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| | ''' If the Book Doesn't Say You Can't Do It, You Can ''': As long as you aren't in combat, you can do pretty much anything as long as there are no rules saying you can't and it isn't extremely damaging to the plot. This includes summoning the Genie by clapping (But Don't talk to him), and a fighter teleporting across the room just for the hell of it. This should only apply if the player doing the goofy action can come up with a somewhat reasonable or at least funny explanation how. For example the fighter could say that he bought a discount toe ring of teleporation. <BR> | | ''' If the Book Doesn't Say You Can't Do It, You Can ''': As long as you aren't in combat, you can do pretty much anything as long as there are no rules saying you can't and it isn't extremely damaging to the plot. This includes summoning the Genie by clapping (But Don't talk to him), and a fighter teleporting across the room just for the hell of it. This should only apply if the player doing the goofy action can come up with a somewhat reasonable or at least funny explanation how. For example the fighter could say that he bought a discount toe ring of teleporation. <BR> |
| | ''' It's Only Role Playing if You Say it in a Funny Voice ''': Enough said. <BR> | | ''' It's Only Role Playing if You Say it in a Funny Voice ''': Enough said. <BR> |
| − | ''' Sometimes the Funny Plan is Better Than the Smart Plan ''': For example, the players could storm a prison full of Castletown prisoners, but instead decide to disguise themselves as most definatly not the Old Kings. These kinds of plans are great for entertainment purposes and are more often than not will be alowed to succeed. <BR> | + | ''' Sometimes the Funny Plan is Better Than the Smart Plan ''': For example, the players could stormed a prison full of Castletown citizens, but instead decided to disguise themselves as most definatly not the Old Kings. These kinds of plans are great for entertainment purposes and are more often than not will be alowed to succeed. <BR> |
| | ''' No Stat Block = Invulnerability ''': If the DM never signed stats to an NPC he cannot be attacked or take damage or fail skill checks. He can, however, be an incredible nuisance to the PC's taunting them with his invulnerability. <BR> | | ''' No Stat Block = Invulnerability ''': If the DM never signed stats to an NPC he cannot be attacked or take damage or fail skill checks. He can, however, be an incredible nuisance to the PC's taunting them with his invulnerability. <BR> |
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| | '''Beard Storage''': Dwarves in BLAG are well known for storing things in their beards, such as small trinkets, familiars, snacks, and small sized party members. | | '''Beard Storage''': Dwarves in BLAG are well known for storing things in their beards, such as small trinkets, familiars, snacks, and small sized party members. |
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| | '''Stand Your Ground''': In additon to whenever dwarves are knocked prone, they also receive a saving throw whenever they are reduced to 0 or fewer hit points, fall from a height, or go to sleep. A dwarf may choose to fail any of these and just fall down. | | '''Stand Your Ground''': In additon to whenever dwarves are knocked prone, they also receive a saving throw whenever they are reduced to 0 or fewer hit points, fall from a height, or go to sleep. A dwarf may choose to fail any of these and just fall down. |
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| | '''Heritage''': Until the age of 20, dwarves look just like halflings. On their 20th birthday every dwarf suddenly puts on about 100 pounds and sprouts the dwarven equivilent of peach fuzz, a 6 inch beard. | | '''Heritage''': Until the age of 20, dwarves look just like halflings. On their 20th birthday every dwarf suddenly puts on about 100 pounds and sprouts the dwarven equivilent of peach fuzz, a 6 inch beard. |
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| | The Halfling's of Siverow have mostly kept to themselves for a long time and raised very little fuss. Their home, the Shire was located, until recently, in a secluded corner of Siverow, far away from the ravages of the great war. During the Age of Chaos, however, the Shire was ripped from the Smearth and began to float. This has not deterred the halflings in any way from being a fun loving curious race. They love candy and toys as much as the human children they resemble. Some researchers have been lead to believe that a halfing's over sized head for their body is responsible for their lust for candy, something about the sugar high. | | The Halfling's of Siverow have mostly kept to themselves for a long time and raised very little fuss. Their home, the Shire was located, until recently, in a secluded corner of Siverow, far away from the ravages of the great war. During the Age of Chaos, however, the Shire was ripped from the Smearth and began to float. This has not deterred the halflings in any way from being a fun loving curious race. They love candy and toys as much as the human children they resemble. Some researchers have been lead to believe that a halfing's over sized head for their body is responsible for their lust for candy, something about the sugar high. |
