts. Right? That means the Silvery Cube and the Chaos Bell. Silvery Cube we got. Where did we put the Chaos Bell?"
"You know, it just kinda occurred to me. If we're the Children of Chaos, the champions, I mean, of the Chaos Thing. And we are kinda sorta tied into that Chaos Bell. Then you think them Ooglies were the champions of the Law Thing?"
"And, if not ... If there are some other guys out there ... Lords of Law or sump'in ... Well, imagine if you heard the Chaos Bell had been captured by some guys representing the other side," Xenia poses the hypothetical question. "What would be your first reaction be to go and do?"
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Kazak Stonewall.Ac 36 (Ac 41 w/Barkskin +5)Hp 212/212) Friday April 2nd, 2010 4:03:14 PM
" Yeah i think they are ..... it seems dat dey are connected ....and it certainly fits dat den Ooglies ... are an opposing force ..... of law ? well i chance to guess yup ..... dey were an orderly bunch ...."
" Dats some good guess work .... dem looking for da chaos bell ....i believe Peerimus has it "
"Another question might be .... how do we git to da valley of ahl ?? or where it is ?"
Rash Saturday April 3rd, 2010 9:47:58 AM
Rash is saddened by the lack of response from the gnome but she figures that he is stuck in his own reality and wants to stay there.
Rash stands up, brushes herself off and suggests, "Couple of ideas for questions. Will the 'Children of Law' oppose us stopping the migration? What exactly do we have to do to stop the migration? Do we have a timetable to meet before the Wold pulls itself apart?"
Rash suddenly is worried for her family and falls quiet. She should be home hugging her son instead of perched at the literal edge of the Wold shouting questions into the wind.
Firn'gaer Arcane Sight, Detect Magic, Endure Elements, Overland Flight, See Invisibility, Read Magic, SR18 d20+28=35 ; d20+10=14 ; d20+11=24 ; d20+11=12 ; d20+13=15 ; Saturday April 3rd, 2010 12:12:50 PM
Firn'gaer thinks over the response and tries to think if he has ever come across any reference to the Court of Law. Knowledge: Arcane DC35, History DC14, Nature DC24, Religion DC12, Planes DC15.
"We need to find this Court of Law." He says. "Yes, Rash we will need both the Chaos Bell and the Silver Cube. I think the next questions should be who resides over this Court of Law or where is it at. It is possible that the Oligans were part of the Court of Law. If that is true, then it may be safe to assume that the Court of Law is within the Sawgrass Plains. Didn't we hear tales of the Olgians bending the region to their will a long time ago? Maybe we should look in on the Bloodpack and find out if they ever came across the Court of Law."
Pondering Questions (DMSteveK) Saturday April 3rd, 2010 2:42:08 PM
Thinking about the answers (the only COC hero to have done so) and different Planes, Firn'gaer knows that there are Planes that are thematically aligned. Just as there are elemental planes, there is almost certainly a plane that is strongly Lawful. If the Court is anywhere outside the Wold, it is probably on one of those planes.
Flik seems to take a while before being animated again while looking at Rash. "Sorry there, I was thinking about what you were doing and how your phrasing of the questions could make my question better. It's been several years since I've been able to change my question from the conundrum that I'm in. No, don't want to talk about it, it's a secret secret you see."
Three heroes have asked a question, and the answers, while answering some things, have only opened other questions. Perhaps that is why Flik has waited so long to ask his question? As it stands now, it really looks like all the heroes are going to have to ask in a series to get enough information for what the COC has to do next.
Putting it all together, what the COC know right now is.. 1) The entire prophesy is... The poem starts "Children of Chaos, hear our plea The signs are there for those who see Tower of Light with anger will leave Noble Race hammer and bow will cleave Gates be many, gates be none Before the Great Migration is done Yet beware the side that seeks not change For stasis in neutral Law would arrange."
2) That Chaos is riegning the Great Migration, and "the only way to stop the effects is to bring them both to the Valley of Ahl." (The COC are pretty sure 'both' refers to the Chaos Bell and the Cube of Law.)
3) That the only way to get to the Valley of Ahl is through a portal controlled by the Court of Law, and that someones that know about the Court of Law also seek to get both artifacts together.
