Q1: Travels Through Space and Time!

[Peter Mitchell]

what a great read
 
A pity I cant play



> Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2008 18:55:27 -0700> From: lev_lafayette at yahoo.com.au> Subject: Q1: Travels Through Space and Time!> To: retrodnd at mimesisrpg.com> > > Having received the woven rope of tongues from the> Arrente man of Australis and clay whorl and spindle> from the sphinxe's of Egypt, the most noble venturers> returned back to the Abyss and took the demonweb> strands to the next gateway to the Prime Material> Plane.> > At the third location, a Mayan temple, the sacred bird> of the Hohokam, the Pheonix had been paralyzed and was> about to be eaten by a giant Amazonian bird-eating> spider, far greater in size than anything that had> been seen. This monstrosity was supported by two fire> giants and drow with wicked clubs of wood and obsidian> fragments.> > Nevertheless the good were victorious and they rescued> the pheonix and recovered after a day, for Waitabit> had lapsed into unconsciousness from a rock hurled by> a giant.> > Continuing onwards the next gate the were taken to an> isolated Grecian temple in the Seleucid Empire. There> many were first charmed by the beauty of deadly and> wicked dryads who protected the Temple of Arachne.> Many Driders burst forth from the temple, ably> assisted by Frost Giants from the chill mountains.> > Again however the noble venturers were successful,> although with the beheading of Megan and the explosive> results of Louis being hit by a magical ball of fire> (carrying 17 flasks of oil will do that to you).> Within the temple there was a dimunitive and bound> Titan who, once recovered, gave the party a lamm.> Inside the temple there was an archiac Deck of Many> Things. Adronicus, trusting The Fates, took cards from> the Deck. At first he gained a Wish, which was used to> revive the corpses of Louis and Megan. Then he drew a> card which tore his magical items away. Finally, on> his third card, his spirit became imprisoned in any> unknown prison, leaving an near-empty shell of a> person behind. > > With the character suffering a psychic lobotomy, the> venturers left Adronicus in the care of the Titan who> swore to care for their disabled friend and travelled> to their next location on the Prime Material Plane.> > This proved to be fable land of Cathay, the Forbidden> City of Shenyang, under the rule of the Qin dynasty.> Here there was initially some confusion, as the> spiders were on the side of the venturers, not their> opponents! The pholcidae, or daddy-long legs, held in> their possession at their fine silk factory two of the> four shafts that would make the frame of the loom but> had been attacked by Drow and Driders.> > The PCs protected the factory when it was attacked> that night and thanks to Lord Pierre's flying carpet> surveillance was able to chase the remaining drow to> their base and recover the shafts. The spiders> informed the PCs that they feared that Arachne, one> establishing control over the weaving industries,> would use her power to unravel the very threads of> space and time themselves, thus destroying everything.> This would indeed be her ultimate revenge against the> Gods.> > Thus armed with this new knowledge, the next gate was> taken. Here Sir Duc recognised their old mansion at> Saltmarsh but it had been terribly transformed! Black> smoke poured from chimneys and an unearthly sounds of> metal upon metal came from within. Inside they> witnessed machines that operated with their own daemon> spirits, as slave children worked upon them.> > In this instance they were attacked by not only the> most monstrous giant ticks which sucked both blood and> gave disease, but also wicked women assasins who> appeared from the factory, and felled Helene in the> process. Eventually however they were defeated and it> was discovered that the children were both bound to> the evil machines and had their tongues removed by> their captors. Upon freeing the children and smashing> the machines, they were taken to a treadle, the last> component for the world weaving machine. Sir duc> provided the children with an everfull-purse whereas> Tanc realised that none within the party could build a> loom and thus induced two of the children to journey> to hell with them.> > Buildin the machine in front of Arachne's spider ship,> they children produced a cloth key. The key fitted> into the slot on the spider ship and the PCs entered.> There they were confronted a force of hill, frost, and> fire giants, along with driders and most terrifying of> all, a Balrog. Nevertheless, despite these opponents> the PCs were also successful in this encounter as they> prepared to take the strange spiral stairs to the> upper level.....> > There is now only encounter left; Arachne herself.> This final battle will be conducted at 12 noon this> coming Saturday at my place (1/74 Brighton Rd, Ripponlea)> > > ____________________________________________________________________________________> You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost. > http://tc.deals.yahoo.com/tc/blockbuster/text5.com> > _______________________________________________> Retrodnd mailing list> Retrodnd at mimesisrpg.com> http://mimesisrpg.com/mailman/listinfo/retrodnd_mimesisrpg.com
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