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Flooded /
DesertEnjoying a day in the sun Stumbling out of the metal tubes that had apparently catapulted our party away from imminent danger and into an endless desert, Sky and Tony wander vaguely across the desert towards a pillar of dust that is being thrown up by some large group nearby. Oddly, the ghostly fish's survival skills do him justice and he arrives at the group in good health, while the cat-man-person-thing arrives, hair falling out from severe sunburn and dehydration. They find a group of merchants traveling the desert on a rough road and after a difficult start, manage to make a sort of piece with them but completely miss the ambush that is about to happen as the sand erupt in violence and nasty insect like things. [ The insects quickly tera apart and drag down into the sands all the merchants, horses and one of the wagons. A single Fireball toasts the second wagon but quick water spell saves the last and while the party fails to save any people to tell them what's going on, they do save some spices which they loot. Unfortunately, in the melee, a weakened Capybara is quickly dispatched and dragged away by the enemy, never to be seen again Following, then quickly losing the road, Sky chats with nature and finds from the local rabbits there is a water hole nearby, that the animals all love and fear. Ignoring the dumb vermin's warnings, the part wander off and discover a paradise infested with spiders that trap, and consume all the brave the waters. [ Luckily the pair climbs some local rocks and with the high ground, had no issues fending the poor spiders off (Who the hell gives a spider spells, especially ones that "Detect Alignment (Lawful only)"...? Moving on, they find the road again nearby and follow to a small village that looks much like a fishing village but without water. There is some sort of priest waffling on about the evil mushroom cloud nearby that no one is interested in, and the party sell some spices and trade to grab some ammo, but become interested in a merchant selling carved bones, one a Whale Bone (In the desert?) and the other a 1000gp bone of a saint with strange words marked on it.... Since the party leader and thus all the gold is still AWOL, our pair decide to steal the expensive bone instead and wait to 3 in the morning... Searching the merchants house, Sky fails to find anything and instead wakes them and threatens him with violence. In the heat of the moment however, Sky underestimates his strength and a fumbles single back handed slap, breaking the manes neck and instantly killing him. New plan, Tony goes off to abduct the hated priest and make it look like he was responsible, but unfortunately he had fallen asleep in his wheelchair in front of the mayors house and surrounded by guards, and Tony, having NO THIEVRY OR STEALTH SKILLS WHATSOEVER, fails hopelessly and ends up fleeing the town being chased by a few guards. Likewise, Sky kills a errant mage and flees in the other direction, only just managing to notice that the Merchant at the finger bone they were looking for still around his neck. Running to maximum fireball distance, Sky nukes the town from a orbit (only way to be sure) and gaps it. [ This turns out to be lucky for Tony who had been captured and beaten up by the guards and was being dragged back to town. However when faced with a fleeing half dead (as far as they know) Cat and helping save their town from fire, they both opt to save the town allowing Tony to limp off and meet up with Sky some distance away. There, Tony tries to read the words on the Finger Bone and hopes this is all worth it..... [ |
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