Topic: The Rynwold Pantheon (D&D 4e) (Read 95083 times)

Bongo Bill · « **Reply #460 on:** December 02, 2011, 01:25:15 PM »

Pitamaha ate only vegetables and drank only water, but did manage to acquire a new turban.

Doom · « **Reply #461 on:** December 02, 2011, 06:15:22 PM »

Vivi eats two dinners and takes a single sip of that Dwarven Brandy she bought, immediately blacking out. Whatever dream she had would account for her miraculous level up.

Beat Bandit · « **Reply #462 on:** December 02, 2011, 06:54:11 PM »

Ampersand stalks the sword for a bit before giving up on having a good chance to steal it back away. Joining back up with the others he snatches a good portion of what remained of Vivi's booze, leading to a long night of lyre playing, dirty limerick telling and eventually going home with a minotaur girl.

The next morning he would find the gems and one of his steel daggers missing, the other in a location that only dissuaded looking any longer. He also seemed to have spent about 20 gold.

Stush · « **Reply #463 on:** December 02, 2011, 07:15:55 PM »

Francisca sits at a table in the inn, surrounded by sheets of paper, candles, and notebooks, she has a large pile of bread on a plate beside her, which she eats as she writes rapidly on the sheets of paper, Occasionally looking up at the others, and jotting down some more stuff in her notes.

After a while, she gathers up the pages she's written and reads through them, liking what she sees, she bundles them all up in a package, writing some postage details on the front, tying it up with string, Then leans back against the chair, sighing, closing her eyes and grabbing another chunk of bread to munch on.

Doom · « **Reply #464 on:** December 03, 2011, 09:18:55 AM »

Vivi has grown even more magical. Teleporting utility, +Implement Feat, and she's mysteriously gone from the inn in the morning. She casually strolls back in with many new items. Vivi has draped a black cat around her neck and shoulders, Rudiger Felinus the Third is the best familiar a witch could have and he'll go handsomely with the Animal Messenger ritual and a set of fresh components for it. But somehow even better than a new cat is the stiff, ornate iron rod she bought from some Dwarf Rockbeard. It is designed in traditional Stonefolk values for ritual priestlyhood, so Vivi had to make it better. She has tied numerous bits of string and from the string hang little stuffed cat-toys made with hasty stitching and stuffed with hay, bits of cat-nip and the random wild mushroom she found wandering around a Dwarven city.

Aside from the upgrade to Armored Vivi, with some boss shoulder-pads and the occasional bit of actual patched armor hanging next to the patches on her coat, Vivi has managed to stuff her pockets with five gold coin's worth of CAN-DY! Sucking on a bit of honey-dipped apple as she walks in, she has all manners of ye olde sweets and hard candies gaily wrapped and poking out of the top of her side pockets. She and Rudiger give the other dopes a stiff nod, Vivi herself having half-open eyes. Nobody must ever know what happened after the Happy Water.

Vivi bites down and finishes off the candied apple, then producing some tobacco chew and begins working on that instead. She speaks with a sudden, exaggerated drawl. "Now... y'all are gonna have to have somethin' in mind before me and Rudiger Whiskerkins the Fourth go find a little bit of action, y'hear?"

Stush · « **Reply #465 on:** December 03, 2011, 06:24:46 PM »

Francisca looks over at Vivi and smiles, "Hey there, kitty.", she gets up and walks over to give him a scratch behind the ears.

She hasn't gone through as dramatic a change as vivi, the only thing she bought was a lovely new writing kit a merchant showed her as she was going to the courier's office to mail her package. She's been wondering whether or not she should just sell her heavy chainmail armour, she doesn't seem to need it very much, and it's uncomfortable as heck. But she's mostly saving her money until something she can actually use comes along. She got a new notebook and a bunch of new sheets of paper for writing, but sent off some of her stuff that was in her backpack with the courier, so her backpack isn't much heavier.

"I don't really have any idea, to be honest, I usually just wander, finding whatever I can, it's the way of Rothgar, I try to incorporate his ways into every part of my life."

She grabs an apple off of the table she was sitting at and munches on it. "I've sent off this month's story, so maybe this time we can find a nice calm adventure with a lot less fighting."

Stush · « **Reply #466 on:** December 05, 2011, 02:41:10 AM »

Francisca decides to pass the time by telling vivi and anyone else around who's listening about the system that she uses to mass produce her books, she mails her written manuscript to her publisher, who is an old friend of her mother's, He employs four young people who get to work writing copy after copy of the books, they're short, so it doesn't take long.

She holds her hands up defensively when someone remarks on how boring the job must be, explaining that they're well compensated, the books sell for fairly cheap, but they sell a lot of them, it adds up rather quickly, and each of the workers gets 10% of overall profits, the publisher gets 60%, part of which is for materials, which he provides, and her? Well, she explains with a grin, "adventuring pays well enough, as you all know."

"Actually, there might be.." She gets up and walks over to the bar. "Ahh, they've got one, excellent!", she grabs a small book off of of a rack on the side of the bar, handing the barman a few silver coins. She sits back down, showing the book, it has a mostly blank cover, with "The Curse of the red tomb: A tale of horror by Francisca B. Winterbottom" in the middle. "We sell them to inns, bookstores don't really like to buy them, and we reach more of the preferred clientelle this way, the stories are short, but it's a lot cheaper than a regular book."

"This is one of my first stories, like my early ones, it isn't based on real adventures, Well, I mean, of course it isn't, how could I have-" She covers her mouth "Oh, whoops, spoilers, you'll just have to read it and find out!"