(ooc: I'll check the board more than once per day in case more questions are asked in response to other questions. We've got 4 COC heroes who haven't posted in 2 weeks; I'll be sending emails for Walkabouts next week.)
Torgon AC: 30 HP : 169/169 Saturday April 3rd, 2010 4:54:42 PM
OOC: (back from vacation, and trying to catch up with what has occurred.)
"Since i haven't been traveling with you all too long, are you knowing where this Chaos Bell is? Obviously we know of the cube of law."
"It seems best to start with the basics, and heed the advice of the Gnome. Not asking questions you can find the answer to elsewhere. Can any divinations tell us anything more about the valley or court without having to use once in a lifetime questions?"
Firn'gaer Arcane Sight, Detect Magic, Endure Elements, Overland Flight, See Invisibility, Read Magic, SR18 Sunday April 4th, 2010 8:08:30 AM
Happy Easter to the CoC.
Peerimus AC 24 HP 131/131 and Yorrick AC 37 HP 160/160 Monday April 5th, 2010 9:58:13 PM
"All good questions Firngaer and Rash. "Torgon is correct. While time is not on our side we cannot afford to waste this opportunity. Can our own resources of divinational magic answer or shead light on any of those? I would think a Divination would to such things as Will the 'Children of Law' oppose us stopping the migration? What exactly do we have to do to stop the migration? Do we have a timetable to meet before the Wold pulls itself apart." Peerimus looks to Rash Torgon and Firngaer, "My magic will not help us in these matters, nor my knolwedge of the natural wold. These things are in your realms of expertise."
"We know that we must take the Bell and Cube to the center of the Valley of Ahl and that the portal to this place is kept by the Court of Law who is also seeking to take possession of the Bell and Cube." Peerimus has a seat on the grass. "It seems to me the Court of Law is a group, possibly a full guild like organization. Do we think we have the magical ability to find this portal and travel to it, or must we use a question to discover precisely where this Portal is? Another possibility we should consider is that the portal is portable and is being carried by this Court of Law. Personally I do not think so and I think it very likely the Court of Law is very much a group like ourselves."
"The answers seem terribly vague and of course that is why one might spend a lifetime trying to think of the right answer before asking the question. What if we asked what it is we should ask? What is the question we should ask that will give us the answer to stop the migration?" The druid's brow raisies slightly as he ponders the possibility.
"We have some information, but are missing the lines to connect the dots."
Kazak Stonewall.Ac 36 (Ac 41 w/Barkskin +5)Hp 212/212) Monday April 5th, 2010 11:54:09 PM
the dwarven warrior .... wanders about the immediate area ... awaiting further questions and their reply's ..... listening to the discussion
Pondering Questions Some More (DMSteveK) Tuesday April 6th, 2010 8:18:09 AM
"Ah, that is a very good question, yes very good", replies little Flik the ghost gnome bard (though he doesn't seem to know he is a ghost). "And if I brought friends along, that is very close to the type of question I would think to ask. But", and here Flik makes a dramatic, bardic pause, "don't you already know how to stop the Great Migration? You said it yourself. I don't understand what these things are with all my knowledge, but it appears you do."
Flik lays back down in the grasses and closes his eyes. "It seems to me like the next question you should ask is: 'What is the next question we should ask that will give us the next question we should ask' ".
The gnome bard pretends to fall into a light sleep.
Torgon AC: 30 HP : 169/169 Tuesday April 6th, 2010 8:35:08 AM
"I have no divinations prepared at present, perhaps Rash can help there. But it would be good to verify the nature of The Court of Law, Person, place or thing. Since they are yes and no responses generally, it might work as well to also ask if those that also seek to bring both artifacts together would aid or oppose us. Another question for a divination could be to simply determine if the court of law is on this plane."
"I have two divination spells on scroll if Rash has none memorized. A commune would probably be best because of the number of questions that can be asked."
"I think that we are going to end up having to use one of our questions to the edge of the Wold to learn how to get to the court, but we should exhaust our other avenues first."
