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== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
− | A large force of lizard-folk sacked a human outpost near the edge of the nearby swamp (Dire Fens). The party was asked to investigate | + | A large force of lizard-folk sacked a human outpost near the edge of the nearby swamp (Dire Fens). The party was asked to investigate, as the lizardfolk have never been aggressive in the past. They journeyed by sea to a small refugee village on the shore of the swamp where they met a lizardman who fled his tribe. The lizardman told them an evil tribe of powerful lizard-folk (the Black-Scales) had come to dominate the other three lizardman tribes (the Red-Spines, the Yellow-Tails, and the Green-Backs), and forced them into the war with humans. The party journeys to the Red-Spine village, offering to help the Red-Spines throw off the yoke of the Black-Scales. The Red-Spine Chieftain asks them to get rid of some orcs who had invaded Red-Spine Territory recently. The party destroys the orc outpost, and the Red-Spines ally with the party. Next the party journeys to another Tribe, the Yellow-Tails. The Yellow-Tail shaman tests the party with a series of riddles, which they solved, and the Yellow-Tails join the alliance. |
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− | The party journeys to the Red-Spine village, offering to help the Red-Spines throw off the yoke of the Black-Scales. The Red-Spine Chieftain asks them to get rid of some orcs who had invaded Red-Spine Territory recently. The party destroys the orc outpost, and the Red-Spines ally with the party. Next the party journeys to another Tribe, the Yellow-Tails. The Yellow-Tail shaman tests the party with a series of riddles, which they solved, and the Yellow-Tails join the alliance. | ||
While attacking the orcs, Darithe donned a magic mask found during their [[Landsoftheblacksea:Main_Page/adventures/true_faith_murders | last adventure]], which they find is cursed. The lizardmen direct them to a hermit who lives in a place called the Rotwood, a strange part of the swamp devoid of living vegetation and overgrown with huge, strange fungus and mushrooms. The hermit, Nabu Shum-Iber, turns out to be a retired adventurer suffering a curse that makes him a half-man/half-vulture beast. He trades removal of Darithe's cursed mask for her magical cloak of concealment. | While attacking the orcs, Darithe donned a magic mask found during their [[Landsoftheblacksea:Main_Page/adventures/true_faith_murders | last adventure]], which they find is cursed. The lizardmen direct them to a hermit who lives in a place called the Rotwood, a strange part of the swamp devoid of living vegetation and overgrown with huge, strange fungus and mushrooms. The hermit, Nabu Shum-Iber, turns out to be a retired adventurer suffering a curse that makes him a half-man/half-vulture beast. He trades removal of Darithe's cursed mask for her magical cloak of concealment. | ||
− | The party then returns to complete their mission with the Lizardmen. They manage to | + | The party then returns to complete their mission with the Lizardmen. The They manage to infiltrate the symbol provided by the Yellow-Tail Shaman into the hut of the Green-Back Shaman. The Green-Back shaman then meets them in secret, and makes the recommendation that one of them should challenge the puppet chieftain to single combat, as his champion. If they win, the Green-Back Shaman gets to pick the new chief. If they lose, both the challenger and the Shaman pay with their life. Violet issues the challenge, and fights the Green Back Chieftain in single combat, without armor or weapons. Violet manages to strangle the puppet chieftain to death, winning the challenge. The Green-Backs then join the alliance. |
− | An assault is planned on the Black-Scale Village, where apparently there are still human prisoners from the recent raids being held, and where the dreaded Black-Scale Shaman resides. The advice is that if the Shaman can be killed or captured, the Black Scales will lose their will to fight. The three tribes march with the party to the Black-Scale Village, and the battle is joined. The losses are horrendous on both sides. But in the end, the Black-Scales are almost completely obliterated | + | An assault is planned on the Black-Scale Village, where apparently there are still human prisoners from the recent raids being held, and where the dreaded Black-Scale Shaman resides. The advice is that if the Shaman can be killed or captured, the Black Scales will lose their will to fight. The three tribes march with the party to the Black-Scale Village, and the battle is joined. The losses are horrendous on both sides. But in the end, the Black-Scales are almost completely obliterated. Their shaman escapes, however, disappearing into the mists. |
− | The party | + | The lizardmen advise that the shaman has likely retreated to his temple, a place they will not go to out of fear. The party journeys to the temple, an abandoned temple of the ancient Tuaths. Almost immediately they are attacked by magic spells from within. They fight a number of undead animals that guard the temple rooms before finally encountering a human spellcaster. Many of the party and former prisoners are slain in the resulting battle, and the ones that live (Violet, Fariya, Gabriel, and Darithe) are captured, waking up in iron cages, stripped, bound and gagged. |
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|Dace || 25 || 2030 || Gabriel, Markel, Grifo, and Brice confronted by dark man. Markel, Grifo, and Brice fall to Sleep spell. Gabriel paralyzed and rendered unconscious. | |Dace || 25 || 2030 || Gabriel, Markel, Grifo, and Brice confronted by dark man. Markel, Grifo, and Brice fall to Sleep spell. Gabriel paralyzed and rendered unconscious. | ||
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− | |Dace || | + | |Dace || 25 || ???? || Violet, Darithe, Gabriel, and Fariya awake bound and gagged in [https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/ad-d2e-lands-of-the-black-sea-southern-campaign.868661/page-274#post-24619236 hanging cages in a pentagonal room]. Room has a huge pit in the middle, on which a statue of the bird-woman they have seen earlier perches. Room is lit by two torches, and Darithe [https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/ad-d2e-lands-of-the-black-sea-southern-campaign.868661/page-275#post-24621939 notices a lever is set into the wall] near the door leading out. Violet manages to free herself from her ropes, but cannot escape her cage. |
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| Flore || Radgert || Seamstress || Dire Fens (Black-Scale Village) || Seamstress from Arme Navarro, taken prisoner during raid <span style="color: red;"> (dead) </span> | | Flore || Radgert || Seamstress || Dire Fens (Black-Scale Village) || Seamstress from Arme Navarro, taken prisoner during raid <span style="color: red;"> (dead) </span> | ||
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