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Welcome everyone! I hope to get this up and running within 1 week. It might take a little longer depending on character submission and how RL situations go. You will also have to excuse me as I get used to these forums. You can finish posting your characters in the recruitment section. I will look over them. As we get closer, and I know more about what everyone is playing, I will post a small introduction to the adventure itself.
Nice name DM-DR :)
And welcome all to the Ataxic War!
Goro is finally coming out from hiding AND TO THIS, ANOTHER WAR!!!
I promise, it isn't going to be anything quite like you think. At least, I hope not, lol. I'll be posting the the introduction soon, so if we could keep all other discussions in either the Discussion topic or recruitment. :D
dotting in here also I assume this is a home brew game world so whatever places we create in a back story would be alright?
I keep ending up with my character being evil every time I come up with something cool for a back story..
Opon seeing these strange letters floating down and snatching one out of the air Sparky signs his name on the bottom line, bites his thumb and smears a bloody thumbprint beside it.
"Wonder what that will do?" he muses out loud.
§parky has barely time to finish his musing as Star reaches for the page §parky has just signed. Star, however, is just a moment too slow. In but an instant, §parky disappears along with his letter. A slight ripple in the air lingers briefly as if made of fabric before smoothing flat once more.
In that single moment, §parky is whisked away. The page in §parky's hand with his name and bloody thumbprint appears to now contain a message.
"Thank you for answering my call. I promise to explain everything thoroughly when you arrive. More than adventure and treasures await you when you arrive!
Kazimierz"
As Andromeda casts read magic, she is able to briefly identify some of the writings as the instructions of a location for a teleportation spell - a more potent one at that. The arcane symbols move from the outer edges of the page and arrange themselves to form a message in common.
"To the Great and Powerful Andromeda,
I beseech thee. My people were enslaved long ago during a great war. I managed to escape, but after many years of searching, I found that I was the only fortunate one. Many times, I have tried to free the others, but to no avail. My last attempt was two hundred of your years ago. I was left crippled and wounded, escaping one last time through the use of my magic. I am certain that they believe me dead. I know now, that if I am to free my people of the tyranny that plagues my planet, I must seek outside aid. All I can promise you in return is my graditude and a once in a life time opportunity to do what no other has ever, or will ever do. Sign but your name atop the line and you will be brought before me. If you choose to decline my request, burn the page and you will be forgiven.
Sincerely, Kazimierz"
"Weeee!!! Kekekee!" Sparky cackles gleefully as the teleportation spell yanks him forcefully and disorently away before landing in a heap at its destination.
"Keekekeh, that was fun! Now where am I?" he wonders out loud, briefly glancing at the page on the ground in front of him.
"Kah-zee-mar-zee?"
Doran looks over the letter turning over in his hand a few times before looking over the runes that border the print. From his study of the Arcane he was able to make out a few of them but not all.
He begins to speak in Celestial "Hey Alura you can read magic. What do you make of this?"
Lorelai examines the letter closely with detect magic and true sight and in general looking for trap sigils or similar. Upon not finding any she casts read magic.
If nothing is different from it being night time then she prep herself and check out of the inn before signing.
Andromeda hold the letter staring at it in disbelief at first
is this some joke? but still the magic within reveal someone with much power is this a challenge perhaps.
She strolls the halls of her estate pondering what she should do.
later Andromeda sets the letter still unsigned on her desk as she attends to other affairs. then later in the evening she returns to it.
re-reading the writing and recalling the events of the day.
Virgo!
yes m'lady
Virgo, take this message Archamedes. she commands as she scribbles a note instructing Archamedies to handle the nation in her absense.
then get ready, we are about to see who sent this, and why they seem it necessary to summon the Ice Witch
Virgo scampers off to deliver the message as Andromeda packs her things as well as Virgo's
when Virgo returns they both assume their gnome forms and sign the document.
Goro hasn't had an adventure in thousands of years and is ready to do so again. He immediately signs his name and grabs Ted and Grarlflangan.
Goro don't touch that, Goro that would be stupid, Goro...
Sigh.. Grarlflangan finishes with a sigh as he is wisked away with Goro to lands unknown.
Rorge looks at the scroll quizzically. Hmmm.. Shrieker care for some fun?
Rorge cuts his finger on his horn and rights his name in blood.
Doran Clucks his tongue and looks at Alura with a smirk. sorry Alura but we're going" Doran collects his things and signs his name to the letter. Getting taken to whomever though to send it. Upon arriving the first thought through his minde Please do not tell me that laughing goblin sent the letter. Looking directly at Sparky
Take it away Rorge, EEEEEEYAAAAAAAAAAAH!
Goro don't touch that, Goro that would be stupid, Goro...
Sigh.. Grarlflangan finishes with a sigh as he is wisked away with Goro to lands unknown.
Upon arriving the first thought through his minde Please do not tell me that laughing goblin sent the letter. Looking directly at Sparky
Seeing the others appear around him, and guessing to the general intention of the letter that he never actually read and hatching a funny idea in his head. He picked himself up from the awkward and tangled position on the floor, dusting himself off, standing as tall and impressive as his 2'11" frame would allow and thrusting his hand holding his eye backwards he proclaimed boldly "Greetings brave adventurers! I, the mighty Sparksters have summoned you all here for a task of grave importance! I am hungary! Go! fetch me something of import that I may feast!"
I will not take orders from a shrimp like you, if you summoned me here to retrieve you food than how about this. Eat your own limbs before I feed them to you
Rorge snarls and a large horn grows from his forehead and then disappears again as he finishes yelling.