Firn'gaer Arcane Sight, Detect Magic, Endure Elements, Overland Flight, See Invisibility, Read Magic, SR18 Tuesday April 6th, 2010 11:00:21 AM
"Perhaps we may find some of the answers at home. The inevitable that has been standing in Heranmar for some time is a construct of law. It may have been sent by the Court of Law. It may have been waiting for this moment and us. A Divination or Commune may give us some answers about its part in this."
"I already know the answer to that one." The girl rogue seats herself on the grass next to the Ghost Gnome. "The answer to the question 'What is the next question we should ask that will give us the next question we should ask?' is 'What is the next question we should ask that will give us the next question we should ask?'," she says.
The dark girl frowns, and rolls to her hands and knees. Crawling into the stone gap she shouts out into the wind. "We're the Children of Chaos, and we want to save the lives of lots of folks that are getting stomped and over-migrated. We want to teleport to the Court of Law and fix this Great Migration. So here's my question: What's the best description of the Court of Law that will get us to the Court of Law using the Greater Teleportation spell?"
She'd find Wynn on her own. She'd find her own way home to Floating City. Right now, they'd have to end this thing if they were ever going to get anywhere - if they weren't going to end up like Flik the Ghost Gnome, stuck on the Edge forever.
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Xenia's Question (DMSteveK) Tuesday April 6th, 2010 6:08:31 PM
As with the others, Xenia crawls in, feeling wind and hearing echoes of conversations that make no sense until she asks her question.
A benevolent voice speaks, "So as you can see, Xenia, there is no way to get you to the Court of Law using the Greater Teleportation spell, for the Court of Law is on another Plane. When you first saw me at Heranmar, I helped you get to the Court of Law. And since I'm telling you now, you were able to hear me at the Edge then."
Xenia (AC29/, HP99/99) Tuesday April 6th, 2010 6:51:36 PM
"Wah!" The dark rogue rears up in surprise as the voice speaks directly to her, using her name. Only her hyper-acute reflexes save her from knocking the back of her head on the rocks above. She backs out of the hole and relates both her question and the answer to the other Chaos Guys.
"I gotta remember to have that conversation with whoever it is gonna help us in the future ... " A puzzled look comes over her face. " ... so that I can hear it here today."
"So, I guess were going back to Heranmar to find whoever's gonna help us, huh? Or, do you wanna ask more about these Law Guys who may or may not try to stop us?"
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Peerimus AC 24 HP 131/131 and Yorrick AC 37 HP 160/160 Tuesday April 6th, 2010 10:39:40 PM
Peerimus wrinkles his nose at the answer Xenia recieves and that she asked a question in the first place. He had hoped to keep her out of it, of course he had not told her that and she jumped in and asked. "Xenia I'm afraid I do not follow how the answer to that question can be the exact question itself. I am still of the mind that asking what it is we should ask is the correct course."
A few different thoughts and scenes play through his mind as he reworks the information of what they know, what they should know, what they could already find out and thus what they needed know. Flik was essentially correct and his earlier line of thought was along the same lines and so with those two converging thoughts, Peerimus moves to ask his question.
"What question should we ask?" Peerimus lies still, for there was far more than the answer that he was interested in hearing. Thus far all had reported other echoes and the wonder that played about his mind on the fantastic nature of the Wold itself was inspiring. He tries to will time to slow, so that he could linger in these moments for as long as he is able.
Rash Tuesday April 6th, 2010 11:27:58 PM
Rash says, "I don't have a commune either. I always have a miracle but would prefer to not waste it yet. If you want to use a scroll, I think that would be best Torgon."
(ooc sorry for being spotty but work has me working 15 hour days right now)
Kazak Stonewall.Ac 36 (Ac 41 w/Barkskin +5)Hp 212/212) Tuesday April 6th, 2010 11:46:57 PM
Kazak ponders the new infomation .....
" we've met this person that will lead us to the court of law before ??? ..... who ?? ..... do ya think its dat big metal guy ??"
Torgon AC: 30 HP : 169/169 Wednesday April 7th, 2010 9:31:01 AM
Torgon will wait to hear the answer to Peerimus's question before he starts to use his scrolls.