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| − | ''' Can't ride Horses ''' : Because of their small stature and top heavy anatomy, halflings have a tendency to go flying off any mount designed for a medium sized creature. For this reason, top halfling scientists have created three tiers of mounts for them. In the heroic tier they may ride a tricycle, at paragon tier a Big Wheel, and in epic tier they may ride a Power Wheel. | + | ''' Can't ride Horses ''' : Because of their small stature and top heavy anatomy, halflings have a tendency to go flying off any mount designed for a medium sized creature. For this reason, top halfling scientists have created three tiers of mounts for them. In the heroic tier they may ride a tricycle, at paragon tier a Big Wheel, and in heroic tier they may ride a Power Wheel. |
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| | ''' Toddlers with swords ''' : Halflings naturally resemble young humans and dwarves and even the telltale sideburns are often not enough to convince people that they are fully grown adults. | | ''' Toddlers with swords ''' : Halflings naturally resemble young humans and dwarves and even the telltale sideburns are often not enough to convince people that they are fully grown adults. |
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| | === Elves === | | === Elves === |
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| − | Also known as cupcake elves, the origins of these crafty woodlings is seated in The Cupcake Forest located in Sohim Sorak. The Cupcake Elves are so good at deception and misdirection that, until 20 years ago, no one on Smearth had ever heard of The Cupcake Forest. The Cupcake elves are fiercely at odds with the Donut Elves, though this has never led to open conflict. Some believe that this animosity stems from a person feud between Princess Ellie Elfkins and Col. Elzix Angus. | + | Also known as cupcake elves, the origins of these crafty woodlings is seated in The Cupcake Forest located in Sohim Sorak. The Cupcake Elves are so good at deception and misdirection that, until 20 years ago, no one on Smearth had ever heard of The Cupcake Forest. The Cupcake elves are fiercely at odds with the Donut Elves, though this has never led to open conflict. Some believe that this animosity stems from a person feud between Princess Ellie Elfkins and Col. Elzix Angus. |
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| − | ''' Sub-types ''': The cupcake elves are the most common type of elf, but there are also toy elves that live in the cold weather regions of Smearth. Note that elves, eladrin and gnomes may all be considered toy elves if they live in cold areas.
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| | They are just humans. | | They are just humans. |
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| − | === Dragonborn and Half Elf=== | + | === Dragonborn, Half Elf, Teifling === |
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| | These races have not been used in BLAG so far.<BR> | | These races have not been used in BLAG so far.<BR> |
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| | === The Salvation Army === | | === The Salvation Army === |
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| − | Created by the Old Kings, The Salvation Army was designed to help Sohim Sarak after the massive unwarranted attack from Earth. They were a beacon of hope to many refugees, and the free blankets and soup they offered saved many lives in the aftermath of the attack. The Old Kings recruited many paladins to serve this cause, and this raised peoples respect for them even more.<BR>
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| | === Castletown === | | === Castletown === |
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| | === Urfs === | | === Urfs === |
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| − | The Urfs are blue gnomes that live on the Elemental Plane of Cold. Their village lies dangerously close to the castle of a dragon called Azreal. There are rumors that Azreal is somehow connected to the Old Kings, but as far as the Urfs are concerned he is just a menace that like to eat them. He even stole their shirts at one point, which wouldn't be a big deal, but the shirt is where most of the Urfs keep their power. Luckily, the PCs were able to save the Urfs by getting their shirts back so they could defend themselves from Azreal again. <BR>
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| | === The Sky Pirates === | | === The Sky Pirates === |
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| | === The Elzix Angus School of Magic === | | === The Elzix Angus School of Magic === |
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| − | Almost every settlement on Smearth boasts at least a small magic school founded by the Arch Wizard Elzix Angus. The school found in Castletown, however, is the only structure other than Fortress von Castle that can be seen from nearly every point in the city. Colonel Angus founded each of these schools with the purpose of spreading arcane knowledge to all of those who would seek to learn it. Each of these schools contains a teleportation circle and magic item vendor. The schools also tend to keep a large supply of residuum in their vaults, which are usually painstakingly guarded and protected by the high wizards of the school.
