Hades (Campaign thread)

Siberys · Post by **Siberys** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 11:36 am

@Jeronis-

The door unlocks.

Claudius · Post by **Claudius** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 1:00 pm

Jeronis looks back at his companions with a look of excitement

. Reaching up for the handle he is trying to get leverage to open it and gives it a tug.

MistSonata · Post by **MistSonata** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 2:45 pm

"Nero's rage." she mutters, wincing as her eyes adjust painfully to the light. There was a used needle in front of her, which she supposed had been used on her. Or perhaps she used it on herself? She wasn't sure. In fact, she couldn't remember anything about what had been happening. Last she knew she was blowing the light in her lantern out and going to sleep, and suddenly she was here.

She gripped the needle in her hand—which would be important to have if she were to determine what she had been given—and turned to push herself up onto her feet. Her legs nearly collapsed from underneath her, and she grabbed the back of the chair to steady herself.

She looked around blearily, her stance unsteady from the numbness, trying to figure out where she was. She didn't recognize anything, or anyone, so she made her way to the bar as best she can, hoping to find anyone who could tell her what had been coursing through her veins.

kozeph · Post by **kozeph** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 6:25 pm

"You did it!" Shile says rushing up and kneeling down to hug the halfling, "Now we can go futher and investigate this mystery haha!"

(Small update, my internet is being unrelaible right now, so my activity is gonna be a bit ****ty, I'll try to post when ever my internet lets me

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Siberys · Post by **Siberys** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 9:58 pm

@Jeronis, Shile and Nordak-

As Jeronis pulls, the door opens and the shadowy darkness of the room fills with light, revealing a man with heavy chains all around his neck and body keeping him pinned to the floor.

Above him hanging from the cieling is a a glowing, cone shaped device; clearly magical.

This man has long gray and black highlighted hair, approximately shoulder length with thick natural curls. The left half of his body seems to be much darker than the right side, not as if it was a different color but rather as if it lacks light itself.

His body is bloodied from lashings as tears of pain drip from his bright yellow eyes.

"Good, you found him for me." A voice says as it mysteriously appears from behind.

Behind you, you see the faceless man from before. "You will now leave, you have no further business here," he says pulling off what you now know to be a VERY convincing mask.

Jeronis immediately recognizes the decrepit, aging, half-dead face and the crazed beady eyes as the man he made a delivery to today.

malinzaro · Post by **malinzaro** » Fri Jul 15, 2011 12:31 am

Claudius wrote:Jeronis looks back at his companions with a look of excitement . Reaching up for the handle he is trying to get leverage to open it and gives it a tug.

Nordak pats Jeronis on the back looking satisfied and in the same time curious on what lies behind,

Well done master halfling! You sure are a clever one. Now let's see what is inside.

Siberys wrote:@Jeronis, Shile and Nordak-

As Jeronis pulls, the door opens and the shadowy darkness of the room fills with light, revealing a man with heavy chains all around his neck and body keeping him pinned to the floor.

Above him hanging from the cieling is a a glowing, cone shaped device; clearly magical.

This man has long gray and black highlighted hair, approximately shoulder length with thick natural curls. The left half of his body seems to be much darker than the right side, not as if it was a different color but rather as if it lacks light itself.

His body is bloodied from lashings as tears of pain drip from his bright yellow eyes.

"Good, you found him for me." A voice says as it mysteriously appears from behind.

Behind you, you see the faceless man from before. "You will now leave, you have no further business here," he says pulling off what you now know to be a VERY convincing mask.

Jeronis immediately recognizes the decrepit, aging, half-dead face and the crazed beady eyes as the man he made a delivery to today.

Nordak laughs maniacally, but his eyes show frustration and disappointment,

Just like that? No thank you, no prizes, not even a small explanation? A simple step back and get the hell out of here is not nearly enough. Enough with this silly games!