Peerimus' Question (DMSteveK) Wednesday April 7th, 2010 9:39:42 AM
The druid crawls in and the scene is repeated. Whispers of conversation echo in the stone bowl where the druid has stuck his head: "Your dog is quite magnificent Sly and I would greatly like to break bread with you and your other friends" Peerimus hears in a younger voice of himself... "...that's 3 copper...", "now I lay me down to..."
The winds die as soon as the druid asks his Question, and then Torgon's voice speaks to Peerimus... It echoes from the cliffs, and Peerimus can hear... "What is the next thing the COC need to do to eventually stop the Great Migration?"
Xenia (AC29/, HP99/99) Wednesday April 7th, 2010 12:03:16 PM
"Hmmm. Dunno, Kaz," Xenia ponders the voice. The Mecha Guy had spoken while they were in Heranmar, always saying the same thing. 'To attack me is not allowed.' 'To interfere with my mission is not allowed.' "No, Kaz, I don't think the voice was from Mecha-man. This one ... the voice was warmer. Can't quite place the voice for now. But I'll keep trying." (See roll below.)
"Ahhh. The next move. That's a good question," the rogue says after Peerimus returns with his answer, in general agreement with the inexplicable wisdom of the Edge. "This is one answer I wanna hear."
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Torgon AC: 30 HP : 169/169 Wednesday April 7th, 2010 2:11:20 PM
"Alright, I guess I'm up."
Torgon works his way in, and calls out to the void "What is the next thing the COC need to do to eventually stop the Great Migration?"
He then listens carefully for the answer.
Torgon's Question (DMSteveK) Wednesday April 7th, 2010 5:27:41 PM
Xenia has no clue who the voice was.
Peerimus realizes the voice he heard was Torgon's!
The minotaur has a hard time squeezing into the bowl, but with much effort (and perhaps a little cursing) Torgon is able to ask and hear his question. The answer comes back on an echoing wind...
"Get to Heranmar; as fast as you can!"
Firn'gaer Arcane Sight, Detect Magic, Endure Elements, Overland Flight, See Invisibility, Read Magic, SR18 Wednesday April 7th, 2010 10:00:41 PM
On learning the response to Torgon's question, Firn'gaer says "If we are ready to go, we should leave now." He casts his 3 endure elements on 2 people/animals and 1 on himself. "I have 3 teleports spells ready."
He looks over to Flik "Good luck with your question."
Durgan Stonewall (AC 34(temp33); HP 239/239) Wednesday April 7th, 2010 10:08:35 PM
Durgan is ready to go also. The place was starting to unnerve him a little bit. "I guess the rest of us will save our questions fer now. But if we don't need em ta finish this, then I'll ask yer question for ya later on Xenia."
"Heya Flik ...been intresting meeting ya ..... hope ya find da right answer for ya question ... "
Rash Wednesday April 7th, 2010 10:52:00 PM
Rash when she hears the answer sees the group starting to gear up, but she steps up holding both hands up saying, "OK we need to go but do we want to ask any other questions before we go? I doubt we are coming back here again. Can anyone think of anything? Something about the group we are going to face? Maybe what we can expect back in Hernamar? Are we going into battle?
Torgan, maybe you should cast the commune.
Zero: Read Magic, Create Water, Detect Magic, Light, Purify Food and Drink, Detect Poison First:Longstrider* Shield of Faith x 2, Bless, Command, Endure Elements, Comprehend Languages, Protection from Evil, Second:Spiritual Hammer* Restoration Lesser, Delay Poison, Hold Person, Resist Energy, Augury, Zone of Truth Third:Fly*, Invisibility Purge, Magical Vestment x 2, Prayer, Searing light, Daylight, Dispel Magic Fourth:Dimension Door*, Divine Power, Restoration, Sending, Dismissal, Magic Weapon Greater, Discern Lies Fifth:Teleport*, Righteous Might, Spell Resistance, Summon Monster 5, True Seeing, Flame Strike, Sixth:Blade Barrier* Wind Walk x 2, Dispel Magic Greater, Find the path Seventh:Power Greater teleport*, Holy Word, Summon Monster 7, Dictum, Scrying Greater Eighth: Phase Door* Summon Monster 8, Fire Storm, Spell Immunity Greater Ninth: Power Word Kill* Miracle
Xenia (AC29/, HP99/99) Wednesday April 7th, 2010 10:59:39 PM
"You ... you'd give me your one and only life long question?" Xenia turns to Durgan Dwarf Guy. "I ... I dunno what ... what to say ... " The rogue fidgets, for once left with little to nothing to say. "Thanks."
