Hello all,
I was just editing and revising our online campaign journal and came across this moment from early in our Greyhawk Caverns of Thracia campaign. Several of the PC's were sneaking up on a cottage in the Hool Marshes that was being used as a base by the Deathwalkers (human cult of a death god) who are at war with the Malarat lizardfolk. They had just killed one of the Deathwalker sentries and so the ones at the cabin were getting a bit anxious for him to report back. One of the PC's could understand their language and was listening in - so I decided to put in a little easter egg from that great filk "Wizards." Here's the scene:
That done, Indranil, Lorindel, and Rain begin to sneak up on the cottage as quietly as possible. Within 20 yards of it they see that two Deathwalkers are standing under the eaves in front of the door. They are arguing about something in the Amedi language and peering out into the swamp. One of them shouts into the night, “Jalmari!”
Rain actually understands their language, and knows that the one is saying, "Jalmari! Jamlmari! Get over here for Thanatos's sake! Get back here!" He then, turns to the other Amedi and says, "They've killed Jalmari! They've killed Jalmari! Those lousy stinking green snakesins! Those horrible atrocity-filled vermin! Those despicable animal warmongers! They've killed Jalmari!” The Deathwalker then begins gesticulating as if fighting lizardfolk. “Take that! Take this! Take that, you green slime! You black hearted, short, bow-legged..."
The online journal can be found here (though the entry this is from is not up yet):
http://gutwrenchingrpg.org/atss/narrative/
Oh there was more:
Indranil nods towards Lorindel and Rain, he motions for them to close the distance as much as possible without being detected, and signs to Lorindel to take the Deathwalker on the right and Rain to take the Deathwalker on the left. Indranil plans to hold his shot and wait to back up Lorindel and Rain if either misses or needs a final kill shot.
Rain’s arrow is blown off course by the wind and it strikes the frame right by the head of the one standing to the left. Lorindel’s arrow would have taken the one on the right in the head but at the last moment he raised his hand to call out to Jalmari again and the arrow pierced his hand instead. Indranil quickly released his arrow which buries itself in the stomach of the one on the left so that he falls squealing in agony on the porch. Neither of the two is armed or armored. The one with the arrow in his hand screams and leaps back across the threshold and slams the door before anyone can fire anymore arrows at him. There is a commotion from inside.
Rain hears the wounded one inside the cottage saying, "Feritz! They've killed Feritz! Those dirty stinking lizarmen have killed Feritz!"
Hello all,
I was just editing and revising our online campaign journal and came across this moment from early in our Greyhawk Caverns of Thracia campaign. Several of the PC's were sneaking up on a cottage in the Hool Marshes that was being used as a base by the Deathwalkers (human cult of a death god) who are at war with the Malarat lizardfolk. They had just killed one of the Deathwalker sentries and so the ones at the cabin were getting a bit anxious for him to report back. One of the PC's could understand their language and was listening in - so I decided to put in a little easter egg from that great filk "Wizards." Here's the scene:
That done, Indranil, Lorindel, and Rain begin to sneak up on the cottage as quietly as possible. Within 20 yards of it they see that two Deathwalkers are standing under the eaves in front of the door. They are arguing about something in the Amedi language and peering out into the swamp. One of them shouts into the night, “Jalmari!”
Rain actually understands their language, and knows that the one is saying, "Jalmari! Jamlmari! Get over here for Thanatos's sake! Get back here!" He then, turns to the other Amedi and says, "They've killed Jalmari! They've killed Jalmari! Those lousy stinking green snakesins! Those horrible atrocity-filled vermin! Those despicable animal warmongers! They've killed Jalmari!” The Deathwalker then begins gesticulating as if fighting lizardfolk. “Take that! Take this! Take that, you green slime! You black hearted, short, bow-legged..."
The online journal can be found here (though the entry this is from is not up yet):
http://gutwrenchingrpg.org/atss/narrative/
Thanks for this.
It is good to have the classics, like The Caverns of Thracia and the World of Greyhawk (ah, the times we had in the Hool Marshes) remembered...as well as Wizards.
Takes me back man.
CJ
Thanks for this.
It is good to have the classics, like The Caverns of Thracia and the World of Greyhawk (ah, the times we had in the Hool Marshes) remembered...as well as Wizards.
Takes me back man.
CJ
I'm glad you liked it. I think it's a shame that the Greyhawk campaign setting has been pretty much abandoned. In particular the possibilities of the fight against the Scarlet Brotherhood was never exploited properly in published adveentures(as far as I am concerned).