Category: BLADES

Read all about the travels and travails of the BLADES in Bard’s Year 2194
I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable. – Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969)
Session 63 from 7-Mar-2194; Session 64 from 11-May-2194; Session 65 from 10-Jun-2194;
Session 66 from 1-Jul-2194; Session 67 from 16-Jul-2194; Session 68 from 8-Oct-2194
Talarian Blackguard (Half Elven) Fighter 7 – 68 HP, played by Dean Ne.
Raybur Sidebottom (Dwarven) Fighter 6/Cleric 6 – 64(54) HP, played by Dean Ne.
Phyllis Sidebottom (Dwarven) Fighter 7 – 64(54) HP, played by Katherine An.
Effrede George (Half Elven) Magic User 6/Thief 6 – 34 HP, played by Katherine An.
Conrhia Applewhite (Half Elven) Woodsman 7 – 68 HP, played by Rhonda Jo.
Serlisse Reintar (Half Elven) Druid 7 – 32 HP, played by Rhonda Jo.
Sputnik (Half Elven) Cleric 7 – 49 HP, played by Jay Ba.
Arthur of Petethal (Half Elven) Ranger 6 – 58 HP, played by David Bj.
Zephram Trent (Hill Gnome) Fighter 5/Illusionist 5 – 41 HP, played by Alan Jo.
Shirlard (Half Orkish) Fighter 5 – 44 HP, played by Darleen Ba.
Costigan (Coastlander) Fighter 1//Cleric 3 – 35(25) HP, played by Rodger He.

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Character Race & Class Level HP AC Player Creator
Raybur Sidebottom Dwarven Fighter/Cleric 6/6 64 (-7) -3/0/2 Dean Dean
Phyllis Sidebottom Dwarven Fighter 7 64 -5/-5 Katherine Katherine
Effrede George Half Elven Magic User/Thief 6/6 34 -3/1 Katherine Katherine
Talarian Blackguard Half Elven Fighter 7 68 Occ. Ring
(-10) -9/-4
(-7) -6/-1 Dean Dean
Conrhia Applewhite Half Elven Woodsman 7 68 -5/-4/0 Rhonda Rhonda
Serlisse Reintar Half Elven Druid 7 32 -1/1/1 Rhonda Rhonda
Sputnik Half Elven Cleric 7 49 1/4/4 Jay Jay
Arthur of Petethal Half Elven Ranger 6 58 2/4 David David
Zephram Trent Hill Gnome Fighter/Illusionist 5/5 41 (-5) -3/-2/2
1/5 w/out PA Alan Alan
Shirlard Half Orkish Fighter 5 44 3/3 Darleen Darleen
Costigan Coastlander Fighter//Cleric 1//3 25(35) (2)3/3 Alan Rodger
[Session 67]
July 16 and 17, 2194
Talarian beats a leaping lizard. (Lizard 1)
Phyllis beats a Stone Giant easily. (Humanoid 2)
Arthur fails miserably and loses 3 possible Raises on Lizard 1.
Raybur beats a Stone Giant fairly easily (Humanoid 2)
Fred Webs, Magic Missiles and backstabs Lizard 1 to death.
Conrhia turns a Stone Giant into an arrow caddy. (H2)
Zephram defeats his raptor. (L1)
Sputnik uses a lot of spells to buff under Sanctuary and then blinds his poor raptor. (L1)

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This is Arthur’s sketch of the Ancient Artists’ Resort with some details of each location. Updated 11/16/2006.

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December 2193 to May 7, 2194
The BLADES tie up loose ends from last winter and explore further into The Resort’s residential area. Undead that can use a level draining effect on the area chew on Costigan and Sputnik a bit and the whole party finds that nightmares can be really hard on your well being.

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September 11, 2193 to April 15, 2194
The BLADES head home to see what they can do with the 62 paintings and investigate a couple of options for declaring war on other groups (The Immortal Ogress and the Insane Dwarf Posse) to remove the potential threats they represent.

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June 10, 2193 to September 10, 2193
The BLADES try to figure out what to do about the Insane Dwarf Posse and bail out to letting Arthur get possessed. He ages but rises to the challenge of reproducing a lifetime’s masterwork of paintings from an Ancient Artist.
I’m still working on this one, but I’ve polished before the part before Arthur starts aging. I’ll have to see what I can do over the next few days to clean it up and see if there is a way to present my lead in table better. ~ Jay

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This is Edwin’s sketch of the coast line for the Spinning Leaf’s possible trips west.

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Here is Arthur’s map of the Lost World Continent. This does not include the peninsula with New Teft and The Resort that lies east of the mountainous isthmus.

I started this discussion three weeks ago with individuals and then ran out of town. I’m finally back to working on this, so I’ll start with a non-summary summary and then launch into the discussion.
The BLADES decided that the best place for them to explore on the peninsula would be the untouched Ancients’ city. They sailed to the north-western part of the Druidic protectorate and upon arrival, they discovered an orcish village led by a disease worshiping cult. Naturally the BLADES crushed them as mercifully as possible but the leader, Jim Jones, released a slew of killer worms that took out a number of his own followers including a number of children.

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Character Race & Class Level HP AC Player Creator
Raybur Sidebottom Dwarven Fighter/Cleric 6/6 54 (-7) -3/0/2 Dean Joel
Phyllis Sidebottom Dwarven Fighter 7 54(64) -5/-5 Katherine Katherine
Effrede George Half Elven Magic User/Thief 6/6 34 -3/1 Katherine Katherine
Talarian Blackguard Half Elven Fighter 7 68 Occ. Ring
(-9) -8/-3
(-7) -6/-1 Dean Dean
Conrhia Applewhite Half Elven Woodsman 7 68 -5/-4/0 Rhonda Rhonda
Serlisse Reintar Half Elven Druid 7 32 -1/1/1 Rhonda Rhonda
Sputnik Half Elven Cleric 7 49 1/4/4 Jay Jay
Arthur of Petethal Half Elven Ranger 6 58 2/4 David David
Zephram Trent Hill Gnome Fighter/Illusionist 5/5 41 (-5) -3/-2/2
1/5 w/out PA Alan Alan
Shirlard Half Orkish Fighter 5 44 3/3 Darleen Darleen
Costigan Coastlander Fighter//Cleric 1//2 20 (2)3/3 Rodger Rodger
May 17, 2193
We see a path into the fourth building with an Ancients’ style door. There are two stories with the loft filled with paving tiles, pots and the like. The lower level has pots, trowels, short rakes and short hoes. We have found a cluttered potting shed.
Costigan guesses that we might be able to close the larger arches, so we decide to move the shed’s contents into one of the arches and we find two jars, marked in Ancient as Planter’s Friend and a tube of toothpaste, marked as Stone-Like-New. The shed is now a prison. There is a nice set of stone working tools. We also find spare instrument parts – strings, mouthpieces, no reeds or pads, only metal parts. There are twelve stone flutes. The hobgoblins sold many instruments, which they detail for us.
One of the humans wants to join us as a henchman. Five others are willing to be camp cooks, etc. for 10 gp of pay per month. We leave three days worth of food for the hobgoblins and close up The Gaol and The Vault.

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