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Midland Korvosa, in a small cosy tavern known as the Catapult Gull, a joyful place filled with happy dogs, music and flowing ale. Today was like any other day, a few sailors getting drunk after a long voyage, a mercenary trying to chat up a prostitute in the back, the old town guards winding down yet once again with a bottle of ale each. But today there were in two new faces, the inn keeper though he was nobility, though he could recognise him as a Korvosan noble, he just had the air of superiority that nobles always had. He was handsome save for a horrible scar on his right check, the flesh torn off to the bone. Next to him was a doubly beautiful Osirian woman, her face was emotionless. Neither talked throughout the hour they were there, they just occasionally took a small sip of the wine in front of them. The tavern went quiet, as a new figure entered. It was a man in black robes, his eyes betraying a cold hatred for the men and women of the tavern, his flesh looked like it was melting away. He slithered up to the barkeep. “I’m looking for Eldazar Romos, he should be here with someone called Izshizle Ankenaten….” Shaking the barkeep pointed at the noble and the Osirian woman, “it’s them”. “Thanks” replied the strange man, who then walked up to the table where the others were sitting.
“Ozone I presume?” said Eldazar, his voice showing a hint of excitement
“What should I call you then? Brother?” said Ozone, his voice filled with spite
“Don’t hate me; we have a common enemy, after all…”
“Father!”
“Indeed”
The three stayed and talked to the early hours of the morning, plans were forming…
How does this work? Do you take turns playing the NPCs?
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well so far we haven't done any actual play, but yea thats kind of the idea, encounters are rolled on tables randomly (unless someone makes an encounter up), plot progression is harder to define (especially since we don't quite know how its going to work)
i will be keeping people posted to how it goes...
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Morning came fast; the three adventurers had slept uncomfortably in the tavern’s attic and had just finished preparing themselves when they started to hear several voices outside. Eldazar and Izshizle took no notice of the racket but Ozone seemed to become a little apprehensive. As they came down they were greeted by a watch captain of the Korvosan Guard and a few guard officers with him.
“We have been ordered to capture the criminal Ozone for two accounts of murder!” shouted the watch captain. Before Eldazar could even glare at his half-brother the other had jumped and landed on the watch captain, dissolving the poor man into a pool of sludge. Eldazar gripped his scythe menacingly terrifying the remaining guard, who were hit by a wave of fire from a spell Izshizle cast seconds later. “You will not bother us again” growled Eldazar, and the guardsmen would have where they not petrified on the spot. Ozone took his chance and punched a whole into one of the guards before kicking another in the face, their bodies burning away from the corrosive slime he excreted. Izshizle fired another spell at one of the two remain guardsmen, who moments later was decapitated by Eldazar. Ozone killed the last one seconds later. Seeing the fire inside the tavern the guardsmen outside rushed to open the door, only to find a globe of acid melting the first one. They barely had time to scream from the acid splash when a tiny glowing ball of light floated to the middle of their group. It exploded violently, killing all twelve of them, Izshizle smiled with approvingly at her spell.
Eldazar glares at Ozone, he responds with “pff non-oozes”. Ozone lifted a hatched into the sewer, when his Black Pudding pet emerged from it. “Follow me” yelled Ozone as he jumped into the sewer, the others followed, the ooze being last to enter the sewer.
They travelled throw the sewer for hours, eventually coming up to a large space beneath the city. They were going to take a short break but found themselves attacked by several monsters. Due to the lack of light they had failed to spot the hungry Otyugh that was not snapping at Ozone, from the murky depths of the sewer three crocodiles lunged at Ozone as well. A gelatinous cube had also crept from the side tunnel and also attacked Ozone, and from behind an Ochre Jelly attacked Eldazar, cutting throw his flesh with ease. Eldazar weaved as he cast his spell, pointing at the ooze, which instantly stopped, terrified by the great fear master. Izshizle wasted no time in also casting a spell, lifting the black water of the sewer and pushed the crocodiles and the Otyugh away, slamming them into the far wall of the room. The Otyugh and the crocodiles started fighting each other becoming a tangled mess of teeth and flesh. Ozone lazily stabbed the cube, which dissolved only moments later. Ozone’s Black Pudding engulfed the Ochre Jelly and began to slowly dissolve it. Eldazar grabbed his bow and set loose a volley onto the Otyugh, slaying the vile creature. Ozone walked up to his pet and with a single touch melted the Ochre Jelly. The adventurer’s travelled onwards as the crocodiles feasted on the dead Otyugh’s corpse.