"Um ... whyn't we go. Huh? You ... you take care, Flik Ghost Gnome Guy. I mean, wear a sweater, huh? It's drafty out here."
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Torgon's Question (DMSteveK) Thursday April 8th, 2010 8:32:31 AM ooc: won't post Thur - Sun; going to be at a training exercise.
Torgon AC: 30 HP : 169/169 Thursday April 8th, 2010 12:27:58 PM
Torgon curses a few more times trying to back his way out of the tight quarters.
"Guess I'm ready to go as well" he says, once he extricates himself.
Go, or Wait... (DMSteveK) Sunday April 11th, 2010 6:35:03 PM
Firn'gaer, Torgon, Kazak, Durgan, and Xenia are all ready to start teleporting back to Gateway Downs and Heranmar.
Only Rash stops to question the need for immediate travel; what is the harm in just a few more minutes to ask the rest of thier alloted questons. After all, it may not be possible to find this place again.
Flik waits and doesn't say much. He is obviously waiting for the group to make up thier collective mind.
Torgon AC: 30 HP : 169/169 Monday April 12th, 2010 7:54:00 AM
"The voice said get to Heranmar as fast as you can. If we are gonna ask anymore questions, we should do it very quickly."
Firn'gaer Arcane Sight, Detect Magic, Endure Elements, Overland Flight, See Invisibility, Read Magic, SR18 Monday April 12th, 2010 10:49:31 AM
Firn'gaer agrees with Rash. "It would be wise to finish asking our questions, but we should make haste. Perhaps the next question should be whether or not we will find hostility at the Court of Law."
Xenia (AC29/, HP99/99) Monday April 12th, 2010 1:06:35 PM
The girl rogue pulls her dark cloak about her slim shoulders and turns for the short walk away from the Edge of the Wold. Her progress, though, is halted by the common sense call for advantage put forth by Momma Rash and then Gnome Wizard Firn'gaer.
"I really 'preciate that you're keeping your question for me, Durgan," she says stopping next to the dwarf. The vast emptiness swirls out beyond the Edge. Rocks and ... stuff, just flying around without rhyme or reason or sense. It speaks to the rogue. It says to her, 'This is what things could be like. This is a Wold without boundaries or controls.'
"But, you know, I'm thinking that it's probs best if you use the question to get us sump'in we can use to stop everything from being Over-migratory and all, if you know what I mean. I ... I can find Wynn on my own. Someday. And maybe ... you know, maybe, there's some stuff best not to be known."
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Peerimus AC 24 HP 131/131 and Yorrick AC 37 HP 160/160 Monday April 12th, 2010 8:41:29 PM
"We do need to make haste but there is no reason to not ask our remaining questions. If you have not asked your question though, do not feel you must. Perhaps one day you will be able to come back. My next question is to the group. Do we have the ability to travers the lands back to Heranmar without preparing our spells again? We may be her essentially until morning anyway."
If the group can teleport and wind walk back across the Sagrass and the great ocean with the spells they possess, Peerimus suggests that they do so in the next 10 minutes.
The Endure Elements spells are still up. I believe Peerimus has a single Windwalk. I do not know if we have any Teleports
Durgan Stonewall (AC 34(temp33); HP 239/239) Monday April 12th, 2010 8:58:00 PM
"Eh, allright girl. Ok, I'll ask a question if any of ye have a favorite. But I don't think it's too far a stretch ta think we'll have some fightin ta do before this is all done. So how about sumthin else? What should I ask then, eh?"