When someone asks about why bookstores don't like them, she makes a face "Most novelists have a bit of a.. problem with me. They accuse me of cheapening their profession, of pandering to the masses, Which I wholeheartedly reject, my stories have just as much artistic value as anything those old codgers put out!"

JDigital · « **Reply #467 on:** December 05, 2011, 08:29:59 AM »

(Lottel I need your character sheet in text format once you've levelled up your guy.)

(New adventure to follow.)

JDigital · « **Reply #468 on:** December 09, 2011, 10:52:37 AM »

Two weeks have passed since your last adventure. The harvest festival has ended and the city returns to its normal humdrum. Urkas is put on trial and swiftly sentenced to execution, but his sentence is commuted to life imprisonment after an impassioned speech by a certain travelling writer.

Francisca is poring over one of the scrolls from the dungeon, an old vellum paper written in Supernal. It appears to be a page from a book called The Rynwold Pantheon, the land's most common holy text. From the archaic script, this page must be from a particularly ancient copy, exceptionally well preserved. It reads as follows:

With Pitamaha's knowledge of religion (+8), it's obvious that this ancient version of the text doesn't match up with the modern version. The current version says the event took place sixty miles east of the Temple of Light, which would place it inside the city. The old one places the event forty miles south of here, near what is now a forest. Also, incidentally, the new text doesn't mention Morael or Daybreaker by name.

Stush · « **Reply #469 on:** December 09, 2011, 05:19:55 PM »

Francisca looks up at the others, taking her monocle out and rubbing her eyes. "This sounds promising, I mean, From the looks of things, this is completely forgotten, it might just be ready to burst forth with all kinds of demonic stuff, if we can find it and either clear it out ourselves, or inform the local authorities, there might be some good money in it for us."

"I wonder why it shows up in the old one but not the new one, though. Did people deliberately hide it, or was it just forgotten or seen as unimportant"

Bongo Bill · « **Reply #470 on:** December 09, 2011, 10:32:28 PM »

"Much changeth over the course of many centuries," mused Pitamaha, his eyes transfixed on the document. "For a record of history to alter its details, however, is not in accordance with nature. To go forth to that concealed location may yet furnish us with a more thorough understanding of last night's happenings. And I confess to a personal interest in this matter as well. It behooveth us to expect an evil intervention; false history arises but rarely in the company of the virtuous."

Büge · « **Reply #471 on:** December 10, 2011, 04:00:42 PM »

"Seems to me," Briar says in between bites of her apple, "Somebody disagreed with whoever wrote the first book, maybe they fought, and then went to write his own book." She tosses the core into the embers of last night's cooking-fire.

"I'm with grandfather on this though," she continues. "Most folk don't like to be reminded that they might not know the real truth. We gotta be careful."

Doom · « **Reply #472 on:** December 10, 2011, 10:02:17 PM »

Vivi is in the room, naturally, because she has become a freeloader as soon as she realized Francisca is either a push-over or easy to bribe with stories. It seems to have been a positive thing for Vivi at least, as she is bathing and sleeping in-doors more often. Wherever her reward money went is a mystery and she sucks on a mint leaf as she lies on Fransisca's bed with her head hanging off the edge, watching the others from an upside down vantage. "Yes I am sure the au-tore who wrote that book will beat us up if we prove him wrong." Rolls eyes. She reaches over and picks up Rudiger Fuzzbottom the First, giving him customary cuddles and belly rubs.

Stush · « **Reply #473 on:** December 11, 2011, 03:53:22 AM »

Francisca looks over at Vivi, raising an eyebrow. "Don't joke, Writers can be a surprisingly aggressive bunch, You should see some of the letters that i've gotten from other authors, At least they won't mess with me anymore with all you guys around."

She takes a sip from a mug of peppermint tea sitting on the desk, She used to love it as a kid, and hanging around vivi has made the cravings irresistable. "Anyway, it'll be good to do some exploring, walking's one of the most important skills for someone in our line of work, Don't want to get too complacent."

Stush · « **Reply #474 on:** December 15, 2011, 01:58:50 AM »

[Has everyone given up or something?]

Büge · « **Reply #475 on:** December 15, 2011, 06:49:15 AM »

(I haven't.... aren't we still waiting for Lottel?)

Doom · « **Reply #476 on:** December 15, 2011, 09:12:38 AM »

(I'm here!)

Beat Bandit · « **Reply #477 on:** December 15, 2011, 01:42:01 PM »

(I was kind waiting for JD to give a reason for us to come back together. Then I realized that was up to us and needed to think of a reason to get Ampersand back together. Then everyone stopped posting so it was easier to do neither.

I am here and ready I guess but if we're in a slump anyway I wouldn't be opposed to a week off or something to get back into the next adventure.)

Doom · « **Reply #478 on:** December 15, 2011, 06:07:49 PM »

(We could probably jump-start the adventure by just announcing we're buying horses or a wagon or something for traveling, looking for directions or asking if anyone knows the spooky place we intend to travel to, or even just trying to figure out where Ampersand hangs out.)

(Why don't I do it? Vivi doesn't care that much about those things and I've been using that as an excuse to be lazy between work shifts and Orcs Must Die/WoW binges. I'll probably hook you up with something by Saturday Night, y'all. I do read the thread everyday, though!)

Bongo Bill · « **Reply #479 on:** December 15, 2011, 06:40:58 PM »

(I've got a camel already, so I'm good to go.)

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