| Jun. 30th, 2009 @ 03:02 pm In which there is downtime... |
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Where to start? How do I sum up 2 months of downtime activities in a way that is neither deathly boring nor completely confusing? I'll give it my best shot.
We all made it back to Farshore safe and sound.
Jakara is safe and has been un-Feebleminded...by a random unknown Olman whose description matches that of Tezcatlipoca and who disappeared again after telling Jakara that I would be coming to talk to him. Quoi?
Jo got another level in Totemic Demonslayer and thus another tattoo of awesomeness.
Bliz and Adamant went to Sasserine to sell loot and buy treasure. And Bliz decided it was time to add to our party. Thus, we have a new friend by the name of Coriander (Roger) Snorglebach...a blink dog. Yeah, that's right. A blink dog.
At the same time, Jo went off into the jungle to find Urol so he could make her a new magic item (I <3 Craft Wondrous Item). She eventually found him, after having to kill a great big fuck off dinosaur. He fed her some boar, smoked her out and sent her off into the jungle at night. At which point, she stumbled across a party of Scarlet Brotherhood monks who were planning to attack and interrogate Urol. She killed three, the fourth ran, she tackled him and beat him unconscious, and then...as she was preparing to carry him back for interrogation, a hezrou teleported in for a nice little visit. She proceeded to FUCK his shit up. Mind you, part of that was luck in making her saving throws against Blasphemy...but it was really only a few rounds. YEAH. Mission successful, and now she has a Belt of Physical Perfection. I will take any item that uses one slot and gives me a bonus on all three physical stats. And you can bet that's going up to a +4 and then a +6 whenever she actually gets the money.
There was much relaxing, drinking, fucking around, etc. The mines finally ran into a nice vein of ruby. Jo fulfilled her obligations as a member of the tribe by manning the Wall for a couple of weeks. She might also have gotten...entangled with Jakara again after her tattoo ceremony...although she has reservations about it now. And the Tezcatlipoca thing has got her all...muddled.
Jo had the bright idea of getting Adamant to cast spells on her while she sparred with someone else so she could practice a new trick that raises her Will saves in combat. His spells succeeded more often than not and he was not afraid to abuse this opportunity. Mass hilarity ensued, Jo got to be REALLY embarassed, and the sexual tension was thick enough to slice with a cutlass. Ahem. He might have teased her mercilessly and also detected some rather private thoughts that she didn't want anyone--especially him--to know about.
Bliz had another drug-induced vision quest up in Tanaroa. Definitely some food for thought there, but as with any vision...hard to say just what it was.
And of course...we got the lowdown on the actual events leading to the demise of Thanaclan. After the aboleths were defeated a thousand years ago, the people of Thanaclan grew complacent, even decadent. Meanwhile, Demogorgon and his minions were laying plans far below in Golismorga. They made a huge black pearl and left it where the people of Thanaclan would find it. So they put on top of one of their pyramids and it slowly but surely began to corrupt everyone around it. When one guy finally came to his senses and realized what was going on, he smashed the pearl to remove its influence...thereby releasing the first savage tide. The island itself fought back with earthquakes, eruptions, geysers and other cataclysms. Most perished within hours, and the rest were eventually destroyed. Thus came the end of Thanaclan and the beginning of the demonic influence that would transform the fallen empire into the Isle of Dread.
Tezcatlipoca told Jo that she would have to restore Thanaclan, and this is the source of so much demonic evil, that there was really no question at all of whether or not to attempt it. It's kind of her job description, so she'll do it or die trying. The only question is how to go about doing it and what they are really up against. It ain't gonna be pretty.
Bliz has cast her lot in, hopefully Urol will help cleanse his precious island, and god only knows what Adamant thinks about it. Then there's trying to find anyone else to go with them to help. The central plateau is taboo, forbidden to the Olman of the island, so no help from them. We got a couple of ideas...but we'll see.
Next session will bring us to the fullfledged start of City of Broken Idols. Woooo! I can't wait. We have, for the record, been adventuring in game for 9 and a half months. Of course, we started in real life in...what, 2007? And here we are, halfway through, almost 2 years later? Insanity! |
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