They came up to an underground chamber, with a large stone dome, but before they could admire it, from behind secret panels came more enemies. A flesh golem tried to crush Ozone though the brute failed to hit, a swarm of centipedes formed around Eldazar’s feet, another at Izshizle’s, both being bitten by countless tiny mouths. From behind Eldazar a pack of dire rats flanked him and from the other side a wererat attacked Izshizle though failed to hit her. Eldazar concentrated and blasted the vermin with a wave of fear, destroying the swarms and terrifying the wererat into a helpless half-dead bag of fur. Unfortunately Izshizle and Ozone were both hit and shaken by the experience. Ozone managed to punch the flesh golem in the chest, dissolving half of it away, but got hit in return. Izshizle weaved her magic into a jet of flame that sailed past Eldazar and landed on the dire rats, incinerating them instantly. Eldazar fired a volley of arrows at the flesh golem but it was mostly ineffective, yet Ozone’s second attack melted the golem’s face and killed it instantly. As they set up camp, the Black Pudding engulfed and consumed the wererat, getting a hug from Ozone.
As they settled in for the night Ozone realised that both him and Eldazar lacked the information needed to find their father and that they need to go back to Korvosa. Eldazar tells him that they can’t return to Korvosa since they were now fugitives. The camp became quiet then it hit them. They both realise there were no witnesses and thus decided to go back to Korvosa.
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The dome was cold, damp and dark, not the best place to rest for the night, but they had no other options. All night they had stayed up listening to strange echoes of voices from beyond the tunnels. The voices were slowly getting closer. Eldazar and Ozone readied themselves for the fight, but it was Izshizle who was at the front. The strange voices kept coming closer and closer. Before anyone could do anything, an enormous beast of eyes and mouths charged throw the ancient tunnels, battering aside Izshizle. Ozone used his corrosive touch on the creature but it barely hurt it. Eldazar used one of his deadlier spells but the monster seemed unaffected by the deadly vision, it had seen far worse. Izshizle was being crushed by the foul beast, but thanks to her enchanted armour her body turned translucent and intangible and managed to run away from the monster. Somewhat surprised and somewhat annoyed the beast unleashed its might against Ozone, who got battered to a pulp, had he any bones they would have been broken by the force of the attacks. Eldazar tried again to weave deadly fear into the beast but its simplistic mind was too alien for him. Ozone attacked the beast once more but the creature seemed rather unaffected by the attack. Izshizle summoned the avatar of her tribe’s goddess, yet the weak avatar was unable to hurt the beast at all. The beast on the other hand almost destroyed the avatar with its barrage of attacks. Ozone took his chance to inflict more damage on the beast, though it seemed unlikely to stop it. Izshizle healed the avatar, knowing that her spells wouldn’t damage the beast. With a wave of inspiration Eldazar forced his will into the beast, and it died with terror in its hundreds of eyes.
After a few hours of searching for an exit they managed eventually to find one. Eldazar warned Ozone never to take them down the sewers again. They came across the tavern known as the Burned Minotaur, known for its habit of burning down to the ground occasionally. Ozone knocked on the door as his face morphed into a more pleasing shape. They were shown inside. Casually Eldazar inquired the barmaid on the location of his father. He struck lucky; apparently one of the other barmaids had had an affair with him recently. After only a few seconds more he found out that he has still in the city but was going to leave soon. Eldazar was just going to turn to his comrades to discuss what they had just learned when a bunch of city guards walked up to them. “Evening” said Eldazar, his voice soft and melodic. “You lot haven’t happen to know anything about an incident at the Catapult Gull do you” said the leader of the bunch trying to be intimidating. Eldazar laughed inside at the pathetic attempt, but replied composed his expression unchanged “no, we arrived here today”, his eyes fixed on the guard. Before the guard became unnerved Eldazar continued, “Come join us for a drink” and with that they were his. They talked the night throw.
In the morning the group of adventurers went to meet the barmaid that had an affair with Bosko, her name was Leona. Eldazar was the one to knock this time, as Ozone had decided that his ooze needed attending to. It went smoothly. He pretended to be an old friend of Bosko, wishing to know his whereabouts. He learned Bosko was to meet with the blacksmith. Regrouping with Ozone they left to find the blacksmith.
Much to their surprise they spotted Bosko on the busy streets. They followed the mighty drinker as far as they could, as he left Korvosa and went deep into the forest surrounding it. They tried to keep up but the mighty man was too fast and even though he hadn’t noticed them disappeared into the forest.