Kazak Stonewall.Ac 36 (Ac 41 w/Barkskin +5)Hp 212/212) Monday April 12th, 2010 10:24:52 PM
" I'm wit ya on taking a few more moments to ask any question ya need ..... we might never make it back here ... ond its a once in a lifetime oppurtunity " .... growls Kazak
" well hopefully ya won't take as long as our good friend Flik " ... adds the dwarf with a chuckle
Xenia (AC29/, HP99/99) Monday April 12th, 2010 10:54:23 PM
"Find out if it's possible to fix the Migranation without fighting, Durgan," the rogue suggests. "Find out if there's any of them Forces that are Seeking not to Change that will work with us instead of against us, huh?"
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Firn'gaer Arcane Sight, Detect Magic, Endure Elements, Overland Flight, See Invisibility, Read Magic, SR18 Monday April 12th, 2010 11:32:25 PM
"A good question might be who or what will be face once we arrive in the Valley of Ahl."
Go, or Wait... (DMSteveK) Tuesday April 13th, 2010 7:22:50 AM
There are only a couple of heroes who haven't asked a Question to the Edge; Durgan and the so far silent Trace and Jurgen.
Flik stands up, and moves over to the boulders that set together making the giant megaphone. "I'll give you heroes a chance for any final questions", he says in a controlled voice much different than the exuberant self before, "but then I've got to ask my own."
Torgon AC: 30 HP : 169/169 Tuesday April 13th, 2010 8:26:58 AM
Torgon is obviously eager to get going, not knowing if another mountain is on it's way to crush his village, but these questions could be crucial, so he does his best to quickly ponder a good question...
"We could also ask what the court of law is, since we don't really know, and will theoretically be looking for it in Heranmar."
"We could also ask about the dangers of having the bell and cube together. Is it possible that it would be bad to get them near each other while not in this valley? Things of extreme opposites tend to not do well when brought together unless they simply negate each other...Just a thought."
Xenia (AC29/, HP99/99) Tuesday April 13th, 2010 10:35:01 AM
"Those are good questions, Torgie. You can also ask about them Mecha guys. That might be helpful. I 'member the one by the gate in Heranmar saying that his mission was to watch and report. Might be useful to find out who Mecha Guy is supposed to report to."
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Durgan Stonewall (AC 34(temp33); HP 239/239) Tuesday April 13th, 2010 9:44:47 PM
"Bah! There's so many possibilities! But I have me an idea." Durgan crawls over to the good question spot. He works his way in, and then let's fly with a question for the Wold to answer. "Ok, here goes."
"What's the most important information we need ta know, that we don't know yet, ta stop the Migration, and set everything right again?"
Durgan strains forward a bit, curious and expectant while waiting for the answer.
When he comes out, he turns it over to Flik with a wave of his hand. "Allright then lad, it is yer own turn." Durgan signals to the others that he wants to wait and hear the gnome's question.
Kazak Stonewall.Ac 36 (Ac 41 w/Barkskin +5)Hp 212/212) Tuesday April 13th, 2010 11:35:13 PM
"Hehe .... well i'm wit on dat bro ..... after all Flik has waited 27 years for this moment ..... it desrves an audience ".... laughs Kazak
ooc" lets get this moving forward please :-)
Durgan and Flik's Questions (DMSteveK) Wednesday April 14th, 2010 12:51:10 PM
Durgan wriggles into the stone megaphone and hears the whispers of speach from all over the Wold. When he asks his question, the barest whisper arrives, and the grizzled warrior is struck with the certainty that this is a whisper of future; something that may happen, but may not...
"...the Bell and Cube must be touched at the same time by two opposing aligned heroes."
After wiggling out, it is Flik's turn. Amazingly, he shouts out and asks the same question that Durgan did! Whispering all around in the air, the winds return to the COC, and each of the heroes can hear Flik's Answer. It is the same future whisper...
"...the Valley of Ahl and the Center of the Southern Continent is the same."
And then the rock cracks and falls into shadow, disappearing like it has never been! Flik is nowhere to be seen, and the COC are left alone on a nondescript part of the EDGE of the Wold.
Durgan Stonewall (AC 34(temp33); HP 239/239) Wednesday April 14th, 2010 5:20:28 PM
"Well aint that sumthin! The gnome used his question to help us. I guess he figgered stopping the Migration was the most important question he could ask."
"Allright. let's get goin then eh?"