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| | === The Nine Hells === | | === The Nine Hells === |
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| | === The Emperor of Spines === | | === The Emperor of Spines === |
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| | === The Ancients === | | === The Ancients === |
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| | Several attempts have been made to construct new, better versions of the Fortress, mostly by enemies of humanity. The first time was by the Emperor of Spines, who used a massive deposit of adamantium to construct an elephant size indestructible Fortress. Fortunately for, it was destroyed before it could be completed.<BR> | | Several attempts have been made to construct new, better versions of the Fortress, mostly by enemies of humanity. The first time was by the Emperor of Spines, who used a massive deposit of adamantium to construct an elephant size indestructible Fortress. Fortunately for, it was destroyed before it could be completed.<BR> |
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| | === The Shire === | | === The Shire === |
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| − | The home of the halflings, The Shire boasts the largest toy factories and candy plants in all of Smearth. It also boasts that it is a completely autonomous plane ever since the age of chaos. The entire Shire is a floating island in the sky, only about a mile off the ground. the Shire does not remain stationary either, it floats in a pattern that takes it to the same places once every year. Due to several accidents involving Frisbees, a railing was installed around the borders of the Shire.<BR> | + | The home of the halflings, The Shire boasts the largest toy factories and candy plants in all of Smearth. It also boasts that it is a completely autonomous plane ever since the age of chaos. The entire Shire is a floating island in the sky, only about a mile off the ground. the Shire does not remain stationary either, it floats in a pattern that takes it to the same places once every year. Due to several accidents involving Frisbies, a railing was installed around the borders of the Shire. |
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| | === Plottonium === | | === Plottonium === |
| − | Plottonium is a metal not found naturally on Smearth. It was manufactured by the Soha Nation because of it's value for defending areas. It blocks teleportation of any kind through it. The wall that separates the Northern lands from the south was made primarily of this, though after years of people breaking through and general disrepair, the wall no longer blocks teleportation, except in a few places that are incredibly inconvenient. Bricks of Plottonium have been shipped to many other places to protects them similarly. | + | Plottonium is a metal not found naturally on Smearth. It was manufactured by the Soha Nation because of it's value for defending areas. It blocks teleportation of any kind through it. The wall that separates the Northern lands from the south was made primarily of this, though after years of people breaking through and general disrepair, the wall no longer blocks teleportation, except in a few places. |
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| | ==== Quinton Huntswell ==== | | ==== Quinton Huntswell ==== |
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| − | This months-old infant was created by the Devils as a weapon to be used as part of Hell's plan to conquer Celestia. Despite being a mere infant, the Baby is disguised as a human child with sideburns.<br> | + | This months-old infant was created by the Devils as a weapon to be used as part of Hell's plan to conquer Celestia. Despite being a mere infant, the Baby is disguised as a human child with sideburns. |
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| | Hobgoblin Cleric of Pelor, Bridgemon is the fellow that Pelor would call upon when he needed something done off the books. Bridgemon is known for his devotion to Pelor despite being rather sneaky and under-handed. And although his is not the best looking hobgoblin, people seem seduced by his charming smile, "thumbs-up" attitude and signature catch phrase of "come on......come on...." Bridgemon constantly seeks the open approval of his God, which has become especially unlikely since there is no evidence that Pelor survived Asmodeus' attack on Celestia. | | Hobgoblin Cleric of Pelor, Bridgemon is the fellow that Pelor would call upon when he needed something done off the books. Bridgemon is known for his devotion to Pelor despite being rather sneaky and under-handed. And although his is not the best looking hobgoblin, people seem seduced by his charming smile, "thumbs-up" attitude and signature catch phrase of "come on......come on...." Bridgemon constantly seeks the open approval of his God, which has become especially unlikely since there is no evidence that Pelor survived Asmodeus' attack on Celestia. |
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| | Grotis is one of the most powerful entities in all of Smearth. Even as a lower end paragon character he was able to defeat a powerful mind flayer on his own. He was once a powerful agent of good, but this time came to an end when he was incarcerated by the Dire Fiend for a crime he didn't commit. His arm was ripped off in a struggle with the guards and soon after he lost his eye in a prison fight. It was only through his sheer mental fortitude that the Illithid running the prison could not read his mind, and subsequently thought he was " up to something", and took him away. Nobody knows what happened next, only that the mind flayer was found dead with Grotis next to the body. Grotis the Gnome, identical twin brother to Otis the dwarf, now wanders the land in search of a new arm, his arrival heralded by tumbleweeds. | | Grotis is one of the most powerful entities in all of Smearth. Even as a lower end paragon character he was able to defeat a powerful mind flayer on his own. He was once a powerful agent of good, but this time came to an end when he was incarcerated by the Dire Fiend for a crime he didn't commit. His arm was ripped off in a struggle with the guards and soon after he lost his eye in a prison fight. It was only through his sheer mental fortitude that the Illithid running the prison could not read his mind, and subsequently thought he was " up to something", and took him away. Nobody knows what happened next, only that the mind flayer was found dead with Grotis next to the body. Grotis the Gnome, identical twin brother to Otis the dwarf, now wanders the land in search of a new arm, his arrival heralded by tumbleweeds. |
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| − | Thomas is a Earthling who first showed his face during the Dire Fiends occupation of Fortress von Castle. Despite claiming he had been on Earth when the end came 100 years ago, he appears to be in his mid thirties. He is commonly seen wearing what is known to the people of Smearth as Earth-plate, and carrying a Dark Matter sword. His cold demeanor tends to garner distrust from others, but he does not seem like the type to be looking for friends. He has a history with Valera Ballard and her sister Katherine, but very little is known about it, other than Katherine's abduction to Earth and Thomas' assistance in getting her and the other Smearthlings home.