If you do really were searching for this ... I have no idea what it is, but certainly is not a mere human ... and you were unable to find it yourself you do own us. Some explanations on who or what you are would be a good start. So how about we do it better than last time? Mystery is nice, but won't help your cause much.

kozeph · Post by **kozeph** » Fri Jul 15, 2011 9:46 am

As the door opens shile gasp but not in horror but in exciment.

Drawn like a moth to a flame, Shile gets closer to the door but doesn't enter the room. Her eyes begin scanning everything, looking for sigils, runes, what seems to be affecting the person.

Spot: 1d20 +4 = 13+4=17
Knowledge Arcana: 1d20+5 = 20+5
Knowledge Planes: 1d20+5 = 11+5=16

Shile completly ignores the bickering behind her or the fact that the faceless man is behind them.

Claudius · Post by **Claudius** » Fri Jul 15, 2011 10:21 am

Jeronis feels more confident with the 9 foot minotaur at his side, yet he is still always cautious around forces of darkness and mystery. And judging by the half dead decrepit nature, this 'faceless' man could be both.

"Why the relationship with sundown if he is holding your 'friend' here?", Jeronis questions. "You gave sundown quite a chunk of change tonight. Twenty thousand gold for a box of scorpion venom? You like that scorpion venom that much? What brought you sniffing around this place why not deal with sundown directly?"

Siberys · Post by **Siberys** » Fri Jul 15, 2011 10:50 am

Just like that? No thank you, no prizes, not even a small explanation? A simple step back and get the hell out of here is not nearly enough. Enough with this silly games!

If you do really were searching for this ... I have no idea what it is, but certainly is not a mere human ... and you were unable to find it yourself you do own us. Some explanations on who or what you are would be a good start. So how about we do it better than last time? Mystery is nice, but won't help your cause much.

"AHAHA! He thinks we owe him," The old decrepit man states unusually. "The warlock does not cater to fools in the springtime!

QUIET! I am speaking now, not you, not never ever ever ever ever! I command pain!!"

Make a fortitude save.

Spot: 1d20 +4 = 13+4=17
Knowledge Arcana: 1d20+5 = 20+5
Knowledge Planes: 1d20+5 = 11+5=16

You don't see any runes or inscriptions on the device holding him down but from your knowledge of magic, it seems to be a fairly powerful gravity based spell pouring down on him.

You know this man though. Not only do you know him as the midnight owl but now that you've seen his face, the shadows are telling you his real name.

Jerusa, the Oracle of Skia.

"Why the relationship with sundown if he is holding your 'friend' here?", Jeronis questions. "You gave sundown quite a chunk of change tonight. Twenty thousand gold for a box of scorpion venom? You like that scorpion venom that much? What brought you sniffing around this place why not deal with sundown directly?"

"HA! I am no friend to sundown or this man. Sundown is a friend to me! I hold the marionette.

Sundown was naughty, playing keep away from poor little old me, and yet he couldn't tell me where he was keeping the dark bird of prey, even when I ripped his heart out of his chest and showed it to him. It was red and sticky."

Claudius · Post by **Claudius** » Fri Jul 15, 2011 11:03 am

"So who is your friend here?", ignoring the warlocks comments about marionette..

OOC: am I making a fort save too?

fort save d20 = 7 + 5 = 12

kozeph · Post by **kozeph** » Fri Jul 15, 2011 12:53 pm

Shile starts biting her thumb, then her smile widdens. A giggle escape her smiling lips.

"Now now, I see"

"What an Amazing mistress we serve do we not? Jarusa, Oracle of the night... the midnight owl"

"I now see I was sent to unclip your wings"

Shile giggles and turns around.

"What do you intend to do to my dear dear friend who I've never met before?"

malinzaro · Post by **malinzaro** » Fri Jul 15, 2011 3:50 pm

Siberys wrote:"AHAHA! He thinks we owe him," The old decrepit man states unusually. "The warlock does not cater to fools in the springtime!

QUIET! I am speaking now, not you, not never ever ever ever ever! I command pain!!"

Make a fortitude save.