Xenia (AC29/, HP99/99) Wednesday April 14th, 2010 6:33:28 PM
"Yeah ... " The girl rogue stands staring at the place where the Question Cone was just moments before. "Yeah. I guess that makes the funny little ghost gnome a hero right to the end, don't it."
She sighs. Why is it that being a hero always seems to mean giving some sort of great sacrifice?
"Lets go. This place is too bleak and way depressing. No wonder no one sets up an inn here."
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Peerimus AC 24 HP 131/131 and Yorrick AC 37 HP 160/160 Wednesday April 14th, 2010 9:36:29 PM
Peermius addresses The Group, "Then lets be gone." Peerimus can cast Wind walk twice and cover the group. "We move to the edge of here and the Sawgrass. If Rash and Firngaer, cannot Teleport us all across then we stay there for the bight before moving on."
The Valley of Ahl is the Center, where they first rung the Bell and defeated the northern god. That so muc hdid not bother him, but the opposing alignment did. Just how opposing did it have to be? As this was all about Order and Chaos, Peerimus hoped it would not spill over into a conflict of good and evil
Kazak Stonewall.Ac 36 (Ac 41 w/Barkskin +5)Hp 212/212) Wednesday April 14th, 2010 10:49:40 PM
" sounds good .... lets git a marching "
"Flik also was answered ......the Bell and Cube must be touched at the same time by two opposing aligned heroes....... guess dat means we hafta figure out who da opposing side is and work dis out wit dem ..... hopefully dey don't have their minds set on doing dis without us ...."
Rash Wednesday April 14th, 2010 11:31:10 PM
Rash sidles up next to Peerimus and says, "We are going to Heranmar correct? Wasn't sure if you were planning to go to this Valley of Ahl first." Rash snickers and says, "What a weird name for a valley. I wonder if you yell AHL at one end, it echos back?"
Rash feels the windwalk wash over her and starts putting one foot in front of the other. "I really need to start getting more sleep. Can't believe I asked that question.
Torgon AC: 30 HP : 169/169 Thursday April 15th, 2010 7:41:37 AM
"I do think we should go Heranmar first, as that is what we were told we should do. Why does it seem that no matter what we do, they are almost always more questions than answers."
Torgon rubs the spot where his tattoo used to be, and thinks of all the questions he yet had for that. "Guess I won't be needing to ask those" he thinks to himself
Children on the Move (DMSteveK) Thursday April 15th, 2010 8:58:20 AM
Firn'gaer states he still has three Teleportation spells, and of course, the Wilndwalk is still in effect. So a plan for the Children to immediately move out is instituted.
Windwalking from the Edge of the Edge over to the beginnings of the Sargrass, Firn'gaer then teleports half the group to the other side of the Sargrass, teleports back, and teleports a third time with the remainder of the group. Finally, the entire group Windwalks until they are at the border between the Sargrass and the watery unknown Land.
The border between the lands flare with multi-colored light and move unexpectedly, shifting and heaving in no order whatsoever.
The COC pick a place on the land far enough from the instability to not be affected, but close enough to not get the full effect of the Sargrass heat, and prepare to stop for the night. Perhaps in the morning, there will be enough multiple teleportations or other magic to get the COC all the way back to Heranmar.
It's quite a view in a way. Flying up to a high place, the rogue makes herself a little nest in which to sit and work on her new bow. On one side lies the endless plain of grass. (Really tall tall grass!) On the other side is the stark black rock and water of the place no one seems to ever have seen before. The contrast is severe. The plains, warm and almost soft from the perspective of distance, as compared to the hard cold colors of the watery land.
A pile of wood shavings grows as the rogue works. Xenia wonders whether this small white pile of chips and slivers will still be here years from now, to be found by some curious climber or flying creature. Would the detrius of her work be blown away on a stray wind? Or, would the whole of everything be destroyed, this small pile of white and brown, swallowed in the destruction of all?