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| − | Thomas assisted the effort to remove the Fiend from power and then returned to the Smoon. He remained there until he learned of the Babies appearance on Smearth, which grabbed his attention immediately. He tracked the Baby down, and to his dismay, discovered that soon Smearth might suffer the same fate his home had. It wasn't long before the Baby and the adventurers he had joined up with discovered that Thomas was really a creation of the Devils on his home world designed to kill evil people to feed their souls to strengthen Hells armies. He was given the mind of a good person who sought to fight evil. As part of hi creation, Thomas could not be permanently killed, and would resurrect shortly after dying. This, however, would send his soul to Hell for a short time, and he would be irreversibly corrupted by the evil there, loosing part of the humanity that became the only thing he valued over his thousands of years of life. He warned the adventurers that should he be killed again, his mind would become too much like a devils, and that he would be to much of a threat to be allowed to live. He asked them to find a way to put him down once and for all if this happened.
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| − | Former General for the Dire Fiend when he ruled Aethis, The Emperor of Spines ruled the district of Drakeberg Mountain. With the help of his sons and daughter, the Emperor was one of the most powerful generals, and because his district housed the Corrupter, he was the most respected by the Fiend, gaining a great amount of power from the his leader. The Emperor was well known in Aethis for taking ordinary monsters and enlarging them and covering with spines. When Aethis' end came, so to did the power that flowed through the Emperors veins. He was reduced to a lowly Heroic tier villain and fled the city with his family. He became a mercenary, hoping one day he could gain enough resources and the know how to steal the power he once had back from the Fiend, preferably without releasing him from his prison. His time came when he was hire by King Gargamel to simulate an attack by the Goblin Kingdom on Castletown, and kidnap Princess Apricot. The king had hoped this attack would drive the people of Siverow together, for he thought they were never united except against a common threat. The one thing he had not counted on was how the Emperor would use the advance gold he was paid, by buying a fleet of airships and launching an all out attack on several fronts. He even claimed Fortress Von Castle as his own, sending King Gargamel running for the hills. After searching the Fortresses library, and unearthing the plans for the mobile fortress and the location of a huge deposit of adamantium, he sent his children out to recover the indestructible metal and build him an indestructible siege engine. Though none of his plans succeded, his efforts to regain his power did backfire and release the Dire Fiend from his prison.
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| − | The last of the old gods from before the time of the current Celestials, the Titan is currently contained within a scepter. The Harbingers of Salvation are all that remains of his worshipers and they even tried to release him during the great war. The legends of the Titan's greatness tell tales of the old gods battles forging the material plane of today. This particular gods hammer is said to have created the hills and valleys of Smearth, and his fire spells created the stars in the skies. | + | The last of the old gods from before the time of the Celestials, the Titan is currently contained within a scepter. The Harbingers of Salvation are all that remains of his worshipers and they even tried to release him during the great war. The legends of the Titan's greatness tell tales of the old gods battles forging the material plane of today. This particular gods hammer is said to have created the hills and valleys, and his fire spells created the stars in the skies. |
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| − | === Palor === | + | == Plot Synopsis == |
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| − | === Major Mon Capitan Jingle Jangle Hockey Puck Krandel Clark Bar Dipstick VIII Esq. Billy Bobber Skittles Skin Flute Christopher Brick Thompson Von Nickle Dangle Knacker Thrasher of Gambelpot === | + | === Heroic Tier === |
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| − | Aledgedly the grandfather of the Baby, Major Mon Capitan Jingle Jangle Hockey Puck Krandel Clark Bar Dipstick VIII Esq. Billy Bobber Skittles Skin Flute Christopher Brick Thompson Von Nickle Dangle Knacker Thrasher of Gambelpot was once a very high level paladin of Avandra, but died of old age some time ago. He now resides in Celestia, reliving his glorious battles against the Soha Pacts attack on Siverow. His mind is slipping away even in the afterlife, and even though he frequently seems lucid, it is unknown how much of what he says can be taken seriously. He claims to have been entrusted with Avandra's Dwarvincian artifact.
