Re: Andventure last Saturday

[John Hogg <johnhogg@laf.cioe.com>]

So who's the new T'orite already fighting Hirudo and bucking for
promotion?
:)

On Thu, 30 Mar 2000 KyleGath@aol.com wrote:

> Sorry this is so late, but I've been a bit busy, as usual.  I ran my 
> adventure last Saturday.  The adventure lasted 10 days.  
> 
> -Synopsis: (not general charactor knowladge)-
> Priests of Isis requested help in finding a source of an affliction in a town 
> south of Lojem.  The affliction was obviously magical in nature, affecting 
> only the childeren of this town.  It was not a poison or curse of some sort, 
> obviously, but some sort of magical disease, or so the Isis priests figured. 
> Investigations insued, as the PC's were given leads.  At the center of the 
> investigation was a rich merchant who lived in a mansion there.  The new 
> T'orite of the group headed the investigation, even questioning the merchant 
> herself.  The party eventually split up to follow seperate leads.  One lead 
> to a nearby Lizard city that was near the break in the seawall resulted in no 
> help.  Another group scoured the island for clues, finding and killing a 
> strange mutated giant snake.  The last group stayed in town, and masscaraded 
> as a noble and his servent in order to investigate the merchant further.  
> Gaining the merchants confidence, and access to his house, the two found a 
> small shrine of Rudri hidden within.  Eventually grouping together, the group 
> assaulted the merchants house, one group delaying the guards long enough for 
> another group to enter the shrine, capture the merchant, and destroy the 
> shrine.  The merchant was using a power sent by a hirudo to infect the 
> childeren, and the priests of Isis were left to study and reverse the 
> effects.  Angered by the merchants calous acts against the kids, Harpo killed 
> him outright, so they were unable to interogate him as to how to reverse the 
> effects.  The group returned to Roug-Tero, less one evil merchant.  On a side 
> note, the giant snake's eggs were left with the priests on that island as 
> well....
> 
> Overall, this was an entertaining adventure to run, with lots of leads and 
> running around by the party to figure out the puzzle.  The party itself had 
> an average rating of 9.3, making it even more interesting.  Fights were small 
> and quick, with the only deaths on either side that of the snake and the 
> merchant.
>