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Tarithnesti - Defenders' Final Preparations

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02 Deepkolt 349 AC Shadow gathers the companions together and tell them, “Good hunting, my friends. Let us banish this goblin scourge from these lands.” As he stands before them in obviously mismatched goblin clothes and gear covering his own, he has a mischievous look in his eyes. “I figure we will fly until we get close to the camp and then I will take the form of one of the goblins, Skulk, what’s his name. And tell them that I encountered a black elf asleep last night and stole his magic. And now I can FLY!”  The Drow spreads his arms and runs as a child would flying around his friends like a bird. “Then I will pull out the scroll and cast mass charm on them to help them believe in my cause to take over!  Then, we unleash chaos on the camp. And my favorite kind of chaos is uncontrolled fire.” With that, Shadow steps back and crosses his arms, adjusts the goblin gear a little bit. He looks at Grotto and says “how do I look?” Grotto looks at his friend, "Very convincing. I f...
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Yes, But... What if it was Shadowrun (Part 5)

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Earth-218, Seattle, 2050 AD Neon bled through the grimy, rain-streaked windows of Chonky's .  The place smelled of old fryer oil and regret hung heavy in the air. Raven sat in the naugahyde booth, long dark hair tied with a leather cord, green pirate jacket looking wildly out of place surrounded by chrome fixtures and flickering holo-menus. His hand rested near the hilt of Nightwatcher, wrapped carefully in cloth beneath the table. Across from him, Rudy , once the superhero known as Char —broad, scarred, and with a lot more white in his hair than he liked to think about —sipped coffee from a Styrofoam cup, a Big Chungus with fries sitting before him. “I know you can't be poisoned but,” the elf said, ears twitching as a synthesizer music rattled the walls, “you actually eat this stuff ?” The man snorted. “Hey, it’s cheap and open at 2 a.m. Who am I to judge?" The door slid open with a hiss. Three punks walked in—neon mohawks, tattoos scrawled across their necks, pierci...
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Road Trip to the Dragon Isles NPCs - The Land of Khur

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Altan (left) and Davaa (right) Batu assigned Altan and Davaa to serve as Arthur and Agnes' guides across Khur and to send information about them back to him whenever they got the chance. After Davaa was nearly killed and Agnes used healing magic to save his life, Altan had a crisis of faith and began looking for signs of the the gods' return. Davaa, while grateful, remained loyal to his Khan and kept informing on the two adventurers.  Note:  Altan and Davaa were 3rd level when they departed Ak-Krin in Arthur's employ. Davaa and Altan of the Mayakur: Human (Khur)  Fighter 5 CR: 5     Medium Humanoid (Human)     HD: 5d10+4 (36 hp) Init: +3     Spd: 30'     AC: 16 (Studded Leather Armor, +3 Dex), t: 13, ff: 13 Attacks: (BAB +5, Grap +7); +9 Composite (+2 Str) Shortbow: 1d6+4 (20/×3, 70') or +7 Saber: 1d6+2 (19-20/×2) or +7 Dagger: 1d4+2 (19-20/×2, 10') or +10 Bloodletter (Davaa onl...
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Tarithnesti - Defensive Preparations

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02 Deepkolt 349 AC Shadow fills Raven in on his plan to infiltrate the goblin camp, charm some to fight the others and drive them into the ambush. “So get some rest, I was about to go but we can roll out in the morning with the “You-guys-will-not-believe-what-we-saw-last-night tales” at the goblin camp Grotto looks for Ornforithalas. He finds the guard captain speaking with Commander Parnitha. The guard captain is sharpening his spear and looks up from their conversation. The dwarf explains to both his experience in the abandoned temple and his dream from the night before. The commander, who has just been informed of the slaughter at the homestead replies, "Whatever these goblins get, they have coming to them. You can call it revenge if you want, but it sounds like justice to me." Ornforithalas adds, "Kiri-Jolith is the god of justice. If you found a horn and saw another in your dream, it could be a vision. You said that the voice in the temple asked if you would figh...
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Tarithnesti - Grotto and the Elven God of... Vengeance?

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01 Deepkolt 349 AC TARITHNESTI Grotto looks to the head spymasters, Raz and Shadow. "It seems our allies here have helped us. If it pleases the spymasters, I have prepared a nice warm bed and filling meal for our comrades. Surely they are tired and need some rest. Will you have them follow me?" Shadow says to the goblins “Go with Grotto and he will fill your bellies and put you to bed. You did good.” Shadow smiles at them and encourages them to go on.  Once they have left he turns back to the others and says," Three of us could polymorph into those little murder hobos and walk into their camp and fireball them back into the Stone Age, and then fly back, fighting this way into our ambush. More direct approach but if there are 400 of them we need to thin those numbers.  What do you think?” Ra'ziir replies, ”I am happy to practice some of my more… ‘entertaining’ spells on live targets. Blocking their retreat should be the first priority, and then thinning their rank...
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Tarithnesti - The Interrogation

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01 Deepkolt 349 AC BACK IN TARITHNESTI "This is the longest cookbook ever!" Grotto thinks to himself as he finishes reading over a few more pages. The recipes themselves are fairly short, but each comes with notes on the etiquette surrounding their uses, to include occasions suitable for serving them, sides that pair well with each, alternate ingredients, and their origin. The dwarf gathers his things then stand watch around the camp. He looks to the skies waiting on the return of Shadow and company. Kysek awaits the return of his kidnapping comrades-in-arms. The smell of Grotto’s concoction gives the elven thief a fierce headache. He distracts himself with his spellbook and realizes he needs to speak with the other spellcasters in the group to learn the spells necessary to make “See Invisibility” permanent on both Dusk and himself. He thinks to himself; even if it doesn’t allow us to attack invisibly; it’d still be a good thing to have. Kysek then stands a watch, joining G...
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Road Trip to the Dragon Isles - Ak-Baral

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  19 Newkolt 349 AC Arthur stares at the device. "Wow, that's handy." Once camp is broken down and breakfast is eaten, Arthur helps Agnes on to her horse as always and than gets on to his. "Alright, let's go." The group, now numbering five again, makes their way across the rocky desert. Phineas's strange mount is surprisingly fast but none of the horses like being near it and do their best to keep their distance. A few hours into the day, Davaa stands up in his stirrups, and signals a halt. He points down the trail, to a spot where the path draws close to a small oasis. "That's new," he explains. "Some sort of sinkhole must have opened up ahead. This whole end of the valley is littered with abandoned mine shafts and tunnels. We can water the horses but watch your footing down there." Arthur slowly makes his way down the trail to the water source and dismounts so the horse can take a small break but he keeps an eye out for dange...
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