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| | The player characters, who had never met each other before, all answer a call for help in the city of Bilcore made by the local constabulary. Kobolds have been sighted on the outskirts of town and have even attacked a few of the outlaying farms. The PC's make quick work of the Kobolds only to be attacked on there way back to town by a team of relatively well organized goblins who seem to be looking for them. The arrive in Bilcore to find it under attack by more goblins. The PC's dispatch the goblins in the city hall just as the Salvation Army arrives, despite their treaty with Castletown not allowing them on Siverow soil. Major Weebalo Brenn Bahamus enlists the PC's to get word to King Lucian that Siverow is under attack from the Goblin Kingdom. | | The player characters, who had never met each other before, all answer a call for help in the city of Bilcore made by the local constabulary. Kobolds have been sighted on the outskirts of town and have even attacked a few of the outlaying farms. The PC's make quick work of the Kobolds only to be attacked on there way back to town by a team of relatively well organized goblins who seem to be looking for them. The arrive in Bilcore to find it under attack by more goblins. The PC's dispatch the goblins in the city hall just as the Salvation Army arrives, despite their treaty with Castletown not allowing them on Siverow soil. Major Weebalo Brenn Bahamus enlists the PC's to get word to King Lucian that Siverow is under attack from the Goblin Kingdom. |
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| − | Kermy shows back up to tell the PC's that another Airship was seen floating in the waters to the Zouth. Given the only way to effectivly traverse the ocean floor is to gain a merfolks blessing, the players charter a boat and set sail for the last place merfolk were ever seen, the reefs around a small island. Upon arriving, however, they find the reefs empty. The island is populated with a strange half merfolk, half raccoon humanoid. They agree to hald the PC's if they help rid them of a nuisance. Two sons of the Emperor have possessed a statue of the island and are making trouble for them. The PC's cleared Ziggy and Norton out of the statue, but are then confronted by Princess Apricot, who was really Kemak, a shape changer working for the Emperor. Jack Quinn falls in love as the pretty in pink princess morphs into an evil bug monster. The PC's then gain the merfolks blessing and leave just as the Salvation Army arrives again to dole out soup and blankets to victims of the Emperor of Spines, as well as take credit for the PC's efforts. | + | Kermy shows back up to tell the PC's that another Airship was seen floating in the waters to the Zouth. Given the only way to effectivly traverse the ocean floor is to gain a merfolks blessing, the players charter a boat and set sail for the last place merfolk were ever seen, the reefs around a small island. Upon arriving, however, they find the reefs empty. The island is populated with a strange half merfolk, half raccoon humanoid. They agree to hald the PC's if they help rid them of a nuisance. Two sons of the Emperor have possessed a statue of the island and are making trouble for them. The PC's cleared Ziggy and Norton out of the statue, but are then confronted by Princess Apricot, who was really a shape changer working for the Emperor. Jack Quinn falls in love as the pretty in pink princess morphs into an evil bug monster. The PC's then gain the merfolks blessing and leave just as the Salvation Army arrives again to dole out soup and blankets to victims of the Emperor of Spines. |
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| | The Emperor of Spines had taken over Fortress Von Castle and the PC's were geared up for a final assault. After battling through the Emperors minions, that last of his children, and a partially constructed adamantium mobile fortress, they face down the Emperor himself. The Emperor paid for his crimes with his life, and the PC's closed a book that was opened a hundred years ago. Princess Apricot took over as ruler of Castletown in King Lucian's absence, and made the PC's official Royal Guardsmen. | | The Emperor of Spines had taken over Fortress Von Castle and the PC's were geared up for a final assault. After battling through the Emperors minions, that last of his children, and a partially constructed adamantium mobile fortress, they face down the Emperor himself. The Emperor paid for his crimes with his life, and the PC's closed a book that was opened a hundred years ago. Princess Apricot took over as ruler of Castletown in King Lucian's absence, and made the PC's official Royal Guardsmen. |
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| − | The party embarks on the quest to find Maximilion von Maxwell. This quest brought them to many corners of Smearth, but finnaly they found the legendary Dog, Coyote, or Blinky as he was known to his followers, The Old Kings. Blinky directed the party to the first layer of Hell, Avernus. King Maxwell was hiding out there because in all of his journeys, the devils had been the most reasonable beings he met. They found Maxwell in the town of Darkspine, renting a room in the Inn, and meeting with the Lord of the First, Bel, for regular chess games. The Old King was not easily convinced that he should help, and it took subduing him and dragging him back to the material plane to seal the deal. During the scuffle, a page made it out of Jack's diary, and was found by Bel. Bel gained some insight into Jack's motivations, and when Jack found out, he wasn't happy.<BR>
