Re: BJ's Summary for Game on 2/6/10031

["B.J. Austin" <jedi@ecn.purdue.edu>]

Yep, I had a good time.  I think the players did, too.

I'd feel bad about Kalaran's misfortunes if most of them weren't
self-inflicted. :)  The "overload gods" weren't similing on her that
night.

BJ

On Fri, 12 May 2000, Foo wrote:

> Sounds like a cool game.  Kalaran seems to have been roughly sodomized
> throughout the whole adventure, however. ;P
> 
> "I am ready to meet my Maker.  Whether my Maker is ready for the ordeal of 
>  meeting me is another matter entirely."
> 
> - Winston Churchill
> 
> On Wed, 10 May 2000, B.J. Austin wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > Hook: A message is in need of being delivered.  Meet at The Other
> > Sanctuary at 2pm.
> > 
> > Party Members: Temidar, Kalaran, Magnus, Omega, Soldat Crummly, The person
> > currently known as the Spoon symbol, Illyana.
> > 
> > 
> > The party meet a man known as Tunin, a (suspected) Priest of Tarus that
> > hired some adventurers for a mission a while back.  The overall goal of
> > this mission was for the cell of Tarusians that Tunin represents to get in
> > contact with a other cell that was rumored to use the western towns to
> > depart from the island.
> > 
> > Prior to the meeting, Tunin raised a Truth Scan spell.  Each person was
> > questioned as to who they were, what they were good at, and what god they
> > followed - two gongs (Magnus and Omega) on the god question.  The party
> > was informed that the task was to deliver a scroll to some people in
> > Gendel.  The party was given a vague description of the four people and
> > a possible name of one of them.  Having agreed on payment the party was
> > told that they would be gathered the next day and given the scroll.
> > 
> > Due to the party's falsehood on the god question and the need to protect
> > the message and the message senders, the message was placed inside an
> > enchanted scroll case - a "curse" and a "devotion" is thrown on anyone
> > opening it.  The party was given the box containing the scroll case and
> > were off.  There were no initial problems to speak off short of Magnus
> > waking up Kalaran when he tried to get the scroll case.
> > 
> > The following night, Magnus succeeded in getting the scroll case without
> > waking Kalaran up - Magnus is now a follower of Tarus. Now being devoted
> > to the cause, he read the message/invitation for the possible priests in
> > Gendel to meet with the Rougtero priests.
> > 
> > Much to my disappointment, that same night, at least one person on each
> > watch heard "faint snoring noises" but none went to investigate.  Too bad,
> > I had already flipped the book to the frajodracko write-up.  Very
> > disappointing - let spleeping dracko's lay, I guess.
> > 
> > The next day, the party was attacked by an Earth mage and two thugs.  The
> > party quickly dispatched the small group but not before Kalaran failed an
> > overload and did 20 dp to herself, then failed another one and erased
> > 4 years of her memory.  Opps.
> > 
> > As the party rested that night, a group of Priests of Scrogg, sent to make
> > sure the message never reached the other priests, surrounded the party and
> > attacked.  Actually, this was a lot of fun but I won't bore everyone with
> > the lengthy details.  The results of the battle: everyone was
> > eventually incapacitated in some way or another or fled; Soldat Crummly
> > was slain; the priests found the scroll case and took it with them.
> > Temidar gave a nobel persuit as a Garzoon but was incapacitated for an
> > hour.  Ilyana vowed to take revenge on the priests for their actions
> > against her and her god.
> > 
> > After the party re-grouped, they continued on to Gendel and found
> > the people they were looking for though they did not receive a warm
> > welcome.  Magnus repeated the message to them though they acted as though
> > they did not know why they were receiving such a letter.
> > 
> > The party went back to Rougtero and told their employer of the events that
> > happened.  
> > 
> > The message was originally dated to have the Gendel priests meet the
> > Rougtero priests 8 days from when it was delivered.  However, since many
> > of the party members want revenge and can't be at AQ this coming weekend,
> > I told the players that I didn't have a problem adjusting the date on the
> > letter.  The time will depend on how long next week's games are but I
> > would like to GM the ramifications of last weekend's game in a week and a
> > half.
> > 
> > 
> > BJ
> > 
> > 
> 
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