"To the east, in the Black Swamp," two voices says behind you. Mikal, the young Mikal, sits up in his bed behind you, his eyes glow a red-orange like magma. You realize, that both voices you heard came from Mikal's mouth.
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Mikal gathers you all around, and with a tap of his staff, he returns you to the Iron Fort. You feel disoriented from the time travel twice in such a short time, and when you regain your barrings, the older Mikal is gone. You are where you left, in the hospital, the younger Mikal still in a comma below you.
Going to be out of town after 3ish today, so I won't be responding after that. Still feel free to post, just know you won't be getting anything from me till tomorrow after i leave
"Put personal goals aside, Alexis, or you will fail. Her master can be destroyed, and Rao knows where to find her. Her name is Sabrin, a succubus with her own goals, she too, fails, and no longer exists in this time. As for the Iron Fortress, it is already infiltrated. Other than this, I cannot tell you anymore. I have altered the future enough as it is. Are you ready to return?"
Emul: Let me know if you are telling the truth to Rao or not, I don't know the full story behind you and Ioanna. If you are not telling him the truth let me know what the truth is so I can use it
Jacob: what does discern lies do?
"Ioanna was compelled to act the way she did by another servant of Orcus...at first. Eventually Ioanna came to see the same way and started operating on her own free will but still for Orcus. I believe she in between those two points in your time."
yes. She is a Shardai-Kai who was sent into the mortal world to recover the Raven's Skull when it was stolen several hundred years ago. She was cursed by an evil Shardai-Kai for failing to recover it
Mikal turns to Alex, "It will not be that simple. I did not see the error in my ways until it was too late. Orcus is creeping into his mind. He is hearing Orcus's voice. That is what you must battle against, Orcus, consistently telling Mikal that the way Orcus is showing him is the correct way" Mikal then turns to Rao and Emul, "I was never told or shown where, but Ioanna found it in the Black Swamp," he points west, "and destroyed it. If you can find Orla before Ioanna does, you may be able to find the skull. You see, everything I accomplished in Orcus's name was made possible because the divine spark The Raven Queen placed into the Raven's Skull was destroyed when Ioanna destroyed the Skull." He continues, "I can return all of us back to your time, I will be stuck there until I can replenish my spells though. But you will not last in this time."
Mikal sighs, "It can be stopped, Mikal is they key. I have already killed the man who was coming to bring you to the North, so this future may yet be averted. But you must stop the young me, killing him will not be enough, it will only quicken the end. You cannot take him off the board that way. Perhaps you can hid him away, or save him from his own corruption. But by the time he wakes, he will agree with Orcus. Save him or secure him, but you cannot kill him." Mikal looks down at the undead marching beneath you. So many that they go as far as the eye can see. "Have you heard of The Raven's Skull?"
"You fool, you cannot stop this. It is your destiny to fall in the north and become a servant of Vecna. Mikal, the young Mikal, he is the key" Emul: You are not sure what Orcus could have done to gain this much power.
Mikal glares at Rao, "I have taken you no where. You grabbed onto me and forced yourself into my travel spell! However if you must know, we are in Torah, seventy-three years after the outbreak started" Rao: He is not lying to you
You stand on what seems to be the highest point of the Iron Fortress, only it is in ruin. Around you, you see armies marching South-West. Lava flows through the fort and in the surrounding landscape. The forest that once surrounded the Iron Fortress is nothing but a barren landscape. Mikal extends an arm toward the undead army. "They march for Carmia, that nation will no longer stand against Orcus" Emul: Something isn't right. There is something missing
Okay guys so welcome back to the outbreak. Until we finish Jacob's campaign we will play on here so that the story of Alesia. This thread here will be used for out of character discussion. If you have questions of comments that your character is not saying, or any other form of meta game talk, post it here unless it can be posted with an in character post in the game play thread. Here is a recap of what has happened so far:
Visions from the Caverns of Time:
Rao: Rao’s vision was when he discovers that he and Ot are the ones who cause the outbreak to begin in the first place, and that Rao died in the process.
Ausk: Ausk had a vision of him marching on Hrothgar with an army of orcs. Emul: Emul had a vision of him battling Ioanna over the body of a female deep in the Shadowfel Alex: Alex had a vision of the final battle. What you know about the Raven's Skull:
Questions for the Raven Queen: The following questions were asked to the Raven Queen by the party looking for the Raven’s Skull:
Does anyone in this fortress know where to skull is or how to locate it? Y
You also know that the Raven's Skull is a fail safe that the Raven Queen created in the past in case Orcus ever tried to destroy the mortal world again, which he has done in the past. It hold some of her divine spark, but you are not sure what it will do or how it will work.
Since we played last I did add some gods from the Pathfinder setting to Alesia, to fill gaps where we didn't have gods to fill certain roles.
I also changed Kord to Gorum, a straight up war god instead of a war/storm god. Rules for the campaign while we are using PbP: 1)Do your best to keep this thread for discussion, and the game play thread for in-game in-character talk and keeping the story going forward. 2)Try to post once a night, except for on nights we are playing Jacob's game, as I don't want to be taking the focus away from his game. 3)Create an alias for your character, and post in that so we can keep everything clean and easy. You don't need to have your stats on the alias page, just need to have an alias to post in. 4)No need to post die roles, I know you all and trust you, but you can post them if you want too. For encounters with a lots of enemies, I will not be posting the dice roles, as that is a lot of work. 5)try and learn the text formatting, which you can look at below a comment box, Bold for what your character is saying outloud, italics for your characters thoughts (which we won't meta game with, but can still be fun to use) and when you do need to add out of character text to an game play post. 6)We have spoilers here, which are like the drop boxes used above, don't read them if your name isn't on them. You can use them too if you want to have a private conversation, but I do reserve the right to look at ones you post. More rules to follow as we need them, but these are all I could think of ATM.