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| − | After a year of tending to private matters, the parties downtime was interrupted by a call for help from Bilcore, a small town on the Zestern shores of Siverow. It's residents had seen signs of trouble brewing in The Forbidden Forest to the Zorth, and has sent several Heroic Tier NPCs to determine what was going on. When no one returned they called for help from Castletown, and the Princess sent her star Guardsmen, the party, who responded swiftly and surely, by hiring a group of Paragon Tier NPCs, who never returned. Eventually they decided to go look for themselves, and discovered a Devil worshiper cult operating out of the Forest. Along the way they discovered the Baby, who had no memory of who or where he was, but since he was a skilled rogue, they invited him to join their group. Also his amnesia presented them with the opportunity to scam him and make him do stuff. After stomping out the Devil Cult threat, the party was once again harassed by the Salvation Armies leader, Brenn Bahamus, who claimed responsibility for killing the cult. The part decided it would be easier to let him lie than argue, and they moved on. Not before Bahamus told them of the mercenaries he had hired to do the job for him, so he wouldn't have to break the vow not to enter Siverow, even if it was with the Princesses blessing. Hoping that a scrap of parchment he found in his pocket was connected to the mercenaries, the Baby asked the party to make a trip to the HQ.
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| − | Back in Bilcore, the party discoveres that Brenn Bahamus had been given authority to operate on Siverow soil until the treats of the Devil worship cults had been dealt with. Since the party left for the mercenary HQ, the cults had started causing a great deal of trouble, and the Salvation Army was worried. Fortunatly, a large number of people showed up out of the forests around the town with similar stories to the Baby. No memories and skilled fighters all, they enlisted to aid the Army and were welcomed with open arms. They were dispatched to different sections of the area to deal with the cults, but many had not reported back. Bahamus asked the party to go look for them, and after a thorough search of the are, they tracked the enlistees to a Devil compound. They had been captured, but not by the worshipers, who were all dead. They were captured by Thomas. Thomas attacked the party, but was killed, and they rescued the soldiers, but were offered little explanation from Thomas for his actions. Only that he "wasn't going to watch another world die because someone was afraid to do the right thing."
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| − | Returning once again to Bilcore, the Party learned that a massive gate had been opened near Castletown, and on the other side, Hell. Making their way there, the party and The Nimbus get ready for a fight. The new recruits formed the front line against the impending attack. When the devils came, they came in force, and the invasion was quick and bloody, even though not a single Hellish hand struck mortal flesh. Asmodeus himself led the attack, and with a wave of his hand, he destroyed all of the new recruits, who he referred to as his children. He made a point to single out the Baby and offer him his rightful place at his side, as the new weapon that won the war against Celestia for him. With the massive influx of evil souls, Hell was able to overthrow the Celestials once and for all, and now the Material Plane belonged to the devils. But, as the Lord of Hell attempted to exert his control over the plane, something stopped him. The war was not over, at least one Celestial had survived, and until they devils found it, the Smearth could not be theirs. Asmodeus ordered his forces to tear the plane apart looking for the survivor, then retreated back through the portal. In the face of the nightmarish horde that faced them, the party and Brenn Bahamus decided it would be better to run than be killed fighting. They boarded the Nimbus and set course for the Smoon, pursued by devils hungry for destruction. The Nimbus and her crew fought bravely, but in the end, right before reaching her goal, her dark matter engines were badly damaged. The ship went into free fall, a ten minute long free fall that gave most of the crew and the party time to escape. All except Brenn Bahamus, who remained on board to pilot the ship into the gate that linked Smearth to Hell, even if only temporarily. The Party made a dash for the Smelevator. When it's doors opened Thomas greeted them, kicking a large Earthy device out the door. As the Party climbed in and started to make their way to the Smoon, a huge explosion rocked the ground below and severed the link to Smearth.
