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| | + | == 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, 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 his tribe (Red-Spines), and forced them into the war with humans. The tribe journeyed to the Red-Spine village, offering to help the Red-Spines throw off the yoke of the Black-Scales. The Red-Spine Chieftain required evidence of the party's ability to do this, telling them to get rid of some orcs who had invaded Red-Spine Territory recently. The party destroyed the orc outpost, killing many including the leader until the rest fled. The Red-Spines agreed to work with the party. Next the party journeyed to another Tribe, the Yellow-Tails. The Yellow-Tail shaman tested the party with a series of riddles, which they solved, and now the Yellow-Tails are allied with the party and the Red-Spines. The last piece of the puzzle is the Green-Backs tribe. The Black-Scales killed the original chieftain of the Green-Backs and installed a puppet chieftain, who now rules over the Green Backs, and is protected by Black-Scale bodyguards. The Red-Spine and Yellow-Tail shaman have told the party that the Green-Back shaman does not like this arrangement, so the party is trying sneak a symbol into the hut of the Green-Back shaman in their village that will cause him to retreat to a holy place alone, where they hope to talk him into helping them overthrow the puppet chieftain and win the Green-Back tribe to their cause. |
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| − | = The Scaled God =
| + | 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. She cannot remove it, and it drains Strength from her every day. Asking the lizardmen shaman for help, they are directed to "Na-Bu", who lives beyond the Green-Backs village in a place called the Rotwood. They enter Rotwood, a strange part of the swamp devoid of living vegetation and overgrown with huge, strange fungus and mushrooms. They find ruins, where they are attacked by a strange vaporous creature, but saved when Nabu Shum-Iber comes to their rescue. He trades removal of Darithe's cursed mask for her magical cloak of concealment. |
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| − | == Summary ==
| + | The party then returns to complete their mission with the Green-Backs. 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. |
| − | 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 and stop the attacks. They journey by sea to a small refugee village on the shore of the swamp, where they met a lizardman who fled his tribe. The lizardman tells them an evil tribe of powerful lizard-folk (the Black-Scales), led by a strange shaman and his new Scaled God, 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.
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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.
| + | 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 Black-Scale bodyguards move in to slay her, but are stopped by the Green-Backs. |
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| − | 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.
| + | Within days, the Yellow-Tails and Red-Spine chieftains arrive with their shamans and warriors. 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. |
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| − | The party then returns to complete their mission with the Lizardmen. They manage to arrange a secret meeting with the Green-Back shaman, who recommends that one of them should challenge the puppet chieftain to single combat, as his champion. 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. | + | The Lizard-Man army marches 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. |
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| − | 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 and the human prisoners freed. Their shaman escapes, however, disappearing into the mists.
| + | The allied shaman agree that it is very likely the Black-Scale shaman retreated to the Temple of the Scaled God, which is a short journey from the Black-Scale village. The Lizardmen will not accompany the party to the Temple, needing to tend to their wounded and because the Temple is taboo and fearsome to them. |
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| − | The party and former prisoners journey to the nearby temple of the Scaled God, where they think the shaman retreated to. 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. The group manages to escape. | + | The party journeys to the temple; almost immediately they are attacked by magic spells from within. The enter, finding the place apparently an abandoned temple to the ancient elemental gods of the lost Tuath civilization. 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 || 26 || 00:45 || Fariya climbs down the rungs of the pit and finds a filthy cavern at the bottom. She manages to scrounge up a few items to provide them makeshift weapons and holy symbol. Darithe manages to pick the lock to her cage using the broken pieces of the locks from the other cages. | + | |Dace || 25 || ????+0015 || [https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/ad-d2e-lands-of-the-black-sea-southern-campaign.868661/page-276#post-24627908 The dark man enters the room], questions party about where they acquired the Ring of Fire and the Ring of Thought. Mentions that he has dispatched word to his "master" about his finding the rings and that the groups fate will be decided within 24 hours. After he leaves, Gabriel and Fariya manage to free themselves from their ropes. |
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| − | |Dace || 26 || 14:00 || Group rises and heals themselves as best they can. They climb back up to the prison room to confront the dark man. Opening the door out, they find his dead body in the entranceway to the prison, apparently the victim of a trap that they managed to set by pulling the lever in the room. Fariya and Gabriel recover the Ring of Fire and Ring of Thought, respectively.
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| − | |Dace || 26 || 14:15 || Group enters a pentagon-shaped room with five exits and statues of hooded figures at the points, with much dried blood on the floor aggregating around one door. They enter that door to find a foul pentagon-shaped room used as a temple or ritual chamber, with Markel's dead body on a stone alter, and Griffo Masse's body nearby on the floor. Fariya sets the room ablaze to purge it.
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| − | |Dace || 26 || 15:00 || Group investigates the next door, finding another hallway with the green, 8-sided design on the floor they saw on the first level before the mountain doors. Opening the door on the opposite side, they find [https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/ad-d2e-lands-of-the-black-sea-southern-campaign.868661/page-290#post-24688402 a pentagon-shaped room with a statue], bookshelves, a desk with scrolls, two chests, and a strange pentagram design on the floor. They find a spell book, presumably the necromancers. In two chests in the room they find all their gear except for their weapons and armor. Fariya takes some of the books from the shelf.
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