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Craft Boyer 45
Craft Composite Shortbow +2STR (Value 225 gp / Weekly DC 2250 / Daily DC 22500) Today's Progress Roll 45*30 = 1350 Total Progress 6780/22500 - 30% Complete
Durgan Stonewall (AC 34(temp33); HP 239/239) Thursday April 15th, 2010 2:55:36 PM
"I hope yer right brother. Would be nice if we could find someone ta help us out fer once. Mebbe some of the Law groups want ta stop the Migration too."
Kazak Stonewall.Ac 36 (Ac 41 w/Barkskin +5)Hp 212/212) Thursday April 15th, 2010 11:06:27 PM
While everyone is waiting to be teleported .... the dwarven warrior looks for a suitable rock near the EDGE .... finding one he unsheaths the stone sword of Turak Nor ....and uses its magical properties ..(stone shape ) ..... shaping the stone into a 3 'ft tall block of stone ... with a step .....also carving in several inscriptions .....on the front side (away from the edge) "Stone of Inspiration" ..... and on the back side ... " Flik Tarnblaster Flugelfingers ....Bard of Heroes "
Once down Kazak picks up a fist sized stone and pockets it into his haversack .......
" He should be remembered for helping us .....dat stone should be something dat lasts a long time " .... growls Kazak.....
" anytime ya ready folks ...'
with a look back at the EDGE to remember it ..... " take care of ya self Flik .....i'll tell a tale or two bout ya "
Rash Thursday April 15th, 2010 11:22:32 PM
Rash prepares to bed down for the night but then snaps her fingers and goes hunting for a piece of wood that can be turned into a suitable staff. She will carve off the bark and any other limbs and then use her miracle spell to replicate the druid spell spell staff. She will then cast her dispel magic greater into the staff for now. She will then put the whole staff into her haversack for safe keeping. She then does her ritual spell casting before bed.
She smiles up at the others as she settles into her bedroll. "I think tomorrow is going to be an interesting day and a pivotal one as well. I hope Heranmar is still there."
She will go to sleep with a satisfied look on her face and wake the next morning and prayer for her new spells.
Zero: Read Magic, Create Water, Detect Magic, Light, Purify Food and Drink, Detect Poison First:Longstrider* Shield of Faith x 2, Bless, Command, Endure Elements, Comprehend Languages, Protection from Evil, Second:Spiritual Hammer* Restoration Lesser, Delay Poison, Hold Person, Resist Energy, Augury, Zone of Truth Third:Fly*, Invisibility Purge, Magical Vestment x 2, Prayer, Searing light, Daylight, Dispel Magic Fourth:Dimension Door*, Divine Power, Restoration, Sending, Dismissal, Magic Weapon Greater, Discern Lies Fifth:Teleport*, Righteous Might, Spell Resistance, Commune, True Seeing, Flame Strike, Sixth:Blade Barrier* Heal x 2, Dispel Magic Greater, Find the path Seventh:Power Greater teleport*, Holy Word, Summon Monster 7, Dictum, Scrying Greater Eighth: Phase Door* Summon Monster 8, Fire Storm, Spell Immunity Greater Ninth: Power Word Kill* Miracle
Torgon AC: 30 HP : 169/169 Friday April 16th, 2010 7:27:04 AM
Torgon prepares to get some sleep, and wonders what awaits the CoC.
"If mountains and the lands themselves are in such chaos, imagine what could be taking place in the cities. I wonder if the chaos affects the minds of creatures, as well as the lands. Not to always be Mr. glass half full Minotaur, but we could have crowds of crazed people running about, and buildings flying through the air. Hopefully the people in general will be as unaffected as we seem to be. Either way, we could be in for a full day."
Lands on the Move (DMSteveK) Friday April 16th, 2010 10:20:27 AM
Xenia works some more on her bow, Kazak prepares a fitting memorial for Flik, Rash is inspired to create her own Spell Staff, and Torgon worries about the effects of the continued Migration in areas with lots of people.
The COC go to be and in the morning they wake up, but the scenery has changed!
They are still on the Sargrass, but across from them is no longer the water of the unknown land. Mountains loom up, and there is a pass through the mountains several miles to the east that can easily be seen. What is even more wierd, the mountains are fading in and out like the land isn't sure it should be there or not.
Durgan and Kazak can easily recognize the mountains: they are the Gray Divide of Gateway Downs!
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