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| − | Back on Smearth, a mighty war was being raged at the gates of Darkenon by Mephistopheles forces. The Devils had even resurrected the Mobile Fortress and equipped it the legendary Soul Cannon, and enough gnomish technology to allow it to burrow deep underground. The Mole-ble Fortress opened the assault with a massive blast from the cannon, tearing open a hole in the cities walls and weakening it's defenses severely, then disappeared underground. The party quickly took to fighting off the higher tier threats in the army, while Samuels and his forces dealt with the paragon threats. Initially, the waves consisted of undead, and eventually, Wilhelmina, Daughter of the Emperor of Spines, discovered that Jack was among the cities inhabitants, and ordered her forces off. She had been hired by Mephistopheles, and now even boasted infernal pact warlock powers, but could not bring herself to fight Jack. She even ordered he forces to fight the devils, giving Darkenon's defenders a chance to regroup and rest. After reconnoitering, the party defended the city against several more threats, including an incursion by Asmodeus into the very vault the staff was being stored in. The attackers were pushed back, and looking to press the advantage, the defenders took the fight to the attackers, destroying Mephistopheles' flagship siege engine and dismantling his leadership. With the army in full retreat, the party was not met with rejoicing, but anger. The reason Mephistopheles had attacked was that citizens of Castletown had taken refuge in Darkenon, and they were outraged because they believed it was the party that brought the attack upon them. Apparently, in the parties absence, Asmodeus had been spreading propaganda that they had helped pave the way for his invasion. Suddenly, Thomas showed his face in the crowd, and now he appeared to be turning into a devil. He confessed his plan all along had been to trick the party into killing of Mephistopheles forces so he could take control of Hell for himself. He attacked the party, who soon saw trough his devilish disguise and knocked him unconscious. They took him prisoner and the citizens who now believed that Thomas was the villain, demanded he be executed. With his execution set for dawn, the Baby broke him out of jail and with the help of Beardy, swapped him with another prisoner. Thomas was resistant, however, as he claimed that the only way for the plan to work was for him to die, eventually confessing that he wanted to die becasue of what he had done on Earth. It is yet to be seen if he means killnig so many evil people and fueling hells army, or if there are more sinister deeds in his past that he wishes to atone for.
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| − | The party returns to Celestia to recover the final two artifacts, and follows the trail to Avandra's temple. Inside they discovered the private paradise of Major Mon Capitan Jingle Jangle Hockey Puck Krandel Clark Bar Dipstick VIII Esq. Billy Bobber Skittles Skin Flute Christopher Brick Thompson Von Nickle Dangle Knacker Thrasher of Gambelpot, who claimed to be the Babies grandfather, though in his deluded mental state, the party was unsure if they should trust him. He claimed that Avandra had given him a box to keep safe, and it likely contained what they were looking for. It didn't take long for the party to discover that it had been taken by the Soha Pact, or at least the simulated ones in the Major's fantasy. Storming the Soha castle, the party liberated the case from the beholder running the joint and recovered the Gauntlet of Infernal Command, a cursed dark metal glove that will allow the wearer not only to control the fire throwing arm of the Titan, but the forces of Hell in Asmodeus' absence. Leaving, the party headed for Moradin's mountainside keep. They found, however, nothing. A few rituals later, they arrived at Dwarfvinci's workshop, and the crazy old dwarf seemed to be expecting them. He handed over a mighty hammer, and with the only word he spoke, named it "Mojnir", the final artifact. Leaving, the party was confronted by what appeared to be the aspect of Asmodeus, though after kicking it's butt, discovered that it was in fact Dispater, under control of Asmodeus. It seemed that the lord of the Ninth was getting desperate to stop the party.