Fortitude: 1d20+7=14,+7=21

Treblin · Post by **Treblin** » Fri Jul 15, 2011 9:36 pm

Spotting Allexa at the table and watching her stumble to the bar in apparent disaray Gu'dan rushes over to the bar to confront her. "Allexa! Allexa? Are you ok? What happened to you, you look awful!" Checking around while arriving at the bar searching for any sign of Sinead. "Have you seen Sinead? She's been gone awhile with that shady character. The others made their way into the kitchen and are working on some sort of combination mechanism to try and open a door. We should get everyone together as soon as possible.

MistSonata · Post by **MistSonata** » Fri Jul 15, 2011 10:00 pm

Allexa whipped her head about to look at who was addressing her, which nearly threw her off balance. She regained it, leaning against the bar and made to face him properly, holding the syringe in her hand like one might do a dagger. It wasn't much of a weapon, but it was all she had at the moment. "Back, dwarf, or I'll stab this right in your eye." she said fiercely, not having the faintest clue what he was talking about, which was beginning to unnerve her a little. "Who are you and how did you learn my name? Are you the one who drugged me?"

Treblin · Post by **Treblin** » Fri Jul 15, 2011 10:41 pm

"No no no! Put that thing down my dear! My name is Gu'dan, we have been here together all night in this tavern, you don't recall Sinead, Nordak, Jeronis and Shile? Wait a second, what is in that needle. Looking Allexa over trying to get a grasp on what has happened to her.
Heal check to diagnose.
Roll(1d20)+2:
19,+2
Total:21

Siberys · Post by **Siberys** » Sat Jul 16, 2011 6:42 pm

@Jeronis

"So who is your friend here?", ignoring the warlocks comments about marionette..

OOC: am I making a fort save too?

fort save d20 = 7 + 5 = 12

No, unless I state you need to make a fortitude save, you don't need to make one.

@Shile-

Shile starts biting her thumb, then her smile widdens. A giggle escape her smiling lips.

"Now now, I see"

"What an Amazing mistress we serve do we not? Jarusa, Oracle of the night... the midnight owl"

"I now see I was sent to unclip your wings"

Shile giggles and turns around.

"What do you intend to do to my dear dear friend who I've never met before?"

I have no idea who you're talking to in each section. Could you please remember to include something like "I say to XX character" when dealing with multiple people you're wanting to talk to.

Fortitude: 1d20+7=14,+7=21

Your arm starts twitching but you manage to stave it off. You're not sure what it was but you felt your whole left side about to go numb.

Make a wisdom check.

@Gu'Dan-

Heal check to diagnose.
Roll(1d20)+2:
19,+2
Total:21

Thankfully your roll was high enough to notice some peculiarities about this situation. You've noticed the behavior of chronic Spice Venom users, and her symptoms aren't the same.

True there are similarities but two things you do note are that this is likely her first useage and you've heard of Spice Venom before and it's never been associated with memory loss. In truth, it actually heightens memory capabilities.

malinzaro · Post by **malinzaro** » Sat Jul 16, 2011 6:55 pm

Siberys wrote: Your arm starts twitching but you manage to stave it off. You're not sure what it was but you felt your whole left side about to go numb.

Make a wisdom check.

Wisdom: 1d20-1=9,+-1=8

Siberys · Post by **Siberys** » Sat Jul 16, 2011 6:59 pm

@Nordak-

You're not sure what exactly it was.

Claudius · Post by **Claudius** » Sat Jul 16, 2011 7:21 pm

Jeronis addresses the man in chains, "sir are you awake"

MistSonata · Post by **MistSonata** » Sat Jul 16, 2011 9:18 pm

Allexa lowers the hand with the needle a little, but not enough that she couldn't stab at him at short notice. "I don't know any of those names, and I don't know you. I don't even know how I came to be here, or what ungodly substance was in this needle." She winced a little, as she tried again to remember what had happened, but failed. Evidently the pain and the frustration was making her a little more prickly than normal. "Tell me what you know, dwarf, and pray that I don't catch you lying to me. If I do, I swear to Nero I'll fill you so full of punctures that you'll leak blood from every pore. Do you understand me?"