Editing DnD Desert Raiders Campaign Rafa (section)

=== 17-02-2010 ===

I divided the money among the other two, I took a bit of Tick’s share. It felt fair as I had to use healing on him. It crossed my mind to skip him fully but I might need him later. Need as in “be bait” while Eric and I become invisible and sneak away. <br>

Tucking away my loot I look up to see Eric waving like an idiot. As I looked over his shoulder I could see the familiar shape of Scragg running in our direction. It seems those weak humans weren’t even able to kill him properly. Judging from his story they merely stood there calling him names. I wonder if Priest survived to then.   <br>

Driving the unimportant thoughts from my mind I focus once again on the situation at hand. We need to find a resting place before that ogre returns with his buddy’s. standing here nearly spell-less isn’t my kind of a good time. <br>

It took us a few minutes but we found a small cave nearby. It was big enough for the four of us to sleep comfortably. Knowing that Senka will attack anything that approaches us I have no trouble sleeping. I doze of listening to the arguments of the others about who should keep watch. Half asleep I see though my eyelids how Tick is staring at some old stone. He always gets a bit weird when his emberling dies so I give it no more thought. I can see Scragg holding the watch, im not sure if that comforts me but at least they stopped arguing.   <br>

Several hours later I wake to the sounds of screams.  Insite the cave I can see Tick still staring at his rock. Slowly I make my way outside, there I find the weirdest happening. <br>

Senka was hitting some really ugly woman dressed in filthy rags, if she can still be called a woman. Even the mere sight of here made me feel weak and shaky. <br>

Scragg and Eric were playing with an ogre. Scragg was wrestling it while Eric hit it with an mace. Really annoyed for waking up in the middle of my sleep I maximized an life fade spell. Hitting it full in the chest it dropped Scragg and went to sleep. At the same time Senka ripped the life out of the woman.  <br>

Reluctantly I search the woman when I hear splatter behind me. Looking around I see Eric and Scragg tearing  the unconscious ogre into pieces. All is fair in the war of a goblin. Returning to my search I find some money and a pretty clover ring. Eric who was looking over my shoulder explained that it was a magical ring. <br>
At the same time I can hear the ring talking to me, asking me to wear it. I don’t mind wearing magical rings, but one that talks? As we look at the thing it started to change shape. Where the ring used to be was now a little man. <br>

Combining out knowledge we decided this was a leprecon. It eider had a pot of gold near a rainbow or it would grand four wishes. It however was only interested in getting worn. so to shut it up I gave him to Senka to wear. The little leprecon however refused flat out to stay a ring and started to get away. <br>
In the end I gave in and wore it myself hoping that would keep it quit. It didn’t work at all. The ring continued to talk about how it would stay with me and help me on my journey. I just hope this “help” isn’t like how the woman ended up. <br>

The following morning I woke up fresh, powerful and annoyed that the ring talked to me again. So with most of us rested we set off with Tick talking about how he didn’t sleep. Goblins that lose sleep over pretty stones never survive to long so I stared to wonder what kind of stuff he carried with him and for how much I would be able to sell it.  <br>

After about another days travel we came upon a unfamiliar sight. Eric and Scragg halted us to look at some footsteps. These round markings in the ground crossed the road but ended on both sides into nothingness. <br>Looking in the distance there was nothing but sand so I gave up trying to find out why these marks where here. The others however didn’t want to move on yet. Tick summoned a creature and send it to the end of the tracks, as it passed the end of the tracks two more footsteps appeared. It seemed something was there. Only one way to find out. <br>

Looking down I told Senka to shoot a bolt into the large creature. If he shot Tick his following I would know there was nothing there. But the elemental didn’t aim for the summoning. It aimed where the footsteps where last seen. As we waited he continued his order and shot another bolt. This one stopped in mid air with a soft thud, then it moved backwards and fell to the ground. Something was there, something smart enough to pull bolts out of itself. <br>

As we all focused our ears we could hear three more creatures closing in on us, something told me that shooting them had put us on their bad side. I ordered Senka to throw some oil on the one he shot so we could see where it was and as we stood there trying to listen where the others where we nearly ripped our eardrums. <br>
Tick it seems, felt that these poor invisible creatures could use some help so he cast some kind of spell that made a thumbing sound around us, not the best condition to listen for footsteps . <br>

Then the battle begun, party members screaming as they where hoisted in the air, oil flying everywhere and us shooting and charging everywhere where we thought there might be a creature. After a good 40 seconds of total randomness Scragg and I finished the last one off by hitting it at the same time, making it burst into a cloud of slime. With more then enough damage to kill a young dragon I think it’s fair to say the creature was history. <br>

There spell wore off as we listen to see if there were any more around. One by one the creatures became visible. As it turned out they here a bit like moldy horses with tentacles and a very large mouth. They where not much bigger then a shadow elemental.  <br>


Looking at my hand I am reminded of the rings words. I can’t help think that this magical ring does not help as much as it tried to sound. <br>