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| − | Returng to Darkenon, the party receives some bad news, not only has the sun gone out completely leaving the smoon as the only source of light on the plane, but Castletown, the very capitol of the Smearth had been destroyed by an attack by the devils. Not only that, but Thomas had stopped by to visit Valera, who told the party that she no longer supported their decision to let him live. He had told her that before he had left Earth he had destroyed the only weapon that was capable of repelling the Devils attack on their plane, a Titan, secretly made by Thomas because of his knowledge of what was to come. When the time came to deploy it, however, the governments of his world refused to accept his offer to help, instead branding him a criminal. Not long after, when the war was almost lost, they sought Thomas out to beg him to use his weapon, but he refused. Instead he blew the Titan up as he and the rest of his people evacuated Earth, but the last person to come through, Valera's sister, was killed when the Titan exploded, destroying the gate and sealing off Earth forever. With this new information,the party made a break for the court of Erathis, the controller of the game, to find a way to make the devils fight somewhere other than Smearth. What they found was Asmodeus, and a fake Erathis. After defeating the fake, and Asmodeus fleeing, the real Erathis showed up, and showed to the party that the only place the Titan could be released is Smearth. She did agree to grant the Smearthlings one month to prepare for the coming battle, more than enough time to evacuate everyone from the conflict zone, Casletown, or as it was now known, Dust Von Rubble. Returning to Darkenon once more, the party informed Knight Captain Samuels of their deadline. Learning that there were several issues on Smearth that needed taking care of, including the disappearances of General Plot D. Vice and Wilhelmina the lich and some strange activities in the skies above Dust Von Rubble, they party decided to let Bel take care of ferrying the refugees to the Smoon on their new spelljammer, the Inferno. The Baby decided to use this time to go look for his family on the Shire, and temporarily parted ways with the group, as they set out for the dark wasteland of Dust Von Rubble. Once there, they crossed paths with an injured old man who insisted that he had been attacked by "giant aliens" from the Astral Sea. The party quickly realized that they were dealing with Giraffes, deadly creatures native to the Astral Sea who were likely looking at their plane as a new feeding ground. They confronted the giant aberrations as they sifted the ruins of Castletown in search of prey, and easily defeated them. Searching the Giraffes belongings, they realized that they were merely a scouting party, and if they had reported back, the area would likely be swarming with them, definitely disrupting the coming battle. They also discovered a few rock samples that seemed to suggest that the ruins in which they stood were recently created with an arcane ritual. After a short investigation and casting a few rituals themselves, they discovered that the real Castletown structures were hidden away in the place of darkness, formerly inhabited by Darkenon. Traveling there, they discovered the Dire Fiend, who had escaped from Hell with the help of Thomas, who had convinced him to save the people of Castletown from an impending Devil attack in the same way that he saved Darkenon so many years ago. After making sure that the cities inhabitants, including Princess Apricot, were unharmed, the party agreed to keep the secret, though they were disapointed with the Baby for letting Thomas live in the first place. The Dire Feind also assured them that after the battle had concludedd, he would be heading back to Hell to pay the rest of his penance, after all, the celestial were dead and he had his revenge.
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| | BLAG is a "continuation", for lack of a better term, of a 3.5 campaign of the same name. I am a former player of the 3.5 campaign, although not a member of the 4.0 campaign and am putting in a section dedicated to the older campaign if only for nostalgia. | | BLAG is a "continuation", for lack of a better term, of a 3.5 campaign of the same name. I am a former player of the 3.5 campaign, although not a member of the 4.0 campaign and am putting in a section dedicated to the older campaign if only for nostalgia. |
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| | *One-Shotting a Hydra of the appropriate CR for our 4-man team. | | *One-Shotting a Hydra of the appropriate CR for our 4-man team. |
| | *Jumping from a bed to a chair allowing the chair to slide across the floor to the open window as he wasn't tall enough otherwise.(became a standard for checking outside at Inns) | | *Jumping from a bed to a chair allowing the chair to slide across the floor to the open window as he wasn't tall enough otherwise.(became a standard for checking outside at Inns) |
| − | *Meeting Bluff and Hide/Move Silently Difficulties that at times made the DM want to kill me. | + | *Meeting Bluff and Hide/Move Silently Difficulties that at times made the GM want to kill me. |
| | *Causing more damage in the first round of combat than even our wizard could pump out in the entire encounter. | | *Causing more damage in the first round of combat than even our wizard could pump out in the entire encounter. |
| | *Setting the schedule of The Shire so that once a year when they dump their sewage they are right above Elzix's tower at the Fortress Von Castle. | | *Setting the schedule of The Shire so that once a year when they dump their sewage they are right above Elzix's tower at the Fortress Von Castle. |