Your attacks are enough to bring down one of the mongrelmen. Nossac lets an arrow fly, just as the mongrelman advance. The lizard moves toward you as well, but isn't fast enough to reach you.
Two mongrelmen burst through the door to see their comrade with an arrow in his back. At the same time they come in, a lizard comes out of a door farther up the chamber. they all move into attack.
id say he just grows them I'm really work busy today and tomorrow so i won't be able to post till tomorrow evening or the day after (but i'll try to make it tomorrow evening) so much for regular posting once i finish classes :P
ill say it stays how you cast it, but if you cast it again today it'll move to the new duration.
You guys are 90 XP over what is needed for level 2. Go ahead and level them up
Nosaac's arrow flies into the back of the creature and pierces it's heart. The Mongrelmen makes to to the entry way though, and you hear two more screeching from in side the door way.
Hey Mitleid. sorry i thought I told you but normally I don't post on the weekend because everyone is just to busy, and I didn't have time to pop on and let you guys know about Thursday and Friday being bad posting days for me. I am updating now to make up for that.
Morgryms axe cuts through the legs of one mongrel while Foradass's tail finishes it off. The other Mongrel turns to run, heading for the wall on the southwest side of the room. He manages to run far enough to make it to the door way.
As you burst through the door the Mongrelmen on the other side pounce. The first swings at Morgrym . Morgrym raises his shield and blocks the blow, but the weight of the of the blow knocks Morgrym off balance enough that he misses with his counter attack. Foradass has no luck with his attack either, and a second mongrel attempts to club Foradass but his scales are too thick for the club to do damage too. Andlat hurls a ball of acid at the beasts but it falls short. The third mongrel attempts to attack Morhrym from behind but again Morgrym manages to block it. Nossac fires an arrow that flies into the neck of a the last mongrel but Mitleid charges and slices deep into it. It still stands and tries to counter attack against Mitleid but the pain of the sword and the arrow is too much and he misses.
Morgrym charges through the opening into a large room where four mongrelmen are preparing for battle. The raise their clubs and charge.
I won't be able to update today, as i am working on papers and studying for finials. Tomorrow morning is my last test so I will update after that.
for those of you who got 15+ perception:
You can hear moment on the other side of the wall. People are getting ready for battle. Look through the opening in the door?: You can see four mongrelmen getting ready for battle in this large room.
I took the liberty of updating your loot and XP for you guys.
Nossac's arrow drops the second mongrelmen which goes down with a screech.
With the guards out of the way it is a clear shot to the only door in sight.
never been this slow. Everything okay guys?
Foradass cannot get close enough to attack, and neither can the second mongrelmen. A one-on-one battle begins between Morgrym and the first mongrelmen, as the barricades are too close together.
Morgrym parries the attack and brings his ax down on the mongrelmen. Suddenly, an arrow cuts into the creature, and Mitlied switches out with morgrym. Between the three of them, one mongrelmen dies. The second one back away from the heroes slightly.
Morgrym:
only two enemies so i didn't put it up but thanks for the heads up. Also, yes, you can use the rune power as a favored class option. I don't remeber if you asked this or not but it is fine either way.
work and class tomorrow. If they haven't updated by the time i get back i ail act for them.
As you move on you are quickly glad that Lann came with you. He knows the twisting of the tunnels and never falters on his march toward the traitors. He knowledge of the caves impresses even the dwarf."Here we are," Lann motions to a single tunnel, "I am not a warrior. I will wait here for you to take you back. Good luck!" The tunnel he sends you down is only five feet wide, so the five of you must walk in a strait line. Eventually it opens up to barricades made of heaped loose rocks and wooden boards bisect this cavern. Beyond the barricades, a wooden screen covers the lower half of a tunnel mouth. Two mongrelmen stand guard. One of them points and howls. The other one joins in and they take offensive stances.
Lann emerges from behind a rock, where he dove when Mitleid appeared, "Very well but we should hurry." explanation for Mitleid. Going to save some time:
Lann is a elf with the exception of part of his face is reptilian with a goat horn coming out of that side of his head. He is a mongrelmen and is taking this group to a supposed path to the surface, through a tribe of mongrelmen traitors who have sided with cultists.
Nosaac will cast detect evil, "Nothing" he states to the party.
how are things going here?
added the XP for the party
Morgrym brings his axe down on the last right As the finial rat dies, the source of the rats appears.
Foradass moves to kill the last rat, with Andlat right behind him
Both miss, and the rat turns on Andlat again,
I figured it was Easter screwing with the forums. Andlat, may I ask why you are in India?
K I'm heading to work for the day (no classes so now i work all day :) ) if everyone has posted when i get back i will update, otherwise i'l post for them so we can finish off these rats
Happy easter all!
I'd like to thank everyone for applying. I've decided that adding an inquisitor to the party would be helpful so I invited Mitleid to join us. Thanks again for applying to everyone!
lol. Hopefully not :) How does everyone feel about an inquisitor of Ioemeda signing on to the party?
Well, it doesn't look like anyone else is going to be signing on, so I'll let you know who gets in tonight or tomorrow.
Hey guys, just popped in to see how things are going. Did he disappear?
Papa-DRB, I would prefer if you didn't take campaign traits from different campaigns, Thanks Mitleid, I didn't notice anything amiss
Nossacs arrow flies too far, but Andlat's acid hit it's mark. One rat rush around the cavern and go for Morgrym.
The second rat aims for Andlat, seeking revenge for the acid.
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