Goro just laughs before turning around to see who else is there.
Ted curls up into a ball when he sees the goblin.
Doran narrowed his eye's and clucked his tongue. "Yeah that not going to happen
Arriving after sparky had made his demands two gnomes appear the first with Ice blue hair and some sort of light armor that seems a bit fancy more than fully practical. the other gnome has white hair and a darker colored robes. the second gnome has one distinguishing feature of having only 4 fingers on each hand.
They look about the room
the second gnome is the first to speak
m'lady, it appears others have been called as well
the blue haired gnome replies
It would seem so, we should avoid formalities while here
Eye's shift over to the two gnomes who just entered eyeing them over for a moment. Why do I not speak gnome
Eyes widening and jaw dropping in cold dread at the thought of pissing off the giant beast thing a good 2 1/2 times his size, he nervously looks around for a way out of his 'fun' prank. Spotting 2 gnomes pop into existence meters over to the right, Sparky rushes over to them and attempts to hide behind them.
"Help meee!! Its gonna eat meee! Please protect me?" Looking up at the gnome (yes he has to look up) and putting on his best poor me look he can muster, ears flattened behind his head, eyes wide and innocent looking, a tiny tear of water he splashed on there a moment ago dripping down his cheek and the biggest, most sorrowful and most downcast frown on his face.
Here is what he looks like ;)
Except hes a goblin and the look would probably still be taken as revolting...
Since it is obvious that the goblin is not the one who sent this letter, who might it be? is it one of you?
The first thing that he will notice is that both of the gnome seem to radiate cold. their very breath seems cold.
Andromeda (the gnome with the bluish hair) looks at the goblin that has decided to hide behind her.
I have no reason to protect you.
then the white haired gnome speaks up
That was cold...
The white haired on looks back at her companion
No..This is cold and she places her hand on the goblin's cheek he can feel the cold of her hands and slowly start to freeze the moisture on his skin.
"Aieeyiee yipe!" The goblin yelps as he backs away looking sullen. At least the big beast guy isnt coming after me.
Then in Aklo he mutters "Stupid gnome. What was that for? Why be mean to poor Sparky?"
Looking around the room, Sparky takes a moment to see where he is and what else is in the room with him.
As the group quickly forms, one thing is apparent- this is not the welcome party one expects. The room is dank and murky. There is a certain chill to the moist, stagnant air. The room is very dimly lit by fluorescing moss growing along the cavern walls. There is no doubt, this is an underground cavern.
"Enough!" a booming voice commands. "It was I that sent for you."
The man walks in from a balcony-like ledge. Walks is less appropriate as the man simply hovers a few inches from the ground and wills himself forward. His skin pale, eyes white, and hair now losing its golden luster for a pigmentless white.
Much softer now, he continues, "It was I that sent for you. There is at least one more that I- we are expecting. Please, sit and feast to your content. We have much to discuss as soon as we have all gathered."
With a few waves of his hands, the sections of stone flooring rise up, and change into cushioned chairs and an elegant table. A grand feast coalesces from nothing, but the air.
After smiling about the antics of the short folk, Lorelai sits, says a quick prayer, casts detect poison and assuming nothing shows up, she eats quietly but quickly while watching all the others for the moment.
Andromeda was about to answer the goblin but is interrupted by the host.
The white haired gnome moves beside her companion gnome
It would appear that this may prove interesting. wouldn't you agree?
Andromeda replies to her friend
I do agree Virgo.
Andromeda goes to see what food is available.
picking a few cold selections
greetings all, I am Andromeda and this one is Virgo she say indicating the white haired gnome.
Lorelai speaks to the supposedly empty space next her, "Invisibility doesn't hide you from me, and certainly has a decent chance of making enemies. If you don't feel like fighting right now you should leave or reveal yourself."
Edit Bah! Ninjad and my cool standoffish self look uncool.
You will find there are very few languages I do not understand. I made it a point to learn to communicate to as meany different species as possible. it does broaden one's horizons
Virgo speaks up
I don't know as much
Andromeda takes her hand and a chill goes up star's arm feeling how cold Andromeda's skin is. Virgo is the same.
it is a pleasure to meet you
Virgo comes over Hi, I'm Virgo
After hear what this mystery man had to say Doran just keeps quiet and goes over to the feast prepared. After loading up his plate with food taking a seat next to the two gnome saying a quick prayer to Sarenrae before eating.
To any who care to know. This one is called Doran.
goro walks over to the table and sits down, he nibbles on some fruit and feeds some to ted.
If you are the one who brought us here then might you explain what it is you want us to do?
Rorge chooses to stand gnawing on a hunk of meat.
Seeing the feast spread out in front of him Sparky lights up immediatly.
"Food!" he exclaims, all fear of Rorge dissapeared and andromidas cold touch and attitude forgotten. Charging up to the table and without casting any kind of disernment or spellcraft check ( which he would have passed easily) he starts grabbing food and craming it into his mouth. Strangely his left hand is still holding the orb, almost protectivly.
"Yurr da beshh Komee-marr-zee, err Zee." he attemps to say through a mouthfull of roast leg and salad dressing.
"Oops! Manners!" he sticks his pinky out and goes back to chowing down.
Andromeda turns to address the fellow gnome that has introduced himself
Hello Goro, I see you are most likely as old as the hills. so tell me are you frozen in time?
Virgo shakes Goro's hand glad to meet you too Goro she says in common, then hops on over to the food table and starts to grab some meat apparently looking for the least cooked cuts
nope, to well done, what this might as well be burnt., ahhh here is a good one and still bleeding too. she starts to dig in.